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by ShogunRua
Tue Dec 14, 2021 8:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why Top X Lists are Doomed to Failure
Replies: 25
Views: 9384

Why Top X Lists are Doomed to Failure

When I was in my teens, I loved Top X lists. 10 Greatest Science Fiction Movies. 100 Greatest Television Shows. Etc, etc. As I grew older, I realized most of these lists sucked, and then that ALL of them sucked. More recently, I realized that while it's excellent clickbait, these lists are by defini...
by ShogunRua
Mon Oct 18, 2021 10:21 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Introducing TV Episodes to Criticker
Replies: 37
Views: 20997

Re: Introducing TV Episodes to Criticker

I love rating and reviewing anything and everything. I've rated movies, TV series, and games here and have written reviews for nearly all of them. And yet, I have no interest in doing so for specific TV episodes and agree that it causes unnecessary clutter and little else. It's hard to judge many ep...
by ShogunRua
Mon Oct 18, 2021 2:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
Replies: 24
Views: 14340

Re: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?

My view is that Hollywood movies haven't especially deteriorated, it's just that more people are discovering that films from other countries can be great too. A bold theory, except that it doesn't apply to either me (and I imagine) the vast majority of people on this forum, who all watch lots of fo...
by ShogunRua
Wed Oct 13, 2021 1:23 am
Forum: Full Reviews
Topic: The Witcher 3 (2015)
Replies: 3
Views: 5064

Re: The Witcher 3 (2015)

Semi-related, but I'm curious how many Witcher fans have read the stories that Sapkowski blatantly plagiarized from, Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melnibone?
by ShogunRua
Thu Aug 19, 2021 8:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
Replies: 24
Views: 14340

Re: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?

Nope. Hollywood dies with the USA. It's a giant bussiness. Not just the artistic types or some obsessive auteurs... the brightest minds are working on movies, all the while they could've been working on curing cancer or a cold fusion device. Because there is money. A lot of money. Movies are a rela...
by ShogunRua
Tue Aug 17, 2021 8:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
Replies: 24
Views: 14340

Re: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?

haven't heard of most of these Ds. get off my lawn; no, it is the children who are wrong; etc,. Ironically, it's young people, especially Zoomers, who have zero interest in movies, especially compared to past generations. It's millennials like myself who are still watching movies, with a surprising...
by ShogunRua
Mon Aug 16, 2021 7:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
Replies: 24
Views: 14340

Re: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?

Good question. I don't think so. I think the demand for films like Fast and the Furious (part infinity) will always be there. F&F Part NINE has been out for less than 2 months and it's already grossed $700 million. I don't think this market is going anywhere soon. I'm not talking about the market f...
by ShogunRua
Sun Aug 15, 2021 11:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
Replies: 24
Views: 14340

Re: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?

I haven't seen half as many films as you have and based on a cursory glance at your profile my tastes are considerably more low-brow than yours, but I feel nothing but optimism about the future of cinema because the year 2019 saw many new films that just about moved me to tears. For obvious reasons...
by ShogunRua
Sun Aug 15, 2021 7:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
Replies: 24
Views: 14340

Re: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?

haven't heard of most of these Ds. get off my lawn; no, it is the children who are wrong; etc,. Ironically, it's young people, especially Zoomers, who have zero interest in movies, especially compared to past generations. It's millennials like myself who are still watching movies, with a surprising...
by ShogunRua
Sat Aug 14, 2021 7:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?
Replies: 24
Views: 14340

Re: Are Hollywood Movies Dead?

Highest scoring American films of the last five years: if we discount the documentary Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (score 74; percentile 83), my two highest scores are (like you) Hail, Caesar! (score 72; percentile 80) and Paterson (score 70; percentile 76). The former of these tw...