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Forum: Movie Forums Site Stuff 2 days ago
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MoFo Fantasy Baseball - 2024 Season
Posted By Yoda
You knew I had to post this. 99196

You knew I had to post this.

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Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 176
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Yoda
That's fine, but I've laid it out as a simple...

That's fine, but I've laid it out as a simple syllogism, so you should at least be able to point to a leap in logic or otherwise identify the disconnect.

Her: you can't measure/quantify quality....
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 176
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Yoda
It's obviously incumbent on you to offer...

It's obviously incumbent on you to offer something more than flat contradiction here. As I said above:


I genuinely can't think of any other way to read this; it's incredibly straightforward....
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 176
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?

I have no idea how else to interpret your comment. She said so you can't quantify/measure quality, you said "What about Rotten Tomatoes?" That implies that Rotten Tomatoes can quantify/measure...
Forum: Birthdays and Introductions 2 days ago
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Happy Anniversary Tugg!
Posted By Yoda
Happy Anniversary. :)

Happy Anniversary. :)
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 176
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Yoda
Yeah, this is one of several other objections I...

Yeah, this is one of several other objections I considered mentioning, before deciding to just focus on the first, most fundamental objection. But even past that, we have issues like this, with...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 176
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Yoda
The entire chain of logic hinges on "art is the...

The entire chain of logic hinges on "art is the expression of creativity." Is it? Michaelangelo's David is not especially creative, it is simply a monument to skill and dedication.

At the very...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 176
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Yoda
But how do you define faster? This is the whole...

But how do you define faster? This is the whole point, right here.

Literally, if one person ran the 100m faster, but another ran the 200m faster...who would you say is faster, and how would you...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 176
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?

I should also note that, if nobody is free of bias (which seems obviously true), then the person most influenced by their bias is the person who thinks they're free of it. It seems self-evident, to...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 176
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Yoda
You say "most," but that implies there are at...

You say "most," but that implies there are at least some situations where they don't give obviously shallow explanations for what they think, right? Presumably, people have not given terrible reasons...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 176
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Yoda
Sometimes this is the case, sure. But let me ask...

Sometimes this is the case, sure. But let me ask you, just hypothetically: how would one tell the difference between an opinion that differs based on "understanding," and an opinion that differs...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 176
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Yoda
Sorta, yeah. :) There's no differing opinions...

Sorta, yeah. :) There's no differing opinions about who ran faster over a given distance, but why that distance and not another? Is 100 meters the best way to measure the amorphous concept "faster"?...
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The Videogames Tab
Posted By Yoda
Ah. I'll leave a comment then.

Ah. I'll leave a comment then.
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The Videogames Tab
Posted By Yoda
Yeah, I mean I'm just here for experiences....

Yeah, I mean I'm just here for experiences. Sometimes that means gameplay and mechanics, sometimes not.

On some level I don't mind complaints like "walking simulator," if only because people are...
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The Videogames Tab
Posted By Yoda
Because you haven't played it, or because you've...

Because you haven't played it, or because you've played it but you're not sure which thing I mean?
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The Videogames Tab
Posted By Yoda
Oh, that's lovely. It's really amazing that...

Oh, that's lovely. It's really amazing that they've made a game which a grown man and a small girl might both love, and even love equally.

I somehow managed to learn nothing about the most...
Replies: 19,017
The Videogames Tab
Posted By Yoda
Re: The Videogames Tab

Oh yeah, I liked the Ultra Deluxe. I thought it might just be a few extras and I was happy to pony up for that, but obviously it ended up being a lot more. I'd say more but it would spoil some of the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 176
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Yoda
Yeah. Sometimes it's just total dissonance. Being...

Yeah. Sometimes it's just total dissonance. Being more charitable, sometimes there's a distinction, but one they can't (or just didn't) articulate.

It's a little scary to try to consider the...
Replies: 19,017
The Videogames Tab
Posted By Yoda
I guess I found it more logical than you, I found...

I guess I found it more logical than you, I found most puzzles to make sense, or at least make sense in retrospect (which is kind of the ideal: the "ahhhh, I should've seen that sooner" response). A...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 176
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Yoda
Yes, but it's asymptotic. It can be more or less...

Yes, but it's asymptotic. It can be more or less objective while never achieving real objectivity.

The fact that people can do things to reduce the influence of subjectivity is the basis for the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 176
Poll: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Can a Prequel EVER be a Good Film?

I've said some version of this like a dozen times, but resorting to "art is subjective" is one of those things that's both functionally true but also generally a bad response.

The problem, I...
Replies: 19,017
The Videogames Tab
Posted By Yoda
I guess the big meta question is: is that, too,...

I guess the big meta question is: is that, too, part of the point? Is having a "Freedom" ending sort of one big joke, showing you that the player is chafing at a level of control that, if removed,...
Replies: 19,017
The Videogames Tab
Posted By Yoda
Re: The Videogames Tab

I will accept many criticisms of the game, but to hear a game about an adorable little robot where one of the puzzles involves forming a small robot band described as being stressful is fairly...
Replies: 19,017
The Videogames Tab
Posted By Yoda
Re: The Videogames Tab

Love that game. I've written about it previously in this thread, should be easy to find. Part of it's the game itself but half of my love for it is circumstantial, too. Anyway, just glad to see...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 36
Movie Things Most People Like But You Don't
Posted By Yoda
I'll update it.

I'll update it.

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