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w22dheartlivie 
"Kitty Lover"
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 Posted - 07/29/2007 : 03:45:23
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Originally posted by turrell
I am planning on catching "Arthur" on AMC this weekend - could everyone please disown their reviews for Arthur and I will be sure NOT to visit Alan Smithee's reviews page - I don't want to spoil it - you never know what that Dudley Moore is going to get into (don't even get me started on Demi Moore).
Alan Smithee...
This reminds me of a thread I fell upon regarding Godfather III earlier today. Someone wrote "thanks for the spoiler." I answered that when one considers the film is SEVENTEEN years old, if the poster hasn't seen it yet, he doesn't plan on seeing it in the near future. Besides, it's a Godfather film, most everyone dies.
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Stalean 
"Back...OMG"
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Posted - 07/29/2007 : 06:40:46
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Originally posted by Koli
I have an even simpler proposition: that we refrain from writing reviews with spoilers.
The simplest proposition would acually be to not review films that haven't been made. All reviews for films not yet made should be reported as innacurate anyway, as by definition, it cannot be an accurate description of what happens in the film. There is no film.
I have always felt that films not yet released should not be allowed for reviewing purposes. It's one thing to review a film one hasn't yet seen (at least you can get some idea about it from critical reviews, IMDB, etc), and quite another to review, for all intent and purpose, a film that hasn't been made and may never be made. I can't remember another film that I have advanced a review for except 'Deathly Hallows' (you may correct my memory if I am wrong). I wouldn't have done so this time, except for the fact that what I had approved would be integral to and included in the film if it is released (which I have not doubt, even if they have to get a whole new cast). 
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 07/29/2007 : 07:18:12
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My Gosh. Welcome to FWFR with a catch. Benj is gonna have to have fine print for some of these rules. FWFR with a loop hole.
Four (Unless otherwise connected with a hypen) Word (Doesnt have to be in the dictionary. You can use pronouns. You can even use words that have no meaning) Film (But please wait til it comes out in the movies. We are buying the book this week and are taking our good old time to read it. THe movie comes out in 2010. You might have come up with a great review... But can you wait a few years) Review (You may write anything about movie as a review. But if you give away a spoiler then you anger those people who have not watched a 30 year old movie. If you do give a spoiler, you will be shunned and ridiculed. The spoiler might be the point of the movie and might be a great review, but do you really want to write it. Please don't tell me who Superman really is. It is possible for us to stay away from certain movie reviews, but just in case. Keep from writing a review. We might not have any will power. Also keep from writing reviews from a certain book. We havent read it yet. We dont want you writing a review that we might think up but you beat us to it. We were hoping that you would wait to write a review so we can beat you to the punch and the votes)
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Koli 
"Striving lackadaisically for perfection."
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Posted - 07/29/2007 : 13:58:25
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Originally posted by TitanPa
My Gosh. Welcome to FWFR with a catch. Benj is gonna have to have fine print for some of these rules. FWFR with a loop hole.
Four (Unless otherwise connected with a hypen) Word (Doesnt have to be in the dictionary. You can use pronouns. You can even use words that have no meaning) Film (But please wait til it comes out in the movies. We are buying the book this week and are taking our good old time to read it. THe movie comes out in 2010. You might have come up with a great review... But can you wait a few years) Review (You may write anything about movie as a review. But if you give away a spoiler then you anger those people who have not watched a 30 year old movie. If you do give a spoiler, you will be shunned and ridiculed. The spoiler might be the point of the movie and might be a great review, but do you really want to write it. Please don't tell me who Superman really is. It is possible for us to stay away from certain movie reviews, but just in case. Keep from writing a review. We might not have any will power. Also keep from writing reviews from a certain book. We havent read it yet. We dont want you writing a review that we might think up but you beat us to it. We were hoping that you would wait to write a review so we can beat you to the punch and the votes)
Nice rant, Titanpa, but I still think spoilers are best avoided. And I agree that reviews for films that haven't yet been made are best avoided. Note that I'm not calling for additional rules. I'm suggesting that we voluntarily avoid these things. |
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Request for Deathly Hallows reviews
