Whether by convention or by (prior) Rule we didn't add Rating Detail (e.g. "For Violence and Language") when the disc had a rating of NR.

Since Unrated was added i've seen a couple submissions with Unrated or NR plus Ratings Detail found on the packaging.

I don't particularly mind mixing them and the Rules (at least now) don't prohibit having Unrated/NR with Ratings detail.  But is that the right answer?

That doesn't make sense to me. If a film has been rated "R" for sex and violence, say, and then is released together with an unrated version - are you really saying there won't be any sex and violence in the unrated version as well?

I would say it's perfectly reasonable to add the rating details. You're just as much describing why the film hasn't been rated as much as you are.

Quoting northbloke:

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That doesn't make sense to me. If a film has been rated "R" for sex and violence, say, and then is released together with an unrated version - are you really saying there won't be any sex and violence in the unrated version as well?

I would say it's perfectly reasonable to add the rating details. You're just as much describing why the film hasn't been rated as much as you are.

Well, in the instances where there are two rated versions on a disc, it can change so it's not unreasonable to think it could happen with a rated one vs. unrated. Take for instance Terminator Salvation. The one version was rated PG-13 for "Intense Sequences of Sci-Fi Violence and Action, and Language" while the R-rated one was for "Some Violence and Brief Nudity". So the R-rated one has no language now? Is the violence now less "intense"?

Another example, though on separate discs, is Daredevil: PG-13 for "Action/Violence and Some Sensuality" and R for "Violence and Language". Action and Sensuality was dropped but Language was added.

Point is, things in the rated version may or may not apply to the Unrated one so I don't think those details belong. Yes, more often than not the details probably pertain but how do we determine when? I say rather than guessing just apply any details associated with the unrated version.

Quoting GSyren:

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The rating details are not a general description of the movie. It's an explanation given by the MPAA (or equivalent rating board) as to why the movie was rated the way it was. If there is no rating, then it follows that there can be no explanation from the rating board for said rating.

As I have said before, shoehorning in imaginary data (in this case a "rating" that is not a rating) has consequences...

That is true as well.

Quoting GSyren:

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The rating details are not a general description of the movie. It's an explanation given by the MPAA (or equivalent rating board) as to why the movie was rated the way it was. If there is no rating, then it follows that there can be no explanation from the rating board for said rating.

As I have said before, shoehorning in imaginary data (in this case a "rating" that is not a rating) has consequences...

Gunner:

It's not imaginary data according to the screen cap posted by Pete. It's right there on the cover.

On that I will agree, BUT they are Profiler ratings and as such if additional ratings advisory does appear, such as pete's example then yes it should be used. Now how I feel personally about the whole subject is anoither matter entirely.

Well, Skip, I disagree, on the grounds that it's illogical.

Rating details for something that has no rating is like saying "I have no car, and it's blue".

But that's just me, I guess. 

Quoting GSyren:

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Rating details for something that has no rating is like saying "I have no car, and it's blue".

But that's just me, I guess. 

I would say that's not a wholy accurate analogy.

Try this one:

Rated: I've been in that night club, and it's noisy.

Not Rated: I'm not going into that night club, because it's noisy.

That's the way I see it anyway.

Ace:

You should at least pick a title that has an associated Unrated Advisory information withit,which Blade Trinity does not. Like the screen cap that Pete posted that very clearly has Advisory data togo with the Not Rated. Applying a non-existent advisory would be purely fictional and would belong ONLY in your local, don't presume that your made up advisory would have any significance for anyone beyond yourself.

I still wonder what all the hubbub is about I KNOW why Blade Trinity is Unrated to me, I also not that it is Unrated, I don't need Profiler to tell me that. If my 12 year old grandson brought my copy of Blade Trinity and told me he wanted to watch it, I would not need to refer to Profiler for that answer, the answer would be NO!!!!! Sometimes I think we have become way to reliable on Programs, the government, The MPAA or whatever body you want to refer to be our Nanny as we aren't capable of this stuff on our own.

I suppose one might ask why my 12-year old grandson might evenbe able to pull Blade Trinity from the shelf, well, I am not set up a special storage closet for only my unrated material to go into or my R and Unrated.   That's crazy. I do my own policing of my library, when it's not in storage