[meepmorp]

> Studios should have some monetary incentive to make things that people actually want. I actually had a headache after Expendables 3.

You say that like it's simple to do. The first two Expendables movies apparently were good enough that the economics warranted a 3rd. Do you think the people at the studio were thinking "let's make this one The Unwatchables, instead?" Sometimes problems are obvious ahead of time, but more often only seem so with the benefit of hindsight.

[obsurveyor]

No, they got greedy and decided it had to be PG-13 to try to sell more tickets. After watering down the content, it didn't do well as the rated R ones before it. Not that big a surprise when you're not blinded by dollar signs.

[judk]

So they literally stamped a PG13 warning label on it, and people who went for R rated content were surprised and disappointed?

[meepmorp]

You say greedy, maybe they say attempting to expand the appeal of the franchise to a wider audience. It's economically advantageous for them, sure, but maybe they thought consumers would actually like it.