Damn you Zack Snyder and damn your Watchmen!  The blame for this distressing piece of news falls squarely on your shoulders…

The upcoming Terminator Salvation has had a big, metallic question mark hanging over it’s MPAA rating since director McG first came on board.  Could the creator of shit like Charlie’s Angels deliver a violent, kick-ass R-rated Terminator film?  The issue surfaced repeatedly at various conventions with McG swearing last year that he was given no mandate by WB in regards to the rating… if it’s an R it’s an R he said.  This year’s WonderCon saw much of the same but with a hint of desperation.  He appealed to the audience by saying an R-rated Terminator: Salvation would feature a topless and wet Moon Bloodgood… while a PG-13 version would not.  Then he asked the crowd which they preferred.  Personally, and especially with the lovely Miss Bloodgood there on stage, I found the entire exchange tasteless, sexist, and childish.  But goddamn I cheered for that R-rating…

AICN has recently reported that those throaty cries of virgins and online press reporters alike was all for naught as the film has likely received a PG-13 rating.  Their source?  This Pizza Hut web site featuring a tie-in with the film… and a PG-13 rating at the bottom of the page.  Distressing news indeed (if it holds true).  Although a single pair of hot, wet breasts have appeared in PG-13 films before… hell, Gene Wilder’s The Woman in Red was PG-13 and featured Kelly LeBrock’s lips.  Both pairs.  So there’s still hope…

If true, the question becomes why would WB want a PG-13 Terminator for the first time in the franchise’s history?  Generally speaking, the lesser rating allows for more ticket buyers and higher box-office.  Specifically speaking, the studio has already seen one high profile, R-rated film underwhelm financially (and no, I’m not claiming Watchmen bombed).  Leaving Bloodgood’s glorious orbs aside, a PG-13 also implies a softer, less violent and intense film than Terminator‘s past, but that may not necessarily be the case.  The MPAA is a fucked-up group of nazis who may look upon futuristic “sci-fi violence” differently from real world violence… and yes, the previous films also involved robots but they were in present day settings.  (I know.  It’s a reach.)  And let’s not forget The Dark Knight was a PG-13 too…

What do you think of a PG-13 Terminator film?  Did I cross a line by referring to Kelly LeBrock’s vagina?