Soccer mom wants a PG-13 Deadpool movie for her child.

[Lord Tony®]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akziwvWLUlk

It's going to be a sad day for little Mathew.

[Ad Bot]

[Remurr]

Release two versions of the same movie with different ratings? Has that ever even been done before?

[Lord Tony®]

Release two versions of the same movie with different ratings? Has that ever even been done before?

Yeah it's called a butchered PG-13 movie release then you have to wait like almost a year or more for an unrated DVD version.

[Lord Tony®]

That rebooted Robocop movie that came out is a PG-13 rated movie. They did this so both adults and kids could watch it.

Turns out kids rarely went to robocop, all the kids were going to see The Lego Movie instead during the time Robocop was out and all the adults of the original robocop were disappointed for the lack of adult content.


So even if you tone down a movie for a younger audience that doesn't mean they are going to watch it and then you have a stuffty sub-par movie in the end. No one wants that.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/02/27/robocop-and-the-problem-with-pg-13/#302bbdf832e0

[Refticus]

why does the rating matter, kids purchase 18+/M rated games all the time (call of the dootles for example).

[Zack]

why does the rating matter, kids purchase 18+/M rated games all the time (call of the dootles for example).

As far as in person purchases go, it's illegal to sell 18+/M games to minors.

Then again, that's not factoring in parent's just buying the game for their kid, which happens insanely frequently, so my point probably doesn't mean much.

OT: This won't happen

guaranteed

[Lord Tony®]

why does the rating matter, kids purchase 18+/M rated games all the time (call of the dootles for example).

I tell kids when I use to work at walmart that they can't buy the M rated game without a parent.

Then they get their parent and the parent agrees to buy it. I don't even bother listing why it's M rated anymore. I just say it's rated M and they still buy it.


On steam you can buy Hatred just for falsifying your birth date, there is nothing they can do about it.

[sir dooble]

why does the rating matter, kids purchase 18+/M rated games all the time (call of the dootles for example).

Parents buy kids 18+ rated games.
Same for 18+ DVD's.

But the studios don't care about DVD sales, they care about Box Office sales.
While kids can't buy an 18+ DVD, they can watch it if purchased for them. But by law, a kid can't see an 18+ film in the cinema, even with parents permission.
Which means the studio is potentially cutting off a large audience by having a high rating.

So if the film meets a lower rating hopefully there will be better figures from the Box Office.


As for parents not letting kids see 18 stuff, it's mainly just being protective.
I wasn't allowed to see 18s until I was about 13. My cousins weren't allowed until they were 16, and as young kids they weren't allowed to see 12s.
This instance is just 1 weird mum (or rather this youtuber since I can't really see that the mum is calling for it) asking for a lower rating because she is protective, but at the same time wants to give her son what he wants. It's not really news worthy since it won't happen.

[McJob]

Fun fact: G rated films were (and might still be) restricted at some stage. They could only be shown at certain parts of the day.

This is why the original 1986 Transformer's film has Spike say the word "stuff" and Ultra Magnus say "damn" (not considered offensive anywhere except America back when the movie was out). The film got a PG rating, which meant it could be shown at all times of the day, and with more showings comes an increased chance of revenue.

[Rally]

deadpool sucks anyway

[Lord Tony®]

Fun fact: G rated films were (and might still be) restricted at some stage. They could only be shown at certain parts of the day.

This is why the original 1986 Transformer's film has Spike say the word "stuff" and Ultra Magnus say "damn" (not considered offensive anywhere except America back when the movie was out). The film got a PG rating, which meant it could be shown at all times of the day, and with more showings comes an increased chance of revenue.

That movie was pretty dark for a child. Half the cast died in it too.

[TheBrickBuilder]

I was auctally going to think about making a topic for this.

[Badger]

Release two versions of the same movie with different ratings? Has that ever even been done before?

yeah they do it all the time I'm China by just cutting bits out

[Headcrab Zombie]

As far as in person purchases go, it's illegal to sell 18+/M games to minors.

No, it's not
(Assuming we're talking and the US here)
Stores don't sell M games to minors because of voluntary store policies.
http://www.esrb.org/ratings/faq.aspx#24

But I'm finding mixed answers as to whether selling R rated movies is illegal

[AutoBahn]

i blame disney for introducing it to kids

hell even my little cousin knows about it, and he's like
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