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Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World | Film | Why Don't You Like This? | The A.V. Club - 0 views

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But you’re definitely on the lowest end of the A.V. Club spectrum of opinion. (Nathan and I both put it on our top 10 list for 2010; it was my No. 3, and it’s my most rewatched film of 2010; Keith is a fan as well.)
- Dan Ondang on 05 Mar 12
  
  Points to other critics and colleagues
  
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you don’t believe in judging a film by your expectations. You don’t necessarily hate videogames, or Michael Cera,
- Dan Ondang on 05 Mar 12
  
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Stephanie Zacharek
- Dan Ondang on 05 Mar 12
  
  Pointing to another critic, ethos.
  
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Sucker Punch (Schoolgirls kicking ass! Nazi robot monsters! Dragons!) and Drive Angry (Nicolas Cage shot out of hell! Slo-mo bloodbaths aplenty! Non-stop badassery! In 3-D!) that are not, in fact, awesome. The latter, I compared to a Steve Vai solo album: That much virtuosity, without modulation, can wind up seeming paradoxically bland and homogenous
- Dan Ondang on 05 Mar 12
  
  Name-dropping movies that weren't good, also the Steve Vai comparison. Both ethos and pathos.
  
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"Modern Warfare" | Community | TV Club | TV | The A.V. Club - 0 views

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- Dan Ondang on 01 Mar 12
  
  Big interesting picture at the top, a big draw. However, Community is a very easy show to pull awesome stills from (I might be a big fan).
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Big interesting picture at the top, a big draw. However, Community is a very easy show to pull awesome stills from (I might be a big fan).</div>
  
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Buffy or M*A*S*H
- Dan Ondang on 01 Mar 12
  
  Name dropping two of the greats if the TV world. Clearly ethos.
  
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about Annie popping out of a trash can with two guns in her hand or Chang walking into the study room with his giant paintball machine gun, laughing maniacally and lighting the room up with paint pellets in slow-motion
- Dan Ondang on 01 Mar 12
  
  Another big draw sentence. Could call it pathos or logos, depending on whether it is better referred to as saying things that sound cool to recommend the episode or mentioning things that happen in the episode because they are cool.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Another big draw sentence. Could call it pathos or logos, depending on whether it is better referred to as saying things that sound cool to recommend the episode or mentioning things that happen in the episode because they are cool. </div>
  
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TV Club - The A.V. Club - 1 views

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- Dan Ondang on 01 Mar 12
  
  It may be worth noting that the 'tv club' tab is arranged slightly differently from the other tabs.
  
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The A.V. Club - 1 views

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- Dan Ondang on 01 Mar 12
  
  These picture on the side here are generally faces. This harps on the emotions as people can connect quickly and easily to faces
  
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- Dan Ondang on 01 Mar 12
  
  Yet again, everything is on purpose. The tabs are presented in all lowercase - not imposing but informal and friendly looking.
  
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- Dan Ondang on 01 Mar 12
  
  This bar can be viewed as a 'crew shout out' of webpages. They invoke the legendary name of 'The Onion'. Heavy use of ethos by riding off The Onion's reputation
  
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- Dan Ondang on 01 Mar 12
  
  The logo is minimalistic. The periods in 'A.V.' as well as most of the other choices with the logo (inner white circle, Helvetica-style font, dark blue, etc) lend it a 'quirky' look that is clearly meant to appeal to young people. On a more cynical level, it is meant to appeal to the 18-40 demographic that advertisers love.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The logo is minimalistic. The periods in 'A.V.' as well as most of the other choices with the logo (inner white circle, Helvetica-style font, dark blue, etc) lend it a 'quirky' look that is clearly meant to appeal to young people. On a more cynical level, it is meant to appeal to the 18-40 demographic that advertisers love.</div>
  
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- Dan Ondang on 01 Mar 12
  
  Also of note is that the front page is pretty much a bunch of text and picture links all piled on top of each other. In my personal experience, this is the kind of thing that overwhelms generations that did not grow up with computers. More directly, I don't think my parents would be able to make any sense of this because it's too much information. This again connects with the demographic appeal mentioned at the top of the page
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Also of note is that the front page is pretty much a bunch of text and picture links all piled on top of each other. In my personal experience, this is the kind of thing that overwhelms generations that did not grow up with computers. More directly, I don't think my parents would be able to make any sense of this because it's too much information. This again connects with the demographic appeal mentioned at the top of the page</div>
  
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