At this rate you'll get it in your Crimbo pressies mate!:happy:

This just in from Arrow re: the delay to Who Dares Wins (and Wild Geese).

:headbang::headbang::headbang::headbang:
I swear to the good lord above! Well, not so bad really, I already have a pre-order in so my moeny's not going any where.

That's usual practice with the BBFC: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid and a Miami Vice (TV) episode were both cut for cockfighting scenes.

I pre-ordered this a while ago anyway! Well done Arrow :cool:

Haven't seen WDW for ages - and I actually remember the storming of the embassy being shown on the news! :eek:

I'm sick of this. Showing a cock fight is showing a cock fight. No matter if it was staged for the film. More BBFC bullshit.

Stupid BBFC! The uncut version has been on Movies For Men loads of times.

Personally I don't think it was staged by the filmmakers.

The BBFC can suck a drain pipe as far as i'm concerned. They didn't cut the cockfight from Love Goddess of the Cannibals did they?:crazy:

Exactly. If it was staged by them and filmed, or they just filmed a cockfight that was happening anyway, both have been put on film for entertaintment and both can be considered cruelty (or not). This is the arguement I would use. I'd fight the decision. I know some people will say it's just a cockfight, but a cut is still a cut

I've plenty cock's fighting in pubs over the years and the only cuts were to faces!:lol:

****ing BBFC!:crazy:

So what's the ETA now Sarah?

I've told the wife I want these films on my Crimbo list....;)

I think they should drop the bonus films from these releases and put them out separately. Make Pete happy with a cover for The Commander. :)

Yep.Good suggestion mate.:clap:

Wy don't Arrow contact Margheriti's son Edoardo? He's on Facebook. He worked on most of these films and could confirm if it was staged or not.

That's an excellent idea.

Who Dares Wins out next January! :( (according to new amazon email)

The Commander I can live without - but when's the release of The Wild Geese now? I can't wait to see an anamorphic widescreen print of Codename! :dance:

They have got to be kidding! I think that might just be a placeholder date, until a new official date can be sorted. If it is true, I say to hell with The commander!

Well this is no surprise to me. I think it is about time the BBFC were decommissioned. The BBFC are a money making scheme, nothing more. I thought we lived in a democracy? Who says some middle class psychologist, who has no experience of life, can tell me what I can, and can't watch!

Do the BBFC think that people won't manage to find copy's of films that they deem unfit to watch? Film censorship is wrong, the cinema is art, and who are the they to remove images from an artist's vision. It's about time the BBFC got realistic!

Exactly. They're not even a government body, they're a private company, which is why local councils can easily overturn they're decisions with regard to screening an uncut version of a film the BBFC have cut (or even banned). They contradict themselves with there reasons for cutting one film and not another all the time. Sure, they should still be here to classify films, but to cut films, and tell me, as an adult, what I can and can't watch, while they (as our betters), can handle seeing all the stuff they cut, well, it's just not on. Oh wow, 2 cocks sqwaking and flapping their wings a bit! It's vile and needs to be cut. Get a grip BBFC!

Well we need some kind of unrated system in the UK. Lets be honest, the people who are going to purchase these sorts of films are all going to be in there 30's or older. The BBFC should realise this. Is some 18 year old really going to buy The Commander? No way, he is going to be buying some Hollywood Blockbuster like Fast and Furious 10, or whatever other garbage Hollywood are churning out these days. Lets hope Arrow fight this decision. The BBFC might as well cut the ending of Apocalypse Now, a real animal being slaughtered on screen for entertainment purposes, well what's the difference? I mean it was staged, I've seen Hearts of Darkness. Oh wait, they ate the animal afterwards, so that makes it O.K.

It could be a good thing these films are delayed, I'm sure it will only better the quality of the prints and extra features. I do hope Arrow decide to release Code Name: Wild Geese and The Commander on Blu Ray, rather than DVD. May be Arrow could get Lewis Collins to provide some commentary for all three of the films to be released, now that would be worth the wait.

How about more Antonio Margheriti added to the collection, The Last Hunter and Commando Leopard are crying out for a High Definition release. Well I can only hope.

Well said Stanley-and welcome back from beyond the grave!;)

Hey, I'm 24 and I LOVE this stuff - I've been buying it since I was 15. Hell, I watched many of them before then :)

Thanks, well been busy working on the sequel to Full Metal Jacket, if I ever finish it!

Pete, sorry if I offended you. In my opinion, the majority of people who would buy these sorts of films; well I would say they grew up with them in the 80's, or grew up with their notoriety as 'video nasties'. Your average person hasn't even heard of The beyond, or The House by the Cemetery. Well that's my theory anyway.

I would like to make a really violent, vile piece of nothing, that says nothing, but causes a reaction, hopefully the wrong reaction, so the BBFC would freak. Anyone have any decent scripts hanging around?

Ha, no worries, I wasn't offended at all - just pointing out that there are some people under 30 who like these things. Though not enough sadly!

:)

Full Metal Jacket 2: Even Fuller Metal Jacket :lol:

No the book is called The Phantom Blooper, type it in Google and see. And I thought IMDB was bad.

Erm....I wasn't being serious with my titling of the sequel. You do know that, don't you? :lol:

NEWS!
......Yeah, they still cut it.
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Now get it out there so I can buy it! A Cockfight is a cockfight, it shouldn't be cut but i'm on tenderhook's for this release!

Starring........





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WHO DARES WINS is the main attraction for me anyway.......for anyone that didn't already know!:happy:

SECOND!:clap:

So if The Commander was rated an 18, would it pass uncut? The BBFC say

''To obtain this category cuts of 1m 6s were required.''

No, Cockfighting is illegal, so it would have to be cut regardless.

Ahhhh, unless the filmmakers just happened to film a cockfight that was taking place, and didn't stage it themselves, in which case it isn't illegal (or cruel). Go figure!

I hate the BBFC with a passion.

Yeah, me to, but at this point I just want to hold this release so, so badly!:lol:

Ah well, the pointless cutting of the Commander by my moral guardians has just forced me to buy a copy elsewhere. Not having them tell me what I can and can't see.

They say that but it didn't stop them cutting a cockfight from EMANUELLE IN BANGKOK, which was filmed in an cockfighting arena and was clearly going to happen anyway.

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How stupid, obviously the scene was shot in a country were cock fighting isn't illegal. The use of drugs is illegal, so how come so many films feature drug use, and those scenes don't get cut? I hate the BBFC.

True. Inconsitant and two-faced. Just as they've always been.

THIS is my point exactly. There a useless, pointless, un-neccisary and painful sin that should be removed from there seat of power.

We've just recieved word from Arrow that The Commander is going ahead cut, as 'it seems the set up of the shots would not pass the BBFC, or it would be very difficult.'