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| TitanPa |
Posted - 05/11/2007 : 04:47:17
I submitted a review and it came back to me with an "I don't understand" reason. Now dont get me wrong. I am not here to complain or stir up the pot. But I sometimes wonder if the MERPS can grasp our concepts. ITs such a n easy review and if you saw the movie you would understand what I meant. ITs a popular Movie too. The review could stand along and you would probably know what movie it was for, if you actually saw the movie. I bet everyone here as at least seen the movie once. Ill give the review and see if you can name the movie. If noone can actually guess right then it will be my understanding that this review is not understandable and I will retract the review. I wont even bother to give a reason. I shouldnt have to for this review. the review is:
"Memories taken at Liberty"
this has 2 meanings...
but I mean it. If at least 1 person cant think of the movie, I will retract it. I need an understanding. If I actually have to explainn it.....then I didnt do my job. But if it's because the Merp didnt actually see the movie....then I understand. |
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| Beanmimo |
Posted - 05/13/2007 : 15:38:58
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Originally posted by ragingfluff Why would I want to disown a review, though? Isn't that like selling your child into prostitution, or, if you're Amish, shunning your own?
I'm with you on this, once a review is accepted by the MERPS it's there until it either becomes generic due to sequels or if somebody Nastys it.
I'd never let it become a Smithee.
But by the same token it didn't bother me that Smithee was in the rankings as I knew it didn't count. So i just ignore all the reviews uner the Smithee name. |
| Sean |
Posted - 05/13/2007 : 11:42:29
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Originally posted by ragingfluff
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Originally posted by Tori
When a reviewer no longer wants a review they've written, they can 'disown' and send them to Smithee. So there is no reviewer named Smithee, we are all sort of Smithee.
THANK YOU. Now I understand. Why would I want to disown a review, though?
Some disown a review as they're somewhat embarrassed about it. Perhaps they wrote one containing a dirty joke that's funny, but they no longer want to be associated with it as others might think they're a FILTHY PERVERT! Or they might disown one because they only want to have one review per movie; they think of a better review for a movie so disown the original. So, in general, if someone has a reveiw that they don't want and they think doesn't benefit the site, they delete it. If they don't want it but think it still ought to be on the site then they can disown it. |
| TitanPa |
Posted - 05/13/2007 : 05:45:05
It is of course Smitheed. Just to show you that I Didnt care about the review. I just wanted to grasp the concept and to see if other could grasp the concept. I also disowned it because it now has negativeness towards it. It has bad Karma. Not many people will vote for it now bacause it was the center of the arguement. Or maybe people will vote for it. Just to show you that the review wasnt the thing I was fighting for...It was the concept and the idea of it. |
| ragingfluff |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 18:40:14
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Originally posted by Tori
When a reviewer no longer wants a review they've written, they can 'disown' and send them to Smithee. So there is no reviewer named Smithee, we are all sort of Smithee.
THANK YOU. Now I understand. Why would I want to disown a review, though? Isn't that like selling your child into prostitution, or, if you're Amish, shunning your own?
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| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 18:24:47
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Originally posted by Josh_the_cat
That must be hard to swallow for some and I might be joining the ranks of people who find it concerning.
What I find concerning is that numerous real reviewers are not allowed in the ranking by average votes, while Smithee is allowed in all three rankings. I would not mind if we did not have those rankings, but since we do they should be meaningful.
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What is really worrying I have voted for a massive 87 of those, but have never knowingly voted for a Smithee review!
I have voted for loads too, but none of them post-Smitheeing. Some people even Smithee reviews because they have too many votes. |
| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 18:20:41
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Originally posted by Tori
So there is no reviewer named Smithee, we are all sort of Smithee.
We are most certainly not all sort of Smithee.  |
| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 18:18:57
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Originally posted by bife
By the way, 'Dont understand' never means that the MERP doesnt get the joke/pun - it means they dont get the link between the review and the movie.
I still think that my "Thatcher: Tory leader, chick" suggests otherwise, but I agree that this is what is supposed to be the case.
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I never explain a pun in my 100 character explanation, I have always assumed that there is no point doing so, reviews don't get approved because the MERP gets the pun
Yep, this is my practice too, and I think the only valid one. |
| Tori |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 18:08:42
When a reviewer no longer wants a review they've written, they can 'disown' and send them to Smithee. So there is no reviewer named Smithee, we are all sort of Smithee. |
| ragingfluff |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 18:00:34
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Originally posted by Josh_the_cat
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Originally posted by ragingfluff
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Originally posted by Shiv
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Originally posted by Josh_the_cat
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Uhm ... the only thing that puzzles me is that the review now appears to have been Smitheed  
Lets start a different discussion, bloody hell Smithee has 1000+ reviews, and is 57th in the most review rankings!
That must be hard to swallow for some and I might be joining the ranks of people who find it concerning.
What is really worrying I have voted for a massive 87 of those, but have never knowingly voted for a Smithee review!
Weird.
Josh the cat
I voted for a heap of Smithee reviews when I first discovered fwfr. At that time I thought it was a real fwiffer who was using the name because it's such a well-known movie 'joke'
Sorry, I don't understand. Smithee is not a fwiffer??? Who is he/she???
It's a pseudonym for directors who are unhappy with their product.Read this.
Josh the cat
Yes, I know who Alan Smithee is in real life (if that makes any sense!); but who is Alan Smithee the fwiffer??? What do you mean when you say you voted for a load of his reviews thinking it was a "real fwiffer"... sorry, I'm still confused.... |
| Josh the cat |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 17:55:45
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Originally posted by ragingfluff
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Originally posted by Shiv
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Originally posted by Josh_the_cat
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Uhm ... the only thing that puzzles me is that the review now appears to have been Smitheed
Lets start a different discussion, bloody hell Smithee has 1000+ reviews, and is 57th in the most review rankings!
That must be hard to swallow for some and I might be joining the ranks of people who find it concerning.
What is really worrying I have voted for a massive 87 of those, but have never knowingly voted for a Smithee review!
Weird.
Josh the cat
I voted for a heap of Smithee reviews when I first discovered fwfr. At that time I thought it was a real fwiffer who was using the name because it's such a well-known movie 'joke'
Sorry, I don't understand. Smithee is not a fwiffer??? Who is he/she???
It's a pseudonym for directors who are unhappy with their product.Read this.
Josh the cat |
| ragingfluff |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 17:43:52
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Originally posted by Shiv
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Originally posted by Josh_the_cat
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Uhm ... the only thing that puzzles me is that the review now appears to have been Smitheed
Lets start a different discussion, bloody hell Smithee has 1000+ reviews, and is 57th in the most review rankings!
That must be hard to swallow for some and I might be joining the ranks of people who find it concerning.
What is really worrying I have voted for a massive 87 of those, but have never knowingly voted for a Smithee review!
Weird.
Josh the cat
I voted for a heap of Smithee reviews when I first discovered fwfr. At that time I thought it was a real fwiffer who was using the name because it's such a well-known movie 'joke'
Sorry, I don't understand. Smithee is not a fwiffer??? Who is he/she??? |
| thefoxboy |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 13:23:23
Chopstick a licking good. |
| Conan The Westy |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 13:18:16
Do you know Kung Fu?
Yes, I stepped in it once.
I am a sex object. When I say "sex", women object. |
| thefoxboy |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 10:48:01
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Originally posted by Conan The Reporter
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
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Originally posted by Tori
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
They call me Bruce?
Whaaaat is that?
Bruce's grandpa has memories of going to American and talks about the green lady that welcomed him there.
I loved that movie.
I got run over by a Toyota once, Oh what a feeling. |
| Shiv |
Posted - 05/12/2007 : 10:41:41
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Originally posted by Josh_the_cat
quote:
Originally posted by BaftaBabe
Uhm ... the only thing that puzzles me is that the review now appears to have been Smitheed
Lets start a different discussion, bloody hell Smithee has 1000+ reviews, and is 57th in the most review rankings!
That must be hard to swallow for some and I might be joining the ranks of people who find it concerning.
What is really worrying I have voted for a massive 87 of those, but have never knowingly voted for a Smithee review!
Weird.
Josh the cat
I voted for a heap of Smithee reviews when I first discovered fwfr. At that time I thought it was a real fwiffer who was using the name because it's such a well-known movie 'joke' |
