JennifersLost Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I can't remember if I asked this before, but I meant to. Can I watch this with my kids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 The new one or the old one? The new one=no. I watch the show but sometimes wonder why I do. There is never any levity in the program. It's always one bad thing after the other. Lots of serious drama. I've never once seen the writers use any kind of humor to lighten the situation or provide relief from the troubles these people go through. It's a dark program. And the actors mumble a lot. They do it on purpose (I read in an interview) and that can be irritating. So, you'd have to turn it up loud to hear half of the conversations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeacherZee Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 No. Absolutely not. I wouldn't let anyone under the age of 15 watch it. And over 15 would depend on the child. I love the show but it is not a family show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.S. Burrow Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 No. Absolutely not. I wouldn't let anyone under the age of 15 watch it. And over 15 would depend on the child. I love the show but it is not a family show. :iagree: The new one is NOT for family viewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Dh and I are huge fans of the new one, but no we do not watch it with our kids. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetTN Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I've watched it a few times and would not ever consider letting my dd watch it. It is very dark and the characters are so stressed and unhappy. I found nothing redeeming in it...but, as I said, I have only watched a few shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferB Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 ABSOLUTELY NOT! Do not watch this by yourself, with your husband, or with your children! I hate this show with a passion. There's this man who has a woman haunting him in his thoughts with sexual stuff, and it's quite graphic for my taste. My husband is really upset that this show had such graphic sexuality, because he really likes SciFi, which is usually family friendly, but this one is not. He wrote the show a letter telling them that he cannot watch this with his wife because it's too sexually graphic. Aparantly one of his friends told him that they "cleaned up" the show, but I still wouldn't touch it with a 10 ft. pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ria Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 We watch it with our kids, but it does contain stuff that can be problematic for many. Ria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangearrow Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Dh and I love this show - but yeah - not for family viewing (at least not for our family, lol). :) I'd say 15 is probably when we'd let our kids watch it. I think one also has to watch from the beginning (beginning with the miniseries) - or else you would be hopelessly confused as to who's real and who's only in someone's head. lol Shows like Rome or the Tudors on HBO were a lot more sexually graphic than this show, but ymmv for sure. :) There are definitely sex scenes on this show - but no nudity, if that makes any difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Dh & I love this show. I think it grapples with a lot of interesting philosophical and political questions. I really look forward to one day sharing it with my kids and discussing it with them, but no, that day is not soon. Dd1 is very sensitive to some topics, so it may well be even after fifteen before I feel it's appropriate to share with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 It's not the sexual stuff that bothers me, although I wouldn't let my kids watch it for that reason. It's the language and the "oh my gods!" expressions. Personally, I want to see how it ends at this point because everything is going to there in a hand basket right now. And I want to see for sure who the last cylon is. I have ideas but nothing positive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Your kids are teens, so *maybe*. Depends on what else you find acceptable for them. My kids are younger, and I'd say "no, definitely not" for them... Think of it as about a PG-13 level in terms of sex, violence... If the language were the same as ours (they use some "equivalent" phrases), I think the language would get it an R. A lot of politics and plotting. Probably not even *interesting* for younger kids. For older teens though, I can see it making for interesting discussion-starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Funny this came up now. We watched the miniseries that starts it all off this weekend, and our oldest (13) was watching the first few minutes. Right after he went upstairs to bed (under protest), a scene came on that was explicit enough, DH and I both turned to each other and said, "No, E won't be watching this." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennifersLost Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 I am SO glad I asked! I had this in my hand the other day for a family movie. This doesn't sound right for our family. I'll try it out with dh at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamnkats Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I can't remember if I asked this before, but I meant to. Can I watch this with my kids? Depends on your kids. There is a rape scene in Season2 that we had a discussion about beforehand. We always watched WITH the kids (we've only seen up to Season 3 as we haven't been able to get Season 4 DVDs yet). My boys were 12 and 14 when we watched (and still are). We have had some amazing conversations prompted by that show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWSJ Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 He wrote the show a letter telling them that he cannot watch this with his wife because it's too sexually graphic. Then who does your husband watch the show with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferB Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Then who does your husband watch the show with? :glare: He doesn't watch it anymore. He used to watch it with me. Sometimes he watched it alone while I was preping for school or whatnot. He wrote the letter to tell the producers that it was too embarrassing to watch it with his wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 :glare: He doesn't watch it anymore. He used to watch it with me. Sometimes he watched it alone while I was preping for school or whatnot. He wrote the letter to tell the producers that it was too embarrassing to watch it with his wife. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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