TV too. "I Claudius" miniseries had a number of bare boobs. It was a BBC import of course, but PBS ran it as was, tits and all.

They showed the T&A, but they did cut out some of the more egregious blood-and-guts. The scene I remember being edited otu was after Caligula (love John Hurt!!) cut the fetus from his sister's womb and ate it. All PBS showed was Claudius opening the door and retreating in horror, whereas the full version had Caligula meeting him at the door with blood smeared around his mouth.

All PBS showed was Claudius opening the door and retreating in horror, whereas the full version had Caligula meeting him at the door with blood smeared around his mouth.

That must have been your local PBS station's decision, because I distinctly remember the scene where Hurt had blood on his mouth, and I've only seen it on PBS.

Staring at my netflix arrivals and agonizing over what the watch tonight:

Gone Baby Gone
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Revolver

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

We just got this yesterday!

Have you watched it yet?

I decided to throw in Gone Baby Gone, but my laptop won't play it, so I started Revolver instead, not terribly excited. So far it just looks mean and nasty. I hope like hell it gets funny soon, or, like, at all.

But I guess I'll really have to hook up my dvd player if my laptop refuses to recognize some DVDs.

I liked Gone Baby Gone more than I thought I would. Of course, I saw it on a 12-hour plane ride. I wanted to see Jesse James... until I realized how long it was.

until I realized how long it was.

so definitely a good thing I didn't pick that for tonight!

edit

Okay, Revolver just got interesting.

I haven't watched Jesse James yet.

Revolver just got stupid.

eta The only good thing so far is that Jason Statham is stretching himself as an actor. Which, as much as I love him, isn't saying all that much in the grand scheme of things. But still, relatively, I'm impressed.

eta The only good thing so far is that Jason Statham is stretching himself as an actor. Which, as much as I love him, isn't saying all that much in the grand scheme of things. But still, relatively, I'm impressed.

I think one thing Guy Ritchie does do is bring this out of JS. My favorite performance by him is still Turkish in SNATCH, where he was both snarky and vulnerable due to circumstances (instead of being the terminator type he is in most of his other movies). Granted, I haven't seen Revolver, which sounded craxy at best, but it did sound like a something other than that role for him from what I read.