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Flicks with smoking in them could soon be given an over 18' rating

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    #32
    MikeC101
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    Wertz wrote: »
    You think if the brits adopt this bullsh*t that we won't be 3 months behind them?

    I doubt it, especially given that it's only a proposal so far (and from Primary Care trust, not the council itself), and anyway it's only a town council in Liverpool that are considering it, it has nothing to do with the BBFC ratings system.

    As far as I'm aware we don't have legislation in Ireland allowing councils to reclassify films rated by IFCO in their own areas, like the UK.

    So in summary, no, I don't think if "the brits" adopted this, we'd also do it within the space of 3 months.

    The thread title is misleading BS really.


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    #33
    Wertz
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    Let me have my semi-informed rant in peace damn you!


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    #34
    MikeC101
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    Wertz wrote: »
    Let me have my semi-informed rant in peace damn you!

    :D

    Sorry!


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    #35
    InkSlinger67
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    That is ridiculous!

    How many people are over 18 foot tall?


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    #36
    UrbanSea
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    InkSlinger67 wrote: »
    That is ridiculous!

    How many people are over 18 foot tall?
    I dont get it?


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    #37
    sock puppet
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    greetings wrote: »
    I dont get it?

    They apostrophe after 18 in the thread title is used for feet.


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    #38
    Capt'n Midnight
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    wudangclan wrote: »
    but violence and murder can get a 15 rating?
    At one stage in the UK you could not show a breast in a sexual manner to people under 15, but you could show breasts of someone being killed because it was non-sexual :rolleyes:


    the technology is out there to digitally edit cigarettes from films , and a fair few recent films have smoking put in as product placement

    but please if they are going to digitally edit films, replace Hugo Weavering with Sam Neill in the Lord of the Rings.


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    #39
    sceptre
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    Run_to_da_hills wrote: »
    The ban will target new releases, but could affect older films such as 101 Dalmatians and Disney’s Peter Pan, the Little Mermaid and Pinnocchio if they are reissued and reclassified.
    <snip>
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/6021685/Under-18s-to-be-banned-from-films-which-show-smoking.html

    There are two key words in the sentence above that scream tabloid-style scaremongering - "could" and "if".
    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    but please if they are going to digitally edit films, replace Hugo Weavering with Sam Neill in the Lord of the Rings.

    I can see it now.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBhdqrdN4zg


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    #40
    Bottle_of_Smoke
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    Fair City/Eastenders still have smokers. Will these have to be shown after 9pm?


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    #41
    stovelid
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    I'm far more worried about my child watching reality TV and 'talent' shows, to be honest.

    Or being on them, mother of Christ.


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    #42
    Wertz
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    Bottle_of_Smoke wrote: »
    Fair City/Eastenders still have smokers. Will these have to be shown after 9pm?

    There's been numerous outcries over the years about the level of open alcohol consumption and it's focus as a social outlet as depicted by english soaps...yet they all still swill away down their fictional locals.
    I'd imagine it'll be the same for smoking (once it's outside mind)...


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