Who decides who reviews what?
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Who decides who reviews what?
I notice Savant does the 'classic' films and Gross does the 'exploitation' films - but who gets to review what?
Is it just a case of "eeny, meeny, miny, mo... okay, Jason gets to review ____", or is there a system?
I notice a couple of reviewers don't get to review bigger titles very often - Don Houston gets a lot of straight-to-video stuff from Vanguard, for instance.
Well?
Is it just a case of "eeny, meeny, miny, mo... okay, Jason gets to review ____", or is there a system?
I notice a couple of reviewers don't get to review bigger titles very often - Don Houston gets a lot of straight-to-video stuff from Vanguard, for instance.
Well?
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Re: Who decides who reviews what?
Originally posted by DonnachaOne
Is it just a case of "eeny, meeny, miny, mo... okay, Jason gets to review ____", or is there a system?
Is it just a case of "eeny, meeny, miny, mo... okay, Jason gets to review ____", or is there a system?
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Re: Who decides who reviews what?
Originally posted by DonnachaOne
I notice a couple of reviewers don't get to review bigger titles very often - Don Houston gets a lot of straight-to-video stuff from Vanguard, for instance.
Well?
I notice a couple of reviewers don't get to review bigger titles very often - Don Houston gets a lot of straight-to-video stuff from Vanguard, for instance.
Well?
The few bigger titles I've reviewed have gone over pretty well but I'm still learning the ropes (and the others are better reviewers for them on a few levels). By reviewing things the others don't care for, I get the benefit of taking chances and sometimes pick a real winner. On the other hand, I sometimes get really bad flicks...
In all though, the system has been evolving for a long time, and seems to work really well. Us reviewers talk about this type of thing a lot too-but if you ever have comments about a review, I know virtually all of us like getting emails that discuss what we wrote (good or bad). Feedback is the only way we know if we're addressing the audience and being helpful. Right Holly?