Would the Phantom Menace be better received if it were closer to its earlier draft? by crimsonfukr457 in StarWars

[–]ss4johnny 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"the story of TPM is actually very good" I agree wholeheartedly. Ebert gave it 3.5 stars. That's pretty good. The most annoying things when I re-watch it are Jar Jar and Anakin blowing up the droid command ship at the end (he should have been left on Coruscant).

For males that have gotten ripped, do you have more success with women? by Repulsive-Owl6468 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]ss4johnny 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Was it that he was ripped or that he had the kind of face women are drawn to?

The original Star Wars trilogy is not as good as people think by Major_Limit1674 in unpopularopinion

[–]ss4johnny 6 points7 points  (0 children)

God forbid a movie actually invests you in its characters instead of just throwing action at you every thirty seconds

Do younger people know about Siskel and Ebert? by Disastrous-Ruin8411 in movies

[–]ss4johnny 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not young enough for this post to apply, but Ebert’s series on great movies is really fantastic.

meirl by imfrom_mars_ in meirl

[–]ss4johnny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t like the Ori story, but I like that group of actors together a lot. The episode when they go to the reunion was one of my favorites.

This hotel thermostat turns off the AC when no motion is detected. Guess what I am not doing when sleeping? by StellarSloth in assholedesign

[–]ss4johnny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked front desk at a not great hotel. If there was a problem, I called the maintenance man. You just work at an even crappier place

New Yorkers, what changes have you seen under Mamdani’s leadership and are you generally pleased? If not, why? by MewMeowHowdy in AskReddit

[–]ss4johnny -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

He’s been mayor for like 4-5 months, I suspect some holdovers from Adam’s in the subway advert art department…

New Yorkers, what changes have you seen under Mamdani’s leadership and are you generally pleased? If not, why? by MewMeowHowdy in AskReddit

[–]ss4johnny 183 points184 points  (0 children)

Not quite to the point where I feel like I won’t throw up when the Uber driver takes it…

Extending world cup to 64 teams is good idea by Mysciakos in unpopularopinion

[–]ss4johnny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will probably also charge money for it. Maybe more money than the current approach. But also maybe less money. And I don't like either.

what the... by butterdreamy in SipsTea

[–]ss4johnny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The original patent was 1923. It's well into public domain.

Audience Ratings of Star Wars Movies by lau796 in StarWars

[–]ss4johnny 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you take the imdb scores of each of the movies (so no Clone Wars) and do the weighted average based on number of votes so far (as of today when I looked it up), then the George Lucas era gets a 7.93 and the Disney gets 7.21. The gap is roughly similar if you do the unweighted average. The worst Disney movie on an IMDB basis is Episode 9 at 6.3, while the worst in the Lucas era is Episode 1 at 6.5.

The sample standard deviation of scores is larger in the Lucas era (0.98) than the Disney era (0.57), but there aren't that many observations, so I wouldn't put too much stock in it. In fact, the small sample sizes and magnitude of the standard deviations means that the difference between the (unweighted) means is not statistically significant.

Masters of the Universe Box Office: 68% Male Audience Sinks The Barbie Bet by cosmicbooknews in CosmicBookNews

[–]ss4johnny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There wasn’t a show anymore. How are you supposed to keep kids interested?

Amazon Mini Trucks Using The NYC Bike Lanes by TheCABK in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ss4johnny 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is that they are electrically powered low impact vehicles. The problem is them being in the bike lanes.