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Post by dirtyoldman on Jul 3, 2022 11:22:03 GMT -5
Interesting. I'd think they'd sync up all the ratings, so I wouldn't have thought that. No idea if we do something similar here in that regard, since I've never really thought about it. I don't think so, but I'm by no means an authority. It’s a good system as it judges films from a more modern POV. Like how in the 80s, a ton of action films were given 18 ratings here because violence in films was a massive concern at the time. Now, people have decreased their fears a lot more in that area so it’s not uncommon for films that were 18 rated for so long, to suddenly become a lower rating when they came out for the first time on Blu-ray or DVD. There was a also a ridiculous fear of “ninja weapons” here in the 80s/90s. It’s why the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon (but not the films for some reason) was known here as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles for a short period and a lot of films that used weapons like Nunchaku would be heavily edited. Thankfully, after a few years they realised it was a bit ridiculous and over the years, films have rated lower then they would have done in previous years. If I remember correctly, the UK version of the turtles movie was heavily cut. I didn't realise Spilter and Shredder actually had a bit of a scrap on top of the building.
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Post by Clutchhausen on Jul 3, 2022 18:43:14 GMT -5
Ace Ventura Pet Detective is one. It's a hard PG-13.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jul 3, 2022 19:37:58 GMT -5
I remember when the south park guys made their movie they talked about being utterly bewildered by the rating system. Initially they were NC-17 and I think they got it to pg-13. However, they mentioned taking out some of the stuff they were given notes on but then adding stuff they thought was worse and it getting by. Some of it can be really arbitrary, plus sometimes people can state their case to get a compromise. I forget what film Rebel Wilson did this for, but she had a film she was in where she was able to argue it down to a lower rating than it was going to get by citing various examples of male comedies that had gotten away with similar jokes without the higher rating. Additionally, context often matters, like saying, "F*** You" is treated very differently than "Let's F***", with the one with the sexual connotation being rated more harshly. Same goes for calling someone an asshole versus referring to an anus as an asshole. Hell sometimes they put something massively offensive knowing it will get an R to float the real idea they had for the cut instead hoping to trick the ratings board member thinking it's a compromise. Or like South Park every time they cut out bad language or sexual content they replaced it with more violence >_>
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Jul 4, 2022 2:07:33 GMT -5
The MPAA wanted to rate FAN: The Movie a hard NC-17 rating supposedly because of the scenes involving CENSORED catgirl CENSORED CENSORED donkey CENSORED CENSORED Cheese Whiz CENSORED Ernest Borgnine CENSORED CENSORED Big Mouth Billy Bass. I'm sure we'll have to remove some of that to get it down to a more family friendly rating, but dammit it just seems wrong to hamper a man's artistic vision so much.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Jul 4, 2022 6:02:43 GMT -5
The MPAA wanted to rate FAN: The Movie a hard NC-17 rating supposedly because of the scenes involving CENSORED catgirl CENSORED CENSORED donkey CENSORED CENSORED Cheese Whiz CENSORED Ernest Borgnine CENSORED CENSORED Big Mouth Billy Bass. I'm sure we'll have to remove some of that to get it down to a more family friendly rating, but dammit it just seems wrong to hamper a man's artistic vision so much. It's a shame, really. We really should hacve kept in the CENSORED nunchucks CENSORED pole dancers CENSORED with the Barrett from FF7 cosplayer, and he was all CENSORED I mean the truck totalled the *whole* wall, there was CENSORED everywhere, holy shit. I will admit the CENSORED hooks CENSORED went too far when they were running out the house, screaming CENSORED and I was like, the show "Maude"? Really? That started the CENSORED twenty to life. I guess that footage is lost now,.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jul 4, 2022 14:29:42 GMT -5
Titanic.
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