Post by runie on Mar 3, 2017 6:08:34 GMT
Ok so now when I check films out I am not just looking up directors other works, now i am looking in more detail of what he/she has done before, what scores he, she is getting, what genres, the actors/actresses even more - the writers work (ok this in it self Isn't a problem so much - and I always do my best to try and associate works of workers in film and tv some times- i dont need to be forced, eve though that in itself is educational... however the negatives outweigh the benefits.
I am reading more reviews - many reviews tell half the stroy, have an agenda or spoil the story completely, could be biased with or without knowing it.i am using more of the IMDB site as a result, I may also be using other sources with actual 'paid' movie critics! *never have i got on with them in honesty)
reading comments without agenda (filter through the fan boys or haters from the old message boards) gave me a better understanding of what to expect and what I may enjoy.
My system for checking films/tv shows out has been altered - the system was never 'systematic' but it worked.
now i am dredging through 'well written' pieces more , that don't actually tell me much - unless it wants to tell you one of two things - watch it or don't watch it (with no debate on why)
as a whole the IMDB MB community a was a much better critic of video, as long as you knew the right system and new of some posters. or at least the type of posters. you could get a rounded view - and that typical joe on the street may use bad grammar etc - yet have some great content and reasoning - add that to 50 other comments - you could get yourself a watch it or don't watch it answer,
I am now reading more on imdb(minus MB's) now and other sites more than before - yet getting less out of it.
So 'the man' is winning again. We need to get something like imdb MB's back.
There could be an application that could be made quite simply - point us(link) to a separate MB about a particular TV or film show from the title of the page - but to get all the users back? relevant comments back on very rare films would be quite a task. new traffic etc etc - almost impossible.
sometimes you only know what you lost when you have lost it.
It wasn't just about being a board reg and chatting about non films or ilms with online mates. it also was a great tool for watching films. I don't need completely idiotic tweets or cliche lesser sites that have many people thinking one way or grand reviews that are trying to be the writers work of art in itself - I want factual and real experiences from many different people all over the world(devoid of superlatives) about what the film was to them. That was what we have lost.
I am reading more reviews - many reviews tell half the stroy, have an agenda or spoil the story completely, could be biased with or without knowing it.i am using more of the IMDB site as a result, I may also be using other sources with actual 'paid' movie critics! *never have i got on with them in honesty)
reading comments without agenda (filter through the fan boys or haters from the old message boards) gave me a better understanding of what to expect and what I may enjoy.
My system for checking films/tv shows out has been altered - the system was never 'systematic' but it worked.
now i am dredging through 'well written' pieces more , that don't actually tell me much - unless it wants to tell you one of two things - watch it or don't watch it (with no debate on why)
as a whole the IMDB MB community a was a much better critic of video, as long as you knew the right system and new of some posters. or at least the type of posters. you could get a rounded view - and that typical joe on the street may use bad grammar etc - yet have some great content and reasoning - add that to 50 other comments - you could get yourself a watch it or don't watch it answer,
I am now reading more on imdb(minus MB's) now and other sites more than before - yet getting less out of it.
So 'the man' is winning again. We need to get something like imdb MB's back.
There could be an application that could be made quite simply - point us(link) to a separate MB about a particular TV or film show from the title of the page - but to get all the users back? relevant comments back on very rare films would be quite a task. new traffic etc etc - almost impossible.
sometimes you only know what you lost when you have lost it.
It wasn't just about being a board reg and chatting about non films or ilms with online mates. it also was a great tool for watching films. I don't need completely idiotic tweets or cliche lesser sites that have many people thinking one way or grand reviews that are trying to be the writers work of art in itself - I want factual and real experiences from many different people all over the world(devoid of superlatives) about what the film was to them. That was what we have lost.