#thecheckin Ep.7: Say no to Tomatoes
And even then it was considered gatekeeping because a lot of people didn't like some of their choices, and a lot of people wasn't 100% inclined to believe that they shouldn't, should, or shouldn't be the moral authority of what makes a movie good. But regardless of it, this was during the time period where there was an absence of Internet, there was more reading, and they were on broadcast television, at least engaging so you saw a face with your judgment