Crotchwood cropped in UK...
- Thread starter Lonemagpie
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I still find it puzzling that the BBC would cut it seeing as this is the network that gave us Rome and Skins (I think Skins was a BBC show?).
You know, between holding off on airing the show for a week (yes Starz gets first airing, but they could show it the next day like they do here in Canada) and editing it, the BBC really is making no friends with their handling of Torchwood. Couple that with keeping silent on Doctor Who's future (they should out and say when and if it's going to air next year and be done with it - it's not as if counter programming by ITV or Five would make a lick of difference) and before long we're going to start seeing calls for the BBC to give up the franchise and let someone else handle it in much the same way there were calls to get Star Trek off UPN and away from Paramount a decade ago.
Alex
You know, between holding off on airing the show for a week (yes Starz gets first airing, but they could show it the next day like they do here in Canada) and editing it, the BBC really is making no friends with their handling of Torchwood. Couple that with keeping silent on Doctor Who's future (they should out and say when and if it's going to air next year and be done with it - it's not as if counter programming by ITV or Five would make a lick of difference) and before long we're going to start seeing calls for the BBC to give up the franchise and let someone else handle it in much the same way there were calls to get Star Trek off UPN and away from Paramount a decade ago.
Alex
^Skins is an E4 show, digital channel. Rome was on BBC Two not BBC One. The scene is apparently still there, it's just the sex is toned down, much as Little Britain was toned down for it's BBC One broadcasts.
Also, stop the fuck moaning. You moan more than anyone in Britain does. The counter programming actually does make a huge difference when ITV is airing something like X-Factor or Britain's Got Talent. Yes, it's annoying they've made us wait nearly a week, but it's a hell of a lot better than the months they waited for other things. The reason they're likely keeping silent on the next series because they have no solid idea what's happening yet, it's a year away.
Also, stop the fuck moaning. You moan more than anyone in Britain does. The counter programming actually does make a huge difference when ITV is airing something like X-Factor or Britain's Got Talent. Yes, it's annoying they've made us wait nearly a week, but it's a hell of a lot better than the months they waited for other things. The reason they're likely keeping silent on the next series because they have no solid idea what's happening yet, it's a year away.
Indeed, it's not like Hollywood where they decide on a release date when they greenlight a film - the Beeb doesn't schedule stuff until it's actually been, y'know, made!
What's interesting with the comparison to Rome is that with that show they kept the sex in and cut out a bunch of political subplotting! But the DVDs were uncut.
Not going to effect it at all, apparently all that's edited is some thrusting of Barrowman's bare arse.
They'd be the first complaining if it wasn't.
They'd be the first complaining if it wasn't.
Barrowman's arse doesn't interest me - it's the other cut (for violence) that does...
I like the way even the Mail are complaining about cuts
They'd be the first complaining if it wasn't.
Barrowman's arse doesn't interest me - it's the other cut (for violence) that does...
While I'm not fond of censorship I can't really bring myself to care about it, US cable tends to over do it in my opinion.
Ah the twisted values of our society, where sex is evil and dirty and to be hidden away but violence is kewl man.
Erm, you do realise they've cut both, right?
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I'm still trying to decide if "Crotchwood" is really clever or just lazy.
Tulin came up with it originally, I think, so I'm going with Lazy!
So your fear is not that the shows could actually turn out bad or poor or mismanaged... but that obnoxious people on the Internet are going to say something stupid?
I think most people generally believe DW is safe for another 2 years. As to when it'll air next year. Assuming it's another 13 episode season. The earliest it'll be would be Easter Weekend as the previous full seasons have all started around then. If they are moving towards the more American model of starting the season later in the year and they plan to show the full season the latest they could start would be late September, to give them enough time to conclude it's run by the Christmas/New Year fortnight.
As for Torchwood: Miracle Day, from what I saw the BBC did little advertising for the show. Now perhaps this is down to the fact they were unprepared for the number of complaints thet received about it airing in other countries with no UK airdate scheduled. And as such brought forward it's airdate to just under a week after the US.
What I don't think helped the situation was other countries (other than the US) getting it before it aired on the BBC. Most people will understand it's a co-production and as such it might air in the co-produers country before it aired on the BBC. It's kind of harder to justify it airing in i.e. Canada before the UK.
After all to all it is funded by a fee.
As for Torchwood: Miracle Day, from what I saw the BBC did little advertising for the show. Now perhaps this is down to the fact they were unprepared for the number of complaints thet received about it airing in other countries with no UK airdate scheduled. And as such brought forward it's airdate to just under a week after the US.
What I don't think helped the situation was other countries (other than the US) getting it before it aired on the BBC. Most people will understand it's a co-production and as such it might air in the co-produers country before it aired on the BBC. It's kind of harder to justify it airing in i.e. Canada before the UK.
After all to all it is funded by a fee.
^It got 2 weeks of advertising, about the standard. And some of BBC One's biggest shows get very little advertising. I'm still unconvinced they didn't always plan to air it when they did, just everyone got their knickers in a twist over it.
I think the Beeb is responding to recent accusations that they are overdoing it on the sex and swearing. I think if this wasn't so connected to their no.1 family show, it wouldn't have been a problem.
Perhaps, but the BBC could have avoided a lot of letters it know doubt got, by annoucing the date earlier. But from memory it wasn't announced in the original release information the BBC put out for that week. It was added later. Why add later if you always planned to show it.
BTW I didn't see one ad for it, but then again I watch very little terrestial TV, about the only thing I watch on BBC is DW, Torchwood, F1 and the odd news programme.
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