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Thank you :)
Totally agree. The bashing of the prequels became fashionable. I'm not saying they were perfect, but they were not deserving of such hate. In fact, I think Attack of the Clones is the only one which is difficult to watch This one (Phantom Menace) and Revenge of the Sith are actually good films.
Well, I've yet to see Logan, so I'll have to amend my list after seeing it. As things stand now, though, here's my ranking.
1. X-Men: Days of Future Past
2. X-Men
3. X-Men: The Last Stand (criminally underrated, in my opinion)
4. X2: X-Men United
5. X-Men: Apocalypse
6. X-Men: First Class
7. The Wolverine
8. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
9. Deadpool (it just doesn't feel like it belongs in the same franchise to me).
No they're not. I'm not talking about his original post, I'm talking about this message here I'm replying to. Evidently he hasn't taken as much care with this one.
Hmm, slipping already, troll? I can't help but notice that you didn't capitalise 'God' or 'Creator'... Some Christian.
*sigh*. This place is getting more and more like IMDb by the second. Sometimes (most times, in fact) that's a good thing. But in cases such as these (when a troll rears its ugly little head)...it's a bad thing.
On the off chance you're legit about this crap, let me give you a piece of advice... Get over yourself! You think God is gonna welcome you into Heaven when you're so full of hate? Yeah, I'm thinking you're going to Purgatory for a long, long time, buddy. I'm getting sick and tired of this, 'only those who believe get to Heaven nonsense'. God doesn't work like that. He looks inside people's hearts, inside their souls. To believe in God is to believe in His (Jesus Christ's) teachings. You don't literally have to believe in Christ or God to get to Paradise, you just have to believe in His way of life. In other words, be a good person and you'll get to Heaven. If you think God is going to condemn good people to an eternity of suffering just for failing to believe in Him, you're horribly wrong...
Sincerely, a true Christian.
"Call me Ishmael", anyone?
Phew... Well, my friend, I doff my hat to you. That rant was pure gold. It was Henry Higgins esque in articulation and eloquence.
Money Monster... It was pretty good.
@Stratego.
Yeah, I suppose you're right. It could easily be abused.
Ah, a troll post... So it begins (starting to feel like IMDb already).
@MarlonBrawndo
Yes, that's exactly what I'm advocating. I just can't see any other way for this to be achieved without implementing a thumbs up thumbs down system.
@MarlonBrawdo
No, no, you misunderstand me. I'm not advocating censoring or deletion of lower rated posts, I'm just suggesting that it might be a good idea to be able to divide the posts on a thread into order of preference. For example, newest to latest (or vice versa) or best rated to lowest rated. That way, people would be able to see the top rated post first. This wouldn't just help to put obvious trolls at the bottom of a page, but also it would help people find the particular answer they were looking for... For instance, I was once looking for an explanation about something regarding the movie Cloud Atlas, and I found a post that was fitting...but the replies were garbage. Honestly, the whole thread had been derailed. But, anyway, I trawled through about 5 pages or so and then, finally, on that very last page, I found the perfect response that actually made sense to me and answered my question. If a rating system had been in place I imagine that guy would have been near the top and I would have seen the post much sooner.
Of course, this isn't a big deal for me. It's just a suggestion.
Phew. That's a tall order. Here's what we'll need to do to conquer IMDb.
1. Lively message boards.
Here we can't lose (seen as IMDb don't even have message boards anymore), but the larger the margin of victory the more important. Basically, we need more users, which leads us straight into number two on our list.
2. Spread the word.
Without IMDb message boards anymore, its going to be difficult to tell people about this place. I don't know about anyone else, but I only discovered this site an hour ago (thanks to a random post about this place on Reddit). Unfortunately, most people seem to be flocking to IMDb 2 (which is good, but nowhere near as good as this place). We must do everything we can to inform people of this place (social media, emailing friends, etc).
3. Duplicating IMDb.
Try and replicate (or improve, even) the info about each specific movie/TV show/actor/director that was on IMDb. You know, trivia, goofs and all that. This will take A LOT of time to do, though, and many people would need to help out.
4. Making things easily accessible for users.
For instance, copying IMDb and adding filmographies for each and every actor/actress (I know, I know, this will take a HELL of a lot of time.
5. Rating system.
I think we could expand on this and actually be better than IMDb in this regard. How? By creating the ability to rate actors/actress and directors. Lol. Wouldn't that be fun? I think it would be great fun.
6. Review section for movies and TV shows.
This is a given, really.
7. Iron out the rough patches.
You know, add emoji's, a reply function to each post, etc, etc. Another thing I'd like to see added is the ability to like/dislike posts. This could help in getting rid of trolls (of course, this would only be a concern when/if the site really takes off).
Well, that's all I can think of for now. Toppling IMDb will be EXTREMELY difficult, though... I only hope the death of the message boards is the beginning of the end for those jerks at IMDb and Amazon.
Reddit. Someone left a link recommending this place.
Yep. This place has all the hallmarks of being the perfect replacement for IMDb. I think Jim has a done a really, really good job in setting this place up.
Hmm? Yes, it's certainly odd. I expected some of the more popular boards to be filled with old posts. If anyone knows how to locate them, I'd appreciate it if you could let us know here.
Amen to that! Good to see you, Landofree.