Ask Matt: Recognition for ‘Pose,’ Marvel and Netflix, Nostalgia for ‘Middle,’ Reboot Mania and More

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    RedRocket

    I hope this slideshow presentation of questions is a coding error and not the new norm for this column. It is annoying and sometimes I like to go back to questions, especially when Matt has a couple related to the same show. This is no fun. I realize it gets more clicks for the site, but it doesn't work for this type of column. Please turn this back to the old way.

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      GoldHammer

      Agreed. Slideshows suck! Often they take forever to load each page. I almost gave up on this article halfway through because of how sluggish it was.

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      PurpleChilli

      I'm so out. I thought there was a mistake on the page and I kept refreshing until I scrolled down here and saw it was a slideshow. No thank you. I was already on the fence about continuing to read Ask Matt because all of his answers are "I dunno, I don't watch that show." A slideshow isn't worth it. Pass.

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      GoldLeaf

      I agree! Thanks for bringing this up.

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      RedCupcake

      Agreed. I also find the font used rather difficult for easy reading.

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      BlueRadio

      Same as me. If I hadn't seen these comments I wouldn't have looked back up to see the Q & A for each picture. I wondered for a minute if it was because all the questions were so long (and wordy!), and they wanted to keep us from having to scroll down and down and down. But maybe not. Either way, I don't like it.

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      GreenCoffee

      Another vote against the slide format. I really enjoy reading Matt's writing, but will stop if this format is continued.

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      OliveBullhorn

      Thank God I'm not the only one to have issue with that. I hope this isn't permanent because I detest slideshows.

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      GreenWrench

      Same here. I kept coming back to this page hoping the article had finally been loaded. I skipped right over the slide show every single time, until I finally scrolled down to see the comments. Not a fan of this new format.

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    OliveDice

    Kept looking for the article, until I realized you too had hopped on the gawd awful make me click 10000 times to see it format. PLEASE do not contribute to the RSIs we all have from this trend of useless clicking! And from an accessibility standpoint, well, you took a great site and mde it useless for a large numbers of users. 🙁 Thumbs down from me!

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    CyanGuitar

    Slideshow is a big slide-no for me, as well. Please bring back the old format ASAP or I will literally change the channel.

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    CyanCoathanger

    Hate the slideshow format! Almost missed the article because it was stuck in the "Galleries" section.

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    OliveTooth

    Sorry Matt I am with everyone else on this matter. Please go back to your original format. As for The Middle question, I miss the show as well. The whole cast should be recognized for their work. They were a group that reportedly got along very well. Patricia Heaton always seemed be very proud of her on screen kids, and how hard they worked. Unfortunately, the picture of the family did not include Eden Sher. As in that episode scene Sue Heck had been kidnapped by the Glossners, probably by Derrick. Fortunately, The Middle was nominated for a Critics' Choice Award. Eden won one for Sue back in 2013 I believe.

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    CyanGuitar

    No, no, no, no, no, no, no!!!!

    Slideshows are awful - have to keep going to the top to click on the next one, less easy to read, no flow to the questions, please go back to normal!!!!

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    PurpleSubmarine

    I love reading Matt Roush but absolutely hate the slide show format -- it does not work and using his column format as click bait is a surefire way to lose readers.

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    RedSeahorse

    Matt, I'm with everyone else that this new slideshow format is not good and please go back to old format.

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    BlueBandAid

    Slideshow is awful. Just awful. I didn't know what was going on here. But anyway. I do miss The Middle. And that commentator is so right about some of these comedies having agendas. Not sure how much longer I can watch Superstore because of that very reason. They are being very preachy every wk. It's starting to annoy me.

    The Kids Are Alright is a fantastic show. I have really enjoyed it. They get the nostalgia right much much better than The Goldbergs.

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    Blue8Ball

    I don't think reboots are a dying trend, but slideshows are.

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    GreenBone

    Horrible slideshow. I’m out if it continues

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    RedCupcake

    A) at the top of the article it says "0 comments," and yet there are clearly over a dozen comments (mine should make 18). Not sure what that's about.

    B) I rarely read all the questions & answers on this feature, but only skim to see which shows are mentioned to see if they interest me. Doing this, I was amused to see the question about the Hallmark romance movies. Is this person JUST NOW realizing that the movies are pretty much all the same? I've said before, there are only about 4 basic romance movie plots, and all the network does is change names, cities, and details (flower shop owner vs baker vs antique store owner vs rising executive, etc.).

    C) I too hate the font of the Q&As.... what, are we back in 1993?

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      GoldSubmarine

      So I guess your ok with the new slideshow format?

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      RedCupcake

      I'm not a big fan of it, but there are other features on this site that are the same format, so I'm not unfamiliar with it. But I guess I'm against it on principle, since the site possibly benefits (thereby making $$?) with every click, and I don't like that sort of manipulation.

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      RedCupcake

      Looks like they fixed the comment thing... it now shows the proper number at the top of the page.

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    GreenToast

    Add me to those who think the slideshow is awful and not worth the effort. So much scrolling up and down to look at picture, question and answer. Terrible. Same format turned me off some other television comment sites that I no longer visit.

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    RedBee

    This slideshow format feels like the cheesy spam sites that have things like “25 actors you didn’t know slept with their mothers until they were 15” and a ton of ad banners, ad links, etc.

    The ads after every few comments also adds to the ad farm vibe this site has been sprinting towards.

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    CyanPopcorn

    This presentation format is horrible to wade through.

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    RedPalmtree

    I generally like Hallmark movies as well, even though you do usually know the two leads will end up together. The main problem I have with critics of the "Hallmark" formula is that it is the same formula Hollywood romcoms use (and has used pretty much since the beginning of movies). The main reason Hallmark movies tend to have similar aspects to them (aside from the basic romcom formula) is that they make so many of them every year. I know they won't change this but, I do believe they should reduce the number by half. As it is, they tend to have a handful that are really good, many that are not bad but not great, and a few that are not very good. They also will throw in a few that have some deviation from the standard formula.

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    OliveBullhorn

    I remember when the middle came out when I was 15. I LOVED Patricia on Raymond, in fact I avoided it for 8 years because I did not wabt to see her married to someone else besides Ray lol but I finally gave it a shot on a rerun and watched another and another and then when the eighth season came out I watched it live til the series finale. That is one of the only shows from this era that will stand the test of time. Honestly The Middle and Last Man Standing were the best shows on ABC besides Agents of Shield and now that network sucks because they lost both.