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Movie censorship?

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 5:23 am
by iamsen
Anyone know if there'll be any cuts/edits to Kickass 2?

I'd rather not watch if there were any.

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 9:22 am
by Akimbo
Will be watching it next week, but apparently according to Rottentomatoes' critics (as of now, there's only 25 reviews so it can still go up), it isn't as kickass as the first one...

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 10:36 am
by Barnsley
If its violence i wouldnt expect any edits ......

It also depends on the rating the distributors want.

The last Die Hard was bad enough but the censoring that was done here made it even worse.

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:36 am
by x9200
Almost everything associated with widely understood sexual content will go away. Same for scenes intense with vulgar language and gestures. Generally if you are very unhappy with movies slaughtered this way you should only buy locally Sesame Street and alike.

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:43 am
by the lynx
x9200 wrote:Almost everything associated with widely understood sexual content will go away. Same for scenes intense with vulgar language and gestures. Generally if you are very unhappy with movies slaughtered this way you should only buy locally Sesame Street and alike.
But not the bloody gore!

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:52 am
by x9200
the lynx wrote:But not the bloody gore!
Some probably yes, but not that much as of any sex related.

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:00 pm
by Steve1960
Anyone know what the R21 channel is on Singtel?

Looks like it might be uncensored films but maybe I am being too optimistic! Been meaning to call them and get a PIN to see what its all about.

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:16 pm
by bgd
Unless it's the cinema you are really better off sourcing your movies from abroad where censorship is a little more relaxed. I do that via AppleTV and an offshore account.

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:49 pm
by Hannieroo
I prefer Apple. No bloody subtitles either.

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 1:06 pm
by Akimbo
x9200 wrote:Almost everything associated with widely understood sexual content will go away. Same for scenes intense with vulgar language and gestures. Generally if you are very unhappy with movies slaughtered this way you should only buy locally Sesame Street and alike.
I watched Before Midnight, and the softcore scene at the end was not cut whatsoever...but I think it had the M rating.

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 1:40 pm
by nutnut
One of the characters is called Motherf***er. I guess there will be bleeps as a minimum, they don't like that word here.

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 2:34 pm
by BedokAmerican
Not too long ago, a Disney cartoon movie was on TV and it was obvious that the cleavage on one of the female characters was blurred. By looking at the picture, it didn't appear she had that much cleavage in the first place (but apparently there was enough to make the Sg government uncomfortable).

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 3:15 pm
by Fortan
It just makes me sick. I was zapping through some channels the other night and ended up on a documentary about the factory that collapsed in Bangladesh. There were close up shots of several people mashed to pulp in the rubble and nothing censored. Then flicked on through the channels and ended up on a documentary about a pygmy tribe somewhere. They only wore very little clothes and the women nothing to cover their boops and it was blurred out.... Onwards with the channels and on one of the BBC channels I found Embarrasing Bodies, a program I like to watch. First a man with a problem in his groin and it was blurred out so you couldn't see what was really up. Then after that a woman who needed to have her huge breasts made smaller... again all blurred out.... what IS the point of censoring these things??? For the Embarrasing Bodies program, it would be better not to show it, as they are erm... not showing it.... :D

Posted: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 10:47 pm
by BedokAmerican
Fortan wrote:It just makes me sick. I was zapping through some channels the other night and ended up on a documentary about the factory that collapsed in Bangladesh. There were close up shots of several people mashed to pulp in the rubble and nothing censored. Then flicked on through the channels and ended up on a documentary about a pygmy tribe somewhere. They only wore very little clothes and the women nothing to cover their boops and it was blurred out.... Onwards with the channels and on one of the BBC channels I found Embarrasing Bodies, a program I like to watch. First a man with a problem in his groin and it was blurred out so you couldn't see what was really up. Then after that a woman who needed to have her huge breasts made smaller... again all blurred out.... what IS the point of censoring these things??? For the Embarrasing Bodies program, it would be better not to show it, as they are erm... not showing it.... :D
I've never heard of that show but looked it up online:
http://www.channel4embarrassingillnesses.com/
I wouldnt be shocked if some of those online galleries are blocked in Sg.

But yes, it's strange how blood and guts are ok, but the slightest bit of skin sends them into a frenzy. What is even weirder is that prostitution is legal here but a cartoon character on TV with a tad bit of cleavage? Oh no!

Posted: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:00 am
by singapore eagle
Isn't the censorship of sexual content a religious harmony thing? I don't think it's outright prudishness. It's the same considerations that mean that section 377A of the Penal Code stays on the statute.