| www.dead-donkey.com https://forum.dead-donkey.com/ |
|
| IMDb BUG? https://forum.dead-donkey.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=19318 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | elchupacabra [ Tue Dec 30, 2008 10:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | IMDb BUG? |
Take a look at an IMDb movie page like this: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103919/ There is "more" button at the end of the "Genre" and "Plot Keywords" label in the Overview section. They are always the same on every page.  I noticed this bug about half a year ago. I'm sure it is a bug, because IIRC it worked a few years back. What do you think? It's strange that nobody has noticed/reported this so far. |
|
| Author: | spudthedestroyer [ Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:01 am ] | ||||
| Post subject: | Re: IMDb BUG? | ||||
erm.. i click more and for candyman genres:
That accurately describes Candyman. So i followed a link at the bottom to halloween: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/
I think there's a bug in your browser! 
|
|||||
| Author: | RedVeil [ Wed Dec 31, 2008 9:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IMDb BUG? |
I think what elchupacabra is trying to say is that the "more" link for Genre and Keywords used to lead to different targets - which I also recall to have been this way earlier. Candyman Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller Candyman Keywords: Psychological Thriller | Sociologist | Yelling | Hook For Hand | Framed For Murder | ... They are not the same on the main page, although the "more" link leads to the same page, which is - I think - wrong. 
|
|
| Author: | elchupacabra [ Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IMDb BUG? |
Yes, the things spud listed are not genres, but keywords. If you click more in the Genre list, you get the keyword list. |
|
| Author: | spudthedestroyer [ Thu Jan 01, 2009 6:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IMDb BUG? |
no that's correct I'd assume; the overview is the broadstroke classifications, the more is the SEO and linking between movies. Its how they build a map of similar movies. Probably a bad description of the page, but its functioning how it was designed. I think the 'similar movies' is a match between the genre keywords, the highest matches gets promoted into the similar section. |
|
| Author: | elchupacabra [ Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IMDb BUG? |
I don't think it's correct. The "genre more" links to the "keywords more". A year back it was not this way. And since keywords are not genres, it's fucked up imho. They could use genres to link between movies too. |
|
| Author: | spudthedestroyer [ Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IMDb BUG? |
I'm pretty sure it has been like that for a long time, I don't ever recall a genre page off of the mainpage, its always linked to "keywords" which are what make up genres. Why don't you just contact them and ask? |
|
| Author: | elchupacabra [ Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IMDb BUG? |
Ok, I've just did. I just wanted to know if anybody has noticed it and what's your opinion. Thanks for your replies. Looks like others don't care. 
|
|
| Author: | spudthedestroyer [ Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IMDb BUG? |
lol, well i'm pretty sure its always been like that and its intentional... i mean the genre listings vary between one and four on the main page so its not like its a space issue. I always assumed it was a kind of "this is why" and then a list of meta-keywords that could be described as genres (I've seen all sorts of crazy shit thrown around as 'genres') However, I do recall now that they relaunched a new theme about a year back. Let me know what they say btw, have you used allmovie.com before? It is a far more accurate database, particularly regarding production years. For example films like the guinea pig movies have the correct release years. |
|
| Author: | pure [ Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IMDb BUG? |
Although i (almost) always add a imdb entry of a movie that I post I gave up on them concerning accuracy |
|
| Author: | RedVeil [ Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IMDb BUG? |
It indeed looks like it always was that way. I had a look at the internet archive of one IMDb page here: http://web.archive.org/web/20050101-re_ ... tt0095060/ Both links (genre / keywords) lead to the keywords section. So I guess they will tell you that you are imagining things. 
|
|
| Author: | elchupacabra [ Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IMDb BUG? |
Could be, but they have to fix it one day.
|
|
| Author: | spudthedestroyer [ Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IMDb BUG? |
As i mentioned, i'm not convinced its broken; a genre is merely a description based on plot traits which are described by the occurance of keywords. The encompassing genres don't need a more; I've seen up to five genres listed under genre. I consider: 1) Action, Thriller, Drama, etc. - 'Weak Genres', don't let the name I gave them fool you, these are the main over-arching genres in my opinion, and are probably the best. 2) Horror - Yes, 'its invokes fear', 'dread'? I consider this weaker than genres in 1. Does that mean that any bleak world view is a horror? Is Fight Club a horror? imo, there's a strong case for it; consider parallels with Psycho and take a step back. Its certainly more horror than drama as most critics have it pegged. The genre very often degenerates into checklist keywords; demons, monsters, witches, etc. Then its horror. I don't consider horror the best description of a movie, as opposed to the classical genres. 3) Sci-Fi, Western - 'Strong Genres', merely the presence of keywords; robot, space, time travel? Then its a scifi. Its a strong genre because its easily definable as the base construction of keywords, but its a bad descriptor because it tells you nothing about expectations of content beyond the keyword presence. Take Dark City and Matrix; Dark City is a thriller, Matrix is an action movie. The weak genres describe the films better than calling them both mere scifis. We are all encompassing on this site in regards to 2), so you see us degenerate into checklist keywords for inclusion; particularly for subgenres. Because the genre is weak, there are points of contention and it allows the inclusion of far more than an individuals stance. Individual stance plays into it because horror, imo, is not as good as a genre descriptor as we are lead to believe. |
|
| Author: | TaKYoN [ Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IMDb BUG? |
No black and white for spud I see. He spends his whole life seeing shades of grey, sweet. |
|
| Author: | spudthedestroyer [ Tue Jan 06, 2009 3:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: IMDb BUG? |
There's plenty of red too... 
|
|
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC [ DST ] |
| What's blood for, if not for shedding? | |