Ghost Lightning wrote...
Lotion Soronnar wrote...
But that doesn't make them go away. *You* merely IGNORE THEM.
Which is why I stand by my claim that scores of perfection are garbage.
Objectivity lies in not ignoring anything - neither the good parts or the flaws.
That's true, but then again there really is no objective definition for what is good or bad in a work of fiction. For example, a series may have very fast pacing, but whether the pacing is a good or bad thing is totally dependant on the viewers preference. Like, when I say I ignore negatives, I really mean that I honetly can't see any.
While it's true that perfect objectivity is impossible, there are degrees to it and it souldn't stop one from striving for it.
When you're too enamoured in a show/game/whatever, you become blind to it's flaws. It's far too common and we see it happen ALL THE TIME. You know what they say about fanboys/fangirls..
Which is why such extreemes never look good. In reality, most things are average and don't gravitate too far from it - whish is why I'm hesitant to even give a score of 9 (which is VERY high for me) Take a look at metacritic for example, and all those haters who spew out 0 and 1's and all those fanboys who give out 10/10's.
If you want to rate anything with any degree of objectivity, you must learn to hate what you love. To distance youself from it and step into the shoes of a hater. To listen to every critique other people mention and
expore it in detail, to see if there is merit in it. (haters can be every bit as unreasonable and blind as fanboys)
In general I write down multiple scores - my own subjective preference (first impression) and then a score I feel is more likely to be objectively correct (after carefull deliberations), then I go into full-hate mode and list every single thing that bothers me. Then I can create a more complete picture and from an aggregate score.
It is funny how even when you're a fan of a show, you can appear as a hater to other fan simply because you are far more aware of the flaws.
In truth I would preferer a verbal score (average, above agerage, etc..) or at least a RANGE (with a minimum difference of 2 or 3).
The thing is - when people go looking for ratings, they are either looking for as objective rating as possible, they hunt for information (because they want to know if the show is good or not) OR they go looking for vindication of their pre-established oppinions.
I for my part want to help the first group as much as possible.