Flanger-Hanger wrote:Until you have any dollar and cents evidence to suggest that the numbers you speak of have any significance, you're just as whinny and stubborn yourself Milo. Of course, the rest of the world is the issue, never you or your "morals". Do you even listen to yourself? The $585 million Iron Man made worldwide, the more than 150,000 votes submitted making up the average 8/10 rating on IMDB and the 93% approval rating from more than 200 votes submitted on Rotten Tomatoes shows how well Paramount is doing without your minority opinion.
You're arguments are based on emotion in an attempt to change the view of a system that runs on facts, dollars and cents. Until you comprehend that your cause will be a lost one taking this route because of how easy it is to ignore or find fault in, you won't get what you want.
I'm not the fool, but the new voice fighting for what is right. You don't like watched "sanitized" films? I'm not saying you have to. And would you get off the "Iron Man" kick. I kind of feel like those who have responded to me so far haven't even payed much attention to what I'm writing. If you did, you'd know I used it as one example. It easily could have been something else, like "The Dark Knight" and how a "R" rated films somehow got off with a "PG-13" rating. So why are you telling me what I can and can not watch? You like forcing people and telling them what they can and can not do?
A legitimate issue was brought up concerning Fantasia and I agree with it, the original version should be available, I'd own it. But I also think and firmly believe the same situation should be used across the board. Or is my money only good for the "theatrical" versions?
Look, I'm the most freedom fighting person here. I'm not saying we should only have one version or the other, people like you are. I'm saying people should have as many options as they want. That's what I'm about, choices. This is not even a matter of getting Hollywood to start doing something they are not already doing, this is a matter of getting them to let people own something THEY ALREADY SPEND A TON OF MONEY WORKING ON AND MAKING!
http://www.waea.org/about_waea/faqs.asp#35
I mean my gosh, Hollywood cares about what people see or does not see 10,000 miles up in the air, but on land whatever? If you look at the FAQ about how one can get a hold of the "cleaner" versions (the fact that that question is on the FAQ tells me enough people have asked that it is once again an issue) they say to contact the home entertainment divisions of the studios. I personally wrote Paramount, Disney, Sony, Fox and Warner Brothers, a few times for some of them to ask if I could pay for a copy of their airline versions. Didn't even get a single response. Yet when I wrote Disney about "Ducktales" and shows like that being released anymore on DVD, they wrote me back about that.
Maybe if more people were educated on the facts around this issue, some may change their minds when they realize of flat out evil Hollywood is. How else do you account for so many inconsistencies?
A lot of people want this. Maybe not the majority just yet of Americans, but almost half in many instances. Check it out:
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=692068
And besides, maybe if this was finally figured out, we'd all get that restored version of "Fantasia" we all want. I think most thinking people would realize the issue is very much one in the same.
If anyone on here is on Facebook and agrees with me, check out this group:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gi ... 643&ref=nf
Once I have the time and my personal life is not so crazy, we will have a regular web site up soon so people not on Facebook that cares about getting this done can fight along side myself and others that care about this. Thanks.