Kericko:

Please becareful of making ststements such as Fantasy is  not a real Genre, That is your opinion and there are plenty of users, I am sure, who would take exception to what you said.  That is why the Rules about Genre are worded as they are:
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Genres are often a matter of personal interpretation, which can differ among users. If your personal preference for Genre differs from the main database, you can store the information you prefer in your local database and lock the Genre field from further updates. Do not make contributions that only change or re-order Genres, unless the existing Genre list is blatantly incorrect.

Custom genres are for local use only and will not be included in the contributed profile. Additionally, although up to five genres may be assigned in your local database, only the top three non-custom genres will be contributed.
As to your dissertation relatibe to different ciountries, i will have to think abot that, but i was immediately struck by your assertion.

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Even so, Jericko, there are those that would argue what you don't call a genre, in fact are. that is why by and large it is a personal call and the rule reads ad it does.  In 3.6 you can add Genre to YOUR list of Genre BUT they are not Contributable. Whether it was Fantasy or not, you do claim that some are and some aren'y Genre, some will agree with you...maybe even me...but it's not relevant. The programmer made the choice of what he considers Genre, for whatever his reasons, so that is our list ofgenre, and users periodically recommend additions to the list, some get accepted and some don't. You are not lited in 3.6 to the genre you can add to your list, but they will remain strictly a local choice, unless Ken decides to make them a part of the Online.

Unfortuynately, genre are a lot like sort tiles in the user communities, some users believe that their particular choice of genre should take precedence over anything andd anybody.That just isn't the case. If the three Genre boxes are not filled you can add additionall genre data, but if all boxes are filled then keep it locally unless they are blatantly incorrect as the Rul;es say. I have seen very few, if any, which can be called blatantly incorrect, I might not agree with a set of genre...so what. We are not permitted to jusrt decide that ours is correct and someone else's choice is wrong. We used to have users wanting to Sort the online data , reasonably some would argue, to THEIR way, they want all James bond movies together for example and so they would change a sort tile to James Bond 004, this reasonable locally, but for the Online, are you going to look for James Bond 004 or Thunderball, so Ken ultimately had to say that Sort Title is a personal choice and that he would decide how the online is sorted. Genre is no different really, but he has given you the opportunity to add as many different Genre as you want to float your boat.

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Wooda, you have completly and totaly missed the point of my post.  I am not talking about DVDprofiler, I am asking about how movies are divded in other countries.  It has nothing to do with this program.  Im not saying to add or subtract genres.  I am trying to find information on hoe film is viewed around the world.

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Maurice [skipnet50|dr pavlov|jubal|woola],

What are you going on about?

Jericko1 asked the very general question; How are films divided  by 'genre' in other countries? How you could misread this into an attack on the DVDProfiler database is just bizarre! You should try to read a post before you reply to it!
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Back to on-topic. Here in the US you will find stores that have Bollywood sections, I have seen them at BestBuy here in Orange County.

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I believe you, insulting idiot, that you need to re-read my first post, wherein I said

"As to your dissertation relatibe to different ciountries, i will have to think abot that, but i was immediately struck by your assertion."

I know that reading is not a prime sport for you but you should really try it if you intend to open your mouth and insult someone.

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Maurice [skipnet50|dr pavlov|jubal|woola],

What are you going on about?

Jericko1 asked the very general question; How are films divided  by 'genre' in other countries? How you could misread this into an attack on the DVDProfiler database is just bizarre! You should try to read a post before you reply to it!
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Back to on-topic. Here in the US you will find stores that have Bollywood sections, I have seen them at BestBuy here in Orange County.

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I believe you, insulting idiot, that you need to re-read my first post, wherein I said

"As to your dissertation relatibe to different ciountries, i will have to think abot that, but i was immediately struck by your assertion."

I know that reading is not a prime sport for you but you should really try it if you intend to open your mouth and insult someone.

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Then pray tell of great one, why did you quote the rules?

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[rant mode on]
Maurice [skipnet50|dr pavlov|jubal|woola],

What are you going on about?

Jericko1 asked the very general question; How are films divided  by 'genre' in other countries? How you could misread this into an attack on the DVDProfiler database is just bizarre! You should try to read a post before you reply to it!
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on-topic. Here in the US you will find stores that have Bollywood sections, I have seen them at BestBuy here in Orange County.

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I believe you, insulting idiot, that you need to re-read my first post, wherein I said

"As to your dissertation relatibe to different ciountries, i will have to think abot that, but i was immediately struck by your assertion."

I know that reading is not a prime sport for you but you should really try it if you intend to open your mouth and insult someone.

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Then pray tell of great one, why did you quote the rules?

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Paul:

I know you are not that STUPID...or are you.

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Wooda, you have completly and totaly missed the point of my post.  I am not talking about DVDprofiler, I am asking about how movies are divded in other countries.  It has nothing to do with this program.  Im not saying to add or subtract genres.  I am trying to find information on hoe film is viewed around the world.

And Jericko, if you re-read my post it was narowly focused on your references to this or that is not a genre and I specifically addressed your main point and i doin as I said i would.

I was trying to help to understand something that you seem to not understand well. Excuuuuuse me, for trying to help you.
I understand very well what genres are, but there are some standards to what is and is not a genre.  By the way I am not trying to be offensive in any way and i think you very much for the compliment.  I am trying to find information on genres from other countries and there is absolutly nothing on the internet.  I appreciate both of you helping out.  So far I have only been able to find one lousy article on wikipedia on Japness film that mentions there genres
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How come you changed your name?

If you walk into the biggest DVD store in my city, you'll notice that there aren't any genre sections As in theres no signs saying "Action" etc.

They try to place similar movies in the same place though, theres at least a noticable "section" for old US movies, British movies, old Finnish movies, new Finnish movies, Asian movies, Anime, Cartoons and TV seasons. But non of those are "real genres". So if you want to find a scifi movie, you'll have to go through every shelve. But that store used to place at one point Urotsukidoji next to Snow White, which goes to show how well they know what their selling