Paid Members Nick Soapdish Posted February 24, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 24, 2016 It's stupid. One of the versions, if not both, will be worse for it. Â So Batman v Superman is getting a R-rated release. Deadpool clearing up has to have helped that decision. Personally I don't care as long as it does them both justice but it surprises me that it would need to be that strong. Â EDIT - Should have mentioned it's not theatrical but for the Ultimate edition Blu-ray. Â Agreed. It reminded me of when Avatar was a massive hit because of the 3D that all these films were rush converted into 3D (Clash of the Titans, Last Airbender) and almost ruined 3D before it had even had a chance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted February 24, 2016 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 24, 2016 Batman and Superman don't really kill or swear, what are they going to do to get an R rating, get naked? Â Now that an R rated comic movie is white hot I hope someone makes a film of Martial Law Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METAL ON METAL Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 It's worth noting the R-rating is for the States, over here it'd be a 15. Tim Burton's 1989 'Batman' was also a 15 at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nick Soapdish Posted February 24, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) It's worth noting the R-rating is for the States, over here it'd be a 15. Tim Burton's 1989 'Batman' was also a 15 at the time. Actually it was one of the first 12 films we had in the UK . The VHS was 15 as 12 was not classed for home video just cinema release at the time* Â Â * i am sure that is true Edited February 24, 2016 by Nick Soapdish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted February 24, 2016 Moderators Share Posted February 24, 2016 Â Â Agreed. It reminded me of when Avatar was a massive hit because of the 3D that all these films were rush converted into 3D (Clash of the Titans, Last Airbender) and almost ruined 3D before it had even had a chance! Â And it's even worse here, because there's actually something good at stake. 3d is rubbish, but I love me a good violent and sweary action movie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.E Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Didn't "The Wolverine" get an R rated release as well? or an R rated cut on dvd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SBD Posted February 24, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 24, 2016 Batman and Superman don't really kill or swear, what are they going to do to get an R rating, get naked? Â Â Double Team Wonderwoman ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted February 24, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 24, 2016  It's worth noting the R-rating is for the States, over here it'd be a 15. Tim Burton's 1989 'Batman' was also a 15 at the time. Actually it was one of the first 12 films we had in the UK . The VHS was 15 as 12 was not classed for home video just cinema release at the time*   * i am sure that is true   It was actually the very first 12 rated film. The certificate didn't come to home video till 1994 so everything got bumped to a 15 till then. Its actually colder to a PG-13 rating than an R rating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.E Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Was this similar to Terminator? I recall it being an 18 when I was a youngster, but is now a 15? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Was this similar to Terminator? I recall it being an 18 when I was a youngster, but is now a 15? I think that's more a change/relaxing in the guidelines overtime. I'm sure T2 was an 18 aswell, but that has a 15 rating for the BluRay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted February 24, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 24, 2016 The rules at the time said that once a film was classified it couldn't be re-classified but this changed when extra content was being put on DVDs (all footage had to be classified for release) When The Terminator was resubmitted it got downgraded to a 15 due to the relaxing of the certificates. Jaws got upgraded from a PG to a 15 because of one of the deleted scenes. Guidelines have relaxed a lot since James Ferman. Back on topic Spider-man got a load of grief for being a 12, rather than a PG, meaning younger fans couldn't see it (this was before 12A) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Didn't Mrs Doubtfire go from a 12 to a PG whilst on release in cinemas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted February 24, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) It was cut and resubmitted wasn't it.  Edit:  Film classification is this country has a long history of being mental, mainly down to one man. James Ferman. He was in charge of the BBFC from 1975-1999 and just made things up as he went along. He upgraded a lot of 15 rated cinema releases to 18 on video because repeated viewing could be harmful. He outlawed the use of nunchucks on screen, He banned the 'video nasties' and then on his way out he pushed for the legalisation of porn.  There was also a story about him years ago that the film Romper Stomper was given a 15 certificate due to an 'admin error' and that they couldn't figure out a way of changing it. Edited February 24, 2016 by chokeout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted February 24, 2016 Awards Moderator Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) The rules at the time said that once a film was classified it couldn't be re-classified but this changed when extra content was being put on DVDs (all footage had to be classified for release) When The Terminator was resubmitted it got downgraded to a 15 due to the relaxing of the certificates. Jaws got upgraded from a PG to a 15 because of one of the deleted scenes. Guidelines have relaxed a lot since James Ferman. Back on topic Spider-man got a load of grief for being a 12, rather than a PG, meaning younger fans couldn't see it (this was before 12A) Â Am I right in thinking 12A was brought in either for Spider-Man 2 or as a result of Spider-Man 1? I'm sure one of the Spider-Films was the first 12A. Edited February 24, 2016 by HarmonicGenerator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted February 24, 2016 Paid Members Share Posted February 24, 2016 Spider-Man was reclassified as a 12A during it's release. Think it missed out on being the first on a technicality Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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