Whose side are you on: Airplane Movie Etiquette Edition

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Anonymous wrote:I’m team mom. Kids should not be exposed to scary, violent, or sexually inappropriate scenes on the plane. You can’t control who sits next to or in front of you so be thoughtful and aware of who is around you. This guy can watch something else.

Or the parents can just not take their kids on planes. Unless the kid was flying to a hospital for life saving medical procedure, he did not NEED to be on a plane. Parents could have driven to their destination, or they could have skipped the trip altogether.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m team mom. Kids should not be exposed to scary, violent, or sexually inappropriate scenes on the plane. You can’t control who sits next to or in front of you so be thoughtful and aware of who is around you. This guy can watch something else.

Or the parents can just not take their kids on planes. Unless the kid was flying to a hospital for life saving medical procedure, he did not NEED to be on a plane. Parents could have driven to their destination, or they could have skipped the trip altogether.

Ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think she handled it well but I cannot in a million years imagine needing to watch the sopranos so badly that I would insist on doing it on an airplane where a little kid could see. I would have just watched something else.

I wouldn’t. If the airline is showing it it’s fair game. I may fast forward but I’m watching what I want. Sorry if you deem it in appropriate. That’s your problem

Mom of 3.

Well yeah, I would be considerate in that situation and you would not. We all make our own choices.

Do you expect everyone on the plane to watch Toy Story in case a kid looks up from their Nintendo?

Yes. I oppose watching nudity or graphic violence on airplanes so everybody much watch only animated films. Thank you for articulating my opinion so clearly.

So you don't think we should all just watch Toy Story. There aren't a lot of non-animated films that don't have some amount of violence and/or nudity (though less nudity these days). What is your acceptable level? Are Marvel movies too violent for your delicate sensibilities? How about John Wick?

What if the woman is breastfeeding in a scene and you can see everything - is that ok, it's just early 2000s-style HBO nudity that's unacceptable?

Please list off some movies that you would find acceptable for an adult to watch on an airplane.

How about you go in the other direction? Sopranos is okay, right? What about everything in White Lotus? Game of Thrones? Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Straight-up p***?

I imagine we both think that not everything is okay to be consumed publicly. If you really wanted to watch Texas Chainsaw Massacre on an airplane but you know there is a 7-year old behind you who could see it, I do hope you'd just decide to hold off.

Personally I am pro-breastfeeding in public so we can get ride of the idea that breasts in any context are sexual, but that's neither here no there.

My toddler is terrified TERRIFIED of the little mermaid. I say no Disney movies on planes.

[Anonymous]

Americans hate children and being inconvenienced by them. Same with the elderly. We’re a crappy culture.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She didn’t handle it correctly but if you think the problem with The Sopranos is a boob, you’ve never watched it. No 8 year old should be watching that.

He was a jerk for saying no to her.

She was an a$$ for making a scene over it and not moving when offered a solution.. It goes both ways.

[Anonymous]

This reminds me of when I would travel alone as a teen. I used to read a Cosmo that I bought in the concourse without my mom knowing. I would try to hide it from the person next to me when I was reading the sex articles!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“ Secondly, should film’s or tv shows with nudity, sex and violence be made available on airplanes? ”

I’m no prude, but no. Nothing that can’t be shown on regular broadcast tv should be shown on a plane.

I agree with this standard. It's not like adults have to watch cartoons, but it's a shared space. Let's be considerate of each other.

[Anonymous]

I think the man could have been nice and turned it off. Can't anyone read a book to pass the time? Now I would never do what she did but, I do understand her frustration.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think she handled it well but I cannot in a million years imagine needing to watch the sopranos so badly that I would insist on doing it on an airplane where a little kid could see. I would have just watched something else.

I wouldn’t. If the airline is showing it it’s fair game. I may fast forward but I’m watching what I want. Sorry if you deem it in appropriate. That’s your problem

Mom of 3.

Well yeah, I would be considerate in that situation and you would not. We all make our own choices.

Do you expect everyone on the plane to watch Toy Story in case a kid looks up from their Nintendo?

Yes. I oppose watching nudity or graphic violence on airplanes so everybody much watch only animated films. Thank you for articulating my opinion so clearly.

So you don't think we should all just watch Toy Story. There aren't a lot of non-animated films that don't have some amount of violence and/or nudity (though less nudity these days). What is your acceptable level? Are Marvel movies too violent for your delicate sensibilities? How about John Wick?

What if the woman is breastfeeding in a scene and you can see everything - is that ok, it's just early 2000s-style HBO nudity that's unacceptable?

Please list off some movies that you would find acceptable for an adult to watch on an airplane.

How about you go in the other direction? Sopranos is okay, right? What about everything in White Lotus? Game of Thrones? Texas Chainsaw Massacre? Straight-up p***?

I imagine we both think that not everything is okay to be consumed publicly. If you really wanted to watch Texas Chainsaw Massacre on an airplane but you know there is a 7-year old behind you who could see it, I do hope you'd just decide to hold off.

Personally I am pro-breastfeeding in public so we can get ride of the idea that breasts in any context are sexual, but that's neither here no there.

My toddler is terrified TERRIFIED of the little mermaid. I say no Disney movies on planes.

Your kid is unusual so no to banning Disney!

[Anonymous]

I am on team - if the airline offers it for viewing - you can watch it on the flight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am on team - if the airline offers it for viewing - you can watch it on the flight.

Whether they should offer it, is another matter. I don't know that I care too much either way.

In general I don't think you can shield your kids from everything. You encounter things when you go out in public. That's life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Surely you can’t be serious?

I thought this was a thread about the wonderful movie Airplane. Bummer.

I watched that boob scene a lot as a kid.

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Stop calling me Shirley

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was on a Delta flight yesterday that was about 3.5 hours long. Man a few rows ahead and across from me started watching The Sopranos (offered in-flight). In front of me was a mother and her two children. A girl about age four who was on the window seat and a boy about age 8 who was in the aisle seat. Mom was in the middle.

I did notice that the show was not edited. So there were a few scenes with naked breast and some gun violence. After a fairly long scene with a topless woman the Mom tried to get the man’s attention. He didn’t hear her so she called a flight attendant to complain about the programming. She was particularly upset because her son could see the screen. I don’t know if he was actually actively watching it or not. Flight attendant suggested she and her son switch with her so maybe he could see the screen. She does so, but then loudly starts complaining to the lady across the aisle about how inappropriate it was to have adult material on a day flight. The man watching The Sopranos must have overheard because he turned around, and when he does she starts trying to ask him to turn it off because her children can see the content. He stared at her, says no and keeps watching and this definitely made the Mom furious. She calls the flight attendant again and asks if she can move her family or the man. The flight attendant says there are two open seats towards the back of the plane but that they aren’t together but offers her those. Mom refuses. She proceeds to speak loudly to her kid and anyone who could hear about how inappropriate the situation was and how she’s lost faith in Delta. I think her 4-year-old had fallen asleep at this point and the 8-year-old had a Nintendo Switch so I assume he was occupied (I couldn’t see his face though).

So two questions. Who was in the wrong? (I have a general idea what the consensus will be).

Secondly, should film’s or tv shows with nudity, sex and violence be made available on airplanes?

TIA. Interested in responses.

Mama KAREN was definitely in the wrong here. Who does she think she is to tell other pax they can't watch the shows OFFERED BY THE AIRLINE during the flight. If she doesn't like it, she should voice her concerns via the after-flight survey they always email. That's how she can affect real change to the Delta in-flight programming.

But overall she is a LOSER and she should be glad she didn't get cursed out in front of her kids that day.

[Anonymous]

I feel really bad for the FA. Imagine dealing with this kind of nonsense every single day.