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Watching Extraction now (paused to post) - action in this is like cutting into a vein and pouring sugar right into it - straight up pleasure for the male brain

 

Finally got my fiancée to agree to start Rectify. Watched the first episode tonight. She seems to dig it so far.

 

is this streaming somewhere?

 

Netflix

 

I don’t think I ever actually finished Rectify. I think I thought they took it off Netflix for whatever reason. Might have to get on that.

 

I can't WAIIIIIT for the new season of Somebody Feed Phil this weekend!

 

yikes

Critics surprisingly call new Steve Carell Netflix show Space Force 'startlingly unfunny'

 

“Surprisingly”

 

I never had extremely high hopes, but it's a great cast and the trailer was actually enjoyable. Was hoping it would be fun at least, but these reviews seem like it's a hard pass

 

Still gonna watch it

 

The trailer seemed good. Not gonna read the reviews. I'll just see for myself.

 

52% on Rotten Tomatoes is about as exacting a split in interest/quality as you can get. Half liked, half didn't. (25 reviews listed so far)

 

RT is more a measurement of accessibility than quality

 

Personally I put no weight into RT or reviews in general

 

I only really read reviews after I’ve seen something but if I see a critic I like/respect praise or pan something I didn’t know much about otherwise, it goes into how much I’d want to see it

 

I use RT as a "should I watch this, yes or no?" type ranking and for the most part it serves well. It's far from a perfect system though

 

Plenty of jabronis are factored into RT scores, it’s useless

 

More often than not, RT is a good barometer for whether I should watch a movie or not, especially with bigger, wide releases. I can usually judge for myself if I might disagree with the ciritcs consensus.

 

I think it's completely fair to take a broad look at RT scores and learn from it. If something gets like, 10% or less overall from a ton of critic reviews, there is a high chance it's terrible. If a film holds to a 95% or higher rating, that's also a good barometer that most people will like it.

 

That’s what I’m saying, it measures accessibility more than quality. If you’re wondering if you should see a superhero movie or something, sure. But for more challenging works it doesn’t say anything. Plenty of brilliant films split critics.

 

plus a movie can get like a 5.5/10 and be considered "fresh" and a 5/10 considered "rotten"

 

i don't like RT scores. Feels like a lot of people see them before watching a film and then they've already made their mind up on it.

 

wild that Disney has the Muppets but not Fraggle Rock

 

I had to goggle Fragile Rock