#bbfc

[sapphanimates]

wish that bbfc thing wasn't just for uk kids

and 11 & under kids

[vetinarivimesy]

hey hey hey Disney... psst Disney... 18+? 18 fucking plus?!? Age-gating what is the queer realisation film for so very many when it is classified as a 12A in this country?

Too popular not to exploit, yet too gleefully awkwardly queer for your homophobic fascistic corporate bullshit?

Yeah... Thought so.

Fuck you.

I note Shock Treatment, with its extremely on the nose themes of corporate fascism in the US is missing entirely from the current roster too. Bit too blatant?

[paintsplash1712]

WTF Why is the FNAF movie a 15 in the UK?

How overly offended is our rating system? This is a kids horror franchise! It's a pg-13 in US. Why is it less in America?

[thealiensalamander]

Since my Transformers One post got more likes/reblogs than I expected, I get the impression that odd Transformers rating board situations are interesting to people. So here's another one I had in mind, though it involves the UK board instead of the German one.

Beast Wars, season 1 episode 15, The Spark, is the episode that introduced Airazor. But, it's also the first piece of Transformers media that the United Kingdom's age rating board, the BBFC, didn't think was acceptable at a PG rating. The episode was cut for its release there, as the website notes here:

I actually had to go back and re-watch the episode since I didn't remember this. It occurred during Cheetor's fight with Blackarachnia. If you're wondering why this headbutt was too much, back in the day, they would generally remove what was thought to be "imitable" combat moves, sometimes even from 15-rated films (The Matrix required headbutts to be removed from a 15-rated film, for instance). There's not an exact time where this ceased to be an issue, but in general, it's possible that it may get an uncut PG today.

To this day, the only animated piece of Transformers media to be released with a BBFC 12 rating is episode 3 of Transformers War for Cybertron Kingdom. The live-action films also earned 12s, though Bumblebee had a PG-rated edited version.

Sadly, I don't think the episode ever got an uncut release in the UK. At least the rest of the world seems unaffected by this censorship.

[ayles-feyerena]

The some country of film rating circumstance be like

[lost-carcosa]

[itsreaditandwow2]

Nobody under 12 could see a Spider-Man movie!

Ross John Fearnley (The Unusual Suspect)

[teledyn]

I bet you knew what this said just from the Catalan preview, and while Google can translate for you, you already know the score…

The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has raised its rating because it considers it contains derogatory terms and children should not watch it alone.

Yes, Mary Poppins, played by that potty-mouth skank Julie Andrews…

Until now, it was rated "G", which means it does not contain material that may offend. But 60 years after its successful release, the BBFC has changed its classification and now marks it with a 'PG' (under parental supervision).

[sanjispudding]

Hell yeah!! Flyers win baby!

[turtleneckseve]

i’m ngl part 1 of a doctor who finale hasn’t gagged me that much in ages. bringing back a classic villain like that feels exciting and really fresh (idek who sutekh is but i haven’t felt the scale of doom this much since davros). and the trickster mention had me shook 😭

[mariocki]

Massacre Mafia Style (The Executioner, 1974)

"Are we gonna let a couple of dead heads muscle us? Besides, now, we don't even know that's Chucky's finger."

"That's his finger all right, I've seen it on him a million times."

[thealiensalamander]

An error on the BBFC website. It looks like an edit I'd make, but it's not.....

[msclaritea]

Mary Poppins’ UK age rating raised to PG due to discriminatory language | Mary Poppins | The Guardian

Mary Poppins’ UK age rating raised to PG due to discriminatory language

British Board of Film Classification lifts it from U certificate almost 60 years after film was first released

Kevin Rawlinson

Mon 26 Feb 2024 04.37 EST

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Mary Poppins has had its age rating lifted to a PG by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) almost 60 years after it was first released.

The film’s rating has been upgraded from U – which signifies no material likely to offend or harm – to one advising parental guidance due to the use of discriminatory language, the Daily Mail reported.

It was changed because of a derogatory term for the Khoikhoi, a group of people who were among the first inhabitants of southern Africa.

Classifiers picked up on the term used by the character Admiral Boom – first as a reference to people not onscreen, then as a reference to the film’s child stars when their faces are blackened with soot.

“We understand from our racism and discrimination research … that a key concern for … parents is the potential to expose children to discriminatory language or behaviour which they may find distressing or repeat without realising the potential offence,” a BBFC spokesperson told the Mail.

“Content with immediate and clear condemnation is more likely to receive a lower rating.”

The reclassification affects only the cinema version of the film, with home entertainment versions still rated U, according to the BBFC. The word in question is “Hottentot”, an adopted name for the Khoikhoi used by Dutch settlers, thought to imitate their language, which is considered offensive. It would later be used to refer to all black people.

It is not the first classic film to have its rating upgraded in recent years. According to the BBFC’s 2022 annual report, the 1978 animated film Watership Down merited a PG rating as classifiers sought to “remain in step with societal standards”.

They said: “In their exile, the rabbits meet various challenges, some of which result in bloody bite and claw injuries caused by animals fighting. In one scene, a bird tells one of the rabbits to ‘[pee] off’.”

They added: “When we viewed the film under the current guidelines we reclassified it PG in line with our current policies for violence, threat, injury detail and language.”

The 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture was also upgraded from a U to a PG that year as a result of its “very mild language, mild violence and threat”, the BBFC said.

When deciding on how to classify a film, the BBFC considers scenes that might show dangerous behaviour, discrimination, and references to drugs and sex. It also considers the language used in the film, scenes of nudity and of threat, horror and violence.

Classifiers particularly look out for discriminatory language or behaviour that is “unlikely to be acceptable unless clearly disapproved of, or in an educational or historical context, or in a particularly dated work with no likely appeal to children”.

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So...the Satanic State of Britain just threw one of their own Classics and one of their most adored actresses, Julie Andrews under the bus, by admitting that they put racist dog whistles IN Mary Poppins, just to damage Disney, over 50 years after the film was made. They killed their own Doctor Who series and now they just fucked over one of MY favorite childhood classics....JUST TO FUCK DISNEY. WOW.

[gaybuckybarnesss]

DAVID CORENSWET BBFC

[welcome-to-green-hills]

Do we know the rating for Sonic 3 yet?

Hi Hon!❤️✨

The film’s rating for Sonic 3 is a strong “K” for “KNUCKLES!”

I’m kidding, I promise! It looks like the film is rated PG. However, there IS something special for viewers in the UK. Sonic 3/the SCU has partnered up with the BBFC to create a black card rating to promote the film! The contest is open for ages 4–11 with the application to apply HERE. Sonic can explain the contest in great detail for you.

[fnaf-movie-countdown]

I should mention the BBFC’s detailed rating has vague spoilers I will not be posting here! If you wish to look, go find it on your own!

But anyway: the fnaf movie is confirmed to have curse words in it

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