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Constant Mediocrity or occasional brilliance?


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08-14-2011, 02:15 PM
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Constant Mediocrity or occasional brilliance?
If you were forced to choose between a book/film/album/game which was consistantly mediocre and something that was mostly a bit...'bad' but had some absolutely brilliant chapters/songs/moments/levels etc in it.

Which would you choose?
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08-14-2011, 02:18 PM
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Some brilliance is better than no brilliance, obviously. Why? You want to write a story and you're wondering how much effort you should put into it?
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08-14-2011, 02:20 PM
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No not at all. Just a sort of vaguely profound thing I was thinking about in the shower, if you must know
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08-14-2011, 02:21 PM
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My lexicon designates "mediocre" and "meh" as equivalent. Thus, something with good bits in it is superior to the same without them.

Was this question supposed to require careful consideration?
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08-14-2011, 02:25 PM
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No not at all. I was just wondering what people thought, is all. What if I changed it from "meh" to "bad"? Does that change your choice, BM?
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08-14-2011, 02:59 PM
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Basically

Watching three hours of Joey.

vs

Watching the Star Wars Holiday Special with a couple of really good bits towards the end.
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I liked the Holiday Special.
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08-14-2011, 03:54 PM
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Oh, fuck off.
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You are so mean uguu~
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the miserable high school boys.
If we were girls, we could get popular by doing anything:
rock band, jazz band,
karate, kendo, mahjong, cyborg, synchronized swimming...
On the other hand, high school boys are
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But they're recklessly trying to make a slice-of-life anime about us.
Ah, we are high school boys,
the miserable high school boys.

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Oh don't start with this uguu~ nonsense again!
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uguu~
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Well what a fantastic thread this turned out to be.
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I wouldn't have it any other way. thats for sure
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Well what a fantastic thread this turned out to be.
Yes. Next post not answering the original question receives an infraction.
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Aren't these things both the same i.e. average or shit+good=average?
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They average out to be similar, yes.
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