Movie Ratings

I've taken a break from my "Mystical Creatures" series to talk about something that has been really bugging me. Movie Ratings.

Million Dollar Arm is the new Disney movie about two Indians coming to America to make a name in baseball. You may have heard of it. On Saturday, I watched the movie. It is rated PG yet there was mention of sex and beer. Mostly beer.

My first thought is why the heck is this rated PG? I'm sure many parents who took their kids to watch the movie thought the same thing. But then, I thought about it a little more.

On the "Why the Heck?" side, ALL the movies these days that are rated PG are movies such as Frozen. Completely age appropriate for those that are in Kindergarten. Drugs and sex do NOT fit into the age appropriate Frozen-like movies! Not at all. Many parents would agree with me.

On the other hand, PG means "Parental Guidance". My first question is for what ages? Do I need to bring my parents to this movie when I'm thirty? Would they need to bring their parents? But I'm not going into that right now. But technically, the abbreviation would make me think that anyone 17 or under would fit under the category of Parental Guidance, but then wouldn't PG be the equivalent of R?

Whatever happened to the rating of G? Many PG movies these days belong in the rating of G. The only G-rated movies that we have anymore are nature films. Or the coca-cola polar bear movie which hasn't came out yet. Or maybe isn't an actual movie.... But my point is most movies which we rate PG should be G-rated movies.

Ratings have no meaning anymore. All these directors and movie rating people need to get together and decide exactly what movies fall into what rating. I don't know what the process they have for rating movies is now, but I can tell you that it needs adjusting.

Mystical Creatures - part 8

Skeleton

This might have been slightly inspired by the Percy Jackson series but I don't know for sure.

Skeletons get to pick one paranormal activity. Choose from the ones listed in Ghost in an above part.

Skeletons can sense people in danger.

They can make someone ill or hurt.

They can make themselves have flesh, so they appear to be a normal human.

They have the ability to wave their hand over another person and see their skeleton - sort of like an x-ray machine.

Zombie

This one was partly inspired by Wizards of Waverly Place but most of it was just typical Zombie-known stuff.

Zombies have mind control.

They can do three things to people: Make them talk gibberish, make them be very slow, make them look 

ugly.

They can remove their body parts.

They come with two normal possibilities (to be discussed later): Dancing and Spying.

Troll

This one was inspired by American Dragon: Jake Long

Trolls have super strength.

They can change the color of their skin.

They can't go in sunshine, otherwise they turn into stone.

They are known to love chaos.

They can make mountains.

Satyr

This one was definitely inspired by Percy Jackson.

Satyrs can sense others emotions.

They can cause weather phenomenons.

They have forest powers (plant, trees, etc.)

They are talented at playing instruments: Music.

Mystical Creatures - part 7

Genie

This might have been inspired by Wizards of Waverly Place

They can turn tiny, or grant any wishes seen or heard but it is their choice whether they want to grant it and they CAN'T  grant wishes said or written by themselves.

And if someone has their lamps they must do whatever they say, so if you are a Genie lock your lamp up tight.

Gnome

I think part of this was inspired by Gnomeo and Juliet but not a lot.

Can teleport, turn into plastic, make things turn into plastic, make people hear things, and make people not able to move.

Again, a gnome's general appearance is short but can appear tall.

It think this was helped by Liz and Elisha, but most memorably Elisha.

Phoenix

I think this was inspired a little by Harry Potter and maybe Percy Jackson  or something written by Rick Riordan.

Phoenixes can heal, turn into any bird and control fire.

A few thing about phoenixes is they are reborn from ashes, have good eyesight and sharp hearing.

Elisha helped with this one.

Dwarf

Dwarves come with one super power which you can pick from Superhero above.

Dwarves like everyone and loves to work.

Their natural appearance is short, but they can appear tall.

Giant

Giants come with on super power which you can pick from Superhero above.

Giants can either be huge or a normal size.

Giants have super strength.

I think Elisha might have helped with this one.

Mystical Creatures part 6

Superhero

There is a list of superhero powers to choose from and here they are: Invisibility (to be around but no one sees you), Speed (to go really fast), Strength (be really strong), Flying (Fly), Water (Control water), Fire (control fire), Air (Control winds), Mind Control (can make others do what they say), Mind Reading (can listen to other people's thoughts), Animal (can turn into any animal), Teleport (can go from one place to another without moving), Tele (to move objects without touching them), Ice (controls ice)

Normal

Have no powers but have an extra normal possibility. Normally born in a family of mystical creatures.

Leprechaun

Leprechauns can make gold, can make it so they look tall but are actually short, can make people lucky or unlucky and can change their voice to sound like anyone.

I think Elisha pitched some ideas for this one.

Elf

This was partially inspired by Wizards of Waverly Place

An Elf has a few traits they can't turn off or on. 1. Everybody has to like them. Nobody can hate them. 2. They have good hearing. They can hear practically EVERYTHING! 3. Their body temperature is the same as the weather outside, so if it's -43 for example, an Elf would be freezing while when its 93 it would be hot, no matter what heat or air conditioning is on.

Like a Leprechaun they natural form is short, but they can make themselves tall and they also are really good at inventing things.

Element

This one was made up by Liz and I.

This person is made out of a certain "Element" but look human. The elements to choose from are Water (this means they are made of water and when they touch water they turn into water, and can control water), Fire (made of fire and turns into fire when it touches them, and can control fire), Air (made of air and turns into it only during strong breezes, can control air), Earth (made of rock and can turn into it when they touch rocks, can control things that have to do with Earth like rock), Weather (When goes outside turns into weather, can control weather), Dark (made of darkness and turns into darkness when touched by it, control darkness), Light (made of light and turns into the light when touched by it, controls light)

Mystical Creatures - part 5

Oracle

This was influenced slightly by Percy Jackson and partly American Dragon: Jake Long

There are several things you must choose for oracle. First you must choose if they are 1. Good (which means you always predict good stuff, and you must be Goth), 2. Bad (always predicts bad stuff, are usually peppy and happy all the time - I think we all know how these people are), 3. Good and Bad (Can predict both, is normal), .4. Question (Can answer any question asked correctly, this means you don't have to choose from the other two)

The next thing you need to choose is if you see 1. Past (To see things that happened before) 2. Present (Can see what is happening right now) 3. Future (What oracles are supposed to predict, sees what will happen)

The last thing to choose is how you get the vision. 1. Glowing eyes (when you are "predicting" something your eyes glow) 2. Dream (You see everything in a dream which you can't wake up from until it is over)

If I am not mistaken, I think Elisha helped me a little with this one.

Unicorn

Unicorns can fly, make it stop raining, make gems and (duh!) turn into a horse.

Unicorns also get three super powers which you can see under Superhero below.

I think Elisha, Liz and Jordan all had a little input on this one.

Pegasus

Pegasi (the plural of Pegasus) can fly and (duh!) turn into a horse.

It also comes with two superpowers which you can see under Superhero.

Ghost

This was probably inspired a little by Mostly Ghostly: Who Let the Ghosts Out? and mostly by Danny Phantom

Ghosts can fly, turn invisible, take over bodies, go through anything, and shoot lasers from their hands.

Also when you are around ghosts, it is always cold.

Ghosts can have one of these powers: Doors (can open and close doors without touching them), Voice (can make their voice sound like anything, especially something creepy), Lights (can turn lights on and off without touching them), Animal (can turn into any animal), Skeleton (when they wave their hand over a person's bodies, anyone can see that person's bones), Multiple (this means you can have more than one, this is up to eight), Tele (can move things without touching them), Memory Loss (can make people forget things), Mind Manipulator (Can enter people's minds, make them see whatever you want them to see), Fear Frenzy (Can make someone be seen as everyone else's worst fears for example if someone is scared of spiders, that person will be seen as a spider. Same goes with clowns, etc.)

This was helped partly by Liz.

Mystical Creatures - part 4

Vampire

I think this was mainly influenced by My Babysitters a Vampire

Vampires have strength, speed and can mind message, which is like sending message telepathically (we usually did this by talking with an echo-echo-echo-cho).

They also are influenced by full moons and have no reflection. Then there is the other basic stuff which I'm pretty sure I don't have to mention.

Liz helped me a little with this one.

Dragon

I think this was mostly influenced by American Dragon: Jake Long

All dragons can: Shape-shift, duplicate, have strength, and their scales work as a shield when activated.

All dragons have one special power. You can choose from: Earth (control things that have to do with earth, such as earthquakes, volcanoes etc., they can sense vibrations in the ground and tell what or who is coming, blow rocks), Air (can control winds), Water (controls water, blow water), Fire (control fire, blow fire), Sleep (can make people fall asleep, blow sleep), Poison (make people sick, blow poison), Ice (control ice, blow ice), Storm (controls storms, blow lightning)

Don't forget to pick a color for your dragon!

Elisha helped me with this one using a book. I forgot what that book was called but I would like to thank Elisha and the author of that book.

Mix

Basically this means you have multiple powers. You can "inherit" up to eight powers. (Meaning you could be half Dragon, half Demigod, half etc.)

Angel

I think this was influenced partly by Wizards of Waverly Place

Angel cans fly, mind message (discussed this in Vampire), turn invisible (this is a special type where not even other invisible people can see you unless you wish), see invisible people, and have mind control.

An angel must do good things, unless someone somehow gets her to steer bad and then she/he must do all sorts of bad things. (A dark angel if you will)

Everyone when around does good things.

I believe some of the ideas came from Liz and possibly Jordan.

Mystical Creatures - part 3

Centaur

The idea for centaurs mainly came from Percy Jackson I believe.

Centaurs can turn half horse, are skilled at archery and come with two superhero powers. (These are covered in the superhero section in another part.)

Cyclops

I'm not sure, but I believe at least some of the ideas for this one came from Percy Jackson.

Cyclops have one eye, but can hide it by magical glasses.

They have strength, are immune to fire, and can sound like anyone.

Elisha helped me a little bit with this one I believe.

Triclops

This one is inspired by Pair of Kings.

These are like Cyclops, but they have a third eye on their forehead. They are known for wearing bandanas and hats.

They can look in two places at once and come with one super power (Again, I will be covering these in Superheroes)

Werewolf

This was mainly influenced by Wizards of Waverly Place and Boy who cried Werewolf.

Werewolves have strength, speed, good reflexes, can jump really REALLY high.

They also can turn into a dog whenever they want, and on full moons a (duh) werewolf.