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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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 Posted - 07/20/2009 : 02:51:57
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| Now I've got a rejection which whinges about my using rejected instead of declined! W.T.F.?! They're synonyms (in the sense here), and I use both for variety. How could anyone care which is used where?! |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 07/20/2009 : 02:59:21
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Originally posted by Salopian
"Papal fallability" for Angels & Demons as too generic! (I had pointed out that fallability is not a real word.)
This has been rejected with 'Too generic' again. Here's my explanation: "NOT too generic. As it's not a real word, it is specific to the soon-to-be Pope's ability to fall." How can that possibility be too generic? Now, I cannot remember him becoming the Pope in the film (I hadn't seen it when I submitted it), and even if he does he has not yet, so it might have been valid to decline it as inaccurate (which is why I won't be resubmitting it). It cannot be 'generic' though. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 07/20/2009 : 03:22:42
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Review: "Family of Jews, Pray" for Surfwise.
Explanation: "It's about a Jewish family. Directed by Pray."
Rejection reason: "Jewish families also pray in nearly every Biblical epic since 'The Ten Commandments'."
So? I'm obviously punning on Jewish people praying but the review doesn't say that: it's got a comma and a capital P! So apart from the fact that I pointed out what the review refers to, it also could not mean what the MERP suggests.
What can we do if the MERPs are going to ignore not only explanations but also parts of the actual reviews?
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 08/02/2009 : 23:50:12
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Review: "Mayor West: boundary-pushing character" for One Summer In New Paltz: A Cautionary Tale
Explanation: "The film is about him performing gay marriages, despite the risk to himself."
Rejection reason: Don't understand.
Um... what?! |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 08/02/2009 : 23:52:01
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Originally posted by Salopian
Rejection 'reason': "Bad."
I've had another one of these, and that's only out of the limited number that I've had space to look at yet.  |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 08/04/2009 : 17:48:06
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On the flip side to the monosyllabic MERP I'd like to champion the work of the very considerate and voluble MERP who gave me my most flattering decline reason a few days back (they may of course be one in the same)...
"I can't call it Bad, I can't call it Innaccurate, but I can call it Generic because most people will think of the Spanish word rather than the French one, despite your carefully placed three dots... (Owing to the Kipling poem actually.) Clever, even erudite, but too much of a stretch; reluctantly declined."
There are enough clues in there for a vote bonus to be awarded to the first person who can tell me the film I was reviewing and my exact declined review...  |
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RockGolf 
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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Posted - 08/04/2009 : 17:57:06
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Lindsay Anderson's "If..."?
And is the review based on wordplay on "Si...", perhaps "Si... it" or "Worth Si...ing"? |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 08/05/2009 : 01:38:22
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| You're half way there Rockgolf - it is a spin on "If" (well spotted from the Kipling) but what's the film I reviewed...? |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 08/05/2009 : 01:45:26
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Originally posted by demonic
"I can't call it Bad, I can't call it Innaccurate, but I can call it Generic because most people will think of the Spanish word rather than the French one, despite your carefully placed three dots... (Owing to the Kipling poem actually.) Clever, even erudite, but too much of a stretch; reluctantly declined."
Yes, some of the reasons are lengthy, but that doesn't make them reasonable. The fact that "most people" (which is very subjective anyway) will think of one thing is nothing to do with a valid decline reason. Nor is this impossibly vague "Bad" that this MERP seems obsessed with. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 08/05/2009 : 01:48:18
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Originally posted by demonic
There are enough clues in there for a vote bonus to be awarded to the first person who can tell me the film I was reviewing and my exact declined review...
I cannot think of a better guess than Amelie (i.e. a film about staying positive) but as no review presents itself, I assume it's not that... |
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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 08/05/2009 : 03:14:21
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The Way French Girls Bathe?  |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 08/05/2009 : 14:27:05
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| It's more obvious than those guesses, but I guess you'd have to know a bit more about Lindsay Anderson's "If..." to nail it. It proves the MERP wasn't wrong... |
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RockGolf
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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Posted - 08/05/2009 : 15:31:11
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Originally posted by demonic
You're half way there Rockgolf - it is a spin on "If" (well spotted from the Kipling)
Believe it or not, it was the "three dots" clue that gave it to me. Then the realization that "Si" means "if" in French, but "yes" in Spanish.
Haven't a clue left to figure out the film you were actually reviewing. Was it connected with either Malcolm McDowell or Lindsay Anderson? |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 08/05/2009 : 16:33:21
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| It's very connected to the film. You're so close. I'd just say do some research on "If..." and work out the French link.... |
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RockGolf
"1500+ reviews. 1 joke."
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Posted - 08/05/2009 : 17:43:11
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Z�ro de conduite: Jeunes diables au coll�ge
So "Si..." was the entire review? |
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