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Re:Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border by speedgoose on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @11:05AM (#27038383)
Wikipedia says that they removed the woman rape and the kid murder scenes on the American version, 30 years ago. I don't know if people would appreciate such a movie today.
Re:Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border by capableweb on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @11:18AM (#27038510)
> I don't know if people would appreciate such a movie today

I'm fairly certain most people outside of the north-american-cancel bubble know how to separate fantasy from reality, so while maybe hard to watch, there won't be any uproar.

Edit: judging by the downvotes, HN is not outside that bubble, my mistake

Re:Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border by sellyme on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @09:27PM (#27045039)
Alternatively perhaps people on HN are simply aware that the most popular TV show in the last decade was a fantasy show with similar themes produced in North America, which renders your criticism somewhat nonsensical.
Re:Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border by ad404b8a372f2b9 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @12:38PM (#27039512)
Game Of Thrones has rape, child murder, and torture. I think it'd do fine in that respect.
Re:Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border by speedgoose on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @01:55PM (#27040438)
True. It doesn't feel the same though. Maybe because it's a fake documentary where the filming crew participates in the rape / murders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx8MHwRLkMc
Re:Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border by cinntaile on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @12:18PM (#27039272)
Not everyone prefers to watch mainstream movies. This movie was never mainstream and themes like this haven't faded out or anything.
Re:Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border by orwin on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @07:15PM (#27044039)
It was honestly both disturbing and funny. Nowadays, it is just funny, since everybody have seen worse in their favorite tv show.