DuracellEnergizer said:

ATMachine said:

The SE of THX 1138 was rated R in 2004, though the previous versions had been rated PG back in the 70s (and that was back when there was no PG-13 rating!).

Yes, well, with all those stupid digital effects shoved in, that version of the movie deserves to be restricted. =P

Unfortunately, that wasn't the reason for the change in rating. ;P

One of the most baffling changes in the 2004 recut, to my opinion, is the recutting of the scene where THX makes an error that almost leads to a nuclear meltdown before someone else stops it.

It's abundantly clear in the 1978 cut that the scene in question involves a Louis Slotin-style criticality accident, but the recut CGI'd version (though it adds the element of the droid production line from the novelization) makes it nearly impossible to tell what exactly is going on.

Did GL think people in the 21st century wouldn't understand the idea of nuclear reactors?