▲ 193 ▼ Letterboxd Is up for Sale. Say Goodbye to Fun. News/Updates (www.esquire.com) submitted 1 month ago by CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca to c/movies@piefed.social 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments A24, Sony, and The New York Times are lining up to bid on everyone's favorite film-review platform. No matter what, the end is nigh. Stop ruining our things!
[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (9 children) themoviedb.comorg it is! Indeed, it is an org domain, sorry about that, thanks @TingoTenga for the correction https://www.themoviedb.org/ permalink fedilink source hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] TingoTenga@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago .org? permalink fedilink source parent [–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (6 children) To my knowledge, tmdb doesn't do user lists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] degen@midwest.social 11 points 1 month ago Why does a movie database need to be turned into social media? Even user reviews are usually asinine babbling and random users' lists really junked up imdb imo. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (4 children) I have not tested it myself (only really know about them because of Emby scrapers) but it looks like they do permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (3 children) Ah, fair point. But these aren't searchable. You can create them and explicitly share them, but Letterboxd let's you search by list title or list content, a key missing feature here. :/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children) well, it's an open project… perhaps we can petition this feature or contribute to get it developed permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Not to belabour the point, but open in what way? There's no bulk data snapshots for download, the site code isn't available. It's owned by TiVo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Oh my bad, I thought it was open sourced permalink fedilink source parent [–] kip@piefed.zip 1 point 1 month ago shame it's missing the diary/log feature, i like letterboxd mainly for that. you can import your exported ratings from letterboxd and sort by date but it's nowhere near as detailed. but then it's also missing the abysmally unfunny one line reviews so overall maybe an improvement permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (6 children) To my knowledge, tmdb doesn't do user lists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] degen@midwest.social 11 points 1 month ago Why does a movie database need to be turned into social media? Even user reviews are usually asinine babbling and random users' lists really junked up imdb imo. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (4 children) I have not tested it myself (only really know about them because of Emby scrapers) but it looks like they do permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (3 children) Ah, fair point. But these aren't searchable. You can create them and explicitly share them, but Letterboxd let's you search by list title or list content, a key missing feature here. :/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children) well, it's an open project… perhaps we can petition this feature or contribute to get it developed permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Not to belabour the point, but open in what way? There's no bulk data snapshots for download, the site code isn't available. It's owned by TiVo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Oh my bad, I thought it was open sourced permalink fedilink source parent
[–] degen@midwest.social 11 points 1 month ago Why does a movie database need to be turned into social media? Even user reviews are usually asinine babbling and random users' lists really junked up imdb imo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (4 children) I have not tested it myself (only really know about them because of Emby scrapers) but it looks like they do permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (3 children) Ah, fair point. But these aren't searchable. You can create them and explicitly share them, but Letterboxd let's you search by list title or list content, a key missing feature here. :/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children) well, it's an open project… perhaps we can petition this feature or contribute to get it developed permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Not to belabour the point, but open in what way? There's no bulk data snapshots for download, the site code isn't available. It's owned by TiVo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Oh my bad, I thought it was open sourced permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (3 children) Ah, fair point. But these aren't searchable. You can create them and explicitly share them, but Letterboxd let's you search by list title or list content, a key missing feature here. :/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children) well, it's an open project… perhaps we can petition this feature or contribute to get it developed permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Not to belabour the point, but open in what way? There's no bulk data snapshots for download, the site code isn't available. It's owned by TiVo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Oh my bad, I thought it was open sourced permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children) well, it's an open project… perhaps we can petition this feature or contribute to get it developed permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Not to belabour the point, but open in what way? There's no bulk data snapshots for download, the site code isn't available. It's owned by TiVo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Oh my bad, I thought it was open sourced permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bradbeattie@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 child) Not to belabour the point, but open in what way? There's no bulk data snapshots for download, the site code isn't available. It's owned by TiVo. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Oh my bad, I thought it was open sourced permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago Oh my bad, I thought it was open sourced permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kip@piefed.zip 1 point 1 month ago shame it's missing the diary/log feature, i like letterboxd mainly for that. you can import your exported ratings from letterboxd and sort by date but it's nowhere near as detailed. but then it's also missing the abysmally unfunny one line reviews so overall maybe an improvement permalink fedilink source parent