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full screen version

posted 8 years ago by gra05
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Okay, it seems that the part that the perverts are getting excited over is only available in the full screen version when she quickly jumps up in the tub. As far as I understand, full screen is the version that wasn't supposed to be seen but in the 80s it had to be used to fit square tv frames. But usually there had to be editing done so that stuff that wasn't supposed to be revealed wasn't revealed. So why would they leave Brooke's privates unedited in that version? I find it hard to believe. She was either wearing a crotch patch or the shot is really quick as to not matter.

I find it interesting that the same people fussing over the movie getting censored are the same ones claiming they aren't perverts. If you aren't a pervert and you are just admiring the film for its art, then the nudity being taken out in censored versions shouldnt bother you now should it?

[–] jedite1000 8 years ago

Crotch patch?

[–] krypton_son 7 years ago

It's in the widescreen version too, and fortunately there's no "patch".

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[–] gra05 7 years ago

I didn't see anything shown in the widescreen version, in any way whatsoever.

[–] meathead (43) 5 years ago

If you're watching the DVD, it's cut so that the crucial bits aren't seen. But in the original film, they're there.

[–] meathead (43) 5 years ago

The shot is quick, but in the modern age if you had a copy of the film that showed that you could free-frame it and view it as long as you wished. Brooke does indeed wear a flesh-colored patch in some of the scenes, but not in the tub scene. If you can see her pubic cleft - and you can - the patch isn't present. You have widescreen and fullscreen reversed; when correctly done, the widescreen version shows all of the original image unlike the fullscreen version, which is cropped to fit the tv screen, removing rather than adding elements. The DVD version is actually cropped but made to look as if it's widescreen - this cuts off part of the picture in all of the scenes, not just the nude ones.