r/TheRinger

I know all of their energy is in Podcasts, Netflix, and YouTube at the moment, but the website that is the namesake of The Ringer seems like it should matter. However, it is a bit of a mess, particularly when you click on the TV tab in the top menu.

Click on TV from the home page and the first hit is the House of the Dragon Season 3 episode 2 written recap, which came out six weeks ago. Other things marked "the latest" include an X-Men 97 update from July 1 and a Love Island recap from June 18. There's also an Emmy review from March!

No feeds of The Watch or relevant episodes of other podcasts, lots of recaps and previews missing (I originally went looking for Lanterns content). The streaming guide (which was actually a great hub for content) was last updated in March.

Who is managing this page? Does CR need an intern?

Can The Ringer please ban the "of it all" idiom? It makes me think of pandemic-era Wosny Lambre and not in a good way.

Wow, it was bad enough when The Ringer was purchased by Spotify, but Bill reading back ChatGPT answers is really the final straw. It's been obvious for a long time that the key Ringer writers/podcasts are more than willing to cash in on the destruction of the things they built their reputations -- writing and music for starters -- and the creators of said culture work. But this is a creepy new low and the end of the line for me. The way people who should know better either completely ignore of jokingly wave away ethical issues is grotesque and not likely to wear well.

I dunno but that was painful

Story was “he’s not efficient, sucks as a teammate, turned the ball over a lot, isn’t a winner, but he was committed to being all these terrible things so I guess that’s why he gets respect”. Not saying a retirement article can’t have anything negative, but when it’s basically all negative about an MVP and 9 time All NBA player it seems like a desperate need to be liked by the smartest people in the room types.

I understand everyone has to make a living, and good for Sean for finding another revenue stream. But promoting an external site that requires a paid subscription on what is supposed to be a hub for The Ringer’s original content is insulting to readers. And yes, the site still has some actual readers as opposed to listeners.

You don’t link from the main site to Belloni’s articles at Puck or Lindbergh’s off-network podcast, because those aren’t Ringer content. This isn’t either. Get it off the site.

Used to love this pod. And I’ll preface this with I hope Nathan is okay like just as a human being. But how much of a downer he is makes the podcast impossible to listen to, despite how delightful Nora is.

In the most recent episode his first words were “why are we doing this?” Who wants to listen to a pod when that’s the energy of the host.

Could be alone on this but curious if anyone has any extra insight.

We need to stop any plans the ringer has of covering this Harry Potter show on HBO.

Since they added time stamps I’ve been listening to approximately 7 minutes of the show. At least they’re warning us ahead of time about kid content. I miss Tea Time!

….isn’t a hot take at all.

Villeneuve does have more great films than Cameron already.

Counting them for each in chronological order:

DV-

1. Incendies
2. Enemy
3. Sicario
4. Arrival
5. Blade Runner 2049
6. Dune
7. Dune Part Two

I know Prisoners isn’t in here but I’m not sure I could defend a case for that as a great film.

JC-

1. The Terminator
2. Aliens
3. The Abyss (I’m being generous here I love this film but many do not)
4. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
5. True Lies
6. Titanic

That’s 7 to JCs 6. Meanwhile, Denis has Dune Part Three coming out this year which many people have in heavy Oscar contention already. Whereas I guess Cameron has another cartoon coming out in 2027 or whatever?

I am one of what feels like a small number of loyal Morally Corrupt listeners. I even listen to the Tuesday show! I’m a long-time Rachel Lindsay fan and love a chatty show, so I’m willing to forgive some of the bad takes, lack of research, sloppy structure, etc. BUT the wet (???) sniffling on the Tuesday show particularly is making it borderline unlistenable. Holy shit. I’m pregnant and typically listen in the morning, where my stomach is tenuous to begin with (a me problem!) and it’s almost led to a reappearance of my coffee. What is with the lack of sound editing!? Why are the podcasters not being coached to … sniffle loudly … away from the mic!? Can we get some Nasonex in the studio!?

The most recent episode with Joel and Jason sounds like ASMR murmurings. Gotta pass the shower bluetooth speaker test and this isn't even close.