The Thing Prequel

[MinionZombie]

rated 12?! did any of the people that assigned that rating actually watch the film?? Here's a picture of it ... I must check back to see if they've amended it yet.

[Mike70]

Here's a picture of it ... I must check back to see if they've amended it yet. well that's one they missed for sure. btw - what do DD and W stand for? I'm guessing they are somewhat equivalent to the codes that go with our tv ratings, (G, PG, 14, MA) like D, S, L, and V.

[MinionZombie]

well that's one they missed for sure. btw - what do DD and W stand for? I'm guessing they are somewhat equivalent to the codes that go with our tv ratings, (G, PG, 14, MA) like D, S, L, and V. I'm pretty sure "W" is used for "Widescreen", and I'm not sure - but would imagine - that "DD" stands for "Dolby Digital". Prior to a film they have a black screen with logos on it (that kind of look like traffic warning signs) that have logos for particular themes in whatever the film about to show contains, e.g. violence or sex or drugs etc. I re-checked the Anytime listing for "The Thing" and it still said it was rated 12.

[shootemindehead]

It could be cut.

[Mike70]

It could be cut. very likely and the most probable explaination for the rating. though with the stuff shown on tv and in movies today, i'm sure a lot of 12 year olds would have no problem with "the thing."

[MinionZombie]

Sky don't cut the movies they show (it's rather rare these days for any TV channel to cut a movie - and I doubt Sky would do so as they're a subscription service), plus even being rated 12 by accident, you'd still need to enter your PIN number to watch it on Anytime before 8pm, so it's clearly a bugger up on their part. With the sheer amount of violence and swearing in the movie, it'd be the silliest thing ever to cut it ... so it'll be someone's silly bugger up when attributing a rating to the movie on their system. Funny, mind.

[Mike70]

Sky don't cut the movies they show (it's rather rare these days for any TV channel to cut a movie - and I doubt Sky would do so as they're a subscription service), plus even being rated 12 by accident, you'd still need to enter your PIN number to watch it on Anytime before 8pm, so it's clearly a bugger up on their part. With the sheer amount of violence and swearing in the movie, it'd be the silliest thing ever to cut it ... so it'll be someone's silly bugger up when attributing a rating to the movie on their system. Funny, mind. it will be interesting to see if there any complaints lodged after this is shown.

[MinionZombie]

it will be interesting to see if there any complaints lodged after this is shown. I checked it on Anytime last night and even though they rate it as "12" on the info, when the movie starts it's still rated "18" ... but it was quite funny to see the info list it as a "12".

[bassman]

[AcesandEights]

They should have just given Del Toro the money. That'd been grand...

[blind2d]

Meh... I'll see it. Not in theater obviously. But yeah, doesn't look too horrendous.

[shootemindehead]

They should have just given Del Toro the money. That'd been grand... Aye, a 'Mountains of Madness' set in the 20's would have been bloody great.

[paranoid101]

Anyone else feel that the CGI mosters are not a patch on the original ones?

[Neil]

Anyone else feel that the CGI mosters are not a patch on the original ones? CGI, unless it's v.good seems to look worse than models for some reason. I guess because it's maybe fake on two ways? ie: It's not only not real, it's not ever there!

[paranoid101]

Anyone else feel that the CGI mosters are not a patch on the original ones? I am legend was ruined for me with the awful mosters CGI (plus it was pretty crap anyway) if its done badly it takes me out of the movie.