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Queenslanders eh?Yup, we're conservative, stupid and backward-looking. One expects such restrictions would have about the same effect as laws preventing the sales of alcohol and tobacco to minors. Nobody will be really disadvantaged, and the fundis will shut up. Everybody wins.
― edward o (edwardo), Friday, 13 December 2002 03:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
i never thought about it much before but it does seem a little hypocritical to rate films, videos, DVDs and even computer games before audio CDs - and all because of this idea that visuals are more impactful than sound...this is actually very interesting because i think you'd find that if you put the Benny Hill theme over Hellraiser kids would find it a lot less scary/nasty/inciteful whereas putting Cradle Of Filth featuring MC Swearbox over a Pokemon cartoon would be TRULY distrubing and deserving of an 18 certificate, heh
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 13 December 2002 14:41 (twenty-one years ago) link
its all a waste of time tho given that under 18s will just get pirated/downloaded CDs easily enough...or just copy the stuff from their older siblings/friends (like i used to with N.W.A. when i was 11)
― stevem (blueski), Friday, 13 December 2002 14:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
this is speculating a bit, but the licensing of films (as opposed to videos, DVDs etc) surely derives from the fact that venues like cinemas, theatres, clubs etc need to get LOCAL licenses, and it's more convenient for everyone (inc.film-makers) if there's one committee per country setting the standards on whether [a] is lewd and [b] is fit for kids blah blah. (In the UK, theatre used to rated by the Lord Chancellor, I think until abt 1967, when they realised that no one under 30 gave a toss about theatre any more haha)
so it's as much as anything a historical hangover (as well as generally still somewhat convenient niche-marketing wise) that all film-related product gets a once-for-all rating from a central official body
CD-rating (parental advisory etc) is done by the record companies themselves, isn't it? presumably on the same market logic that irons are sold with the instructions "warning: do not iron clothes while you are wearing them" — ie to avoid opportunistic litigation) PLUS it's a good signal to send to slipknot fans that they will lurve this rekkid
― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 14 December 2002 16:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
sorry i didn't complete the first point: once the films are rated, then a cinema's local licence can be dependent on "will only show films of this rated type, never that", thus if a multiplex suddenly starts screening hardcore porn, it will be delicensed even though the Adult Movie Theatre in the very next street continues to run happily unbothered
― mark s (mark s), Saturday, 14 December 2002 16:14 (twenty-one years ago) link