Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-25987328-20160413230109/@comment-26094355-20160425205646

This debate is, in fact, winnable.

The main title of the thread, “Are the movies trash”, went down a road no longer of opinion, but down to reasoning over various tangible things (“the movies are only action scenes”, mainly). This is not a matter of opinion, as you can see, because whether you or I think otherwise about this subject, doesn’t change the fact that they aren’t entirely action scenes, and that action scenes are in fact necessary to convey various themes. This was clearly displayed by material from the BTS, clear analysis of the films, and even Catfish’s agreement at one point.

This is something apparently, Sinth, you (and others) don’t seem to get. You can’t write off everything as “opinion” just because it’s a debate. There are clear tangible reasonings here, that can in fact be disproved. So do not twist it otherwise.

Of course, they can continue to think the movies are trash, and that is their opinion. But the reasoning behind it is clearly illogical and misinformed, and that’s ultimately what the discussion has lead to (and not whether their opinion was changeable). And in that sense, it is in fact winnable, and has been, for the most part, “won”. (Unless Catfish can bring something new to the table)

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