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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 3892754" data-attributes="member: 7808">A semi-related story:When I was about 12 or so, I was watching TV with my little sister when Gremlins came on HBO.&nbsp; I had heard of it but had never seen it.&nbsp; My parents weren't home at the time, but it was only rated PG so I figured it couldn't be that bad.&nbsp; Everything was pretty good until the scene where Pheobe Cates describes the way that her father dies by climbing down the chimney and breaking his neck, and saying &quot;And that's how I found out that there is no Santa&quot;.&nbsp; Now, my little sister was in third or fourth grade, at the point where she probably had doubts about Santa's existence.&nbsp; She probably knew in the back of her mind that he wasn't 100% real, but was still at that age where you believe because you want to believe, which I tried to encourage.&nbsp; But when Pheobe Cates said that, it was (AFAIK) the first time she had ever heard someone outright say that Santa wasn't real.&nbsp; My sister didn't react badly.&nbsp; She got a weird expression on her face for a second and then things went on with neither of us saying anything.&nbsp; We both enjoyed the movie.&nbsp; But personally, I look back at that moment and cringe a little.&nbsp; I'll have to ask her if she remembers that moment as vividly as I do.It wasn't until much later in life that I learned that the PG-13 rating didn't exist when Gremlins was made, and that it and IJ: Temple of Doom are often attributed as being reasons for the rating's creation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 3892754, member: 7808"] A semi-related story: When I was about 12 or so, I was watching TV with my little sister when Gremlins came on HBO. I had heard of it but had never seen it. My parents weren't home at the time, but it was only rated PG so I figured it couldn't be that bad. Everything was pretty good until the scene where Pheobe Cates describes the way that her father dies by climbing down the chimney and breaking his neck, and saying "And that's how I found out that there is no Santa". Now, my little sister was in third or fourth grade, at the point where she probably had doubts about Santa's existence. She probably knew in the back of her mind that he wasn't 100% real, but was still at that age where you believe because you want to believe, which I tried to encourage. But when Pheobe Cates said that, it was (AFAIK) the first time she had ever heard someone outright say that Santa wasn't real. My sister didn't react badly. She got a weird expression on her face for a second and then things went on with neither of us saying anything. We both enjoyed the movie. But personally, I look back at that moment and cringe a little. I'll have to ask her if she remembers that moment as vividly as I do. It wasn't until much later in life that I learned that the PG-13 rating didn't exist when Gremlins was made, and that it and IJ: Temple of Doom are often attributed as being reasons for the rating's creation. [/QUOTE]

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