Author Topic: BBC says Rambo is mentally unstable. (Read 629 times)

Swoop · « **on:** July 19, 2003, 01:22:10 PM »

I really don't know what the world's coming to when some university educated numpty with a 10k a year job writing the online TV guide can call Rambo a nut just because he goes a little OTT when some maniac holds him down and holds a blade up to his throat.

The BBC banned this film for years, I'm kinda surprised it's made the play list again after all this time.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/listings/index.shtml?service_id=4223&DAY=today

Swoop · « **Reply #1 on:** July 19, 2003, 01:24:09 PM »

P.S. Is this a stupid subject merely to get our minds off WMDs, Iraq & Beetle?

YOU BET YER bellybutton IT IS

Animal · « **Reply #2 on:** July 19, 2003, 01:28:34 PM »

Sure, a tormented vietnam veteran who goes into the forest and creates booby traps for cops and civilians is perfectly stable.

funkedup · « **Reply #3 on:** July 19, 2003, 01:31:08 PM »

Perfectly normal, perfectly healthy.

Swoop · « **Reply #4 on:** July 19, 2003, 01:34:45 PM »

Sure it is, I know a fella does it every other weekend.

Mini D · « **Reply #5 on:** July 19, 2003, 01:35:50 PM »

I wonder what they have to say about "A Clockwork Orange"?

Sandman · « **Reply #6 on:** July 19, 2003, 01:45:06 PM »

Ever read the book? Mentally unstable is an accurate description.

Swoop · « **Reply #7 on:** July 19, 2003, 01:46:03 PM »

That's still banned. Not only by the BBC, by the British.....erm.....film governing body type people. It's banned throughout Britain. First Blood was only banned by the BBC.

Drunky · « **Reply #8 on:** July 19, 2003, 02:08:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Animal
Sure, a tormented vietnam veteran who goes into the forest and creates booby traps for cops and civilians is perfectly stable.

Well, They started it...

and they deserved it too

Dowding · « **Reply #9 on:** July 19, 2003, 02:11:28 PM »

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That's still banned. Not only by the BBC, by the British.....erm.....film governing body type people. It's banned throughout Britain. First Blood was only banned by the BBC.

Wrong I'm afraid, Swoop. A Clockwork Orange was shown on channel 4 years ago and was repeated fairly recently - it was unbanned.

It is not currently banned by the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification), although it was on release.

I'd say Rambo is mentally unstable - but I wouldn't read too much into 4 lines of a film summary.

Replicant · « **Reply #10 on:** July 19, 2003, 02:58:57 PM »

I was surprised to see 'First Blood' on BBC too, since the BBC banned it after the Hungerford massacre.

As for A Clockwork Orange, it was never officially 'banned'. Stanley Kubrick refused to submit it to the BBFC and hence they couldn't certify it and therefore it could never be released in the UK until after Kubricks death when it was finally submitted by the film company. I can't remember the exact facts but it's something like that!

Dowding · « **Reply #11 on:** July 19, 2003, 03:03:58 PM »

Yeah that's right - it was only on Kubrick's death that it was released.

Maverick · « **Reply #12 on:** July 19, 2003, 07:16:25 PM »

Question here.

In Britain is Rambo banned from general broadcast or from "pay per view" types of broadcast? If it is banned from all types of broadcast, what else is banned? Just curious here.

SOB · « **Reply #13 on:** July 19, 2003, 07:27:43 PM »

It sucks that they banned the first one. Did they at least ban the second two to make up for it? And maybe they could ban Steven Segal movies while they're at it...this alone could save thousands of people from wasting precious hours of their life viewing crap!

SOB

Pei · « **Reply #14 on:** July 19, 2003, 07:54:14 PM »

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Originally posted by Maverick
Question here.

In Britain is Rambo banned from general broadcast or from "pay per view" types of broadcast? If it is banned from all types of broadcast, what else is banned? Just curious here.

It's not banned from broadcast at all: the BBC just refused to screen it. Looks like they changed thier minds.