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So, lately I’ve been watching some interesting historical series on Netflix. But every 15 minutes, they have to show some porn scene like they’re competing with pornhub or something. People like to have sex, we get that.
But I can’t watch that with my other family members. So, I was wondering if there’s a way to cut it out or disable it?
What??? We watch historical stuff on NF all the time. NEVER have I seen porn on there.
So, lately I’ve been watching some interesting historical series on Netflix. But every 15 minutes, they have to show some porn scene like they’re competing with pornhub or something. People like to have sex, we get that.
But I can’t watch that with my other family members. So, I was wondering if there’s a way to cut it out or disable it?
I've had Netflix for many years. I have never been shown porn on Netflix. Not even once. I watch all types of programming on Netflix, from documentaries to tv series to existing movies to original shows...comedies, dramas, horror.
Is the part that you consider porn part of some documentaries you watch? What type of documentaries are you watching? Because if you're watching the history of film, you might see some risque scenes as they explain the way film was before censorship (but I wouldn't call that porn). A documentary on Michaelangelo may show some nudie statues he did. (I wouldn't call that porn, either).
There is a feature in the account settings on computer where you can block mature content for children. I assume that works to screen porn. (I don't think Netflix has porn, though. So it comes down to your definition of porn.)
So in order to get them to pay $60/year for the BBC-watching license, you entice them with porn? What does that say about the BBC? It's owners seem to think their own programming is dull, and needs to be spiced up with porn, in order for viewers to take an interest!
I thought the BBC had a reputation for high-quality newscasting and programming, and that's why people watched it (in the old days, before porn). Apparently not. Or maybe the generation/s that valued it for those qualities passed, and younger generations felt it was stodgy, so the company added porn? The antidote to stodginess is porn, not writing and producing that's more creative? I sure wouldn't pay for a channel that laced its shows with porn! Sounds like the BBC is intellectually lazy.
Sex doesn't mean it can't be high quality. But BBC does a lot of historical stuff, and it doesn't always have lots of sex. They did Poldark, which if I recall, is not heavy on graphic sex (there's some sex scenes but they're not graphic or frequent). They also did Downton Abbey, which is similar in that regard. I don't think North and South (mini series) has any sex (it's rated PG in the US). I haven't watched it, but I don't think Upstairs, Downstairs is known for sex so that one's probably okay. Call the Midwife also looks very tame. That's all BBC, and just off the top of my head.
Other tame ones I know of that may not be BBC - Grantchester, All Things Great and Small, Victoria, Turn.
I can't promise they don't have any sex whatsoever, but I don't recall any of the ones I've mentioned having lots of graphic sex. If you really want something of an idea of it, check the "certifications" on IMDB. However, I should point out that sometimes the ratings might surprise you - despite all the sex in Bridgerton, for example, it's given a "moderate" rating for sex and nudity, and normally given an age rating of 15/16, because there's not actually that much nudity in it - all the important bits are normally covered up.
There are several Netflix series with them. Lately, I've been watching the Borgias and it's like nobody can seem to keep it inside their pants for long.
That's not porn. Do you know about the Borgias? It's impossible to show an account of the Borgia dynasty without sex & such. They were notorious for that. Incest, etc. That's part of the outragiousness of that family. That's not porn. That's called "adult content." There's a difference.
Use the ratings. That's what they're for. Don't watch R programming. Even MA may have some words you find objectionable.
OR...you can filter your account not to allow adult content. Go to your netflix account online, settings, and turn on the blocking feature to filter out adult content
TV-Ma and R rated are the same. They are both very extreme in their amounts of violence, cussing, or sexual content. The difference being TV-MA ("mature audience) is for TV shows and R rated is for Movies. R rated and TV-MA are both recommended for 18+ unless you have Parental Guidance.
They are just using the word "porn" to mean lots of graphic sex. There are some shows that have so much graphic sex in them, it does sometimes feel like it's borderline softcore porn (emphasis on softcore). I'm okay with that, not everyone is, and I think especially to those people, it will seem even more like softcore porn.
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Do you know about the Borgias? It's impossible to show an account of the Borgia dynasty without sex & such. They were notorious for that. Incest, etc. That's part of the outragiousness of that family. That's not porn. That's called "adult content." There's a difference.
The incest is historically debatable, but I agree, it's hardly surprising if a TV show decides to make use of it. Even without the incest, the Borgias are known for their debaucheries. I mean, it's centered on a Pope who openly acknowledged his mistresses and illegitimate children. It's hard to make a show about them without all the murder, sex, etc.
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Use the ratings. That's what they're for. Don't watch R programming. Even MA may have some words you find objectionable.
OR...you can filter your account not to allow adult content. Go to your netflix account online, settings, and turn on the blocking feature to filter out adult content
TV-Ma and R rated are the same. They are both very extreme in their amounts of violence, cussing, or sexual content. The difference being TV-MA ("mature audience) is for TV shows and R rated is for Movies. R rated and TV-MA are both recommended for 18+ unless you have Parental Guidance.
Agreed, that's why I also recommend checking IMBD's "certifications", which gives a mild, moderate, severe, etc rating specifically for "sex and nudity" and even frequently details the specific "offending" scenes so people can make their own decision.
It's not just Netflix. I've noticed that for some reason over the years directors of films and shows seem to feel a need to show sexual relations rather than just imply there was a romantic connection between people. What in years past would be a simple kiss has turned into erotic bedroom scenes. It adds NOTHING to the story or plot to see people grinding it out on the bed but I guess it fills up some time in the movie.
I'm not a "prude" but I want a good story. If I want to watch porn I will go to porn Hub. I expect a good story when I watch a movie or television program.
Agree with you. This is being done with in most movies and TV series made in the West. Also, all the political correctness taking place makes these movies and shows boring, at least to me. That's why I have been watching Asian (mostly Korean) movies perhaps for a period of two years already. The acting, camera work and editing, plus cinematography is nothing but outstanding in most of these movies.
Like others, it does not mean that I am prude, just that if I am watching a movie that tells a story about anything, sex is distracting for me. It could be implied, of course, not just explicit or crude. I also understand that sex sells, but should I want to watch a movie about sex, then I choose a movie that involves that. Just look at the series, "The Bodyguard." In a short period of time it turns from "body guarding" to something like, "sex guarding," which was a distraction from the main story.
There's a lot of violence in fictional content. There's a lot of sex in fictional content.
Why?
Because those are very existential things. Violence threatens out liberty and out very lives. Of course it is going to be common in the dramatic narrative, because the dramatic narrative is built on conflict. And what greater conflict is there than the struggle of life and death?
But the same is true of sex. We are sexual beings. Sex is a basic element of human pair-bonding. It creates life, and that creation of life dominates the lives of most human beings for the roughly two decades it takes to make an adult person from scratch. So of course sexual content is going to be common in dramatic narratives. The only way it won't be is when the censors step in and forbid it.
This thread is about sex but I mention violence because of the similar dynamic but also because of the radically different approaches to it from the usual suspects. Those are the people who can watch no end of people getting shot, stabbed, blown up, run over, and killed in a variety of other creative ways. And? They watch on. But as soon as a nipple pops out they start wringing their hands.
Such people have profoundly screw-up priorities.
PS - Yes, I know, they'll protest that they don't approve of violence, either. But they're not starting threads about it. They're not using ridiculous hyperbole ('porn' ) to describe violence in TV. Because they've seen, literally, many thousands of killings on television and they don't think twice about them. But boobs or butts or - OMG! - genitalia! Quick, pass the smelling salts!
That series shows full frontal..both men and women...A LOT! Even Lucy Lawless (Xena) is topless in several scenes
There is nothing wrong about frontal or rear nudity, but that's not what the OP is referring to. Just watch the introduction of the latest season of, "The Last Kingdom, where the leading actor's is having sex with his woman. Well, I guess that he was trying to preserve the kingdom or something like that.
So, lately I’ve been watching some interesting historical series on Netflix. But every 15 minutes, they have to show some porn scene like they’re competing with pornhub or something. People like to have sex, we get that.
But I can’t watch that with my other family members. So, I was wondering if there’s a way to cut it out or disable it?
I have not noticed the porn scenes on Netflix. Which shows is it?
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) to describe violence in TV. Because they've seen, literally, many thousands of killings on television and they don't think twice about them. But boobs or butts or - OMG! - genitalia! Quick, pass the smelling salts!
