MTV Executives Worried Skins May Violate Child Pornography Laws

[Weaver]

Maybe america should just chill out.

 

[Litchhunter]

As a teenager, I find shows like this to be rather rage-induceing. I know some teenagers get into really bad spots but these shows go rather over-board in trying to point out the bad stuff where it is. Almost no one I know goes through this, I dont go through this, and it's getting anyoing only seeing shows makeing teenagerhood look like a liveing hell. If you want to do something to help teens in a tight spot, then by all means, go for it. But keep your sweeping generalizations out of my television, thank you very much.

OT: Meh, whatever the show thinks it needs to do I guess, see reasons above for why I don't really care if it fails.

 

[bladester1]

Rejoin? God no. I'd rather lay waste to Europe and parts of the US.

 

[N3vans]

...I think Americans need to chill out.

Oh noez! Someone's bare arse!? Anything showing people having sex, implying sex, hinting at implying the desire to have sex, or standing in the nip on television must be banned!

Yes, that will definitely stop under-18's from learning about or wanting to experiment with sex. Unless they have access to... the internet.

^This.

Trying to stop something being shown on TV because of sexual suggestion is pissing in the wind when compared with Google...

 

[Palindromemordnilap_v1legacy]

Okay America, we get you like our stuff. I know perfectly well how popular british shows like Doctor Who, Primeval and Being Human are over there...so why not just show those series? Why do you feel the need to remake them, ruining them in the process? I've seen the trailers for Being Human USA where you turn the goofy-looking everyman George into a chisel-jawed male model just like every other damn star in your shows. What's the point of remaking shows like this if you're going to miss the point...

 

[Dexiro]

"Skins may be the most realistic show on television."

WHAT xD It's an honest program for sure but it's so blatantly not realistic at all. It's like a live action cartoon.

 

[Kamaitachi]

"The most dangerous program to ever happen to your children"
Yeah, excellent, much better to let them go out and do it on there own than at least simulate some of the reprocussions and make them think twice about it.

 

[Kamaitachi]

"The most dangerous program to ever happen to your children"
Yeah, excellent, much better to let them go out and do it on there own than at least simulate some of the reprocussions and make them think twice about it.

 

[Treblaine]

They should be arrested for just being generally a crap show. The UK version at least; BOOOORING!

 

[ciancon]

Just watched the ad for this.

The american version is the exact same script as the english one but with annoying american accents. Stupid america....

 

[zelda2fanboy]

The issue is also with "appearing to be under the age limit" if you are portraying a person under the limit this is also against the law in america (please correct me if i'm wrong, this was my understanding of US law)

They tried that, but the law was struck down in the courts. I remember someone pointing out that it could be theoretically applied to works of fiction like Romeo and Juliet because it involved minors. You see, wikipedia says so:

"Simulated child pornography was made illegal with the Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996. The CPPA was short-lived. In 2002, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, holding that the relevant portions of the CPPA were unconstitutional because they prevented lawful speech. Referring to Ferber, the court stated that "the CPPA prohibits speech that records no crime and creates no victims by its production. Virtual child pornography is not 'intrinsically related' to the sexual abuse of children.""

 

[TeeBs]

Im suddenly interested in the series.

 

[FightThePower]

Why must you remake UK shows? I've never understood this, I don't know a single US show that was remade for a UK audience, they're all aired as is. I suppose the censors in our country are a lot more relaxed.

 

[Macgyvercas]

...
What the fuck is "Skins"?

My question exactly. But from what you said, it doesn't sound like something I would watch.

I'll just stick to keeping my fingers crossed that the Italian reairing of Sailor Moon will go well so Toei Animation will do a global revival. I want Season 5, damnit!

 

[ShadowsofHope]

..And yet again, my point to disregard all MTV shows (or reality shows, for that matter) has been very much positive since the initial decision.

PTC can go suck an egg, though. Although, if their response is interpreted to say "kids should be allowed no where MTV", then I would be grudged to agree.

 

[Nifty]

the british version was shit but 16 is legal here so no outcry of pedophilia, plus we aren't as reactionary as america

Clearly you've dodged every front page of every national and local tabloid for the past... forever, for which I salute you.

 

[Anti-Robot Man]

Shameless is also inexplicably being remade in the US. I really don't understand it, over here we actually watch the original American shows and produce our own, I don't understand why American tv networks need to filter everything (or pretty much any of the decisions they make). We wouldn't remake The Wire, it's a masterpiece but it's setting is integral to it. Shameless, while not a masterpiece, is very specific to to a part of British culture that doesn't have an American analogue.

I generally despise remakes of all sorts, the only justifiable reason to remake something is if the original had a great premise or potential that was missed or poorly realised. Remake that stuff and you'll get the advantages of a remake without pissing everyone off. (I know this went slightly OT but I just saw that Lethal Weapon & the Wild Bunch are also being remade).

 

[RatRace123]

I think they should go ahead and do it, that way they'll get in trouble and maybe they'll have to shut down.
Ahh, but a man can dream.