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Convert Movies From R to PG13 to PG On The Fly

Posted by Hemos on from the strange-idea dept.

uchi writes "Trilogy Studios announced the launch of its "Movie Mask" web site - www.moviemask.com , which will eventually lead up to the release of its "Movie Mask DVD Player" and "Movie Mask Director" software. The Director software will allow users to selectively add/edit a video adding graphics and special effects, which is nothing special in my opinion. The Movie Mask DVD Player, on the other hand, will allow its users to download a movie config file(for lack of a better term) which will have various portions of the movies to bleep/cut out depending on the rating which the person set. It can be changed on the fly while watching the video. This seems like a good idea - it would allow many people who don't wish to be subjected to violence/nudity/language a chance to watch any movie they want without waiting months for it to be released on network television, already PG-13ized."

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  1. How about the other way? by Mr.+Eradicator · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it have a "reverse" option so I can add more meaningless nudity and cussing?

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  2. Fight by VA+Software · · Score: 2, Funny


    This is good - the copyright control freaks and the "think of the children" advocates can fight it out in the corner while we get on with our lives with "real" DVD players and films.

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  3. What about the JJ -- NJJ Editing? by Masem · · Score: 3, Funny
    That is, Jar-Jar vs No Jar-Jar versions of certain movies? :-)

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    1. Re:What about the JJ -- NJJ Editing? by Rob+Parkhill · · Score: 2, Funny

      This is brilliant. Finally, a watchable version of "Titanic". A quick bit of nudity, and then 20 minutes of the ship sinking. I like it.

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  4. This is exactly what we need. by Flounder · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now, my 4 year old children can benefit from watching my XXX movies tuned down to a G rating. And a 2 minute movie of random people talking and closing credits is perfect for their attention span.

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  5. This is great... by Ami+Ganguli · · Score: 5, Funny

    I really like this idea. Personally I have no problem with sex, nudity, etc., but I'm really squeamish about certain types of violence. It would be really cool if I could set my personal viewing preferences to "maximum sex, minimum torture", while still allowing other people to watch "no sex please, but lots of violence". It's a brilliant idea.

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    1. Re:This is great... by armb · · Score: 4, Funny

      > there's nothing quite so uncomfortable as watching a nude sex scene with your mom

      A friend of mine is the daughter of an actress who appeared years ago in a TV series that has been repeated. Try watching your mom's sex scene with your mom....

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  6. Course I would rather PG-PG-13-R :) by hexx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then maybe we'd finally get to see Princess Leia out of the gold bikini...

  7. Re:Limiting ratings by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    No. No. No. See, it would come with alternate dialog. So that scene would be replaced with one of Joe Pesci saying:
    "Excuse me, sir. Would you mind stepping over here for a minute. I have a few words to say about your heritage. Along with a disparaging tirade about certain habits of your mother. After which, I should like to inflict some physical violence upon specific delicate portions of your anatomy."
  8. Re:Removing....Nudity.....Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    Think of the possibilities:

    Press (1) to see James Bond shoot the villaness in the face
    Press (2) to see James Bond shoot his load on the villaness' face.

  9. Re:Oh, the arrogance... by ryanflynn · · Score: 1, Funny

    then don't rent the goddamn movie. watch Winnie the Pooh.

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  10. Re:Fine feature, but for who ? by Happy+Monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I prefer my movies without sex and without language.

    Wow. Even before the 'talkies' appeared on the scene, they'd put the essential dialogue into the movie as a sort of 'slide'. Offhand, I can't think of any movies with no language at all, though I expect there are some animated ones with language only in the titles and credits.

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  11. Re:Censorship != information by Boomer2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Obviously it censored the dictionary, in your case.

    Learn to spell.

  12. Re:Not just for 4 year olds... by KosovoYankee · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I'll be able to quickly find out the answer to that question that has been bugging me since I firs tsaw porn - Did she get the job or not?

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  13. AOTC by Ogerman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now all the kiddies will be able to watch Episode II without the gratuitous pr0n. In this version, Luke and Leia are delivered in a basket by an annoying talking stork.