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[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago (5 children)

100% from who? "Critics" have proven a thousand times over they're just morons and/or paid shills.

[–] Skavau@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Are you expecting S02 to be terrible, or something?

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No. Just pointing out the massive flaw of saying it has 100% reviews on RT. The vast majority of people who cite RT only cite the critics, which again, have proven to be brainless sellouts.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

So you’re also implying that the “Audience” score on there is a measure of quality?

If you’re here to just say all sentiment metrics are bullshit, then, I guess good job spreading the depressing news. You’re saying to trust nothing and no one, especially in aggregate, about product reviews.

Individuals are shills, paid influencers, etc, and trying to aggregate to compensate for that is just bullshit, in your eyes.

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, it's not a measure of quality. Though it IS a more accurate measure of general audience reaction.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My opinion is that the critics are talking about product quality, and that’s what pisses people off. Setting aside actual proven paid shills, of course. And that the audience score is about audience reaction, and not about the quality of the product.

People hate being told they like low quality content.

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

lol no. So many critics absolutely love crap with the lowest quality writing I've seen in decades. They do not review on quality unless it's subjective, "this movie was so pretty!" type BS.

What one person thinks of as 'quality' can be very diferent from another. Even if people are being as objective as possible (and again, critics are not), different people value different qualities differently.

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The likelihood of any content being 100% is impossible.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean its not out yet. Is this sneak peeks? I sorta get annoyed when "critics" get some sort of early access.

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What, you don't like it when studios poison the well in their favor?! and you call yourself a consumer...

... /s

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some critics are good, some are bad. Some audience reviews are genuine and helpful, some are review bombs from people who didn't even watch. Pretending either of these groups of individuals behave as some sort of monolith is rather silly.

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Never said the audience score was without flaw. Two things can suck at once while one is still demonstrably worse.

[–] nublug@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

you do know 100% rotten tomatoes score just means all reviews are positive, right? it doesn't mean they all rate it as a perfect 10/10.

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 0 points 1 month ago

That in no way refutes my point that 'critics', especially ones on RT, are often either idiots looking at one aspect (see the love for the sequel trilogy), or idiots who are shilling for the corporations that made the thing.

Getting early access to a product does not give me hope that these critics are fair, unbiased, or not shilling to keep future early access.

[–] 1SimpleTailor@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago

The scores on these prestige streaming shows are always bullshit. They're usually based off just a handful of critics who saw the first few episodes. These shows are usually front-loaded with quality and then fall apart mid or late in the season, so the scores start great and by the time bad reviews come in most people have moved on.

[–] Dalacos@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm quite looking forward to it. I'd hoped for a binge watch but I like the conversation weekly releases generate too.

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

What conversation? Half the time when you try and talk about anything new, some person who is waiting for the full season to release freaks out about spoilers.

[–] omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just looked at the release schedule and what the shit, I didn't know they were releasing it weekly. The first season was released all at once. Guess I'll try to avoid spoilers until February.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Or just watch it weekly. You know, like the 90s and 2000s

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How long is that though? I hear what you're saying, but, for many, a subscription is going to be required to watch it. If it was released all at once it could be watched in a one month subscription vs watching weekly I assume.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Correct. It's Prime, so squeeze out a month or two of sub for the show completion.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is there anyone that actually subscribes to Prime video rather than having it included with their Prime subscription? I can't imagine it's going to make much of a difference for them.

I personally find it annoying to have to wait from week to week to find out what happens but also appreciate that I'm not finishing an entire year or two worth of work in a single afternoon and then promptly forgetting about it for another year or two.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I agree. If you're already using prime for purchases, you won't be dumping the sub anyways after this series. I don't mind the weekly waits because I grew up with them. But I can totally understand if you've already been conditioned for full access.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

The first season was so excellent. I am stoked for S2!

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That’s impressive for a video game show. Especially one with a bunch of gimmicks and appeals to violence like this one has.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

rotten tomatoes always seems extremely bought off and biased. it was so obvious when they were"reviewing the newer ISAIP seasons" to astroturf the ratings.

[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

"I Saw An Immigrant Person" is amazing!!

[–] 1SimpleTailor@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

I had mixed feelings about the first season. I'm more of a West Coast Fallout Fan then an East Coast Fan, so while I can acknowledge the show is well produced and entertaining, I cant help but be irritated by the direction its taking the franchise. I'm interested but cautious of season 2, especially since its content will now align closer to my favorite game in the series. I'm also doubtful of the long term success of any show from the creators of Westworld. I've been burned before.

[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can already see how this is going to play out in the fandom. You basically have two types of Fallout fans. First type is the fans who played the games and the other is the show only fans. When the game fans talk about changes to the lore and world. The show only fans wave it off. This will cause fights in the fandom. This will continue instill they stop setting the show in world of the games. Seeing we have 3 more games to go. This is not going to end soon.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Why are you talking about Halo? We're discussing Fallout in here.