Taste and the Internet

I'm following a few discussions about Battlestar Galactica on Livejournal, and I'm finding it interesting how perpective is so important to how each of us views a TV show.

I love BSG, and I find very little to complain about with it. Other people have issues that I can certainly acknowledge, but many of them, I can't see. I dislike Firefly, as much as I wanted to like it. I love Buffy and The West Wing, but there are parts of both shows that drive me insane with annoyance. I love Melrose Place, but only a few seasons in the middle. The reasons why someone is inclined or disinclined to a show are totally myriad and personal - and I suppose the challenge is really to appeal to -enough- people.

I sometimes wonder if the internet - which gives a huge number of people the ability to post their personal perpective n a show - has made people hyper-critical. I mean, it's good to voice opinion, good to discuss the good and bad of things. But - how many times have you seen a comment about a episode and think 'I totally missed -that-', or 'That's wrong!' -- or 'Wow, I didn't think of that'? By putting together all those people, influencing each other's opinions - is it easier now to say 'Yeah, you're right. This show sucks now'?

She says, posting to a blog...