If the German media distributors united to bring the current model of "youth protection" to an end, things might look more rosy for German fans.
Unfortunately though the big studios don't seem too interested to "dirty" their clean-cut image with a fight for "violent movies" and the small players simply don't have the bread to finance a legal appeal which would really make a difference.
After the banning of "Hostel Part II" Sony were supposedly considering to go to court over the issue, but nothing ever happened- probably not surprising considering the regular hate campaigns against "killer games" and "violent videos" in the German tabloid press and by certain politicians.
The label "Turbine" have been trying their best for over a year now to free the original "TCM" from the list of banned movies, but apparently a film seems to be banned forever over there when it lands on the list with no legal "escape gate" in sight.
That's why releases of the likes of Fulci's "The Beyond" or the original "Dawn of the Dead" will get banned in Germany over and over again until something groundbreaking happens...
As you can probably guess, you couldn't do business like "Shameless" or "Arrow" in Germany, as most of their catalogue would instantly make the "Index's" "A" and "B" list (...and some titles most likely WILL as the BPJM has their eye on "imports" every now and then....
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