In reply to Eric Pace.

Nice. I’m lucky that my girls don’t have have some of my tastes as far as movies go. I worry a bit about some of the PG-13 Marvel stuff because they have an interest in that, but some of it may be a bit much. They got through Guardians of the Galaxy wonderfully and loved it. The only problem with Ant-Man was when the sheep got turned into a smear of protoplasm. They really love animals. Other than that, they loved it. That’s part of good parenting. There’s things I can’t wait to watch with my kids, but I have to wait because I love them.

In reply to Marty Nozz.

My dad would watch the films first then tell us if it was ok that we watch them and in some cases end up having to see them twice thanks to that practice.
He also had a rule for renting movies for when we were younger, I could rent dark violent movies however I had space them out because he didn’t want us to get desensitized.

In reply to Eric Pace.

When my little brother was 9 or 10 he really wanted to go see Predator. I wasn’t interested at the time. My dad took him to see it. Now, an R rating back in the eighties was much different than one today, and if things got really nasty I know my old man wouldn’t hesitate to haul him on out of the theater. Rated R martial arts flicks were fine and the three of us would go. There was a line between what was alright and he’d take us, and what wasn’t alright. “No” was the final word, and we had to respect it.

I don’t think any parent would want to take their kid for the sake of their own sanity because you KNOW that kid is going to be spouting off lines from the movie ad nauseum and too the point that that it would take the hardcoriest of the hardcore fandumb not to get sick of it.

As far as my feelings on Deadpool, I’ve taken all of my f–ks and buried them in the backyard because I won’t be giving them ever.

In reply to filmfadRyan.

I want all the trailers to be a giant hoax and when the nutter hit the theart they are treated to a two hour loop of Ryan Reynolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

In reply to Marty Nozz.

I’m personally not a big Deadpool fan, he’s just alright. However the trailers have really won me over.

Something I didn’t put into the article but my response to the kid is TOUGH! I really wanted to see Jurassic Park and Robocop as a kid but my dad wouldn’t let me and I had to wait until I got older i.e. what we all have to do, deal with it!

In reply to Marty Nozz.

Haha, I do like the idea of throwing a wrench in the gears to cause “fandomonium”

I’m stunned that this movie got made, and I expect it to do poorly in the theaters. As far as a PG-13 version for the kids that want to see it: WHY IS THERE ANY EIGHT YEAR OLD WHO WANTS TO SEE A MOVIE ABOUT A NUTJOB ASSASSIN??!! At least his parents seem to have the good sense to tell him “No, you aren’t going to see that”. Good for them. The only reason my eight year olds know who he is is because of his appearances in Marvel Vs Capcom 3 and Ultimate Spider-man. They think he’s a jerk (and its nice to know that my kids are observant).

But honestly, I’d love it to be released as PG-13. Really edit the crap out of it and make it as family friendly as possible. I say this solely because hardcore Deadpool fandom annoys me and I’d love to see the wailing and gnashing of teeth.

If I have to be stuck with movies either featuring heroes I like punching each other because I guess they ran out of villains to fight and movies in which my childhood heroes are horribly murdered in front of me, then I want the misery to be spread all around as much as possibly.