Toon Zone Talkback - G-Rated Cartoons Getting More Violent?

[Ben]

This is the talkback thread for G-Rated Cartoons Getting More Violent? (http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=6636).

I ran this story just because I loved that quote from the MPAA guy. Oh, coyote. You never learn.

[straw_hat]

Just a bunch of complaining over the simplest things. I'm sure it'll get to the point where they don't even want to show someone stubbing a toe in a G-rated film.

[roguefan7]

remember "the itchy and scratchy show"? well, I don't think cartoons are getting more violent... I mean you don't see big anvils or pianos falling on people; it all seems less violent..I think Chicken little will be less violent than hercules or something. Parents are too paranoid nowadays, I used to watch R rated movies with my family when I was 8 or something...:shrug:

[Ben]

Just a bunch of complaining over the simplest things. I'm sure it'll get to the point where they don't even want to show someone stubbing a toe in a G-rated film.

No loud noises either. Or threateningly bright colors. And a dark theater is too scary. In fact, just turn off the projector and have them stare at a blank screen for two hours. :p

More seriously, I was actually surprised at the maturity of the parents' groups in this case. They didn't say the films should be less violent and they didn't say the MPAA should stricter. They said parents should be individually aware of what their kids watch, which is what I've always believed but never really heard these groups say. It was an interesting change.

[Beat]

G rated films. All 4 of them per year...

I don't see the big deal, but it's nice that parents are advocating...parenting.

[Space Chief]

What's the big deal? Every Thanksgiving my family gets together to watch Law and Order: SVU.:shrug:

And the headline on Fark summed it up for me:
"Children's films today feature more violence, says new study. Ahhh, to be back in the halcyon days of Tom trying to decapitate Jerry with an axe while a black mammy wails nearby."

[Peter Paltridge]

Well, the thing is, the violent cartoons of the 40's and 50's were shorts, and they could run before adult-targeted films. If you look at animated films, through the late 70's you see nothing like that. It's all gentle. (Please don't point out Bakshi; he wasn't really mainstream.)

G films are undenaibly allowing more these days, and the argument that the adult jokes will fly over kids' heads is bull. Show me a kid that wouldn't get "may contain nuts" in Curse of the Were-Rabbit.


In one study, more than half of all G-rated animated features showed characters using alcohol or tobacco.Uh, THAT'S nothing new. Have they seen Dumbo? Dumbo was drunk for half his movie.

[sdp]

the thing is would a movie like dumbo be allowed now if it wasnt a "classic"?

[Kurtman]

If the violence is silly,I think they should keep the G-rating. However,blood gore and guts is a completely different story..............

[Craig Crumpton]

remember "the itchy and scratchy show"? No. There was never an actual "Itchy & Scratchy Show." It was The Simpsons' "show within a show" spoof of Tom & Jerry.

Tom & Jerry, however, did have many rather violent moments involving common household items. And when I was a kid some of them kinda scared me.

[Lazyboi13]

Idoitic housewives with too much time on there hands if you ask me :shrug:

[Bearpod91]

I know no theatre cartoon movies or live action that are truly G-rated. The giggles that flow around the audience and the laughs aren't always coming from children orientated jokes. But I loved the movies anyway.