▁family - friend ly ▁audience . ▁The ▁film ▁originally ▁received ▁an ▁" R " ▁rating , ▁according ▁to ▁Gal axy ▁Qu est ▁producer ▁Lind sey ▁Collins ▁and ▁We aver , ▁before ▁being ▁rec ut . ▁Sh al hou b ▁did ▁not ▁remember ▁any ▁dark er ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁film . ▁Gordon ▁had ▁not ▁planned ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁" family ▁friendly " ▁film , ▁and ▁his ▁initial ▁script ▁included ▁m ature ▁scenes , ▁such ▁as ▁De Mar co ▁attempting ▁to ▁s edu ce ▁al iens , ▁and ▁the ▁crash ▁of ▁the ▁escape ▁pod ▁into ▁the ▁convention ▁hall ▁dec ap it ating ▁several ▁at ten de es . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁edited ▁and ▁cut ▁to ▁bring ▁the ▁rating ▁to ▁a ▁" PG ", ▁which ▁required ▁cutting ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁better ▁and ▁fun nier ▁scenes ▁in ▁the ▁film ▁that ▁could ▁have ▁surv ived ▁if ▁a ▁" PG - 1 3 " ▁rating ▁had ▁been ▁target ed ▁instead ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁cast ▁and ▁crew . ▁In ▁the ▁a for ement ioned ▁" ch om pers " ▁scene , ▁De Mar co ' s ▁line ▁" Well , ▁sc rew ▁that !" ▁was ▁dub bed ▁over ▁her ▁original ▁" Well , ▁f uck ▁that !" ▁We aver ▁stated ▁she ▁pur pos ely ▁made ▁her ▁dub bed ▁line ▁stand ▁out ▁as ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁protest ▁from ▁her ▁original ▁line . ▁Another ▁cut ▁scene ▁to ▁achieve ▁the ▁rating ▁was ▁seeing ▁the ▁crew ' s ▁qu arters ▁on ▁the ▁Prote ctor , ▁which ▁included ▁Dr . ▁Laz arus '