RTE pull Virgin Suicides

Scarinae · 02-04-2005 2:29pm

OLDYELLAR wrote:

ah tv3 covered that angle well ,instead of interrupting their programmes they announced he was dead while he was still alive

Hahaha... So true

Pigman II · 02-04-2005 2:45pm

Virgin Suicides is a great album but not much of a movie I'm afraid.

On a slightly related point GuestHouseParadiso is on tommorow night.

OLDYELLAR · 02-04-2005 3:16pm

At least My Marty Wheelan on fair city dream was`nt crushed by RTE

Wheels · 02-04-2005 4:38pm

I'd say they got rid of becuase of your one in America dying last week and all the woo haa there was over the assisted suicide thing?

HomesickAlien · 02-04-2005 4:46pm

anyone remember when rte put on die hard 2 a couple of months after 9/11?

now you'd think they would have pulled that but not this but there ya go... :rolleyes:

OLDYELLAR · 02-04-2005 4:47pm

ah but die hard 2 is a fantastic film!!!

Pigman II · 02-04-2005 5:00pm

I remember them pulling a film after 9/11 but for some reason I seemed remember 'The Rock' being the film in question that got pulled?

(perhaps this is just a giant conspiracy against the Coppola family

)

radiospan · 02-04-2005 5:05pm

Pigman II wrote:

I remember them pulling a film after 9/11 but for some reason I seemed remember 'The Rock' being the film in question that got pulled?

(perhaps this is just a giant conspiracy against the Coppola family )

I think it was BBC that pulled The Rock.

monkeyfudge · 02-04-2005 5:06pm

I remember trying to watch The Simpsons on Sky after Diana died.

For weeks they had almost every episode cut to bits. Any car chases or referenece to Diana and the Royal family were just edited out.

Like the episode where Homer wants to get the free trampoline and he runs lots of people off the road trying to get there, they cut all that.

OLDYELLAR · 02-04-2005 5:16pm

Oh my god that was one of the best episodes!!

Winters · 02-04-2005 6:46pm

Wheels wrote:

I'd say they got rid of becuase of your one in America dying last week and all the woo haa there was over the assisted suicide thing?

I'm assuming you never saw the South Park that was on that day. The whole episode was about Kenny who was now a vegatable and living off a feeding tube. Cartman was trying to get his feeding tube removed [mostly as he wanted his PSP] and Kyle/Stan were fighting against his feeding tube being removed.

They didnt pull that, why bother pulling a Film that was on a day or two later

Fúcking RTÉ.

OLDYELLAR · 02-04-2005 6:48pm

the reason is rte are complete muppets id say!

simu · 03-04-2005 12:34am

A silly reason to pull the film if the pope's death was the reason.

The ad for it really annoyed me though - "Doctor, you've obviously never been a 13 year old girl". What 13 year old comes out with that sort of thing ffs!?

OLDYELLAR · 03-04-2005 12:57am

That was funny , I was A slow developer dont remember bein 13

beardedchicken · 03-04-2005 2:30am

monkeyfudge wrote:

I remember trying to watch The Simpsons on Sky after Diana died. For weeks they had almost every episode cut to bits

very true. although it's for a similar reason that i haven't seen one of my favourite episodes in four years. in spite of repeating virtually every episode by now, they haven't shown the episode where barney drives homer's car to new york and parks it at the world trade centre and it gets clamped. for obvious reasons they've never repeated that since 9/11, but it's an absolute classic, it's got steve grubowski, the snooty woman on the elevator, and my hero, the khlav kalash guy.

eeeew, i'll take a crab juice.....

Mossy Monk · 03-04-2005 9:45am

the PC brigade really are marvellous. cut that, you might offend someone over there is East Timor

solo1 · 03-04-2005 1:36pm

I was sitting in front of the television with my wife when they told us. Bastards. Only a half-hour previously on RTE 1 they advertised it. Something must have happened in that half-hour.

DS · 05-04-2005 2:00am

beardedchicken wrote:

for obvious reasons they've never repeated that since 9/11

I've seen it at least twice since 9/11. And I'm sure it was after 9/11 because I remember noticing the towers and what have you. Great episode though.

moshpit77 · 13-04-2005 9:49pm

Virgin Suicides has been rescheduled and is now on this coming weekend afaik

was very pissed off when it was pulled too but luckily the local dvd shop had it in stock

Pigman II · 14-04-2005 9:52am

If anyone's interested ...

FILM: The Virgin Suicides
Channel: RTÉ 2
Date: Saturday 16th April 2005
Time: 21:00 to 22:45 (starting in 2 days)
Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Following the suicide of their youngest sister, the surviving daughters of the Lisbons descend into a deep state of mourning and a near obsession with death. Meanwhile, a group of neighbourhood boys becomes obsessed with watching the girls as they go through this difficult time.
Director: Sofia Coppola
Starring: James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Michael Paré, Scott Glenn
(Premiere, 2000, 15, 4 Star)

(wouldn't bother tho. Typical piece of Sofia Coppola toss, tbh)

Mossy Monk · 14-04-2005 9:54am

forgot to set it to record last time, already set this time

JoeKelly · 14-04-2005 7:13pm

Saw the virgin suicides a few years ago thought it was great! the soundtrack is excellent aswell composed by Air bit deppressing though but an exceptional movie none the less! Watch it.....I SAID WATCH IT.! :mad:

OLDYELLAR · 14-04-2005 7:19pm

wouhou lets hope they dont pull it this time!!

RTE pull Virgin Suicides

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