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Jun. 1st, 2009 01:30 pmSporcle quizes:
90s Video Games- Dang, I only got 23 out of 30. Although it was annoying, some of those I missed, I just didn't get the exact title right. Which is odd, because there were some choices where they gave it to you on a partial match.
Lost Episodes- I didn't even bother with this one, because I don't think I can come up with but three or four episode titles in my head. Which is one of my weaknesses in Pop Culture trivia- I could tell you endless minutia about everyone from the primary to the tertiary characters on countless TV shows, but I could care less about things like episode titles or crew beyond the actors/actresses. I mean, its unimportant to the story! I usually reference things by what happened in the ep, not by the actual title, because who but the ultra geeky would know those?
To me, if you want to spark someones memory of a particular ep, you have to say, "that ep where x happened, or when Y was revealed to be this or that". But some of these trivia games, they'll have questions on episode titles, which is a BS question, I think. You watch TV and movies for the story. While a lot of times an episode title will be a clever reference to a key plot point, its not necessary for the story (even if the title is a particular piece of dialogue). On the other hand, knowing some obscure crap about some obscure character is something that could be eventually relevant. Particularly if a show goes on long enough. Because at that point, they're striving for ideas, and if some minor character has been around long enough, they might do something with that, so knowing that they harbor some secret crush on so and so, or have some certain piece of backstory might mean something later, even if for only one ep.
I guess my point is, knowing something like the title, or who wrote or directed a certain ep, you don't pick up unless you purposely try to, while knowing too much about some plot point or character one can easily pick up through watching the ep. And thus, I think questions about the former are kinda cheap, because knowing the answer is more a result of studying irrelevant information to the show or movie, as opposed to just knowing the stuff from watching it.
90s Video Games- Dang, I only got 23 out of 30. Although it was annoying, some of those I missed, I just didn't get the exact title right. Which is odd, because there were some choices where they gave it to you on a partial match.
Lost Episodes- I didn't even bother with this one, because I don't think I can come up with but three or four episode titles in my head. Which is one of my weaknesses in Pop Culture trivia- I could tell you endless minutia about everyone from the primary to the tertiary characters on countless TV shows, but I could care less about things like episode titles or crew beyond the actors/actresses. I mean, its unimportant to the story! I usually reference things by what happened in the ep, not by the actual title, because who but the ultra geeky would know those?
To me, if you want to spark someones memory of a particular ep, you have to say, "that ep where x happened, or when Y was revealed to be this or that". But some of these trivia games, they'll have questions on episode titles, which is a BS question, I think. You watch TV and movies for the story. While a lot of times an episode title will be a clever reference to a key plot point, its not necessary for the story (even if the title is a particular piece of dialogue). On the other hand, knowing some obscure crap about some obscure character is something that could be eventually relevant. Particularly if a show goes on long enough. Because at that point, they're striving for ideas, and if some minor character has been around long enough, they might do something with that, so knowing that they harbor some secret crush on so and so, or have some certain piece of backstory might mean something later, even if for only one ep.
I guess my point is, knowing something like the title, or who wrote or directed a certain ep, you don't pick up unless you purposely try to, while knowing too much about some plot point or character one can easily pick up through watching the ep. And thus, I think questions about the former are kinda cheap, because knowing the answer is more a result of studying irrelevant information to the show or movie, as opposed to just knowing the stuff from watching it.
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