Prometheus - Part 5

[L0ngsh0t]

Why do people assume people want swearing, gore and nudity just because they want it rated r? And yea if it was G i wouldn't see it.

Why else would it be rated R?

They aren't going to rate a movie R just because it is a serious movie....the R raiting is because there are elements in a movie that kids under 17 shouldn't see without parental supervision etc....you could make a perfectly intense, adult movie without using any elements that are required of an R raiting

 

[The Morningstar]

Why else would it be rated R?

They aren't going to rate a movie R just because it is a serious movie....the R raiting is because there are elements in a movie that kids under 17 shouldn't see without parental supervision etc....you could make a perfectly intense, adult movie without using any elements that are required of an R raiting

It's about the tone, the atmosphere, what the characters are going through.

The first Alien, even if you took out every drop of blood, would still be rated R. The same could be said of Aliens.

John Carpenter's Halloween. Barely any blood at all. Still R.

This film is about humans first contact with aliens, and the psychological effects that brings. Also looking at the trailer there is a real sense of horror in the second half of it. With Noomi Rapace convulsing on a medical table apparently "giving birth" to some creature, a guy with his eye balls leaking fluid, people on the radio screaming "cut it off! cut it off!" All that sounds like an R rated movie to me.

 

[dark_b]

Why else would it be rated R?

i bet you are one of those people who doesnt have a problem with movie ratings. but when you watch a bad action and fight scenes in the summer you complain that the director doesnt know how to shoot action . newsflash. its because of the rating.

and then i have to read for 10 years ''doooh how come the matrix movies were r rated. they didnt show a lot blood and nudity.'' hmmmm maybe because they showed almost all full contact fight scenes with no shaky cam? maybe because they showed people dying on screen in a close up?

 

[The Morningstar]

So stunt guys who fall over before being hit do that because of the rating? lol come off it.

If this movie pushes the very limit of pg-13 and i still get the scary, thought provoking sci fi film i want? I'll be happy.

I'm just saying a movie isn't necessarily r rated just because of blood and swearing. I mean, the whole idea of being impregnated by an alien and giving birth to a creature? That doesn't sound like PG-13 material to me. Whether it's explicitly shown or not, that whole idea, that concept, is... horrific.

 

[dark_b]

So stunt guys who fall over before being hit do that because of the rating? lol come off it.
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i am a huge action and fighting fan. i know what is allowed in pg13action and fighting scenes and what not.

 

[The Morningstar]

Yea and so am i. Bad choreography and stunt work is bad choreography and stunt work. Bourne Ultimatum is PG-13 is it not? Full contact fight scenes. Some of which were pretty damn brutal.

 

[Marvolo]

Are people really this clueless about the rating system?

Watch This Film is Not Yet Rated if anyone wants to know the hypocritical mess that is the US rating system.

The ratings board does not accept precedent meaning what flies in one film may not in the next. In the appeals process the defendant or the director is not allowed to argue his case by citing what another film got by with. What does this mean? It means there is absolutely no point for people here to argue why this film or any film should be one rating based on what another film did. The ratings board does not work that way or think that way. This film will get whatever rating they slap it with and like most films in America its rating will have very little logical rhyme or reason.

I strongly suggest This Film is Not Yet Rated.

 

[Kane52630]

dark_b this should be your new avvy:

 

[dark_b]

dark_b this should be your new avvy:

funny. but i am serious. and this is no time for joking. we have a big problem with ratings in hollywood.

for example look at this. 90% of people think that this is a bad directed and choreographed fighting shot. its a fact that it looks like this because of the pg13 rating. they can NOT show scarlett's touching his head.


http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=22862023&postcount=238

 

[The Morningstar]

Yea they can, and the did. Her opening attack is to kick the guy straight in the balls. That hair whip thing is a bit too silly for my taste, but that is what was intended, it's not an attempt at a head butt.

Bourne Ultimatum, although it has shakey cam, clearly shows the blows landing. Including one moment when a guy gets smashed in the throat with a hardback book.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'm fine with this movie being PG:13 as long as it's a good, intelligent sci fi film.

 

[Kane52630]

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[Infinity9999x]

It's about the tone, the atmosphere, what the characters are going through.

The first Alien, even if you took out every drop of blood, would still be rated R. The same could be said of Aliens.

John Carpenter's Halloween. Barely any blood at all. Still R.

This film is about humans first contact with aliens, and the psychological effects that brings. Also looking at the trailer there is a real sense of horror in the second half of it. With Noomi Rapace convulsing on a medical table apparently "giving birth" to some creature, a guy with his eye balls leaking fluid, people on the radio screaming "cut it off! cut it off!" All that sounds like an R rated movie to me.

I would argue that were Alien made today and you took out the blood, it would most definitely be Pg-13. The ratings have let a lot more slide with Pg-13 lately. LOTR and TDK for example. And then other horror movies. Take The Grudge. It has a very adult tone, and some very disturbing visuals. No blood though, so still Pg-13.

I would be highly surprised if a bloodless Alien ended up being R in todays rating. Same with Aliens. In fact, even more so fo Aliens. That movie was much more an action scifi, and had less of the foreboding tone.

 

[chamber-music]

Bet that hologram stuff will look cool in 3D even though I'm not a huge 3D fan

 

[marvelman2006]

That 3rd shot intrigues me greatly.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

^^
Space Jokey ship's cargo hold with the "eggs" I say.

 

[antsman41]

That 3rd shot intrigues me greatly.

Looks like David(?) is holding a egg like case with an alien in it...

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

funny. but i am serious. and this is no time for joking. we have a big problem with ratings in hollywood.

for example look at this. 90% of people think that this is a bad directed and choreographed fighting shot. its a fact that it looks like this because of the pg13 rating. they can NOT show scarlett's touching his head.


http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=22862023&postcount=238

She uses her hair to hurt the guy eyes, that is why.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

It's about the tone, the atmosphere, what the characters are going through.

The first Alien, even if you took out every drop of blood, would still be rated R. The same could be said of Aliens.

John Carpenter's Halloween. Barely any blood at all. Still R.

This film is about humans first contact with aliens, and the psychological effects that brings. Also looking at the trailer there is a real sense of horror in the second half of it. With Noomi Rapace convulsing on a medical table apparently "giving birth" to some creature, a guy with his eye balls leaking fluid, people on the radio screaming "cut it off! cut it off!" All that sounds like an R rated movie to me.

I thought they were screaming "Get it off! Get it off!!"

Yea they can, and the did. Her opening attack is to kick the guy straight in the balls. That hair whip thing is a bit too silly for my taste, but that is what was intended, it's not an attempt at a head butt.

I think that was supposed to be a head butt, but it didn't land like it should have. Seems like a hiccup to me.

 

[chamber-music]

She uses her hair to hurt the guy eyes, that is why.

I think its supposed to be a backwards headbutt

 

[Figs]

She uses her hair to hurt the guy eyes, that is why.

Even if that's the case, it looks fairly godawful. Who in the hell is going to feel pain from someone's hair briefly smacking them in the face.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

Even if that's the case, it looks fairly godawful. Who in the hell is going to feel pain from someone's hair briefly smacking them in the face.

The eyes, not the face

 

[Figs]

The eyes, not the face

Still, the way he falls back in pain is ridiculous and overdone. I guess part of my complaining is the fact that I can't take Scarjo seriously as a tough girl.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

^^
I was just describing what I saw in that gif....maybe I am wrong and it is a bad backward headbonk, I don't know but it is of no importance IMO and will be invisible in the movie ( I think ).

 

[Mace Bloodstone]

Why limit it with a pg-13 rating (can't show this, can't show that, can't say that) to hell with that... This isn't a campy kiddy movie.