Maybe these children are going to want to shoot aliens at an earlier age now. Wait...
Edit: Am I wrong? What exactly is the concern with Aliens here? Kids already like guys shooting aliens. Is there some sort of "alien-violence puberty" that I am not aware of?
I've upvoted you because I'm noticing a pattern on this topic where anyone questioning the "think of the children!" attitude is being downvoted.
Before you guys downvote me; I'm a parent. The boy is now 13yo and has been growing up with Star Trek, Dr Who, and whatever other sci-fi I like to watch. Even some Dr Who and Star Trek had material some of you would consider to be a bit 'iffy' to show kids. Doesn't seem to have done my son any harm - he's growing into a well balanced kid who goes to the Air Cadets, is popular, and does well at school.
As a parent, I see no harm in showing 11 year old boys Aliens.
Listen - you cannot wrap your kids up in cotton wool. The reality of life is way more brutal and uncaring than is shown in a mere film.
As long as these kids understand that it's just a story, that it involves plastic and latex models, these are actors, and so on and so forth - where's the harm for these 11yo kids?
Like I say - life is hard. I for one don't want my son growing up to be some limp-wristed little snowflake because I shielded him from all sorts of things. Seriously guys, get real.
> Even some Dr Who and Star Trek had material some of you would consider to be a bit 'iffy' to show kids
No, people are arguing against films like Saw or their 1980s equivalents.
> Like I say - life is hard. I for one don't want my son growing up to be some limp-wristed little snowflake because I shielded him from all sorts of things. Seriously guys, get real.
What life lessons is a child going to learn from watching "Hostel"?
I'm specifically talking about whether it's 'bad' or not for 11yo boys to watch Aliens. Keep to the subject. Why mention some other film when I'm talking about Aliens?
I despise people who try to 'win' their argument by constantly shifting the goalposts.
Other people are talkig about films like Saw. Why are you trying to win the argument that nobody here is having?
But, if you want to talk about Aliens: plenty of people in this thread have spoken about the distress they felt when watching Aliens as teenagers. What life lesson is an eleven year old going to learn from watching Aliens?
Other people may be talking about Saw, I'm not. I'm specifically talking about the film that was mentioned in the first place and is being talked about in the original post.
I'm also not trying to win any argument. I'm presenting my opinion - on that one specific topic of the original post.
A small selection of posters say they were 'distressed' when watching Aliens? What they call 'stress', I call 'being thrilled' - exactly the intention of the film.
"What life lesson is an eleven year old going to learn from watching Aliens?" - you learn whether or not you like watching these types of films or not. Don't like it? Don't watch another one. Lesson learned. Think you got traumatised over it in some way? Go find someone to talk about it and help you through it - nevertheless, a lesson was learned one way or the other.
Edit: Am I wrong? What exactly is the concern with Aliens here? Kids already like guys shooting aliens. Is there some sort of "alien-violence puberty" that I am not aware of?