The Rock pulled by BBC1

mike65

Anyone know the story behind this movie getting chopped tonight?

edit, the beeb have pulled a stack of movies cos of Ken Bigleys murder...http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=158654&page=1&pp=25

Mike.

SantaHoe

Hmm, I have the Rock on DVD here...

There's some hostage-taking towards the start.

The movies rogue US soldiers mention desert storm, general cover ups, and then use terrorist methods to get what they want

I don't know if these are the reasons, but watching a bit of it again just there I've noticed some things that people mightn't be happy with in the current climate.

pickarooney

What a load of bollocks.

Pigman II

mike65 wrote:

edit, the beeb have pulled a stack of movies cos of Ken Bigleys murder...

I really shouldn't read boards til I've had my coffee. I thought you said BEN KINGSLEY.

rmacm

pickarooney wrote:

What a load of bollocks.

I agree...I sat down last night expecting to watch it only to find it was pulled because of recent events in Iraq. I know some network have done this before if a film had a particular theme... e.g. that Simpsons episode in New York which wasn't shown for a while after the attacks.

But its a bit unreasonable to start doing it everytime something like this happens. Did the BBC pull any films after Nick Berg was beheaded?? I don't think so. Not meaning to sound cruel but the world didn't stop when Nick Berg etc. was beheaded so why should it stop for Ken Bigley.

Cheers
Rory

Pigman II

rmacm wrote:

I know some network have done this before if a film had a particular theme... e.g. that Simpsons episode in New York which wasn't shown for a while after the attacks.

Sky 1 did that and in fairness that ep did have (despite a general tone of painting all NewYorkers as scum) the line "they put all the jerks in tower 1"

By comparison (and I haven't seen 'The Rock' in years now but) I can't remember it having any scenes involving decapitation ... so was it just the general terrorist theme that got it pulled?

Mossy Monk

this is crazy

Gaijin

Pigman II wrote:

I really shouldn't read boards til I've had my coffee. I thought you said BEN KINGSLEY.

So did I... :eek:

Redleslie2

They should just pull everything off tv (except football and adverts) because every programme probably offends someone somewhere.

Pigman II

Redleslie2 wrote:

They should just pull everything off tv (except football and adverts) because every programme probably offends someone somewhere.

If worry about offending people was the issue then the adverts would be the FIRST thing to go.

BuffyBot

But its a bit unreasonable to start doing it everytime something like this happens. Did the BBC pull any films after Nick Berg was beheaded?? I don't think so. Not meaning to sound cruel but the world didn't stop when Nick Berg etc. was beheaded so why should it stop for Ken Bigley.

Was the BBC showing any films which might contain sensitive material around the time of Nick Berg's beheading?

As for Ken Bigley, he was a citizen of the UK. His family and friends live in the UK - and funnily enough, the BBC is the state broadcaster for the UK..therefore, they might have a bit of a reason to be more sensitive about things this time round.

ixoy

BBC2 have pulled "Sling Blade" tonight due to "recent events". What was wrong with THIS movie? :rolleyes:

Chad ghostal

ixoy wrote:

BBC2 have pulled "Sling Blade" tonight due to "recent events". What was wrong with THIS movie? :rolleyes:

eh the title may give you some insite into something that may happen in the film..

its not directly related but.. you know.

Pigman II

ixoy wrote:

BBC2 have pulled "Sling Blade" tonight due to "recent events". What was wrong with THIS movie? :rolleyes:

I'm guessing because Billy Bobs character recounts a tale (central to the story) of how as a child he killed his mother and her b/f with a 'sling blade' which ironically enough doesn't look anything like the kind of knife used in these executions.

http://ace.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pACE-954502dt.jpg

Quatre Mains

- hmm. I do feel sorry for the family but I fail to see what makes this case so exceptional compared to other instances of violent death. Personally I think the constantly repeated showings of poor Bigleys last pleas are far more tasteless and disturbing than showing Slingblade or The Rock. Man, I couldn't keep my eyes of the ****er behind him shifting his feet the whole time, I kept thinking he was about to pull out a knife and grab Bigley from behind. Horrible stuff. Perhaps the stations have always done similar rescheduling after tragic events and I just haven't been made aware of it.
IMO tho the real stuff is far worse - I feel the same sense of overexposure when they show the aftermath of road accidents on RTE news - how would you feel if that was your dead relative's car mashed up on the screen?

Nuttzz

They edited Monty Burns saying "damn paparazzi" after Di was killed in Paris, as if it would make all the difference :rolleyes:

Its not like his family were going to be watching the film.
Anyone remember when UTV pulled the last episode of the excellant Rebus due to September 11. They've fail to show it yet, over three years later.