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All very interesting and helpful, William. Thanks.
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Spock does a flamingo dance around Kirk's head, sings a bad song, and weeps. Both he and Kirk have to wear mini-length togas with no pants. It's pretty bad.
Flamingo dance? Was it photographed using a crane shot? Was the show's name changed to Stork Trek?
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It's amazing what arbitrary criteria one authority will employ to censor the work of another; the objections the BBC cited are ludicrous, especially in light of an episode of MI5 (Spooks) I saw a couple of years ago in which a young woman's face is actually shoved into a deep-fryer (never shown graphically, but the implication was only too clear; it remains the single most horrific and disturbing thing I've ever seen on TV, irrespective of its source).
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Jul 19, 2010 - 6:47 AM
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It's amazing what arbitrary criteria one authority will employ to censor the work of another; the objections the BBC cited are ludicrous, especially in light of an episode of MI5 (Spooks) I saw a couple of years ago in which a young woman's face is actually shoved into a deep-fryer (never shown graphically, but the implication was only too clear; it remains the single most horrific and disturbing thing I've ever seen on TV, irrespective of its source).
The episode in question is Looking After Our Own, and is the second episode from series 1 of Spooks (MI5).
Wolstencroft, wrote the death scene, with the intention of giving the audience the impression that no one in the series is safe.[6] Matthew Macfadyen stated that during the shooting of the death scene, although not emotionally draining, it was rather tough, and gruelling to perform. The part where Osbourne forces Flynn's arm into the fryer was done with a rubber arm made to double Faulkner's arm. Furthermore the "oil" was in fact cold tea with food colour. Episode director Bharat Nalluri wanted as little of the torture to be seen as possible, because he wanted the sequence to be more psychological to make it easier to frighten the audience, since they know the physicality of being burnt, where as if Helen was shot, not as many would.
"I really wanted to make sure that the audience got the message that the world of Spooks isn't the world where the cavalry always arrive, because in reality these people [MI5] do risk their lives on our behalf and they do get into sticky situations with genuinely nasty people." ”
——David Wolstencroft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_After_Our_Own
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It's amazing what arbitrary criteria one authority will employ to censor the work of another; the objections the BBC cited are ludicrous, especially in light of an episode of MI5 (Spooks) I saw a couple of years ago in which a young woman's face is actually shoved into a deep-fryer (never shown graphically, but the implication was only too clear; it remains the single most horrific and disturbing thing I've ever seen on TV, irrespective of its source).
No comparison. Firstly, the 'Spooks' was after the 9.00 o'clock watershed, and secondly, it's 30 years later than 'Star Trek'! Thirdly, 'Spooks' is not a show that would be expected to generate a big child audience.
If you really want downright evil laxity in censorship, YouTube is your bet. In the past, even serial killer videos (taken by the murderers themselves) have turned up there, and it's a dickens of a job getting them to grow up beyond the 'all censorship is bad' tedium.
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Aug 19, 2014 - 4:20 PM
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It's worth noting that (Star Trek: ) Enterprise is the only series in the family not to have been screened by the BBC - that went to Channel 4 (they've also shown the J.J. Abrams movie). How times have changed.
Did the Beeb show DS9? I don't recall that, although to be honest I hated DS9 anyway - I'd rather stick a cactus up my bum than endure the appalling acting of Sisko. Avery Brooks? Avery Bad actor.
Yes, they showed it, in their usual 6:00pm slot I believe. I heard he didn't want the part, it was his wife who 'persuaded' him to take the part, as it was regular work.
For me, it only took off once the Cardassian/Dominion storyline took off. I used to think it was good, but nowadays, find it rather dull, much preferring Voyager.
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