Resident Evil 4

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Null

The first matrix was pg-13 when it hit theatres, wasnt R untill it came out on DVD because of the shootings at the school that happened.

hehe.

It was R... I remember I had to see it with Daddy...

[Null]

Originally Posted by DeathsHand

It was R... I remember I had to see it with Daddy...

a friend owns the original poster for it. says PG-13

it was POSSIBLY changed while or slightly before theatres. but im pretty sure i remember it being 13 while in theatres.

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Null

a friend owns the original poster for it. says PG-13

it was POSSIBLY changed while or slightly before theatres. but im pretty sure i remember it being 13 while in theatres.

Really? That's odd..... imdb says nothing about it being PG-13, but yeah I know there have been a couple of times where I see a movie being advertised as PG-13, then as it gets closer to release it says R... Or vice versa...

Errr I mean, go Resident Evil 4! Be gorey and stuff!... Etc..

[Null]

Originally Posted by DeathsHand

Really? That's odd..... imdb says nothing about it being PG-13, but yeah I know there have been a couple of times where I see a movie being advertised as PG-13, then as it gets closer to release it says R... Or vice versa...

Errr I mean, go Resident Evil 4! Be gorey and stuff!... Etc..

it might very well have been changed before the relaease of the movie in theatres. i could be wrong on that part, altho it still sticks out in my mind i saw it released at pg13

but it was defintly 13 at 1 point in time.

ah well. doesnt really matter anyway. like the point he said, most get in no matter what age they are anyway.

[Typhoid]

The thing is movies get off so easy on the FCC radar because they have been around for a lot longer than games, plus movies arnt generally aimed just at children.

Video games are thought to be just for little kids, thats why it is taken so seriously.

But i agree with whoever said this is no different that 10 years ago with doom.

What about Turok? Or any realistic war game? Half-life? Halo? Grand theft auto? Driver?

What about those arcade games they've had for 10 years where you sit in the box with a friend and blow the heads off of zombies?

These have no lasting effects on children. It didnt make me personally want to go commit murder, or rob a store or kill a hooker or anything. You would have to be mentally ill BEFORE playing the games to get it in your head that its alright to do these things.

The fact is these games arn't a big problem, the FCC just needs to wash all of that sand out of their vaginas, its making them kind of cranky.

[Dyne]

What? Gamecube has a "teh mature" game? Never thought I'd see the day..

Check out Manhunt for another good violent example.

[Professor S]

You guys have a point when it comes to Doom being no different in theme, but I beleive the difference comes in the increased detail that next gen consoles allow you to achieve. After all, there is a difference between Bugs Bunny dropping an anvil on Daffy Ducks head, and that poor guy who got hit by a train on one of those "Too Bad for TV" videos. Its the same thing, but the level of detail and realism are completely different. Where a violent game back in the day had a pixilated splat of blood, now games can have entire upperbodies explode in a glorious mass of flesh and fountainous blood, then repeat it several hundred times during the game. And it is different than movies as the sheer volume of violence in a 10 - 30 hour action game would make House of a Thousand Corpses seem like a teddy bear picnic.

And Stonecutter, you're being way too simplistic. EVERY government regulates what entertainment industries can do to some extent, and in most other countries the majority of the TV and radio stations are STATE RUN. If an enetrtainment industry refuses to regulate the product they put out and the government decides to do it because of their failure, we didn't lose, the industry in question was simply being idiotic.

All I'm saying is that the industry needs to watch themselves especially in today's climate. Tighter self-regulation is the lesser of two evils.

And on a side note, I will be at least renting RE 4

[bobcat]

By any chance have you seen Kill Bill?

[Null]

Originally Posted by bobcat

By any chance have you seen Kill Bill?

he isnt saying movies arent more voilent. he's tryin to say that the movie industry does more to keep that voilence AWAY from children.

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Null

he isnt saying movies arent more voilent. he's tryin to say that the movie industry does more to keep that voilence AWAY from children.

Bambi.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Bambi.

well you point me to this bloody, violently horrific bambi, because i would like to watch it.

[thatmariolover]

Well, obviously your opinion is that the current video game regulations not being enough. And I understand where you're coming from, but I disagree. I think that games are very well rated and that the real issue is that the ratings need to be enforced and not just looked upon as suggestion.

It is my opinion that the ESA has been highly successful in creating the ESRB.

I also feel that a more appropriate example of unreasonable violence is Manhunt. Manhunt... Is the most disgusting... thing... that I have ever seen people get entertainment out of. The whole point is to see how many people you can kill and how violently you can do it. But even there: if it is rated correctly then that rating needs to be enforced.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by thatmariolover

Well, obviously your opinion is that the current video game regulations not being enough. And I understand where you're coming from, but I disagree. I think that games are very well rated and that the real issue is that the ratings need to be enforced and not just looked upon as suggestion.

It is my opinion that the ESA has been highly successful in creating the ESRB.

I also feel that a more appropriate example of unreasonable violence is Manhunt. Manhunt... Is the most disgusting... thing... that I have ever seen people get entertainment out of. The whole point is to see how many people you can kill and how violently you can do it. But even there: if it is rated correctly then that rating needs to be enforced.

That is pretty much my point too. The ratings are fine, but the industry needs to do a better job of making sure they are enforced as it is THEIR responsibility as THEY regulate THEMSELVES. The movie industry at least puts forth the illusion that they are trying to enforce their own regulations. I don't believe that the video game industry is putting forth that same effort.

Zaglar, go away and maybe think about coming back when you're mentally old enough to play with the big kids.

[Vampyr]

After reading through the last 6 posts several times, I have become rather confused.

I will take this as a symbol of surrender and will graciously accept your defeat.

[Jonbo298]

Originally Posted by Vampyr

After reading through the last 6 posts several times, I have become rather confused.

I will take this as a symbol of surrender and will graciously accept your defeat.