Grade The Musical Soundtrack for the 1982 Film "John Carpenter's THE THING" ?
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AnthonyRocks — 4 years ago(August 11, 2021 03:17 AM)
From "A+" to "F", How would you yourself Grade the Musical Soundtrack for the 1982 Movie "
John Carpenter's THE THING
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ToastedCheese — 4 years ago(August 11, 2021 10:28 AM)
it is a minimalist atmospheric and even repetitive score. In terms of how well it works in with the film, I would give it an A.
As an isolated track just for listening a B-.
Norman! What did you put in my tea? -
GrumpyBastard — 4 years ago(February 09, 2022 12:25 AM)
A to F scores are stupid and AFAIK only used in dumb countries like 'Murica and the Commonwealth.
Why is it stupid? Because you can't calculate with letters.
If the scores are A,B,B,C,F,F,F,F,F,A,D then what is the average score? Unless you first convert these to numerical values (A=1, B=2, etc.) and then sum them and divide by the number of scores and then convert that back to a letter, you can't calculate the average!
So the best system is the system Europe uses: give something a score from 0 to 10. The 0 is for movies with daniel "no Bond" craig, the 10 for Aliens and The Thing. Calculating the average is super simple.
So STOP using the stupid A..F system and switch to 0..10. Oh, and ditch the effing imperial measurements while you're at it. No more gallons, miles, cups, ounces, pounds and inces but liters, kilometers, grams, kilograms and centimeters.
My rating for the soundtrack: 10 -
ToastedCheese — 4 years ago(February 09, 2022 10:04 AM)
Grumpy Bastard
, reply to AR not me with your gripe, its his poll.
But yes, I agree with what you say. Ratings for anything should be numerical out of 5 or 10 to make any real sense and medians/averages work better.
Norman! What did you put in my tea? -
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GrumpyBastard — 4 years ago(February 13, 2022 04:24 AM)
You are probably one of those that also likes to measure distances in Furlongs and then convert to miles. Statute miles that is. Not nautical miles. You silly 'Murican.
You can rightfully blame the frogs for a lot of things but their S.I. is perfect.