Boy, that's some memory of network censorship. You should get an award for just knowing that stuff!
Seriously, though, I agree with you. Even a moron can lip read and word-associate to understand what the lines are supposed to be. It's like they are just going through the motions to appease the FCC. At 11:42 AM 3/9/2005, you wrote: > > Flip you, melon farmer. > > > > - Jim > > > >This got me thinking about one of my favorite discussions: really bad >dubbing in order to censor out bad language when showing a movie on network >TV. > >Some of my personal favorites: > >Tango & Cash: "FUBAR", Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition, becomes "Messed Up >Beyond All Recognition"...even though the acronym in the movie remains >FUBAR....*scratching my head* > >The Hard Way: "Son of a bitch" becomes "slug in a ditch". (Thats a personal >favorite of mine) > >Ferris Bueller: "If you stick a lump of coal up his ass" becomes "If you >stick a lump of coal up his nose" > >Ghostbusters: "Until dickless here shut off the power grid." "Is this true?" >"Yes your honor, this man has no dick" becomes "Until wally wick here shut >off the power grid" "Is this true?" "Yes your honor, this man is some kind >of rodent I don't know which" > >and my favorite: > >Die Hard 2: "Yippy-kai-yeah, mother fucker" becomes "Yippy-kai-yeah mister >Falcon!" > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:149844 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
