Movie Awards Redux Vs. Legacy IMDB Days

The IMDb board was like a medium sized city, random people popping up every now and then and you could tell someone that they are a fucking idiot without having to worry about ever seeing them again.

This place is like a large neighborhood, where if you told someone to go fuck their own face... walking the dog next week might be a little awkward.

I miss arguing, of course... but the more chill vibe is nice for now.

It definitely has a different vibe, but not an altogether unpleasant one. There are far fewer trolls here for starters, and the structure of this place makes for a little less anonymity because there is less traffic here. IMDb was the hub of all internet movie discussion, so anyone could discover it, whereas this place was built primarily as a haven for the longtime OB users, and even then, many of those didn't come here.

Part of it is the format change, part of it is that a lot of the board mainstays didn't make it over here on the proverbial Mayflower, part of it is that we're still not quite in "awards season," and part of it is that it just doesn't have the same hustle-and-bustle as the old homestead. I do miss some of the back-and-forth, but I also don't miss the sheer negativity that existed there as well.

I'm happy that this place exists, especially because it keeps me in contact with a lot of people who might otherwise have vanished into the ether (like you, old sport). And for what it's worth, I think this place will see more action when we get closer to awards season. But if it helps, I'm more than willing to start up a "Fuck Taxi Driver" thread to get the ball rolling. 

(With all that said, personally, I could do without the post counters on the user profiles. God knows I would've been aghast at knowing how many posts I made in my career as an Oscar Buzzer.)

Indeed. There's only so many times we can do a "2012 Best Actress" thread, especially as (unlike the old place) threads here remain indefinitely. Many of us have spent enough time around each other to more or less know each other's tastes, so I don't feel as inclined to write huge sheaves of discussion on my likes and dislikes as I once did.

Anybody up for a Cape Fear bashing thread? Nolte and Lange were good, the film had oodles of visual style, but Lewis was very inconsistent, and De Niro chewed the scenery mercilessly.

A "Cape Fear" bashing thread is sort of my specialty (and I would always combine it with Casino as a twofer Scorsese low points discount!). Then merc would answer and say something like "Jack and Jill 2% on RT" and Pacino would have gone full ham in that role, #faxonly, and I always say I love DeNiro but the only time he ever sees me post anything it's negative and I'm a liar and am jealous and then............then I would tell him to STFU and to make my sandwich.

So many good times I swear I have something in my eye!!

De Niro was a catastrophe, Lewis was shit, Lange was rancid and Nolte was like watching papier-mâché try to emote. 'Tis by far Scorsese's worst film, and the fact that he roped Peck and Mitchum into it is an insult.

One thing I like about this board is that there aren't any old Hollywood fanboys who tend to be strollers from Film General that comes around every once in a while.  In my experience, they're the most narrow/closed-minded idiots, and encounters with them are not fun. 

An Old Hollywood fanboy back in 2013 kept on attacking me for preferring Heat to his old Hollywood collection. Like wtf, dude? Heat was only 18 years old at the time and he wasn't aware it was a classic? There are more ignorant people than I thought.... seriously.

I actually kind of agree. As much as I love all the people that are here, I feel like there are still dozens more that don't post here anymore. They might not have been notable names, but they certainly had an opinion and were able to share it on posts.

I didn't have too many run-ins with the trolls everyone mentions (thankfully), but that was also because I didn't partake in much talk outside of films or television shows. I've never been much of a politics, religion, or sports person so it kind of leaves me with art and that's about the extent of my knowledge.

The other big thing, I think, is that having the boards split up - while super convenient - means that people might not bother looking at a significant post you've made simply because they don't know about it because they don't visit those boards. Like, I think I might have peeked into the Video Games forum only a handful of times, but each time I realize "oh shit, there's a lot here I'd love to discuss". And since I spend most of my time on the "Classic Film" forum - which seems to have far less traffic than many of the others - I only get a handful of replies.

Not saying all my posts warrant replies - as they certainly never got that many when I was posting the same stuff on IMDB - but they still got more outside opinions on IMDB and often times a lot of new, fresh ones as well because of those people just - as Viced stated - "popping up every now and then." So yeah, I miss it for the same reason I had always loathed the idea of shutting down the forums -- we'll never get any fresh faces or new voices to offer fresh, exciting perspectives. But I'm happy with the fact that I still have a place to talk about movies regardless, since no one in close proximity of me is willing to do so (save one or two).

Can't second this enough. Makes it much, much better to visit the board.

Wow, I actually never knew about this. Thanks for introducing it to me! I'll make this my new bookmark.