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Right on the money! We've seen this happen so many times. In order to make the parents happy, they would water down R rated franchises or at least give them family-friendly(animated or live-action) spin-offs. This would often dilute the franchises and as you said, even kids would see that it's not as appealing when it's watered down. This also shows that Hollyweird seems to have this delusional notion that R rated films can't be exciting, appealing, and interesting enough to where they can be box office winners. They seem to think that R rated films have to be dull, so serious, and extreme. But that shouldn't have to be the case. R rated films can be fun and enthralling like other films that have different ratings. Not to mention, these films happen to appeal to children even though they're not geared toward children. And that's not the films' fault. It's not against the law nor nature for children to watch R rated movies. It's just that there can be content in these films that aren't appropriate for children. But not every child are the same. Some children can handle the stuff that goes on in R rated films while other children can't. It's ultimately up to the parents to be responsible when it comes to talking to their children about things that happen in R rated films.

Indeed! And what these jokers don't get is that watering down R rated film franchises would drive audiences AWAY than stay and the films would often lose money as a result. They don't want to acknowledge this but at times the appeal to children is that the R rating is looked at as the forbidden fruit if the films end up being interesting for the kids. Sometimes, it's because of things like curiosity and wanting to experience something that seems exciting for adults that children want to also watch films that aren't geared toward them and have higher ratings.

Plus, logically speaking, in life, you're only a child for such a short amount of time whereas you'll grow into an adult and remain an adult for the rest of your life. There will always be children born into this world and children need their own entertainment. But, it's the adults that make up most of the audiences and are obviously the ones making the films.

YOU SAID NOTHING BUT A WORD! It's awful and insulting that they seem to think that children aren't intelligent enough to have some entertainment that's a little "meaty" when it comes to story substance and moderate content. And yes, it's extremely insulting to the children when they water down hard-edged properties in order to "appeal" to their demographic. With the recent Deadpool 2/Once Upon a Deadpool debacle, this proves that there are certain franchises that should be left the way they are. From what I heard from a few people, they said that there were children in both film screenings and the children prefer the R rated version.

I even heard last week that there surprisingly were quite a few parents bringing their children to see John Wick 3: Parabellum and they say that the film was ultra-violent and gruesome AF. Yet, they all enjoyed it. So, what does that tell you?

I can't believe it either. They shouldn't have given Deadpool 2 a PG-13 rated cut. That was and STILL IS BEYOND STUPID. Especially since China is said to be not too impressed with Once Upon a Deadpool themselves and I think they made the film specifically to be shown in China. Sure, it made some money in China, but not as much as they had hoped. Ironic, isn't it? Deadpool is meant for teenagers and adults, and he should remain that way. If children want to see his films or read his comics and their parents are okay with that, the parents should allow them to do so with caution. As I've said before, it's ultimately the parents' responsibility to talk to their children about the kind of content and characters that are in R rated films and other forms of media aimed at mature audiences. And yes, these damn studios are constantly insulting children's intelligence whenever they water-down R rated properties and not even realizing that the fact that those properties being hard-edged are among the main reasons why children want to see them.

Wow. That sounds dumb and insane. From demonic to alien-like? Todd McFarlane shouldn't have had to tone down his Spawn toy collections in order to not frighten the children who may have liked the character. SMH.

Yeah, I heard that Bob Iger said that Deadpool won't be part of the MCU and will be part of his own universe. Still, I wouldn't put it passed Iger and the greedy ass rat to try and pull something stupid with Deadpool. As you said, the disaster of OUAD should show them that there are certain things and characters that SHOULDN'T BE NEUTERED and WATERED DOWN. Again, especially since even children prefer Deadpool in all of his uncensored, raunchy, gory, and foul-mouthed glory. Otherwise, how come in 2016, when the first film was released, there were a surprising number of children who were making such a fuss in wanting to see this film out of all of the PG-13 rated comic book films released that year? Of all of the 2016 comic book/superhero films like Captain America: Civil War, Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, Doctor Strange, and even Suicide Squad, children wanted to really see Deadpool. Sure, it was the first film of this particular genre that was released that year. But due to the brilliant marketing and promotion and growing public interest, children wanted to also see and enjoy the film like their parents. Now, keep in mind that the other films I've named are rated PG-13 and many other films released that year were aimed at younger audiences were also PG-13 or PG. This film is rated R and aimed at older audiences. You would think that the children would've been going crazy for the films aimed at them, and in some cases, they were, and not even care about this film. But no. No way. Of all of these films, Deadpool was the film that had everyone, especially young children buzzing. And in a surprising way, Deadpool as a character became a character that children couldn't help but look up to even though he's such an outrageous and vulgar character. Maybe the fact that he's so outrageous and vulgar are some of the main reasons why children love him. And the studio watering Deadpool down would take away his cool factor and appeal to the children.

Wow. That was crazy. Spawn is great exactly the way he is. He shouldn't have watered down his own creation to appeal to younger audiences. That is often a HUGE MISTAKE in any case.

THIS!!! ^ I have no hope for Carnage. If they can remove Venom's balls, they can do the same to Carnage. SMH.

In fact, forgive me for kind of going off topic, I just saw a video where it was discussed that The Dark Pheonix is one of the worst rated X-Men films of the franchise and they mentioned Once Upon a Deadpool as being one of the worst rated films of the franchise as well. Yet, Deadpool 2 had positive ratings like the first film and they're both R rated. It was even mentioned that Logan is the best rated X-Men film of the franchise and IT'S RATED R as well! So, even most of the critics weren't feeling OUAD either. What this shows is that watering something that's purposefully aimed at mature audiences just to appease younger audiences and their parents is a HUGE MISTAKE.

As you said, characters like Deadpool and Spawn have that forbidden fruit factor that makes them so cool and appealing to underage audiences. Watering them down will dilute them and the children will probably most likely not be interested any longer. Not to mention, in the case of Deadpool, despite being rated R, the character AND the actor who portrays him still associates himself with children. Especially in the beautiful case where Ryan Reynolds would entertain children sick with cancer when they would visit the Deadpool film sets. Knowing how cancer is unpredictable and treacherous, especially when it comes to children and the heartbreaking fact that they may not make it to adulthood, they should be able to watch these films despite the R rating.