I enjoy a good rated-R movie every now and then, but there are those who would rather see a movie sans the swearing, nudity, or excessively creepy or violent scenes. I’m not here to argue the merits of creative license, or condemn those who might prefer to edit the content they choose to view. Frankly, I just don’t get the battle that put companies like CleanFlicks out of business.
Once I pay the $25 bucks for a DVD, I feel I should be able to watch or not watch whatever parts I want to.
And why the movie industry doesn’t just produce an alternate ‘clean’ version and throw it on the disk to reel in another 20 percent of the market really boggles my mind. They edit them to pieces for the airlines anyway; why not make a buck along the way? Back to our story…
While CleanFlicks has gone the way of the dodo, a handful of alternatives has cropped up in my conservative little town to help fill the apparently succeeding demand for edited movies.
Enter Daniel Thompson, former owner of a CleanFlicks-like business called Flix Club.
Daniel Thompson is an Arrogant Jerk. Why? I’ll tell you why; because he ran a business pretending to be all about good and clean morals while dealing in porn and exploitation. In fact, not only was porn found in the back room of his clean flick chop shop, he was busted for paying a teenager for sexual favors. Ouch! This guy is among the worst of them.
Daniel Thompson had the gall to pitch himself as a ‘defender of good’ in interviews and advertising, selling ‘cleaned up’ videos to people who thought he was on their side. There is just something a little disturbing to learn that you purchased something you felt was wholesome from someone who is clearly not.
Thompson was caught when the mother of the 14-year-old girl that he paid for sexual services questioned the young girl about where she got the money. The girl confessed and admitted to soliciting Thompson. The fact that he obliged has added to my growing paranoia and concern for the safety of my own children.
If you can’t trust the guy who edits the smut out of your videos, who can you trust? Not Daniel Thompson, this guy is a complete Arrogant Jerk.
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