Because "cherry picking" is what everyone does when what they are interested in is great media, and the more time-limited they are, the more this matters. "Ind

Because "cherry picking" is what everyone does when what they are interested in is great media, and the more time-limited they are, the more this matters. "Industry" insiders' opinions are irrelevant, they are just too bogged in the day to day details, they tend to forget that 99% of everything is crap and that's fine (and they do that because they have to make a living there, their incentives are different). And you cannot predict greatness (you are the one that talked about 'visionaries', remember ?) - specifically of new teams you've never heard about before (of course once they did something great it's another thing, even with reversion to the mean they can have a lot of other successes).