Comments on: Eric’s Sack of Mail: Loretta is not a prude!

By: js

js — Fri, 25 May 2007 03:25:38 +0000

Or:

“This movie is rated PG-13 for severe cussing and very illegal pony fights.

By: KMD

KMD — Wed, 23 May 2007 12:45:50 +0000

I can see the future now. “This movie rated PG-13 for drunken buffoonery.”

By: Mare

Mare — Wed, 23 May 2007 05:25:41 +0000

It’s the people who talk about money constantly who are the people who don’t have it… the people who talk about sex all the time are the people not having it, and the people reminding you that they are not a prude are the people who, most definitely, are prudes.

Thank goodness for prudes like Loretta. It adds a nice contrast to the rest of our vulgarity.

By: David

David — Tue, 22 May 2007 22:25:02 +0000

I’m not 100% sure on this, but I think reckless consumption of alcohol does. I’ve heard it counts as a ‘mature theme’ if a character is unpleasant (not funny) as a result or being drunk. Although quite how the MPAA (and BBFC for that matter) operates, I haven’t really the foggiest.

By: card

card — Tue, 22 May 2007 21:18:51 +0000

Out of curiosity, does the consumption of alchoholic beverages in a movie affect its ratings?

By: Argus Skyhawk

Argus Skyhawk — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:42:56 +0000

You know how old movies usually get rated G when they are rereleased? I wonder how the new MPAA rule will change that. Will various old Humphrey Bogart and Jerry Lewis films get released on Blu-Ray with PG13’s and R’s?

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 22 May 2007 19:00:33 +0000

or who Cigarette Smoking Man is?

By: B

Tue, 22 May 2007 17:49:31 +0000

If you get rid of smoking in movies, how are we supposed to know who the cool characters are?

By: BeeDub

BeeDub — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:53:13 +0000

Smoking looks a lot cooler in black and white than in color. And while no one in those days thought cigarettes were exactly HEALTHY, they didn’t know the extent to which smoking harms a person.

By: KMD

KMD — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:06:38 +0000

I think movies today have a lot less smoking than in days of yore. Seems whenever I watch an old black and white movie, everybody is lighting up. The smoking is so prevalent, I’m surprised the cigarette isn’t given a name and included in the list of credits!