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| Wheeljak |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 06:43:20
Hello, all. New guy here.
I'm feeling totally dissed right now, because a great review (IMO) got declined with a "Don't Understand" flag.
My review was thus:
Future's a living Hel.
Why was this so hard to understand?
I contend that it's not only understandable, but understandable on two levels:
1. Metropolis paints a dystopic future, where the underclass toils without reward or respite. "living hell"
2. Hel the robot absorbed Maria's life essence and became a living being herself. "living Hel".
Since I'm new here, I'd like to calibrate myself to the sensibilities of the people who populate this place. Was this review really too esoteric to be understandable? |
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| RockGolf |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 16:34:33
I finally saw Metropolis only a few months ago. On a French channel in Canada - very low budget & they tend to show a lot of public domain movies. The film was a little hard to follow, even though it's silent, because the subtitles were in the original German, of which I speak none, with sub-subtitles in French, which I know seulement un peu. |
| thefoxboy |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 16:20:59
What a bunch of vote hungry people.  
Welcome to FWFR and the Fourum, Wheeljak. |
| Basselope |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 15:52:04
Well I was expecting something about the dangers of eating leftover salmon! |
| TitanPa |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 14:25:45
This topic is misleading. I was expecting Superman. |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 13:40:15
Hello and welcome, Wheeljak.
It's been about 40 years since I saw Metropolis (around the same time that I saw its director star in the magnificent 'Le Mepris') but I like your review and will visit your page to get to know you better.
Hope you stick around.
P.S. Don't bother looking for any links in this post. You will soon find out that there are two species of fwiffers--shameless self promoters (Linkus extremis) and the more self-effacing type (fwifferus modestus).
To determine which category I fall under, simply click the name to the left of this post. 
Happy trails.
EDIT. Roommates a Hedy case for SWF--Hee hee. |
| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 11:20:17
Actually I havent watched Metropolis yet. I picked up a copy last week, free with a newspaper costing �1.20 ($2). I'll watch it soon and see whether you deserve my precious vote.
Meanwhile, I visited your reviews and sprinkled around a vote or two.
View with absolutely NO obligation |
| randall |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 10:46:05
Hiya, Wheelie, just took out the Voting Hammer and Smote ya. Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it in no time. Keep 'em coming!
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| Beanmimo |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 10:02:26
Now that You are over your rejections woes you can concentrate pon polishing up some new reviews. you've got some good ones there!!
B |
| turrell |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 09:53:29
quote:
Originally posted by Wheeljak
Metropolis paints a dystopic future, where the underclass toils without reward or respite. "living hell"
Since I'm new here, I'd like to calibrate myself to the sensibilities of the people who populate this place. Was this review really too esoteric to be understandable?
To help you calibrate, most of us slobs don't know what esoteric or dystopic mean .
Actually I thikn the review is pretty good as is (not that I am quaified to make such a comment). Perhaps resumbit with the explanation given above - they may not have known that Hel was a robot in the movie and thus did not understand. |
| Sean |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 08:59:02
quote:
Originally posted by Wheeljak
Thanks for the explanation, bife and Sean. And thanks for the compliment, bife! That really makes me feel better, because my "declined" list is getting so very, very long....
Not sure if you wanna know or not, but here's what I do with my declines:-
a) "Don't Understand" - I resubmit with essential information to help the Editors understand why it's valid.
b) "Generic" - I have a good think as to how it may apply to another prominent movie or movies, if it can then I delete it. If I think that there is something about the review that makes it apply to the relevant movie better than other movies then I resubmit with explanation.
c) "Factually Inaccurate" - I have a think about where I may have got it wrong, i.e., is my review correct or not? I either fix it and resubmit or delete it.
d) Declined without reason - I interpret this to mean that the editors think it was shite, and if so, then they're probably right and the cleverness probably only existed in my own mind, so I delete it.
Either way, my Declined pile is permanently empty, as declined reviews only spend 5 minutes there, after that they're corrected or resubmitted, or deleted. Although I know of some who never delete their declined reviews, ever. I couldn't stand it! 
Everyone gets plenty of declines when they start out at fwfr, including our old-timers and some of our most respected reviewers. It's normal, until you get the hang of the site rules which have proved notoriously difficult to define. Either way, keep 'em coming, and don't be afraid to ask someone here occasionally for some advice on the ones that leave you really stumped. |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 08:49:18
quote:
Originally posted by Josh the cat
Hey there Wheeljak I've been over and voted on a load of your reviews to help you settle in
Josh the cat
Ditto from me, Wheeljak! Some promising talent there. Specially liked your FWFR for Freeway = Little Red Riding Hoodlum.
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| Josh the cat |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 08:43:36
Hey there Wheeljak I've been over and voted on a load of your reviews to help you settle in
Josh the cat |
| Sean |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 07:07:46
BTW, Wheeljak, I had a look at your page and found plenty of good ones to vote for.  Keep 'em coming.
Se�n |
| Wheeljak |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 07:05:15
Thanks for the explanation, bife and Sean. And thanks for the compliment, bife! That really makes me feel better, because my "declined" list is getting so very, very long.... |
| bife |
Posted - 05/18/2006 : 07:02:23
Well that was quick - it's already there and with two votes - probably mine and sean's!
Suspect it'll get more. |
