{"id":1082,"date":"2012-06-03T16:18:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-03T16:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/korra\/2012\/06\/03\/this-is-more-a-comment-than-a-question-but-i-have\/"},"modified":"2012-06-03T16:18:32","modified_gmt":"2012-06-03T16:18:32","slug":"this-is-more-a-comment-than-a-question-but-i-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/korra\/2012\/06\/03\/this-is-more-a-comment-than-a-question-but-i-have\/","title":{"rendered":"This is more a comment than a question but I have to vehemently disagree with your comments about judging completely works more critically than individual parts. I think that attitude is one of the biggest causes for people&#8217;s lax acceptance of mediocre entertainment. As long as it has been designed as a episodic format show and it is being released as single episodes it should be judged on those terms even more strongly than as a whole."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"140\" src=\"http:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_m51ud49CCq1r9m93uo4_250.gif\" width=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hmmm. I think we&rsquo;ve said our piece on the podcast, but for more discussion, let&rsquo;s turn to Slate.com&rsquo;s piece on Alan Sepinwall model <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/arts\/culturebox\/2011\/02\/the_tv_guide.html\" target=\"_blank\">(LINK)<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>Sepinwall-style criticism has obvious strengths. Week-to-week coverage reflects how people actually watch their favorite shows\u2014we rehash the best lines, parse the meaning of weighty moments, and anticipate plot twists. At its best, new-school TV writing is brainy and inquisitive, thoughtful commentary borne out of a fanatical attention to detail. But hypervigilant criticism, written by obsessive fans for obsessive fans, isn&rsquo;t necessarily an unmitigated force for good. Is it possible that today&rsquo;s TV writers are sitting too close to the screen?<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hmmm. I think we&rsquo;ve said our piece on the podcast, but for more discussion, let&rsquo;s turn to Slate.com&rsquo;s piece on Alan Sepinwall model (LINK): Sepinwall-style criticism has obvious strengths. Week-to-week coverage reflects how people actually watch their favorite shows\u2014we rehash the best lines, parse the meaning of weighty moments, and anticipate plot twists. At its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/korra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/korra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/korra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/korra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/korra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/korra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/korra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/korra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fightinginthewarroom.com\/korra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}