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RockGolf 
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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 Posted - 04/05/2006 : 15:31:55
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Originally posted by Randall
I'm with Sean and cool. Both reviews made me laugh, which no "Icy dead people" ripoff can possibly do nowadays [give it a rest, folks!].
Then you're bound to be disappointed with my pending "All Souls Day: Dia De Los Muertos" review. I'm goin' international, baby!
Update: Must've piqued someone's curiousity because the review is now up |
Edited by - RockGolf on 04/05/2006 17:15:29 |
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MguyXXV 
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 04/05/2006 : 17:01:20
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Originally posted by Salopian
Has anyone actually contacted MguyX to tell him the news?
Imagine my surprise! No: I found out the hard way.
First of all, let me express my sincerest appreciation to Whippersnapper and Sal for posting sponge-worthy rants. (Why is it that the mere thought of the word Kramer always sends me back to Seinfeld?) That has long been my most favored aspect of the site.
Second, no, it is not the most clever review on the site, nor is it my most brilliant one. (Why has no one voted for my "This is a movie" review????) (Just kidding.)
However, it does seem to represent several things that don't make me sad about garnering the all-time #1 spot, if even for just a little while:
It was one of those goofy reviews that just popped out a long time ago. I wasn't trying to be clever, and it just seemed like a moderately funny observation. However, as with many of the reviews posted by our cyber-pals, it has a double-entendre that at least the discussion in this thread has overlooked -- one that, in the end, you may find yourself smacking your own brow for having missed. "I bet Kramer wins" is a commentary on the movie: I saw it when I was a teen, and I liked it. It's a "winner," hence my bet that Kramer "wins" for everyone. That should end the "is it a legitimate review" debate.
The fact that the review is both silly and sound does not make it the best review of all time -- many reviews do that. But that quality at least gives it legitimacy. Back when I was a ranting fool, I used to scream about mere-pun reviews all of the time. I argued, as did the Whip previously, that the reviews were just making jokes, and that they didn't really "review" the film. Then some of the puns were just too compelling, so I stopped complaining. But "I bet Kramer wins" does exactly what I used to champion: it makes a joke, but it also reviews the film.
Yeah, there's a bunch more reviews that are better, but if the Kramer review took number one for no other reason than to illustrate a representative feature of reviewing in four words -- the ability to crack a silly joke while still making an observation -- then I'm not too upset.
And last of all, I don't think I ever promoted the review, so I have sat back oh these many years and quietly watched it rise on its own merit. So, again, I'm not saddened by the little review that could.
Thanks for all the well-wishing guys! 
P.S. I love the noncentz knock-off version.  |
Edited by - MguyXXV on 04/05/2006 18:10:02 |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 04/05/2006 : 17:38:58
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Originally posted by Randall
The Kramer and Ryan reviews are hilarious -- to try and define them off the site...
I wouldn't want any classic reviews to be removed, but(/therefore) they're a good way to discuss the theory of what is allowed.  |
Edited by - Demisemicenturian on 04/05/2006 17:40:24 |
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 04/05/2006 : 18:43:02
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Originally posted by MguyX
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Originally posted by Salopian
Has anyone actually contacted MguyX to tell him the news?
Imagine my surprise! No: I found out the hard way.
First of all, let me express my sincerest appreciation to Whippersnapper and Sal for posting sponge-worthy rants. (Why is it that the mere thought of the word Kramer always sends me back to Seinfeld?) That has long been my most favored aspect of the site.
Second, no, it is not the most clever review on the site, nor is it my most brilliant one. (Why has no one voted for my "This is a movie" review????) (Just kidding.)
However, it does seem to represent several things that don't make me sad about garnering the all-time #1 spot, if even for just a little while:
It was one of those goofy reviews that just popped out a long time ago. I wasn't trying to be clever, and it just seemed like a moderately funny observation. However, as with many of the reviews posted by our cyber-pals, it has a double-entendre that at least the discussion in this thread has overlooked -- one that, in the end, you may find yourself smacking your own brow for having missed. "I bet Kramer wins" is a commentary on the movie: I saw it when I was a teen, and I liked it. It's a "winner," hence my bet that Kramer "wins" for everyone. That should end the "is it a legitimate review" debate.
I can't say I'm surprised I missed the above argument for legitimacy  but I am looking forward to receiving that sponge which will help cool my head as I try to understand it.
Incidentally I, like Sal, never said any of the top reviews should be removed. If they went, what would we have to complain about?
I thought an interesting point was made by TitanPa, that he thought the top 4 were great reviews but wasnt sure they'd be accepted today. Doesn't that mean that great reviews are being rejected now?
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MguyXXV
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 04/05/2006 : 23:17:27
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
I can't say I'm surprised I missed the above argument for legitimacy but I am looking forward to receiving that sponge which will help cool my head as I try to understand it.
Er . . . um . . . it's not that kind of sponge.
For the entire script . . . . |
Edited by - MguyXXV on 04/05/2006 23:22:39 |
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thefoxboy 
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 04/05/2006 : 23:25:23
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 04/05/2006 : 23:33:47
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
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Originally posted by Se�n
I bet this debate could go on for ever and nobody wins.
Sometimes Sean is as funny as he thinks he is.
I crack me up.  |
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 04/06/2006 : 00:24:55
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Originally posted by Salopian
quote:
Originally posted by Randall
The Kramer and Ryan reviews are hilarious -- to try and define them off the site...
I wouldn't want any classic reviews to be removed, but(/therefore) they're a good way to discuss the theory of what is allowed.
...would be to split hairs so fine that I couldn't trust them in anyone's hands but Sal. |
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 04/06/2006 : 00:58:36
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Originally posted by R o � k G o 1 f
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Originally posted by Randall
I'm with Sean and cool. Both reviews made me laugh, which no "Icy dead people" ripoff can possibly do nowadays [give it a rest, folks!].
Then you're bound to be disappointed with my pending "All Souls Day: Dia De Los Muertos" review. I'm goin' international, baby!
Update: Must've piqued someone's curiousity because the review is now up
OK, and it's so frickin clever that I even frickin voted for it, but would all you icy dead reviewers please SHUT UP NOW? |
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tortoise 
"Still reviewing, but slowly."
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Posted - 04/06/2006 : 02:08:16
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Originally posted by Randall
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Originally posted by R o � k G o 1 f
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Originally posted by Randall
I'm with Sean and cool. Both reviews made me laugh, which no "Icy dead people" ripoff can possibly do nowadays [give it a rest, folks!].
Then you're bound to be disappointed with my pending "All Souls Day: Dia De Los Muertos" review. I'm goin' international, baby!
Update: Must've piqued someone's curiousity because the review is now up
OK, and it's so frickin clever that I even frickin voted for it, but would all you icy dead reviewers please SHUT UP NOW?
Anyone know of a film about a voyeur with a predilection for pregnant women? Just so that I can submit "Eyes seeded people", you understand. |
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thefoxboy
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 04/06/2006 : 02:43:26
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Originally posted by Randall
OK, and it's so frickin clever that I even frickin voted for it, but would all you icy dead reviewers please SHUT UP NOW?
Sounds like a challenge. 
You would think there wouldn't be any left, but I just submitted one.
Well, as close as I could get to one. |
Edited by - thefoxboy on 04/06/2006 05:48:05 |
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MM0rkeleb 
"Better than HBO."
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Posted - 04/06/2006 : 05:59:31
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
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Originally posted by Randall
OK, and it's so frickin clever that I even frickin voted for it, but would all you icy dead reviewers please SHUT UP NOW?
Sounds like a challenge.
You would think there wouldn't be any left, but I just submitted one.
Well, as close as I could get to one.
I also submitted one not too long ago, and it was approved. I'm not proud of it, but what the hell, all the cool kids were doing it and I needed a review for A Beautiful Mind. |
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Kramer wins!
