Poll: How old should kids be before you show 'em Firefly/Serenity...?

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 13:31
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JOELIST

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 4:17 AM

I would imagine the Serenity really has little in the way of objectionable material.

Firefly the series has, frankly, a LOT of sex talk plus (as noted) some explicit sex scenes. Add in Inora's occupation (which Serenity really never gets into) and the series really requires watching only with adults present to explain and discuss.

COPILOTLEONARD

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:12 PM

Well I'm gonna say I know a 7 year old who has seen it, but of course he didn't understand most of the adult humor. So I guess 7 or 8 for the series and movie

"Oh no what could it be? We're all going to die. Who's flying this thing? Oh right, that would be me, back to work"

THESOMNAMBULIST

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:31 PM

Tough call Big "C"

Kids can be scared by the most banal of things and then they can seemingly be completely disaffected by stuff.

I remember when Jaws 1st came on TV, I was about 10, and my mum was worried about letting me watch it. By about the time the head coming out of the hole in the boat scene came along, I was covering my mums eyes up for her and telling her when it was ok to watch :D She covered up her own ears when the score kicked in :D Soon after I watched things like Alien and Zombie Flesh Eaters without ever flinching.

Then one day the news showed the Storming of the Iranian embassy live on tv and I couldn't sleep for days. It was just too much for me. It was real.

I don't have kids so it's difficult for me to say really - but I watched Beethoven (the dog film) with my niece and nephews. Now that last half hour where you think the dog's gonna die, just about shattered my nerves to hell! I thought my niece and nephew may get distraught, but no nothing, they loved it!

Then we watch a harmless film like the Iron Giant and the pounding of his feet on the ground really put the shivers up them, and we had to turn it off.

There's no way to tell. I guess if they see your at ease with things it may also put them at ease, but I think some of the way the Reavers is shot would maybe cause some fright, more for the sudden way it flashes in front of you.

So hard to tell mate.

The
Somnambulist

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