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Post by corkill »

gabemart wrote: post #50
gilgoomesh wrote: post #35

This graph of The Simpsons illustrates (for me at least) that IMDB is more reflective of the viewing community's weird quirks and biases. Honestly: is "Homer the Smithers" the best episode of The Simpsons? I doubt anyone would truly put it on their "best ever" list. It's really more "solid" than great. Most importantly: it doesn't rub anyone the wrong way. Is "Saddlesore Galactica" one of the worst episodes ever? No.…

> The episode's score reflects a community desire rather than an objective opinion. I don't really understand your point. You think it's biased for audience members to rate an episode poorly because they didn't enjoy it and didn't think it was funny?

People that disliked something are more likely to vote on that episode to voice their dislike.

For example if the episode makes fun of christians you may have a heavy amount of christians vote the episode down even though it was a good episode. The people that thought it was good aren't as motivated to vote as the people offended.

This is also common with service providers and internet reviews. If the service is good there is no need to go online and post a review. If it's bad you are much more likely to take the time.

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Post by bane »

chris_wot wrote: post #46
bane wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just worked by way through TNG and DS9. TNG took a while to get it's legs...in today's environment it wouldn't have lasted past season 2. But then it became great television for the rest of the run. DS9 started pretty solid, and became one of the best written pieces of sci-fi TV quickly for a long time.

Really? I started watching the first two seasons, and it's honestly dull .

DS9? Yeah, it starts pretty soap opera-ish. That never really goes away (they're kind of stuck on the station for the most part), but the stakes get higher and higher and the various players and factions involved become pretty interesting. Not quite Game of Thrones, but way out of character for a Trek show.

Re: Graph TV – The Simpsons

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Post by naturalethic »

gilgoomesh wrote: post #35

This graph of The Simpsons illustrates (for me at least) that IMDB is more reflective of the viewing community's weird quirks and biases. Honestly: is "Homer the Smithers" the best episode of The Simpsons? I doubt anyone would truly put it on their "best ever" list. It's really more "solid" than great. Most importantly: it doesn't rub anyone the wrong way. Is "Saddlesore Galactica" one of the worst episodes ever? No.…

"objective opinion" ?

Re: Graph TV – The Simpsons

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Post by wodenokoto »

gilgoomesh wrote: post #35

This graph of The Simpsons illustrates (for me at least) that IMDB is more reflective of the viewing community's weird quirks and biases. Honestly: is "Homer the Smithers" the best episode of The Simpsons? I doubt anyone would truly put it on their "best ever" list. It's really more "solid" than great. Most importantly: it doesn't rub anyone the wrong way. Is "Saddlesore Galactica" one of the worst episodes ever? No.…

>Is "Saddlesore Galactica" one of the worst episodes ever?

No, and the graph in no way show that. From around season nine, episodes are mostly rated between 6.5-7.3, with a fair amount lying considerably lower than that and only a few outliers in the other direction.

But as a 6.5'er, "Saddlesore Galactica" is a solid "poor" episode, like many, many others. But there are a substantial amount of episodes well below that one, and they are also scoring considerably lower.

The clip shows are the truly "worst", despite having all the best punchlines. So one could argue that objectively they are the best. But that is also a poor argument.

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