On a TV show, if a bleep censor is used, sometimes it’s still pretty obvious what someone said.
If something is blurred, sometimes we can still know what it is. There’s TV ratings, so why censor if they exist?
On TV airings of movies, the times lines are changed, they sound worse and don’t make sense, maybe not even said by the original actor.
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This is just a fact.
> There’s TV ratings, so why censor if they exist?
Lower ratings = larger audience. R rated movies have a much smaller audience than PG-13 or PG movies do. As a film producer, you gotta decide whether you want to edit/censor down to get the more friendly rating for a bigger audience, or whether keeping the R rating is more important. TV ratings go even further because many channels won’t play TV-MA content before certain hours, or limits it to very specific time slots….so your audience is even further narrowed.
Not an unpopular opinion
Unnecessary bleep videos, on the other hand, are comedic gold
Same for music
Is the popular opinion it does provide the full experience?
I think even with most people who want things censored would be that it doesn’t take enough away from the show to ruin the enjoyment.
fhx is right, not unpopular. That being said, I saw Narc televised once and if you have to censor, they did it right. Simply silenced the dialogue over the cussing, no bleep. Maintained immersion so much better.
I don’t think this is an unpopular opinion. I’ve never heard anyone say “this is what happens when you find a stranger in the alps” is the superior line.
I agree. I don’t watch movies edited for time, content, or to fit this screen.