R-13 huh?

[renegadefury]

http://www.capalert.com/r-13.htm

que?

[DaveMunger]

Manuel, there is too much butter on those trays...No no senor, uno dos tres.

[Brother Ragnarok]

Ah, someone else discovered the joys of Capalert.

[renegadefury]

Yeah, these Capalert people are a riot, as hilarious as the so-called "Truth for youth comics" I stumbled upon recently too http://truthforyouth.com/standard/main.htm bwhahaha

[DaveMunger]

Damnit, I'm trying to start a Fawlty Towers thing here! Have you people no appreciation for all I do around here? Harumph!

[Brother Ragnarok]

For the longest time I struggled with trying to decide if it was a joke or not.  I finally decided that no, it's not.  Funnier than most jokes, but definitely sincere.

[Mr_Vindictive]

ROTFLMAO

I just read the "pornography" issue on truthforyouth.  There is NO way that's real.  It has got to be without a doubt the funniest thing I've ever read in my life.

Lets see what the moral of it was:

"If your father looks at porn then that means he's been in jail in the past and has commited rape."

Can't.......

breathe..........

Too damn funny.

[raj]

I know it is context of the ratings system, but this line just looks ridiculous:
* "G", "PG", "PG-13" and "R" are registered marks of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)

_oll da_n it, now I can't use the lette_s "G" and "R".

[ulthar]

On it's face, what is funny or whatever about how standards are changing?  The linked page shows real data (we'll assume it is real data) that shows that when 2002's movies are graded by the standard of 1996-1997, PG-13 movies contain a significant amount of R content.

You can choose to like this trend or not, but what is wrong with presenting the information?  Is that not what the Internet is for?

[renegadefury]

The funny thing is R-13. Aliens vs Predator  is definatley no R movie but they'd probably label it R-13, lol.

[ulthar]

But they are not just "labeling."  They are applying the rating 'standards' from 1996-1997 to 2002 movies.  It's not arbitrary.  All this is saying is that the standard has changed.

*IF* AvP would get an "R-13" by their criteria, that means in 1996, the Movie Association would have rated AvP "R" in 1996.

(again, assuming the data is real and not doctored in some fashion).

[renegadefury]

It probably is somehow manipulated data, a lot of Christians tryto twist the facts in Evolutionary theories too. It's not that it's an outright lie, just  that the stats are lead to some conclusion that doesn't necessarily correlate.

I noticed alot of the "naughty" stuff is exaggerated too whenever some parent(mostly christian) is outraged, like they claim to see pornography as soon as they see a guy without a s**t, in metal everything is satanic,  or how  in every other word in rap is "f**k" or "s**t", hehehe.

[Eirik]

Yeah, you have to watch out for those darn Christians and their lies.

I'm with Ulthar.  Anyone who would try to argue that AvP would have got anything but an R rating 10 or 20 years ago is kidding themselves.  The rating system is absolutely slacking off, especially for big budget movies.  Whether or not you think that's okay or not okay, I find it hard to believe anyone would try to argue about the truth of it.

So what is the real danger in this sinister Christian plot to reverse the trend of slack ratings?  What horrible totalitarian future will spring from their efforts?  Kids will have to have a parent with them to watch R rated movies...  oh the Horror.  Somebody stop the American Taliban before they rob our 14 year-olds of their Constitutional right to see people shoot heroin, get raped, and have their intestines pulled out.

I love how whenever a kids do anything wrong, everybody points the finger squarely at the parents; but whenever parents try to get the tools they need to get a handle on what their kids are up to and hopefully avoid bad things, people scream facism.

I mean is it really any skin off anyone on this board's nose if the ratings get tightened up a bit?

[Fearless Freep]

Yeah, you have to watch out for those darn Christians and their lies.

There are a fair number on this board...or are you just lying?

[Wence]

I can understand why radical christians are so strictly against porn and naked skin.
Since intimities&sexuality lead to one of the scourges of mankind: marriage...