Walmart to sell smut-free DVD player

[RabidDog]

It's just another case of parenting by proxy. People are lazy and would rather have a machine decide what their kids should watch. With so many turnkey kids, it's no wonder that something like this would sell

How else would people go about editing the swear/sewer words out of a movie/dvd? watch it once themselves, note down the time code and then sit with the kids and press the mute button for a second, at the right points?? Yeah I think it is better to have the choice.. swear words or not...I enjoy robust Anglo-saxon myself, too fockin right!

Also dont forget this is a new revenue stream .. every so often they will release a new code disc for the upcoming movies.. for a price.

[chaseru]

Kids, however much they're sheltered & cotton-wooled at home, will learn most stuff at primary school. Don't underestimate kids. Do you want them to grow up to be schizophrenics? Unable to differentiate between fantasy & reality? Parents have an obligation to prepare their children for the big bad world, not hide the world from them.

Damn, I guess I should have let my toddler watch Porn instead of Barney.

[freestyler]

I can imagine it now...

Me, my tight little, me good, me harder in the, all over my.

Might make my old porn movies interesting again

[Matteo693]

Damn, I guess I should have let my toddler watch Porn instead of Barney.

You people really think this machine is useful?? I mean, y'all insist on your right to watch, say, "Taxi Driver" with your children, so long as there's no swearing??

Like I said before, STUPID STUPID...!!!!!!!!

[redwudz]

I think tinpaul mispelled. I would say it's a DVD player for morons.

[qlizard]

I mean, y'all insist on your right to watch, say, "Taxi Driver" with your children, so long as there's no swearing??

Obviously not. Be sensible. But I would like the option to remove swear words from a movie geared to a younger crowd which were obviously just thrown in just to elevate the rating. Bruce Almighty comes to mind. An otherwise ok movie (by teen standards) with one rediculous bedroom scene and a gratituous F*ck word thrown in (Thankfully all easily removed with TDvdauthor).
No one is suggesting the censorship extremes mentioned by many members of this board. You're right, they're going to hear it at school and everywhere else. They don't need to hear it in the home, either from my mouth or on screen.

I think this is the fastest I've seen a thread go to 2 pages...

[indolikaa]

I wonder if they sell a smut-free PC? I'd like to see that thing chew through this website.

Can you imagine the challenge of making jeex family-friendly?

[scottoinkingsburg]

I would buy one just to learn how to hack it, then I would post how to hack it on the net, I figure any kid who really wants to see some a** and t*** and bea***, will get a** t*** and bea***! Dont worry though, this DVD player will play lots of violence.... without hacking! Enjoy. I wonder if it has that stupid smiley face on the start up screen?

[tinpaul]

I think tinpaul mispelled. I would say it's a DVD player for morons.

No redwuds, I Know What I Spelled.

[bokkasrealm]

Bruce Almighty comes to mind. An otherwise ok movie (by teen standards) with one rediculous bedroom scene and a gratituous F*ck word thrown in (Thankfully all easily removed with TDvdauthor).
No one is suggesting the censorship extremes mentioned by many members of this board. You're right, they're going to hear it at school and everywhere else. They don't need to hear it in the home, either from my mouth or on screen.

You actually think Bruce Almighty is too rough and tumble for your kids? Did you take them to see the Passion?

[presto]

scottoinkingsburg,

I can figure out t*** and a** , but what is bea***?

[iooi]

Why not offer an alternate sound track where the curse words are muted? They could also offer another sound track where extra curse words are inserted..

And i know which track my daughter will choose to listen too....
Most kids have a player in their own room so to expect them to pick the Clean soundtrack is a joke, hell she hears worse walking down the street and in school from some of the 5 year olds.. who dont know any better....
Sure swearing isnt necessary in films but it is part of daily life.
Someone brought up Bruce Almighty.. I would add in 4 Weddings & a funeral 6 f.c.u.k.s in the first 2 mins and Love Actually much swearing and simulated sex scenes great adult humor but it goes straight over the head of most kids... Unless you get the "Dad what is she doing" to answer...
Mrs squirms if sprog is watching with us but wtf she is going to see it one way or another and its my job as a parent to make sure she is well able and level headed enough to deal with stuff like this. Sheltering them from it is no good they will find a way to access it and that aint the way to deal with it..Get it out in the open where you can keep a eye on them...they will only sneek off where you have no control over what they are doing...

[iooi]

And don't get me started on sex. It's OK to show people being murdered on prime time TV in graphic detail, but a second of boob flash sends the nation into a paroxysm of wierdness?

No wonder Europeans think we're wacko.

Only Think....We know

No offence ment.

[offline]

certainly limited as to what I can watch here in Australia

Original uncut versions of Salo, Ken Park and all the others are easily
obtainable in Australia to those who are prepared to spend a bit of
time searching. That is what makes censorship stupid- it just increases
the underground demand for otherwise fairly innocuous films.

[fritzi93]

The whole thing seems rather pointless. On the other hand, assertions as to the "artistic merit" of (most) films border on the ridiculous. :P

[Matteo693]

Original uncut versions of Salo, Ken Park and all the others are easily obtainable in Australia to those who are prepared to spend a bit of time searching. That is what makes censorship stupid - it just increases the underground demand for otherwise fairly innocuous films.

Exactly. But when I start seeing films listed on IMDB.COM and being sold freely on AMAZON.COM, I start to wonder why it's being censored in my country. Who's in charge here? Who's in charge over everywhere? Why ain't I in charge?

[rebarlow]

It's interesting how many people rail against any perceived censorship yet use "*" to edit their f***ing swear words.

[Capmaster]

It's interesting how many people rail against any perceived censorship yet use "*" to edit their f***ing swear words.

Self-censorship is called good manners. Outside censorship is called fascism

[Matteo693]

It's interesting how many people rail against any perceived censorship yet use "*" to edit their f***ing swear words.

******* oath, bro!

[indolikaa]

Outside censorship is called fascism.

Amen!

[mmasw]

It's A DVD Player For Mormons

you need to remove one of the m's

[Capmaster]

It's A DVD Player For Mormons

you need to remove one of the m's

Either that, or he's talking about those folks with multiple DVD players

[Matteo693]

Ormons?

[offline]

Capmaster wrote:
Outside censorship is called fascism.
indolikaa wrote:
Amen!

Is this a subtle reference to the Vatican and their "close"
relationship with the Nazis during the 3rd Riech or am I
reading more into this than I should and pass the pills please!

Ve ver taut that in the classen ve ver bread to kickin ze assen.

[Capmaster]

Capmaster wrote:
Outside censorship is called fascism.
indolikaa wrote:
Amen!

Is this a subtle reference to the Vatican and their "close"
relationship with the Nazis during the 3rd Riech or am I
reading more into this than I should and pass the pills please!

Ve ver taut that in the classen ve ver bread to kickin ze assen.

Nope. I hadn't even thought about any connection like that ........I was thinking of:

fas·cism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (fshzm)
n.
often Fascism
A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
A political philosophy or movement based on or advocating such a system of government.
Oppressive, dictatorial control.

Or were you referring to indo's "Amen"? If so, I think that's a stretch
And I'll take one of those pills

[BJ_M]

lets steer away from religion ... that and politics will cause wars and spitting ..

[indolikaa]

Hey guys!

Is this a subtle reference to the Vatican and their "close"
relationship with the Nazis during the 3rd Riech or am I reading more into this than I should and pass the pills please!

I didn't treat it as such a reference. Rest assured, this is one member who keeps religion as far out of the picture as possible...

Pills? How about some of my lithium?

Ve ver taut that in the classen ve ver bread to kickin ze assen.

Now that IS funny! I might start using that when the boss sends me out to spread hate and discontentment.

Or were you referring to indo's "Amen"? If so, I think that's a stretch

It would be a stretch. A really big stretch. Bigger than any of Rosie's stretch marks.

Amen=True=Word=I Emphatically Agree with You, lithium-deuteride man!

My agreement with Capmaster was in the view that outside censorship equates to fascism. It had nothing to do with any particular example.

[rebarlow]

[Self-censorship is called good manners. Outside censorship is called fascism :wink:[/quote]

Agreed. But why is it outside censorship to choose to edit out parts in your own house???? No one is forcing that censorship on any one else. It is their own choice.

Is it censorship when I choose not to buy "Catcher in the Rye" for my sixth graders to read? They will be welcome to read whatever they want as they mature, but 12 year olds probably shouldn't be reading that.

There are many R rated films I wish they could see but feel that there is some inappropriate content. It wouldn't take much editing for it to be appropriate for them to see. Isn't that a form of self-censorship, which by your statement is OK?

Again- this is MY choice. I'm not telling anyone else they can't watch the film. I'm not imposing my parenting philosophy on any one else. In a way, it could be considered censorship when someone tells me I can't cut erect penises and spread vulva out of movies when viewed in my own home.

[Matteo693]

What about Idio Amen, I mean Idi Amin!?

[Gazorgan]

I see possibilities!!! I mean come on! Imagine the contests we could have on here to edit some of the movies? I mean you could clip out all the Jar-Jar or Luke/Amadola slow scenes fro Star Wars 1/2. You can turn a bad movie into something funny!

Of course, it will compress the Soprano's DVD's down to a VCD :P