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Subject:	Re: How to decide what art is worth (was Re: Extropianism
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 30 Aug 1999 23:50:38 GMT
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Christopher Weeks <clweeks@eclipse.net> wrote in message news:37C6AA90.8AAC200C@eclipse.net... > Larry Pieniazek wrote: > > > > Your perogative, but it may or may not be the opinion of others. Or are > > you arguing that the endings were lower quality because they had lower > > production values? Nope... > > They were lower quality because decent art shows a piece of the > creator's heart and when an artist changes that for mass appeal, it is > more sterile. In the case of the two movies sited, I have no particular > knowledge to support or refute the claim that those were the original > endings, but I think I like them better too. Here's the million dollar qustion: how can the general public be competent enough to be an adequate judge of movie quality (or of political decision-making) but not of whether or not there is a God? Jesse

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		Re: How to decide what art is worth (was Re: Extropianism
(...) I would say that they are an adequate judge of both. They may spend their cash on each as they see fit. And they're wrong on both counts. --Chris (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: How to decide what art is worth (was Re: Extropianism
(...) Because it's an opinion, and thus subject to polling (in the form of box office receipts), rather than proving or disproving (...) Ditto, although I'd say right now the system is rigged so the GP doesn't get a fair chance to say what they (...) (25 years ago, 31-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: How to decide what art is worth (was Re: Extropianism
(...) I would argue that. I would also say that while the market _is_ what should determine what gets made, it's not the same as an objective quality metric. It's a popularity metric. Due to preferences and finances and whole slew of other (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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