PG-13 rating never exists

[All Rounder]

In the early 1980s, there were complaints regarding the level of violence in films like Gremlins and The Temple of Doom, which were labeled as PG. As a result of these complaints, Steven Spielberg suggested to the MPAA that a rating between G and PG be created films similar to or on the level regarding violence as shown in The Temple of Doom and Gremlins.

But what if this didn't happen?

What if Steven Spielberg never sent this suggestion to the MPAA and the complaints simmered down? How could this affect the movie industry over the next 32 years?

 

[Paradox-less]

Well, to start, Michael Bay shoots himself because he just lost 95% of his audience.

 

[All Rounder]

Well, to start, Michael Bay shoots himself because he just lost 95% of his audience.

He could just make the films more graphic, but that would be more money shoveled out.

 

[Paradox-less]

He could just make the films more graphic, but that would be more money shoveled out.

And money is the whole reason Bay does movies. That and blowing stuff up.

 

[CalBear]

All that really happens is that "G" is the "safe space" movies. Everything else is catch as catch can.

 

[All Rounder]

All that really happens is that "G" is the "safe space" movies. Everything else is catch as catch can.

Please define "safe space".

 

[pattersonautobody]

PG has more boobies, that's all. There are 70s flicks that are PG that show full blown sex. See 1:25.00 of A Touch of Satan:

 

[CalBear]

Please define "safe space".

Family friendly.

 

[marathag]

PG has more boobies, that's all. There are 70s flicks that are PG that show full blown sex.

Full frontal nudity in PG Logan's Run, too.

What I want to know, is how in wide world of sports, did _Andromeda Strain_ get 'G' in its initial release? It had nudity, as did _Planet of the Apes_ where you had a quick shot of the Chuckster's privates.

 

[Mister Abbadon]

The ratings system might not be the clusterfuck that it is today, Where PG is what G should be, PG-13 is what PG should be, and R is everything form what PG-13 should be to what NC-17 should be.

 

[Arkenfolm]

So what is Red Dawn gonna be rated, since that was one of the first PG-13 movies?

 

[Miss Teri]

Full frontal nudity in PG Logan's Run

I watched Clash of the Titans recently, and I was shocked to find out it was PG. There is a direct shot of a woman's breast at the very beginning.

 

[pattersonautobody]

Full frontal nudity in PG Logan's Run, too.

Really? I forget that part. I remember robby the robot wanting to freeze them though.

 

[pattersonautobody]

So what is Red Dawn gonna be rated, since that was one of the first PG-13 movies?

PG

 

[marathag]

Really? I forget that part. I remember robby the robot wanting to freeze them though.

yeah,NSFW today

 

[GeographyDude]

with a simpler system of

G
PG
R

might be more room and NC-17 really takes off?

I have read that there's not room in the market for movies short of porn which try to be genuinely erotic and sexual ? ? ?

 

[Puzzle]

I have read that there's not room in the market for movies short of porn which try to be genuinely erotic and sexual ? ? ?

I feel like that would be like watching a movie with your parents when a sex scene comes on, except for the entire thing.

 

[wietze]

moref un would be thinking of no hayes code / movie-rating at all

 

[Puzzle]

more fun would be thinking of no hayes code / movie-rating at all

Movie ratings are useful though, they provide information for viewers. A world without the Hayes code would be interesting.

 

[GeographyDude]

I feel like that would be like watching a movie with your parents when a sex scene comes on, except for the entire thing.

alright then, don't watch it with your parents.

I guess there's the occasional movie whose theme is eroticism, but give me even three in the last five years!