In this day and age

[saul_on_the_road_to_damascus]

Of Imdb, Wikipedia and the internet in general, is there any excuse for a lack of knowledge in media trivia/facts?

Just ran into a guy who complained about not knowing two movies were connected despite the fact that the two movies were based off of classic works of fiction from the same author, were in theaters 4 years apart, had the same first word in their titles, the second was followed by the number 2 then the title of the actual movie and it featured the same second lead as the first one. Despite all of that he spent hours trying to figure out what the first movie was and didn't know the answer till they announced two sequels today.

[Kirby101]

Of Imdb, Wikipedia and the internet in general, is there any excuse for a lack of knowledge in media trivia/facts?

Just ran into a guy who complained about not knowing two movies were connected despite the fact that the two movies were based off of classic works of fiction from the same author, were in theaters 4 years apart, had the same first word in their titles, the second was followed by the number 2 then the title of the actual movie and it featured the same second lead as the first one. Despite all of that he spent hours trying to figure out what the first movie was and didn't know the answer till they announced two sequels today.

First, people on forums, including this one, everyday ask for explanations a quick Google would solve. So, I'm not surprised.

Second, WTF was the movie you're talking about? Why the mystery?

(My guess is "Too Fast and Furious".)

[saul_on_the_road_to_damascus]

First, people on forums, including this one, everyday ask for explanations a quick Google would solve. So, I'm not surprised.

Second, WTF was the movie you're talking about? Why the mystery?

(My guess is "Too Fast and Furious".)

Journey 2 the mysterious island which was the sequel to journey to the center of the earth.

[Mikekerr3]

Of Imdb, Wikipedia and the internet in general, is there any excuse for a lack of knowledge in media trivia/facts?

Just ran into a guy who complained about not knowing two movies were connected despite the fact that the two movies were based off of classic works of fiction from the same author, were in theaters 4 years apart, had the same first word in their titles, the second was followed by the number 2 then the title of the actual movie and it featured the same second lead as the first one. Despite all of that he spent hours trying to figure out what the first movie was and didn't know the answer till they announced two sequels today.

There is a great excuse, not realy giving a da** over useless ephemera. Do you think tat stuff is important enough that people should know it? Or that in reality that it is important at all?

[saul_on_the_road_to_damascus]

There is a great excuse, not realy giving a da** over useless ephemera. Do you think tat stuff is important enough that people should know it? Or that in reality that it is important at all?

The guy was commenting on a story about the movies upcoming sequels about how he couldn't find out about the movie which came before it despite spending hours searching for said information. He obviously cared. It wasn't like I started the conversation then called him a moron for not knowing the answer.

[Charmed]

You can't expect a person to think, I mean like seriously

But when you lay it out like that, particularly in the most recent post, then yes, he should have known. Somehow I think he was trollin'

[Mormel]

Of Imdb, Wikipedia and the internet in general, is there any excuse for a lack of knowledge in media trivia/facts?
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Well, some people can navigate those reference sites pretty well, and others can't. I personally find it more disturbing that in an age where people have international news at their fingertips constantly pouring in, people in general remain politically and culturally ignorant.

[emac1790]

Well, some people can navigate those reference sites pretty well, and others can't. I personally find it more disturbing that in an age where people have international news at their fingertips constantly pouring in, people in general remain politically and culturally ignorant.

Well the saying is "Ignorance is bliss".

[tombo]

I actually admire people who aren't hooked into the net and have all the information of the world at their fingertips. I always see it as more peaceful/spiritual to be more removed from the media. I think things can be confusing for "non in the know folk" sometimes, like Batman Begins being part of the trilogy not having Dark Knight in the name.

[CSTowle]

I agree with Mike, different priorities/estimation of the value of such information. I also agree with what I think edhopper was saying, general laziness. Add them together, some would rather just ask people directly that would know and can wait for the answer rather than taking the time to search and maybe taking much longer.

[Surtur]

Well one issue might be that anyone can edit wikipedia. So you might not even get necessarily correct information.

First, people on forums, including this one, everyday ask for explanations a quick Google would solve. So, I'm not surprised.

Well yeah, though one thing that bugs me is when someone asks a question and people respond with "google it". It's just to me..if you are going to bother responding then you might as well answer the question

[Kirby101]

Well one issue might be that anyone can edit wikipedia. So you might not even get necessarily correct information.



Well yeah, though one thing that bugs me is when someone asks a question and people respond with "google it". It's just to me..if you are going to bother responding then you might as well answer the question

Well if it's what an Internet abbreviation means or what movie it is, yeah. If it's a more complex answer that needs paragraphs to explain, no. Do you want to take the time to explain who J'son Spartax and Starfox are? Or the origins of the Nova Corps?
Sometimes it's more obscure scientific terms or philosophical ideas, and so on.

[tombo]

I was recently grateful when the people on the Star Wars thread here explained the continuity status of the new EU to me. I'd read the wiki article on the subject, but not understood its cryptic wording.

[Shawn Hopkins]

Maybe your friend just has such a rich and fulfilling life he doesn't have time to keep track of sequels to Brendan Fraser movies.

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Lack of information literacy isn't the same thing as lack of knowledge. It's a bit disappointing that this person needed to spend hours to find an answer when it's readily available online, but the fact that he didn't know it automatically shouldn't be a strike against him. There's a lot of media out there, and most of it isn't really worth the mental effort of remembering.