TV Prints

[MurphyMan]

What is everyones thoughts on TV Prints of movies?

I saw Bad Boys II on Much Music today and they removed ALL the profanity by dubbing it over, most vioelence was minimal (PG like violence) and ALL sexual content and jokes had been pretty much excised from the picture by cuts. It was also Time Compressed as well, the Chases went by like lightning and so did all the other action scenes. Even the story scenes had been sped up to take less time to go by.

I noticed over the years a lot of TV Prints are heavilly cut, and/or dubbed.
I was wondering what everyones thoughts on this process of "Editing For Content" is?

Does anyone have a favorite, sooo edited it is enjoyably hillarious Print of a movie? Or a favorite Dubbing moment?

 

[ShaneHelms]

I hate watching any movie on television. Infact i dont really even watch T.V.

 

[TheFalcon]

I don't really watch that many movies on TV since I prefer to buy the dvd, but when I do I thank god that they never cut or dub anything here. If they did I wouldn't watch anything.

 

[Bat Attack]

I never watch movies on tv. Especially horror movies with alot of gore and profanity.

 

[AssMan]

Does anyone have a favorite, sooo edited it is enjoyably hillarious Print of a movie?

Demolition Man

 

[Bat Attack]

The only film that I can see as being worthy to watch on television is the USA Channels cut of Child's Play 2 (because it has extended scenes and an alternate ending not on VHS or DVD).

 

[cryptic name]

my favorit tv edit is in The Big Labowski. there's a scene in the movie where Walter is bashing a guys corvette with bat screaming "this is what happens when you f**k a stranger in the @$$!!" but when it's on TV they dub "this is what happens when you find a stranger in the alps!"
i find it hysterical every time.

 

[MurphyMan]

I mentioned this in a Batman forum already, but since it pertains to TV Prints here it goes.



A Canadian Station called "Family Channel" that shows mostly Disney and Made for TV Movies shows a version of Batman Returns which is 91 minutes and CUTS A LOT of it OUT!
....

It is Cropped for TV, then they took out all Minor Foul Language with Cuts,
then they took out all the more intense stuff, like the Penguin biting the nose, all the stuff Batman does to thugs with his Batmobile in the beginning action scenes, the shots of Catwoman scratching the man in the alley, half of the Selina Turns to Catwoman stuff, including cutting out her going back home and then back to the Office and thus making it seem like she went back after Batman saved her. Numerous stuff is cut using "Fade to Black" and back, as if going to a Commercial, but since Family Channel has No Commercials it just fades, stays a few secs and then comes back at a later time. It has TONS of Cuts and the list goes on....

Penguin going through the records of the kids, all the indeundo-ish stuff between Penguin and Catwoman, and Batman and Catwoman. THE WHOLE SCEQUENCE WHERE SELINA IS CHANGING TO CATWOMAN AND BRUCE IS BECOMING BATMAN AFTER SELINA RUNS FROM BRUCE'S AND BEFORE THE CONFRONTATION WHERE THE ICE PRINCESS FALLS. It fades after Selina runs out and comes back with Batman all dressed exiting his change room in the cave and right to the batmobile in front of the building and batman entering to where he fights Catwoman and where the "Eat Floor High Fiber" line takes place.

So, Anyone seen this version!!????

I seen them show this like 7 times back about 4 years ago, then they stopped showing it, then they showed it again this past year in same form.

Family Channel also has a VERY WATERED DOWN print of "Cocktail" with Tom Cruise that is PG, and a PG "Secret Of My Success" clocking in at 95 minutes out of the original 115 minutes with Michael J. Fox. Their Cocktail is also 92 minutes, as well they have a 91 minutes "Ruthless People" with Danny Devito and Bette Middler. All of these films share the same RAPID Cutting and Dubbing process!


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[MurphyMan]

Changes to Secret Of My Success on Family Channel include...

The word screwing becomes Jumping,
Several sequences cut for no apparent reason other than wanting to keep a 90 min run time.
Bull**** becomes "Bushleague"
Damn becomes MAN
Cutting of a quick and Not Explicit scene of Michael J. Fox and the leading lady in bed, originally containing NO objectionable content to begin with!
Cutting out all the Running jokes of Michael J. Fox's neighbors making love too loud every night and the scene where he conducts the noises is completely removed as well as any mention of his neighbors.
The Scene where his Aunt comes to visit him one night at his apartment about half way through is shortened.
ALL THE LOVELY MUSIC MONTAGES OF WALKING ON SUNSHINE AND "DON'T ASK THE REASONS WHY" COMPLETELY REMOVED.
Michael getting his Secretary and accidentally having her walk in while he was changing (Still fully clothed) was removed.
About 2 minutes of the Opening credits is excised.
It cuts out him trying to find a job sequence and does so VERY SLOPPILY, jumping from him sitting in front of a man, to a woman with no reasoning and in the middle of him saying something to the woman.
The joke about him photocopying his face and giving the image to the secretary, to give to his uncle is cut.
The workers saying they hoped his uncle would burst a blood vessel is gone.
The mention Michael makes of "getting Laid" a night before is removed along with the sequence it was in and it jumps out of nowhere to him seeing the girl of his dreams walking through the main doors.

Basically they ruined it!

 

[Bat Attack]

I take it you don't like the Family Channel?

 

[Wolfwood]

I sometimes watch movies on TV when I know there's excessive cussing or some kind of mature content, because what they add/change is sometimes pretty funny.

Like when I saw the Matrix on TV a long while ago, there's the scene where Neo is being questioned by Agent Smith and Smith tells him that they have a file on him and his hacking and they want to know where Morpheus is at, so Neo says something about giving him the finger. Well in the TV version, they change it to giving him the flipper.

 

[black_dust]

i wacth them sometimes i remeber watching ace ventura once and they edited that to hell!