Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-36574594-20181215192052

Hello. I have a serious issue to bring up. I believe that the Mature category and the template is being grossly abused and that it is time for some defining guidelines. In relation to the mature category, the template offers some qualifications for if a villain should be made Mature.

1. In dealing with "the villain's content is not suitable for all ages" without any real indications of just where that line is being drawn is just begging for a potential abuse. I argue therefore, that in order to prevent abuse, the line be changed to "The villains content may be upsetting for some readers and viewers, readers discretion is advised" or something along that line. This is necessary because saying it is not suitable for all ages means that villains who are GameChangers in kids shows could be deemed as not suitable. In order to clarify that, I say it should be changed to saying that some viewers may find the content disturbing, as that applies to people regardless of age.

2. If it is violent, the violence must be graphic, and especially in video games. it has to be explicit Why do I say that? Because the antagonist Angel Eyes from A few dollars or more is declared mature, even though he doesn't meet the qualifications of mature. In the ^60's which is when the film was released, any type of graphic violence in anything less than an R film was strictly forbidden. As for what counts as graphic, violence involving blood must be more than just a quick image glance that fades quickly. That type of trick is especially popular in PG 13 films to give audiences a quick show of blood while not risking an R rating. Similarly, it has to be clear that it is blood, as another similar trick in PG 13 films is to have people leaned against something to make it look like blood. Similarly, blood involving medical procedures cannot be used as an excuse as medical procedures usually involve some form of blood being shred.

3. In the instance of sexuality, well usually most films that get nailed for sexuality are rated R, so sexuality and nudity can stay on one condition. The condition must say "There is nudity in the film" because PG 13 films love to use cutaways to make things ambigous.

4. The genre must be considered. Horror villains are usually going to qualify, but emphasis on genre, as it usually gives an indication as to whether or not the audience will believe that this is mature content.

I know this is quite long, but I honestly think that the failure to have any real guidelines on the Mature category has led to it being abused quite heavily. 