Comments on: Netflix and the Half Star http://thejamminjabber.com/2007/06/25/netflix-and-the-half-star/ Flippant Verbosity Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:20:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dreamrapper http://thejamminjabber.com/2007/06/25/netflix-and-the-half-star/#comment-57 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:59:21 +0000 http://thejamminjabber.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/netflix-and-the-half-star/#comment-57 Wow, that Gene guy is looking old. I give that moustache 4 Netflix stars though.

]]> By: Encapsulated Movie Reviews « thejamminjabber http://thejamminjabber.com/2007/06/25/netflix-and-the-half-star/#comment-41 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:55:29 +0000 http://thejamminjabber.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/netflix-and-the-half-star/#comment-41 [...] About ← Netflix and the Half Star [...]

]]> By: kfugrip http://thejamminjabber.com/2007/06/25/netflix-and-the-half-star/#comment-34 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:17:03 +0000 http://thejamminjabber.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/netflix-and-the-half-star/#comment-34 The netflix influence reaches far beyond the mear minds of consumers and into the halls of serious criticism. I noticed that a few years ago in Film Comment magazine they changed their rating from 4 stars (and a ‘bomb’ for the rare true piece of garbage) to 5 stars (with the ‘bomb’ there as well). I was curious as to the reasoning but I’ll bet it had something to do with netflix.
I have no problem with the 5 star system, as I have said to you on many occasion, and thus I use it in my blog. The half star is a waste. You might as well go to 10 stars like amazon.com.

Also, I use Q-tips.

]]> By: thejamminjabber http://thejamminjabber.com/2007/06/25/netflix-and-the-half-star/#comment-33 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:34:13 +0000 http://thejamminjabber.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/netflix-and-the-half-star/#comment-33 6 stars?!?!?! That’s preposterous!

]]> By: kelly http://thejamminjabber.com/2007/06/25/netflix-and-the-half-star/#comment-32 Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:25:28 +0000 http://thejamminjabber.wordpress.com/2007/06/25/netflix-and-the-half-star/#comment-32 you know adam and i both use the “netflix rating system of five stars” on our blogs. is this a secret hate campaign directed as us for our recent comments? hmmm…

i suggest to find an even worse offender you take a look at Time Out New York’s new rating system (i’m not exactly sure when they implemented it, but i’m sure it is when i decided not to renew my subscription), where they have decided to use a completely arbitrary 6 star rating system for everything from movies to books to albums to concerts. what a cop out. especially since their favorite number of stars to give…you guessed it – 3 stars! what does 3 out of 6 mean anyway, you guessed it, nothing! it means it wasn’t good, it wasn’t bad, but they still had to write a review and weren’t smart enough to form an actual opinion…yea 3 stars it is!

“better yet, rip a starfish in half and mail it to your nearest Neflix shipping facility” – BRILLIANT. loved that bit.

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