Movies that offend Christians.

[Selena_Kitt]

The short answer is that I am less offended than upset by the general tone of anti-christian sentiment that exists on the boards. It has become widely accepted that christians can be bashed freely, or in the case of this thread offered up for mockery.

Yeah... I think those oppressed Christians should pick up and move to another country and start... a... oh, wait... they did that already...

I cracked up about Dumbo... are you kidding me? Gone are the days of Dumbo animation?? Have you WATCHED Dumbo?? Yes, gone are the days of animation when they painted up mice in blackface... ah, woe is me, the good old days...

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

It seems to me Mel Gibson should be reading this thread. I can see it now... Jesus being born in a manger out behind a brothel in Bethleham while Joseph is getting a BJ from some hooker. The wise men all carry Glocks under their robes and work for the porn industry. And Mary - That Tramp - she has a reputation built up from many a gang bang with the guys down at the Roman barricks.

Hmmm... Jesus - Son of the God-Father... I like it

Now that should offend just about everyone (except me, of course).

 

[Pure]

You can't 'clean' a movie and re-sell, but, Good News, Xtian DVD player does the job

Editing and selling, out; the Christian DVD player, in.

http://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=11314&department=LEGAL&categoryid=pornography

{concerned women for america}

Family-Friendly Flix Nixed by Federal Judge
8/15/2006
By Kristen Morgan


Court rules that companies marketing “family-friendly” edited movies are violating copyright law.

On July 6, a U.S. district court judge for the District of Colorado ordered several companies to stop producing edited versions of popular movies in the case Clean Flix v. Soderbergh.

The order affects a number of businesses that had provided family-friendly movies, including Clean Flix and Family Friendly Flix of Colorado. Several major movie studios, including Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Warner Brothers Entertainment and Disney Enterprises, filed suit against the editing companies.

The editing companies’ practice was to purchase original copies of popular movies and use editing software to delete material that depicted “sex, nudity, profanity, and gory violence.” Finally, the companies would either sell or rent the edited movies.

The studios claimed that the practice of editing copyrighted material violated copyright law by infringing on their “exclusive right to reproduce the copyrighted works.”

The companies argued that their acts were permissible under the “fair use” doctrine of copyright law. […]

The companies argued that they were performing a socially useful service by “criticizing the objectionable content commonly found in current movies and that they were providing more socially acceptable alternatives to enable families to view the films together.”
[…]

{comments on the judgment, by Concerned Women for America}

“Although this ruling and settlement effectively bars commercial distribution of edited movies by anyone other than the copyright holder, families looking for ‘family-friendly’ movies still have some options,” said Jan LaRue, CWA’s Chief Counsel.

For example, a DVD player called ClearPlay
http://www.clearplay.com/
can play regular DVD movies but without profanity, violence or nudity. The company creates filtering information on a movie by movie basis and puts the information in the DVD player to block unwanted content. The DVD player then recognizes when to skip or mute while the movie is playing.

A reasonably priced subscription is needed to receive updated filtering information for the latest movies. For more information, visit: www.ClearPlay.com. (This information is not meant to be nor should it be construed as an endorsement of CWA for the company or product.)

Kristen Morgan is a student at Catholic University School of Law, a Blackstone Fellow and former intern with CWA’s Ronald Reagan Memorial Internship Program.