A Kickstarter to make the censors watch paint dry?

[CM30]

Well, that's a pretty good way to troll the British Board of Film Classification. Raise money to make a movie that's nothing but paint drying for a long period of time (say, maybe 12 hours or so) and submit it for review. Yes, it's real:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/charlielyne/make-the-censors-watch-paint-drying

They have to watch every minute of footage too...

But yeah, it's an interesting idea. Maybe we should do something similar to the ESRB or PEGI...

 

[Kaynil]

Well technically, the minimal amount to cover the fee for the one minute has been reached so now what's left to wonder is just how long will this film last.
BBFC better prepare the snacks and awkward topic of conversations.

Maybe we should do something similar to the ESRB or PEGI...

For ESRB and PEGI I want them to review a movie made with the collection of 5 year old crayon drawings. I'd love to see how much would their censor from it.
It would be great to highlight the ridiculous extents the sometime go, if we end up with a film rated M made entirely with 5 year old creations.

 

[Link 70222]

Um, what is the point of this? To subject the poor people working at the ratings place to 12 hour torture? In the case of games, the ratings are ratings, they don't do the censoring, that's up to the developers. What with all the shovelware that gets produced, they already have a lot on their hands.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Whats stopping the watchers from whipping out a cell phone and playing candy crush?

 

[Kaynil]

Um, what is the point of this? To subject the poor people working at the ratings place to 12 hour torture?

The people in the profession is not to blame and I can relate with the approach. The main point of the kickstarter is that the certificate BBFC is outdated, obligatory and cost way too much. On top of a entry Fee it charges almost £10 per minute.

Think of this movie as a petition letter to change this. The longer the movie is the more "signatures" this petition has. Unlike those online petitions though, here people are giving real money to add minutes in order to convey their dissatisfaction.

 

[thebestofblue]

Whats stopping the watchers from whipping out a cell phone and playing candy crush?

In case he snuck something in that would mean that rating should have been higher. If they gave it a lower rating than it should have received and it somehow made it to public release, they would get in a lot of trouble.