Comments on: *** Save the Queen

By: adam

adam — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:53:08 +0000

I don’t even bother to watch movies on US flights. I only ever flew Virgin here for years (and they don’t censor any movies to any extent at all) and was bemused to discover, when I flew Continental for the first time (that flight was a codeshare with Virgin), what was done to the films. The only ones worth watching were 50 years old because they didn’t get butchered.

By: Coolasacert

Coolasacert — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:42:16 +0000

Here’s the CNN reference to the story:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/01/25/god.bleeped.ap/index.html

By: Adrielle

Adrielle — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:22:28 +0000

Apparently, they made a mistake with ‘The Queen’

‘God’ mistakenly bleeped out of in-flight showings of ‘The Queen’

By: Stephen Barton

Stephen Barton — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:54:59 +0000

Since I fly for a major US airline, I originally thought it might have been an unusual editing error, and I have since found out that it was exactly that!

We, and I think also the other carriers usually edit out the word “God” when connected to a blasphemy like “G-d damn it”, but I heard that an inexperienced editor went overboard and cut out every utterance of “God” to play it safe. I also heard that this overedited version of the film was being replaced as fast as possible with the right one.

By: Ray Heitzman

Ray Heitzman — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:29:20 +0000

I had the exact same experience, but twice in one day. On Continental and the connecting flight Delta. God was definitely deleted on both airlines.

I have alerted 2 radio stations here in Hawaii, what else can we do. This is totally outrageous and unaceptable.

Aloha,

Ray Heitzman

By: Matt Nelson

Matt Nelson — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:06:09 +0000

I just saw this on a flight last Friday. On my flight out, they had “Gridiron Gang.” I was surprised to hear an f-bomb that was left in the movie. I wrote it off as an erroneous miss by the editors. It was still evident in my mind on my return trip. I then watched “The Queen” with more open ears. I was very surprised at the God omissions. The comparison of the two movies’ editing would be laughable if it weren’t so offensive to me as a Christian.

By: Stephen Barton

Stephen Barton — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:56:28 +0000

I work for the airlines and this is an unusual situation.

Could have simply been an error on the part of the editor.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 00:41:32 +0000

I noticed this phenomenon today! I don’t even think these were in the context of taking the Lord’s name in vain. At one point, I think QE2 or someone says, “God and country,” which is not taking the name in vain. Either there’s another motive or someone is really lazy on the bleeping.

I’m so fed up with people being so sensitive that we have to shield everyone from everything that might be considered offensive. It’s the same mentality that lead to all activities being oversafe for fear of lawsuits. It’s sickening.

By: Mystery Solved? | Cosmic Variance

Mystery Solved? | Cosmic Variance — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 22:17:58 +0000

[...] Apparently New Zealanders are more naturally curious about things than Americans are — they also noticed the puzzling absence of God in The Queen on airline flights, and actually started asking around about it. (Thanks to Richard Easther for pointing this out.) And they found an answer! [...]

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:00:17 +0000

Here’s the real problem:
How will they ever make a movie about the Higgs?
They’ll have to call it the “>BLEEP!< particle”!