—UPDATE Friday 8th May—
We can now reveal that it appears we have confirmation of the age rating. As reported; our source close to the production of Terminator Genisys (as far as we are aware- has been right about all the exclusive stories we have been able to bring you) has been telling us for a long time that the movie is PG-13. Today we decided to do the tedious job of trying to reinforce our latest story and also to confirm its truth. On finding the Hungarian website of Terminator Genisys the following ’12’ is new to the website. We looked up Hungarian movie ratings and a 12 (in Hungary) is indeed the same rating as a PG-13 (US) and a 12/12a also in the UK. This will now allow fans worldwide to pinpoint what rating the movie will be in their country!
— UPDATE END —
One of the most annoying things about the lead up to the release of Terminator Genisys has been the rating hold back.
So, what rating will the movie be? A PG-13 or an R rating- the latter being the rating that all the real fans wanted in the first place.
Well, our source close to the production of the movie has assured us all along that the movie will be Rated PG-13… we have described what we have witnessed and understand as fantasy style/comic book violence as being the back door out of a harder rating for the movie, CGI characters dealing the blows is something running throughout the movie,- not just in the Arnold Vs Arnold battle. We asked our source again more recently and they are still sticking with PG-13; with our source describing it as “something the studios prefer to do for marketing reasons”. Our understanding and translation of such a statement is… “cash grab”.
While we have reported that small changes had been made to visual effects sequences to make them slightly more brutal (fan backlash? lol) it in no way means that it will be as brutal as the fans want or deserve. Whilst the more finished renders of CGI do indeed have a little more blood; it simply isn’t the level of blood that lives up to the name of the franchise.
Also, we have no way of knowing that the slight additional blood we have seen (in behind the scenes footage) isn’t meant for an Unrated/R Rated home release and that the theatrical cut will probably feature no blood as depicted in the trailers.
The Rating hold back feels somewhat deceitful and if the movie is PG-13 (as our source states) then the rating hold back is, overall, a carefully crafted yet cynical marketing ploy, as the studios know, and have known, for quite some time,- what the rating of the movie will be.
Fans were treated like fools with Terminator Salvation when a Pizza Hut viral website revealed the rating; the studio responsible (Warner Bros/Halcyon) also did a rating hold back job. The aim is to suck you in, to grab your interest, to mentally commit you as a fan to a ticket sale/online booking or reservation and then in the last month or two before release- announce the rating as a PG-13 movie but by then you’re invested so you’re going to let it slide and pay to see the movie anyway.
Executive Producer of Terminator Genisys; Megan Ellison, promised us a rated R movie but after she took her production company Annapurna out the mix and headed swiftly for the hills, she seemingly but grudgingly handed over control to her brother David Ellison and his company Skydance Productions with distribution help from Paramount Pictures. David and Paramount love making PG-13 movies together… GI JOE: RETALIATION anyone?
Skydance’s GI JOE: RETALIATION PG-13 Rating Description (expect something similar for Genisys minus the martial arts unless the T-1000 does martial arts?):
PG-13 (for intense sequences of combat violence and martial arts action throughout and for brief sensuality and language)
Btw we thought that movie sucked. SUCKED!
Megan Ellison obviously wanted little involvement when Jim Cameron turned down the chance to Direct/be involved.
It is no secret that an Annapurna Pics Terminator movie was a very interesting prospect to us but the Skydance Productions and Paramount take-over really worried us and made us lose hope almost instantaneously. That isn’t to say Paramount hasn’t produced/distributed good movies in the past, the problem is the time we live in, the targeting of young audiences to earn money. More focus on whipping out a fast product than putting any real time and effort into a fantastic movie; one made with love and care.
Game of Thrones has also been used as a marketing ploy with Alan Taylor and Emilia Clarke’s involvement… yes, a TV series of violence and sex, used to make you think Terminator Genisys could indeed be rated R. It is totally ridiculous to use such a program to gear towards a younger audience- again,- especially given the content involved in GOT.
The big surprise would be if the Fan uproar managed to alter the rating to an R and they plan to surprise us (especially with movies like Mad Max Fury Road being announced as rated R). Thank you Warner Brothers for finally learning your lesson after making that huge mistake with Terminator Salvation.
An R rating obviously does not ensure a movie will be good, but movies like Terminator and Mad Max need to be rated R to stand any chance of a good footing with hardcore fans and long term success.
I saw Terminator 3 Rise of the Machines roughly 3-4 times at the cinema; I did this to support the movie as a fan and also in aid of trying to persuade myself to like the movie, it didn’t work, I then did the same with home release purchases.
While T3 was R rated- it was so soft an R that the removal of the scene of the T-X punching a cop through the seat of a car and handling the wheel of the car,- would have instantly dropped the rating from the R to a PG-13.
Terminator Salvation earned itself one cinema viewing (from myself) and healed a little of the damage caused by T3, but it was void of the R rating and felt like a very long trailer, as if half the movie had been smashed into post-apocalyptic dust.
Obviously TheTerminatorFans.com’s staff members will be watching Terminator Genisys, but sadly for the first time ever, it feels illegitimate and arrogant from the side of the studios… to the third degree.
One fan described the majority of hatred and ignorance coming from the “new era fans”, we describe them as wannabe hipsters, they don’t really care about the Terminator franchise and you will see them typing sentences like; “Mother of Dragons!” and “House of Connor!” all over the internet with dizzying glee. We quite simply dislike them as much as they dislike us, but when they throw themselves Fedora first into their next fad or TV show/franchise- the real fans will be left sitting saddened, disappointed and empty by the PG-13 hip tripe left to us by studios more concerned with what’s trending rather than what’s true.
We don’t believe in PG-13 Terminator movies and never will. Do you believe greatness can be achieved with the softer rating or would the PG-13 rating make your furious?
As always with the stories we run things are always subject to change at the whim of a studio executive.
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