Remember when a movie could kill off its hero in a burst of machine gun fire, including putting at least one slug through his forehead — onscreen! — show blood spattering the wall behind him and, as if that weren’t brutal enough, proceed toclimax the film by destroying the Earth and all life as we know it — and it would get rated G?
Remember when a movie could show Big Bare Bouncing Boobies in closeup — and it would get rated PG?
Who’s sitting on the ratings board these days? Tipper Goare, Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Church Lady?
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On the other hand….the PG movie experience you describe was rare enough that I immediately knew which movie you were describing.
At least a couple of other movies came to mind, including Beastmaster and Sheena which, while not being quite so blatant about it, did get away with much more at PG than any PG-13 movie does today (cf. The Scorpion King and Kelly Hu’s computer enhanced hair).