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Smallville 10/04/23 9:23:47 PM #1:	so prob people nowadays pay much less attention to film critic reviews than during ebert's days. Iirc ebert was a big fan of many action movies and so am i. I agreed with him on which movies were good than i did with most fillm critics. --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:976481551] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>so prob people nowadays pay much less attention to film critic reviews than during ebert's days. Iirc ebert was a big fan of many action movies and so am i. I agreed with him on which movies were good than i did with most fillm critics. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AloneIBreak 10/04/23 9:24:51 PM #2:	Probably. I miss him dearly. His writing was so good. --- "I do not imply... that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies" - Karl Popper <cite>AloneIBreak posted [p:976481568] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Probably. I miss him dearly. His writing was so good. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FurryPhilosifer 10/04/23 9:25:24 PM #3:	Nostalgia critic is responsible for modern movie criticism and should be honoured (and respect ed( as such --- Ghosts are cool. <cite>FurryPhilosifer posted [p:976481580] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Nostalgia critic is responsible for modern movie criticism and should be honoured (and respect ed( as such </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 10/04/23 9:26:00 PM #4:	FurryPhilosifer posted... Nostalgia critic is responsible for modern movie criticism and should be honoured (and respect ed( as such who? --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:976481597] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>FurryPhilosifer posted... </cite><quote>Nostalgia critic is responsible for modern movie criticism and should be honoured (and respect ed( as such</quote>who? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hayame_Zero 10/04/23 9:26:47 PM #5:	More than likely. Pauline Kael was probably the most influential before Siskel and Ebert, and now most people don't even know who that is. Leonard Maltin is up there too. --- ...I think I'm done here... <cite>Hayame_Zero posted [p:976481618] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>More than likely. Pauline Kael was probably the most influential before Siskel and Ebert, and now most people don't even know who that is. Leonard Maltin is up there too. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KFHEWUI 10/04/23 9:26:58 PM #6:	Probably maybe also Leonard Maltin --- R.I.P. SaikyoMog! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-seAIeu3Og "You know, there are certain flaws in this film," Tom Servo <cite>KFHEWUI posted [p:976481620] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Probably maybe also Leonard Maltin </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GranTurismo 10/04/23 9:27:36 PM #7:	Hayame_Zero posted... More than likely. Pauline Kael was probably the most influential before Siskel and Ebert, and now most people don't even know who that is. Leonard Maltin is up there too. kael was from the ny times? maltin was from where? are both of them still living? <cite>GranTurismo posted [p:976481631] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Hayame_Zero posted... </cite><quote>More than likely. Pauline Kael was probably the most influential before Siskel and Ebert, and now most people don't even know who that is. Leonard Maltin is up there too.</quote>kael was from the ny times? maltin was from where? are both of them still living?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Letsago 10/04/23 9:28:45 PM #8:	I played a quiz that asked me to name a Weimar-era German leader named Friedrich Ebert, and the site had to censor his last name because apparently Roger's estate is extremely overprotective of his intellectual property. --- Let's-a go! Okey dokey! <cite>Letsago posted [p:976481654] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>I played a quiz that asked me to name a Weimar-era German leader named Friedrich Ebert, and the site had to censor his last name because apparently Roger's estate is extremely overprotective of his intellectual property. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ablegator 10/04/23 9:28:47 PM #9:	Came in to say Kael. --- Laugh while you can, monkey boy! <cite>ablegator posted [p:976481655] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Came in to say Kael. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doe 10/04/23 9:28:48 PM #10:	Maybe the most famous, I'm not convinced he's more influential than Pauline Kael. --- https://imgur.com/gallery/dXDmJHw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75GL-BYZFfY <cite>Doe posted [p:976481658] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Maybe the most famous, I'm not convinced he's more influential than Pauline Kael. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Enclave 10/04/23 9:29:39 PM #11:	Probably depends on how you define influential. --- The commercial says that Church isn't for perfect people, I guess that's why I'm an atheist. <cite>Enclave posted [p:976481675] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Probably depends on how you define influential. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
KFHEWUI 10/04/23 9:30:54 PM #12:	Leonard Maltin is still alive, but he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease back in 2015. --- R.I.P. SaikyoMog! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-seAIeu3Og "You know, there are certain flaws in this film," Tom Servo <cite>KFHEWUI posted [p:976481699] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Leonard Maltin is still alive, but he was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease back in 2015. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GranTurismo 10/04/23 9:30:57 PM #13:	Letsago posted... I played a quiz that asked me to name a Weimar-era German leader named Friedrich Ebert, and the site had to censor his last name because apparently Roger's estate is extremely overprotective of his intellectual property. what? why would it do that? <cite>GranTurismo posted [p:976481700] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Letsago posted... </cite><quote>I played a quiz that asked me to name a Weimar-era German leader named Friedrich Ebert, and the site had to censor his last name because apparently Roger's estate is extremely overprotective of his intellectual property.</quote>what? why would it do that?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Letsago 10/04/23 9:31:52 PM #14:	GranTurismo posted... what? why would it do that? I guess they were worried the estate would come after them for using the last name Ebert --- Let's-a go! Okey dokey! <cite>Letsago posted [p:976481719] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>GranTurismo posted... </cite><quote>what? why would it do that?</quote>I guess they were worried the estate would come after them for using the last name Ebert </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hayame_Zero 10/04/23 9:32:49 PM #15:	GranTurismo posted... kael was from the ny times? maltin was from where? are both of them still living? No, Kael's long passed. She started writing reviews in magazines in the 50s, and was already established by the late 60s in the New Yorker. She started right when the New Hollywood movement was taking off, and was important in popularizing those movies and film criticism in general. --- ...I think I'm done here... <cite>Hayame_Zero posted [p:976481749] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>GranTurismo posted... </cite><quote>kael was from the ny times? maltin was from where? are both of them still living?</quote>No, Kael's long passed. She started writing reviews in magazines in the 50s, and was already established by the late 60s in the New Yorker. She started right when the New Hollywood movement was taking off, and was important in popularizing those movies and film criticism in general. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zithers 10/05/23 2:19:23 AM #16:	roger ebert is the most famous obviously. probably the most influential in the sense that he was on tv and probably inspired people to think they could do the same thing. which was probably a net negative since we have people like cinema sins and grace randolph and chris stuckmann now. pauline kael, andre bazin, james agee, manny farber, robin wood, and andrew sarris were all pretty famous or influential before ebert. in addition to, like, bosley crowther, but he was terrible. there's also the french critics at cahiers du cinema in the 50s who went on to become filmmakers themselves. i don't think people read reviews anymore which is sad. oh well. --- http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m02lct2g9l1qdlvg6o1_500.gif https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/1283-quality-cinema-club <cite>Zithers posted [p:976485608] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>roger ebert is the most famous obviously. probably the most influential in the sense that he was on tv and probably inspired people to think they could do the same thing. which was probably a net negative since we have people like cinema sins and grace randolph and chris stuckmann now.pauline kael, andre bazin, james agee, manny farber, robin wood, and andrew sarris were all pretty famous or influential before ebert. in addition to, like, bosley crowther, but he was terrible. there's also the french critics at cahiers du cinema in the 50s who went on to become filmmakers themselves.i don't think people read reviews anymore which is sad. oh well. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
invertedlegdrop 10/05/23 2:25:13 AM #17:	Gene Siskel is right behind Roger Ebert... --- Political correctness is the fascism of the 90s-Roger Ebert I don't have pet peeves, I have major psychotic ******* hatreds-George Carlin <cite>invertedlegdrop posted [p:976485645] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Gene Siskel is right behind Roger Ebert... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 10/05/23 7:38:05 AM #18:	Zithers posted... roger ebert is the most famous obviously. probably the most influential in the sense that he was on tv and probably inspired people to think they could do the same thing. which was probably a net negative since we have people like cinema sins and grace randolph and chris stuckmann now. pauline kael, andre bazin, james agee, manny farber, robin wood, and andrew sarris were all pretty famous or influential before ebert. in addition to, like, bosley crowther, but he was terrible. there's also the french critics at cahiers du cinema in the 50s who went on to become filmmakers themselves. i don't think people read reviews anymore which is sad. oh well. yeah prob most people are much less interested in what movie critics think of movies, then again going to the movies and movie watching in general, might really be down, from those days --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:976487924] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Zithers posted... </cite><quote>roger ebert is the most famous obviously. probably the most influential in the sense that he was on tv and probably inspired people to think they could do the same thing. which was probably a net negative since we have people like cinema sins and grace randolph and chris stuckmann now.pauline kael, andre bazin, james agee, manny farber, robin wood, and andrew sarris were all pretty famous or influential before ebert. in addition to, like, bosley crowther, but he was terrible. there's also the french critics at cahiers du cinema in the 50s who went on to become filmmakers themselves.i don't think people read reviews anymore which is sad. oh well.</quote>yeah prob most people are much less interested in what movie critics think of movies, then again going to the movies and movie watching in general, might really be down, from those days </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 10/05/23 8:18:24 PM #19:	bumper --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:976499818] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>bumper </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
trivialbeing 10/05/23 8:20:22 PM #20:	Smallville posted... yeah prob most people are much less interested in what movie critics think of movies, then again going to the movies and movie watching in general, might really be down, from those days a running joke in The Critic cartoon was that the public despised film critics lol I wonder how true that was <cite>trivialbeing posted [p:976499848] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Smallville posted... </cite><quote>yeah prob most people are much less interested in what movie critics think of movies, then again going to the movies and movie watching in general, might really be down, from those days</quote>a running joke in The Critic cartoon was that the public despised film critics lolI wonder how true that was</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 10/05/23 8:21:27 PM #21:	trivialbeing posted... a running joke in The Critic cartoon was that the public despised film critics lol I wonder how true that was never heard of that cartoon at all. When did this joke come out? --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:976499865] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>trivialbeing posted... </cite><quote>a running joke in The Critic cartoon was that the public despised film critics lolI wonder how true that was</quote>never heard of that cartoon at all. When did this joke come out? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Waxitron_Gazer 10/05/23 8:22:17 PM #22:	he's literally the only movie critic i know by name so yeah, i guess? --- five, five, five, jack -five nobs <cite>Waxitron_Gazer posted [p:976499876] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>he's literally the only movie critic i know by name so yeah, i guess? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smallville 10/05/23 8:22:21 PM #23:	Another thing, supposedly buyers of video games care much more about critic reviews than people who watch movies care about critics.... --- "That won't work Boss, hide the target in a place they're unlikely to be found"---GZ <cite>Smallville posted [p:976499879] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Another thing, supposedly buyers of video games care much more about critic reviews than people who watch movies care about critics.... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
trivialbeing 10/05/23 8:22:31 PM #24:	Smallville posted... never heard of that cartoon at all. When did this joke come out? damn <cite>trivialbeing posted [p:976499881] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Smallville posted... </cite><quote>never heard of that cartoon at all. When did this joke come out?</quote>damn</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Prestoff 10/05/23 8:48:54 PM #25:	Nah, that goes to Armond White --- DI MOLTO! <cite>Prestoff posted [p:976500369] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Nah, that goes to Armond White </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smashingpmkns 10/05/23 8:53:17 PM #26:	Ebert is pretty much the only movie critic that is a household name --- http://i.imgur.com/x04tPRZ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/t7T392I.jpg <cite>Smashingpmkns posted [p:976500457] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Ebert is pretty much the only movie critic that is a household name </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zithers 10/05/23 9:56:23 PM #27:	Prestoff posted... Nah, that goes to Armond White he called travis kelce a vaccine cuck on twitter the other day. dude was actually a pretty respected critic in the 90s and decided to go off the deep end for whatever reason. --- http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m02lct2g9l1qdlvg6o1_500.gif https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/1283-quality-cinema-club <cite>Zithers posted [p:976501598] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Prestoff posted... </cite><quote>Nah, that goes to Armond White</quote>he called travis kelce a vaccine cuck on twitter the other day. dude was actually a pretty respected critic in the 90s and decided to go off the deep end for whatever reason. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Prestoff 10/06/23 2:07:08 PM #28:	Zithers posted... he called travis kelce a vaccine cuck on twitter the other day. dude was actually a pretty respected critic in the 90s and decided to go off the deep end for whatever reason. Hopefully people got I was being sarcastic by naming someone as controversial as Armond White. I have no idea why that guy went on the deep end, but now he's just a contrarian. --- DI MOLTO! <cite>Prestoff posted [p:976512185] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Zithers posted... </cite><quote>he called travis kelce a vaccine cuck on twitter the other day. dude was actually a pretty respected critic in the 90s and decided to go off the deep end for whatever reason.</quote>Hopefully people got I was being sarcastic by naming someone as controversial as Armond White. I have no idea why that guy went on the deep end, but now he's just a contrarian. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GuerrillaSoldier 10/06/23 2:08:24 PM #29:	yes but i didn't agree with most of his ratings --- Disclaimer: There's a good chance the above post could be sarcasm. Die-hard Oakland A's fan --- Keep the A's in Oakland! <cite>GuerrillaSoldier posted [p:976512202] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>yesbut i didn't agree with most of his ratings </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Baha05 10/06/23 2:09:30 PM #30:	FurryPhilosifer posted... Nostalgia critic is responsible for modern movie criticism and should be honoured (and respect ed( as such Ehhh Id argue he should be more vilified for it. AVGN you can tell was more playing a character but NC problem which extents to a lot of online criticism kinda just comes off as bad. --- "He may be Mr. Clean, but his soul will always be dirty!" <cite>Baha05 posted [p:976512222] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>FurryPhilosifer posted... </cite><quote>Nostalgia critic is responsible for modern movie criticism and should be honoured (and respect ed( as such</quote>Ehhh Id argue he should be more vilified for it. AVGN you can tell was more playing a character but NC problem which extents to a lot of online criticism kinda just comes off as bad. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dragon239 10/06/23 2:10:15 PM #31:	Smallville posted... Another thing, supposedly buyers of video games care much more about critic reviews than people who watch movies care about critics.... This tracks with my personal opinion - I'll read/watch a review of a game more frequently than movies. I wonder if it's because games are expected to last much longer than the ~2 hrs of a movie, so outside investment into movies is more rare/niche? Another consideration is I also flat play games more than I watch movies. --- http://i.imgur.com/nkZgO.jpg <cite>Dragon239 posted [p:976512231] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Smallville posted... </cite><quote>Another thing, supposedly buyers of video games care much more about critic reviews than people who watch movies care about critics....</quote>This tracks with my personal opinion - I'll read/watch a review of a game more frequently than movies. I wonder if it's because games are expected to last much longer than the ~2 hrs of a movie, so outside investment into movies is more rare/niche? Another consideration is I also flat play games more than I watch movies. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
El_Marsh 10/06/23 2:12:11 PM #32:	Gene Shalit and it's not even close --- http://i.imgur.com/0APl48O.gifv <cite>El_Marsh posted [p:976512268] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Gene Shalit and it's not even close </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 10/06/23 2:18:47 PM #33:	Joel Hodgson <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:976512396] in Was Roger ... [t:80585520]...</cite> <quote>Joel Hodgson</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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