Okay - it seems I have a bit of a love-hate thing going on with BBC Worldwide. The DVD distribution arm that is. Ever since DW S3 came out BBC Worldwide has embraced the Disneyesque passion for an excessive amount of trailers for their DVDs before the opening menu. Sounds okay in principle but it's their choice of trailers that's at issue
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Children of Earth trailers have no business being on anything aimed at children, FFS.
(It has a certificate 15 here and rightly so. Sarah Jane Adventures has a PG rating, which is - if you include 12A as a separate rating - two full steps down from a 15. I don't think they'd be allowed to do a CoE trailer on a SJA DVD here, although I am not an expert.)
Haven't seen CoE, don't intend to.
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I don't have anything constructive to say, since I think I lack the perspective. I distinctly remember loving Jurassic Park when it came out and I was - *checks* - apparently seven.
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They thought about leaving but decided I was fine when I spent the whole time fussing over where the cat was and whether the monster got it. (Needless to say I was pleased with the ending. ;) )
(This is the reason why I don't get the whole "watching behind the sofa" Whovian thing.)
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When trailers are put on DVD's they cannot be rated higher than the rating for the main feature itself, so I'm not sure how they've managed this in the first place unless they somehow got that trailer classed as PG.
It might be useful to try contacting the BBFC about it http://www.bbfc.co.uk/
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I'll check out that link. :)
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from what I read though, it sounds like they can use a trailer from a higher rated film/show, but only if the trailer itself is cut in such a way that it qualifies for the lower rating.
hope I explained that right, lol
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While looking for the CoE trailer on YT I saw many versions that are spooky without being horrific, just like ones for the regular series' of TW. Sadly, the one they chose to include was not *any* of those, meh.
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