tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post7346569104625303107..comments2024-02-29T03:29:52.934-05:00Comments on A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago: Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-21474215227041657372012-06-16T22:27:02.625-04:002012-06-16T22:27:02.625-04:00That was me. Weird. I'm on the same computer...That was me. Weird. I'm on the same computer as always.Russnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-16313809132565608762012-06-16T22:25:06.508-04:002012-06-16T22:25:06.508-04:00It's not the FCC, Phil. The FCC's authori...It's not the FCC, Phil. The FCC's authority to regulate for "indecency" is limited to broadcast. On basic cable, it can only regulate obscenity -- which, I suspect, is not what you're talking about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-9380493891703955492012-06-16T00:48:13.410-04:002012-06-16T00:48:13.410-04:00What I call the WGN edit of Breakfast Club is high...What I call the WGN edit of Breakfast Club is high comedy, with lines like:<br /><br />"Flip you, Claire! Flip you!"<br /><br />"Does he slip you some hot loving affection?"Joseph J. Finnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-17462944039072452842012-06-15T21:50:09.072-04:002012-06-15T21:50:09.072-04:00No nine-year old needs to hear the intercom conver...No nine-year old needs to hear the intercom conversation at the beginning of the film. And, honestly, I'm not sure when she'll be old enough to get the joke about the Famous Jewish Sports Legends leaflet.Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-25515216133926485652012-06-15T21:36:32.869-04:002012-06-15T21:36:32.869-04:00If she's ready, show her the unexpurgated vers...If she's ready, show her the unexpurgated version. Downside: potentially a longer conversation, or two. Upside: potentially a longer conversation, or two.Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-48128564501801802702012-06-15T20:42:18.135-04:002012-06-15T20:42:18.135-04:00And yet I would show Lucy a tv-edit of Airplane!. ...And yet I would show Lucy a tv-edit of Airplane!. I think she's ready. Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-51420757546229915252012-06-15T19:03:10.724-04:002012-06-15T19:03:10.724-04:00Relatedly, most anything that gets edited for cont...Relatedly, most anything that gets edited for content on basic cable is pretty much unwatchable, unless I'm brain-dead enough to find amusement looking for lip-synch laughs and improbable substitutions. I assume the FCC is to blame for that rather than the MPAA; however, I choose to blame Time Warner Cable. This is not a rational position, but some messengers are indisputably worth shooting.Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-23064482165655362672012-06-15T18:39:51.686-04:002012-06-15T18:39:51.686-04:00You're not wrong, but I think there's a lo...You're not wrong, but I think there's a lot of resistance on this issue because some corners of the world -- some of them surprisingly progressive -- are still reeling from the shocking and gratuitous presentation of Michael Douglas' posterior in Basic Instinct.Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-80780321667876114162012-06-15T18:03:59.866-04:002012-06-15T18:03:59.866-04:00I feel the need to take this moment to mock my 26 ...I feel the need to take this moment to mock my 26 year-old coworker who got carded going to see Prometheus last weekend. Geoff, I mock thee.Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-46063262183922126502012-06-15T17:40:40.441-04:002012-06-15T17:40:40.441-04:00PG is usually considered OK for younger kids - do ...PG is usually considered OK for younger kids - do you mean PG-13?Genevievenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-5678839318795130922012-06-15T17:39:53.089-04:002012-06-15T17:39:53.089-04:00Thanks, I was trying to remember why Once was rate...Thanks, I was trying to remember why Once was rated R (12-year-old was interested, after seeing the Tonys). Now I will look on the BBC app for specifics.Genevievenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-6894561668818482292012-06-15T16:39:43.181-04:002012-06-15T16:39:43.181-04:00As for the PG movies which shouldn't be, both ...As for the PG movies which shouldn't be, both Poltergeist and Watership Down had profound effects on me as a child (9-10). Watership Down -- because of it's beauty, raw emotion, and horror. Poltergeist because it gave me a fear of clowns (more than I had before) and lights on in closets. It also was the horror movie that got me to hate horror.Katenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-49453529927883912812012-06-15T15:17:41.893-04:002012-06-15T15:17:41.893-04:00Julia Roberts isn't traumatizing?!?Julia Roberts isn't traumatizing?!?Joseph Finnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-45561369240844790072012-06-15T14:30:21.787-04:002012-06-15T14:30:21.787-04:00Once gets an R rating largely over this.Once gets an R rating largely over this.Stevienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-23982277322374827772012-06-15T14:27:04.466-04:002012-06-15T14:27:04.466-04:00The question it raises for me is if you can still ...The question it raises for me is if you can still have frontal nudity today and get the PG-13 (Titanic, for example). My sense is not at all ever, but I may be off.Tosy and Coshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-49207853123513136812012-06-15T13:57:56.427-04:002012-06-15T13:57:56.427-04:00Language should get you a PG and nothing else. PG...Language should get you a PG and nothing else. PG is supposed to be okay for 13-17-year olds, right? I will never understand the sense in having a rating system that says a realistic depiction of the language of the average 13-17-year-old is inappropriate for 13-17-year-olds. isaac_spacemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-88324502336848322002012-06-15T13:54:29.555-04:002012-06-15T13:54:29.555-04:00People really need to get over their fear of butt ...People really need to get over their fear of butt nudity. I don't know why the author of that piece would be shocked or scandalized because she saw a butt in Kramer vs. Kramer, or for that matter why CBS has to blurcle half the water-based challenges on Survivor because the contestants have lost so much weight that their drawers keep sagging. Everybody has a butt, and while I understand (without agreeing with) the need to give some kind of warning about the depiction of a butt engaged in affairs amorous or scatalogical, that's because of what the butt's owner is doing at the time, not because of the butt itself. I can't think of anybody who truly would be scandalized by Survivor Challenge Wedgie. isaac_spacemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-78385548544364276122012-06-15T13:48:08.613-04:002012-06-15T13:48:08.613-04:00I'm a fan of Quentin Tarantino's app, &quo...I'm a fan of Quentin Tarantino's app, "Should Your Child Watch This Fucking Movie or Should I ShootHim In The Face Instead?"Russnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-38991266325096628842012-06-15T12:02:29.822-04:002012-06-15T12:02:29.822-04:00This post is just making me think all over again a...This post is just making me think all over again about "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" and how ANGRY it made me toward the MPAA. If you've never seen it, do, and be prepared to froth at the mouth.Wattsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-74196920059516144172012-06-15T12:00:41.329-04:002012-06-15T12:00:41.329-04:00I LOVE the BBFC site/app. I plan on using it in th...I LOVE the BBFC site/app. I plan on using it in the future to determine why a scary movie is scary so that I can decide whether it's one I should see or not.Wattsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-53191305472063618062012-06-15T11:42:56.889-04:002012-06-15T11:42:56.889-04:00The problem, of course, is that people don't u...The problem, of course, is that people don't use these ratings as a guideline for further research, they abdicate authority to the raters. PG means "parental guidance." In other words, you know your kid and we don't, so we're going to tell you what's in this movie that might be of concern, and you should decide if your kid can handle it, and whether you should go with them. I'm not saying the MPAA is perfect, but they also shouldn't be laying down absolute law on what is ok for one 10 year old, when each is so different from the kid next door.<br /><br />In my view, the MPAA should be assigning G ratings in such a way that any average parent (not hyper permissive ones, nor hypervigilant ones) would be fine letting their small child see the movie, even without parents in the room. We should be able to trust a G rating without further research. Past that, we need to know WHY a film got a PG, PG-13, or R, and parents should use their own judgment from there. But this is not the way it happens.<br /><br />I would feel more strongly about the MPAA preventing teenagers from seeing movies with the R and X ratings, but given cable, streaming, and rentals, you're only preventing them from seeing it in a certain venue, so it's less of a problem for me.Marshanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-77025775336253574132012-06-15T11:41:54.278-04:002012-06-15T11:41:54.278-04:00I propose a new system based on how traumatizing f...I propose a new system based on how traumatizing films are. PG - Disney, Pixar anything starring Julia Roberts or Zac Efron. PG-13 - movies involving zombies, aliens, things that go bump in the night. R - anything starring Nicolas Cage or Adam Sandler.Saranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-2818254959627185912012-06-15T11:36:26.407-04:002012-06-15T11:36:26.407-04:00<span>I absolutely do not understand why ch...<span>I absolutely do not understand why children are fine if they hear the word f*ck once, but will be scarred for life if they hear it twice.</span>Marshanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-49800905514704536862012-06-15T11:30:09.165-04:002012-06-15T11:30:09.165-04:00Whoa- Whale Rider was rated R? That's insane.Whoa- Whale Rider was rated R? That's insane.Goghawaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953654.post-60570524283380849772012-06-15T10:25:48.068-04:002012-06-15T10:25:48.068-04:00Whale Rider is in the same category as King's ...Whale Rider is in the same category as King's Speech -- a terrific movie, totally appropriate for tweens (though there's a brief but scary death-in-childbirth scene right at the beginning I might well skip), rated R because one character has something that most tweens would not recognize as drug paraphernalia. Ebert did a great rant about it when it came out.Genevievenoreply@blogger.com