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Post by gargonshepard on Jan 20, 2009 17:48:24 GMT -5
I have yet to watch a CT episode. They are coming to Cleveland and I want to see them badly. One thing, my children usually watch mst3k with me. They want to see them badly as well. I am however kinda leery of taking them to see this not knowing the content of the show. Being on cable they were limited to the restrictions of TV. I am afraid with these restriction being lifted there may be foul language and or sexual humor. Has anyone seen them live? Is this the case? Is it safe for children 8, 9 and 13 years old?
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Jan 20, 2009 17:54:51 GMT -5
There are a few instances of the word sh*t used, but I think that's the strongest language. Aside from that, I would say the maximum level of sexual humor is about constant with the maximum allowed on the show - not really prevelant, but present on occasion.
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Post by callipygias on Jan 20, 2009 18:36:23 GMT -5
Explicit sex and language or not, you show an 8 year old Legacy of Blood they'll leave with a facial twitch and cry themselves to sleep for the next 5 years.
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Post by Trumpy's Magic Snout on Jan 20, 2009 19:07:56 GMT -5
The problem with CT is the movies. Frankenstein features nudity that's been covered up but they seem not to be editing much of the gore out. Plus these are a bit seedier movies than the usual MST3K fare.
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Post by Donna SadCat Lady on Jan 20, 2009 19:12:26 GMT -5
I have yet to watch a CT episode. They are coming to Cleveland and I want to see them badly. One thing, my children usually watch mst3k with me. They want to see them badly as well. I am however kinda leery of taking them to see this not knowing the content of the show. Being on cable they were limited to the restrictions of TV. I am afraid with these restriction being lifted there may be foul language and or sexual humor. Has anyone seen them live? Is this the case? Is it safe for children 8, 9 and 13 years old? Here's my take on it. First, my "credentials": I'm an overprotective mom of two girls, 16 and 11. I've been a fan of MST since my oldest was a baby. I have shared MST with them as I felt comfortable. I attended two live CT shows in December. I also own two CT DVDs (with a third in the mail). I gotta say, I really don't think CT's humor is appropriate for younger kids. In the later years of MST, it was rated TV-14, and I'd say the CT crew are working mostly in the same range. To put it another way, in the riffs there's occasional rough language and definite sexual humor. As for the movies themselves, they haven't been announced AFAIK, so your guess is as good as mine. Some of CT's previous movies have squicky violence and gore (with laughably bad FX), and some genuinely nasty themes hinted at if not shown. Now, the Titans have edited the movies they've used, cutting out some of the worst gore and nudity. For instance, they apparently cut quite a bit--nudity, rape scenes, torture, etc.,--out of their most recent release, Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks. On the DVD they also used a controversial device, the Breast Blimp, to cover up bare boobies in a couple of scenes. Note that in the live performance of FCoF that I saw, they did not cover up the breasticological regions, although they still used the heavily edited version of the film. To sum up, I don't advise taking your kids, except maybe the 13-year-old. Sorry!
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Post by Cerrita on Jan 20, 2009 19:55:53 GMT -5
While I will refrain from stating my personal opinion on whether or not your kids should watch, I agree with Donna Lady in her description of the content. Although there are occasional 'dirty' riffs, there isn't anything actually explicit. I don't know if an eight or nine year old would even pick up on the meaning of the innuendos.
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Post by ensignsmather13 on Jan 20, 2009 20:10:21 GMT -5
The swear words they use during the films aren't too shocking, but I did hear the F word a couple of times during the pre-show warm-up act. There are also drug/sex references in the riffing sometimes, depending on the film. Some of it would go over a kid's head, but not all of it. Some of the film content is icky, but who knows what films they're performing this time round.
All things considered (violence, language) I'd say their stuff is PG-13, or about what you'd expect from prime time TV.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Jan 20, 2009 20:33:19 GMT -5
I'm guessing the live shows are a bit more risque, but I also forgot that some of the films were a bit more adult in nature than the norm for MST3k.
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Post by gargonshepard on Jan 20, 2009 21:52:11 GMT -5
Thank you. There are even episodes of MST3k that I will not let the younger two watch. I kind of expected that it would be inappropriate but just wanted check it out. Besides this will be a nice night out for me and my wife.
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Post by ilmatto on Jan 20, 2009 22:16:10 GMT -5
When I was about 8 or 9 or so, my brother and I went to the saturday afternoon matinee to see a sci fi movie, probably Mission Stardust or something like that, and the first movie of the double feature was "The Gruesome Twosome". An old lady gets her retarded son to murder college girls, and then he scalps them and she turns their hair into wigs. The movie was very graphic; horrifying. Probably not by today's standards.
I did not need to see that when I was 8-9 years old. Even then I was thinking, "I probably shouldn't be watching this." We lived in a rural place in NC so the theater people didn't enforce ratings or anything, if they even existed then. It was probably 1969 or so when I saw it.
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Post by Chuck on Jan 21, 2009 7:47:19 GMT -5
When I was about 8 or 9 or so, my brother and I went to the saturday afternoon matinee to see a sci fi movie, probably Mission Stardust or something like that, and the first movie of the double feature was "The Gruesome Twosome". An old lady gets her retarded son to murder college girls, and then he scalps them and she turns their hair into wigs. The movie was very graphic; horrifying. Probably not by today's standards. I did not need to see that when I was 8-9 years old. Even then I was thinking, "I probably shouldn't be watching this." We lived in a rural place in NC so the theater people didn't enforce ratings or anything, if they even existed then. It was probably 1969 or so when I saw it. Oh, god. You saw Hershell Gordon Lewis at a young age! I am envious! (But even then, you had to know it was a pretty bad film!) I do have a copy of it on DVD, by the way. I always wanted to turn it into a stage musical.
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Post by CBG on Jan 21, 2009 7:52:47 GMT -5
Thank you. There are even episodes of MST3k that I will not let the younger two watch. I kind of expected that it would be inappropriate but just wanted check it out. Besides this will be a nice night out for me and my wife. My story is similar to both yours and Donna's, gargonshepard, and I would agree with her assessment on this one. Maybe the 13-year old, but not the younger ones.
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Post by BoB3K on Jan 21, 2009 9:20:46 GMT -5
The problem with CT is the movies. Agreed. Wasp Woman and Santa Clause are the tamest, but beyond that, I wouldn't say any of CT's movies are appropriate for younger viewers. Oozing skull has a disgusting (with albeit cheesy 'effects') extended surgery scene and battery acid being poured on a retarded guy. Doomsday Machine has floating corpses with blood coming out of their eyes and sexual advances that verge on rape attempts. Legacey of Blood has incest and skin-lamps and, well really, the whole movie. Frankestein is actually pretty tame except for some hidden nudity, although I doubt the boob blimp is at the live showings, and the whole movie just has a creepy, slimey feel to it. Add to that the Vampire Blood movie that we know they've done that I've read has "creepy vampire incest, and topped off with ridiculous racism."
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Post by MonsterX on Jan 21, 2009 9:43:13 GMT -5
I’ve been watching gory monster movies since I was a little kid, so the idea of a kid seeing them to be isn’t such a big deal. I’d say 10 and up is ok. Look, if you have a 10 year old boy then it’s probably nothing he hasn’t already seen, heard or said himself.
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Post by ilmatto on Jan 21, 2009 18:58:38 GMT -5
Oh, god. You saw Hershell Gordon Lewis at a young age! I am envious! (But even then, you had to know it was a pretty bad film!) I do have a copy of it on DVD, by the way. I always wanted to turn it into a stage musical. I can't remember what I had for lunch but I can still see that retarded guy cutting that girl open and taking out her liver and playing with it, like I saw it yesterday, instead of 39-40 years ago.
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