(Poll) PG ''or'' PG-13?

[MisterPL]

Ya, and some movies that are good make more money regardless of rating.

Agreed, but Trek has enough of a handicap going into this reboot. Going for anything but a PG-13 rating would be an uphill battle on all fronts.

 

[Jeyl]

Ya, and some movies that are good make more money regardless of rating.

Agreed, but Trek has enough of a handicap going into this reboot. Going for anything but a PG-13 rating would be an uphill battle on all fronts.

A. It's not a reboot.
B. Two of the Star Wars Prequels maintained a PG rating and Phantom Menace, the most unliked prequel in the series made more than either Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

 

[Eric Cheung]

It will very likely be rated PG-13 since there's not only been a precedent set by First Contact and Nemesis, but for the reasons stated earlier: it'll reach, and attract, the widest audience possible.

PG-13 certainly has influenced the direction of movies over the last three decades. Before it, ratings didn't seem to enter into the minds of filmmakers as much (though that could have as much to do with the era of Hollywood auteurs of the 1960s and 1970s), unless that was specifically a large part of the appeal of that particular movie, as in Midnight Cowboy and A Clockwork Orange.

But as PG-13's role in cinema is pretty clearly defined at the moment, so will this movie be.

I'll be different and say I prefer PG, because most of the TV episodes would rate PG and it would be consistant. I don't really believe Star Trek is a kids show anyway, but I hope they don't feel they need to amp up the violence or sex appeal just for ratings. The story should be good enough for high ratings without any of the "extras".

I don't know, a lot of modern trek ''enterprise'' were given ''TV-14'' ratings.

The TV ratings system is different from the movie ratings system.

TV-G roughly correlates to G-PG in today's rating's system, and G to the pre-PG-13 system
TV-PG roughly correlates to PG-13 today.
TV-14 roughly correlates to hard PG-13 to soft R or edited for broadcast R.
TV-MA roughly correlates to Hard R through NC-17.

Most TV shows tend to aim for TV-PG or TV-14 for prime time broadcast television, unless it's a family or children's show, or it's just the odd episode of Seinfeld or The Simpsons that just happens to be free of content objectional to the TV ratings people.

Late night television and basic cable is usually TV-14, with some exceptions like South Park.

Premium cable is very often TV-MA.

Based on previews I expect at least a PG13 and voted so, but I also see evidence of it being waved under the noses of kids younger than 13 so I am a little unsure of my choice.

They may hope the youngster's under 13 will tantrum their parents into taking them to see it.

If my parents are indicative of society at large, then chances are most parents wont give much of a crap about their kids seeing a PG-13 movie. Especially if LotR, RotS, The Dark Knight, etc are any indication.

Anyways, im going to go with PG-13 as my answer.

This is very true...times have really changed and parents nowadays (some of them) are very very lax. I wasn't even allowed to see Saturday Night Fever when it came out @$#$*&*&&^&, yet my sisters kids have free run to do whatever the hell they want and that includes watching pretty much anything....i think we need to be somewhere in between those two extremes but that's another topic.

Saturday Night Fever was actually a pretty brutal film for kids. There were kids jumping off of bridges, a hard gritty world, and even a rape in a car. I wouldn't take kids to see that movie.

 

[ManOnTheWave]

Hard R.

In my dreams.

I can see it getting PG-13 for cartoonish violence. 'Course, I can also see it getting PG just because it's called "Star Trek."

 

[KirkusOveractus]

If you now check the official movie site, it will determine the answer as to the movie's rating. When you go past the trailer and into the corridors, look to the bottom left...

 

[MisterPL]

A. It's not a reboot.

As far as Paramount is concerned, it is. This isn't about continuity (such as it is). It's just business.

B. Two of the Star Wars Prequels maintained a PG rating and Phantom Menace, the most unliked prequel in the series made more than either Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

There are an abundance of examples of PG-rated movies that have made more money than PG-13 movies. The fact is that, since the inception of the rating (thank you, George Lucas), PG-13 movies make more money than any other rating.

As a fan it's fine to want a G- or R-rated Trek film. As a Paramount exec, you'd better be prepared to show your math. Again, it's just business. In times like this, studios aren't going to take many unnecessary chances.

For what it's worth, there are a few places that can take your PG-13 DVD and bring it down to a PG or G. You can read about that here.

I'm sure there's a place that will add material to bring it up to an R or NC-17 if you prefer but that's probably a bit more expensive.