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Salopian 
"Four ever European"
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 Posted - 10/23/2006 : 14:58:22
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| I think things like "Waterloo emperor's exile" would be fine, but not things like "Emperor at Waterloo" for a film not showing him there. Similarly, I have got a review pending calling M.-A. a "cake advocate", although the only mention in the film is her denying saying it. (I understand that what she actually suggested was some non-bread cheap foodstuff that has been mistranslated as "cake", but that's by the by.) The issue is reviews like "Napoleon gets exiled" for a film not showing this happen but showing the causes of it. Hhmmm... |
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Salopian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 10/24/2006 : 12:52:17
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| My above-mentioned review has now been declined as "factually inaccurate". This is fine, so long as this applies to all reviews for the film that cannot be otherwise interpreted. I'll be glad to hear your ruling as a general principle, Benj. |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 10/28/2006 : 22:47:59
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| To be pedantic two reviews by Phillip Seemore Dustin Hoffman for "Taxi Driver" are wrong - "Jodie inspires Reagan assassination!" and "Bickell inspires Reagan assassination", mainly because it was only an attempted assassination, and doubly so in the second case because Bickle is spelt wrong. |
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Salopian
"Four ever European"
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 10/31/2006 : 10:08:17
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If you stretched a rubber band that far it would snap! 
OK, try this one:
Young Turkish Frankenstein
Two of the reviews refer to Arabs/Arabia. Turks aint Arabs and Turkey aint Arabia.
What says The Sal on this? |
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Ali 
"Those aren't pillows."
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Posted - 10/31/2006 : 10:43:27
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I'm Turkish, and I can emphatically state that we are not Arabs (a statement that most Arabs would reciprocate, no doubt). So the two reviews are factually inaccurate. However, my rule of thumb is usually that if the general idea is kind of correct, or at least rings true to the general populace - and/or is funny, then I tend to accept it.
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Salopian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 10/31/2006 : 11:32:18
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quote:
Originally posted by Wh7ppersnapper
Two of the reviews refer to Arabs/Arabia. Turks aint Arabs and Turkey aint Arabia.
I agree. |
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 10/31/2006 : 11:48:56
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Originally posted by Ali
I'm Turkish, and I can emphatically state that we are not Arabs (a statement that most Arabs would reciprocate, no doubt). So the two reviews are factually inaccurate. However, my rule of thumb is usually that if the general idea is kind of correct, or at least rings true to the general populace - and/or is funny, then I tend to accept it.
Well Ali, WE are not the general populace, WE are all incredibly bright, well-educated people (even Sean!) and WE have incredibly high standards of accuracy, as The Sal will confirm. I'd also add, as a Jew, that a little more understanding by the general populace of the region would do no harm at all.
Incidentally, the fact that a review is funny is in no way a compensation for it being inaccurate on this site. A central requirement of any review is that it must be accurate; it doesn't have to be funny to be published (although that's a nice bonus for the readers) .
Incidentally, do you think I could sell Julian Clary a "I was lying on an Ottoman" joke?  |
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Ali
"Those aren't pillows."
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Posted - 10/31/2006 : 12:26:37
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I see your point, and you are right, of course. I've spent many a waking hour trying to convince friends that Turkish Airlines is in fact not a giant magic carpet.
Incidentally, do you think I could sell Julian Clary a "I was lying on an Ottoman" joke?
I'm sure he'd find it delightful.
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 10/31/2006 : 14:14:00
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Originally posted by Ali
I see your point, and you are right, of course. I've spent many a waking hour trying to convince friends that Turkish Airlines is in fact not a giant magic carpet.
Yes, but I can see where the misunderstanding comes from. After the Israelis got finished stealing everything inside the Turkish Airlines planes, they gave up and just put carpets down inside.
(Insert winky smilie face here.)
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Ali
"Those aren't pillows."
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Posted - 10/31/2006 : 14:38:20
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They can take everything, but they can never take our curly slippers.
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 11/01/2006 : 06:38:30
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Originally posted by Ali
They can take everything, but they can never take our curly slippers.
Yes, but we can buy them at the Grand Bazaar!
By the way, I've just requested a bunch of reviews for the "Turkish Delight" accolade and I made sure that there was no reference to anything Arab or Arabic in any of my reviews. |
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MguyXXV
"X marks the spot"
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Downtown 
"Welcome back, Billy Buck"
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Posted - 11/06/2006 : 20:46:07
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| The "Histories Mysteries" series is officially listed on IMDB as a series of individual 45-minute documentaries rather than episodes in a running series, which to my knowledge meets benj's definition of a film. |
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Reviews that are wrong
