9988 said:jal90 said:Whoa damn, I forgot how addictive this forum section was. Will have to catch up with the anime to keep having fun. I wanted to leave it for a future marathon, but...
9988 said:KingYoshi said: The series is awesome. Low Score = No Moe. Just ignore the score and enjoy!
This, but intelligent, well educated and wise fans NEVER EVER trust any ratings and/or reviews but their own judgement, let alone watch/or dont something based or MAL ratings?
Sort of, but trusting ratings and/or reviews is essential to discover stuff across the internet. So there's no need to be so categorical.
Its an indicative yes, but being the sole or primary factor to decide what to watch or what not to is the most flawed method.
Indeed.
9988 said: No wonder people here dont know Captain Harlock, Touch, Yamato, H2, Heidi, Ahsita no Joe, Ace wo neare, hana Yori Dango and so on...see how flawed it is?, If I were a new fan and trust MAL ratings, I would have missed those classics and mnay of the trust best anime ever and believe their low score is because they are crap instead because people just dont know then or those that watch tme and rate them are primarily new fans than cannot appreciate them because the look dated and not as hot as shingeki no kyouijin (no random example, not lookign down on my second fav series this season).
The issue with old series is not specifically ratings and reviews because there is not an active divisive fan discussion over them. Have you ever found a negative review for Akage no Anne? Because I'm still looking for it.
If anything, it is a very different thing that doesn't translate in ratings and reviews necessarily... hype. Them being in the news, blog entries, MAL hot discussions, etc. Which is not anime exclusive. Of course that in the case of MAL can be translated into an inflated rating (as well as the last Nolan movie floats around the top5 of the IMDb list during at least 2-3 months after its airing), but that is a secondary answer.
9988 said: Best thing to do is just check the premises, sure, see ratings and whats hot or not, do your research but always try for yourself and decide based on your own judgement.
Agreed.
9988 said: Many of us know better how bipolar the community is, how biased, how unfair, indeed like in Aku no hana´s case and many more.
The case of Aku no hana in fact is quite close to what it was implied to be, you've actually read the author saying that he wanted to create controversy... |