Harmy said:

twooffour said:

The central question is, what do you mean exactly by "arranging it for themselves"? Does it mean "being able to understand dialogue"? Or "rightfully concluding that the PT is inferior garbage"?

I mean arrange it for themselves to watch it, in other words find a way to watch it, like seeing it at a friend's house or borrowing it from someone or buying the Blu-Rays for their own money or renting it or whatever. I'm not going to play it to them myself or even tell them about it but I'm not gonna stop them from watching it either, if they find some way. Just like I'm not going to show them or even tell them about other movies that I think are shit but I don't care if they find their own way to see them.

But I'm totally gonna show TMNT to my kids but I wouldn't buy and show them Power Rangers or Pokemon but I don't give a bull's crap if they see it on TV in the morning.

Well, you know what, it's just a bunch of movies, so fine, doesn't really matter. I don't have any huge issue with what you're saying because I don't think this is a matter of full life consequences or anything, but I guess I'm really just puzzled by this whole "I'm gonna show my kids TMNT but not Power Rangers" thing.

I mean sure, you don't actively show your kids movies you loathe, but it's when they CAN'T arrange it for themselves, but learn about it from somewhere and are then like "Dad, can you buy me that one please, my friends don't have it and I'm too young to rent a movie!", and you REFUSE on the sole basis of disliking said movies yourself, that the whole thing becomes officially weird.

I mean, you don't refuse to buy your kid car toys that are cheaply, unimaginatively constructed or have cheesy captions on them, either, right?

I just don't get the fuss. Don't show them EMPIRE. Don't show them how Luke gets violently tortured to near death and screams in unbearable agony for 3 minutes, not at an age where they're too young to go rent a movie. To the firy pits of hell with Jar Jar :D