4th March 2005, 6:50 PM
If anything I thought they should compress it, not expand it.
They should just stick with the basic movie ratings. You know, G, PG, R. 13 doesn't really seem to serve a purpose if you ask me... Besides that, those terms kinda nail what the ratings should be doing a lot better than ones based on age groups. "General", "Parental Guidance", and "Restricted" basically say all that's needed to be said without tacking on any extra meaning like "its FOR CHILDREN, CHILDREN CAN PLAY THIS" or "THIS IS MATURE AND ALL THE POSSIBLE INTERPRETATIONS OF THAT WORD APPLY TO THIS".
They should just stick with the basic movie ratings. You know, G, PG, R. 13 doesn't really seem to serve a purpose if you ask me... Besides that, those terms kinda nail what the ratings should be doing a lot better than ones based on age groups. "General", "Parental Guidance", and "Restricted" basically say all that's needed to be said without tacking on any extra meaning like "its FOR CHILDREN, CHILDREN CAN PLAY THIS" or "THIS IS MATURE AND ALL THE POSSIBLE INTERPRETATIONS OF THAT WORD APPLY TO THIS".
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)