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Beanmimo 
"August review site"
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 Posted - 12/19/2006 : 09:39:36
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Originally posted by redPen
And you? Are you an Italian mime with a fondness for legumes?
Be
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Mo
First two letters of each of my names.
VV to here.
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Ali 
"Those aren't pillows."
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Posted - 12/19/2006 : 09:43:54
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Beatrice Annabel Michelle Mowlam?
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Beanmimo
"August review site"
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Posted - 12/19/2006 : 11:00:30
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Originally posted by Ali
Beatrice Annabel Michelle Mowlam?
This is noe a new thread over Here |
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 12/19/2006 : 11:27:29
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Originally posted by bife
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Originally posted by Ali
This is not going out to anyone in particular; I, too, have offered hints to my reviews in the past.
But can we please, you know, calm the fuck down when offering hints? It reminds me of the erstwhile trend in British papers to annotate everything (eg. William Shakespeare, English Playwright, 16th/17th Century); and it's mildly annoying at best, and incredibly condescending at worst. Considering the nature of the site, I will go out on a limb, and bet that most, if not all, of us have at least a rudimentary grasp of film.
In fact, I hardly read any of the hints anymore. The reviews they link to are, most of the time, so clever that the hints just spoil the fun of figuring them out. And if I don't get what the reviews are on about, a Google search is only a toolbar away. I'm just saying...
Whilst I don't have a problem with anybody offering hints to their reviews, I never read them 
You should. They can be very funny. I still laugh at the thought of Yukon's hint that a group of lions is called a pride.
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randall 
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 12/19/2006 : 12:15:29
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Originally posted by bife
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Originally posted by Ali
This is not going out to anyone in particular; I, too, have offered hints to my reviews in the past.
But can we please, you know, calm the fuck down when offering hints? It reminds me of the erstwhile trend in British papers to annotate everything (eg. William Shakespeare, English Playwright, 16th/17th Century); and it's mildly annoying at best, and incredibly condescending at worst. Considering the nature of the site, I will go out on a limb, and bet that most, if not all, of us have at least a rudimentary grasp of film.
In fact, I hardly read any of the hints anymore. The reviews they link to are, most of the time, so clever that the hints just spoil the fun of figuring them out. And if I don't get what the reviews are on about, a Google search is only a toolbar away. I'm just saying...
Whilst I don't have a problem with anybody offering hints to their reviews, I never read them
Me too. No problem, never read them. |
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 12/19/2006 : 13:45:10
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Originally posted by Randall
Me too. No problem, never read them.
Sometimes I read them, and sometimes I don't. Sometimes I include them in my posts, and sometimes I don't.
[insert appropriate "aren't I the consistant one" smilie here]
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 12/19/2006 : 14:43:51
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I very rarely employ them myself.
It doesn't really bother me if others do.
Having said that, they rarely figure in my decision to vote. They are best in small doses. |
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Gentleman Ghost
"Brevity: soul of wit."
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 12/19/2006 : 18:10:34
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Originally posted by Ali
But can we please, you know, calm the fuck down when offering hints?
Before we do that could you calm the fuck down in general?
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Considering the nature of the site, I will go out on a limb, and bet that most, if not all, of us have at least a rudimentary grasp of film.
Very true, but in my experience of submitting for FYC I've found giving some explanations to my reviews, which are usually word plays and occasionally for less than mainstream movies, I get more votes. In the times when I've left them to their own devices they can get overlooked in the casual glance some voters employ. So - use notes and possibly get some more clicks, or not? It makes sense to me, even if it threatens to insult your intelligence Ali.
I know plenty of fourumites who don't read notes on a FYC, but as long as there are people who do, I'll use them when appropriate. |
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Gentleman Ghost
"Brevity: soul of wit."
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Yukon
"Co-editor of FWFR book"
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Posted - 12/19/2006 : 22:53:11
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
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Originally posted by bife
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Originally posted by Ali
This is not going out to anyone in particular; I, too, have offered hints to my reviews in the past.
But can we please, you know, calm the fuck down when offering hints? It reminds me of the erstwhile trend in British papers to annotate everything (eg. William Shakespeare, English Playwright, 16th/17th Century); and it's mildly annoying at best, and incredibly condescending at worst. Considering the nature of the site, I will go out on a limb, and bet that most, if not all, of us have at least a rudimentary grasp of film.
In fact, I hardly read any of the hints anymore. The reviews they link to are, most of the time, so clever that the hints just spoil the fun of figuring them out. And if I don't get what the reviews are on about, a Google search is only a toolbar away. I'm just saying...
Whilst I don't have a problem with anybody offering hints to their reviews, I never read them
You should. They can be very funny. I still laugh at the thought of Yukon's hint that a group of lions is called a pride.
V&V
When it comes to trying to get FYC votes, I always hint because I have no pride.     
P.S. I do like hints because it can be educational. I learn something about little-known movies. However, I agree with Ali, nobody should ever have to explain a Star Wars review. |
Edited by - Yukon on 12/19/2006 23:04:57 |
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thefoxboy
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 12/19/2006 : 23:45:37
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VVed with and without hints.
No votes to bife or Randall. |
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redPen
"Because I said so!"
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Posted - 12/20/2006 : 08:58:51
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Very Victorious!!!
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Ali
"Those aren't pillows."
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Posted - 12/20/2006 : 12:58:18
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Originally posted by demonic
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Originally posted by Ali
But can we please, you know, calm the fuck down when offering hints?
Before we do that could you calm the fuck down in general?
I got bored halfway through that sentence. In fact, I am getti
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It makes sense to me, even if it threatens to insult your intelligence Ali. I know plenty of fourumites who don't read notes on a FYC, but as long as there are people who do, I'll use them when appropriate.
Good, because I'll keep on ignoring them.
Having said that, keep up the good work with the hints. Here's one I hope you might use for a future review of E.T.:
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It's about an extra-terrestrial.
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On another, and more fitting, note, beanmimo, Whippersnapper and Randall's offerings this round were all brilliant. Good stuff.
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 12/20/2006 : 13:05:55
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
thefoxboy's FYC 258
Your Cruel Intentions review is very good. Cannot believe anyone here hasn't voted for it. |
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FYCTH #258
