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[L.O.R.D]

https://twitter.com/alekhbariyatv/status/676041255550369792

this is the official twitter account for the saudi news TV channel
they said" it's official , the cinemas are officially will be in saudi arabia"

after all this time , they finally allowed to open cinema in saudi arabia

for the people who don't know , we never had any cinema here, thousands of people had to travel to Bahrain or Qatar or UAE to watch movies at cinema.

of course , living there i know what they gonna do , there is gonna be strict censorship , so no kissing scene or any nudity.


update :

"the Saudi Film Commission ( there is Film Commission here? ) announced to sign a deal with business men to open the first movie theater in Riyadh , and they can be assured they will use the Islamic tradition and home tradition"

figured this out.




Edit:

It's official, there's no cinema in Saudi.
https://twitter.com/alekhbariyatv/status/676076893456769024

The dream is dead
Maybe they wanna announce it later?
Or some Isis group threaten them?

summery : the General Commission for Audiovisual Media just deny the announcements of accepting to open movie theater in saudi arabia , even if the announcer is the national TV it self

tl;dr :
This happened

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Lol, well it's a start

 

[Ledhead]

Damn, I figured what with the artificial ski hill in the Dubai mall, cinemas would be a given

 

[Mik2121]

With access to the Internet and no cinemas, I assume piracy was pretty common?
Or were movies sold in blu-Ray while skipping cinema releases?

 

[ClosingADoor]

Damn, I figured what with the artificial ski hill in the Dubai mall, cinemas would be a given

Dubai is not in Saudi Arabia. Different countries.

 

[Sinfamy]

Star Wars hype that big ey?

 

[L.O.R.D]

With access to the Internet and no cinemas, I assume piracy was pretty common?
Or were movies sold in blu-Ray while skipping cinema releases?

pretty much , because we can't access to sites like netflix or HBO or hulu
and we have to wait 8 month for the blue ray to be releases
the price for one blue ray movie is like $50-$60 , so it's very expansive , and it's censored.

also, not all movies come here in blue ray , many can't enter.

 

[Ledhead]

Dubai is not in Saudi Arabia. Different countries.

Damn you're right my mistake. I always confuse UAE with SA

 

[alfredofroylan]

Just in time for Star Wars.

 

[gdt]

I had no idea there weren't movie theatres there....

 

[Jacobi]

Don't people in SA think that it sucks that other countries have so much they don't have?

This broke up communist countries, but it seems like people in SA don't really care that much

 

[d00d3n]

of course , living there i know what they gonna do , there is gonna be strict censorship , so no kissing scene or any nudity.

How about violence? Is violent stuff censored as well?

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Just in time for Star Wars.

The Fiqh Awakens

 

[ClosingADoor]

Don't people in SA think that it sucks that other countries have so much they don't have?

This broke up communist countries, but it seems like people in SA don't really care that much

As long as you are provided for and have a good standard of living, I don't see it being that much of a problem. When that standard goes down, people will demand change. Considering Saudi Arabia is basically a big welfare state run on oil money, they are going to get into trouble with it sometime when the money runs out. The low oil price right now is already a problem if it keeps up too long.

 

[L.O.R.D]

How about violence? Is violent stuff censored as well?

i think blood is ok , but beheaded scene are nor allowed

anyway , her what censorship look movies in Kuwait

so , i am excepting something like this

 

[Weckum]

i think blood is ok , but beheaded scene are nor allowed

anyway , her what censorship look movies in Kuwait

so , i am excepting something like this

Lol, that's even worse than Qatar. Mad Max was shown in full here, with the exception of the 'that's bait' moment and the milking of the women in the beginning.

 

[Mr. Giggles]

Damn you're right my mistake. I always confuse UAE with SA

lmao, UAE still has a long LONG ways to go but it's very different from SA

 

[L.O.R.D]

oh, BTW
Rise of tomb raider still banned in SA.
WTF!

 

[womfalcs3]

It's really moot. You get uncensored content when paying for TV. Just watched Fifty Shades of Grey on OSN.

 

[Deserted Maniac Island]

oh, BTW
Rise of tomb raider still banned in SA.
WTF!

Why is Rise of the Tomb Raider banned?

 

[Smellycat]

I can't remember what movie it was from, but someone told me that in UAE they censored a naked statue lol

 

[Mimosa97]

i think blood is ok , but beheaded scene are nor allowed

anyway , her what censorship look movies in Kuwait

so , i am excepting something like this

Why is it subtitled in French on top of Arabic ?

 

[Kurtofan]

Why is it subtitled in French on top of Arabic ?

Maybe for the North African market? I don't know.

 

[Einchy]

L.O.R.D, is it risky to download uncensored movies online?

As in, if the government finds out could you face some legal ramifications?

 

[Vuze]

i think blood is ok , but beheaded scene are nor allowed

... they literally paint over exposed skin? Whoa.
But thinking about it, how else would they censor it instead of cutting the scene.

 

[Stinkles]

I heard they can't have hot dogs there because of the pork content so they serve Haramburgers instead.




I'm here all week.

 

[astroturfing]

good, it's a start. no need to be snarky imo.

 

[Mimosa97]

Maybe for the North African market? I don't know.

Mmmhhh is that TV ? THen maybe.

But there's no censorship of the sort in North Africa. They might cut sex scenes but they don't blur bodies.

Plus I know they use the French dub versions as everyone speaks French there

 

[Christopher]

Are women allowed to go in them?

 

[mdubs]

I assume they won't be playing movies featuring women driving though

 

[lucebuce12]

Lol, that's even worse than Qatar. Mad Max was shown in full here, with the exception of the 'that's bait' moment and the milking of the women in the beginning.

Here in Pakistan, the milking scene, the

Spoiler

un-born baby being cut out

scene and 1 or 2 f-bombs were censored.

 

[Christopher]

good, it's a start. no need to be snarky imo.

we can critize ass backward world views and ideologies - we have a right to be snarky that this is news in 2015.

 

[Stinkles]

Are women allowed to go in them?

Not the drive in.


Badum tish!

 

[L.O.R.D]

L.O.R.D, is it risky to download uncensored movies online?

As in, if the government finds out could you face some legal ramifications?

right now , there is no licensed store to download movies legally
so there is no risks

I heard they can't have hot dogs there because of the pork content so they serve Haramburgers instead.




I'm here all week.

oh come on , that was very week joke

hot dogs every where ( chicken and cow meat )

 

[ultratruman]

I can't believe Saudi Arabia didn't even have censured cinemas before now.

For some reason i read 'cinema' as Christmas

 

[Alanood]

Finally the 20th century! It's not confirmed though, I don't believe it.

 

[nitewulf]

i have to wonder, what do people do for fun? like regular people, not royalty.

 

[DevilPower]

Strange... I went to see The Good Dinosaur today (in Dubai) and they didn't show the short (Sanjay's Super Team) before the main feature. I think they censored it completely.

 

[ArchedThunder]

i think blood is ok , but beheaded scene are nor allowed

anyway , her what censorship look movies in Kuwait

I haven't seen this movie, what exactly is that bar censoring?

 

[Alanood]

i have to wonder, what do people do for fun? like regular people, not royalty.

Males: gyms or friends' hangouts
Females: malls

 

[gdt]

I haven't seen this movie, what exactly is that bar censoring?

a 2 piece bikini like outfit.

 

[Kurita]

I haven't seen this movie, what exactly is that bar censoring?

Skin

 

[Einchy]

I haven't seen this movie, what exactly is that bar censoring?

Make sure your kids aren't in the room when you look at this filthy image.

 

[Messofanego]

i have to wonder, what do people do for fun? like regular people, not royalty.

 

[Stinkles]

right now , there is no licensed store to download movies legally
so there is no risks




oh come on , that was very week joke

hot dogs every where ( chicken and cow meat )

If it's any consolation it was supposed to be a bad joke.

 

[Alanood]

It's official, there's no cinema in Saudi.
https://twitter.com/alekhbariyatv/status/676076893456769024

 

[Marion Cobretti]

This could backfire on them like when they showed Dallas in Romania

 

[NoblesseOblige]

It's official, there's no cinema in Saudi.
https://twitter.com/alekhbariyatv/status/676076893456769024

A translation might help. I suspect most posters here aren't able to read that.

 

[andythinkpad]

I am afraid to ask, does ISIS allow cinema?

 

[Gnome Scat]

Awesome, hope they screen some good movies.