To follow your logic, if they can't punish movie theatres for letting 13 year olds into R-rated movies, why rate the movies at all? After all, the whole movie rating system is completely voluntary.
Public relations, really. If there was not a ratings system, the MPAA is afraid that the government would make one.
They are not. It alternates between male and female names. It has just been that the three category 5 hurricanes were female.
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While I do not exactly think everything should be free, there is a small, but dedicated effort to create a true alternative to the IMDB. Currently, it is known as MovieWiki. It is still in development and final details are TBD, but it seems to be the best chance at an open movie database.
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To follow your logic, if they can't punish movie theatres for letting 13 year olds into R-rated movies, why rate the movies at all? After all, the whole movie rating system is completely voluntary.
Public relations, really. If there was not a ratings system, the MPAA is afraid that the government would make one.
This compiles to a program which prints to standard output:
"I think this is what he means"
They are not. It alternates between male and female names. It has just been that the three category 5 hurricanes were female.
While I do not exactly think everything should be free, there is a small, but dedicated effort to create a true alternative to the IMDB. Currently, it is known as MovieWiki. It is still in development and final details are TBD, but it seems to be the best chance at an open movie database.