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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 5160568" data-attributes="member: 4720">Tycho's style is hyperbolic.&nbsp; This should be no surprise.&nbsp; Tone down the invective, however, and the point remains.In this case, Ebert is choosing to represent the old guard.&nbsp; He is telling video games to get off his lawn.&nbsp; When he was young, he was probably chided by his elders for his taste for New Hollywood and Devil Music.&nbsp; He is now an elder chiding the youth for their Xbox and their Devil Music.The circle is complete.EDIT:To be even clearer, Tycho is giving it a loud voice, but Ebert marginalized himself here.&nbsp; And he's comfortable with that.&nbsp; He's not going to re-learn all that he would need to re-learn in order to incorporate something he doesn't care for into his artistic canon.&nbsp; He's old enough to make that call for himself.&nbsp; His mistake is making that call for other people, and throwing his weight around to validate that position.Being wrong about this doesn't invalidate his elder status in the realm of film.&nbsp; In fact, it puts him right where the elder statesmen of art always are when there's an incipient sea change.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost, post: 5160568, member: 4720"] Tycho's style is hyperbolic. This should be no surprise. Tone down the invective, however, and the point remains. In this case, Ebert is choosing to represent the old guard. He is telling video games to get off his lawn. When he was young, he was probably chided by his elders for his taste for New Hollywood and Devil Music. He is now an elder chiding the youth for their Xbox and their Devil Music. The circle is complete. EDIT: To be even clearer, Tycho is giving it a loud voice, but Ebert marginalized himself here. And he's comfortable with that. He's not going to re-learn all that he would need to re-learn in order to incorporate something he doesn't care for into his artistic canon. He's old enough to make that call for himself. His mistake is making that call for other people, and throwing his weight around to validate that position. Being wrong about this doesn't invalidate his elder status in the realm of film. In fact, it puts him right where the elder statesmen of art always are when there's an incipient sea change. [/QUOTE]

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