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Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:52 am ]
Post subject:  5 blasted for 'traumatising' viewers on Easter Sunday by air
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Families watching the station after finishing their roast dinners were apparently left "traumatised" after Watership Down came on.

The 1978 animation, based on the novel written by Richard Adams , features the slaughter of bunny rabbits.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/chan ... rs-7638429

Oh, FFS. The film has been out for long enough for people to know what it's about, and the book for much longer (do people read any more?). So if you let your little cherubs watch the film and they are traumatised by it, then it's not Channel 5's fault. It's your's.

Also, just for the record, the last screen shot in the Mirror's article is from the TV series that was made about 10 years later.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Mon Mar 28, 2016 5:09 pm ]
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Apart from anything else, it's massively trivialising the word 'traumatised'.
Author:  big_D [ Tue Mar 29, 2016 4:03 am ]
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I watched it as a 10 year old in the cinema, I didn't find it traumatising, I found it eye opening.
Author:  davrosG5 [ Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:21 am ]
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I would say Watership Down is moving.
If you're 'traumatised' by it then you'd better hope you never find out what bunnies get up to in the real world. Or pretty much any other wild animal for that matter.
Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:09 am ]
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The book does it far, far better. There’s a whole rabbit culture - even a religion - that guides and educates the as they find their way to their new home. Well worth a read.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Tue Mar 29, 2016 2:04 pm ]
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Isn't the whole thing basically an allegory for WWI?
Author:  paulzolo [ Thu Mar 31, 2016 8:24 am ]
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Watership Down 'would be rated PG today' says BBFC head

The U-rated 1978 film Watership Down would be classified PG were it released today, the new head of the British Board of Film Classification has said.
BBFC director David Austin told BBC Radio 5 live its violence was "arguably too strong" for it to be rated U now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35924936

Noting that on its release in the 1970s, Alien was an X (effectively the equivalent of an 18 now). When it had it”s re-release, the recut earned a 15 certificate.
Author:  Tsar [ Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:01 pm ]
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oh wait till this sunday

it snow white

more complaints NOW
Author:  pcernie [ Thu Mar 31, 2016 4:25 pm ]
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paulzolo wrote:
Quote:
Watership Down 'would be rated PG today' says BBFC head

The U-rated 1978 film Watership Down would be classified PG were it released today, the new head of the British Board of Film Classification has said.
BBFC director David Austin told BBC Radio 5 live its violence was "arguably too strong" for it to be rated U now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35924936

Noting that on its release in the 1970s, Alien was an X (effectively the equivalent of an 18 now). When it had it”s re-release, the recut earned a 15 certificate.


The BBFC have never had a clue. Recent example, Grimsby being a 15!
Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu Mar 31, 2016 9:09 pm ]
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What utter [LIFTED].
I loved that film as a child
Author:  MrStevenRogers [ Fri Apr 01, 2016 4:40 am ]
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i wonder what they would think of tom & jerry then ...
Author:  davrosG5 [ Fri Apr 01, 2016 10:24 am ]
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I think they still make (or did until relatively recently) Tom and Jerry cartoons.
From memory I don't think you usually see much blood in a T&J cartoon whereas Watership down is rather more graphic (and involves less frying pan related violence :D ).
Author:  paulzolo [ Fri Apr 01, 2016 7:16 pm ]
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davrosG5 wrote:
I think they still make (or did until relatively recently) Tom and Jerry cartoons.
From memory I don't think you usually see much blood in a T&J cartoon whereas Watership down is rather more graphic (and involves less frying pan related violence :D ).

There's a new series running on Boomerang at the moment.
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