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GHcool 
"Forever a curious character."
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 Posted - 03/22/2006 : 07:01:20
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I don't know if this was addressed elsewhere in the FOURum, but I just noticed that Randall has beaten noncentz for ownership of the #2 spot! Congradulations Randall.
BTW, for those of you who are curious, I e-mailed noncentz not long ago telling him we miss him. He says he's been very busy lately, but indicated that he hasn't left us forever. |
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 03/22/2006 : 07:43:55
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Bravo, Randall!
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randall 
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 03/22/2006 : 10:54:56
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Thanks, guys. Even though this is all just a game, I still feel ambivalent about passing noncentz. The same feeling also surfaced one particular rank before -- but AC and I had become personal friends long before that, and thus we�re able to empathize a tad with each other without even discussing the matter. In contrast, I know noncentz only by the cleverness of his wordplay on the page. Wait, it�s a computer screen. Right, a Web page, so that makes him a star of page and screen! Aw, you understand; as we all do, I just tried to become noncentzical � and, of course, I failed.
Roll-calling at #2 at this point is not an �achievement.� It means nothing if the reviewer ahead of you is on hiatus; had they continued regular reviewing, both noncentz and AC would still be way at the �top� of the �heap.� My current relative position is nothing more than an endurance mark, like a dodgy Guinness Book �record� for growing a beard.
What chastens me, and the only reason I even mention all this, is that for the moment, the fwfr default will show most people my reviews on a particular film before they see noncentz�s. And that I don�t like. noncentz is far and away our best reviewer, a one-person quantum leap who singlehandedly transformed the quality of submissions on the site, a perfect jape who does what the rest of us only try to emulate. He is what we point to when we try to explain to others the ineffable soul of fwfr. [AC knows more about movies than anybody else I ever met*, and he has the noncentzish pixie in him, too. I�ve long since mourned the fact that people see mine before his. But noncentz eclipses even AC. And guess what: I�ll bet AC would agree with that statement.]
No false modesty here: I concede I have contributed some corkers to the site; no, I would even boast about it; no, I would even argue that a few of my best would be among the Top 100 if the established list weren�t self-sustaining and self-perpetuating. I�m only saying that noncentz is the MAN, he was always and will ever be. Check his stuff out.
*Boy, would I love to meet lemmy, Kappy, etc. Not to mention noncentz hisself!
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AC
"Returning FWFR Old-Timer"
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Posted - 03/22/2006 : 15:00:44
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Beautifully put, as always, mate. A little embarrassing to see my name mentioned so many times without doing anything  but it's nice to see I haven't been forgotten.
Congrats on hitting number 2, big fella - quality will always outrank quantity but you have shovelfuls of both to trade on.
AC
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GHcool
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 03/22/2006 : 20:33:02
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Originally posted by Randall
Thanks, guys. Even though this is all just a game, I feel ambivalent about passing noncentz. The same feeling also surfaced one particular rank before -- but AC and I had become personal friends long before that, and thus we�re able to empathize a tad with each other without even discussing the matter. In contrast, I know noncentz only by the cleverness of his wordplay on the page. Wait, it�s a computer screen. Right, a Web page, so that makes him a star of page and screen! Aw, you understand; as we all do, I just tried to become noncentzical � and, of course, I failed.
Roll-calling at #2 at this point is not an �achievement.� It means nothing if the reviewer ahead of you is on hiatus; had they continued regular reviewing, both noncentz and AC would still be way at the �top� of the �heap.� My current relative position is nothing more than an endurance mark, like a dodgy Guinness Book �record� for growing a beard.
What chastens me, and the only reason I even mention all this, is that for the moment, the fwfr default will show most people my reviews on a particular film before they see noncentz�s. And that I don�t like. noncentz is far and away our best reviewer, a one-person quantum leap who singlehandedly transformed the quality of submissions on the site, a perfect jape who does what the rest of us only try to emulate. He is what we point to when we try to explain to others the ineffable soul of fwfr. [AC knows more about movies than anybody else I ever met*, and he has the noncentzish pixie in him, too. I�ve long since mourned the fact that people see mine before his. But noncentz eclipses even AC. And guess what: I�ll bet AC would agree with that statement.]
No false modesty here: I concede I have contributed some corkers to the site; no, I would even boast about it; no, I would even argue that a few of my best would be among the Top 100 if the established list weren�t self-sustaining and self-perpetuating. I�m only saying that noncentz is the MAN, he was always and will ever be. Check his stuff out.
*Boy, would I love to meet lemmy, Kappy, etc. Not to mention noncentz hisself!
I agree whole-heartedly with this statement. Reviewers that are ahead of noncentz are like the winner of the Best Director Oscar in the same year that Martin Scorsese is nominated.
Noncentz, we're all eagarly waiting for your comeback! |
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 03/22/2006 : 21:42:46
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Originally posted by GHcool
I agree whole-heartedly with this statement. Reviewers that are ahead of noncentz are like the winner of the Best Director Oscar in the same year that Martin Scorsese is nominated.
Noncentz, we're all eagarly waiting for your comeback!
It's a honor just to be nominated. |
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 03/22/2006 : 22:30:39
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 03/22/2006 : 23:03:50
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Originally posted by lemmycaution
Sensei is very proud.
That in itself is an achievement. <sniff> |
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thefoxboy
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 03/22/2006 : 23:28:19
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Well done Randall, don't let other people, who stop reviewing, stop the fun that you have at FWFR. That's the way I looked at getting to the top of the rank. You'll catch me too, very soon.  |
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 03/22/2006 : 23:33:38
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
Well done Randall, don't let other people, who stop reviewing, stop the fun that you have at FWFR. That's the way I looked at getting to the top of the rank. You'll catch me too, very soon.
Thanx for the note, foxy. I'll never catch you unless you go on hiatus as well: you write 'em faster than I can ever catch up... |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 03/23/2006 : 00:00:38
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Nice work, Randall. Now it's time you whipped that foxboy's arse. 
The one thing you'll never have to worry about is seeing me in your rearview mirror. Even if you retire, I'll still take about 10 years to catch you up!  |
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thefoxboy
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 03/27/2006 : 04:37:13
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Originally posted by Se�n
Nice work, Randall. Now it's time you whipped that foxboy's arse.
It's getting kicked now, I have stopped writing just for accolades, so my submitting is down to maybe 2 - 4 a day, if that.
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 05/20/2006 : 00:43:14
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I take back all that bucolic Walden-pond bullsh*t about AC. MY GOD, one screams, HE'S BACK!!!!! |
Edited by - randall on 05/20/2006 00:45:49 |
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Koli 
"Striving lackadaisically for perfection."
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Posted - 05/20/2006 : 07:23:07
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And not in a quiet way. 300 new ones in the past week, by my reckoning.
D'you think all that scholastic stuff turbo-charged his brain? |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 05/20/2006 : 07:36:52
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Originally posted by GHcool
I don't know if this was addressed elsewhere in the FOURum, but I just noticed that Randall has beaten noncentz for ownership of the #2 spot! Congradulations Randall.
BTW, for those of you who are curious, I e-mailed noncentz not long ago telling him we miss him. He says he's been very busy lately, but indicated that he hasn't left us forever.
i know i'm only teeny in FWFR terms, but i'll
BIG UP, RANDALL
with the best of 'em!
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Sludge 
"Charlie Don't Serf!"
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Posted - 05/23/2006 : 23:43:56
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Randall, nice work!
I am always impressed by both your prolific-ness and the consistently top quality of your FWFRs. Keep it up!
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Randall Whoops Noncentz!
