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What is quality?

RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
edited 2011-08-12 18:25:37 in General

In lowercase letters. And referring to how "good" or "bad" something is, for lack of a better explanation.

Quality seems like a simple to grasp concept, but I have not been able to understand it for some reason. I would think it to be relative and personal, yet so many people consider it in absolute and universal terms. For example, what makes one movie better than the other? Is, say, a lighthearted comedy or silly action movie inherently inferior to a serious drama? Can you measure the quality of a movie on a linear scale like reviews tend to do, or does personal experience lead one to be more connected with certain movies over others? Can you be right or wrong about liking certain things, and why?

Comments

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    I just apply Ebert's Law when I review stuff.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    It's not what the film's about, but how it's about it.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Like I said, Ebert's Law.
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Yes. I was just clarifying for those who don't know 'cause I'm a nice guy like that.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Pfffffft, no twin of mine is a nice guy.

    I'm disowning you.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    baby don't improve me, don't improve me, no more
  • 707ruz707ruz
    "I will grant you two wishes; one for each testicle."
    Quality is bullshit that creators want you to believe in order to make you buy their shit.
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    quality and value seem to be subjective really i'm starting to doubt if anything but hard scientific fact is objective. that's why there are different options for many things produced by different groups. a m ac or a PC, McDonalds and Burger King, Walmart and Target.
  • CounterclockCounterclock
    Belief
    Quality?

    Would it be perhaps the end-result?

    Or something more person-to-person basis.

    People can eat a ham that was cooked at 300 degrees and thinks it's good, but does that make it quality ham? Or is the person just a niche fan of undercooked hams.

    It's certainly a dilemma, Niche fans of undercooked hams will see more quality in an undercooked Ham than people going for a fully cooked ham.

     
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    > quality and value seem to be subjective really i'm starting to doubt if anything but hard scientific fact is objective.

    Yeah, it's pretty subjective.

    Well, you can make it objective if you decide on some standardized way of measuring it objectively.  But that involves making an assumption, and isn't the intrinsic definition.
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    It really depends on your perspective whether you subscribe to the Labor Theory of Value or the Subjective Theory of Value or something else. There are many theories of value.
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