Person who really hates Firefly

POSTED BY: rklenseth
UPDATED: Thursday, June 3, 2004 20:50
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CALHOUN

Thursday, June 3, 2004 3:27 AM

While I agree on the notion of everyone being entitled to a point of view/opinion...

Firefly is well.. Firefly, a completly different kettle of fish. Firefly is just such a cunning creation that anyone who doesnt like it must have rocks in their head and shouldnt be polluting the gene pool.

Firefly could be used as an IQ test. People who love it are smart and people who hate it are clueless.

Jayne - "I like smackin'em!"

RKLENSETH

Thursday, June 3, 2004 5:08 AM

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Originally posted by Delia:
I'm not sure why we do this every time a bad review is posted. I have loved things everyone else has loved, loved things everyone else has hated, hated things everyone else has hated, and hated things everyone else has loved. I have been the single negative review in a sea of positive on Amazon (not for Firefly, of course, or I wouldn't hang out on this board). That's just the way life goes. This woman is entitled to her opinion. We don't have to like it, or agree with it, but she's still allowed to have it and express it. Vote that her review isn't helpful or write your own if you want, and then just let it go.

___________________________________________
Spike: Why don't you rip her lungs out? It might make an impression.
Angelus: Lacks... poetry.
Spike: It doesn't have to. What rhymes with lungs?

What I was trying to point out that this person has pointed two bad reviews.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

STANDING8

Thursday, June 3, 2004 5:41 AM

i gave my 5 star review not too long ago as well. but what i want to know is what else is there on amazon that has that many 5 star positive reviews? 900+ 5 star reviews?! thats crazy. i mean family guy has about a third the reviews and the average isnt 5 stars and yet, that show is being brought back.

that said, let it be known that i absolutely love the family guy series.

EBONEZER

Thursday, June 3, 2004 5:43 AM

I've said it before, I'll probably say it again:

"You've got to think to yourself, its only TV, we should really just relax!"

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Four out of five dentists reccomend calling Ebo a girl.

PATSRULE

Thursday, June 3, 2004 10:55 AM

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Does that criticism apply to run on sentences & lack of capitalization?

Nope, but I don't criticize for spelling (or grammar for that matter). I criticize critics who are critical of criticisms, but do the same thing in their critique that they were critical of in the critique they were critiquing.

Set to go, snap. ball down, kick up, its on the way and, it, is...good! It's good! It's good! Adam Vinatieri booms a 48 yard field goal! And the game is over, and the Patriots are superbowl champions! The best team in the national football league!

BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, June 3, 2004 12:29 PM

Valid point Delia, but you must also recognize that Rklenseth is trying to bring to the community's attention that the same person has now posted two negative reviews. It is not as if this is someone who did not like the show, posted an honest, unbiased review and moved on. This person has now posted their poorly worded venom twice in an attempt to scare people off of Firefly.

Sure everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I would (and have) fight to defend that right. What I find fault w/ is this person's obvious need to degrade the show & try to influence the uninitiated against it.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

STRAYBAT

Thursday, June 3, 2004 1:01 PM

Personally, I think it's fine to dislike Firefly.
It's when they feel they have to justify it by spinning falsehoods (like this Nancy63 character with her criticisms of the acting & originality) that it begins to irritate me.
She's obviously a witch, and we must purge the Devil from her

Seriously tho - while I love Amazon's customer review section, you only have to look at their #1 reviewer (one Harriet Klausner) to realise it has the odd flaw.

I looked her up when I read her review of Pandora's Star (great book, btw) in which she did a capsule summary of the book, praised it in dust-cover terms, and tried to give away the ending (luckily she evidently hadn't read it, so she got the ending completely wrong).

Turns out she's written over 7,000 reviews, and they all seem to be four or five star ones.

The mind boggles...

Stray

MAUGWAI

Thursday, June 3, 2004 1:07 PM

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Originally posted by patsrule:
I criticize critics who are critical of criticisms, but do the same thing in their critique that they were critical of in the critique they were critiquing.

You made my brain hurt!

"Dear diary, today I was pompous and my sister was crazy."

DELIA

Thursday, June 3, 2004 4:06 PM

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Originally posted by straybat:
I looked her up when I read her review of Pandora's Star (great book, btw) in which she did a capsule summary of the book, praised it in dust-cover terms, and tried to give away the ending (luckily she evidently hadn't read it, so she got the ending completely wrong).
Stray

Ah, Harriet. Do you know, I've actually seen her quoted on a real life dust jacket? Can't remember for what, didn't buy it. I ignore her when she crops up. 7000 books (or whatevers) is a book (or whatever) a day for over nineteen years. Call me cynical, but I'm willing to bet she hasn't read at least some of them.

As for the writer of these two reviews, I will admit that that seems excessive. Usually, when I post a negative review, I do it shortly after finishing (or not) the book, and never look at it again. But whatever. Either way, I'm not sure what use our critisizing every negative review is, especailly on a board where 99.99% of readers are going to agree with us anyway.

Delia

___________________________________________
Spike: Why don't you rip her lungs out? It might make an impression.
Angelus: Lacks... poetry.
Spike: It doesn't have to. What rhymes with lungs?

PATSRULE

Thursday, June 3, 2004 4:15 PM

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You made my brain hurt!

Sorry...didn't mean to cause any harm to anyone. In that case, I am glad I didn't throw in the end part, about "especially when the criticism of the critique pertains to an item that isn't critical to the original criticism, but is critical to the critique of that criticism." If I had added that, it might have become a little confusing, and that would not be good.

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