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Should "Watership Down" be remade to be less violent?
Mon, 05/30/2016 - 11:09 — rpgrev
Less violence, 'Watership Down' is too scarring for young minds.
3% (1 vote)
Don't change it. The grim reality of the world of wild rabbits is educational.
97% (36 votes)
Total votes: 37
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Basis of the Poll
The BBC is apparently planning to remake 'Watership Down' with less violence.
"While we won’t shy away from the darkness in the book, visually it won’t be as brutal and scarring."
Rory Aitken, executive producer
There is an argument that violent realism is educational rather than scarring (scarred by education?), plus there is an association between RPGs and Watership Down through the classic game, Bunnies and Burrows, and the associated GURPS supplement of the same name. As a result we're running a poll!
What do you think? Should the BBC remake 'Watership Down' to be less violent? Or should the grim reality of bunny life be shown?
The RPG Review Cooperative committee has decided to run a poll on the matter, and the results of the poll will determine the public stand that we take in relation to this matter.
References:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/27/bbc-remake-watership-down-wit...
http://metro.co.uk/2016/04/28/the-bbc-have-remade-childrens-film-watersh...