Worst TV Censorship Ever

[Cela]

Ok, I just saw something worse than "Monkey fighting snakes on a Monday to Friday plane" or "Find a stranger in the Alps."

On Leprechaun 2: Back 2 tha Hood on BET, there is a scene where the monster is smoking a bong with a thug. Yes... just bear with me here.

They censored the bong. Its just them holding and seemingly smoking a random invisible object. There was smoke coming out of this empty space of air, they were getting high. What was the point?

[Curt Hawkins Fan]

They were obviously being stupid Mr. Falcons.

[Perd]

That's awesome. I've grown to love TV edits of movies with heavy profanity. If you watch Casino on USA it goes from a great mob movie to a hilarious comedy.

[TheDieselTrain]

I had heard of this years ago that in Europe they changed TMNT to Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles because Ninjas are apparently violent and not heroic. So I was looking for the the intro the US version and happened upon the hero version.



Apparently throughout the whole series they edited out all shots of Michealeangelo where he had nunchucks. Somehow they're a deadlier weapon than swords or sais.

I kinda want to see an episode now.

[Throwback]

I saw Leprechaun 2: Back 2 tha Hood was on BET today. But everytime I go to the channel it's just videos. BET always lies to me.

the worst (funniest) tv censorship I saw was Showgirls on SPIKE. They put cgi bras on all the girls when they were topless. So they would take off their bra to reveal another bra

[Cranjis McBasketball]

The TV edit of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is an unrecognizable mess. I can understand most of the edits...but one I just can't make sense of.

They LEFT IN the line

"You know what they make you do in the country? Toss the salad!"

Really TV edit? That's perfectly fine? I guess because it's not dirty in and of itself, but c'mon on....

[Deleted]

So thats what happens when you find a stranger in the alps.

[Deleted]

Channel 4 in the UK constantly butcher sitcoms like Scrubs, How I Met Your Mother, Friends to a lesser extent, during daytime showings. They unnecessarily cut lines that can be deemed even mildly offensive - Scrubs in particular has every mention of the word "penis" removed. The worst part is that they don't even try and hide the fact that they're cutting it, it's blatantly obvious whenever they remove something. It's just really bad censorship and there's often no need for it. When it suits they'll leave words like "piss" and "bastard" in then cut "ass".

[OGBoardPoster2005]

Mallrats has some tool dubbing over Jason Mewes' voice(first the studio doesn't want him in it then the networks don't even want to hear him)

[Cela]

Update: The various fodder keep referring to each other as "my ninja"

[Premier Blah]

I remember watching The Devil's Advocate where they cut out the ENTIRE final confrontation between Keanu and Devil Al Pacino. One moment Keanu is out on an empty street mourning his loss, the next he's randomly in that bathroom.

[mrrotten]

I think the best one I've seen was when FX aired the first X-Men movie, and during scene where they're fighting at the Statue of Liberty at the end. Wolverine meets up with Cyclops and Jean, and Cyclops says to Wolverine "Is it you?" (being that Mystique was fighting them).

During the 8pm showing, they changed Wolverine's response from "Your a dick" to "Your a dork". That itself isn't so bad, but then the next day, at a earlier time (which I see as a better chance for a kids to hear it), they left the line as "Your a dick". I just thought that was funny.

[Cela]

Feb 18, 2010 17:38:45 GMT -5 Premier Blah said:

I remember watching The Devil's Advocate where they cut out the ENTIRE final confrontation between Keanu and Devil Al Pacino. One moment Keanu is out on an empty street mourning his loss, the next he's randomly in that bathroom.

But... thats the best damn part.

[wildojinx]

I heard they changed the first scanners movie's end for tv airings. Instead of the exploding head, they had the final confrontation have some clumsy "mental transfer" using the same computer animation used for the gatorade ads in the 80s.

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

Feb 18, 2010 17:36:01 GMT -5 Cela said:

Update: The various fodder keep referring to each other as "my ninja"

HEY!That is our word you cant use it!

[wildojinx]

Feb 18, 2010 17:36:01 GMT -5 Cela said:

Update: The various fodder keep referring to each other as "my ninja"

and the UK edit will change that to "my hero".

[theryno665]

Feb 18, 2010 17:36:01 GMT -5 Cela said:

Update: The various fodder keep referring to each other as "my ninja"

I think that was actually in the movie before censoring though. I remember one character starting to say the N-Word before another character stopping them and saying "No! We don't say that anymore. Now, we call each other 'My ninja.'"

I wish it was possible to buy the television edited versions of movies, or at the very least an alternate commentary track like Crank has.

[default]

I just got done watching some Music Choice. Despite playing the edited version of BEP's "Imma Be" someone texted in "Ello motherf****ers"

[Premier Blah]

Feb 18, 2010 17:49:54 GMT -5 Cela said:

Feb 18, 2010 17:38:45 GMT -5 Premier Blah said:

I remember watching The Devil's Advocate where they cut out the ENTIRE final confrontation between Keanu and Devil Al Pacino. One moment Keanu is out on an empty street mourning his loss, the next he's randomly in that bathroom.

But... thats the best damn part.

I know! I literally facepalmed when I saw that.

[King Devitt]

Feb 18, 2010 17:08:48 GMT -5 Throwback said:

I saw Leprechaun 2: Back 2 tha Hood was on BET today. But everytime I go to the channel it's just videos. BET always lies to me.

the worst (funniest) tv censorship I saw was Showgirls on SPIKE. They put cgi bras on all the girls when they were topless. So they would take off their bra to reveal another bra

HA! i'm glad i wasn't the only one who saw that. i usually can't watch movies on cable but that was one i had to finish. good call.