Conan The Barbarian

[Douglas R]

Originally Posted by HotRats

Still, it provides work for the BBFC, even if they do make prats of themsleves such as cutting CGI horse falls from Red Cliff

John Woo may have claimed that they were CGI - but he would wouldn't he? The trouble with China is that they still use trip wires to make horses fall. Having said that, I don't see the point of cutting, for example, all those old western films for horse films but this is already done as in DeMille's Northwest Mounted Police (1940).

[menaceuk]

Originally Posted by duggie walker

Yeah, congratulations. You get to see horses being injured.

I'm actually in favour of this form (and only this form) of censorship. There's no need to injure animals during the making of an entertainment and if film-makers are intent on ignoring the Animal Humane guidelines (which should be a matter of law) then they should at least know that the effort they've expended has been futile.

So you would rather the Horse dies/Injured for absolutely nothing ? At least having it in the movie means it was for a reason, a pretty stupid reason granted but a reason none the less.

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by duggie walker

which involved the injury of horses.

But you're fine with the murder of men, women and children being depicted onscreen, as opposed
to a few horse pratfalls, which happened around 3 decades ago?

Seriously.

[whedon]

It's ridiculous the way some people think that by celebrating the inclusion ofcut version we are saying animal cruelty is something positive. What we are celebrating us the fact that we can now watch a film many of us loved dunce we were children without the inclusion of dreadful forced cuts which destroy a truly epic battle scene.

Animal cruelty us a nasty thing but I do nit want to watch films made decades ago being judged by today's standards. It's like the argument that Birth if a Nation is a deeply racist film, while many if the ideas on display in the film are questionable we cannot judge it by today's standard but rather must look at it in the context of the time it was made.

[johndoyle123]

Originally Posted by supersonic395

I can't check until tonight, but my copy arrived this morning

mmmmmm slipcover

[Sky_Captain]

I wonder how much it'll be instore at HMV tomorrow.

[whedon]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

I wonder how much it'll be instore at HMV tomorrow.

It was 16.99 euro here so I imagine 12 or 14 pound in the UK.

[agent999]

Originally Posted by duggie walker

I get what you're saying, and I don't want to be a hypocrite about it.

So don't pick other people up for it then. The final battle sequence is totally incoherant without the horsefalls. If there's a safer way now of doing these things then fine, but I'm not losing sleep over some horses that may or may not have been injured 30 years ago.

[Dickieduvet]

They do things much differently now, All the real Horses have been sent to the Glue Factory and have been replaced by CGI versions

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by whedon

It was 16.99 euro here so I imagine 12 or 14 pound in the UK.

Not a bad guess, £13.99. I can handle that, so left with my copy, very pleased.

[menaceuk]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Not a bad guess, £13.99. I can handle that, so left with my copy, very pleased.

Was £12.99 in my local HMV today

[Dickieduvet]

Anyone know if this available in ASDA or Tesco etc...

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by menaceuk

Was £12.99 in my local HMV today

Belfast makes its own prices up, I've come to realise.

[menaceuk]

Originally Posted by Dickieduvet

Anyone know if this available in ASDA or Tesco etc...

My local Tesco has it for £15

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

Belfast makes its own prices up, I've come to realise.

Typical Irish

[Sky_Captain]

By the way, I tested the UK disc in a US PS3 and you don't have to do any of this language changing nonsense. It selects the uncut version automatically. FBI warnings and all, lol

[masterrusell]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

By the way, I tested the UK disc in a US PS3 and you don't have to do any of this language changing nonsense. It selects the uncut version automatically. FBI warnings and all, lol

Sky_Captain, as you already tested the UK disc, can you confirm if the disc has Spanish audio and subtitles (maybe it has two Spanish tracks: "Español" and "Castellano")?

Thanks in advance,

[Dickieduvet]

Originally Posted by menaceuk

My local Tesco has it for £15



Typical Irish

Thanks

[Sky_Captain]

Originally Posted by masterrusell

Sky_Captain, as you already tested the UK disc, can you confirm if the disc has Spanish audio and subtitles (maybe it has two Spanish tracks: "Español" and "Castellano")?

Thanks in advance,

I'm not at home again until tomorrow, so hopefully someone will help you out before then. There are a load of subtitle options on there, Portugeuse, Chinese and I would assume Spanish. Don't want to say 100%, until I can check for certain.

I believe it's one disc for all Fox territories.

[masterrusell]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

I'm not at home again until tomorrow, so hopefully someone will help you out before then. There are a load of subtitle options on there, Portugeuse, Chinese and I would assume Spanish. Don't want to say 100%, until I can check for certain.

I believe it's one disc for all Fox territories.

OK, thanks so much.

[Dickieduvet]

Originally Posted by Sky_Captain

I'm not at home again until tomorrow, so hopefully someone will help you out before then. There are a load of subtitle options on there, Portugeuse, Chinese and I would assume Spanish. Don't want to say 100%, until I can check for certain.

I believe it's one disc for all Fox territories.

You dirty stop out you!