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FX is retarded; they're showing this right now...


and it runs three hours! The original running time of this movie is only 117 min.; they probably cut 5 or so minutes for content, so they have over a third of it's run time set for commercials?! This is why I hate it when they broadcast these movies. They usually butcher them, and then they throw in an hour of commercials during the movie.

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It runs three hours because it's "DVD on TV" where they throw in the extra stuff off the DVD, but yeah, they still play way too many commercials.

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Absolutely! It just cracks me up whenever I see that on any channel. Amazes me how sometimes you'll see a movie with an original running time of like 110 minutes and it's running in a 2 hour time slot, and you just know they cut it to shreds to fit all the commercials.

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They tend to either:
1. Cut it to shreds.
2. Pad it with commercials.

I prefer the second.

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that would actually be awesome only 10 mins of commercials in a 110 min movie
lol i think you wanted to say 3 hour time slot

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You didn't understand him. He meant they are going to cut out parts of the movie to fit the normal amount of commercials. Not that there will be just 10 minutes of commercials.

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F U for using the R word in your OP

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And that is the mature response for not understanding English....

Examples of RETARD from merriam-webster.com

The chemical will RETARD the spread of fire.
The problems have RETARDED the progress of the program.

So, FX has SLOWED the process of playing back a movie and retarded is correct use of word.

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You got too much time on your hands to troll me. Deepest apologies.

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