Talk:Motion Picture Association film rating system

message: The "X" rating was never actually deleted. It has moved down the list of ratings, and is now not shown on posters. Films that are rated "NC-17" cannot actually show penetration of the genitals and explicit sex. The "X" rating is what the rating of strictly-pornographic films showing nothing but explicit sex are rated.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.41.26.154 (talk) 18:25, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: The "X" Rating

message: Including Disney's bloody Dragonslayer, Tootsie, Poltergeist, The Right Stuff, Terms of Endearment, Sixteen Candles, and Footloose.
http://videoeta.com/news/2791/pg-13-is-now-25-years-old-a-look-back/
Not sure if these need to be included in the article or not.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.100.141.9 (talk) 13:22, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other films contributed to the PG-13 label 

message: *Most Movies Since 1968 Are Rated R, MPAA Study Finds
Thanks, Erik (talk | contrib) (ping me) 14:20, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hollywood Reporter article 

message: The NC-17 rating was introduced in 1990, prohibiting anyone under the age of 17. The wording read as follows: 
In 1996, the age restriction was raised to 18, meaning no-one aged under 18 would be admitted: 
The result of this alteration was that the age restriction was raised by 1 year, from 17 to 18. If people aged "17 and under" are not admitted, this is semantically identical to saying that people aged "under 18" are not admitted. If the lower age limit for doing something is 18, then those aged 17 and under are prohibited from doing it. I honestly cannot explain this in more basic terms.
All of this is clearly sourced sourced and explained in the article.
However, the article has been subject to disruptive editing by  :
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At first, I was willing to assume good faith and accept the initial edit was a simple misunderstanding. However, I can only conclude the most recent edit is basic vandalism because I find it difficult to believe that somebody could be, frankly, this thick. However if these edits continue I will report them as vandalism and seek a block for the editor. Betty Logan (talk) 22:43, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Betty is right. See another source here. Erik (talk | contrib) (ping me) 00:30, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  NC-17 edits

message: I updated the symbol images with the block examples provided by the MPAA. Initially I uploaded them with the traditional black on white style, but I also uploaded revisions with the colors from the source PDF document these were acquired from. I'm torn on which I prefer: the pure black variations is what people are used to traditionally seeing, however the colored letter variations are what the source material used and (for the G and R ratings) matches the colors used in the green/red band trailers. Here are the images:
MPA G RATING (block).svg
MPA PG RATING (block).svg
MPA PG-13 RATING (block).svg
MPA R RATING (block).svg
MPA NC-17 RATING (block).svg
I also uploaded a better version of the redband sample, and also uploaded a greenband sample:
File:MPA greenband intro card (Toy Story 4 greenband trailer).png
File:MPA yellowband intro card (The Unborn (2009) yellowband trailer).png
File:MPA redband intro card (Snowpiercer redband trailer).png
If anyone wants to discuss these files or has any questions, let me know. —Locke Cole • t • c 06:34, 28 September 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: They look ok to me. I don't have any issue with them. Betty Logan (talk) 15:17, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

text: Added a yellowband example as it's an oddity but historically interesting in the context of the internet still coming-of-age. Sadly, this was the highest quality source I could find as ProRes wasn't really a thing back in the late 2000's like it is today. There's also a brief discussion of yellow band trailers (and the intro cards in general) here. Might be usable as a source, would be helpful to find a definitive source for when these first (and maybe last) came to be used however. —Locke Cole • t • c 05:02, 5 October 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image updates 

message: The lead-in to this entry states the following: "the American movie rating system is one of various motion picture rating systems used to help parents decide what films are appropriate for their children." It goes much deeper than that. Yes, the MPAA was offering guidance to parents about content inappropriate for their children to see or hear (originally, under the age of 17). However, the film industry and the federal government also attempting to stave off national censorship of films, such as other countries (like Great Britain) had. State and  municipal film censorship boards had been censoring or banning films for some time ("Some Like It Hot" in 1959 was banned in Kansas, and "banned in Boston" had become a cliche). President Johnson appointed his aide Jack Valenti to devise a system that allowed for distribution of films with mature content, and prevented national censorship. The rating system (originally G/M/R/X) was the result, going into effect as of November 1, 1968. Even though the rating system was touted as a way to prevent film censorship, it soon became clear that the MPAA was indeed censoring films by threatening more severe ratings (an X instead of an R; an R instead of an M, later GP in 1970, later PG in 1972) if content in submitted films was not edited for a "softer" rating. The best book I have found that considers the early MPAA movie rating system is Tom Pollard, "Sex and Violence: The Hollywood Censorship Wars" (Paradigm, 2009). Hifrommike65 (talk) 07:19, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Purpose of the MPAA movie rating system