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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 9634377">That is a valid. I am not saying audiences are monolithic. But I think you can speak in general terms about whether people liked something, what they generally thought, and you can also break down things by fandoms. This is another excellent point. I must admit I keep thinking this is about that old game on the computer where you tried to clear mines one by one, so I don't have any understanding of what this movie is about. But I think what you are doing is exactly what we should do when we talk about movies and how they appeal to different groups. I love kung fu, wuxia and HK action movies. If I want to talk about a movie like Chor Yuen's Heroes Shed No Tears, most people are going to think it is a corny 70s chop socky film. But if you start getting into he fandom, then you will start seeing a split based on what subgenres people like (wuxia fans are probably going to have a much higher estimation of the movie than people who are really into the kung fu craze, and among wuxia fans it is generally pretty well esteemed....but if I showed it to someone with no knowledge of the genre, they might think it is junk, if I showed it to a critic who only has passing awareness of the genre, they might think it is junk as well). And that is just a random example, I am not saying that is exactly how that particular film would pan out across fandoms.</blockquote>