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    Default Formerly cool Websites that went downhill...

    Aintitcool - does a lot of direct to DVD junk. I suspect since Harry isnt as healthy as he once was the site has faltered...

    Retrocrush - used to have cool stuff like the worst ever Halloween costumes but Robert seems to have lost interest and mostly promotes comedy gigs..

    IMDB - not the same since the forums were removed due to trolling, illegal download links etc.

    Superdickery - run outta gags? Pop-up ads started infecting it.

    Others?

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    Quote Originally Posted by AnthonyO'Brien View Post
    Aintitcool - does a lot of direct to DVD junk. I suspect since Harry isnt as healthy as he once was the site has faltered...

    Retrocrush - used to have cool stuff like the worst ever Halloween costumes but Robert seems to have lost interest and mostly promotes comedy gigs..

    IMDB - not the same since the forums were removed due to trolling, illegal download links etc.

    Superdickery - run outta gags? Pop-up ads started infecting it.

    Others?
    CBR used to have actual articles and columns worth reading instead of listicles

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    CBR comes to mind first, in this context. I haven't checked the front page in... years? Couldn't even tell you.

    I'd also ad the AVClub group of sites, half of the posts just feel like ads these days. That's of the posts that aren't just ads.

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    Used to be a daily regular at Something Awful, then meh. Just can't be bothered anymore.

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    I feel the same about AintItCool and IMDB. With the latter, I still look there for cast listings and various other bits of information when I can't remember the name of an actor. I really miss the forums because before it went to hell, there were a lot of interesting discussions there. AintitCool IIRC used to have some good movie and comic book reviews and discussions.

    Hate to say it but CBR articles are mostly click bait, except Brian Cronin's columns are still worth reading. I think he's the only long time contributor left. I miss the Shelf Porn feature but I think it moved to another site somewhere. They used to have a lot more interviews, etc with the comic book professionals. I really liked the monthly updates with Jonathan Hickman and Tom B. when Secret Wars came out. Things like this they don't have much of anymore.

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    Yeah, SA really fell into neglect last time I checked. Do they still have awful link of the day, horrors of porn and photoshop phriday?

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    SodaHead used to me my go to forum site from like 2013-2015, then they banned all their users and became a poll service or whatever.
    I needed a replacement and found this place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GOLGO 13 View Post
    Used to be a daily regular at Something Awful, then meh. Just can't be bothered anymore.
    That site was never "cool." A bunch of juvenile bullies that probably drove a few vulnerable people to suicide.
    "How does the Green Goblin have anything to do with Herpes?" - The Dying Detective

    Hillary was right!

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulBullion View Post
    That site was never "cool." A bunch of juvenile bullies that probably drove a few vulnerable people to suicide.
    Admittedly, a lot of SA goons are close to the 4Chan cuck-boys. So yeah, LOTS of dumb fuckery mixed in with some good things like the creation of Slender Man, Chuck Norris memes. I had some giggles.

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    I loved the AV club so much. The community was absolutely batshit insane, but not cruel, and I got to have some of the most insightful and entertaining discussions I've ever experienced online. Then the Kinjapocalypse happened, the community vanished, and the articles basically became "Lookit what this ******* said/did/wore. I'm mad!"
    "A happy ending? So unlikely. We're not having a moment here.

    Wrong city, wrong people, all huddling in fear.

    No one escapes the slaughterhouse, and that's just where you're at.

    (You could've asked Rebecca but then Adam stomped her flat.)

    You think you're special cuz you're scrappy? You're deluded, time to go.

    Lucy's living on the moon but you're another dead psycho."

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    Don't know if it's been mentioned, but KillerMovies aka KMC.

    I used to participate there a lot under the handle of "Lord S", from 2005 to about 2012. The entire forum is pretty much a ghost town now. It's actually quite tragic, and depressing. I still log in once a month or so just for the hell of it.

    Don't know about the current state of CBR in terms of traffic, I barely log in here these days. Not really into comics anymore. *shrug*

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    Quote Originally Posted by GOLGO 13 View Post
    Used to be a daily regular at Something Awful, then meh. Just can't be bothered anymore.
    First I’ve heard of it, just checked it out and it seems exactly as advertised. What happened to it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joker View Post
    CBR comes to mind first, in this context. I haven't checked the front page in... years? Couldn't even tell you.
    Are we discussing the forum and the front page as two separate sites here?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRay View Post
    Are we discussing the forum and the front page as two separate sites here?
    I think we are. I come to this forum a lot now. The articles, not so much.

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    Has BoxOfficeMojo been mentioned yet?

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