How gruesome to remember.
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I do believe that 9Gem edited a scene out of A View to a Kill (1985) this evening. One of the more controversial scenes, shortly after Zorin sets off the explosion in his mine.
Perhaps our resident movie man and classification expert can advise?
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Thereās a few edits in A View to a Kill here. 
I know our resident movie man Luke will be upset about me taking his job away from him here 
but these are two obvious edits.
The scene with Dr. Carl Mortner and Scarpine fighting over the sticks of dynamite (just before Zorinās airship explodes with them) and frames either side of it are clearly edited out:
And with May Day coming out of the mine on the tram car thereās a closeup edited out just as the detonator and bomb goes off with her on it:
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I also happened to catch the ending last night and can confirm @EyewitnessTV.
Oddly, Nine always air the cut āPGā version, even when they donāt need to (i.e.) last night. Wonder why? Perhaps Nine have a bigger issue with that scene @Bort refers to?
Nine also always title it incorrectly in the EPG as āA View To Killā 
Hereās what is edited in that version (quite a bit actually), some are very questionable (as in look no higher than PG anyway):
ā¢Cut shots of two men in a helicopter when smoke from a flare billows inside.
ā¢Cut shots of a bullet wound in a manās shirt after heās shot in the chest and cropped two more.
ā¢Completely removed Zorin shooting all of his workers in the mine (as @Bort referred to).
ā¢Cut a man being thrown into an underwater propeller.
ā¢Cut a frame of May Day before sheās blown up outside the mine, where it flashes white (as @EyewitnessTV referred to).
ā¢Cut a shot of a man falling from a plane into the water.
ā¢Cut Zorin hitting the water (after falling from the Golden Gate Bridge).
ā¢Cut shots of two men handling burning dynamite in the blimp before it explodes (as Eyewitness also referred to).
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You really are the movie man. Kudous.
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Just a heads up for anyone interested, there is a YouTube channel called āAustralian TV & Movie Censorshipā.
Itās fantastic, has a number of movies broadcast on FTA TV from the last few years, which have been edited for content & compares each to the uncut versions.
And no, itās not my account, barely know how to use YouTube myself
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7mate are airing the Family Guy āStar Warsā trilogy over 3 Sundays (last week and the next two).
All were classified MA15+ with strong sexual references by the Classification Board.
I take it Seven have edited these to M, for the 7:30pm slot?
Wonder what they removed. Always difficult no doubt being animation.
Ten did it regularly over the years with The Simpsons, especially when it had to be G at 6pm (removing any coarse word - including crap/slut/bitch, etc and punches/blood, etc).
Good to see Seven being consistent in butchering the Indiana Jones movies 
Once again removing the most āfamous deathā in the filmā¦
ā¢Raiders: melting faces
ā¢Doom: heart removal
ā¢Last Crusade: N/A (PG uncut)
ā¢Kingdom (tonight): āBIG DAMN ANTSā, where the guy gets eaten by the siafu:
Although Perth got to see it last night, as it was broadcast after 8:30pm
And viewers arenāt dumbā¦
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Thatās debatable.
Theyāre repeatedly watching the movie on a commercial network when they know itās been butchered before.
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Why do people still bother watching movies like this on TV in the first place these days? They know full well more often than not there are going to be edits in them for various reasons.
If you want to watch a movie intact then buy the bloody DVD or source it from other means!
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You wouldnāt steal a carā¦
I think even the networks know that TV airings of movies are essentially filler programing these days.
Agreed. Movies on DVD are so cheap these days and you get all the special features + no ad breaks, Break Playout Bumpers, Watermarks, In-Program Promotional Graphics, Over Credits Voiceovers/Promos or any other elements that characterise TV airings of movies.
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Well I would if the only legal car purchase available edited out seatbelts.
You understand?
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Just saw one of the most bizarre classifications everā¦
Family Guy: Star Wars (the āItās A Trapā one) ob 7mate at 7:30pm.
It was allowed to remain as āMā (Stylised Violence & Sexual References).
Yet Seven ābeeped outā every F-Word!?
WTF 
(F-Words are allowed at the M-level & itās M on DVD too with āCoarse Languageā also added).
Did Seven want to avoid potential complaints from kids accidently watching, regardless?
Theyāre probably just airing the edited for TV copy that would have been distributed to them (these did air on FOX afterall).
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Andā¦ Social media just exploded again with disgust aimed at Sevenās removal of the famous āface meltā scene at the end of āIndiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arkā (1981).
I agree! 9:50pm? PG? Pathetic. Donāt air it at 7:30pm then, just wait until 8:30pm.
Itās probably the only copy of the film they have available and they canāt be bothered sourcing an uncensored copy.
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No, itās their own scheduling fault.
āMā classified films can only be broadcast between 12pm and 3pm weekdays (excluding school and public holidays) & 8:30pm and 5am.
The past month on the main channel (Saturdays) and again now on 7mate (Mondays) theyāve scheduled them for a 7:30pm commencement.
Obviosuly for bigger ratings, earlier prime-time.
Thus have to modify them for broadcast.
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I think Iāve only seen one of them uncut (after 8:30pm) years ago and that was āIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skullā (2008).
Perth actually got that version last Friday night, but other markets on Saturday got their cut version.
Itās all frustrating and rather silly, this day and age 
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A lot of people are simply just naive to the fact that there could be possible edits in them and they continue to watch the movie, without ever giving it a second thought. Not to mention the fact that some people are just lazy and canāt be bothered changing the channel (or watching a DVD instead). 
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