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Terrible comment. I can't speak for previous comments because I did not read them, but this one is really judgmental. First sentence clearly communicates the po

Terrible comment. I can't speak for previous comments because I did not read them, but this one is really judgmental. First sentence clearly communicates the point of the comment, yet it drags for two more paragraphs completely beating around the same dead horse that could be summarized in one sentence: "I did not like the show because I did not agree with pacing of the story or understand why directors made certain stylistic choices."

burnte 12y ago
I was clear that the show started off so poorly that I skipped the third of the three episodes available to me. This is called "honesty" and lets the viewer know exactly from where my comment comes. They can then chose to say, "Wow, the first two were so bad he quit there!" or "maybe it gets better later, I'll skip those two" rather than me bashing the entire series with people think I saw every episode. Your summary is incorrect. I enjoy a deliberately paced show or movie, I felt the pacing here was BAD, not that I didn't agree with it. Also, I at no point felt that I didn't understand the stylistic choices, I felt the writing was terrible. That's not a stylistic choice by the director. Visually the shows were very well done, and I thought aside from pacing, which was a flaw of the scripts, the directors did great jobs. Your comment is just snark for the sake of being snarky. I gave an opinion on the show, you're free to disagree, but don't be a dick just because you can. That impresses no one.
- xtrumanx 12y ago
  I love Black Mirror but I don't understand why people feel the need to downvote you for expressing your opinion. I've been noticing more and more perfectly acceptable comments greyed out that I'm starting to wonder if I should just create a bookmarklet that just ungreys them all since I can't trust HN users to use their downvote privileges properly any more.
  - mercer 12y ago
    I agree about the trend, but in this case I do agree with the downvotes. OP states that 'the show is shit' and then makes it clear they have only seen two episodes. In the context of discussing the show, that seems like a comment of very low worth to me.
    - burnte 12y ago
      There were three episodes available to me on Netflix. I said I skipped the last one and why. Isn't that me just being honest? I'm explicitly telling you that I'm only references the first two episodes because I made a conscious decision to not watch the third based on the terrible quality of the first two. Rather than ripping it all for no reason, I'm telling you EXACTLY what I didn't like and why, and how far that opinion should be taken. I'd think that's a legitimate expression of opinion.
  - burnte 12y ago
    Looking at the thread as a whole, I'm the only commenter stating they disliked the show. I think I'm just being downvoted for an unpopular opinion. I'll live. :)

burnte 12y ago

I was clear that the show started off so poorly that I skipped the third of the three episodes available to me. This is called "honesty" and lets the viewer know exactly from where my comment comes. They can then chose to say, "Wow, the first two were so bad he quit there!" or "maybe it gets better later, I'll skip those two" rather than me bashing the entire series with people think I saw every episode. Your summary is incorrect. I enjoy a deliberately paced show or movie, I felt the pacing here was BAD, not that I didn't agree with it. Also, I at no point felt that I didn't understand the stylistic choices, I felt the writing was terrible. That's not a stylistic choice by the director. Visually the shows were very well done, and I thought aside from pacing, which was a flaw of the scripts, the directors did great jobs. Your comment is just snark for the sake of being snarky. I gave an opinion on the show, you're free to disagree, but don't be a dick just because you can. That impresses no one.

xtrumanx 12y ago
I love Black Mirror but I don't understand why people feel the need to downvote you for expressing your opinion. I've been noticing more and more perfectly acceptable comments greyed out that I'm starting to wonder if I should just create a bookmarklet that just ungreys them all since I can't trust HN users to use their downvote privileges properly any more.
- mercer 12y ago
  I agree about the trend, but in this case I do agree with the downvotes. OP states that 'the show is shit' and then makes it clear they have only seen two episodes. In the context of discussing the show, that seems like a comment of very low worth to me.
  - burnte 12y ago
    There were three episodes available to me on Netflix. I said I skipped the last one and why. Isn't that me just being honest? I'm explicitly telling you that I'm only references the first two episodes because I made a conscious decision to not watch the third based on the terrible quality of the first two. Rather than ripping it all for no reason, I'm telling you EXACTLY what I didn't like and why, and how far that opinion should be taken. I'd think that's a legitimate expression of opinion.
- burnte 12y ago
  Looking at the thread as a whole, I'm the only commenter stating they disliked the show. I think I'm just being downvoted for an unpopular opinion. I'll live. :)