Indiana Jones fans outraged as Channel 4 airs censored version of Raiders of the Lost Ark

By Louis Chilton

 

 

Viewers have reacted in outrage after Channel 4 aired a censored version of the Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark on Sunday (3 January).

 

Steven Spielberg’s beloved adventure film was broadcast with part of its climactic scene omitted – in which a group of Nazi villains have their faces melted off after opening the Ark of the Covenant.

 

The uncensored film is rated PG (“Parental Guidance”) in the UK, meaning it is approved for “general viewing” and “should not unsettle a child aged around eight or older”.

 

However, it does contain several scenes which would be unlikely to make it into a PG-rated modern film, including scenes depicting bloody injury, the face-melting scene, and a sequence in which a man is implied to be sliced by the blades of an aeroplane propeller.

 

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of course they have.  The wonks are in charge, the lunatics now run the asylum. Welcome to the new World. 

3 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Indiana Jones fans outraged as Channel 4 airs censored version of Raiders of the Lost Ark

bit by bit, drop by drop= police state

The best scene in the movie.. Morons.. 

The film aired before the 9.00pm watershed, so it was thought that some scenes were too gory for youngsters.

I agree with the watershed and I'm pretty sure that the face melting scene (which lasts a few minutes) would give my 9-year-old nightmares.

I haven't seen the cut version, but I think it would still be an enjoyable story for young ones without the gore.

 

 

 

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Viewers have reacted in outrage after Channel 4 aired a censored version of the Indiana Jones film Raiders of the Lost Ark on Sunday (3 January).

Really?
 

Outraged?

 

About an old fictional action movie depicting something that didn’t really happen?

 

Who are these people? They need to get a life.

18 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

I agree with the watershed and I'm pretty sure that the face melting scene (which lasts a few minutes) would give my 9-year-old nightmares.

While I agree with you about a watershed time, you have to pause and reflect that 9 year olds back then didn't seem to be adversely affected, so what is it about now?

Are the kids softer or have we become over protective? Or has one led to the other?

I remember as a young teenager seeing a very scary film at the movies (The Fog circa 1970's) and being a bit spooked cycling home through foggy country lanes after, late at night.

Two red eyes appeared in the fog and for a moment I nearly poo'ed myself. Stopped pedaling and debated a prompt U-turn. Then the reversing lights came on and I realised it was a car, not my nemesis!

Relief? Oh, you bet. Nearly fell off the bike laughing after.

The cartoons the kids watch have shocking levels of violence, so this omission, which I agree with an earlier poster, was one of the best bits in the movie, is disappointing.

I think kids understand movie/reality better than we adults sometimes think.

13 hours ago, chickenslegs said:

The film aired before the 9.00pm watershed, so it was thought that some scenes were too gory for youngsters.

I agree with the watershed and I'm pretty sure that the face melting scene (which lasts a few minutes) would give my 9-year-old nightmares.

I haven't seen the cut version, but I think it would still be an enjoyable story for young ones without the gore.

 

 

 

I was born in 1972. Raiders came out in 1981 and myself and all my friends saw it dozens of times. We were fine. Maybe kids are more sensitive now though and for under nines, maybe it is scary.

a bit like  blurring a cigarette on thai tv and delete any scene with a little nudity

6 hours ago, Bender Rodriguez said:

a bit like  blurring a cigarette on thai tv and delete any scene with a little nudity

Yet in hit movies from USA etc they blur our people shooting guns and in Thai soaps everyone has them and fires away quite happily before slapping a woman around ! ????