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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"

Posted - 07/28/2007 :  20:12:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The requirement for reviews posted this time is that they be as long as possible. I have chosen this theme because it mirrors the challenge that inspired these rounds and because it is objective. For the purposes here, length is defined by the number of letters, numbers, currency symbols, units etc. Spaces and punctuation do not count.

Please post a specific link to your longest review (or links if you have more than one review with the same number of letters) and give a clear spoiler warning if appropriate. Please do not link to any other reviews.

You are welcome to post existing reviews, but particularly encouraged to write new ones fitting the requirement. If a longer review gets approved, please delete your previous link(s). (Striking through is not deleting.)

Like all challenges, this will be completely open-ended, due to the (admittedly decreasing) delay in approvals and the fact that inspiration does not come at will. Good luck!

Edited by - Demisemicenturian on 02/20/2010 22:06:32

Shiv 
"What a Wonderful World"

Posted - 07/28/2007 :  22:57:31  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
OK, I'll set the benchmark. I've got two reviews and two pending with 37 letters. I've decided to go with this one

37 letters

I believe I know who is going to win this - if they see the thread

Edited by - Shiv on 07/28/2007 22:57:54
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"

Posted - 07/28/2007 :  23:14:27  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Shiv

I've got two reviews and two pending with 37 letters.

I for some reason didn't think of this possibility, so have amended the opening post. I think it's reasonable to post all of your joint longest.
quote:
I believe I know who is going to win this - if they see the thread

I would always like more reviews to be written as the result of these rounds. If that happened, the current longest wouldn't necessarily stay the longest.
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"

Posted - 07/28/2007 :  23:36:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This seems to be my current longest (41).
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"

Posted - 07/28/2007 :  23:51:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Benj, pending reviews seem to be cut off at 60 characters. Please could you correct that if you are able to from where you are?

When there's room, I'll put the full review in the explanation box in the meantime.

Edited by - Demisemicenturian on 07/28/2007 23:59:30
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."

Posted - 07/29/2007 :  00:44:18  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I think this one's got 44


Edited by - BaftaBaby on 07/29/2007 00:45:44
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rockfsh 
"Laugh, Love, Cheer"

Posted - 07/29/2007 :  00:47:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I've submitted a review just to fit this thread and will post if/when it gets approved.
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"

Posted - 07/29/2007 :  00:49:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by BaftaBabe

I think this one's got 44

It has. I've voted for it before, although I'm afraid I don't know why since De Niro is not one word.

Edited by - Demisemicenturian on 07/29/2007 00:50:08
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"

Posted - 07/29/2007 :  01:03:43  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by rockfsh

I've submitted a review just to fit this thread and will post if/when it gets approved.

Good stuff. By the way, I'm glad/interested to see that you write (spell, according to John FitzGerald!) it Hawai'i. That is how I write it, but I didn't know whether current Hawai'ians often wrote it that way.
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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"

Posted - 07/29/2007 :  01:21:28  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Shiv

37 letters

Forgot to say before that I'd already voted for this one too.
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w22dheartlivie 
"Kitty Lover"

Posted - 07/29/2007 :  01:37:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I surprised myself when I realized I had one at 43 letters long, I should have known using "Schwarzenegger" would yield long results.
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rockfsh 
"Laugh, Love, Cheer"

Posted - 07/29/2007 :  02:01:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Salopian

quote:
Originally posted by rockfsh

I've submitted a review just to fit this thread and will post if/when it gets approved.

Good stuff. By the way, I'm glad/interested to see that you write (spell, according to John FitzGerald!) it Hawai'i. That is how I write it, but I didn't know whether current Hawai'ians often wrote it that way.


The ancient Hawaiians did not have a written language. the ' is a glottal stop called okina. Most Kama'aina (children of the land) spell and say Hawai'i this way.
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"

Posted - 07/29/2007 :  03:13:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Going to great lengths.

48 I think.
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"

Posted - 07/29/2007 :  07:03:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I can't win this one. My longest review to date is only 44 characters.

(Sal, you can now delete your post on the 2nd page which includes the link to my 2nd longest review.)


Edited by - ChocolateLady on 07/30/2007 12:05:02
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."

Posted - 07/29/2007 :  08:02:32  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
voted on everyone's longest so far

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MM0rkeleb 
"Better than HBO."

Posted - 07/29/2007 :  14:57:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Might I suggest a couple of additional ground rules for reviews used on this thread (which don't affect any posted so far)?

1. No made up words. Specifically, I'm thinking of stuff like Rovark's (admittedly brilliant) review 'Van Dyke's psuedo-cockney-unrealistic-especially-atrocious accent.' for Mary Poppins.

2. While we're on the subject, no use of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. It's just not fair, and since it can only really be used in a Mary Poppins review, it would make this challenge very uninteresting very fast.
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