Comments on: Discuss: Does The R-Rating For ‘Prometheus’ Mean The Film Is Doomed At The Box Office? https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/ Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: TorontoGeekGirl https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78649 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78649 I'm glad Prometheus is rated R. Who would want to go and see a SciFi horror flick that's been tailored to attract children?

]]> By: Zinjo https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78650 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78650 Wow an R-Rating! We all know how that hobbled all the other Alien films… (smell that? That's sarcasm!). However, I DO AGREE with his frustration with the inconsistencies of the MPAA though. One just has to see "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" to understand how much of a dysfunctional kagaroo court of a system the organization truly is.
Be that as it may, sticking to the integrity of the piece will only benefit FOX. Many will see it in the theaters and the rest will enjoy it on DVD/Bluray where the MPAA has no jurisdiction. Either way Fox will get their money back.

Bring it on!

]]> By: Katie https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78651 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78651 Well, if it's a good movie Fox should not be worrried. I'm sick and tired of producers and directors washing down their movies to get a PG-13. A PG-13 is a sci fi film with cutesy little animals such as Lost in Space (and that one sucked big time). If you're in the Alien universe it's going to be gory and you won't count the curse words to see if it fits a PG-13. From an European point of view this is utter madness.

]]> By: gonad https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78652 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78652 Did Sean Harris and Noomi Rapace use the same bottle of hair dye?

]]> By: zatopek https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78653 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78653 It's only doomed if it's not good enough.

]]> By: cirkusfolk https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78654 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78654 You all need to stop whining. Ok, so maybe they shouldn't have used the word "doomed" but the discussion is still the same and is a very valid one. Why do you think a film less than a month away from release was just rated by the MPAA? This was always a major concern for both the studio and the director (more on him in a second) even before shooting began. That's why Scott said he would be shooting two versions of the film, one that would be able to get a PG13 rating and one that wouldn't. And it looks like the R rated version was the one actually chosen for theatrical release this time. But, on the other hand, this could be the tamer version that was shot and it just happened to still get an R and not a PG-13 as the reasons for being R are actually pretty tame. This happened to Kingdom of Heaven already, as there was a version shot for PG-13, it still got an R and then the director's cut added even more violence and closeups of blood and wounds. I'm not sure why once the film got an R, that Scott didn't just add all the violence back in at that point. I hope this isn't the case with Prometheus.

Which brings me to Scott and his "director's cuts." This guy has released more director's cuts on video than any other director in history. Robin Hood was another film shot in two versions with the PG-13 one being releaed in theaters, and the unrated director's cut adding more violence back in. There's also American Gangster, the aformentioned Kingdom of Heaven, Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, Legend, Blade Runner (the most notorious of them all) and Alien which is a director's cut that should have never happened. For the Alien release on DVD, Scott just randomly shoterned many scenes by 10-15 seconds to tighten up the pace, but he has since regretted it and said it was a marketing ploy. That is the only case of a Scott director's cut that is actually shorter than the theatrical. The rest range from adding 7 minutes like Black Hawk Down to 50 minutes to Kingdom of Heaven (!!!) and of course punching up the violence. So the main question I have is: Why does Scott do this? No other director bends over backwards to please the studio and compromise their vision by delivering a short and tame film when the story calls for a longer and more graphic one. I'm not sure Scott even has a vision to begin with, otherwise he would not be doing this. I can understand some director's cuts such as David Fincher's for Zodiac but that is more akin to the Blackhawk Down one. Both are only a few minutes longers and were already rated R so violence had nothing to do with them. But Robin Hood, Kingdom of Heaven and now Prometheus (maybe)…this is unacceptable.

]]> By: kitcon https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78655 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78655 For a movie of this type a $60M opening will already be huge. If the quality is there good word of mouth should propel it to $150 – 200M. It's a science-horror and clearly not a 4 quadrant film.

]]> By: Nolan https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78656 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78656 I never had any problems getting into R-rated movies before I was 17. Maybe things have changed (I'm 27 now) but the measures in place to keep kids out of those movies used to be extremely lax. I had one clerk refuse to sell me a ticket to SOUTH PARK. That was it. Granted, I typically hung out with older kids, and I had an older brother, but come on. Buying movie tickets doesn't even require human interaction these days.

]]> By: StringerBellInSpace https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78657 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78657 This movie is a pretty huge event for almost every male I've met over 17. The marketing has been spot on there is a huge buzz around it. I've heard a lot of buzz around it being a scarier version of Avatar. Cannot wait for this one.

]]> By: StephenM https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78658 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78658 Doomed like the first four Alien movies? Doomed like the Terminator movies? Doomed like The Matrix movies? Doomed like Gladiator? Doomed like every R-rated Apatow-style comedy in the last decade? I don't think so. It'll be fine.

]]> By: Mark https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78659 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78659 No it doesn't mean the film is doomed, quite the opposite. AVP was doomed because of the PG=13 rating, good to see that Universal aren't selling out the franchise this time.

]]> By: Wes Anderson https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78660 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78660 Who cares!

]]> By: Scott https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78661 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78661 Everyone & I mean EVERYONE I know is planning to see this in theaters. Like Avengers, Prometheus just has that very special something in the marketing & look that tells people to see it in the theaters. Short of the film turning out to be an unmitigated disaster there's no way it's doomed. Do we always need everything to be defined with hyperbole?

]]> By: RAINDER https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78662 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78662 Are teens in U.S. actually forbidden to see an R-rated film ? The rating obviously won't affect ticket sales in Europe but as Timparker said, i don't think many kids would be interested in seeing such a flick or would they?

]]> By: TimParker https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78663 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78663 I get the point of the article, obviously it's a concern and can even be a concern to people (myself included) who just hope that Ridley Scott can make another movie like this again at this budget and I guess more broadly, that other filmmakers can be encouraged and get financing for their big budget movies that happen to get R ratings. But at the end of the day, aren't we glad that they didnt compromise anything? And isn't the majority of the audience for this movie 17 or over anyway? I would think so.

]]> By: HIM https://staging2.theplaylist.net/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-20120508/#comment-78664 Fri, 13 May 2016 12:30:58 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2012/more/uncategorized/discuss-does-the-r-rating-for-prometheus-mean-the-film-is-doomed-at-the-box-office-110781/#comment-78664 Please stop writing articles like this one.

"DOES THE R-RATING MEAN THE FILM IS DOOMED????"

"…according to The Hollywood Reporter, broke all existing sales records at the BFI IMAX theater, leading to the biggest ever grossing week, and the single highest day of pre-sales"

MAYBE NOT!

Content first, news later.

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