This is why there could be a market for such things, from another e-mailer:
The e-mailer who questioned the worth of a G-rated version of Scarface has
missed the point. I’m pretty sure nobody is yearning for a G-rated version
of Scarface, the Untouchables, Wild Thing, Freddy vs. Jason, etc.
What would be nice is a G-rated version of all the films that COULD be
G-rated if you chopped 10 seconds out of them. The G-rated version of
Scarface would be a minute long. But there are a large number of films that
would be very good for family viewing with only one or two edits. I often
hear people complain about Hollywood’s gratuitous use of profanity, etc. –
about films that are absolutely fine for family viewing EXCEPT for the fact
that someone decided to add a gratuitous profanity. Why, for example, does
there need to be one profanity in the middle of “The Princess Bride”?
Removing such wouldn’t detract from the film; quite the opposite.
Nobody was suggesting that Hollywood should make every movie
family-friendly, nor that parents should ignore the ratings, nor that
parents should be able to expect that every movie would be suitable for
children. But when the family “unfriendly” part constitutes only a few
seconds of the movie and is irrelevant to the story, and when the technology
exists to easily give viewers the option of not having to endure it, why
not? That would be a lot more useful and popular that 95% of the “extras”
that come on DVD’s now.
This isn’t “asking Hollywood to raise our kids”. It’s simply a regret that
there are a large number of movies that could be enjoyed together as a
family if there a way to cut out a few seconds of pointless garbage.