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Stop the PG-13 madness

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Why the hell in Gods living world is Alien versus Predator rated PG-13. Why in hell does Hollywood encorage PG-13. Tell Hollywood that R rated movies should be R.
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I haven't seen the movie yet and it hasn't been released yet. Unless you've actually seen the movie you shouldn't comment on it.

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ditto...
R doesn't always mean better...
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Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
ditto...
R doesn't always mean better...


True but when molding two R rated franchises together an R rating is only appropiate.
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Uh... sure...

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but what if they have any material that classifies it as an R rating...
your just gonna rate it that anyway?
lol

plus maybe they're gearing this to a younger audience...
hell if it was R rated you wouldnt be able to see it jimbo..
so why's it so bad being PG?
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Anyone can see R rated movies as long as they're accompanied by an adult. NC-17 is the rating where you can't get in.

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Ahhhh

Its the Robocop syndrome all over again..

1st 2 movies were 18 rated here in uk (i think thats the equivalent to your NC-17)#

3rd movie was a 12 (equivalent to your R???? lol)

then tv shows were PG & then A CARTOON SERIES????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

WTF IS THAT ABOUT????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

then again Freddy versus Jason was like a PG or something daft here!

& then they try & blame games/movies for fucking with kids minds & making them torture each other........

Pffff.....parents..thats where we're afraid to point the finger.....if those lazy bastards had some sense & actually restricted what a kid watched...........

I'm gonna stop now before I really go off on one!
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My guess is that the MPAA figured that alien on alien violence is less damaging to the young psyche than alien on human violence, or some other rubbish. What the US needs is a rating system with some teeth; a 5-year-old can walk into a PG-13 movie unaccompanied.

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Freddy vs. Jason was an R.

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Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
but what if they have any material that classifies it as an R rating...
your just gonna rate it that anyway?
lol

plus maybe they're gearing this to a younger audience...
hell if it was R rated you wouldnt be able to see it jimbo..
so why's it so bad being PG?


I am 17 years old. Even if I wasn't my dad is also a fan of the franchises and we will see it together. I am saying off screen violence and off screen nudity piss me off. Robocop was a franchise killed by the PG-13 rating. When you dumb down an R rated movie to PG-13 you always lessen the movie. Alien versus Predator PG-13 is the worst. I have read reviews stating we will get off screen chest bursting. Can you say fuck well the movie can't. The line "Your one ugly mothufucker" is my favorite movie line. I can't watch Arnold say that without smiling. Great lines like that are always absent in PG-13.
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The general rule on the f-word in PG-13 films is that it is limited to two utterances, and neither of them can be of the motherf*#ker variety. If you require this to enjoy the movie, I pity you, but I understand, since you would be in the majority.

What I was pointing to in my earlier post was the fact that any rating below an R in the US is meaningless, since anyone can walk into a G, PG or PG-13 movie. Rating systems in Canada and other countries make much more sense. AvP will be rated 14A in Canada, which means that under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Many films the MPAA has rated R (including T3 and the Matrix movies) have been handed this rating, as have many PG-13 rated movies (Chronicles of Riddick, Starsky & Hutch and Scary Movie 3 come to mind). It all goes to the arbitrariness of the MPAA.

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It's PG-13? I was gonna go see it tomrrow...but I don;t think I am goign to anymore.....
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Oh, please. Violence can often times be more nasty when it's off-screen. It's called letting the audience think for themselves. I don't care what franchise it is, if you're going to see it based on the gore, then it's not worth seeing. Whatever happened to having a good story and god acting?

And AFAIK the f-word in PG-13 is limited to one, non-sexual use (IE Catch Me If You Can).

Who cares what the rating is? Just see the movie. If it's bad, it will be bad on its own account, not by how much gore is in it.

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GundarkHunter I am glad you mentioned Chronicles of Riddick. Pitchs Blacks R rating is what made it good. Riddick is less cool when he curses less and the action just looks silly. "Did not know who he was fuckin with"
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Overuse of CGI is what happened. Nuff said.

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Whatever happened to having a good story and good acting?


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Movies lessened by the PG-13 rating

The Scorpian King
Chronicles of Riddick
Robocop 3
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Neither of those movies had a chance... lol

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im guessing your PG-13 is similar to our 12A certificate in the UK?

It means that under 12 you cannot be admitted without an adult......

As much as the idea of a slightly relaxed certificate appeals to me, it also PISSES me off no end!

All it means now is I sit through movies drowned out by screaming kids!

Parents now take their 1-4 year olds to see films like The Return Of The King................kid gets bored & starts screaming or running about!

DOES MY HEAD IN!

I actually preferred it when it was a solid 12 rating......
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here's another exampe of a movie franchise being watered down:

The Terminator - 18 Rated

Terminator 2 - 15 Rated

Terminator 3 - 12A Rated

Although I personally thought T3 was BETTER than T2

Why????? well it was good fun, offered a good explanation (IMO) as to how Skynet survived T2 & was still able to execute Judgement Day & had one hell of an ending - A very brave move that I felt worked EXTREMELY well!

Although Kristiannna Loken looked good she certainly wasn't enough of a reason to LOVE this movie (just before Jimbo pops in & says its the ONLY or MAIN reason this movie rocked....gasp a naked woman! Oh my! Never seen one of those before )
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PG-13 is "Parents Strongly Cautioned" but anyone can still just walk into a PG-13 film.

R though, if you're not 17, you can't get in without a parent or legal guardian (they're supposed to proof too).

Moll.

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Originally posted by: die-jarjar-die

Although Kristiannna Loken looked good she certainly wasn't enough of a reason to LOVE this movie (just before Jimbo pops in & says its the ONLY or MAIN reason this movie rocked....gasp a naked woman! Oh my! Never seen one of those before )


ROTFLMAO!

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In the US, all three Terminator films were R rated. That's interesting though.

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