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To think this from the BBC isn't funny, it's quite sick

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NewlyMintedPeasant · 14/08/2012 22:49

video

It's a video of the games 'most painful moments' set to quite a mocking tune, in the style of you've been framed. It includes the injury the hockey player go to her face and a German weightlifter with a 196kg weight falling on his neck.

I found it worrying to watch and really felt for some of the athletes, I wouldn't be surprised from some sources but I'm really surprised the BBC would think it was approriate to show in this format.

OP posts:

PooPooOnMars · 15/08/2012 10:18

If i child was genuinely upset at falling off a swing no one laughs! Of course they don't, well no decent people.

You are twisting things. On ybf the children on the show are clearly not hurt.

Nancy66 · 15/08/2012 10:20

I laughed.

FiveMonths · 15/08/2012 10:24

Yes, no decent people would laugh. That's exactly what I was saying. But some people would laugh.

I'm not twisting anything.

I am glad you are sure none of the (somteimes crying) children on YBF are not hurt. I don't believe it to be the case, though.

HoldMeCloserTonyDanza · 15/08/2012 10:25

I also hate the You've Been Framed sort of humour. I just think there's anything funny about people falling over, it just makes me anxious and worried they're hurt.

slartybartfast · 15/08/2012 10:31

harry hill has talked about this and if you watch YBF you will see that they show the children falling over and then getting up again, nobody laughs when people fall over a cry, nobody is that insensitive.

FiveMonths · 15/08/2012 10:33

I've seen people crying on it and the audience still laughs. Not that I have watched it more than a couple of times (under duress - at other people's houses for example when it would be rude to say anything)

but I know I saw people upset, and no one stopped laughing.

geegee888 · 15/08/2012 10:41

Theres also an educational element to films such as this. It makes people aware of the risks and dangers involved in these sports, and will maybe make them a little more cautious about going out and throwing themselves down a mountain bike track, or off a diving board.

I certainly don't want to live in a world where anything remotely unpleasant is hidden away in case people get marginally upset.

Northernlurker · 15/08/2012 10:42

How am I supposed to know you didn't mean literally ill when you said 'It just makes me feel ill'? Taking your statement at face value I thought you were suffering from undue anxiety.

FiveMonths · 15/08/2012 10:42

Yes Geegee your sentiment is spot on, it's just, why set it to comedy music as though it's for our amusement?

that makes no sense to me.

Northernlurker · 15/08/2012 10:43

Light-hearted music maybe because, as this thread shows, people already take themselves to seriously?

FiveMonths · 15/08/2012 10:43

Yes Northern I can see that you thought that. Though I'm sure a lot of people would consider it a figure of speech. Thankyou for your concern.

Northernlurker · 15/08/2012 10:48

I'm sure my grandma wouldn't find it funny. She's 90 and has very little sense of humour or of the aburdity of the human position. Life is hard and complicated but it's also amazing and absurd. If you don't laugh then you'll cry. It's a light and shade thing. Things that are really serious are not 'funny' but between that and straight forward comedy is a massive range of other moments that you can see the funny side of. Somethings will be too 'blackly' comic for some people. It is a matter of taste. However this BBC video is really not in that territory.

Have you seen Arsenic and Old Lace? Film about serial killers - but wickedly funny

Steala · 15/08/2012 10:48

Can I ask whether anyone is sick in the video before I watch it? I'm an emetophobe and people do seem to think watching someone vomit is entertainment. This type of compilation raises a red flag for me.

Thanks!

geegee888 · 15/08/2012 10:53

I would guess "FiveMonths", the music is to lighten the mood, and to assist those who are rendered a tad nervous by such sights to relax.

Its all to do with life experiences - I've spent my life falling off horses and bikes, always without serious injury, and you learn just to pick yourself up and not make a fuss or be a prima donna about it.

Northernlurker · 15/08/2012 10:54

No being sick. Quite a lot of falling over and a little bit of blood from the hockey players but not really graphic.

Nancy66 · 15/08/2012 11:21

...and it's all set to the Banana Splits - what's not to like? !

JamieandTheOlympicTorch · 15/08/2012 11:27

I have never enjoyed watching people being embarrassed or injured, so this is n poor taste, to my mind.

vj32 · 15/08/2012 12:12

I think the music is poor, and I wouldn't have included the weight lifter or the hockey ones. For the rest I think it was more embarrassed pride than anything else.

They didn't include any of the serious injuries - the guy in the relay, the diver in the final who seriously damaged his shoulder by carrying on while injured etc.

I think any slight lapse in taste could be explained by the fact that the people doing video editing at the BBC have been working ridiculously long hours during the Olympics.

CanoeSlalom · 15/08/2012 12:25

YANBU. It's not funny at all. Where's the wit, the intelligence, the satire?

HauntedLittleLunatic · 15/08/2012 12:38

Yes some of the injuries were serious.

But were they life threatening? At the time there may have been some that were (prior to medical assessment) were potentially life threatening.

Looking at the way the officials responded with the weightlifter I suspect that the banner was there and designed for such a purpose given the nature of the sport.

There were a couple of noteable injuries missing - a repay runner that ran with a broken leg. A diver that appeared to do serious damage to his shoulder. Wasn't there a road cyclist that injured/reinjured his collar bone? I suspect the BBC have sought permission to show those they have.

But is it really any different to the THOUSANDS of clips (and manner in which they are shown) seen on You've beedn framed over the years (which admittedly isn't the BBC but I don't see why that matters)?

Skillbo · 15/08/2012 12:56

Wow - some of the reactions on here are really odd!

I for one have no issue with the film and whilst the music is maybe not the right choice, agree with all those who have said it's a way of showing just how many of the sports take serious skill to get right!

I must admit I smiled but did anyone see Michael Johnsons reaction to it - he was in bits which I actually found more amusing than the clips

JamieandTheOlympicTorch · 15/08/2012 13:02

well, each to his own. I find laughing at pain or discomfort an "odd" reaction.

PooPooOnMars · 15/08/2012 13:08

YANBU. It's not funny at all. Where's the wit, the intelligence, the satire?

that just sounds ridiculous!

MitsoTsukahara · 15/08/2012 13:15

I'm with geegee on this one. As a gymnast, we used to watch what we called 'wipe-out tapes' all the time. One of the girls made her own video for a class project, set to Queen's 'Another One Bites the Dust'! It does provide a laugh and it also (subconsciously, as it didn't occur to me until just now) probably made us realise how risky the stuff we were doing was, and not to mess around in the gym too much.

Not sure I'd want to watch a video of when I broke my own ankle, though...!

CanoeSlalom · 15/08/2012 15:01

What a helpful comment PooPoo

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