I'm probably the minority on this, but in general I'd rather see the TV movie versions of things. I tolerate language in movies, but I don't like it. For MOST movies I see, the majority of the sex and language can be cut out, leaving the movie intact (and much more enjoyable for me, though admittedly some of the language dubs are rather silly). For certain movies, however, this simply doesn't work. SPR is one of them; I can't imagine what a "sanitized" version of that would look like.

I've always wondered whey they can't release a separate audio track on the DVDs to let people choose. Usually they've already created them anyway (for TV or airplanes) so all they need is add them as separate audio tracks. Perhaps this is more work than I'd think, or maybe the directors/producers/whoever don't want to release their art differently from how they created it. I don't know, but I think it'd be a cool feature for the minority of us who really don't like language in movies.

On a side note: did you hear about the guy who ran a video store renting “clean” movies where he’d legally purchased them, edited them to get rid of strong language, sex, and violence, and then rent them (clearly marked) to people wanting to see the latest movies but with a “G” rating. I don’t remember all of the details, but I’m pretty sure he got sued by the movie companies. It’s legal to edit a movie, but not to charge for it.

Of course, this guy was asking for it, but I wonder why the movie companies haven’t tried to go after the sector of people who would buy into this kind of thing. Maybe it isn’t big enough, but it seems to me this guy was making a living in a single location doing it (as opposed to the national distribution the movie companies could have).

On a side, side note regarding movies with separate more strongly rated versions, have you ever noticed the "director’s version" (or whatever it is) DVD cover for "The Girl Next Door"? I haven't seen the movie, but I find the cover amusing. It's exactly the same as the cover of the normal version where she is wearing skimpy clothing, but in the special version more of her body is covered by the bar across the center. So on the new cover it shows LESS of her than before, but since you can't see any of her skimpy clothing she looks naked. In this case, it seems, less truly is more!