Can't Watch This With My Kids

[celldog]

Well it's official.... I had to change the channel 500 times during the marathon last night. I never saw the eps before and thought it was just a superhero thing that the family caould watch. WRONG!!!

Dag!!! We had strippers , prostitutes, rape scenes, autopsy scenes.....
sex scenes..........

sigh.....


I know what I gonna hear from this board......so let 'er rip.

 

[spdrknight]

The show was never marketed as a "family" show. In fact, this is not the average superhero show either.

 

[gambitfire]

^which is why me likes.



It's X-men with a R rating.

and new spin to it.

 

[The Question]

Well it's official.... I had to change the channel 500 times during the marathon last night. I never saw the eps before and thought it was just a superhero thing that the family caould watch. WRONG!!!

Dag!!! We had strippers , prostitutes, rape scenes, autopsy scenes.....
sex scenes..........

sigh.....


I know what I gonna hear from this board......so let 'er rip.

They never marketed it for the little'uns. Hell, it's on at nine at night. Not when any little kids are up.

 

[celldog]

They never marketed it for the little'uns. Hell, it's on at nine at night. Not when any little kids are up.

The marathon started earlier than nine o'clock. But I know better now.

 

[celldog]

The show was never marketed as a "family" show. In fact, this is not the average superhero show either.

It was never marketed as "adult" only either. It was marketed as a "super hero" show. Easy enuff for one to think "kids" could tune in.

 

[PowersOfMind]

How old are your kids? If you dont mind my asking. My lil sis is 10 and she watches it with me and after the rape scene she asked me about it and I expalined it to her the best I could.

 

[ragdus]

That's why you screen it before you sit down with your kids. Don't assume it's one thing or another. Do your homework and decide what's appropriate...

 

[November Rain]

Well it's official.... I had to change the channel 500 times during the marathon last night. I never saw the eps before and thought it was just a superhero thing that the family caould watch. WRONG!!!

Dag!!! We had strippers , prostitutes, rape scenes, autopsy scenes.....
sex scenes..........

sigh.....


I know what I gonna hear from this board......so let 'er rip.

is this on par to what can be seen in Buffy/Angel?

or do you think it is perhaps worse?

 

[Tanin]

I'm glad they are pushing the limits as much as they feel they want to.

Sorry your kids were in the room.

 

[celldog]

How old are your kids? If you dont mind my asking. My lil sis is 10 and she watches it with me and after the rape scene she asked me about it and I expalined it to her the best I could.

A 6 year old daughter. More power to to ya'. But I think a 10 year old shouldn't be watching strippers, sex scenes and lap dancing either.

Can't we let the innocence of our children remain undefiled past 4 years old??? Geeez.....

 

[celldog]

is this on par to what can be seen in Buffy/Angel?

or do you think it is perhaps worse?

I never watched Buffy or Angel.

 

[celldog]

That's why you screen it before you sit down with your kids. Don't assume it's one thing or another. Do your homework and decide what's appropriate...

I ususally do. But....I guess I took too much for granted on this on.

 

[PLAS]

A 6 year old daughter. More power to to ya'. But I think a 10 year old shouldn't be watching strippers, sex scenes and lap dancing either.

Can't we let the innocence of our children remain undefiled past 4 years old??? Geeez.....

you could put a blindfold and earmuffs on your children, that could work

 

[The Question]

A 6 year old daughter. More power to to ya'. But I think a 10 year old shouldn't be watching strippers, sex scenes and lap dancing either.

Can't we let the innocence of our children remain undefiled past 4 years old??? Geeez.....

1) It's not the show's fault that they watched it.

2) There's only so much you can do. They're going to find out about it eventually. And kids are much better at dealing with such concepts that we give them credit for.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

It wasn't advertised as a show appropriate for 6 year olds. More like a TV version of Unbreakable which was either PG-13 or R, not a spandex superhero like Spider-Man or Superman.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

I ususally do. But....I guess I took too much for granted on this on.

Yeah, but you come to these boards fairly often, over the past month you could have easily read one episode review thread and realized whether or not the show is appropriate for a 6 year old.

 

[the a1ant]

The chopped up heads, with brains missing and the dead people on the walls shocked me. I like that this show is edgy. It's unique, and am surprised with some of the stuff they get to show on NBC (that's the station, right?).

is this on par to what can be seen in Buffy/Angel? or do you think it is perhaps worse?

I think Heroes is edgier than Buffy...but then again, that show did show people being skinned alive, etc. I dunno...I think Heroes has more 'disturbing' imagery at times.

 

[Gold Samurai]

this reminds me of "Smallville" which was rated as the best family show a few years back........then they have and ep where students are frozen into statues then pushed off some stairs and shattering into tiny little pieces lol

 

[celldog]

1) It's not the show's fault that they watched it.

2) There's only so much you can do. They're going to find out about it eventually. And kids are much better at dealing with such concepts that we give them credit for.

Respectfully, When you move out the house and have children, then you can lecture me.

Until then you can't possibly understand my responsibility and the struggle of trying to protect your child from things they shouldn't be exposed to.

 

[celldog]

It wasn't advertised as a show appropriate for 6 year olds. More like a TV version of Unbreakable which was either PG-13 or R, not a spandex superhero like Spider-Man or Superman.

It wasn't advertised like that either. Don't make stuff up. No lap dances were in those commercials.

 

[celldog]

Yeah, but you come to these boards fairly often, over the past month you could have easily read one episode review thread and realized whether or not the show is appropriate for a 6 year old.

Haven't been to the Heroes board much at all., though..

 

[celldog]

The chopped up heads, with brains missing and the dead people on the walls shocked me. I like that this show is edgy. It's unique, and am surprised with some of the stuff they get to show on NBC (that's the station, right?).

yeah....what the....... that's what I'm sayin'...

I think Heroes is edgier than Buffy...but then again, that show did show people being skinned alive, etc. I dunno...I think Heroes has more 'disturbing' imagery at times.

well I know better now...

 

[xwolverine2]

Well it's official.... I had to change the channel 500 times during the marathon last night. I never saw the eps before and thought it was just a superhero thing that the family caould watch. WRONG!!!

Dag!!! We had strippers , prostitutes, rape scenes, autopsy scenes.....
sex scenes..........

sigh.....


I know what I gonna hear from this board......so let 'er rip.

you sounds like the mpaa

 

[Amazing Afroman]

I understand the frustration if you didn't know but it is beholden upon to look into the content of the show. Furthermore your statements indicate that you knew that people would fire back at you and therefore that you'd made a mistake. That being the case, why expose yourself to criticism.