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Hmm, the torrentverse has surprisingly good taste, > Game of Thrones > Dexter > Big Bang Theory > How I Met Your Mother > Breaking Bad > The Walking Dead
by azakai 14y ago
Hmm, the torrentverse has surprisingly good taste,
> Game of Thrones
> Dexter
> Big Bang Theory
> How I Met Your Mother
> Breaking Bad
> The Walking Dead
> Homeland
Well, except for the last one ;) I kid, I kid.
- antidaily 14y agoYou mean the fourth one.
- azakai 14y agoHeh, I am sure everyone can find one in that list to dislike ;) But I still think the quality of the bittorrent top 7 is surprisingly good, compare to more typical popularity listings: > Big Bang Theory > Voice > X Factor > NCIS > Two and a Half Men > Person of Interest > Dancing with the Stars http://www.tvguide.com/top-tv-shows http://www.tvguide.com/top-tv-shows Those are mostly terrible.
- aw3c2 14y agoDifferent people have different tastes. Different demographics have different tastes. Just because the taste of the torrent "pirates" is more like your own taste does not mean it is good and the others are terrible.
- guard-of-terra 14y agoAre you arguing that everything has the same quality? Or how are we supposed to argue about quality? Quality is a very tough concept but we should find ways to tackle it.
- nitrogen 14y agoHow do you define quality? Cheesiness (or lack thereof)? Intellectual depth? Emotional depth? Ease of consumption (the opposite of intellectual depth)? Visual effects? There are lots of popular movies that many would say have low quality, but score highly in some of the aforementioned categories. Many people I know really liked The Avengers, and loved the scene where The Hulk was tossing around Loki. They can't understand why I disliked the movie, or why was my least favorite scene in the entire show.
- guard-of-terra 14y agoI don't know. But we've got to have some kind of scales.
- azakai 14y agoIt does mean they are terrible _in my opinion_, though :) My opinion does count for something, just like theirs.
- Tycho 14y agoKind of puts the 'make better content and people will pay for it' argument to bed.
- kevincrane 14y agoOr it could be the type of person who enjoys Big Bang Theory or Game of Thrones is more likely to know how to torrent or stream videos. I imagine that they have a slightly more technical audience than, say, The Voice.
- w1ntermute 14y agoThen again, TBBT and HIMYM are on that list.
- Tycho 14y agoTBBT is the only recent comedy I've been enjoying.
- w1ntermute 14y agoHave you watched Community? I personally can't stand shows with laugh tracks.
- reidmain 14y agoExcept for a lot of those you can't pay for it in certain countries until the Blu-ray and iTunes releases like 6 months down the road. The argument can be made that those people should just buck up and wait but when everyone is talking about it sometimes that is just not acceptable.
- nitrogen 14y agoIt's not necessarily "make better content" but rather "make a better product", primarily the distribution system.
- CamperBob2 14y agoHow exactly do I go about paying for, say, Dexter?