I'm hesitant to post this, because to be honest I don't have a solution. In the movie forum, one poster in particular is making a cottage industry out of lambasting films he hasn't seen.
Now, I can understand posts like "I saw the trailer and to be honest this movie looks like crap." I think those kind of comments are fair. But to write paragraphs and paragraphs about a movie you admit you haven't seen? Through multiple posts?
Like I said, I don't know what the solution is. Or if anybody else regards it as a "problem." But it seems to me that the poster in question is obviously more interested in getting a rise out of people than in serious film discussion.
Josh H
03-17-04, 12:46 PM
It seems to be a few posters that do this repeatedly, so I guess the mods could call it trolling and crack down on it.
I just put the idiots on my ignore list and move on.
neiname
03-17-04, 12:49 PM
I haven't read this post but it SUCKS... So poorly written
Shannon Nutt
03-17-04, 01:02 PM
Groucho - people do this all the time in the media. The Passion of Christ is a good example...talk about a movie that got raked over the coals before anyone saw it. Same thing happens with TV shows, radio shows, novels - you name it.
X
03-17-04, 01:25 PM
Lambaste: The Forbidden Post
das Monkey
03-17-04, 01:27 PM
Yeah, TV Talk is often subject to this, thankfully not as much though since we deal more often in weekly threads, and these ignorant statements don't crop up until the "Best/Worst of" threads. What are you gonna do ... it seems to be the most basic human nature to criticize that which you have no knowledge about. Speaking from complete ignorance -- and then defiantly asserting your "right to an opinion" -- is the American way.
I do find this thread a bit ironic, though, considering that you once mocked my sig, stating that people have a right to their opinions, regardless of whether they're informed or not. :D
das
Bandoman
03-17-04, 04:01 PM
Originally posted by neiname
I haven't read this post but it SUCKS... So poorly written
Another Groucho thread? I simply don't read them, as they're all derivative clap-trap. ;)
Y2K Falcon
03-17-04, 05:09 PM
One helluva great thread. Groucho is this year's hottest poster! - David Manning, The Ridgefield Press
Bushdog
03-17-04, 09:24 PM
If it is one poster who is causing problems, use the ignore list option.
Groucho
03-18-04, 08:15 AM
Originally posted by das Monkey
I do find this thread a bit ironic, though, considering that you once mocked my sig, stating that people have a right to their opinions, regardless of whether they're informed or not. :DI don't recall that, but I mock you regularly so it probably got lost in the shuffle.
I just find it interesting that somebody can write paragraphs upon paragraphs about a movie they haven't even seen. It's far and beyond the typical "Looks like shit to me, I won't be seeing it!" one-liners.
Wizdar
03-18-04, 09:33 AM
Originally posted by Groucho
I just find it interesting that somebody can write paragraphs upon paragraphs about a movie they haven't even seen. It's not that hard. I've been doing that in Enterprise threads since the first episode.
das Monkey
03-18-04, 12:56 PM
• Groucho •
I don't recall that, but I mock you regularly so it probably got lost in the shuffle.
I took you off my ignore list to read <i>that</i>? :grunt:
das
POWERBOMB
03-22-04, 06:36 PM
What about lambasting movies in post production or that haven't even started filming yet. I read a review that stated Spider-man 3 was gonna suck.
classicman2
03-23-04, 07:53 AM
Originally posted by Shannon Nutt
Groucho - people do this all the time in the media. The Passion of Christ is a good example...talk about a movie that got raked over the coals before anyone saw it. Same thing happens with TV shows, radio shows, novels - you name it.
:up:
It's like sports writers who haven't covered a college football game in 10 years, but they vote in the AP rankings of teams.
GuessWho
03-23-04, 05:30 PM
If we can only make fun of movies we've seen....
Only 4 people in North America can make Gigli jokes
POWERBOMB
03-25-04, 05:58 PM
True dat.
bboisvert
03-26-04, 11:07 AM
Originally posted by GuessWho
If we can only make fun of movies we've seen....
Only 4 people in North America can make Gigli jokes
Fewer Gigli jokes? Sounds good to me... ;)
El Scorcho
03-26-04, 12:30 PM
Terrible terrible thread this is.
I didn't bother reading it, I just know it because Groucho started it.
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