Ebert Honored As Webby Man Of The Year

COMMENTS (9)

• I love Ebert and all, but didn’t he say recently that video games will never be art? Has he never played Heavy Rain?

  Comment by W — Tuesday May 4, 2010 @ 9:49am PDT  Reply to this post

  • He did, and he has not. On Ebert’s blog, his response to people who encourage him to try the groundbreaking games is “I already have a day job.” He then proceeds to review games, as a whole, based on a couple of lectures he’s watched. I normally respect him as a journalist, but that’s hypocritical. It would be like Ebert reviewing a movie based on the trailer.

    Comment by Wary of pundits — Tuesday May 4, 2010 @ 12:18pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Video Games are to art what alcohol is to personal growth.

    Comment by X — Tuesday May 4, 2010 @ 12:25pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Not to go all ad hominem here, but you’re dumb.

      Comment by Y — Tuesday May 4, 2010 @ 3:19pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • Okay Y, go back to your headset there buddy. I think that 14 year old from Japan is online.

        Comment by X — Tuesday May 4, 2010 @ 5:08pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Yes. And he revisited the topic recently… and then allowed almost 4000 comments (the overwhelming majority against his view) and responded to some of them. His twitter account is one of my goto references for many interesting things – only some of which are about movies.

  Comment by maggienp — Tuesday May 4, 2010 @ 11:54am PDT  Reply to this post

• My wife and I met Roger and his wife several years ago, after one of his first surgeries. They could not have been more gracious. Both to the stars and execs who jockeyed to say hello or to us, who are neither stars nor movie execs.

  Very happy to see that he seems more prolific and beloved than ever.

  Comment by LS — Tuesday May 4, 2010 @ 1:10pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I give Mr. Ebert all of the kudos I can for not disappearing into oblivion, despite all of the medical setbacks he has suffered the past few years. He definitely knows how to make lemonade out of lemons…

  Comment by ecg — Tuesday May 4, 2010 @ 1:45pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Sugar, water, lemons.

    Now the secret is out for everyone.

    I’ll leave the specifics a mystery. Hint: don’t cook the lemons.

    Comment by W — Tuesday May 4, 2010 @ 3:21pm PDT  Reply to this post