The Human Centipede II rejected by BBFC!

[ferretchucker]

Originally Posted by neverending

Wow... people supporting censorship. Incredible.

I don't think it's so much supporting it, as really not caring in this case. It's not a political/religious view being suppressed or an enlightening, life changing film that will revolutionise the way we see the world. It's just another shock film.

Censorship isn't right, but in this case, I'm not going to kick up any fuss.

[neverending]

That's lazy thinking, young man. You have to protect freedom of expression in all cases, or when you really want that freedom, it will have disappeared.

Are political & religious views the only type of speech that's worthy of protection? If that's the prevailing attitude in England I can see why they have institutionalized censorship to the degree they do. Thank goddess over here we hold freedom of speech to a near absolute degree.

And how do you know that film won't revolutionize the way you- or somebody else- sees the world? You haven't seen it. How can you judge whether it's worthy of the same protection other works of art get or not?

[newb]

Originally Posted by neverending

That's lazy thinking, young man. You have to protect freedom of expression in all cases, or when you really want that freedom, it will have disappeared.

Are political & religious views the only type of speech that's worthy of protection? If that's the prevailing attitude in England I can see why they have institutionalized censorship to the degree they do. Thank goddess over here we hold freedom of speech to a near absolute degree.

And how do you know that film won't revolutionize the way you- or somebody else- sees the world? You haven't seen it. How can you judge whether it's worthy of the same protection other works of art get or not?

agreed....and I think ferret should be banned for that comment.

[neverending]

Originally Posted by newb

agreed....and I think ferret should be banned for that comment.

You're always trying to get me in trouble!

[newb]

Originally Posted by neverending

You're always trying to get me in trouble!

ha....never...you're one of my favorite posters.

[cheebacheeba]

My only thoughts on this are "Do they really need another one?"
That said, I don't care much for censorship - I think it's peoples right to watch even any pathetic drivel they should so choose to waste their time on.

[Fearonsarms]

Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ

Damn, this will almost certainly be the same case for NZ and Australia then. Not that it'll stop me seeing it of course and if I want to buy it I'll hopefully be able to sneak a R1 release onto my shelf.

The original was a tad underwhelming but I enjoyed it especially for Dieter Laser performance.



:confused: really? These guys have been heavy handed for decades if I'm not mistaking?

He means in recent years only Murder Set Pieces and A Serbian Film have been repeatedly banned by the BBFC but yes over ten years ago the BBFC has been a overkill censorship joke-whocan forget their counterparts in the 80s creating their "video nasties" list-most of those films have had their ban lifted in recent years so now people use the video nasties list as a shopping list. The publicity this will generate will save the studios millions in advertising expenditure in this day and age-the UK ban will not last long as it hasn't stopped anyone I know from watching A Serbian Film for example if they really wanted to.

[neverending]

Maybe not anyone you know, but there sure are plenty of people who don't pirate films. If they can't see a film in a theatre or rent it from a legal source, they don't see it. And banning a film certainly hurts its bottom line, making it more difficult for them to work on future projects.

[cheebacheeba]

If they can't see a film in a theatre or rent it from a legal source, they don't see it.

I don't usually download movies, but I think that the circumstances you mention here are a valid time to do so.
If there's no way you can legitimately buy/see a film in your area and give some small portion of funds to those that work on said film, then I myself feel I would be doing them more credit by obtaining the film any way possible, and giving good feedback on an open/online forum or imdb.
Sometimes credit is all you can give a film - if of course, it's deserving.

[swiss tony]

It has clearly made a bit of a splash in the national press. The story was covered on both Radio 5 Live and Talksport.

The BBFC description didn't make it sound that bad. It's not really my sort of movie but I do strongly object to the state saving us from ourselves with this kind of over-zealous scrutiny.

I guess, with the freedom of the internet, the BBFC is a fairly toothless government agency these days anyway. Maybe they're just rocking the boat a bit to justify their own, little Hitler existence.

FUCK THOSE GUYS!!!!:madmad:

rant over