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R Lines
Airlines that play more off-color movies. | |
Wait, wait. I know that the U.S. rates movies in one way, and other nations rate movies in other ways. Airlines, on the other hand, travel across international borders, so this idea has certain limitations in scope. However, every airline must have official headquarters in a certain country. Additionally,
most countries have a system for rating movies.
Clearly, different nations rate movies in different forms. Let us lay that aside for the moment. In the U.S, movie ratings limit who can see films based mostly on age. For this reason, movies are often designed to cater to a certain age group. Even if not, there is a certain perception, that serious films need a certain rating to work. This leads to a strong bias against G, PG, and PG-13 films.
Yet, since airlines are in the business of getting the most people possible on an airplane, they do not play R rated films. Why not?
Virtucom is takign to the skies, with the all new R-line. (With a pirate for the mascot... RRR and all.) The R-line planes will play only R-rated films on their flights. Why? Because some fliers will prefer a more mature cinematic experience, making the potential purchase of headphones more likely. Also, and probably more interesting to some, the restrictions for R-rated movies will then apply to the plane, and children under the age of 17 will not be on it unless accompanied by an adult.
Oh, you say that may not matter much. On a flight, there are other things to think about when getting tickets, and the most annoying kids tend to fly with parents.
Well, perhaps some of you will be interested in Virtucom's future line, of NC17-Air, where kids are not allowed.
You been reading the Metro?
http://www.metro.co...12244&in_page_id=34
This is what it will all lead to... [theleopard, Apr 15 2009]
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I haven't flown with them, but I'll bet Hooters Air shows R rated movies. If not, won't this whole question be made obsolete by personal view screens? Also since this is a business with a more limited clientel, the rates would be higher, so instead save that money and get iVue glasses or similar completely personal viewing devices and watch and listen to whatever you want. (-) |
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I always thought that r-rated movies were movies with sex. Is that right? If so I wouldn't fly. |
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zeno, R-rated movies can be so rated if they contain any content that is not considered by the Classification and Rating Administration to be suitable for minors. That content can include nudity, adult content (code for sex), intimacy (more code for sex), graphic violence, strong language, sexually explicit scenes (not so coded) or any number of other factors. If any of those factors are represented in the film, then it can be rated R. |
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So the answer to your question is no, R movies are not just movies with sex. The most sexually explicit movies are rated NC-17, X, XX, or XXX. |
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Note: Officially, the X rating no longer exists. It was replaced by NC-17 in 1990. NC-17 is applied to all films that cannot be sold to anyone under the age of 17. The X ratings have been adopted by the adult film industry to rate pornographic films. |
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Officially, there never was an X, XX, or XXX rating. Movies which felt that the MPAA would not approve of their fare simply crossed out the blank where the rating would be to indicate that the movie was not rated. Folks then started making jokes about "those X rated movies," which generally had to be viewed by the movie house owner in order to deem whether or not it would be suitable for play in their establishment. Soon after, people began marketing X rated movies, and to distance themselves from the budding porn industry, people started making "Not rated" movies instead. |
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I would buy a ticket, not to watch the content, but rather to be excluded from the screaming of infants and toddlers. I recently arrived back on a long haul, during which an infant screamed for the entire duration of the flight. ipod only lasted 6 of the 9.5 hours. Hell on wings I tells ye! |
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I would, too. For the same reasons. |
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And now we begin to see the beauty... |
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