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From: knf@druxo.UUCP (FricklasK)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: NEW (possibly) way of rating movies
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 17:45:18 EST
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>The nice thing about the -4 to +4 scale (or the 1 to 10 scale, for that matter)
>is that it is not tied to some unit of measure (how many miles you'd drive, how
>much you'd pay, etc.).  This makes it:
>	1) more durable (a $5 movie in 1934 would be very different from a $5
>		movie today)
>	2) more versatile (you can apply it to movies, books, TV shows, etc.)
>	3) more objective (Scrooge, as Mark pointed out, is probably a lot
>		stingier than most people, so his ratings would be influenced
>		by that)
>
>					Evelyn C. Leeper
>					...ihnp4!mtgzz!ecl

How about a conversion scale:

   +4) Name your price. $6.00, plus an two hour drive to the theater.
   +3) $5.50 First run city.
   +2) $4.00 See it at the Mann Centiplex.
   +1) $2.00 See the matinee, or rent it.
    0) $1.00 Wait for it to show on campus, or at the buck movie house.
   -1) $0.00 See it on cable
   -2) $0.00 See it on cable when its the only thing on other than Dick Clark's
             Celebrity Bloops and Blunders.
   -3) $0.00 Use it as background noise when you're doing the dishes.
   -4)-$5.00 You pay me.

OK? Is every body happy now?

    '`'``
     Ken
    '`'`'