tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14916953.post5425459090933817351..comments2023-10-29T03:21:50.171-04:00Comments on SCHWAPP!!!: Man...I Really Hate To Do This...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05734361945694475981noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14916953.post-21827173451660429152008-06-18T00:46:00.000-04:002008-06-18T00:46:00.000-04:00My links to Newsarama.com have been changed to dir...My links to Newsarama.com have been changed to direct links to their comics-devoted section. I just don't want the other stuff.Rob S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07331286524477806963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14916953.post-549611138471738652008-06-17T22:40:00.000-04:002008-06-17T22:40:00.000-04:00Despite Ken B. being more than willing to jump in ...Despite Ken B. being more than willing to jump in and argue the other points you bring up (comics coverage, Rama Vs. CBR), I think it is important to note that 99% of your comment has 0% to do with anything I said in the blog. <BR/><BR/>In fact, I gave Newsarama's standards for comic book coverage praise by saying that I had hoped they would have brought that to anything they expanded their scope to cover. <BR/><BR/>Again, I fully recognize that many low tier entertainment sites take the same generic interview and try to pretend that they had a key role in it. I just expected better than that from Newsarama. <BR/><BR/>I still value their comic book coverage (unlike some out there), especially after Matt Brady's strong assurances to concerned readers that the comic book content will not change for the worse. But becoming one of many entertainment sites that cuts and pastes mainstream content to pass off as their own work (which, on a personal level, feels equivalent to pretending you wrote something that you got off the AP wire) doesn't give me high hopes that their other focuses will live up to their old standards.<BR/><BR/>("Old standards" isn't meant to imply any difference in how they address comic book coverage. But if those "standards" aren't exactly applied to the entire site...well...they're no longer standards, are they?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05734361945694475981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14916953.post-91810381966595763312008-06-17T19:02:00.000-04:002008-06-17T19:02:00.000-04:00Newsarama brought this upon themselves. They were ...Newsarama brought this upon themselves. They were #1, and didn't have to do much to keep it. Sure, some tougher questions would be nice, but everything else was pretty good.<BR/><BR/>Then they went and screwed up a good formula with the switch. They are venturing into territory people who go to Newsarama do not want. And people are leaving rather than coming back.<BR/><BR/>Trying to continue debate with people on the new forums regarding a subject is a chore.<BR/><BR/>Hell, I've posted here almost as much as I do at the new Newsarama, when my eyes used to only be at Newsarama looking at their ads and adding hits to their page.<BR/><BR/>Also, when Newsarama credits a pre-packaged interview as done by "Newsarama Staff," they deserve to get crap for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14916953.post-72357206262829396842008-06-17T18:41:00.000-04:002008-06-17T18:41:00.000-04:00It seems like it's pile on Newsarama week. When C...It seems like it's pile on Newsarama week. When CBR goes away on weekends while Newsarama continues to have new material, no one complains. When CBR fails to break stories like Pacheco on Countdown, no one complains. When CBR runs Marvel preview art instead of stories that the outside world is covering (like the Return of Barry Allen), no one complains.<BR/><BR/>Let's face it: CBR cribs nearly everything they do from Newsarama. Take a few days and watch the flow of stories. Marvel exclusives now that CBR is Marvel's bitch aside . . . watch how many stories run on Newsarama first and then appear on CBR. It's astounding.<BR/><BR/>And it's not just stories: it's entire ideas. Team of reviewers? Check. Weekly annotated look at Trinity? Check. Blogs? Check. And there's more, if you watch.<BR/><BR/>So now Newsarama catches hell from movie coverage. How about you click their Comic Tab and count how many new stories went up in the past two days vs. CBR.<BR/><BR/>If that's the case, why are people down on Newsarama? People like to tear down #1.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com