Your shpeal at the beginning puts into words why I do not believe in true unbiased criticism. It is simply not possible that exists in a world where opinions exist.

@bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257

Ай бұрын

In other words, there is no such thing as "objective".

@turtletum

Ай бұрын

​@@bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257 I feel like objective opinions do exist within the world, but it's very rare. I don't want to believe that every opinion we have is biased. That's just me. Like, maybe it's because of the fact that I can DISLIKE something without having a bias. I need to look into this more; it's a very intriguing topic.

@bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257

Ай бұрын

@@turtletum "Objective opinions" is the most oxymoronic thing I have ever heard... Anyway, everyone is shaped by their own experiences, so I don't believe it's even possible for true unbias.

I saw Misty in thumbnail and thought its a review of todays episode

@AddyLovestar

Ай бұрын

The episode review comes out tomorrow

My parents and I watched The Graduate this past weekend; I didn't like it very much. We watched it because it's a film my dad considers to be a classic; i.e. it's amongst the films that influenced film directorial styles from then on it. Speaking from an objective point of view, there are good things about it and bad things. Every shot manages to accomplish some sort of effect, even if the shots aren't directly linked to the current scene, such as the shot with the gorilla as Benjamin is left behind in the zoo. Better yet, this film excels when it comes to the mise en scene, or rather, the establishing shots of the places where it was filmed. On the other hand, there's the soundtrack. All of the songs by Simon & Garfunkel are classic, melancholy tracks that don't have the same connotation today as they did back then, especially The Sound of Silence. But the problem is that there are only three songs in the whole film, not counting the instrumental tracks: The Sound of Silence, Mrs. Robinson, and Scarborough Fair, and each one is played in its entirety multiple times throughout the film. And quite frankly, only sometimes are they played when it is appropriate for the scene, and when they are played multiple times over, at least to me, they lose their effectiveness. But perhaps the biggest point of contention is the character of Benjamin, himself. Back when the movie came out, people like my dad rooted for Ben to overcome Mrs. Robinson, the irredeemable villain; years later, Roger Ebert came to notice that Robinson does have some sympathetic traits despite how she crosses the moral event horizon, mainly that she implied to have only gotten married because she and Mr. Robinson had a child together; nowadays, the conclusion has been reached that neither Mrs. Robinson or Benjamin are very redeemable people. And from what I understand, that was the director's intention. The problem comes from how, even in stories with characters we are supposed to understand are horrible people, there needs to be something to hold onto that makes you want to follow the story of the protagonist. To stay with the story, even if it is getting very, very bleak. The film has plenty of moments played for sympathy for Benjamin, but they come off as undeserved because of Benjamin's escalating actions from simply having an affair with Mrs. Robinson and covering it up, to stalking Robinson's daughter in order to force her to marry him. If anything, the movie succeeds at having an unlikeable protagonist with an antagonist who isn't much better, though at least is worse enough to see her as the clear villain, but it doesn't end up as anything but a narrative that lacks redeeming factors to make you care enough about the conclusion of the narrative. At least, that's my attempt at looking at it from an unbiased view. I probably failed.

what do you think of the latest episode of tell your tale and zipp saying that misty could become sisters with her and pipp of their parents decided to get married?

@AddyLovestar

Ай бұрын

You'll find out tomorrow

@mikaylaakridge4635

Ай бұрын

@@AddyLovestarCool, I actually find it interesting that you use those 3 components when critiquing art of all kinds. Many folks nowadays react based on like you said their personal preferences and biases. It is important to remember that in doing so is sometimes not fair to us or others as these traits can come off as harmful and insulting to others. So thank Addy for sharing this important concept with us all.😊

Huh... You have a really different take on this than I do. Personally, I believe that almost everything about fiction is subjective. To take the "friendship is still magic" example, if someone thinks that brand loyalty and a throwback is exactly what's appropriate for this little G5 video game, all power to them. They really like FiM, I guess, and hey, maybe some of the kids that play the game will get the reference too. I thought it was distasteful, but I'm not going to say someone's wrong if they like that line. So basically when I'm reviewing something, it's entirely guided by my personal preferences. I hope I make that clear in my reviews, and it frightens me a bit to think that some of my viewers might take my opinions as objective fact about the quality of the work of fiction. Anyway, that's my perspective as a writer first and a reviewer second. Goodness knows that my writing (and I think everyone else's?) is just a bunch of half-baked ideas thrown together by a semi-functional human who thought it might be cool. It's more about what gives your brain that buzz than whether it holds up to some objective standard of the rules of writing (as long as it doesn't do anything malicious like push for corrupt political agendas or something). Incidentally, that's why all of my videos are about MLP. It's not objectively the most pristine and profound work of fiction (LotR), but it's the thing that makes my brain go happy brrr. So, I like to take the time to talk about why it makes my brain go happy brrr!

@AddyLovestar

Ай бұрын

This isn't about anyone being right/wrong. It's about compassion. To show compassion for a piece of art, you have to look at what the art wants to be, and judge it fairly based on its own desires and behaviors. The same is true of human beings. It's just part of creating a more loving world I don't believe I said objectivity even once in this video, because that's not what it's about. I just work from other perspectives first, and consider my own perspective last. If we engage with art foremost from our own perspectives, then we inevitably drown out what the art itself means to say

@PeacePetal

Ай бұрын

@@AddyLovestar I see. Yes, I suppose you didn’t mention objectivity.

@AddyLovestar

Ай бұрын

That's exactly what I mean by bias. Looking at your own post, you said you assume that other writers use half-baked ideas thrown together by a semi-functional human. But, what if that's not the case? What if the assumption is wrong? How would you know that, unless you first looked at things from outside your perspective? You also assumed I was speaking of perfect objectivity, when I only ever mentioned looking at identity and judging art from there onward When we criticize entirely from our own worldview, we're not engaging completely with the art. Everyone wants to be understood, and we can't foster understanding by staying inside our own perspective

I thought it was gonna be reviewing the new tyt ep review

@AddyLovestar

Ай бұрын

Tomorrow

@sillyfilly5528

Ай бұрын

@@AddyLovestar okay thanks!