Inglorious Basterds

[raider5gt]

Back in the 70's there was a mini series on American network TV called The Basterd

If it was ok for 70's prime-time network television, why is it such a bad word today ?

I remember that mini series,it was on over here when i was a kid,we used to say that show is on tonight The Basterd and say it a few times,it was the only time me and brothers could say a naughty word without getting our mouths washed out with soap for swearing.

[cjefferys]

Back in the 70's there was a mini series on American network TV called The Basterd

If it was ok for 70's prime-time network television, why is it such a bad word today ?

Yep, that's the one I was talking about.

It's sad, but a lot of stuff that aired on network television in the 70's wouldn't be shown there today (an example that's always brought up in topics like this is "All in the Family"). The US is way too uptight about stuff like that. All this restrictiveness is getting worse every year, but hey, look how much better modern society is becoming because of that, it must be working!

[Gorn Captain]

They're often censuring the wrong stuff, too.

Whenever I see like a home video of a baby with the area of his bum disguised by those little digital cubes, I say to myself, man, when did that become "too much".
In one movie, they even censured a scene of parent taking a bath together with a baby.
But chopping a guy's head off on prime time, that's just plain cool!

[ctc]

>The US is way too uptight about stuff like that. All this restrictiveness is getting worse every year

Marketing. The lower the rating, the bigger the perspective audience. It's been like that since the mid 80's. (I still maintain that "Commando" is the action film that ruined action films.)

And yeah, it DOES get worse every year.... which is why I kinda laugh at folks who complain about how horrid and icky entertainment is NOW.

Don C.

[huedell]

I don't laugh at an entity trying execise a bit of control in ratings.
I don't fiind it too "uptight"
They may not do it right all the time.
But I find it to be a classy move.

[Gorn Captain]

If you want to see how censorship really "kills" the mood: I watched Friday the 13th on the BBC once.
They edited out all the kills. So you see Jason raising his machete, and then it's all over, on to the next scene.
My question is? Why even bother showing it?
That's like an Agatha Christie story, and right before the killer is revealed, they say "well, that's enough, on to the weather forecast."

And isn't it odd: the word bas**rd is a "problem", but when we see someone shot in the face in Pulp Fiction, the reaction I saw most often was...laughter.
"Oh, man, he accidentally shot him in the face. Haha."


Weird.....