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| Josh the cat |
Posted - 03/30/2007 : 12:10:52
Here is a thread for the discussion of accolades and giving suggestions for other peoples accolades, fi they want them.
If you have posted in the FWFRers accolade collections thread with a post that is not an accolade list could you please delete your posts, thanks!
Josh the cat |
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| TitanPa |
Posted - 03/14/2023 : 22:51:00
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
I think that someone once asked Benj if Alan Smithee could be eliminated from the ranking on the site - meaning, that his reviews wouldn't be in the top 500 and neither would he be listed in the top reviewers ranks. If that could happen, then I think there would be less problems with people disowning a review.
I'm no computer programmer, but perhaps Benj could put Alan Smithee into a separate category with his own link on the top and remove him from everything else?
Actually, I don't think that 'he' should be removed from the top 500 reviews. That is about individual reviews and 'his' are as meaningful as anyone else's. What is not meaningful is treating those as a set, so what I object to is the 'reviewer' Alan Smithee being listed anywhere. I therefore wouldn't want 'him' in a special category either, although that is arguably preferable.
I think I can talk about this now. I despise Alan Smithee. Its just a place where people can throw away their unwanted reviews, like a trash can. For years I sat underneath him in the ranks. One day I told myself that I was going to get out from underneath him. It took me 2 years. I didnt want to say anything since people could spit out reviews left and right and give it to him to spite me. It actually helped me write better reviews. It helped me become a better fwiffer. I had a goal to achieve. I have now surpassed Alan and MelissaS. Just on the heels of Cheese Ed now. So yeah, I have a thing against Alan, but he has made me become a better reviewer because of it. |
| Josh the cat |
Posted - 08/02/2007 : 08:36:20
I am pleased to announce that Josh the cat's Documentary Dilemma has finally been achieved. Randall has had a few reviews pending for a while and the key one has been approved and the accolade is his.
Congratulations Randall, I will honour my promise and shall be over in the very near future to read some of your reviews, I'm sure I will find a bundle to vote on.
Josh the cat |
| w22dheartlivie |
Posted - 07/23/2007 : 17:04:22
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Originally posted by Downtown
What was the name of that hemophiliac boy in the early 80s that became a lightning rod for paranoia about AIDS when parents tried to block him from going to school? I remember he had a brief appearance as another patient in the TV movie about himself.
Sorry to answer this a month later, but I just came across it when looking for something else.
His name was Ryan White, and Lukas Haas played him in the movie. Ryan and I knew people in common, though we didn't know each other. I attended his calling when he died. My friend Michael was diagnosed with AIDS around the same time that the controversy was swirling about Ryan. Michael was so frustrated by the feeling that it took a "straight hemophiliac white high school boy" to make persons with AIDS acceptable, mostly because it highlighted the distinction people were making at the time between people who "asked for it" and people who were assumed to have been exposed medically. He often said "NO ONE asked for this!!!"
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| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 06/22/2007 : 09:42:58
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Originally posted by Randall
Sure, but I had no idea it offended, since I've been using that nickname for about two years now.
No problem. I have mentioned it in the Fourum several times, but not necessarily to you. |
| randall |
Posted - 06/21/2007 : 21:15:59
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Randall
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Originally posted by demonic
Maybe accolades need a report button in the same way reviews have - that way they can easily be brought to the attention with similar tags - similar to another accolade, requires updating etc.?
Obviously, I hate this idea like Sally hates Smithee, but nonetheless, each of us must persevere...
Please don't call me Sally.
Sure, but I had no idea it offended, since I've been using that nickname for about two years now. |
| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 06/21/2007 : 10:12:06
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Originally posted by ChocolateLady
I think that someone once asked Benj if Alan Smithee could be eliminated from the ranking on the site - meaning, that his reviews wouldn't be in the top 500 and neither would he be listed in the top reviewers ranks. If that could happen, then I think there would be less problems with people disowning a review.
I'm no computer programmer, but perhaps Benj could put Alan Smithee into a separate category with his own link on the top and remove him from everything else?
Actually, I don't think that 'he' should be removed from the top 500 reviews. That is about individual reviews and 'his' are as meaningful as anyone else's. What is not meaningful is treating those as a set, so what I object to is the 'reviewer' Alan Smithee being listed anywhere. I therefore wouldn't want 'him' in a special category either, although that is arguably preferable. |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 06/21/2007 : 09:49:52
I think that someone once asked Benj if Alan Smithee could be eliminated from the ranking on the site - meaning, that his reviews wouldn't be in the top 500 and neither would he be listed in the top reviewers ranks. If that could happen, then I think there would be less problems with people disowning a review.
I'm no computer programmer, but perhaps Benj could put Alan Smithee into a separate category with his own link on the top and remove him from everything else?
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| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 06/21/2007 : 08:06:59
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Originally posted by Randall
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Originally posted by demonic
Maybe accolades need a report button in the same way reviews have - that way they can easily be brought to the attention with similar tags - similar to another accolade, requires updating etc.?
Obviously, I hate this idea like Sally hates Smithee, but nonetheless, each of us must persevere...
Please don't call me Sally.
I don't hate Alan Smithee, and would be happy to have the feature here if it were within appropriate bounds. I just think that 'he' should not be in the rankings, especially as many real reviewers are not in one of the rankings. I also think that a duplicate under 'his' name does not magically stop being a duplicate. Finally, I think Smitheeing an offensive review because one is ashamed of it is in itself shameful. That's all. |
| randall |
Posted - 06/21/2007 : 02:00:01
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Originally posted by demonic
Maybe accolades need a report button in the same way reviews have - that way they can easily be brought to the attention with similar tags - similar to another accolade, requires updating etc.?
Obviously, I hate this idea like Sally hates Smithee, but nonetheless, each of us must persevere... |
| Downtown |
Posted - 06/20/2007 : 18:29:17
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Downtown
And then there's Harold Russell
Duh already got him. Duh! 
Duh indeed! Well, so reading comprehension isn't my strong suit.
I'm pretty sure the title characters of the martial arts film Crippled Masters were really amputees, although I haven't seen it yet so I can't say for sure. |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 06/20/2007 : 16:36:47
Peter Dinklage in The Station Agent - he's amazing; it's a lovely film!
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| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 06/20/2007 : 15:28:05
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Originally posted by Downtown
And then there's Harold Russell
Duh already got him. Duh! |
| Downtown |
Posted - 06/20/2007 : 14:42:44
What was the name of that hemophiliac boy in the early 80s that became a lightning rod for paranoia about AIDS when parents tried to block him from going to school? I remember he had a brief appearance as another patient in the TV movie about himself.
Christopher Reeve was in that wretched remake of Rear Window.
You should definitely include some films with Michael Berryman, the easily recognizable actor with Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia, which leaves him with no teeth, fingernails, sweat glands, or hair, and he has a mishapen head. You'd remember him as one of the mutant bikers from Weird Science ("Can we keep this between us? I'd hate to lose my teaching job."), or Pluto from the original The Hills Have Eyes.
Anyone that can play horror film monsters without makeup probably belongs here, so in addition to Michael Berryman I'd suggest you look up Rondo Hatton, especially Pearl of Death.
And then there's Harold Russell, who lost both hands during the war and later won Best Supporting Actor for The Best Years of Our Lives, for playing a fictional character...that lost both hands in the war. Earlier in the ceremony, he was given a special Oscar for being such an inspiration to injured veterans, mostly because they didn't expect he'd actually WIN the Best Supporting he was nominated for, and they wanted to make sure he got something...to this day, he's the only actor to receive two Oscar awards for the same part. |
| Downtown |
Posted - 06/20/2007 : 14:14:32
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Originally posted by Salopian
Is everyone just themselves in Freaks? I seem to think it's fictionalised. The Hilton sisters definitely play other (though similar) characters in Chained for Life.
Ah, Freaks...truly one of the most underappreciated films of its time, if not all time. Browning was just too far ahead of his time.
It's definitely a work of fiction...sort of. The freaks are playing fictional characters...sort of. Probably the best way to describe it is that they're just getting into character, like they did every day while working at the sideshow. That's their jobs. So for most of the scenes, they're just interacting with each other the way they normally would, and I wouldn't be surprised if most of the social scenes are unscripted. Does that make it a documentary? No, it's still fiction...but it's based on their real lives...sort of.
Of course, I doubt any of them would have really done that to Cleopatra if they had the means. So yeah...it's definitely a work of fiction.
Sort of. |
| ChocolateLady |
Posted - 06/20/2007 : 13:27:22
Michael J. Anderson
Warwick Davis
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