Boutros said:
specialk said:
I also would argue in favor of the Metacritic user score. You just have to know how to use it.
My local library kept a list of "banned books" from throughout history. I went through a phase as a teen where I checked out and read a bunch of these books.
I seriously doubt whether most of the dudes and chicks who got these book banned during history actually read them. They just objected to the idea of the subject matter. They were the 0 / 10 metabombers of their time.
The banned book list didn't tell me anything concrete about the quality of the books on the list. But it told me that all those books got people fired up enough to feel strong emotions about them.
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Well aren't you proving the point that user scores are indeed meaningless? lol
The point is that people who post their review or score on something like Metacritic may and often have ulterior motives. The same is happening right now on Netflix. This speaks more of ulterior motives than anything else. The least controversial the material, the more accurate user scores will be that I'm sure we can agree on. But how can you tell something is controversial if all you look at is user scores?
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Ironically, I watched the first 15 minutes of that special last night with my wife. It was pretty terrible. I'll go back tonight and make sure to give it 1 star. 
