 Originally Posted by Tricky
As much as I agree with the posters above about bleating moaners etc, I have to say it surprises me just how young some of the viewers are for TWD. I follow some of the cast on Twitter and they often post fan art which gets sent to them by proud parents, some of which has clearly been drawn by kids under 8, and some toddlers, who must be watching the show with their parents. I've no problem with teenagers as young as 13 watching it, hell if I was that age again I'd be all over it, but I really don't think its suitable for primary school age kids or younger. Just my 2p
Aye, you're right on that front, I think it's a bit much for single-digit-aged kids, even 10 and 11 is a touch too young for this content. 12 onwards is fine, I'd say (which would be in-line with my promotion to such viewing content) ... although I was watching Alien and The Fly II aged 9, but those were primarily sci-fi, so they didn't have the same 'tone/vibe/reputation' to them within the househole (i.e. more acceptable to the folks).
If I was a parent, I wouldn't be letting my primary school aged kids watch it. Besides, the rich (and important) character and story themes would be lost of them. The most important thing though is parental guidance - when I was watching The Fly II, my Dad made it clear what was reality and what was fiction (although in my arrogant child-like manner, I "already knew that"  ) ... anyway, he made the separation quite simply by saying that the guy who gets crushed by the lift (elevator) near the end of The Fly II would have had a family and kids, and someone at that place of business would have to call/visit his wife and deliver the bad news, and that family would grow up without a father etc - but in actuality it's just an actor, and that was a special effect, and that's the difference.
Straight forward and effective.
There was also probably a slight element of ignorance to certain mediums (particularly videogames) with my folks - as in some of these movies were just things they themselves never really watched (although, actually, they were more the sort of things my Dad would watch, so he knew the score on that) ... but in terms of videogames they had no real idea (I was merrily playing Duke Nukem 3D and Carmageddon (Uncut) when I was 12/13, when both games were rated 18).
There's only so much the producers of media can do to flag up what they deem the appropriate audience for their product to be - case in point - recent research in the UK has shown that most parents still have no idea about videogame content, and it seems they're unwilling to invest a scrap of time to realise that the big number on the front cover relates to the age rating.  You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
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