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Post by inthepipe55 on Mar 6, 2017 17:40:42 GMT
I feel the same way guys but there are replacement boards like MovieChat.
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Post by Utpe on Mar 6, 2017 17:50:00 GMT
One of the many things that I primarily love about this site is that you can post pictures in threads and don't have to squint to read somebody's avatar in the upper left hand corner. You can also like posts. IMDb lacked the capability on a few of those things. I agree with some of the other posters on here that IMDb should have retained the message boards for movies and T.V. shows. At the very most, do away with the actor and main boards, but leave everything else intact. Of course, they didn't listen to the slew of people that argued about them being invaluable. About a year ago, I decided to watch an obscure film that I haven't seen since 1995. When I was done, I went straight to that board to see what other people's opinions were. Interestingly, one IMDb user started a topic many, many years ago stating that he was an extra in the film. He had the opportunity to work with a few A-list actors. He explained that the reason why the main cast decided to participate in the movie is because they needed the money at the time to purchase real estate (I think). I thought that was pretty funny. Now, without the boards, we don't receive any insightful posts like the above. It's a personal story that's unique to him, and one he decided to share. I still believe that was a really stupid move on IMDb's part. If the boards were the problem, then why in the world does Amazon have their own forums for politics and such? That right there tells me they just made up some sad story about why they needed to dispose of them to begin with. I do feel bad for the people that may have missed the boat from Feb. 4th - Feb. 19th. I suppose we should be relieved that they gave us some advanced warning. Imagine if we logged in after Feb. 3rd, only to discover that every board just up and vanished. This site probably would not have existed. Even if it did, then it would be nowhere near 2,500+ registered users.  |
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Post by lightheart on Mar 6, 2017 18:45:14 GMT
Maybe whoever created this site can create individual actor, actresses, tv shows, & film message boards?
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Mar 6, 2017 19:17:01 GMT
Checking out the message boards for the film and specific comments about it was the main attraction of the message boards for me.
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Post by Flynn on Mar 6, 2017 20:43:03 GMT
I know what you mean. I had not realized how personal the individual message boards made my movie-watching experience. The boards for the popular films were mostly bad in that there were too many people simply expressing their undying love or burning hate for a film. The quality boards were for the obscure films. Conversations would take place over months and years. And people would provide keen insight into a film that would make you think about it differently. And people could ask questions and get answers.
Sure, we have alternatives now, and there were some nice people who were able to archive the boards for us, but its kind of like if your bedroom were detached from your house. You can go to both places, but it isn't as convenient as it once was.
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Post by SinisterCreep on Mar 7, 2017 1:26:46 GMT
This site has potential but it needs to become like the original IMDB with the individual boards for each film and tv series including the obscure [and it has to become much better known].
i don't know how much has been archived but what made the original site great was everyone knew about it and i got the impression that the makers of film and tv would look at the boards of what they were involved with and get ideas of why people like something or not. that was surely a good thing.
Obviously the owners of IMDB now don't like free speech. that's what it mainly boils down to.
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Post by fritzelly on Mar 7, 2017 1:35:03 GMT
This site has potential but it needs to become like the original IMDB with the individual boards for each film and tv series including the obscure [and it has to become much better known]. i don't know how much has been archived but what made the original site great was everyone knew about it and i got the impression that the makers of film and tv would look at the boards of what they were involved with and get ideas of why people like something or not. that was surely a good thing. Obviously the owners of IMDB now don't like free speech. that's what it mainly boils down to. There is my site (see signature), all IMDb boards will be available within about 3 days or so |
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Post by Dontrocktheboat on Mar 7, 2017 1:36:49 GMT
It needs growth. The broadband wouldn't support that right now and would need donations. The boards could in time be popular enough and grow into what imdb was. It will take patience and promotion.
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Post by fritzelly on Mar 7, 2017 1:41:41 GMT
It needs growth. The broadband wouldn't support that right now and would need donations. The boards could in time be popular enough and grow into what imdb was. It will take patience and promotion. Reality is this site (or any forum) can not support individual movie/tv forums - totally untenable |
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Post by Dontrocktheboat on Mar 7, 2017 1:46:41 GMT
Very true. In ways no site will be like that again. It may have similarities, but it was a wealth of knowledge and fan love. I remember one poster saying it was like the destruction of the library of Alexandria.
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Post by Prelude on Mar 7, 2017 9:04:10 GMT
Same as Utpe, what was amazing about the individual movie boards is that you could very often run across someone from the cast or crew giving insights about what it was like to work on the film.
I ran across a director of his indie film posting on the board for his film; a now-grown-up former child actress whose performance was still being praised on her film from the 80s and she was posting there; plus various instances of crew members correcting people who were trying to guess an exact location, and bit part/crowd part people talking about their experience. It was great.
Again though, if enough of us start posting on places like MovieChat's individual boards, which have many of the old IMDb threads to keep going, we can rebuild that community.
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Post by klownz on Mar 7, 2017 12:08:52 GMT
If you're getting IMDb withdrawal symptoms a fellow member on here created what appears to be a complete archive of everything from IMDb. Pretty great if I may say so. www.imdbarchive.com/Great site! Also it has a Chrome extension that actually puts the film forums back on IMDB which means now that IMDB looks exactly the same as it used to! |
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Post by Admin on Mar 7, 2017 12:13:18 GMT
Great site! Also it has a Chrome extension that actually puts the film forums back on IMDB which means now that IMDB looks exactly the same as it used to! That also means that if IMDb has any plans of litigation, that site will more than likely be at the top of the list. |
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Post by klownz on Mar 7, 2017 12:35:22 GMT
Great site! Also it has a Chrome extension that actually puts the film forums back on IMDB which means now that IMDB looks exactly the same as it used to! That also means that if IMDb has any plans of litigation, that site will more than likely be at the top of the list. I don't think IMDB can do anything about the boards being archived but that Chrome extension you may be right that it could get them in trouble but personally i'm not sure? You can use sites and stuff to change things on other sites like "Stylish" for example: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylish-custom-themes-for/fjnbnpbmkenffdnngjfgmeleoegfcffe?hl=en and they don't get in any trouble. I hope the site stays though & the extension because its brilliant having the boards back on imdb. |
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Post by LeWildPlatypus on Mar 7, 2017 17:21:17 GMT
If you're getting IMDb withdrawal symptoms a fellow member on here created what appears to be a complete archive of everything from IMDb. Pretty great if I may say so. www.imdbarchive.com/Great site! Also it has a Chrome extension that actually puts the film forums back on IMDB which means now that IMDB looks exactly the same as it used to! That's awesome, just tried it out. If only more people knew about this. |
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Post by kimgoo on Mar 7, 2017 17:48:29 GMT
I had no where to talk about Bates Motel last night except for Twitter and that just doesn't do.
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Post by Obi-fun-to-know-me on Mar 7, 2017 17:52:44 GMT
I totally and utterly agree with everything you've said. I feel exactly the same.
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Post by lightheart on Mar 7, 2017 21:59:04 GMT
This site has potential but it needs to become like the original IMDB with the individual boards for each film and tv series including the obscure [and it has to become much better known]. i don't know how much has been archived but what made the original site great was everyone knew about it and i got the impression that the makers of film and tv would look at the boards of what they were involved with and get ideas of why people like something or not. that was surely a good thing. Obviously the owners of IMDB now don't like free speech. that's what it mainly boils down to. Hollywood definitely looked at the imdb.com message boards. You know how celebrities will sometimes do that whole "read mean tweets that people had wrote about them" on talk shows. Matt Damon did something similar to that in May 2013 on a talk show (I think it was a night time one?). He read comments from one of the threads on his imdb.com message board on a talk show. I looked up the thread, and was shocked that he actually was directly quoting those comments word for word! For the life of me I cannot find a clip of it on youtube for some reason. |
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Post by Harry Skywalker on Mar 7, 2017 22:21:08 GMT
The Movie DB is basically the new IMDB. It has message boards to all movies, TV shows and actors in existence, and it keeps growing and growing. Here's the site: www.themoviedb.org/And in the other day some IMDB2 administrators or moderators admitted IMDB2 might get message boards to individual movies, TV shows and actors like IMDB. |
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Post by politicidal on Mar 7, 2017 22:25:39 GMT
Agreed. It was foolish to remove that from the site. Evidently, the people that were a part of the problem would have been able to move on and those that behaved could have that at least. Stupid stupid stupid.
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