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Bradley Witherberry
Extraordinary
Joined: Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:13 pm
Posts: 15197
Location: Planet Xatar
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 RE: Don't watch This Means War Imho, it is unacceptable to tell people not to watch a movie, especially for a moderator of a movie discussion board.
It is one thing to write a scathing review, to give your honest opinion about how terrible you believe a movie is, and allow them to decide whether they wish to see it dependant on their previous experience with your taste in movies - - it is another thing altogether to instruct people not to see the movie at all and never have a chance to form their own opinion.
I have reported this transgression to the site owner Eagle, and have every expectation that we will not see this egregious behavior repeated.
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| Wed Feb 22, 2012 8:19 am |
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Dr. Lecter
You must have big rats
Joined: Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:28 pm
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Location: Bonn, Germany
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Re: Don't watch This Means War ^LOL
It will be.
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Eagle
Site Owner
Joined: Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:09 pm
Posts: 14631
Location: Pittsburgh
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Re: RE: Don't watch This Means War Bradley,
I thought your complaint over, and I can't agree with it's conclusions.
First and foremost, our moderators are members first, moderators second. I want all of them posting and enjoying the forum as they would without the responsibility, it's why I'm taking on the role I am.
Regarding the thread itself, I don't think anyone took it as instruction (I read the headline as tounge-in-cheek, not a literal mandate). In fact, if you look through the thread, many users expressed their desire to see the film anyways. I think we're smart enough to take the thread for what it was, an opinion, and read it as such.
Now, if all members went about making a thread for their opinions on a specific film, that would be an issue. We have a forum for that. In this instance, a member was able to see an anticipated film before it's domestic release, which in some instances can make a thread sharing the resulting feelings useful. We've done it in the past, and given the slower nature of the Cinemania forum right now, I struggle to find any issues with it.
I realize this isn't the answer you're looking for, but I hope the feedback and explanation helps. If you have any additional concerns, please don't hesitate to drop me another line.
Karl
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trixster
loyalfromlondon
Joined: Wed Oct 13, 2004 6:31 pm
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Location: ville-marie
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Re: RE: Don't watch This Means War Why are you taking Bradley seriously?
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DP07
The Thirteenth Floor
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:26 am
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Location: Everywhere
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Re: RE: Don't watch This Means War
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David
Pure Phase
Joined: Tue Feb 15, 2005 7:33 am
Posts: 34865
Location: Maryland
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Re: RE: Don't watch This Means War Never listen to Germans. Hasn't Elie Wiesel taught us anything?
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snack
Extraordinary
Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:18 pm
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Re: RE: Don't watch This Means War trixster wrote: Why are you taking Bradley seriously? :roll;
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Argos
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Joined: Sat May 13, 2006 2:20 pm
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Location: Wherever he went, including here, it was against his better judgment.
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Re: RE: Don't watch This Means War I think Eagle's phony response is worse than Bradley's current episode of daftness.
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| Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:05 am |
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Speevy
Veteran
Joined: Wed May 11, 2005 9:12 am
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Re: RE: Don't watch This Means War Bradley clear owns stock in News Corp and is losing money from Rupert's hacking scandal and, more importantly, Dr. Lecter's advice to skip This Means War.
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