Terrible Analogies

If you haven’t picked up your copy of Lord Of The Rings on blu-ray, what the heck are you waiting for?  Yeah, yeah, I know…”no EE, no sale.”  But when do you honestly expect the extended versions to be released?  And if you’re willing to pass up on the theatrical versions, then you have more self control than I.

As my greedy, sweaty hands ripped into the soft plastic skin of this box set, I couldn’t help but notice the following MPAA ratings on the back of the box:

Hmmm…what’s the difference between “Scary Images” and “Frightening Images”.  I would think that there’s enough of a difference between the two to distinguish “Scary” and “Frightening”.

Utilizing the vast, unbridled power of the tubernets, I see that Webster defines “scared” as:

Thrown into or being in a state of fear, fright, or panic

And “frightened” as:

1 : to make afraid : terrify
2 : to drive or force by frightening

These two definitions seem to define the same thing, so why does the MPAA differentiate between the two?  Is this simply busy work?  A way to justify their existence?

Of course there’s always the option that I’m making too big of a deal about this trivial matter.

*meh*