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by lisa-
Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: remasters and compilations
Replies: 8
Views: 9061

remasters and compilations

a thread to discuss if these should be included in the database or not. personally, i think not. having things like skyrim and skyrim special edition only serves to dilute the rating base and reduce accuracy of PSIs, more than cancelling out any potential benefit. furthermore, it's just really messy...
by lisa-
Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:21 pm
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: On The Topic of Rating Video Games
Replies: 9
Views: 8527

Re: On The Topic of Rating Video Games

objectivity is a lie, rinse and repeat. i give scores to the things i enjoy the most, and anyone who pretends their ratings have some sort of objectivity is kidding themselves. but you seem to be really heavily focused on gameplay, and a specific sort of mechanical gameplay at that. all games also h...
by lisa-
Sat Oct 28, 2017 1:49 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: TCI should be a square deviation
Replies: 8
Views: 2533

Re: TCI should be a square deviation

most importantly, the current method is easily visualizable by people with no mathematical background. the root mean square error would not be.
by lisa-
Sat Sep 16, 2017 1:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why the Meyerowitz Stories Could be Adam Sandler's First Good Film in Years
Replies: 10
Views: 4899

Re: Why the Meyerowitz Stories Could be Adam Sandler's First Good Film in Years

punch drunk love is anderson's worst film by far, and the fault lies in significant part with sandler.
by lisa-
Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:19 am
Forum: Filmmakers
Topic: The Rev. Al Gore at it again
Replies: 57
Views: 33137

Re: The Rev. Al Gore at it again

i always find it odd that you post these threads with a tone that seems to expect a response of the sort your mates at the pub would occasionally interject with while listening to your lengthy invective on current events: a one-sided grin, a knowing nod of the head, and an approving "yeah"...
by lisa-
Sat Apr 01, 2017 11:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Top five for each decade
Replies: 27
Views: 17083

Re: Top five for each decade

not including shorts. 1960s were very difficult to choose from, i have like ten films with the exact same score. 1910s the child of paris (1913) after death (1915) the dying swan (1917) the mystery of the rocks of kador (1912) hyprocrites (1915) 1920s the man with a movie camera (1929) the passion o...
by lisa-
Thu Mar 30, 2017 4:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Movies from the 30s worth watching (since most of us have seen so few)
Replies: 14
Views: 9235

Re: Movies from the 30s worth watching (since most of us have seen so few)

two that i really love and are less well known are the russian "earth" (1930) by aleksandr dovzhenko and the german "girls in uniform" (1931) by leontine sagan. as far as the US goes...well, unfortunately, 1930 sparked the first full decade of sound, so just as contemporary holly...
by lisa-
Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:10 am
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Add Creators to Filmmaker List
Replies: 5
Views: 1528

Re: Add Creators to Filmmaker List

is there any particular reason we can set the creators' minimums to 1 but not anyone else's? i've always wanted to see how many directors i've seen films by...
by lisa-
Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Top five of the last ten years
Replies: 42
Views: 17051

Re: Top five of the last ten years

berlin, berlin is available here: http://dafilms.com/director/8776-arnaud-gerber/

pretty sure i got the other gerber and imburnal from a private tracker...
by lisa-
Thu Jan 26, 2017 8:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Top five of the last ten years
Replies: 42
Views: 17051

Re: Top five of the last ten years

1. melancholia 2. the turin horse 3. synecdoche new york 4. house of tolerance 5. imburnal as for documentaries, or "documentaries": 1. berlin, berlin (2009) 2. encounters at the end of the world 2. it felt like a kiss 2. material (2009) 2. nostalgia for the light 2. the real life (2013) y...