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I just want to say again that I'm 99.999998% certain that this isn't a deliberate edit on Apple's part, and probably not deliberate by 20th Century Fox as a whole, either.

The movie studios provide these packages to the digital retailer. I'm sure it was either an unintentional mistake of placing portions of an airplane edit into one of the audio tracks for this movie, or it was a rogue act by one snotty prudish nitwit.
 
I just want to say again that I'm 99.999998% certain that this isn't a deliberate edit on Apple's part, and probably not deliberate by 20th Century Fox as a whole, either.

The movie studios provide these packages to the digital retailer. I'm sure it was either an unintentional mistake of placing portions of an airplane edit into one of the audio tracks for this movie, or it was a rogue act by one snotty prudish nitwit.

I didn't even think about that
 
Another reason I’ve been moving back to physical media for my collection. Most of my iTunes purchases are TV shows and I’ve found so many errors in files this year. Episodes cutting off just before the end, duplicate episodes, incorrect artwork, spelling errors etc, iTunes has gotten most of them fixed but they have to wait on the content provider
 
This is something funny I noticed this morning as I watched Logan, purchased through iTunes. I'm sharing this partially out of amusement, and also just really curious if others have it this same way --

Everything seems intact throughout the movie except for one word. A few times during the film, a certain swear word that refers the male anatomy and starts with the letter D is said. And each time, it was muted out.

The first occurrence, I think, was during Charles' and Logan's first dialogue at the beginning of the movie. It was so quick and subtle I thought it maybe an audio glitch and I didn't pay it enough mind.

The second time, when Logan and Eriq LaSalle's character are out in the field at night checking the water supply and the local bad guys come to give Eriq LaSalle trouble. Logan uses the censored word when talking to the bad dudes. This time I played it back to make sure. The subtitles were uncensored. The audio muted out the word.

Third time I noticed is near the very end, when a kid character (boy who looks like Rami Malek) yells out the word. Same censoring of that very particular word.

I really think this is just a mistake in the version that Fox has given out to iTunes. But as silly as it is, I also thought it important enough to send Apple feedback about how they are, very-likely-unwittingly, giving customers a censored version of a movie. It was… such a weird thing to broach inside of an Apple Customer Support Chat. But it's important that they know if this is happening with the movies they're selling us.

If anyone else has the movie in their library and wants to check, please do. I was watching the color version today. I didn't notice this when watching the Noir version a couple months ago. The easiest spot I know to check is Logan's line at the 1:20:35 mark. "Go play Okie ****head somewhere else."
[doublepost=1513498726][/doublepost]They also edited out the nudity near the beginning the girls the flashed as he was driving
 
Another reason I’ve been moving back to physical media for my collection. Most of my iTunes purchases are TV shows and I’ve found so many errors in files this year. Episodes cutting off just before the end, duplicate episodes, incorrect artwork, spelling errors etc, iTunes has gotten most of them fixed but they have to wait on the content provider
Sadly this happens with physical media also. Studio will occasionally make less offensive edits available to some retail channels or regions without clearly disclosing this on the package. Walmart was found selling these sanitized versions several times (But to be fair I haven’t heard much on this In years). In some cases theatrical releases can also vary.
The question is how and why these edit are selected. Is it the choice of the studio, or a demand by the retailer? I don’t find a to be a big deal, but I would like more transparency and a why of identifying which version is the “definitive” theatrical cut.
Does the iTunes version of Logan work with Movies Anywhere? If so does the iTunes sourced license reflect on these edits when playing on Amazon, Google Play or Vudu?
 
[doublepost=1513498726][/doublepost]They also edited out the nudity near the beginning the girls the flashed as he was driving
It was there when I watched it. It's a dark scene and she doesn't pull her dress down very far. Maybe it's just really easy to miss?
Are you watching from a US iTunes account?
 
[doublepost=1513498726][/doublepost]They also edited out the nudity near the beginning the girls the flashed as he was driving

This movie file has been changed since I purchased it in June of 2017. The nudity isn't there in the very beginning of my copy either. Not in the color or noir version. However, at about the 1:20ish mark the audio is not "bleeped" in the Noir version. When I purchased the movie, right when it became available for sale on the iTunes Store the movie was unaltered.

This doesn't make any sense. Why leave all the violence and other swear words but edit those two tiny bits out?
 
I just checked. I had to scroll around for like five minutes trying remember where it was exactly, but the flashing scene is still there on my copy at the 20minute 20second mark.

Sincerely,
Mr. Skin, apparently.
 
Ah, I thought the flashing was in the first few minutes of the montage of him driving. That is still in my copy as well.
 
Parental controls turned on perhaps?
Parental controls won’t subtly alter content. It will just block entirely at the specified threshold.
This is an issue with the studio’s provided file. Maybe Apple requested an alternate version, but that would impossible for us to know.
For the record, the limo scene is correct for me in iTunes.
 
Another reason I’ve been moving back to physical media for my collection. Most of my iTunes purchases are TV shows and I’ve found so many errors in files this year. Episodes cutting off just before the end, duplicate episodes, incorrect artwork, spelling errors etc, iTunes has gotten most of them fixed but they have to wait on the content provider

That plus the fact your digital copies could technically be ripped away at any moment since you do not actually own them.
 
Apple is deliberately choosing what content is allowed only?

Seems by changing audio one dialog version Apple wants to further distance it from another.

Alternately, just a bug probably.
You don't need to be a d*** about it ;) ...it's likely a bug...probably this: #26
 
Uhh, mine is definitely censored on my Apple TV 4K, the first time I noticed was the scene starting at the 18 minute mark when the albino says something about cooking spotted dick for Xavier, it silences dick there too, which is hilarious considering it’s food...
 
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Uhh, mine is definitely censored on my Apple TV 4K, the first time I noticed was the scene starting at the 18 minute mark when the albino says something about cooking spotted dick for Xavier, it silences dick there too, which is hilarious considering it’s food...

Just checked on my iPhone and ‘Spotted Dick’ is still there in the UK. Will check my ATV when I get home.
 
It is only censored on the surround sound track. The stereo track used by your phone is not effected.

Was gonna say it’s the same on ATV too but then I don’t have a Surround Sound System so it just plays back at whatever Best Quality Available allows for my setup I guess.
 
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