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Netflix’s brand new superhero series The Guardians of Justice from Adi Shankar is set to arrive on the streaming platform globally on March 1st, 2022 with seven episodes.

The Guardians of Justice will be a mish-mash of animation formats. It’ll feature stop-motion, hybrid live-action, pixel art, and other mediums. Adi has spoken about there being 8 types of 2D animation featured in the series. The project itself has been in development in some form for over six years.

YellowKing wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 3:17 pm I tend to view critic reviews through the prism of "Is the movie *technically* good?" Professional critics are looking at direction, production value, pacing, editing, performances, writing, etc. in a way that the average Joe on the street may not. I look at audience reviews through the prism of "Was I entertained?" with little analysis beyond that.

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:43 pm The audience review on RT kind of proves my point about relying solely on user reviews. They get "review bombed" quite often. But the critic review rating helps to offset that.

I still rely more on RT for a more realistic view of how good a film is than I do IMDB. I like having access to both a general audience take on a film, and a professional critic aggregate.

Carpet_pissr wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:29 pm Let me come at this from a different angle: positive (or negative) reviews generally indicate the quality of a movie. AGAIN with the massive caveat regarding your opinion of pro reviews in general.

Not sure where the disconnect is, here.

EvilHomer3k wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 6:33 pm I'm saying RT is an indicator of how many people say a movie is good but not how good a movie is. I'm saying it's almost useless when comparing two shows and saying one is better than the other. It's a fine tool for deciding if a movie is worth watching. It's a bad tool for saying x movie is better than y.

EvilHomer3k wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 6:33 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:43 pm The audience review on RT kind of proves my point about relying solely on user reviews. They get "review bombed" quite often. But the critic review rating helps to offset that.

I still rely more on RT for a more realistic view of how good a film is than I do IMDB. I like having access to both a general audience take on a film, and a professional critic aggregate.

Again you pick a movie that has higher ratings on IMDB by they audience than it does on RT. Which site is getting rating bombed again?

ImLawBoy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 6:47 pm

EvilHomer3k wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 6:33 pm I'm saying RT is an indicator of how many people say a movie is good but not how good a movie is. I'm saying it's almost useless when comparing two shows and saying one is better than the other. It's a fine tool for deciding if a movie is worth watching. It's a bad tool for saying x movie is better than y.

Compounded with this is the reality that when a person says one show is better than another, we're talking about subjective preferences. Using an aggregated rating to claim that someone's preference is wrong seems odd to me.

What are IMDb ratings? IMDb registered users can cast a vote (from 1 to 10) on every released title in the database. Individual votes are then aggregated and summarized as a single IMDb rating, visible on the title's main page.

Marvel’s live-action superhero series are leaving Netflix starting on Feb. 28, Polygon has confirmed. The six shows that originally premiered on Netflix — Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, The Punisher, Iron Fist, and The Defenders — now come with an advisory in the top-left corner that they will soon be off of the streaming service.

Sources confirmed to Polygon that the rights to the six series have reverted to Disney, though it’s unclear if the shows will appear on Disney Plus, Hulu, or another venue. Polygon has reached out to Disney representatives for clarification and comment, but the company did not immediately reply.

Daredevil’s Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) recently crossed over from Netflix’s small-stakes version of the Marvel Universe into the larger MCU in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Around the same time, Daredevil’s Kingpin also jumped into the MCU with his appearance in the final episodes of Hawkeye. While those are the only time any of these characters have appeared in a Marvel movie — or in a Disney Plus series — the cross-overs were enough to rocket Daredevil to the Netflix Top 10, despite the fact that its last season was 2018.

While there is, so far, no official announcement about these series leaving Netflix, it isn’t entirely surprising. When Disney was preparing to launch Disney Plus, then-CEO Bob Iger said the company would bring its first-party properties and shows to the service. With Marvel Studios nodding to and further canonizing the Netflix series, it makes sense that the company would want them under one of its various umbrellas for the foreseeable future.

Max Peck wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 10:12 pm Daredevil and the other Marvel shows are leaving Netflix next month

Marvel’s live-action superhero series are leaving Netflix starting on Feb. 28, Polygon has confirmed. The six shows that originally premiered on Netflix — Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, The Punisher, Iron Fist, and The Defenders — now come with an advisory in the top-left corner that they will soon be off of the streaming service.

Sources confirmed to Polygon that the rights to the six series have reverted to Disney, though it’s unclear if the shows will appear on Disney Plus, Hulu, or another venue. Polygon has reached out to Disney representatives for clarification and comment, but the company did not immediately reply.

Daredevil’s Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) recently crossed over from Netflix’s small-stakes version of the Marvel Universe into the larger MCU in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Around the same time, Daredevil’s Kingpin also jumped into the MCU with his appearance in the final episodes of Hawkeye. While those are the only time any of these characters have appeared in a Marvel movie — or in a Disney Plus series — the cross-overs were enough to rocket Daredevil to the Netflix Top 10, despite the fact that its last season was 2018.

While there is, so far, no official announcement about these series leaving Netflix, it isn’t entirely surprising. When Disney was preparing to launch Disney Plus, then-CEO Bob Iger said the company would bring its first-party properties and shows to the service. With Marvel Studios nodding to and further canonizing the Netflix series, it makes sense that the company would want them under one of its various umbrellas for the foreseeable future.

Hopefully the shows are simply moving over to Disney+.

hepcat wrote:I love Godless as well, don’t get me wrong. I’m a sucker for a good western. Speaking of which, if you get the chance to see Old Henry, do so immediately. Fantastic western.

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Rotten Tomato gives it a 94/91.

Rumpy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:44 pm

YellowKing wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 3:17 pm I tend to view critic reviews through the prism of "Is the movie *technically* good?" Professional critics are looking at direction, production value, pacing, editing, performances, writing, etc. in a way that the average Joe on the street may not. I look at audience reviews through the prism of "Was I entertained?" with little analysis beyond that.

I tend to trust my own judgement over critics. If I enjoy something, that's ultimately more important. There have been too many times where a critic's viewpoint clashes with that of the popular opinion to the point that they feel disconnected from what the average audience may enjoy.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:56 pm I started watching The Woman Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (did I get the title right?)

coopasonic wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:59 pm

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:56 pm I started watching The Woman Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (did I get the title right?)

believe you are missing a "in the house" in there somewhere.

Sudy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:31 pm The Harder They Fall is definitely a good one. It's fresh, bloody, and stylish. Sometimes I think it struggles between picking a "small story" tone and more of an epic one. But ultimately it's moving, and I found the ending very well acted.

Speaking of Godless, I think Harder They Fall might have done really well as a limited series. There are characters here who deserve broader backstories.

As for a direct comparison to Godless, I don't see why it's necessary. I enjoyed them both. They're both neo and revisionist westerns, but they're different kinds, and overall different kinds of productions.

Sudy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:41 pm

Rumpy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:44 pm

YellowKing wrote: ↑Thu Feb 10, 2022 3:17 pm I tend to view critic reviews through the prism of "Is the movie *technically* good?" Professional critics are looking at direction, production value, pacing, editing, performances, writing, etc. in a way that the average Joe on the street may not. I look at audience reviews through the prism of "Was I entertained?" with little analysis beyond that.

I tend to trust my own judgement over critics. If I enjoy something, that's ultimately more important. There have been too many times where a critic's viewpoint clashes with that of the popular opinion to the point that they feel disconnected from what the average audience may enjoy.

But how do you know before you've seen the production in question?

That's not to say I haven't seen rotten films (e.g. In Time) I actually really liked, but when I'm deciding what to do with my $15 and/or two hours, I'm much more likely to pick the 88% film over the 45% one. I either avoid or don't trust trailers since they're often misleading and/or give away the plot. Though sure, there are clues as to whether I'll like something or not.

Personally I ignore audience reviews entirely. Occasionally I'll think twice if the critic percentage is average and the audience one is off the charts.

Before RT, I guess I used Metacritic? But that was never a satisfying experience (though was still an "OK" overall indicator). In the early 2000s I guess I still trusted IMDB scores remotely as well, but I haven't looked at one for ages.

Sudy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:31 pm The Harder They Fall is definitely a good one. It's fresh, bloody, and stylish.

Pyperkub wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:56 pm I started watching The Woman Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (did I get the title right?) mostly because of Kristen Bell, but I'm bouncing a bit off of the 'satire' for her character - it's a bit too painful in pandemic time.

Sudy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:41 pmI'm much more likely to pick the 88% film over the 45% one.

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 12:52 am

Sudy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 6:41 pmI'm much more likely to pick the 88% film over the 45% one.

And yet I'd see an imaginative genre film with a 45% rating before a film about stock brokers talking over coffee that scored 88%.

hepcat wrote: ↑Wed Feb 16, 2022 9:30 pm True story: a woman I work with who often shares her Netflix recommendations with me (which I normally ignore) walked into the office kitchen on Monday morning and told me how she was hooked on this show. When I mentioned that I didn’t realize at first it was a comedy, she gave me this blank look and told me it wasn’t a comedy like I was crazy. When I started reminding her of all the absurdly comic things that happened in the show, it finally dawned on her that she wasn’t watching a real murder mystery.

That was an awkward few minutes.