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Ditto. Are you aware of the British TV Show, 'Only Fools and Horses'? When the BBC show re-runs they edit them (in some cases heavily) to remove dialogue that may 'cause offence'. It totally diminishes the impact of many episodes and the characters within. In my book it is simply air-brushing history and culture. It's about context and I think it's important for younger viewers to see it as it was originally intended. After all, these were/are classics.
They do this in Sweden, too. In newer editions of Pippi Longstockings, her father is no longer a "negro king", but a "king of the southern seas".
I don't think that's such a bad thing to be honest. It's a comparatively minor detail.
I've always been a huge fan of Fawlty Towers and this scene immediately comes to mind.
You'd never get away with this now on a modern early evening show (rightly so), but I've never heard of it being edited out when repeated on television in the UK.
I've never found this scene particularly bad tbh as it just shows the Major to be a bit of an old, outdated buffon.
It is edited out of the television broadcast
Was Fawlty's 'you stupid Kraut' kept intact? It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it was as we all know how the BBC's policies work.
Sheriff J.W Pepper and Bond himself in the novels.
Agreed. Been saying this since QoS and vehemently since SF.
T'was a joke. But I'll take note of it for my book.
Absolutely. Well said.
Porter: "The president's suite!"
Bond: "Really? Well don't bother showing me the rest, if I get lost I'll call a cab."
I always felt Bond was being a dick because he didn't want to pay a tip for the walk around said suite. Not rude per se, but arrogant. Moore delivers it in his signature smooth tone.
It's really been done to death now.
Something in the vein, if not a literal translation. I have to say it's someting one would expct from any Bond but Sir Roger. That's ironically why I actually find it mean-o, not for the quote "per se".
Hell, yea.
About Moneypenny being on field, I'll go a fit off-tompic and say I think at least Naomie Harris looks like an action girl. So did Caroline Bliss if we change her appearance just a little bit IMHO.
It's difficult to see it stopping any time soon, unfortunately.
TFA - The Force Awakens
SW - Star Wars (A New Hope)
JP -Jurassic Park
JW - Jurassic World