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They have imdb listings for Internet shows now?


That's.. Odd.

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Yeah I thought that was odd too. I'm watching this episode now and searched looking for Lost in Dinosaur World as they say it's not listed on IMDB. It only shows up under the listing for this show. Surely they don't add webcasts to IMDB?

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Well yeah, why not? Would you not have listings for shows like House of Cards or Orange Is the New Black? Those are Internet shows, are they not? Just because RLM's productions are low budget and have smaller followings shouldn't disqualify them from being listed anymore than a low-budget cult film or TV show should be disqualified.

You may also be shocked to learn that IMDb has listings for obscure direct-to-video movies. Why are those anymore "legitimate"?

Must dash. I forgot to feed my wombat.

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Why would it be odd?

This is 'the current year', so how, what and where people watch, has changed. Is it weird that a database keeps up with people's viewing trends? Should this database be only about film-based stuff, and thus stay still when the world goes by?

I mean, why would it matter whether something is released in a theater or a computer monitor, stored using film or a hard drive, as long as it's entertaining and visually interesting?

Why are people so stuck up with the specifics and formats? It's like the idiot that said 'It's Time Cop, not Time and Space Cop'.

Did they ever stop to think that regular cops are not called 'space cops', but just 'cops', because movement in three dimensional space is such a normal, expected, regular and a given thing taken for granted, it does not need to be specifically mentioned? A cop that can't move, now THAT would require some kind of specific title, like 'immobile cop', but a normal cop moves in three-dimensional space, so it doesn't need to be specified.

The same way, why would it need to be specified or categorised, let alone SEGREGATED (!!), just because it is shown in a different format than videos and movies were 30 years ago?

Let the database get with the times and keep up with the world, ok?

If you disagree, at least PLEASE elaborate and explain, WHY you think this database SHOULDN'T accommodate popular, excellent TV shows that are streamed instead of sent through airwaves? Does the delivery method matter THAT much, and why would it?

I am waiting for well thought-out, well-written answers. Please use actual english grammar. Thank you.

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