M&M’s Transformers Corrupt Kids
Long ago, when the ratings system was new, its standards wouldn't necessarily make a whole lot of sense to today's zealous parents. In 1968, "Planet of The Apes," was a G movie, and in 1976 "The Bad News Bears" was PG -- alleged family fare with enough beer consumption and racial tension to make Paul Haggis blush.
Over the years, parents got pickier; mild profanity got elided from the "G," and the gap between "PG" and "R" got too broad. After "Gremlins" and "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" came out in 1984, scaring the holy crap out of kids and angering their folks, "PG-13" came along. And then parents never complained about ratings ever again, because they finally had enough information to make good judgments about what was appropriate for their children.
Nah, just kidding.
Maybe it's a clich
