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expired Posted by FeistyCreator494 • Nov 30, 2021
Nov 30, 2021 5:49 AM
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My only complaint with the service is that you cannot use captions when you filter. We have captions run on everything we watch, but that's not an option with VidAngel.
I, for one, despise gratuitous nudity and sex scenes (i.e., soft porn) that add no value to the stuff I like to watch. Take Altered Carbon, for instance.
I don't have VidAngel, but I am grateful it exists.
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FYI - I did raise a daughter and although she's in her 20s now there were many films and shows I did not let her watch when she was younger
Someone mentioned earlier that you can have VidAngel allow art nudity but skip sexual nudity.
I watched the new Baywatch movie not long ago. Did not need to see that dead guy's penis, in the morgue scene. Nothing sexual about the shot, but I don't see the art in it either. The director can claim all the artistic/creative freedom he wants, but still. Whether I manually skip the shot or have a service do it for me, same thing.
If you're trying to sanitize content for others, I've got bad news: it only works until it doesn't. It's better to empower others with the trust and responsibility to make smart choices now, because you can't filter their content forever.
Makes you wonder how the rest of us turned into well-adjusted members of society without growing up with content sanitization services.
I'm not here to tell you how to parent your children. Different kids, morals, and environments require parents to pick strategies that they believe will work for their family. All I can say is that I am extremely pleased with my children and the decisions they are making as young adults away from home. Not once have I thought, "Man, I wish I introduced them to more gratuitous swearing, nudity, and violence." And they would tell you the same thing. They don't feel like they "missed out" and now that they are on their own they are making their own decisions and still choosing to avoid content like that.
Again, watch what you want to watch. I'm grateful for services like this that allow me to do the same.
FYI - I did raise a daughter and although she's in her 20s now there were many films and shows I did not let her watch when she was younger
Look, I love Christopher Nolan. Pretty sure I've seen every one of his films since Batman Begins in the theater (usually multiple times). He has stated numerous times that his films are designed to be enjoyed in the theater. He would lose it if someone told him that they caught Interstellar on a noisy train, on their phone, over a few different trips into the city. While I agree with Nolan that his content is BEST watched on the big screen, I also fully support a person that wants to enjoy it on a 5" screen in a crowded train. It is their choice - even if the director would say otherwise.
An artist has every right to suggest and encourage people to enjoy their creation as they intended. But what I do with their recommendation is totally up to me as the purchaser of the content.
Finally, this whole argument really breaks down for movies that end up on TV. In many cases, you could leave all of the content in there and it would still be far less aligned to the artists' vision than if you edited it, simply because of commercials. Removing a few F-Bombs or some blood splatter is a minor intervention of the vision. Having a 3-minute commercial break every 12 minutes really breaks the flow of a movie. If directors really cared about preserving their art they would never, under any circumstance, allow their content to be shown on TV with commercials.
My two cents.
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Anyway, there is no point in debating further. You have clearly made up your mind. Sincerely wish you the best of luck if you are a parent or become a parent in your future.