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w22dheartlivie 
"Kitty Lover"
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 Posted - 05/04/2007 : 13:58:29
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I think there are occasions when the MERPs know a film's storyline, but not necessarily the storyline in a remake in particular. I had occasion to submit a review for Little Women (1994), which has been remade in various forms about a dozen times. I also read the book a few times when I was a lil Hoosier.
My review, while not the best in the world, was something like "Jo - women's suffragette." It was declined as "not a factual review." Since I wrote the review while I was watching it, I knew in at least THIS storyline, Jo indeed endorsed the woman's right to vote based solely on her gender. So I changed it a bit and again got it declined. Finally, I submitted it again on a new pass, revised it, and added the note "I KNOW this is correct as I watched it as I wrote it!!!!!" and finally got it accepted. It wasn't that great a review, but it was the principle of the thing. Anyone who read the book, or saw most of the other versions of it, may well have thought it inaccurate. In any case, that's the story of my MERP disagreement. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 05/04/2007 : 14:03:20
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| I do get quite a few 'Too generic's and 'Don't understand's that don't made any sense. I got 'Too generic' for "AsS&M", for example - how many films involve tea and S&M?!!! |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 05/04/2007 : 14:12:04
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| That's a good review. It's generic if you read it as "Ass & M" though. |
Edited by - demonic on 05/04/2007 14:12:27 |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 05/04/2007 : 17:26:12
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Originally posted by demonic
That's a good review. It's generic if you read it as "Ass & M" though.
Thanks. Well, capitalisation and spacing have meaning, so I think it's all right. It got approved the second time round, as most seem to. |
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Shiv 
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 05/04/2007 : 19:03:26
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Originally posted by Se�n
This tends to sugggest the system works. 
I agree |
Edited by - Shiv on 05/05/2007 01:16:05 |
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 05/05/2007 : 02:27:06
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Originally posted by Salopian
I do get quite a few 'Too generic's and 'Don't understand's that don't made any sense. I got 'Too generic' for "AsS&M", for example - how many films involve tea and S&M?!!!
How could a "Don't Understand" not make any sense? If someone doesn't understand it, then they don't understand it. Period. 
I could see how that could be considered generic by someone who didn't get the 'tea' connection. I had never heard of Assam (even though I've been to India) and had to google it. Now I can see it's quite specific and a good review.  Not everyone will get it though. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 05/05/2007 : 19:15:41
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Originally posted by Se�n
How could a "Don't Understand" not make any sense? If someone doesn't understand it, then they don't understand it.
Yes - in theory. But honestly, I've had a few where it was inexplicable how anyone could not understand it. I'll go through my reviews and find better examples when I have time, but the most recent one is "Thatcher: Tory leader, chick". Like I say, this is not one of the extreme instances that I've had, but the only thing that I think can possibly cause confusion is Tory (assuming that everyone knows chick means woman, which surely they do). However, this appears in so many prominent reviews here that I cannot believe any MERPs are not familiar with it, even if they would not be otherwise. My suspicion is that by 'Don't understand' they actually mean that they do not understand why I would want to submit this review [T-hatcher], but that's none of their concern. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 05/05/2007 : 19:33:58
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Originally posted by Se�n
[brI could see how that could be considered generic by someone who didn't get the 'tea' connection. I had never heard of Assam (even though I've been to India) and had to google it. Now I can see it's quite specific and a good review. Not everyone will get it though.
I can accept that people may not have heard of Assam, but this doesn't mean they could think it generic. In that position, they could have no clue what the review meant, and so 'Don't understand' would be perfectly valid. (If they thought it was 'Ass & M' combined with 'S&M', that would still warrant 'Don't understand' - what on Earth would 'Ass & M' mean?!) |
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thefoxboy 
"Four your eyes only."
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Posted - 05/05/2007 : 23:40:09
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Se�n
How could a "Don't Understand" not make any sense? If someone doesn't understand it, then they don't understand it.
Yes - in theory. But honestly, I've had a few where it was inexplicable how anyone could not understand it. I'll go through my reviews and find better examples when I have time, but the most recent one is "Thatcher: Tory leader, chick". Like I say, this is not one of the extreme instances that I've had, but the only thing that I think can possibly cause confusion is Tory (assuming that everyone knows chick means woman, which surely they do). However, this appears in so many prominent reviews here that I cannot believe any MERPs are not familiar with it, even if they would not be otherwise. My suspicion is that by 'Don't understand' they actually mean that they do not understand why I would want to submit this review [T-hatcher], but that's none of their concern.
I was blown away to discover that not everyone knew that Bird = Woman.
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 05/06/2007 : 06:13:55
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Originally posted by thefoxboy
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Originally posted by Salopian
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Originally posted by Se�n
How could a "Don't Understand" not make any sense? If someone doesn't understand it, then they don't understand it.
Yes - in theory. But honestly, I've had a few where it was inexplicable how anyone could not understand it. I'll go through my reviews and find better examples when I have time, but the most recent one is "Thatcher: Tory leader, chick". Like I say, this is not one of the extreme instances that I've had, but the only thing that I think can possibly cause confusion is Tory (assuming that everyone knows chick means woman, which surely they do). However, this appears in so many prominent reviews here that I cannot believe any MERPs are not familiar with it, even if they would not be otherwise. My suspicion is that by 'Don't understand' they actually mean that they do not understand why I would want to submit this review [T-hatcher], but that's none of their concern.
I was blown away to discover that not everyone knew that Bird = Woman.
Americans had to learn that from Sixties Merseybeat pop stars. We never knew it before. However, neither did the Brits know what a "chick" was at that point. Hence, "Little Red Rooster" means lots more to Mick Jagger today than it did in 1963... So it goes. |
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