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Monte L Fullmer
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Posts: 8367
From: Nampa, Idaho, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted 08-08-2010 11:39 PM
(If this was brought up prior, then excuse me..) When the MPAA ratings thing began in 1968 ("The Graduate" was the first to get the "M" rating) with the "G,M,R, and X" ratings, they were on the front of the films. But, when the "M" was changed to the "GP" (general parental) in 1971, the tags were placed at the end (1972, the GP was reversed to the PG "Parental Guidance" due to misunderstanding by the patrons.
Course, it wouldn't take much to snip off the rating tag from the end and splice it on the front prior to trademark ..... (just a thought...)
Course, you know that you can place ratings at the front of playlists for digital movies since the tags are usually available for download in the "Trail Mix" HD's.
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Frank Angel
Film God
Posts: 5305
From: Brooklyn NY USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-12-2010 06:25 AM
I don't think the rating needs to be at the front of the film either. For me, it just ruins a nice clean presentation -- curtains open on a big surround stereo house logo tag, maybe a bombastic sound format tag, then this awkward MPAA thing in dead silence for much longer than it actually needs to be (how long does it take to read the letter [R]...ok, maybe [PG-13] takes a little longer, and it is spliced to the opening studio logo. It's just breaks the rythmn and rubs me wrong, especially since the rating is given for the film
1) on the 1-sheet
2) in the newspaper ad
3) on the moviefone listing
4) on the website listing
5) on the schedule board in the box office where they buy their ticket
6) on the title card above the door of the auditorium they enter....in short EVERY PLACE they could possibly have heard about or seen reference to this movie.
Seems to me, if these yahoos haven't figured out by the time they've plopped their fat arses in their seats what the rating of the film they are about to watch is, then puting it up on the screen probably won't register for them either. In fact, the theatre could make some big money by offering an auto-resuscitation aparatus and a private nurse beside the seat, given the fact that such a patron would be considered legally brain dead.
Besides, has anyone ever really seen someone buy a ticket, go to their seat, see the rating come up before the feature and then jump up and say, "Oh me oh my, I had no idea this film was rated R....I want my money back"? And would you refund their money or would you point to the [R] posted above the door to the auditorium they were in, and point to the [R] on the one sheet in the lobby, and point to the [R] on the schedule board in the box office where they JUST BOUGHT THEIR TICKET? I'm just saying -- someone needs to explain to me the logic of putting the rating before the feature.
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