Disney+ censored some violent scenes of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Does this pose a threat to Marvel’s Netflix shows?
In what seems to be a confusing step, Disney+ has censored some violent scenes in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier after almost a year of its release. Is this intended? Will it take a toll on the future of Netflix Marvel shows on the OTT? Let’s break things down.
In a recent official press release, Disney stated that all its American subscribers will have parental controls with PIN protection. This would be to give them the option to select content based on their ratings and ensure that their children are within the TV-14 rating environment.
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This step comes after the announcement of the arrival of Marvel TV’s Netflix shows on Disney+ which would make them MCU canon, if at all e.g. Daredevil, Punisher, Jessica Jones, and more. Or the characters can also belong to an alternate universe, in which case, already rebooted characters like Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk are basically variants of their Netflix counterparts. As Marvel leans more towards mature content, R-rated shows will make their way into Disney (Deadpool 3, Blade), something that many parents wouldn’t want their children to see.
The Falcon and Winter Soldier Censor
Reddit user u/MooninMoulin brought to the notice of everyone how Disney edited two violent scenes in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. One is when Wilfred Nagel, a Hydra scientist, is shot dead. The shot previously showed him lying down with blood on his face and shirt and eyes open but now it has none of these; only a dead Nagel with eyes shut.
Another scene that earlier showed Bucky throwing a pipe at a bounty hunter, which sticks into her shoulder, now shows the pipe bouncing off her shoulder. Surprisingly these two were the only shots censored out all the violent scenes including the one that shows John Walker killing a man with his shield.
According to Ryan Parker of Hollywood Reporter, it was a “software control issue.” It was also stated that the original version will be reinstated very soon. While it may be a temporary censor only for parents to set the newly introduced parental guidance protocols, it can also be a sign of many more such censors to come. However, it is unlikely to happen this late.
Falcon and Winter Soldier was released in April 2021 and we have come a long way since then. Moon Knight came out last Wednesday and it is going to have a lot of censor-worthy mature violent scenes. However, there is no point in censoring because TFATWS has had its viewership. It is now just a reference for fans to connect to future MCU shows and movies if at all. Again, if they have introduced parental controls, why censor them?
What’s in it for Netflix Shows?
Daredevil and Punisher are Marvel’s most violent and gory shows that are coming to Disney from Netflix. And undoubtedly it is this very aspect that makes them so alluring. If superpowers are on one side of the superhero dynamic, visceral is on the other side. If MCU is on one side, Netflix is on the other. However, with these two coming together in Disney+, tension does build up. Right?
They censored Falcon and Winter Soldier. Will they then censor these too? Keeping in mind the parental control thing, they won’t in all probability. But if they do alter even some scenes, it will only make the characters lose their arcs, something that fans won’t like.
With Marvel slowly inching towards R-rated content, it will have to balance between blood and gore, and its viewership, a considerable part of which constitutes the children too and will do so forever. They will find explosions cool, agreed, but can they really take in when Punisher smashes open the skull of one of his enemies? Only Deadpool can make them understand that, probably.
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