Gorehounds, AVP (Unrated Director's Cut) due November with 14 more minutes...

[frankthedm]

original nameSend the kids, save your money gorehounds, Alien Vs. Preadator is PG-13


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A very bad sign from the TV trailer. If you had hoped the ratings delay was fighting off NC-17 for gore, prepare for disapointment, they were wussifying the movie down to a family flick. It looks like the studio wants to make as much as possible on opening weekend.

 

[KenM]

They'll put out the "extreme gore DVD edtion" when it comes out on DVD to make everyone hapy.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Did you know that this year has seen a shift in the ratings? What was NC-17 a few years ago has been getting PG-13 this year, or at leat that is what was reported on one of the news channels.

So, don't be so sure of that rating.

 

[Alzrius]

I thought NC-17 was the rating only given to porn, and that movies with too much violence were rated R.

That said, this is disappointing, but I suppose not surprising.

 

[Desdichado]

Oh no! The movie is sure to suck because it's rated PG-13 instead of R! Get a grip!

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

I thought NC-17 was the rating only given to porn, and that movies with too much violence were rated R.

No. From bigscreen.com:

NC-17 Signifies that the rating board believes that most American parents would feel that the film is patently adult and that children age 17 and under should not be admitted to it. The film may contain explicit sex scenes, an accumulation of sexually-oriented language, and/or scenes of excessive violence. The NC-17 designation does not, however, signify that the rated film is obscene or pornographic in terms of sex, language or violence.

While most NC-17 films seem to be rated so for sexual content, some movies get that rating for violence. According to filmratings.com, "Evil Dead" was rated NC-17 in 1994 (must have been a re-release).

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Oh no! The movie is sure to suck because it's rated PG-13 instead of R! Get a grip!

You're absolutely right. It's gonna suck because Paul W.S. Anderson's writing and directing it.

 

[Celtavian]

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I just looked it up. I guess Aliens and both Predators were rated R. I will have to read some reviews. I'll personally be disappointed if they have toned down the violence too much. Predators and Aliens are violent, warlike creatures that tear people apart. It will be kind of lame if the violence is glossed over. I personally liked seeing alien tails ripping through human chests and predators skinning and deboning humans.

 

[Dark Jezter]

I wonder if the aliens' razor-sharp tails will be replaced by walkie talkies.

/obligatory joke at Spielberg's expense.

 

[Desdichado]

IIRC, and I do because I just rewatched them, the violence wasn't really all that in-your-face in either the Aliens or Predator movies. I think the era in which they were made as well as the language has as much (or more) to do with their rating than the violence.

Of course, that's more true for the Alien movies than the Predator movies, which did show more bloody body parts, but I still think the idea of the movie as a PG-13 is totally doable without watering down the concept.