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> "Watch trailers" Trailers are not suitable replacements for reviews. They are edited and packaged to deliver hyped expectation via self-congratulatory endors

> "Watch trailers" Trailers are not suitable replacements for reviews. They are edited and packaged to deliver hyped expectation via self-congratulatory endorsement. Reviews are better than trailers. You could stick to reviews from news publishers if you don't trust user reviews. Here's a snippet of the Washington Post's review of Rings of Power: "The performances are serviceable but unremarkable, while the dialogue is particularly corny and inartful... Rarely has danger felt so dull." washingtonpost.com/tv/2022/08/31/lord-rings-tv-show-review/ Reviews are great!

ShamelessC 4y ago
How could you possibly trust that statement without watching the show yourself first? The subjective nature of entertainment means that one reviewer's opinions are not universal. This means you basically have to go find a reviewer who agrees with your opinions on average - effectively telling you what you want to hear. How is that a useful system?
- exodust 4y ago
  > subjective "Corny dialog" is rarely a subjective observation. It's either corny or it isn't. The rare exception might be when the dialog is deliberately corny for stylistic reasons or some kind of self-referencing theatrics. Corny dialog is easily identified... "I've got a baaad feeling about this". > How could you possibly trust that statement Because the statement doesn't sit in isolation. It's from a longer professional review where the show is deconstructed and analyzed. The statements are qualified, unlike user reviews. Of course there are subjective aspects too, but there are also strongly bonded criticisms across reviews that can't be dismissed with "subjective" counter-claims. If not universal, then near-universal qualities can be found. Take the recent James Bond movie. Even the good reviews were noting the "woke" themes. They specifically hired a writer to help inject those themes into the movie, such as anti-toxic masculinity etc. It turns out many people don't have much love for injected woke themes forced into their fictional movies. Many people wanted escapism from 007, not a social re-education lecture or some awkward comment about current world events.
- 1123581321 4y ago
  You described it pretty well—if the reviewer is good at identifying things you won’t like, then that’s useful.

ShamelessC 4y ago

How could you possibly trust that statement without watching the show yourself first? The subjective nature of entertainment means that one reviewer's opinions are not universal. This means you basically have to go find a reviewer who agrees with your opinions on average - effectively telling you what you want to hear. How is that a useful system?

exodust 4y ago
> subjective "Corny dialog" is rarely a subjective observation. It's either corny or it isn't. The rare exception might be when the dialog is deliberately corny for stylistic reasons or some kind of self-referencing theatrics. Corny dialog is easily identified... "I've got a baaad feeling about this". > How could you possibly trust that statement Because the statement doesn't sit in isolation. It's from a longer professional review where the show is deconstructed and analyzed. The statements are qualified, unlike user reviews. Of course there are subjective aspects too, but there are also strongly bonded criticisms across reviews that can't be dismissed with "subjective" counter-claims. If not universal, then near-universal qualities can be found. Take the recent James Bond movie. Even the good reviews were noting the "woke" themes. They specifically hired a writer to help inject those themes into the movie, such as anti-toxic masculinity etc. It turns out many people don't have much love for injected woke themes forced into their fictional movies. Many people wanted escapism from 007, not a social re-education lecture or some awkward comment about current world events.
1123581321 4y ago
You described it pretty well—if the reviewer is good at identifying things you won’t like, then that’s useful.