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Amazon Prime Studios is under fire for shortening the classic Christmas film
Posted on 12/26/24 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 12/26/24 at 1:55 pm
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Posted on 12/26/24 at 2:11 pm to boomtown143
There are three versions on Amazon, the unabridged black and white, the unabridged colorized version, and the abridged version. I watched the unabridged B&W version on Amazon last night.
Posted on 12/26/24 at 2:37 pm to MFn GIMP
quote:Yep. People are fricking perpetually offended idiots now
There are three versions on Amazon, the unabridged black and white, the unabridged colorized version, and the abridged version. I watched the unabridged B&W version on Amazon last night.
Same as the idiots that complained ESPN was showing a gambling format for the national championship last year
Nevermind the fact there was 5 options of which version of the game you wanted to watch
Posted on 12/26/24 at 2:47 pm to boomtown143
I think Jonathan Turley doesn't know what abridged means, because i'm pretty sure that version on Prime has "abridged" in the titel of the movie.
Posted on 12/26/24 at 3:25 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
We ended up watching the "abridged" version because we were curious. It was a 15 minute difference so we thought it would shorten some other scenes...not the entire montage of life without him.
Posted on 12/26/24 at 3:26 pm to lsupride87
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Yep. People are fricking perpetually offended idiots now
They’re dipping their toes in the water, dude. They’re planning for this to be the only version to be seen. As I’ve said repeatedly: buy physical copies of everything you hold dear.
Posted on 12/26/24 at 3:28 pm to boomtown143
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Amazon Prime Studios is under fire
Translation: some bot on Twitter posted about it
Posted on 12/26/24 at 3:52 pm to OMLandshark
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They’re dipping their toes in the water, dude. They’re planning for this to be the only version to be seen.
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People are fricking perpetually offended idiots now
Yep.
Posted on 12/26/24 at 3:58 pm to Froman
The point, I assume, is why have an abridged version.
Posted on 12/26/24 at 4:11 pm to BuckyCheese
quote:The abridged version was made in the 70s for tv purposes
The point, I assume, is why have an abridged version.
Posted on 12/26/24 at 4:48 pm to OMLandshark
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They’re dipping their toes in the water, dude. They’re planning for this to be the only version to be seen.
To what end?
If you're paying to rent the movie, why would the service spend money editing an original they already have a license to dustribute digitally? Also, they wouldn't have those right in perpetuity.
If it's available as free streaming, making the film shorter would be against the streamers interest. They all want as many minutes watched on their platforms as possible. An abridged version of the movie would rob them of engagement time.
Posted on 12/26/24 at 4:49 pm to BuckyCheese
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The point, I assume, is why have an abridged version.
And they abridge it at the part that most people remember the movie for. The title of the movie doesn’t make any sense if you remove all the Pottersville. Abridging it here is really saying “You know what makes a wonderful life? $8,000.” It’s actively seeking to butcher the film:
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To what end?
If you're paying to rent the movie, why would the service spend money editing an original they already have a license to dustribute digitally? Also, they wouldn't have those right in perpetuity.
If it's available as free streaming, making the film shorter would be against the streamers interest. They all want as many minutes watched on their platforms as possible. An abridged version of the movie would rob them of engagement time.
You will defend literally anything that is Woke. This is like editing Lord of the Rings and just abridging these two scenes back to back:
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Posted on 12/26/24 at 6:21 pm to lsupride87
Not shocked that 2 politards are crying about a abridged for TV movie. Talk about snowflakes
Posted on 12/26/24 at 6:27 pm to boomtown143
A couple of articles, on FOX and MSN, mention that it appears the abridged version of the film was released after a copyright dispute regarding the Pottersville scene, which was based on a short story.
I watched the unabridged version last night. I think we saw the shorter/abridged version among the selections when we searched for the movie, but I paid it no attention, figuring it was a chopped up version made to fit in a TV time slot. It’s easy to avoid.
I hope Amazon removes the abridged version, just so we can enjoy a different group of folks putting Amazon “under fire” for depriving them of a shorter/less scary version. Damned if you do …
I watched the unabridged version last night. I think we saw the shorter/abridged version among the selections when we searched for the movie, but I paid it no attention, figuring it was a chopped up version made to fit in a TV time slot. It’s easy to avoid.
I hope Amazon removes the abridged version, just so we can enjoy a different group of folks putting Amazon “under fire” for depriving them of a shorter/less scary version. Damned if you do …
Posted on 12/26/24 at 7:31 pm to BamaSaint
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Not shocked that 2 politards are crying about a abridged for TV movie. Talk about snowflakes
It removes the entire second act. Ummmm, yeah, you should have a problem with that, because if you don’t you’re a retard.
Posted on 12/26/24 at 8:53 pm to OMLandshark
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You will defend literally anything that is Woke. This is like editing Lord of the Rings and just abridging these two scenes back to back:
A clearly labeled abridged version of a film, that was abridged for television decades ago, is woke?
And i didn't defend it.
I did notice that you neglected to defend how having this clearly labeled abridged version on Amazon is a signal of a long term plan to only offer shorter movies. Or how Amazon will make more money off of that, even though it would clearly cost money to carry out and it would undercut metrics Amazon values.
Posted on 12/26/24 at 9:10 pm to Jay Are
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A clearly labeled abridged version of a film, that was abridged for television decades ago, is woke?
And i didn't defend it.
I did notice that you neglected to defend how having this clearly labeled abridged version on Amazon is a signal of a long term plan to only offer shorter movies. Or how Amazon will make more money off of that, even though it would clearly cost money to carry out and it would undercut metrics Amazon values.
It’s removing the entire second act. There’s a reason they’re putting it here.
Posted on 12/26/24 at 9:38 pm to boomtown143
Why would those scenes offend anyone?
What am I missing?
What am I missing?
Posted on 12/26/24 at 9:46 pm to OMLandshark
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They’re dipping their toes in the water, dude. They’re planning for this to be the only version to be seen.
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