I don't know if I can hate anything more than the edited for TV version of The Fifth Element

[MrScorpio]

Whoever butchered this classic should be hung up by his ankles and fed to bullet ants.

[hobbit709]

1. Or asked if they want to negotiate.

[HopeHoops]

2. Well, I don't know that movie, but "edited for TV" is like "as seen on TV" - RUN AWAY!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. What's a bullet ant?

Other than something I probably don't want to be fed to.

[MrScorpio]

4. Bullet Ants

Paraponera is a genus of ant consisting of a single species, commonly known as the lesser giant hunting ant,[1] conga ant, or bullet ant (Paraponera clavata), named on account of its powerful and potent sting. It inhabits humid lowland rainforests from Nicaragua and the extreme east of Honduras south to Paraguay. The bullet ant is called "Hormiga Veinticuatro" or "24 (hour) ant" by the locals, referring to the 24 hours of pain that follow being stung.

Workers are 18–30 mm (0.7 to 1.2 inches)long[3] and resemble stout, reddish-black, wingless wasps. Paraponera is predaceous, and like all primitive poneromorphs does not display polymorphism in the worker caste. The queen is not much larger than the workers.

Sting

The pain caused by this insect's sting is purported to be greater than that of any other Hymenopteran, and is ranked as the most painful according to the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, given a "4+" rating, above the tarantula hawk wasp and has been claimed by some victims as (being shot, hence the name of the insect. It is described as causing "waves of burning, throbbing, all-consuming pain that continues unabated for up to 24 hours". It is thought that the ant has evolved this way to ward off any predators who would normally unearth them.[2] A paralyzing neurotoxic peptide isolated from the venom is poneratoxin. It affects voltage-dependent sodium ion channels and blocks the synaptic transmission in the insect central nervous system. It is being investigated for possible medical applications.

[derby378]

5. And, believe it or not, one Brazilian tribe uses these ants in a manhood initiation

All you have to do is wear a couple of handmade gloves for 10 minutes. That's it.

Except that a bunch of pissed-off bullet ants have been sewn into the insides of the gloves.

It is my understanding that some tribesmen do not survive the ritual.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. All righty, then.

I think I don't like bullet ants.

[Archae]

7. Just TRY watching any movie "edited for TV" that isn't a kid's movie.

They ruined, absolutely ruined "Smokey And The Bandit" 1 and 2.

Jackie Gleason was a gem in those movies.
"Edited for TV" poured shit over that gem.

[mucifer]

8. Have you seen the tv version of "Brazil" where they change the whole meaning of the film completely?

It REALLLLY sucks.

[bluesbassman]

9. "Snakes On A Plane"

Now, I'll be the first to admit that Snakes was nowhere near the movie that Fifth Element was, but “I've had it with these monkey fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane.” ? All time worst line edit.

[AllenVanAllen]

10. There's two movies who's edited for TV language makes them pretty much unwatchable.

The Usual Suspects "Gimme the keys you fairy godmother!"

The Big Lebowski "This is what happens when you find a stranger in The Alps!"