Disney has recently added the Netflix Marvel shows to their Disney+ streaming platform. With that addition came a new parental control option. Apparently that is still not enough and now Disney has been caught removing blood and some violence from their “The Falcon and The Winter Soldier” show that debuted last year.
Reddit user u/MooninMoulin had noticed the edits.
The two scenes that have been mentioned are the scene where Hydra scientist Wilfred Nagel is shot and killed in Episode 3. In the original version Nagel was shown with his eyes open and blood on his shirt. Now we see him being shot, but he is laying on the ground with his eyes closed and no blood on him.
The Direct put together some images to demonstrate the change:
The second instance mentioned is when they are being chased in the shipping yard by bounty hunters. One of them gets her shoulder impaled by Bucky Barnes throwing a pipe at her. But now it has been changed to show the pipe bouncing off of her.
It doesn’t make sense to do this after the show has been out for quite some time. Twitter is saying the same thing:
You literally just implemented a feature that allows users to change the rating settings on their account, why tf do you need to change the content themselves to meet a rating standard… pic.twitter.com/9IC6e3HTss
— Peter Parker’s Peculiar Pal (@Mr_Red18k) March 29, 2022
You know it’s scary when some people reply with “Blood equals cool.” This thing is dumb but people be acting like stuff is ruined.
— Miguel ayala (@HoodMik1) March 29, 2022
As if Falcon & the Winter Soldier was made for kids anyhow… out of all the stuff they make, they’re not gonna lose any money by a parent not letting their kids watch a show on Disney+ because of blood.
— Draco (@DracoFrostDragn) March 30, 2022
So what, he died from gravity now? pic.twitter.com/pQTW0mIFYb
— ClarkQuill97 (@CQuill97) March 29, 2022
He’s taking a nap now
— Burnum (@BlackMageId) March 29, 2022
Disney you already have parental controls, you don’t have to edit anything , don’t ruin the punisher and daredevil, I hope moonknight isn’t toned down.
— UnitedDan (@UnitedDan3) March 30, 2022
I’m not sure why they did this now. I don’t know if it is to keep it within guidelines that parent controls won’t block it immediately or for some other reason, but it seems to be a bit of a waste of time and resources, especially this long after it was released.
It’s also very random because as The Direct points out, other very violent scenes are still left in the show. They are far more violent than what we saw in those edits.
What does this mean moving forward with MCU shows? Are they going to be sanitized to fit a “safer” parental rating?
What do you think? Comment and let us know!
Source: The Direct
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