Was there a time when the M/TV Board was mostly free of dedicated trollers?

Yeah, and it doesn't seem like it was that long ago. Gamecockalum was one of the few.

The problem with this board is that any variance from the consensus is treated as a troll. There is a groupthink mentality that goes out of its way to try and punish those not conforming to the accepted opinion of what movie is good and what isn't.

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The problem with this board is that any variance from the consensus is treated as a troll. There is a groupthink mentality that goes out of its way to try and punish those not conforming to the accepted opinion of what movie is good and what isn't.

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+1 Yep, there's a lot of that. I've been called a troll simply because I don't think the Marvel films are all the great.

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The problem with this board is that any variance from the consensus is treated as a troll. There is a groupthink mentality that goes out of its way to try and punish those not conforming to the accepted opinion of what movie is good and what isn't.

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I concede there is a certain amount of group think on some things. But I never saw it as a major problem.

There has been plenty of spirited debate - on everything from "movies we agree don't suck" to whether Dottie dropped the damned ball on purpose to comic book villains (and heroes). But the disagreements by and large seemed organic. People made sometimes passionate but usually coherent and respectful arguments in support of their positions.

Now there is more of what sure seems like stances taken just to agitate or get reactions out of people. Of course they would never agree that's what they're doing but its kind of easy to spot after years on message boards.

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I think it's more of how certain posters express their opinions. There's a way to disagree and have a tasteful argument on something as subjective as movie preferences.

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that's still not "trolling"

From what I can remember Freauxzen and Baloo are good posters, but aren't always agreeable with everyone. It's not what you say it's how you say it.
I wanted to like 2001 on re-watch but didn't, I'm not going to argue if other people like it.

If I remember right you're one of the ones, like blueboy that just like to argue points and punch holes in things. For example if you really want to bitch don't say things like ESB is like Days of our lives. In general yeah it's a space soap opera but c'mon man that's pretty weak.

This place did put me on to some good Netflix shows.

Trolling not bad here. It's just that some people have retarded opinions

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Just hope the jog in that direction is a temporary thing

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so this is just about star wars, then?

come on

just because people called out star wars for its major flaws and reacted to fanboys basically lying to "push back" and ensure their emotions weren't disrupted, doesn't mean there is any "Trolling" going on whatsoever

i swear the emotional thinking supporting that star wars movie has reached the most insane levels

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so this is just about star wars, then?

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Nah. It all started with the first season of True Detective.

(Just kidding).

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just because people called out star wars for its major flaws

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SHUT your face