Watership Down TV Series (1 Viewer)

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When Watership Down was first released in 1978, the film’s director, Martin Rosen, insisted the image featured on its promotional poster should warn viewers that this was no cutesy cartoon about some bunnies.

“I reckoned a mother with a sensitive child would see a rabbit in a snare with blood coming out its mouth and reckon, ‘Well, maybe this isn’t for Charlie – it’s a little too tough,’” he has said.

Despite his concern – and the fact the animated movie includes blood-soaked visions, slavering, murderous predators and a rabbit having its throat ripped open – British film classifiers awarded it a U rating, suggesting it was suitable even for very young children.

Early viewers did not agree – and there is an entire generation for whom the gentle opening bars of Art Garfunkel’s theme song Bright Eyes will always evoke horrifying visions of bloodthirsty lapine massacre.

Now, 45 years later, the British Board of Film Classification has reviewed its opinion of a movie that has been called “a one-way ticket to post-traumatic stress disorder” after a resubmission. It has been reclassified as a PG, on account, the organisation said, of its “mild violence, threat, brief bloody images and bad language”.……

Watership Down now rated PG after 45 years of terrifying children

Film once described as ‘one-way ticket to post-traumatic stress disorder’ originally classified U

www.theguardian.com

A one-way ticket to post-traumatic stress disorder made me laugh out loud due to the pithy accuracy.

 

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Don’t fork with BigWig

 

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Still haven’t seen the Netflix series but I Just finished reading Watership Down again

I’ve read it several times but this was the first time since mid 90s

It really is a fantastic novel

 

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This was an exceedingly violent cartoon. The tone was like nothing I was expecting as a kid. I did not enjoy it. I rewatched it as an adult and the sentiment remained.

It was part of what I call the late 70s early 80s dreary period of animation

Also includes The Last Unicorn, Mouse & Child, and to an extent, Charlottes Web and Secret of NIHM

 

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I haven’t read it since the 80’s, wonder if I should give it another shot.

 

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I haven’t read it since the 80’s, wonder if I should give it another shot.

You should, definitely holds up to me

 

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We finally got Netflix (spent years looking for a bootleg DVD copy, never found one)

Will be watching this soon