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Topic: Have you ever seen a teen rated game advertised on a kids network?

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KryptoniteKrunch

I don't watch much Cartoon Network or Nick anymore, but I remember seeing Fire Emblem Awakening ads on CN before.

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Stomatopod17 wrote:

CaviarMeths wrote:

PG-13 does not mean that 13 year olds should be allowed to view the material, it means that the movie is worse than your typical PG movie, but not as bad as your typical R movie. It's better to think of the PG-13 rating as "PG+" or something similar.

Actually that would be MA which is close to R. MA is kinda like the rated M for mature in video games for TV (17+) while R is adult only 18+

PG-13/14 is more along the lines of maturity.. for example, family guy, alot of parents or children would find some of the content offensive or serious. PG-13 basicly says "At this age you should know better" in other words you should know not to take anything controversal you see or hear on the show serious or imitate it.

In the shrek gif, well, it's PG-12 because I'm sure any child would know better than to strip in a public pool and take a dump or anything.
In Captain america, I'm sure you'd know better than to push your friend into a giant fan, etc. It's not THAT gorey because the body pretty much disappears and just shows blood which I'm sure every child knows exsist. Not like you can see limbs flying around like they would in a more realistic scenario.

I've seen halo 4 commercials on nick (or cartoon network) I believe when it was coming out.. (or whatever commercial that was with the doritos/mountain dew bonus)

To the bolded, "MA" & "R" aren't part of the same rating scale. "R" isn't necessarily a higher rating than "MA" as you're suggesting. Rather, they're equivalent ratings (on their respective scales).

The MPAA scale:

  • "G" (General Audience) - suitable for all ages.
  • "PG" (Parental Guidance) - There may be content parents might find offensive, but it's generally considered safe.
  • "PG-13" (Parental Guidance 13) - Similar to the above, but the content is a bit more risqué.
  • "R" (Restricted) - Only for those aged 17 & above. Anyone below the age of 17 won't be admitted without an adult present.
  • "NC-17"/"UR" - When it comes to theaters, anyone under 17 won't be admitted, even with adult presence. That said, the rating is pretty much commercial suicide, so you don't see it that much (other than the home release, which usually includes both the theatrical & "unrated" cuts).

The TV rating system, which is actually a seperate one from the MPAA:

  • "TV-G" - Their equivalent to "G".
  • "TV-PG" - Their equivalent to "PG"
  • "TV-14" - Their equivalent to "PG-13".
  • "TV-MA" - Their equivalent to "R" & "NC-17/UR".

Why you sometimes see films labelled as "TV-14" & "TV-MA" on television (rather than "PG-13" or "R"), is because content is often cut or altered, meaning it's no longer the cut of the film that the MPAA rated, so you can't use their ratings for TV.

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Indeed, PG-13 isn't necessarily "not appropriate for 12, appropriate for 13" but just a "stronger content PG".
I think the difference in R in that theaters aren't supposed to knowingly sell tickets to underage (I'm not sure, I don't THINK it's necessarily a law but that the movie companies probably tell the theaters they don't want kids to see those movies. Although I imagine it's kind of pointless because any kid who can get to the theater without their parents, or assuming the parents care if they are with, will probably just buy a ticket to another movie and then walk in to the R rating if they want).

What's more silly is the X/NC-17 rating. At first, X was created as an "adults-only" rating. When the rating quickly became associated with porn, they created NC-17 as a "not porn" adult rating. But it still went on to not be used as pretty much no theaters want to even deal with the rating.
So pretty much any would-be NC-17 movie gets the minimum editing to be R, then they release the "uncut" versions on DVD/Blu-ray without rating (and so I hear, often the "uncut" content probably sucked anyways. I don't know about that because half of them are crappy movies made for teens they know they're gonna watch anyways.
The only such "uncut" edition I really saw was Family Guy, and I'll say most of the "too hot for TV" content just wasn't even that good anyways. (though I kinda stopped watching for awhile when they started to be more creepy/edgy than really funny)

Kinda laughed inside when I went to GameStop once and their was some kid looking through the DVDs and they were asking the parent "'unrated' means it's okay for kids, right?" (yeah, unrated can be well, simply unrated, but yeah, Hollywood "unrated" movies are usually as stated above)

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