Nudity on TCM?!?!?

[TexasErin]

Okay, so I don't watch a whole lot of TV- other than stuff on ABC, but I recorded (on my DVR) Clash of the Titans Friday night on TCM (yeah, I know, I'm a big dork), but I was shocked that they showed the topless scene of Perseus' mother nursing him and then their butts as they walked down the beach- I didn't think they showed nudity on regular channels.....

Let me say, I did breast-feed both my children until they were a year old and could have whole milk, but, this was not the discreet nursing-in-public thing that I did with my children..........as Suzanne Sugarbaker from Designing Women said, "Just because you have a baby attached doesn't mean its not a breast." This was her completely topless!?!? Maybe I've lived in a cave, but non-premium channels show this kind of thing now?

 

[Shutterbug]

What ever nudity there was it was considered PG nudity as the the movie was rated as PG.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

My mom taught Myths and Legends and we had this on tape when I was little because she'd show it to her students every year. Loved it! Anyways, what can you say about a movie featuring a hero conceived on an underage female through a "golden shower" perpetrated adulterously by a very inconstant god who is married to his sister...ummm...yeah. So there's nudity in it?

 

[flamingglobessigmund]

Okay, so I don't watch a whole lot of TV- other than stuff on ABC, but I recorded (on my DVR) Clash of the Titans Friday night on TCM (yeah, I know, I'm a big dork), but I was shocked that they showed the topless scene of Perseus' mother nursing him and then their butts as they walked down the beach- I didn't think they showed nudity on regular channels.....

Let me say, I did breast-feed both my children until they were a year old and could have whole milk, but, this was not the discreet nursing-in-public thing that I did with my children..........as Suzanne Sugarbaker from Designing Women said, "Just because you have a baby attached doesn't mean its not a breast." This was her completely topless!?!? Maybe I've lived in a cave, but non-premium channels show this kind of thing now?

From what I've seen and heard on TCM it's not a regular cable channel, even though it's down around the 60's on my cable system.

TCM is unedited and commercial free.

 

[MushyMushy]

I would so much rather see some non sexualized nudity than the blatant violence that's prevalent on TV!

Why are we as a society so upset and threatened by nudity anyway?

 

[Dennfamily4]

Love that movie! I watched it with my kids and they loved it too!

I agree with PP I believe it's a premium channel.

 

[Jennasis]

Terrific movie.

 

[FireDancer]

Nudity does not equal sexuality. Showing breast feeding on a cable television channel is just fine with me.

 

[BCDisneyFanatic]

I would so much rather see some non sexualized nudity than the blatant violence that's prevalent on TV!

Why are we as a society so upset and threatened by nudity anyway?

With all of the violence in Clash of the Titans, it seems a little silly to me to get worked up about a woman nursing a baby

 

[bookgirl]

haha

I remember when that movie came out. The girl who plays the princess was a tv star from england, she was in Black Beauty (an english family show based on the book). Everyone was absolutely scandalized that she would show her butt. She was the Hannah Montana of the eighties over there.

by the way have Clash on DVD. Love that movie.

 

[Redpepperflakes14]

I would so much rather see some non sexualized nudity than the blatant violence that's prevalent on TV!

Why are we as a society so upset and threatened by nudity anyway?

 

[Jennasis]

Many classics have tasteful nudity. Blue Lagoon, Romeo and Juliet.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I saw it on the other day and I missed most of it, dang it. I caught the end.

I do think they run the movies unedited, uncensored and with NO commercials which is a great reason to watch TCM.

 

[KristaTX]

I also noticed recently that TCM showed the woman's bare breasts flash across the screen during a scene of turbulence in "Airplane!". And when they show "A Room With a View", I'm sure they show the male skinny-dipping scene unedited. I'm sure there are other movies they show with some brief nudity, too, perhaps some even more sexual in nature (the movie "Blow-Up" comes to mind). But it's not that common on TCM simply because most of the movies they show are older, which is part of the reason I love TCM .

Anyway - non-sexual nudity doesn't really bother me much. The violence and verbal/implied sexuality so common on prime-time network TV is much more disturbing. Heck, I'm more bothered by the rampant use of the ridiculous made-up curse word "Frackin" on SyFy's "Caprica" than by any nudity I've seen on TCM.

I can see how it might have caught you off guard, though.

 

[TexasErin]

Yep. I love the movie, too. I didn't say I was threatened or worked up by it---not a big fan of seeing other women's breasts- and didn't really think I would on TCM so I was just surprised by it was all. I was afraid to ask the question on here of what is, for lack of a better term, allowed on non-premium channels. I wasn't trying to start a debate about being worked up or not about nudity, but figured somebody would say something like that.

There would be no plot without the violence as there are fight scenes so that is central to the theme......OT to my own thread, but what I really hate is when a movie has violence that revolves around killing an animal since I'm afraid that might give some unhinged people some ideas. Of course, I guess all violent scenes in any movie or TV show could give unbalance people ideas.........

But, yeah, I do love Clash of the Titans. Gotta love the little metallic owl and the early 80's sci-fi special effects, LOL.

 

[castmemberb4]

One of my favorite shows is 'Saving Grace' on TNT and there is nudity in practically every episode, and believe me it's not non-sexual !
It does air at 10 pm.
We don't have kids so it's no big deal to us, don't know about other TNT shows.

 

[TexasErin]

I also noticed recently that TCM showed the woman's bare breasts flash across the screen during a scene of turbulence in "Airplane!". And when they show "A Room With a View", I'm sure they show the male skinny-dipping scene unedited. I'm sure there are other movies they show with some brief nudity, too, perhaps some even more sexual in nature (the movie "Blow-Up" comes to mind). But it's not that common on TCM simply because most of the movies they show are older, which is part of the reason I love TCM .
Anyway - non-sexual nudity doesn't really bother me much. The violence and verbal/implied sexuality so common on prime-time network TV is much more disturbing. Heck, I'm more bothered by the rampant use of the ridiculous made-up curse word "Frackin" on SyFy's "Caprica" than by any nudity I've seen on TCM.

I can see how it might have caught you off guard, though.

I love TCM because of all of the old movies. I used to like AMC eons ago when they showed older movies.....I don't really find much to watch on there anymore. But I still really love TCM. I like all of the neat info that the host tells before and after the movies.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I also noticed recently that TCM showed the woman's bare breasts flash across the screen during a scene of turbulence in "Airplane!". And when they show "A Room With a View", I'm sure they show the male skinny-dipping scene unedited. I'm sure there are other movies they show with some brief nudity, too, perhaps some even more sexual in nature (the movie "Blow-Up" comes to mind). But it's not that common on TCM simply because most of the movies they show are older, which is part of the reason I love TCM .

Anyway - non-sexual nudity doesn't really bother me much. The violence and verbal/implied sexuality so common on prime-time network TV is much more disturbing. Heck, I'm more bothered by the rampant use of the ridiculous made-up curse word "Frackin" on SyFy's "Caprica" than by any nudity I've seen on TCM.

I can see how it might have caught you off guard, though.

I have to say I think that is so funny. I am just waiting for the FCC to fine them for "frack". I mean it is so blatant.

So, OP if you are watching TCM, you are going to see the unedited movie. Just keep that in mind.

 

[Luv2Roam]

TV use to be very particular. (And darn it, that was when I was a teen. )
I remember an uproar on a BBC channel over show with a small segment showing a woman's bare chest. The censors decided her chest could be shown if there was no jiggling involved. So maybe what you saw just met the standards of the day.

I agree, I rather see nudity than someone's head being blown off. Which doesn't make sense since I watch Dexter. However the Dexter Showtime series is more implied violence, like Hitchcock use to do. (The books are real gory. ugh)

 

[KristaTX]

OT to my own thread, but what I really hate is when a movie has violence that revolves around killing an animal since I'm afraid that might give some unhinged people some ideas. Of course, I guess all violent scenes in any movie or TV show could give unbalance people ideas.........

I feel that exact way about any type of visually depicted rape scene. Off screen? Okay. Rape can definitely be a primary part of a movie plot (e.g. in "The Accused"). But if I know a movie shows or even hints at rape, I want no part of it. I still wish I'd never watched "Saturday Night Fever" a few months ago. Even the somewhat tame rape scene in "The Other Boleyn Girl" made me hate that movie. And, no, I've never been personally affected by rape. But besides being completely horrifying to witness, I just think there are too many perverts out there who might be turned on by it or even get ideas.