Quote from: Predaker on Apr 12, 2012, 10:24:55 PM
Quote from: Le Celticant on Apr 12, 2012, 09:40:12 PM
ALIEN when it was re-released in france as its director's cut version was PG-13...
Time have changed and it's not like both ALIEN & ALIENS were ULTRA GORE.
In fact it wasn't at all, the only scene I can see pretty bloody is the chestburster but everything else was off screen and too quick and didn't spoil much.
So I don't really see the problem since most of the time a film that is planned as R-rated MUST aim to an audience that wants R-rated things (SAW, AVP REQUIEM, PIRANHA, CHAINSAW MASSACRE, etc.) and I ABSOLUTELY don't want Prometheus to turns to be like this.
Don't think that studios & producer are stupid.
They sell you product and usually when you do, you want to sell it well.
But if you do, it's fine, I mean we all want another AVP requiem, right?
This isn't about adding more blood, gore, and dirty language. It's about combining violent and sexual imagery together, mixing in a way that raises more questions than answers. These are adult themes.
Flailing about like a madman, squirting blood, and dropping "F" bombs is more PG-13 adolescent material to me. Prometheus should deal with adult themes of violent and sexual imagery mixed together to draw a sense of dread and bewilderment from the audience. Making the audience exit their comfort zone (for 119 minutes)
Back in 1979, it was possible.
Nowadays, it's not.
When you do a R-rated nowadays, you must have nudity (usually a chick with a sex scene) you must have a lot of gore and it must be about teenagers most of the time because THAT IS THE AUDIENCE AIM AT.
And this is the audience aim at because that's the people who GO SEE a r-rated film because they've just turned 18 or have since a few year and don't usually pay attention to a lot of artistic content but rather want to shut their brain off and have a good entertainment.
Don't think that producers & studios are stupid.
They have to sell a product and when you do sell it, you want it to sell it well so you can continue to produce.
QuoteThis isn't about adding more blood, gore, and dirty language. It's about combining violent and sexual imagery together, mixing in a way that raises more questions than answers. These are adult themes.
And by the way, it's not the sexual meaning & the violence which would make Prometheus a R-rated.
At least not the one we see in ALIEN.
Even in their time they couldn't make the rape of lambert.