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We seem to have mooved away from the start of this discussion which was someone wanting to change an Adult rating to a lower one because the dvd cover didn't have Adult rating.

have we come to a conclusion as to what the agreement is? (I've read all the posts but can't see an answer anywhere).

I have seen that the original poster is going to change the rating to a lower one - but was that thought the best way at this time? ...

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Some info on the MPAA rating system in the US here

and at wikipedia

they both seem to have pretty good history and info though i only skimmed them to quickly verify some info i believe I heard about the rating system, which seems to be confirmed by both.
(the first one even mentions the movie tweeter mentioned)

First, the rating is done by an anonimous board (head 3 are now listed on site, but used to be completley anonomous - possible relation to 'This Film is Not Yet Rated') (confirmed in article)

Second, (i believe this is at least partially confirmed in the articles) submission to the rating board is optional, however most movie theaters won't show unrated movies so if you want it to have a decent (any?) chance of success in the box office you basically need to get it rated.

NC-17, as stated, most directors will edit the film to get an R rating rather than NC-17 because alot of theaters won't show NC-17. i remember when Showgirls came out and was NC-17 it was a huge deal.

anyway, I think my final point, and reason for posting this, is why can't we as users decide whats 'Adult' thats basically what the rating board does. A group of people watch it and give it a rating. Only real difference is we wouldn't be official outside of the program, and we probably have more people looking at and deciding the rating (Adult status) for each movie.

Additionally, my only problem with a user defined check box (which I think is a good idea) is that if there is legal issues with displaying the info (and even if there isn't) there is no consitencey. (which this problem may be present in the current system as well) To best describe let me give an example. if User A decides that sexuality is ok and allows Showgirls to show online, but user B doesn't. then if someone goes to User A's collection they see showgirls, if they go to user b's they don't. Like I said, this might currently be an issue, because user A could simply be showing Adult films in public listing and User B not doing so and I believe the same issue would arise.

So basically it boils down to are we talking online or strictly local. online needs global rules that apply to all as anyone can see it. local can be set up so that the owner has control over what people that have access to his/her database can see when viewing.

-Agrare

p.s. Hopefully my point was clear, i can clarify if need be, but figured this post was long enough as is

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anyway, I think my final point, and reason for posting this, is why can't we as users decide whats 'Adult' thats basically what the rating board does. A group of people watch it and give it a rating. Only real difference is we wouldn't be official outside of the program, and we probably have more people looking at and deciding the rating (Adult status) for each movie.

Additionally, my only problem with a user defined check box (which I think is a good idea) is that if there is legal issues with displaying the info (and even if there isn't) there is no consitencey. (which this problem may be present in the current system as well) To best describe let me give an example. if User A decides that sexuality is ok and allows Showgirls to show online, but user B doesn't. then if someone goes to User A's collection they see showgirls, if they go to user b's they don't. Like I said, this might currently be an issue, because user A could simply be showing Adult films in public listing and User B not doing so and I believe the same issue would arise.

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So basically it boils down to are we talking online or strictly local. online needs global rules that apply to all as anyone can see it. local can be set up so that the owner has control over what people that have access to his/her database can see when viewing.

-Agrare

p.s. Hopefully my point was clear, i can clarify if need be, but figured this post was long enough as is

It's still not going to work like that, at least not 100%. Using the same example showgirls a non-US version may not be rated as adult. In Canada Showgirls is only rated R so if I had the Canadian version it would show up in my profile, but not in a profile that has the US NC-17 ranted disc.

I think a lot of the problem is the use of the euphemism "adult" for pornographic. If the intent of the current "Adult" rating is to flag Porn/Sex films then I agree with others that it should be changed to XXX (still a euphemism but one with a clear meaning).

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why do you assume its to flag porn/sex? Why not flag Violent films?