The Expendables 2 - August 17, 2012

[thenammagazine]

Expensive to everyone else. Nothing to Hollywood.

That's what I meant. Especially when you're doing a film in a well known series.

Terminator Salvation cost about $200 million bucks. Rambo was pretty low.

You can't really compare Terminator: Salvation, a big budget special-effects based film, to RAMBO though. You know that's apples and oranges.

 

[plasmid303]

Michelle Yeoh would've made a great addition to the crew, but I guess she's not young enough anymore. Not sure who this new girl is.

 

[CelticPredator]

You can't really compare Terminator: Salvation, a big budget special-effects based film, to RAMBO though. You know that's apples and oranges.

Sure I can. I'm comparing films in the hollywood system. My point was, Rambo is cheap. Pretty much any movie under 80 million is cheap. At least to the studio.

But look at the quality! TS sucks. Rambo rocks.

 

[thenammagazine]

Michelle Yeoh would've made a great addition to the crew, but I guess she's not young enough anymore. Not sure who this new girl is.

Michelle's probably beat to hell like Jackie though. Not even sure she'd be up for it.

 

[CelticPredator]

Even though that last Mummy flick sucked, I think she could still kick ass. I enjoyed her in the movie. She's got that old badass charm.

 

[brucecamblzchin]

New pics are sweet! Sucks about the pg13 though

 

[CollectorNC]

Lame....

At least we can look forward to an unrated DVD release with lots of CG blood .....

Nope, it was confirmed the movie was shot in mind for a PG-13 only release so there will be no unrated cut. Maybe an extended PG-13 cut. There's no cut bloody scenes or profane scenes this time around.

With the exception of F-bombs (and they're allowed to say it 1 time), I really don't see how this will effect anything.

It likely won't affect much as many PG-13 movies like "Taken" have learned to push the envelope and any R movie on tv is basically a PG-13version and I watched the Die Hard movies on tv and honestly I didn't miss much violence and would not have noticed the omission of profanity except that I could read it on Willis' lips.

is that really true about Chick Norris because i heard something like he would only be in the film if the dialogue was cleaner so the gave him to him but it was some rough transation from a foreign interview

Honestly, no one actor, particularly one so long in the tooth and really not very relevant anymore, could cause this change. Even if he pleaded his case to Avi L. that hey, why don't you do this PG-13 because a) I won't be in a profanity laced film anymore and b) think about all of the teens you are excluding by having a 17+ R rating, I'm sure Lerner and his 3-4 other producers would have weighed the pros and cons.

I teach middle school kids, 8th Grade aged between 13-15 with most kids hitting at right about 14, the target demo for PG-13 movies. They think Transformers was the most awesome ____ in the entire worlds because of the explosions, the fighting and grand scope of it. The Expendables doesn't have robots obviously but plays right into that wheelhouse.

I agree that Nu Image/Millenium is out of touch with their demographic here. Most 13-16 year olds are watching the Twilight, Harry Potter movies or their version of action movies like Abduction with Taylor Lautner or In Time with Justin Timberlake or the Fast & Furious movies. They didn't grow up watching Sly, Arnie, Bruce, Van Damme, etc. They really probably could care less. The demographic I saw in theaters when I saw TE1, was late 20's to 50's. This is the demographic that watches the most R rated movies, whether action or drama.

Also, the whole point of TE1 was a throwback to 80's action movies. Did it succeed on all levels? No, but it did have the basic components. Reducing it to PG-13 will basically water it down to where it can't be compared to an 80's action movie because how many 80's action movies with Sly, Arnie, and Bruce and even Norris, were PG-13. All of these guys combined have a huge amount of R movies.

 

[Biojex]

Nope, it was confirmed the movie was shot in mind for a PG-13 only release so there will be no unrated cut. Maybe an extended PG-13 cut. There's no cut bloody scenes or profane scenes this time around.

Joking

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

the Studio or whoever want some of the unancitipated money the first one made, so they decide to lower the sequel to PG-13 to bring in more butts to the seats, while at the same time failing to recognise that changing an R-rated to PG-13 is precisely one of the things can that turn people away

 

[CollectorNC]

Joking

There have been plenty thinking there would be like with TE1. Sorry, didn't read it as sarcasm

 

[CollectorNC]

the Studio or whoever want some of the unancitipated money the first one made, so they decide to lower the sequel to PG-13 to bring in more butts to the seats, while at the same time failing to recognise that changing an R-rated to PG-13 is precisely one of the things can that turn people away

Yep, they should look at movies like "The Losers."

 

[Biojex]

There have been plenty thinking there would be like with TE1. Sorry, didn't read it as sarcasm

No worries. I appreciate the info anyway.

 

[DinoLast]

It's such a shame about the rating coming down. The reason the first one was made, was because Stallone was trying to bring back hardcore 80's action. Now we have a PG-13 sequel, which makes no sense, as people of a young age are technically not allowed to see the first one anyway.

I can't help thinking that the rating system in America needs changing. A film like this should be rated 15, and then nobody under that age should be allowed to see it regardless of the fact that a parent can accompany them. Yes the violence would be toned down, but not to the extent of a PG-13 movie.
An R rating should also exclude young children, no matter who is with them, but should allow anybody over 15 to the age of 18 to see the film with adult supervision

 

[thenammagazine]

It's such a shame about the rating coming down. The reason the first one was made, was because Stallone was trying to bring back hardcore 80's action. Now we have a PG-13 sequel, which makes no sense, as people of a young age are technically not allowed to see the first one anyway.

I can't help thinking that the rating system in America needs changing. A film like this should be rated 15, and then nobody under that age should not be allowed to see it regardless of the fact that a parent can accompany them. Yes the violence would be toned down, but not to the extent of a PG-13 movie.
An R rating should also exclude young children, no matter who is with them, but should allow anybody over 15 to the age of 18 to see the film with adult supervision

Wait and see it. I think you'll be more than surprised what is allowed despite the film being PG-13. First Blood 1-3 were rated R and for the life of me, I'm hard pressed to see how with today's MPAA standards they wouldn't be PG-13.

 

[xjamiex]

Wait and see it. I think you'll be more than surprised what is allowed despite the film being PG-13. First Blood 1-3 were rated R and for the life of me, I'm hard pressed to see how with today's MPAA standards they wouldn't be PG-13.

 

[DinoLast]

Found these on the web showing some changes they could make to get the PG-13 rating

 

[Firebird]

 

[CelticPredator]

Wait and see it. I think you'll be more than surprised what is allowed despite the film being PG-13. First Blood 1-3 were rated R and for the life of me, I'm hard pressed to see how with today's MPAA standards they wouldn't be PG-13.

Captain America was easily the most violent PG-13 film i've seen in this current age.

Bloody squibs. PROPELLER EXPLOSIONS.

So i'm not worried.
\

 

[Uncanny Web-Slinger]

https://www.totalfilm.com/news/stallone-says-expendables-2-will-be-r-rated

 

[Biojex]

Make up your damn minds