When TV rips you off

[mashman]

Watching Knight and Day and they cut the funniest bit of the movie (the jump from the car into the side of the truck ). Why? For the love of all that is transmitted through the air and unscrambled onto the goggle box why?

[Maha]

Saw the highlights (if you can call them that) and thought, it would be a good thing to not watch. Don't feel ripped off.

[jim.cox]

Waste your life watching TV ?

You deserve what you get

"Eighteen channels of crap" plus advertising

You'll get no sympathy here

Get out and go ride

[oneofsix]

Watching Knight and Day and they cut the funniest bit of the movie (the jump from the car into the side of the truck ). Why? For the love of all that is transmitted through the air and unscrambled onto the goggle box why?

Yeah, know what you mean. Watched Serenity the other night only to find they had cut the crap out of the bit where River Tam slaughters all the Reavers single handedly. Was only watching it to see that slaughter again.

Also why it is still worth downloading your favourite programmes even if they are free to air in NZ within a couple of weeks of there home country release. It might not be much that is lost but sometimes it can make the story easier to follow.

[Scuba_Steve]

Watching Knight and Day and they cut the funniest bit of the movie (the jump from the car into the side of the truck ). Why? For the love of all that is transmitted through the air and unscrambled onto the goggle box why?

if you think you're getting ripped off there try anime. If we got direct Jappa land translations of pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece etc instead of pathetically watered down American versions the censorships here would probably have them classed as R16/R18 instead of the G/PG they sit at.

Here's a comparison of some Jappa original screenshots vs 4Kids (US piece of shit) version. Qualities not brilliant but you'll get the idea. Blood, violence, guns, cigars, even tattoos are censored in the US version & this doesn't include the piss poor voice over alterations. You'll find all these anime's much more dark, violent & all round better in their original jappa form

[sugilite:Me]

if you think you're getting ripped off there try anime. If we got direct Jappa land translations of pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece etc instead of pathetically watered down American versions the censorships here would probably have them classed as R16/R18 instead of the G/PG they sit at.

Here's a comparison of some Jappa original screenshots vs 4Kids (US piece of shit) version. Qualities not brilliant but you'll get the idea. Blood, violence, guns, cigars, even tattoos are censored in the US version & this doesn't include the piss poor voice over alterations. You'll find all these anime's much more dark, violent & all round better in their original jappa form

Yep, my son is a one piece addict, and I'm under strict instructions to ONLY get the jap originals with subs! Just got epi 561!

[HenryDorsetCase]

Watching Knight and Day and they cut the funniest bit of the movie (the jump from the car into the side of the truck ). Why? For the love of all that is transmitted through the air and unscrambled onto the goggle box why?

So it fits with their advertising schedule. NZ has more ads per hour on peasant TV than anywhere else in the world including Mrky.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Yeah, know what you mean. Watched Serenity the other night only to find they had cut the crap out of the bit where River Tam slaughters all the Reavers single handedly. Was only watching it to see that slaughter again.

Also why it is still worth downloading your favourite programmes even if they are free to air in NZ within a couple of weeks of there home country release. It might not be much that is lost but sometimes it can make the story easier to follow.

Thats a DVD you need to buy, honestly.

[oneofsix]

Thats a DVD you need to buy, honestly.

did rent it way back

[wysper]

Then get Firefly. Or better still, get it first.

[oneofsix]

Then get Firefly. Or better still, get it first.

Yeah you really have to watch Firefly first to fully appreciate Serenity

[HenryDorsetCase]

Yeah you really have to watch Firefly first to fully appreciate Serenity

I agree with this statement.

Plus you can watch Firefly over and over again. Its that good.

Speaking of gibbering Joss Whedon fandom, and DVD's: the highlight of the film festival for me was Whedon't THE CABIN IN THE WOODS. If you see it, grab it, you won't be disappointed.

[mashman]

Waste your life watching TV ?

You deserve what you get

"Eighteen channels of crap" plus advertising

You'll get no sympathy here

Get out and go ride

sorry...

[mashman]

Aye, Firefly was feckin brilliant, speshully JaneTown . I saw Serenity the other night and noticed the odd, ooo that was shorter, but have it on DVD and blu-ray... at least I think I still have it on DVD... if so there will be a copy for the takin

Ruckin adverts seem to be more common during things like The Big Bang Theory or Anger Management or Castle... pretty much anything I enjoy watchin.. bastards. If I wanted to buy their shit, I would... shame there isn't an ignore advert function (too lazy to move for 2 mins and I detest channel flicking)

[HenryDorsetCase]

Aye, Firefly was feckin brilliant, speshully JaneTown . I saw Serenity the other night and noticed the odd, ooo that was shorter, but have it on DVD and blu-ray... at least I think I still have it on DVD... if so there will be a copy for the takin

Ruckin adverts seem to be more common during things like The Big Bang Theory or Anger Management or Castle... pretty much anything I enjoy watchin.. bastards. If I wanted to buy their shit, I would... shame there isn't an ignore advert function (too lazy to move for 2 mins and I detest channel flicking)

you could always just download it from the internets. I hear thats what the cool kids are doing these days