When Captain Screamy meets Dr. Loud Bang
Rainn Wilson has a movie out in which he is not Dwight Schrute. It is called The Last Mimzy. Rainn Wilson rocks.

Okay, now that that's out of the way... Over on

customers_suck,

blackfroggy complains about customers who didn't alert them that the previews on the movie were rated R and not PG. Or at the least, failed to alert the theatre quickly enough. The fiance in the post (

teenonfire4lord, which sounds like the title of the sophomore album for Faith Plus One; despite the username, he's 23) shows up to defend his wronged beloved and calls the customers who were slow on the draw both lazy and bad parents. Many people point out that customer service is usually the responsibility of the staff, but neither of them will hear anything of it.

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	rekall 2007-03-19 05:02 pm UTC (link)
	I never even realized that previews have ratings and I've seen plenty of R rated movies (though I admit it's been a few years since I've seen a movie in the US so maybe things have changed). (Reply to this)(Thread)

	altoidsaddict 2007-03-19 05:09 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, that's not something I've ever particularly noticed, either. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	harrylovesron 2007-03-19 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	Usually the green title card in front of previews shows both the preview's rating and the movie's actual rating. I've never heard of previews actually being R-rated, though- usually trailers for R-rated movies pare all of the excessively violent/obscene stuff out and are PG. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	itsirtou 2007-03-19 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	Do they usually just say "This preview is for mature audiences only" or something like that or "This preview is for all audiences", or am I making that up? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	harrylovesron 2007-03-19 05:22 pm UTC (link)
	Whooops, you're right. Mea culpa. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	seiberwing 2007-03-19 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah. shudders over horror movie trailers (Reply to this)(Parent)

	zyna_kat 2007-03-19 07:12 pm UTC (link)
	This preview is for mature audiences only" or something like that or "This preview is for all audiences" Sometimes. Sometimes the trailer has an actual rating (usually G or PG). (Reply to this)(Parent)

	itsirtou 2007-03-19 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	Whoops, take out that "something like that." I speek gud English. (Reply to this)(Parent)

sesana
2007-03-20 03:03 am UTC (link)

They're very uncommon, but you will see an actual R-rated trailer in front of the odd rated R movie. The handful I remember seeing were all trailers for horror movies that would be rated R, playing in front of horror movies that were rated R. Instead of the green card they normally show, they use a red one that puts the rating up. Trust me, you'll know if you ever see one, because it's pretty jarring to see a bright red card on the screen when you're not expecting that in the slightest.

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