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Are we any better than the folks who watch stuff like The Hills?
westrim:
QC takes a minute, tops, to read a strip. The Hills takes a minimum of 22 minutes to watch. Even if both are exactly the same in terms of inanity, those who read QC are still 21 times better. Since QC has actual humor and an overall plot, so that bumps it up to 42 times better (does this mean that QC is the answer?).
And what do people have against Jackson's Ents and New Trek?
Scotto:
I think the point was, if QC is inane, and the Hills is inane, then a shorter burst of inanity is preferable. But then, that's if both are inane.
As to Stalker... oh, man. If you're watching Stalker for entertainment value, then good on you. It's a very well-made movie to be sure, but for entertainment, I'd rather have Ghostbusters.
SleeperCylon:
I like QC because it has a unique perspective on life. QC tells a the same story a little different than everyone else tells it. It takes place in the (Mostly) real world with characters I (Mostly) like and identify with. They're three dimensional and sympathetic. The focus of QC puts flawed beauty over ugly perfection. The characters are flawed, but do the best they can and end up helping each other cope with and overcome their issues.
Whereas shows like The Hills tell the same story in pretty much the same way everyone else tells it. Characters are two dimensional and not particularly sympathetic, and take part in the same little consumerist utopian-for-the-beautiful-elite fantasy spoiled rich kids are brought up in.
I can't imagine anybody who could be on the Hills not treating anybody who could be on Questionable Content like shit.
Of course we're not better than people who watch the Hills. We just identify with a ecclectic group of normal-but-flawed people more than rich, vacuous beauty-elitists.
Ikrik:
The Hills? Seriously?
I would like to think we're much different from the people who watch The Hills...but better? Naw. QC is about a minute of my time every weekday. Sometimes I'll spend a few hours rereading the archives. I'll have a discussion about it with someone but it's certainly not the object of my obsession. The Hills however, has a huge, possibly rabid, audience that are desperately thirsty for anything regard Speidi (right?) It's possible for anyone to flip on the TV and find themselves watching The Hills...wondering how the world came to this and how suddenly The Flavour of Love seems almost sophisticated in comparison. QC on the other hand is a lot harder to find, I'm going to assume that most of us did not turn on the internet one day and come across this website by accident. I'm going to further assume that you might have stumbled across it by accessing another webcomic or a friend who reads webcomics. I'll just say that the audience for both are extremely different. The Hills panders to 14-16 year old girls who love Twilight whereas QC targets 16-30's boys and girls who might possibly like Twilight. The Hills certainly has a much larger audience whereas QC is composed of mostly core fans.
And I think the fact that Jeans mentioned Tarkovsky's STALKER just proved that, yes, we are better. (and I should really watch that movie)
BeoPuppy:
--- Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 12 Jul 2009, 05:02 ---I would never think I'm better than anyone just because of what they watch... Even if that program is totally crap.
--- End quote ---
I would. Anybody who watches Hogan knows Best or the follow-up with his daughter, that amazingly blonde girl whose name has slipped from my mind right now or a show like Kendra voluntairily deserves to have some scorn heaped upon them.
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