I actually came across a similar situation although not exactly. There's a movie called Obsessed to Death which I watched because an actor I'm a fan of is in it. What's weird is that it's a Lifetime movie or possibly a Tubi movie, it's unclear. On Tubi it says it's a Tubi Original but for whatever reason the movie isn't available on the platform.
I was able to see it on a smart TV on cable television with a local streaming service included. What's weird is that about halfway through there's a threesome scene between the main character and two other people and on the smart TV version they "aired", the scene is probably a 5 minute scene. No explicit nudity, but still fairly long. However, in looking for it online afterwards, I noticed that the scene has been cut down to like 3 minutes or less.
Although I'd like to propose an alternate explanation to why this might be happening. I saw an article recently suggesting that young people today want less sex in movies. For whatever reason, that seems to be a thing they want. So perhaps because young people are most often willing to watch movies and shows online, the logic is to cater to what more young people seem to want in streaming versions?
I don't know about catering to young people but cutting down sexual content is definitely a thing that happens between versions. Maybe the one you saw unrated or uncensored.
Still, I would think it would be the other way around. The TV version should be cut down and the online version has things that you can’t air on television.
South Park apparently does this. Each episode has an “uncensored version” online that swearing is unbleeped and visuals unblurred.
It depends. The cable channel you saw it on (Lifetime?) might have different standards and practices from the online service, which I assume, is Tubi. Hence, they might cut different things.
Possibly. I didn’t see it on Lifetime but in discussing the movie with someone they described it as equivalent to a Lifetime movie. On cable these days they have a bunch of channels dedicated to content on the streaming services. Except that it airs at a particular time instead of being 24/7 like it is on the streaming platform. In Canada it’s known as Crave.
I found it on one of the channels dedicated to content on the Crave streaming platforms. So I would assume that whatever is on those channels is what’s on the streaming service. But I can’t seem to find it online with the completed scene.
It was revealed that Friedkin did it himself? I didn't know that! Last I checked, it was still a bit of a mystery as to where that version came from and why.
I actually came across a similar situation although not exactly. There's a movie called Obsessed to Death which I watched because an actor I'm a fan of is in it. What's weird is that it's a Lifetime movie or possibly a Tubi movie, it's unclear. On Tubi it says it's a Tubi Original but for whatever reason the movie isn't available on the platform.
I was able to see it on a smart TV on cable television with a local streaming service included. What's weird is that about halfway through there's a threesome scene between the main character and two other people and on the smart TV version they "aired", the scene is probably a 5 minute scene. No explicit nudity, but still fairly long. However, in looking for it online afterwards, I noticed that the scene has been cut down to like 3 minutes or less.
Although I'd like to propose an alternate explanation to why this might be happening. I saw an article recently suggesting that young people today want less sex in movies. For whatever reason, that seems to be a thing they want. So perhaps because young people are most often willing to watch movies and shows online, the logic is to cater to what more young people seem to want in streaming versions?
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I don't know about catering to young people but cutting down sexual content is definitely a thing that happens between versions. Maybe the one you saw unrated or uncensored.
Still, I would think it would be the other way around. The TV version should be cut down and the online version has things that you can’t air on television.
South Park apparently does this. Each episode has an “uncensored version” online that swearing is unbleeped and visuals unblurred.
It depends. The cable channel you saw it on (Lifetime?) might have different standards and practices from the online service, which I assume, is Tubi. Hence, they might cut different things.
Possibly. I didn’t see it on Lifetime but in discussing the movie with someone they described it as equivalent to a Lifetime movie. On cable these days they have a bunch of channels dedicated to content on the streaming services. Except that it airs at a particular time instead of being 24/7 like it is on the streaming platform. In Canada it’s known as Crave.
I found it on one of the channels dedicated to content on the Crave streaming platforms. So I would assume that whatever is on those channels is what’s on the streaming service. But I can’t seem to find it online with the completed scene.
It was revealed that Friedkin did it himself? I didn't know that! Last I checked, it was still a bit of a mystery as to where that version came from and why.