[bobbyi]

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there wasn't PG-13 back then right? cause thats the rating it would have got.

if i remember correctly it was just G,PG,R...

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PG-13 was created because there was some outcry about the films Gremlins and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom because they contained moderate gore but were rated PG. They received a PG rating since they weren't bad enough for R, but some parents still thought they were inapporpriate for little kids, thus a new "in between" rating was added. Gremlins came out not long after ET and tried to capitalize on that by displaying Spielberg's name prominently and promoting the cuteness of Gizmo, which is why some thought it was a cute Christmas movie and did not expect it to turn into a pseudo-horror movie. Temple of Doom has a guy getting his heart ripped out of his chest which apparently is a good way to get rating systems invented or revised since Kano ripping out hearts in Mortal Kombat years later was one of the reasons we now have the ESRB.