Jack Thompson disbarred!

[ChadTower]

What did you think you were getting? "Lean on Me" starring a different sort of "Black" actor?

"Sims, ain't you got no sense, boy?!? Pull up your pants!"

Doesn't matter what I thought I was getting... what matters is what I got, and what I got wasn't all that good.  Certainly not good enough for even half of 90+. 

[Ginsu Victim]

How did we get here? All this from a topic I started about Jack Thompson.

[ChadTower]

How did we get here? All this from a topic I started about Jack Thompson.

They both suck pretty bad.   

[Ginsu Victim]

Touche`

[SithMaster]

How did we get here? All this from a topic I started about Jack Thompson.

I believe the blame falls to me since I mentioned him getting a job at ign.com.  I find it ironic that a topic about a man who hates video games, that was started on a website devoted to hardcore video games (arcade = hardcore, console = softcore), got derailed much like his career did.  The question is who shall pickup the cause now?  Who do we know studying to be a lawyer?  Hmmmm....

[shmokes]

I have been trying to decide what type of law to practice . . . and there appears to be an opening . . .


BTW, if School of Rock sucked it's more likely because of Jack Black than in spite of him.  The guy can be really funny, but the majority of his movies are horrible.  And I get the impression that a lot of the problem is that directors have a hard time reigning him in -- kind of like Jim Carrey in a lot of his early work.  Whatever you have to say about School of Rock in general, it stacks up VERY well against the majority of Jack Black movies.

[ChadTower]

I have been trying to decide what type of law to practice . . . and there appears to be an opening . . .


BTW, if School of Rock sucked it's more likely because of Jack Black than in spite of him.  The guy can be really funny, but the majority of his movies are horrible.  And I get the impression that a lot of the problem is that directors have a hard time reigning him in -- kind of like Jim Carrey in a lot of his early work.  Whatever you have to say about School of Rock in general, it stacks up VERY well against the majority of Jack Black movies.

I think that has to do more with the "work for a check" syndrome vs working for quality.  Can't blame him for doing it - gotta make it while it's there to be made. 

[Ginsu Victim]

School of Rock was written by Mike White for Jack Black. He wrote the role with him in mind the whole time. Richard Linklater came in as director BECAUSE he wanted to direct a White script starring Black.

[AtomSmasher]

rottentomatoes loses all credibility with me when crap like School of Rock gets a 90+ rating.

90% thought it was above average. What's wrong with that?

Richard Linklater, Mike White, Jack Black, and a rockin' soundtrack....what's the problem?

I love that movie.

There are actually two scores on RottenTomatoes that you should look at when seeing how good a movie is.  The first obviously is the tomatometer, but the second is the "Average Rating."  The average rating works exactly the same as Metacritic and averages the scores of the reviewers.  The tomatometer is nice as it quickly tells you how many people found the movie to be worth seeing, but the average rating tells you exactly what they thought of the movie. 

The average rating of School of Rock is 7.7/10, which I think is a little high, but not by much.  It was an enjoyable movie, but completely unoriginal.

[Malenko]

-- kind of like Jim Carrey in a lot of his early work.

Ace Ventura was awesome and is still one of my all time fave flicks, the sequel was just as good; however the Mask was SCHMOKIN HORRIBLE

[Ginsu Victim]

Ace Ventura is great, but the sequel stunk.

You want good James Carrey films from early in his career, try The Dead Pool, Once Bitten, and Earth Girls Are Easy.

[ChadTower]

School of Rock was written by Mike White for Jack Black. He wrote the role with him in mind the whole time. Richard Linklater came in as director BECAUSE he wanted to direct a White script starring Black.

Which is exactly why it sucks so bad.  They wrote a script for a guy who specializes in individual rock performance, brought in people who specifically wanted to do it with him, and then had him deliver all of the personality of a muddy sock.  There used zero of his unique talent for the role.  What was the point?  They could have gotten the same performance from Richard Dreyfuss...

...oh wait, they did, when it was Mister Holland's Opus.

[Ginsu Victim]

Though I like Black better in Saving Silverman and High Fidelity, his personality is all over this movie. Same goes for when White wrote the role for him in Nacho Libre. Nacho, while completely different from his other work, is still VERY Jack Black oriented.

And I can't picture Dreyfuss in the Angus Young schoolboy outfit...

[Ginsu Victim]

I use IGN for smaller game releases that no one else covers.

[SavannahLion]

Ok, so basically everyone hates IGN but there's nothing better...?

In a consolidated way? No.

A HUGE majority of the decent review sites can't do anywhere near the number of reviews IGN can do because they haven't sold out like IGN has.

It's the same with radio stations. Ever notice that some radio stations will play the same song over, and over, and over, and over? Notice it's usually the same station that has the worst advertising? It's not because they're doing requests, it's the money. Even though the courts found it unethical (or whatever) for a station to get kickbacks based on the air time a particular song gets, those studios still find a way to shove that crap down our throats.

Others have a much more even handed way of doing reviews, but they can't match the volume IGN is doing because they're not getting the money (or free games, or support, or exclusives, or whatever). Others do some reviews, but it's not a primary motive for the site (PA is a good example).

Mayhaps someone should do a Wikipedia-like type of review site?

[patrickl]

Ok, so basically everyone hates IGN but there's nothing better...?

Everyone besides me. But sure, if you guys can show me something better than I'm game. 1UP fails as far as I'm concerned. I'm looking for a review and not some useless rating based on a preview.

Or the other way around, could someone point me to a review on IGN that is unfair (overly positive or something)?