Re: General movie news

by Nightjar Wed Nov 08, 2023 11:28 pm

More we're going to ban Macaracs b*llocks.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Sat Dec 16, 2023 11:53 pm

Steamboat Willie is about to enter Public Domain. Excited

https://twitter.com/consequence/status/1735656079265022343

by Fangirl Three Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:09 am

I'm surprised Disney didn't do their usual trick of making a sh*t live action version of it to hold onto the copyright.

by Butterfield Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:02 pm

Mary Poppins film age rating raised over 'discriminatory language'

The 1964 film has been reclassified from a U, which stands for universal, to a PG, for parental guidance.

In it, a derogatory term originally used by white Europeans about nomadic peoples in southern Africa is used to refer to soot-faced chimney-sweeps.

That now "exceeds our guidelines" for U films, the BBFC said.

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"Mary Poppins (1964) includes two uses of the discriminatory term 'hottentots'.

"While Mary Poppins has a historical context, the use of discriminatory language is not condemned, and ultimately exceeds our guidelines for acceptable language at U. We therefore classified the film PG for discriminatory language."

The Oxford English Dictionary says the term, which referred to the Khoikhoi and San people, is "generally considered both archaic and offensive".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68402362

by Butterfield Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:05 pm

Mary Poppins really should have told those who used the term to "educate yourself". General movie news - Page 4 H78KQbyF_normal

She was obviously part of the problem.

by Butterfield Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:07 pm

Isn't "h*ttentots" mentioned in I Don't Care by Shakespears Sister? That'll be next to have a warning, get edited or deleted on streaming sites. scared

Yet another reason to keep hold of all your old DVDs, videos, CDs and vinyl. And tapes.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:29 pm

Butterfield wrote:Isn't "h*ttentots" mentioned in I Don't Care by Shakespears Sister?

It is.

by Nightjar Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:30 pm

It's mentioned in the Cowardly Lion's song in The Wizard of Oz as well.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Mon Feb 26, 2024 6:32 pm

by Nightjar Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:56 am

There's a film out at the moment called Combat Wombat.

by cosmictanya Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:21 pm

I desperately wish I’d gone to the Willy Wonka Experience in Glasgow. It looks like the kind of thing I’d enjoy.

Years ago, there was a Christmas wonderland in Dorset or Sussex that looked equally great - which ended up with some parents having a fist fight with drunken elves while children sobbed and Santa screamed at them all. I’ve always wished I’d been there too.

by Nightjar Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:05 pm

by cosmictanya Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:00 pm

That looks amazing.

by Nightjar Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:04 pm

I think that there's another, more mysterious character who's been identified too.

The 'Unknown' I think.

scared

by Nightjar Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:07 pm

This Yahoo new page seems to have it covered. yes

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/extended-footage-gives-us-most-185506971.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9zZWFyY2guYnJhdmUuY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABWw4v7K2P_peMUn37d2vxfzvHOvAzetiiPIzhJoP-flHg72GuLX-lHD5ODqa3utXNGWacNelh6RU6U2iJMc_GwpnOjA_wjBxSy_SGNNniFduPsR0W5scrAjsmaIxNd5jKLgSPXtFwJk-WL2yCUk4VzWZDg4MLW2GpN376zW53ik

by SiberianPrincess’sMidriff Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:09 am

by Nightjar Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:32 am

by Nightjar Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:19 pm

Horror film Late Night With the Devil takes $666,666 on Sunday in the US

The found-footage film took a suspiciously satanic number on a spooky weekend at the US box office that saw Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire top the charts

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/25/horror-film-late-night-with-the-devil-takes-666666-on-sunday-in-the-us

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:54 pm

by Nightjar Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:14 pm

That's movie I went to see at an actual cinema last week as well. scared

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