Comment Blockbuster, others... all the time! (Score 1) 702
It's done all the time. Blockbuster's the biggest offender (in more ways than one). Really. Most all the movies there for rental are edited, in some it's subtle, some it's dramatic.
Which is why anyone who likes movies should be using www.netflix.com, or their local *real* video store.
Yeah -- they can rent edited movies, and do whatever they want... but there should damn well be a label on them. "This has been edited" etc.... most people don't realize that there're scenes | shots | lines | etc missing.
Funny thing... CA Senator Boxer proposed a law on this a while back, iirc, but withdrew it when the studios balked. Would have required space on the boxes for comments from the producers, directors, and _cinematographers_.... but the $$$$ from the major rental chains (Bbuster / H'wood) was apparently more copious than that from directors and film buffs.
Of course, we can have the "why is sex edited out, but violence fine" discussion some other time.
Which is why anyone who likes movies should be using www.netflix.com, or their local *real* video store.
Yeah -- they can rent edited movies, and do whatever they want... but there should damn well be a label on them. "This has been edited" etc.... most people don't realize that there're scenes | shots | lines | etc missing.
Funny thing... CA Senator Boxer proposed a law on this a while back, iirc, but withdrew it when the studios balked. Would have required space on the boxes for comments from the producers, directors, and _cinematographers_.... but the $$$$ from the major rental chains (Bbuster / H'wood) was apparently more copious than that from directors and film buffs.
Of course, we can have the "why is sex edited out, but violence fine" discussion some other time.
