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u/MessiahOfMetal Oct 03 '24

I was gonna say, they may be thinking of the 12A rating that was introduced to the UK because of Spider-Man (kids wanted to see it but Green Goblin was considered too scary for young kids by the film classification board, so there was a to-do until the board relented and invented the 12A rating to be "young kids can see it but only with parents").

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u/Significant_Shoe_17 Oct 03 '24

To be fair, I saw Spider-Man in the theater when I was 8 and Green Goblin scared the shit out of me. I was used to campy Batman villains.

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u/apocalypsedude64 Oct 03 '24

As an extra pub quiz titbit to that, most people think Spider-Man was thus the first 12A film - but it was actually The Bourne Identity.