ThePicaroony asked Vern if “99% of people who watched movies liked movies that you did not like which led to lots of shit movies making lots of money which led to a world where 99% of movies were made of varying degrees of shit would you be glad that these people were enjoying these movies? ”

And then he said that it was a serious question…indicating that he wanted a response. I thought the premise was faulty, and tried to indicate it in the language of the original question; If 99 percent of people liked movies you didn’t like, it’s probably not going to lead to Hollywood making nothing but movies that you hate, because a portion of that 99 percent is also going to like movies that you actually do enjoy. An example…I hated the new “Star Trek”; I really enjoyed “Up!”…I haven’t taken any polls, but, I’m betting that a lot of the people who liked “Star Trek” also liked “Up!”.

So, in other words, it’s perfectly ok to be glad that someone enjoyed a movie that you did not.

But no, I would not want to live in (more of) a world where people just accept any crap that’s shoveled in front of them, if that’s what you’re asking. It’s weird though, being on the internet you also see the opposite, the people who spend all day talking about movies but rarely find one that doesn’t make them fly into a rage.

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