Little Britain on blu ?

[andjar01]

Any chance of a future "Little Britain" relrase on blu ray?
I love this show but the pq on the Netflix stream and probably on the dvd as well...looks quite poor.

[andjar01]

Looks like i will have to settle for the DVDs with this one.
Very sad:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52983319

[CV19]

Originally Posted by andjar01

Looks like i will have to settle for the DVDs with this one.
Very sad:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52983319

Yep, a sign of the times I'm afraid - and all down to - "shows include scenes where the comedians portray characters from different ethnic backgrounds" - as described on that BBC site. Funny how those easily offended don't seem to kick up a fuss when the roles are reversed - 'White Chicks' springs to mind.

[UltraMario9]

Originally Posted by CV19

Yep, a sign of the times I'm afraid - and all down to - "shows include scenes where the comedians portray characters from different ethnic backgrounds" - as described on that BBC site. Funny how those easily offended don't seem to kick up a fuss when the roles are reversed - 'White Chicks' springs to mind.

That gets equal vitriol from the same people. Especially from Sony who will never release it on Blu-Ray.

[andjar01]

I could bet that the persons who had this idea took this decesion were white.
Someday people will have to realize this cultural-torching-extreme-political-correctness nazis will only cause division and make the right wing political spectrum more popular.
This sounds crazy,i know ,but i started thinking this reverse psychology has been probably used by the white supremacist masterminds for quite a while to shift liberal white masses towards the right.
My favorite Little Britain sketch..."Boris The Babysitter" is the one that an eastern european like me"has to"be offended by ...but here you go.
In all seriousness i'm starting to think it's just a matter of time before movies like "Taxi Driver" will disappear from al media distribution channels.

[Fnord Prefect]

Originally Posted by andjar01

I could bet that the persons who had this idea took this decesion were white.
Someday people will have to realize this cultural-torching-extreme-political-correctness nazis will only cause division and make the right wing political spectrum more popular.
This sounds crazy,i know ,but i started thinking this reverse psychology has been probably used by the white supremacist masterminds for quite a while to shift liberal white masses towards the right.
My favorite Little Britain sketch..."Boris The Babysitter" is the one that an eastern european like me"has to"be offended by ...but here you go.
In all seriousness i'm starting to think it's just a matter of time before movies like "Taxi Driver" will disappear from al media distribution channels.

Considering the state of things pre-covid and pre-George Floyd I honest thought if anything saw Little Britain become a victim of cancel culture it would be Emily and Florence.

Nah, no reverse psychology going on. It's the actions of the useful idiots/empty vessels on the mid to far left who are shifting many to the right. EDIT: Or should I say towards the right, after all political beliefs (unlike gender) are a spectrum.

EDIT 2: Off topic but I need to express this somewhere. Just read that the above mentioned useful BLM idiots/empty vessels want the removal of the statue of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey in Newcastle because upon freeing the slaves in the British Empire his government compensated their former owners. These people are utter morons.

[CV19]

Originally Posted by Fnord Prefect

EDIT 2: Off topic but I need to express this somewhere. Just read that the above mentioned useful BLM idiots/empty vessels want the removal of the statue of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey in Newcastle because upon freeing the slaves in the British Empire his government compensated their former owners. These people are utter morons.

The media are just as bad. One of the online tabloids today has labelled those who gathered in London over the weekend vandalising property and demanding the removal of statues as "protesters". Yet when it's also revealed that another group of people who want to come down and protect the remaining statues, the same paper labels this group as "far right football hooligans". This is what we're up against now.

[Fnord Prefect]

Originally Posted by CV19

The media are just as bad. One of the online tabloids today has labelled those who gathered in London over the weekend vandalising property and demanding the removal of statues as "protesters". Yet when it's also revealed that another group of people who want to come down and protect the remaining statues, the same paper labels this group as "far right football hooligans". This is what we're up against now.

Weary of posting a full reply as it'll be both off topic and political talk but will say yeah I agree.

The best recent example was probably when BBC News stated "27 police hurt at mostly peaceful protest" You couldn't make it up.

To keep on topic though I'd wait for it to hit sale prices and wait for A/V reviews I'd probably buy a Little Britain blu-ray as season 1 is still pretty funny. Season 2 less so but has it's moments. An uncut Rock profiles disc would be great as well but even with the BBC's "special relationship" with the MCPS licencing all the music videos would probably make it financially unviable.

[CV19]

Originally Posted by Fnord Prefect

To keep on topic though I'd wait for it to hit sale prices and wait for A/V reviews I'd probably buy a Little Britain blu-ray as season 1 is still pretty funny. Season 2 less so but has it's moments.

The BBC are a disgrace, but as you say, we have to be careful what we say here.

Good idea to get Little Britain seeing as it's no longer available to stream, as I understand it. I gather the BBC have also pulled out League Of Gentlemen and another show (can't remember which it was now) for PC reasons. That's why I'm a big supporter of physical media - once it's in your hands, nothing can alter it.

[jackranderson]

So many shows are being removed..even a classic Fawlty Towers episode.

What is happening..

[CV19]

Originally Posted by jackranderson

So many shows are being removed..even a classic Fawlty Towers episode.

It's getting beyond a joke now. Actually the episode they mentioned on the Nick Ferrari show on LBC this morning talked about The Germans episode, and more specifically the scene where the Major makes a remark about the West Indies cricket team rather than just generally having a go at the German guests.

Yes, it may not sit well in these politically correct times, but these shows were typical of their day and I just find it ridiculous to sanitize old shows just to pacify the younger generation.

This comment caught my eye from an online paper: "The removal comes amid a re-energised debate on how best to deal with parts of well-known films and TV shows that are now deemed offensive by portions of modern audiences". There are many things I find offensive on TV these days as well........such as constant soaps, reality and makeover shows and shit like that. I don't demand that they're removed - I simply don't watch them. Why can't the snowflakes do likewise with older programmes they don't agree with!

They mentioned Dad's Army as well, but don't know which episode they were specifically talking about.

[thecooldud]

Yup, being "offended" only gives you special powers if you're in the right group. I'm offended by having to share this planet with most of these cretins, yet I don't see them offering to off themselves to placate my sensibilities.

[ElectricPeterTork]

Originally Posted by CV19

They mentioned Dad's Army as well, but don't know which episode they were specifically talking about.

I am betting the episode where Pike uses the old, insensitive version of "Eeny Meeny Miney Moe" in which one does not catch a tiger by the toe.

And it will probably be disappeared if anyone that works there remembers it.

[CouncilSpectre]

Trying to get TV shows pulled must be the modern equivalent of burning books.

Most of these shows highlight racism to put bigots on the spike. Alt Garnett is a classic example. People aren’t laughing with Alf, they’re laughing at him. I don’t know when ridiculing bigotry became a bad thing...To me, this lack of awareness just confirms that most of the triggered are nowhere near as clever as they think they are.

Now, if they took down LB because they said it’s s**t then I’d probably agree with them....

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by CouncilSpectre

Now, if they took down LB because they said it’s s**t then I’d probably agree with them....

Season three is way down there with Ben Elton's The Wright Way.

[CouncilSpectre]

Originally Posted by Aclea

Season three is way down there with Ben Elton's The Wright Way.

[kuzronk]

Moaning about White Chicks is missing the point of decades of decades of human zoos,minstrel shows and slavery/genocide towards people of color.

[CV19]

Originally Posted by ElectricPeterTork

I am betting the episode where Pike uses the old, insensitive version of "Eeny Meeny Miney Moe" in which one does not catch a tiger by the toe.

And it will probably be disappeared if anyone that works there remembers it.

Yep, there's a good chance of that one given the PC treatment too.

On another film forum I'm on, someone mentioned Carry On Up The Khyber as being a film which could come under scrutiny. If you're a Carry On fan like me, you'll remember Kenneth Williams' role, and I'll be amazed if this one doesn't get mentioned in the media....if it hasn't already done so.

[Aclea]

That was one of a number of films that were banned on UK TV - apparently at the government's request rather than a purely internal decision by the BBC or ITV - for the duration of the first Gulf War (Follow That Camel was also banned, as was Khartoum). Race was not a factor in the decision: they were also 'advised' not to show any modern or desert war films during that time to avoid upsetting the families of servicemen during the conflict.

[Dunemoon]

Originally Posted by andjar01

Any chance of a future "Little Britain" relrase on blu ray?
I love this show but the pq on the Netflix stream and probably on the dvd as well...looks quite poor.

The Millennials say no.