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David Price5 said:I was speaking in general terms here. Whether it’s an original work or an adaptation, scriptwriting can take three days—like a quick Rocky montage—or it can take years.There are no rules. You could produce five seasons with thirteen episodes each and still have everything you filmed turn out to be total garbage.
Exactly. But I would say NEVER. That was my main point. A series will never be better than the movie.
In general? Or a series based on a movie, or a movie based on a series?...All these lovely people either have their own criteria or they don't, but to me, that doesn't matter in this situation.
The issue is that these same people clearly have standards when they happen to agree with your taste in movies, but suddenly those standards vanish the moment a series shows up. Is the problem with them, or is it something else?No mention at all, David Price5?
The point is that a vote of three hundred random people doesn't make a film or series good. That's all there is to it.
Of course. But then you have to wonder how statistically you just happen to find three hundred random folks who disagree with you in one place... only for those same folks to suddenly align with your opinion on movies. I suspect your views on film will largely align with the consensus of, say, professional critics.
If only it were true, but it simply isn't.
Test screenings. Films get cut and edited specifically because of the audience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_screening
Sure, you could spend years writing a love letter too, but those are exceptions.
David Price5 said:I was speaking in general terms here. Whether it’s an original work or an adaptation, scriptwriting can take three days—like a quick Rocky montage—or it can take years.There are no rules. You could produce five seasons with thirteen episodes each and still have everything you filmed turn out to be total garbage.
Exactly. But I would say NEVER. That was my main point. A series will never be better than the movie.
In general? Or a series based on a movie, or a movie based on a series?...All these lovely people either have their own criteria or they don't, but to me, that doesn't matter in this situation.
The issue is that these same people clearly have standards when they happen to agree with your taste in movies, but suddenly those standards vanish the moment a series shows up. Is the problem with them, or is it something else?No mention at all, David Price5?
The point is that a vote of three hundred random people doesn't make a film or series good. That's all there is to it.
Of course. But then you have to wonder how statistically you just happen to find three hundred random folks who disagree with you in one place... only for those same folks to suddenly align with your opinion on movies. I suspect your views on film will largely align with the consensus of, say, professional critics.
If only it were true, but it simply isn't.
Test screenings. Films get cut and edited specifically because of the audience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_screening
Doesn't matter to me. I don't care who agrees with my taste; what matters is that I don't shift my opinion on a movie or show just to please some crowd of 300 viewers.
And I’m always careful when recommending something. I make sure to frame it as just my own opinion, or warn someone that they might not like it even if I thought it was great.
David Price5 said:I was speaking in general terms here. Whether it’s an original work or an adaptation, scriptwriting can take three days—like a quick Rocky montage—or it can take years.There are no rules. You could produce five seasons with thirteen episodes each and still have everything you filmed turn out to be total garbage.
Exactly. But I would say NEVER. That was my main point. A series will never be better than the movie.
In general? Or a series based on a movie, or a movie based on a series?...All these lovely people either have their own criteria or they don't, but to me, that doesn't matter in this situation.
The issue is that these same people clearly have standards when they happen to agree with your taste in movies, but suddenly those standards vanish the moment a series shows up. Is the problem with them, or is it something else?No mention at all, David Price5?
The point is that a vote of three hundred random people doesn't make a film or series good. That's all there is to it.
Of course. But then you have to wonder how statistically you just happen to find three hundred random folks who disagree with you in one place... only for those same folks to suddenly align with your opinion on movies. I suspect your views on film will largely align with the consensus of, say, professional critics.
If only it were true, but it simply isn't.
Test screenings. Films get cut and edited specifically because of the audience.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_screening
I don't wonder. I don't give much weight to either the audience or the critics.
If you read our film section, you'll see why ratings fluctuate: either someone relates to the plot personally, or it reminds them of something their aunt or sister went through, or the actor is hot, or the actress has a great body, or the soundtrack is cool, or someone has a voice so distinctive it overshadows the whole film (like Ellen Page), or the movie just isn't good because it isn't some heavy social drama...
An impression backed by actual arguments simply has no competition.