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This is the only legit thing i could find about it Wrote by Todd Kauffman himself. Sounds like they are going to have more differences then just the language.
There's been a lot of talk about the differences between the shows airing in Canada and those in the good ol' U.S. of A.
I mentioned in an earlier post that broadcast standards differ from region to region -- and some words and situations that are acceptable in one place just don't fly in others. Take "crap" for instance. Who knew that a little word would cause such a buzz. I've seen a few youtube videos showing the corruption of young American minds as they are exposed to that horrible 4-letter word.
Up here it gets used willy-nilly. I think it might even be in our national anthem -- or is it in the theme to Hockey Night in Canada? I'm not sure -- but I hear it a lot.
(It turns out willy-nilly is considered vulgar in 4 other regions and will have to be replaced - m.)
Another reason for the different versions -- is that producer's thought it'd be cool to mix it up a bit and let our new audiences enjoy the show without any spoilers. It turns out that some people like to ruin other peoples' fun by telling them the endings to movies or books -- letting them know what's in the Christmas present they're about to unwrap -- and telling the birthday boy that there's a surprise party waiting for him. To those people ... Ha!
See if you can spot the differences.
Like I said -- we get LOTS of mail -- and a whole bunch of questions. Please keep em coming. Understand that we don't want to give too much away about the next season -- but if you have any questions about the process of making the show... fire away!
We'll do our best to give you the answers.
Saying crap is no big deal. Alot of kids now-a-days cuss and do all kinds of crazy things.
Plus it's not like it's a cuss word.
Besides, most American children are already brainwashed with all the TV and video games, I doubt saying "crap," "screw," and "sucks," will add to that. I think alot of kids or teens that watch TDI will turn it to South Park when it's over, or watch something on [adult swim]. And most parents might even know their kids watch that.
But once a cartoon says crap on CN, the world ends.
It's not that, it's just that there are some idiots who spend a lot of time looking for anything that might be controversial on TV so they can complain to the Government which has better things to do than make sure 8 year olds don't hear crap, screw or sucks. It seems that these speakcrime police think that saying half swears and showing pixellated nudity is a LOT worse than violence or hard drug use. They need to stop being self-righteous and realize that in the end, parents should control what their kids see, not the networks. We have the (vague) rating system to help you decide what is and isn't appropriate but even if this is a childrens' network, Cartoon Network should have the right to show what they want to show, unless it's horrendously explicitly violent or illegal, they should be able to do what they want.
If many Canadians would let their kids see this without worry, shouldn't most Americans?
| TDI4ever94 wrote: |
| It's not that, it's just that there are some idiots who spend a lot of time looking for anything that might be controversial on TV so they can complain to the Government which has better things to do than make sure 8 year olds don't hear crap, screw or sucks. It seems that these speakcrime police think that saying half swears and showing pixellated nudity is a LOT worse than violence or hard drug use. They need to stop being self-righteous and realize that in the end, parents should control what their kids see, not the networks. We have the (vague) rating system to help you decide what is and isn't appropriate but even if this is a childrens' network, Cartoon Network should have the right to show what they want to show, unless it's horrendously explicitly violent or illegal, they should be able to do what they want. If many Canadians would let their kids see this without worry, shouldn't most Americans? |
| Brodoin15 wrote: |
Saying crap is no big deal. Alot of kids now-a-days cuss and do all kinds of crazy things. Plus it's not like it's a cuss word. Besides, most American children are already brainwashed with all the TV and video games, I doubt saying "crap," "screw," and "sucks," will add to that. I think alot of kids or teens that watch TDI will turn it to South Park when it's over, or watch something on [adult swim]. And most parents might even know their kids watch that. But once a cartoon says crap on CN, the world ends. |
when the talent show episode aired, Bridgette said crap when she crushed Courtney's violin.
In the second episode, when he's about to jump off the cliff, Owen said "I'm going to die, I'm going to freakin' die." Which is not what he says in the American verson. And in the episode in which Gwen get's her skirt torn off, you can tell she says "Ah screw it." Not "skip it." Then, when she reached the top, she was ment to say crap then too.
It's strange how they take out some, but keep other in.
And they can say "screw it up" but not just "screw it." The "screw" means the same thing for both.
um. . .actualy the is going to be the intern in the last episode,I think their going to edit in the top player of the tdi US website instead of keeping the winner from canada.
Season 2 of Total Drama Island entitled Total Drama Action.
| Brodoin15 wrote: |
It's strange how they take out some, but keep other in. And they can say "screw it up" but not just "screw it." The "screw" means the same thing for both. |
I agree, they're both euphemisms for f***, so what's the difference. Is it because one is an expletive (screw it!) and one is passing blame (screw it up.)?
