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<blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 3765906" data-attributes="member: 10397">I wouldnt call that a real opinion of the work. Its probably more like a generalized opinion of similar works etc. &nbsp; I dont really have any issues with any opinion of a work, unless and until someone tries to say their opinion is some sort of objective truth.&nbsp;&nbsp; By my own personal standards, and the standards of others who read them. Edit: Also to me its not a thing of &quot;good&quot; and &quot;bad&quot;. Its an issue of all creative works having inherent *value*. This value may or may not manifest for everyone, since everyone has different thoughts, feelings, needs and perceptions.&nbsp;&nbsp; Flawed and incomplete, yes. Bad, as in lacking any sort of value whatsoever, no I dont think so.&nbsp;What are the chances of anyone besides a small child producing a story that simultaneously has incomprehensible grammar, glaring inconsistancies, and a plot that makes no sense?&nbsp; A work can have flaws that everyone or nearly everyone can agree upon, but that doesnt make it &quot;bad&quot;, &quot;worthless&quot; or &quot;crap.&quot; And as I said, I dont really see the liklihood of a literary work being produced by an adult possessed of basic language skills that is simply an incomprehensible collection of words or some such.&nbsp; And it also, once again, depends upon the specific purposes of a work. I've read and seen stories/movies whatever that basically made no sense to me and that I didn't get anything from...but I figure they served some purpose for their creators and probably had positive effects on other viewers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merlion, post: 3765906, member: 10397"] I wouldnt call that a real opinion of the work. Its probably more like a generalized opinion of similar works etc. I dont really have any issues with any opinion of a work, unless and until someone tries to say their opinion is some sort of objective truth. By my own personal standards, and the standards of others who read them. Edit: Also to me its not a thing of "good" and "bad". Its an issue of all creative works having inherent *value*. This value may or may not manifest for everyone, since everyone has different thoughts, feelings, needs and perceptions. Flawed and incomplete, yes. Bad, as in lacking any sort of value whatsoever, no I dont think so. What are the chances of anyone besides a small child producing a story that simultaneously has incomprehensible grammar, glaring inconsistancies, and a plot that makes no sense? A work can have flaws that everyone or nearly everyone can agree upon, but that doesnt make it "bad", "worthless" or "crap." And as I said, I dont really see the liklihood of a literary work being produced by an adult possessed of basic language skills that is simply an incomprehensible collection of words or some such. And it also, once again, depends upon the specific purposes of a work. I've read and seen stories/movies whatever that basically made no sense to me and that I didn't get anything from...but I figure they served some purpose for their creators and probably had positive effects on other viewers. [/QUOTE]

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