tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post1163308590728897238..comments2023-08-17T06:06:23.531-04:00Comments on Ibo et Non Redibo: Seatback Entertainment: Progress or Stultification?John Ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07309411001384211788noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post-50282912439097039592014-07-30T14:44:22.259-04:002014-07-30T14:44:22.259-04:00I thought of this difficulty as well, so thanks fo...I thought of this difficulty as well, so thanks for bringing it up. I was on a flight recently where I did not appreciate having a film on the screen next to me with frequent nudity in a sexual context.<br /><br />I also had an experience once of seeing the same film twice on one trip. On the outward journey I watched it on my private screen, and on the return trip it was on an overhead screen. The second time, the film had been ‘edited for content’ and also had had the coarse language dubbed over. I was surprised that these changes didn't detract at all from the film, and in the end actually made me enjoy the it better. Now, this is notwithstanding Marshall McLuhan's scepticism about censorship as missing the main point, i.e., the medium itself. But perhaps, on another level, this experience of the edited film using the public medium, contrasted to the unedited film using the private medium, simply underlines McLuhan's observation.Adam D. Hincks, S.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09317894445176628003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8841992273882225141.post-57112595777923157112014-07-28T12:57:36.036-04:002014-07-28T12:57:36.036-04:00Another problem I have observed with individualize...Another problem I have observed with individualized seatback entertainment is that some of the "content" on offer is certainly not appropriate for children, yet children can very easily see the screens around them on the aeroplane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com