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1 | Much better available | I understand that not all families are the same so the odd family dynamic isn't as much of an issue for me as the awful behaviour modelled in this show. My daughter is 2.5 and probably the perfect age for this show, and the absolute worst age to watch it! Ruby is a stereotypically 'girly' big sister who is her younger brother's primary caretaker. Max is a bunny toddler who is unable to utter more than one word - persistently - per episode (frequently 'no'). It sends the message that all that's required to get what you want is to repeat the same thing over and over again until your long-suffering caretaker just gives in. It could be a lovely series. It's cute and there are some good sentiments but Max has never been developed and his character could easily help make your life with your own toddler a lot tougher than it needs to be. Particularly if you have a little copy cat at home. This is fine in very small doses but there are a lot better out there (Kipper / Franklin). | 985 | [
"I understand that not all families are the same so the odd family dynamic isn't as much of an issue for me as the awful behaviour modelled in this show.",
"My daughter is 2.5 and probably the perfect age for this show, and the absolute worst age to watch it!",
"Ruby is a stereotypically 'girly' big sister who is her younger brother's primary caretaker.",
"Max is a bunny toddler who is unable to utter more than one word - persistently - per episode (frequently 'no').",
"It sends the message that all that's required to get what you want is to repeat the same thing over and over again until your long-suffering caretaker just gives in.",
"It could be a lovely series.",
"It's cute and there are some good sentiments but Max has never been developed and his character could easily help make your life with your own toddler a lot tougher than it needs to be.",
"Particularly if you have a little copy cat at home.",
"This is fine in very small doses but there are a lot better out there (Kipper / Franklin)."
] |
1 | Big fat bore | I sure wish I had paid attention to the negative reviews before I bought this. I'm as much a fan of romances, Cinderella stories, and light comedy as the next person. I enjoyed Sleepless in Seattle and Moonstruck, among others. But My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a big fat waste of time and money. The story is empty, dull, routine, and devoid of charm, despite the appealing cast (who were wasted in this dud of a screenplay.) It was like watching romance for the Romper Room set - there was no subtlety at all, no rich threads running throughout the plot, just a dull, straightforward tale that I didn't want to see through to the end. Even the Cinderella part of the story was over in the span of 5 minutes - she put on some new clothes and makeup and voila, a lifetime of feeling left out and she was completely transformed. And 5 minutes later, the man of her dreams was hers, just like that. I didn't laugh, I didn't cry, I just wondered when it would get interesting. It never did. | 985 | [
"I sure wish I had paid attention to the negative reviews before I bought this.",
"I'm as much a fan of romances, Cinderella stories, and light comedy as the next person.",
"I enjoyed Sleepless in Seattle and Moonstruck, among others.",
"But My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a big fat waste of time and money.",
"The story is empty, dull, routine, and devoid of charm, despite the appealing cast (who were wasted in this dud of a screenplay.) It was like watching romance for the Romper Room set - there was no subtlety at all, no rich threads running throughout the plot, just a dull, straightforward tale that I didn't want to see through to the end.",
"Even the Cinderella part of the story was over in the span of 5 minutes - she put on some new clothes and makeup and voila, a lifetime of feeling left out and she was completely transformed.",
"And 5 minutes later, the man of her dreams was hers, just like that.",
"I didn't laugh, I didn't cry, I just wondered when it would get interesting.",
"It never did."
] |
1 | SanDisk fell off | I owned a 256mb version of the Micro which had the blue light. I smashed it on accident and had to buy a new one. I opted for the 1GB version since Best Buy had it on sale for $39.99 after MIR. I bought it, took it home, and found out the U3 software thing could not be removed... until I searched Google. I found a way to remove it, for good. Besides that, I thought my first drive was defective since the light kept blinking intermittently. My first Micro's light stayed on constantly unless there was a file being transferred to the drive. I thought it was defective so I returned it for another one. I brought it home, and what do I find out, the light blinks intermittently just like the one I returned and THOUGHT was defective. I guess that's just how they are now. Why they would make the light blink like that, I don't know but it's annoying. The new rubber bodies that the drive comes with suck too. I wish they had stuck with the regular plastic that they had the Micros in. | 985 | [
"I owned a 256mb version of the Micro which had the blue light.",
"I smashed it on accident and had to buy a new one.",
"I opted for the 1GB version since Best Buy had it on sale for $39.99 after MIR.",
"I bought it, took it home, and found out the U3 software thing could not be removed... until I searched Google.",
"I found a way to remove it, for good.",
"Besides that, I thought my first drive was defective since the light kept blinking intermittently.",
"My first Micro's light stayed on constantly unless there was a file being transferred to the drive.",
"I thought it was defective so I returned it for another one.",
"I brought it home, and what do I find out, the light blinks intermittently just like the one I returned and THOUGHT was defective.",
"I guess that's just how they are now.",
"Why they would make the light blink like that, I don't know but it's annoying.",
"The new rubber bodies that the drive comes with suck too.",
"I wish they had stuck with the regular plastic that they had the Micros in."
] |
1 | defective product | I installed roughly 10 of these and every one has failed within a year of being put in service. Some of them have failed multiple times and some have failed in a manner of months. Most common problem is a loud humming with audio output. Sometimes the LCD displays go dark or just stays backlit with no visible informationor a garbled display. Whats worse is Crowns warrantee procedures. They will warrantee the unit, but the average turn around time is nearly 2 months. I have been told there is a known issue in the power supply (heat sink not large enough?) and they will also change the cover for one that has big cooling vents on the top. When your customer relies on this unit for their music in a club they aren't exactly willing to wait for 7 or 8 weeks to get their music back.I wound up buying three amps from another manufacturer to loan my customers while these are being fixed.The price point is tempting...but run away from this one. Pay a bit more for something reliable. | 985 | [
"I installed roughly 10 of these and every one has failed within a year of being put in service.",
"Some of them have failed multiple times and some have failed in a manner of months.",
"Most common problem is a loud humming with audio output.",
"Sometimes the LCD displays go dark or just stays backlit with no visible informationor a garbled display.",
"Whats worse is Crowns warrantee procedures.",
"They will warrantee the unit, but the average turn around time is nearly 2 months.",
"I have been told there is a known issue in the power supply (heat sink not large enough?",
") and they will also change the cover for one that has big cooling vents on the top.",
"When your customer relies on this unit for their music in a club they aren't exactly willing to wait for 7 or 8 weeks to get their music back.I wound up buying three amps from another manufacturer to loan my customers while these are being fixed.The price point is tempting...but run away from this one.",
"Pay a bit more for something reliable."
] |
1 | Miserable Product | First of all, this stuff didn't help me sleep at all that I could tell. It was basically like taking nothing. But, I figured I shelled out a lot of money for the pills so I kept taking them on the chance that maybe they did help a little. However, after a couple of weeks I noticed that I'd been feeling unuasually irritable and depressed. I figured maybe it was depression or maybe even a touch of midlife crisis. But why did it just hit me so hard and so quickly? So I started thinking about what had changed in my life over the last couple of weeks. All my worries were the same worries I'd had before. And then it occurred to me that I'd started taking the Sleep MD. I immediately stopped taking it and within two days started feeling much better. Coincidence? I doubt it. After all, the stuff is designed to drag you down in one way or another.Do yourself a favor and save your money. It's not worth it. Take a melatonin instead. It's a lot cheaper and probably just as effective. | 985 | [
"First of all, this stuff didn't help me sleep at all that I could tell.",
"It was basically like taking nothing.",
"But, I figured I shelled out a lot of money for the pills so I kept taking them on the chance that maybe they did help a little.",
"However, after a couple of weeks I noticed that I'd been feeling unuasually irritable and depressed.",
"I figured maybe it was depression or maybe even a touch of midlife crisis.",
"But why did it just hit me so hard and so quickly?",
"So I started thinking about what had changed in my life over the last couple of weeks.",
"All my worries were the same worries I'd had before.",
"And then it occurred to me that I'd started taking the Sleep MD.",
"I immediately stopped taking it and within two days started feeling much better.",
"Coincidence?",
"I doubt it.",
"After all, the stuff is designed to drag you down in one way or another.Do yourself a favor and save your money.",
"It's not worth it.",
"Take a melatonin instead.",
"It's a lot cheaper and probably just as effective."
] |
1 | same old same old | I just received this book and am sending it right back! This is the same old tired don't eat fat, don't eat egg yolks, in fact if you look at a daily sample menu don't eat calories. While I agree with his tried, old , and true suggestions of exercise both weight resistance and aerobic as well as eating frequently to maintain metabolism his virtually fat free fruit and veggie eating regimen is more well suited to the Hollywood anorexic set. And by the way, though he says don't diet, his plan looks like a diet to me. Look people, we know what we need to do. Avoid fast and processed foods. Eat a diet rich in fruit, veggies, and yes egg yolks because that is where all of the nutrition lies. It's not easy and we frequently stumble because the answers are simple; it's the implementation that is hard. We are not perfect, but the egg INCLUDING the yolk is. Eat well and skip this book. I am so glad that I did not buy his infomercial babble as well. Try "The Maker's Diet" instead. | 985 | [
"I just received this book and am sending it right back!",
"This is the same old tired don't eat fat, don't eat egg yolks, in fact if you look at a daily sample menu don't eat calories.",
"While I agree with his tried, old , and true suggestions of exercise both weight resistance and aerobic as well as eating frequently to maintain metabolism his virtually fat free fruit and veggie eating regimen is more well suited to the Hollywood anorexic set.",
"And by the way, though he says don't diet, his plan looks like a diet to me.",
"Look people, we know what we need to do.",
"Avoid fast and processed foods.",
"Eat a diet rich in fruit, veggies, and yes egg yolks because that is where all of the nutrition lies.",
"It's not easy and we frequently stumble because the answers are simple; it's the implementation that is hard.",
"We are not perfect, but the egg INCLUDING the yolk is.",
"Eat well and skip this book.",
"I am so glad that I did not buy his infomercial babble as well.",
"Try \"The Maker's Diet\" instead."
] |
1 | A Disappointment | I was drawn to this book by the raves for Mystic River. Now I'm wondering whether I should bother reading that one. Shutter Island reminds me why I don't read thrillers, even by so-called "literary" authors like Lehane. This book is filled with cardboard characters, spouting cliched dialogue in implausible situations. I grew tired of Lehane stringing bits of action together with sentences in which one "and" followed the next to give the reader the impression that something really was happening. The twist at the end left me saying little more than, "Huh?" Unfortunately, I don't care enough about the characters to go back through the book and figure out how it all came together. If you're looking for something to occupy you on a long plane ride, this book will fit the bill, but if you're a serious reader aware of some of the fine contemporary literature that's available today, I'll bet you'll be angry at yourself for getting suckered into wasting a few hours on this novel. | 985 | [
"I was drawn to this book by the raves for Mystic River.",
"Now I'm wondering whether I should bother reading that one.",
"Shutter Island reminds me why I don't read thrillers, even by so-called \"literary\" authors like Lehane.",
"This book is filled with cardboard characters, spouting cliched dialogue in implausible situations.",
"I grew tired of Lehane stringing bits of action together with sentences in which one \"and\" followed the next to give the reader the impression that something really was happening.",
"The twist at the end left me saying little more than, \"Huh?",
"\" Unfortunately, I don't care enough about the characters to go back through the book and figure out how it all came together.",
"If you're looking for something to occupy you on a long plane ride, this book will fit the bill, but if you're a serious reader aware of some of the fine contemporary literature that's available today, I'll bet you'll be angry at yourself for getting suckered into wasting a few hours on this novel."
] |
1 | Conspiracy Theory, Allright | I would like to postulate a conspiracy theory of my own after watching this journey-ride through incompetent filmmaking. I firmly resolve that Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts could never have possibly decided to make a movie as ridiculous as this. They were impersonated by two cunning imposters who, in conspiracy with Hollywood renegades, have plotted to destroy their careers. At least that's what Gibson and Roberts SHOULD believe, considering that this movie sinks to greater depths than even "The Man Without A Face" or "Dying Young." Plotless, Thoughtless, and not to mention artless, "Conspiracy Theory isn't even sophisticated enough to make true believers of the X-Files worshiping idiots that flocked to see it in the first place. In some sense, actually, "Conspiracy Theory" is one of the most important movies in the history of film, proving once and for all that cospiracy and paranoia centered movies have no future to entertain in our country. Please take note, Hollywood. | 985 | [
"I would like to postulate a conspiracy theory of my own after watching this journey-ride through incompetent filmmaking.",
"I firmly resolve that Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts could never have possibly decided to make a movie as ridiculous as this.",
"They were impersonated by two cunning imposters who, in conspiracy with Hollywood renegades, have plotted to destroy their careers.",
"At least that's what Gibson and Roberts SHOULD believe, considering that this movie sinks to greater depths than even \"The Man Without A Face\" or \"Dying Young.\" Plotless, Thoughtless, and not to mention artless, \"Conspiracy Theory isn't even sophisticated enough to make true believers of the X-Files worshiping idiots that flocked to see it in the first place.",
"In some sense, actually, \"Conspiracy Theory\" is one of the most important movies in the history of film, proving once and for all that cospiracy and paranoia centered movies have no future to entertain in our country.",
"Please take note, Hollywood."
] |
1 | Avoid This Book | This is a terrible book by an atrocious author. The author is not very likable; at the start he has made up his mind about the case, so he makes fun of the other jurors for being stupid, especially the ones that don't support his position. His arrogance comes through easily, making long winded speeches to his fellow jurors and "putting them in their place" when they say things he doesn't like (despite his being younger than most of them).He says early on that it was his goal to "hang the jury," and the only rationale he gives for that is that his whole experience in life has been academia, where the discussion essentially never ends, and he just doesn't have it in him to make such a final decision. How odd!There are no real insights into the criminal justice process, just lots of very high-brow language that sounds almost put-on. Also, he exerpts from his diary at one point--showing that even in his personal life, this fellow can only write pretensiously.Avoid this book! | 985 | [
"This is a terrible book by an atrocious author.",
"The author is not very likable; at the start he has made up his mind about the case, so he makes fun of the other jurors for being stupid, especially the ones that don't support his position.",
"His arrogance comes through easily, making long winded speeches to his fellow jurors and \"putting them in their place\" when they say things he doesn't like (despite his being younger than most of them).He says early on that it was his goal to \"hang the jury,\" and the only rationale he gives for that is that his whole experience in life has been academia, where the discussion essentially never ends, and he just doesn't have it in him to make such a final decision.",
"How odd!",
"There are no real insights into the criminal justice process, just lots of very high-brow language that sounds almost put-on.",
"Also, he exerpts from his diary at one point--showing that even in his personal life, this fellow can only write pretensiously.Avoid this book!"
] |
1 | I ate an umbrella | Ok, so I bought this CD. Then, I threw a hamburger out my car window and it hits this kid on a mountain bike (I think it was a Huffy). The kid jumps off his bike and snarls, "HEY! If you're gonna throw food at me, at least have the common courtesy to smile brightly).I smiled brightly. And I was happy to do so in quick/lightning fashion.Anyway, Plans is the kind of CD that you play when you're on a date with that emo girl from 2nd hour biology (she has a Modest Mouse hoodie and a Planes Mistaken For Stars pin on her skirt...that's emo right?) The date isn't going well and you're all like, "If I'm gonna hold hands with this girl, I'll need to bust out this CD like an explosion of Uno cards."You put on Plans. She thinks the album is called Plants. THERE IS A PROBLEM.QUICK! THROW ON KID A! RADIOHEAD IS A SAFE BET!The CD starts. EVERYTHIIIIIIING EVERYTHIIIIIIIIING.The girl swoons/chortles. She says, "Come here and make out with me before my blog explodes.DEATH CAB! DEATH CAB! | 985 | [
"Ok, so I bought this CD.",
"Then, I threw a hamburger out my car window and it hits this kid on a mountain bike (I think it was a Huffy).",
"The kid jumps off his bike and snarls, \"HEY!",
"If you're gonna throw food at me, at least have the common courtesy to smile brightly).I smiled brightly.",
"And I was happy to do so in quick/lightning fashion.Anyway, Plans is the kind of CD that you play when you're on a date with that emo girl from 2nd hour biology (she has a Modest Mouse hoodie and a Planes Mistaken For Stars pin on her skirt...that's emo right?",
") The date isn't going well and you're all like, \"If I'm gonna hold hands with this girl, I'll need to bust out this CD like an explosion of Uno cards.\"You put on Plans.",
"She thinks the album is called Plants.",
"THERE IS A PROBLEM.QUICK!",
"THROW ON KID A!",
"RADIOHEAD IS A SAFE BET!",
"The CD starts.",
"EVERYTHIIIIIIING EVERYTHIIIIIIIIING.The girl swoons/chortles.",
"She says, \"Come here and make out with me before my blog explodes.DEATH CAB!",
"DEATH CAB!"
] |
1 | 1000 hours of slap-fights | I'm a huge MMA fan, and not at all opposed to watching regional shows with crappy production values. I have dozens of such events on DVD. However, this was absolutely unwatchable for me. The reason being that the rules of this promotion (or perhaps the state) did not allow any strikes to the head except with an open fist (no kicks, fists, forearms, elbows etc.). Couple that with the fact that the vast majority of the fighters had very limited technical skills (I believe most of them were legitimate amateurs). I tried to hang in there and at least finish one full event, but that proved quite arduous (I scanned through all five events just to see if it was all open-fist strikes only - it was). It's pretty deflating to see somebody get a full mount, but not be able to do anything with it because they couldn't apply any ground and pound and had no submission skills. Basically what you have here is a DVD set with many, many hours of slap-fighting and bad submission grappling. | 985 | [
"I'm a huge MMA fan, and not at all opposed to watching regional shows with crappy production values.",
"I have dozens of such events on DVD.",
"However, this was absolutely unwatchable for me.",
"The reason being that the rules of this promotion (or perhaps the state) did not allow any strikes to the head except with an open fist (no kicks, fists, forearms, elbows etc.).",
"Couple that with the fact that the vast majority of the fighters had very limited technical skills (I believe most of them were legitimate amateurs).",
"I tried to hang in there and at least finish one full event, but that proved quite arduous (I scanned through all five events just to see if it was all open-fist strikes only - it was).",
"It's pretty deflating to see somebody get a full mount, but not be able to do anything with it because they couldn't apply any ground and pound and had no submission skills.",
"Basically what you have here is a DVD set with many, many hours of slap-fighting and bad submission grappling."
] |
1 | Cold Case | I was excited to begin my first Agatha Christie book after hearing so much about her. My 1973 hardback was picked up at a book sale. I'm so glad that I read some reviews here to find that this is not representative of her work. The plot has a resemblance to the TV show "Cold Case" in that it tries to figure out a crime from the past. However, unlike the TV show, there are no flashbacks; so the past remains removed from the reader. For each clue and discovery that either Tuppence or Tommy make, they seem to communicate it very imprecisely to the other, exactly the opposite of what I would think would make good detective work. I kept hoping that the ending of the book would tie it together. Although there was somewhat of an explanation about who the criminals were in the past and in the present, none of it was particularly clear or interesting. Hannibal the dog was fun. I think I will try to find an earlier work of hers, but my recommendation on this book is to pass. Taxi! | 985 | [
"I was excited to begin my first Agatha Christie book after hearing so much about her.",
"My 1973 hardback was picked up at a book sale.",
"I'm so glad that I read some reviews here to find that this is not representative of her work.",
"The plot has a resemblance to the TV show \"Cold Case\" in that it tries to figure out a crime from the past.",
"However, unlike the TV show, there are no flashbacks; so the past remains removed from the reader.",
"For each clue and discovery that either Tuppence or Tommy make, they seem to communicate it very imprecisely to the other, exactly the opposite of what I would think would make good detective work.",
"I kept hoping that the ending of the book would tie it together.",
"Although there was somewhat of an explanation about who the criminals were in the past and in the present, none of it was particularly clear or interesting.",
"Hannibal the dog was fun.",
"I think I will try to find an earlier work of hers, but my recommendation on this book is to pass.",
"Taxi!"
] |
1 | Skyline | SkylineThis movie looked like it was going to be a really good movie and then it just ended, leaving the viewer to try and decide what happened. I don't like things that don't have either an ending or an implied sequel. I seriously doubt that they will have a sequel so it was just a dumb ending. I give all movies a 1 star that DVD manufacturer/producers have started making the consumer buy Blue Ray to view any of the extra features as seems to be popular with DVD movie makers today. Worse, they have a menu and sub-menus of extras. Each one taking you to a message that says you have to purchase Blue Ray to view. What? You weren't making enough millions on DVDs? I will NEVER purchase a Blue Ray system. DVD is just fine with me. I can't afford, nor will I let any producer shove formats down my throat. How possitively rude. By putting the extras 'tease' menus on the DVD that lead to no where but your pocket book, you guarantee me not buying your product. Boycot these fiends! | 985 | [
"SkylineThis movie looked like it was going to be a really good movie and then it just ended, leaving the viewer to try and decide what happened.",
"I don't like things that don't have either an ending or an implied sequel.",
"I seriously doubt that they will have a sequel so it was just a dumb ending.",
"I give all movies a 1 star that DVD manufacturer/producers have started making the consumer buy Blue Ray to view any of the extra features as seems to be popular with DVD movie makers today.",
"Worse, they have a menu and sub-menus of extras.",
"Each one taking you to a message that says you have to purchase Blue Ray to view.",
"What?",
"You weren't making enough millions on DVDs?",
"I will NEVER purchase a Blue Ray system.",
"DVD is just fine with me.",
"I can't afford, nor will I let any producer shove formats down my throat.",
"How possitively rude.",
"By putting the extras 'tease' menus on the DVD that lead to no where but your pocket book, you guarantee me not buying your product.",
"Boycot these fiends!"
] |
1 | Great Game - Stupid DRM | I almost never post reviews of my purchases, but felt obligated to support the general outcry against the DRM implementation associated with this game.Summary: Great game 4+ Stars - Stupid DRM -3 stars = 1 starI thing the game is terrific and have been having a blast. Moreover, I think it has huge potential. Sadly, the decision to use a form of DRM that limits the number of installations is unacceptable. I am a software developer and hardware junkie. I break, rebuild, and/or modify my machine on a monthly basis. To avoid (hopefully) DRM issues, I decided to install spore on an external drive in hopes of limiting the impact of my system tinkering. Still - stupid that I would need to go to such measures just so I can be sure to still have the game I paid $[...] for 3 rebuilds from now...If I do end up getting locked out and my game deactivated, I will likely grab a hacked copy which are everywhere. Sad since this was a game that I happily paid for and was eager to support. | 985 | [
"I almost never post reviews of my purchases, but felt obligated to support the general outcry against the DRM implementation associated with this game.Summary: Great game 4+ Stars - Stupid DRM -3 stars = 1 starI thing the game is terrific and have been having a blast.",
"Moreover, I think it has huge potential.",
"Sadly, the decision to use a form of DRM that limits the number of installations is unacceptable.",
"I am a software developer and hardware junkie.",
"I break, rebuild, and/or modify my machine on a monthly basis.",
"To avoid (hopefully) DRM issues, I decided to install spore on an external drive in hopes of limiting the impact of my system tinkering.",
"Still - stupid that I would need to go to such measures just so I can be sure to still have the game I paid $[...] for 3 rebuilds from now...If I do end up getting locked out and my game deactivated, I will likely grab a hacked copy which are everywhere.",
"Sad since this was a game that I happily paid for and was eager to support."
] |
1 | Please help Cuba Gooding | I remember the promotional tour for this film and thought it would be worth a view and I do have to say that it was excellent after the first half when I continued to watch through my eyelids. I have been a moderate fan of Cuba Gooding for a while but this performance would have been better and more believable had it been done by the pets.com sock puppet. Instead of a microphone, of course, the sock puppet would have to be holding a pipe! I'm not a pilot and flying Alaska Air still doesn't qualify me to comment on the aeronautics of the spectacle but the writing was horrible, the acting took place off set and the story was formulaic at best. Thank heavens I got it from the library, even then it cost me too much. I am still wondering how you get a cockpit full of fuel in a fighter and how you take cannon fire through the wings without igniting the fuel actually there in but hey, I fly Alaska Air....Sad, the whole thing looked like folks making house payments, not a movie. | 985 | [
"I remember the promotional tour for this film and thought it would be worth a view and I do have to say that it was excellent after the first half when I continued to watch through my eyelids.",
"I have been a moderate fan of Cuba Gooding for a while but this performance would have been better and more believable had it been done by the pets.com sock puppet.",
"Instead of a microphone, of course, the sock puppet would have to be holding a pipe!",
"I'm not a pilot and flying Alaska Air still doesn't qualify me to comment on the aeronautics of the spectacle but the writing was horrible, the acting took place off set and the story was formulaic at best.",
"Thank heavens I got it from the library, even then it cost me too much.",
"I am still wondering how you get a cockpit full of fuel in a fighter and how you take cannon fire through the wings without igniting the fuel actually there in but hey, I fly Alaska Air....Sad, the whole thing looked like folks making house payments, not a movie."
] |
1 | Safety Concern | If you have purchased this product in the clear, please check it right away. I purchased 4 rolls of this product. I paid to have it installed on a deck and fence. It looked very nice. After 3 months it started to crumble and fall apart. It looked fine, but if you touched or pushed on it, it would fall apart in your hands. I contacted Unbeatable Sales about it. They wrote me back and told me to contact the product's company because the 30 day period was over and they could not help me. I did contact the company. Thank goodness the company was more helpful than Unbeatable Sales. They said they had problems with this product and I should have been contacted by Unbeatable Sales. I assured them that NO one had contacted me. I was sent replacements in the black color. Now I will have to pay to have it installed again. Of course this does not make me very happy! Last of all, I am very happy I did not have anyone fall through the railings because of the problem with the product. | 985 | [
"If you have purchased this product in the clear, please check it right away.",
"I purchased 4 rolls of this product.",
"I paid to have it installed on a deck and fence.",
"It looked very nice.",
"After 3 months it started to crumble and fall apart.",
"It looked fine, but if you touched or pushed on it, it would fall apart in your hands.",
"I contacted Unbeatable Sales about it.",
"They wrote me back and told me to contact the product's company because the 30 day period was over and they could not help me.",
"I did contact the company.",
"Thank goodness the company was more helpful than Unbeatable Sales.",
"They said they had problems with this product and I should have been contacted by Unbeatable Sales.",
"I assured them that NO one had contacted me.",
"I was sent replacements in the black color.",
"Now I will have to pay to have it installed again.",
"Of course this does not make me very happy!",
"Last of all, I am very happy I did not have anyone fall through the railings because of the problem with the product."
] |
1 | Terrible Quality | I ordered this DVD when I saw that it had so many 5-star ratings. I was very disappointed. I have done many yoga DVDs and this was one of the worst ones that I've ever done. The sound quality was very poor and the instructor's voice was very mumbled. He also tended to ramble on about useless information which was annoying because I had to concentrate so hard to try to figure out what he was saying. I didn't know if what he was saying was related to the yoga positions or just rambling. The loud, repetitive music did not help the situation. The video quality was also very poor and grainy so it was difficult to see what was going on. This would not be a good video for beginners. The moves were not well explained. The instructor would just name a position and you were expected to do it. The video is also very hard on the shoulders because of the prolonged and repeated holding of "downward dog". The video is also extremely long. There is not an option to do a shorter version. | 985 | [
"I ordered this DVD when I saw that it had so many 5-star ratings.",
"I was very disappointed.",
"I have done many yoga DVDs and this was one of the worst ones that I've ever done.",
"The sound quality was very poor and the instructor's voice was very mumbled.",
"He also tended to ramble on about useless information which was annoying because I had to concentrate so hard to try to figure out what he was saying.",
"I didn't know if what he was saying was related to the yoga positions or just rambling.",
"The loud, repetitive music did not help the situation.",
"The video quality was also very poor and grainy so it was difficult to see what was going on.",
"This would not be a good video for beginners.",
"The moves were not well explained.",
"The instructor would just name a position and you were expected to do it.",
"The video is also very hard on the shoulders because of the prolonged and repeated holding of \"downward dog\".",
"The video is also extremely long.",
"There is not an option to do a shorter version."
] |
1 | Author has over-simplified | Author has over-simplified and compromised the essence of spiritualityWhen you claim well documented prior spiritual thoughts to be your own it only diminishes your credibility. I wish Tolle provided appropriate references - such as the Upanishads, the Gita, the Kashmir Shaivism, the Dhammapada and the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra - the first sutra of which documents the meditation technique of focusing on your breath and moving along with it minutely without falling behind or moving ahead - the idea is to discover the gap between pran (incoming breath) and apan (outgoing breath), this technique was used by Buddha for his enlightenment. Enlightenment means complete dissolution of the ego -not the refinement of it -- so when I see Tolle trying to pass this stuff as his own - it just takes away of his claim of being enlightened. Tolle regurgitates in verbally articulate manner spiritual gossip or as another reviewer put it a rather funny manner superficial "Hippy-Dippy wisdom". | 985 | [
"Author has over-simplified and compromised the essence of spiritualityWhen you claim well documented prior spiritual thoughts to be your own it only diminishes your credibility.",
"I wish Tolle provided appropriate references - such as the Upanishads, the Gita, the Kashmir Shaivism, the Dhammapada and the Vigyana Bhairava Tantra - the first sutra of which documents the meditation technique of focusing on your breath and moving along with it minutely without falling behind or moving ahead - the idea is to discover the gap between pran (incoming breath) and apan (outgoing breath), this technique was used by Buddha for his enlightenment.",
"Enlightenment means complete dissolution of the ego -not the refinement of it -- so when I see Tolle trying to pass this stuff as his own - it just takes away of his claim of being enlightened.",
"Tolle regurgitates in verbally articulate manner spiritual gossip or as another reviewer put it a rather funny manner superficial \"Hippy-Dippy wisdom\"."
] |
1 | One of the absolute worst!! | OK, let me say that I do not review many books. It would be way too time consuming considering the amount of books I read. But this book is SO AWFUL I couldn't resist. First of all, I would like to point out that I really liked Noble Intentions which is why I decided to read Harry's story. But OMG how horrible!! For one thing, In MY Kindle version, Noble is known as Lord Weston. Then in The Trouble With Harry, the author changes his name to Lord Wessex. Which is it?? Can the author not keep track of her own characters or was someone in the editing dept asleep on the job? As far as the story goes? Snorefest! So boring I could barely get through it but since I'm not one to leave a book without finishing, I had to suffer through the nonsense. Harry was NOT the strong male force we come to expect in historicals. I really don't want to read about a man who keeps pushing up his spectacles and how soft his belly is. UGH!! What trash! Please be warned! Don't waste your 99 cents. | 985 | [
"OK, let me say that I do not review many books.",
"It would be way too time consuming considering the amount of books I read.",
"But this book is SO AWFUL I couldn't resist.",
"First of all, I would like to point out that I really liked Noble Intentions which is why I decided to read Harry's story.",
"But OMG how horrible!!",
"For one thing, In MY Kindle version, Noble is known as Lord Weston.",
"Then in The Trouble With Harry, the author changes his name to Lord Wessex.",
"Which is it??",
"Can the author not keep track of her own characters or was someone in the editing dept asleep on the job?",
"As far as the story goes?",
"Snorefest!",
"So boring I could barely get through it but since I'm not one to leave a book without finishing, I had to suffer through the nonsense.",
"Harry was NOT the strong male force we come to expect in historicals.",
"I really don't want to read about a man who keeps pushing up his spectacles and how soft his belly is.",
"UGH!!",
"What trash!",
"Please be warned!",
"Don't waste your 99 cents."
] |
1 | The California Formula | Hey! Another dysfunctional california family...what a surprise! They just wrapped in a thin veil of religion. This was not a good or inventive movie. It's another dis-jointed, multi-line movie with unlikeable characters. I can go with likeable characters and a sad ending, or likeable charaters and a happy ending. But to sit through 2 hours of annoying people with a happy ending...who cares? I'm not sure if the girl's character was a case of bad casting or bad direction.The story with the mother was also frustrating, since we couldn't tell what was happening. Was she having memory flashbacks or psychic visions? Did she know the people who owned the houses or were they random? Was Saul cheating on her or was this related to her parents death? Sure we figured it out, but the actual story turned out to not be as interesting as what we were speculating.The oldie Grand Canyon was a better movie of the same type. At least there weren't any toads falling from the sky at the end. | 985 | [
"Hey!",
"Another dysfunctional california family...what a surprise!",
"They just wrapped in a thin veil of religion.",
"This was not a good or inventive movie.",
"It's another dis-jointed, multi-line movie with unlikeable characters.",
"I can go with likeable characters and a sad ending, or likeable charaters and a happy ending.",
"But to sit through 2 hours of annoying people with a happy ending...who cares?",
"I'm not sure if the girl's character was a case of bad casting or bad direction.The story with the mother was also frustrating, since we couldn't tell what was happening.",
"Was she having memory flashbacks or psychic visions?",
"Did she know the people who owned the houses or were they random?",
"Was Saul cheating on her or was this related to her parents death?",
"Sure we figured it out, but the actual story turned out to not be as interesting as what we were speculating.The oldie Grand Canyon was a better movie of the same type.",
"At least there weren't any toads falling from the sky at the end."
] |
1 | Horrible | I had read some of Cornwell's early work and enjoyed it. When I found this in a vacation house, I decided to give it a shot. It is simply a horrible book. The characters are angst-ridden in ways that makes you dislike them. The plot moves slowly and the chapters jump from place to place and character to character so there is no continuity. Every 5-10 pages I would get exasperated and put the book down. The only new characters, Nic and Lanier, are so poorly developed that it's unclear why they are included in the book at all. They add nothing to the plot. The details describing weapons and cars are excruciatingly boring. And, as many of the other reviewers say, the ending is ridiculously abrupt and unsatisfying. After more than 400 pages of build-up, we are just told in a few words that the major villain has been killed, "off-camera": no drama, no final moments facing the heroes. As in the review title: horrible. Do not buy. Do not read. Do not get from library. Run away. | 985 | [
"I had read some of Cornwell's early work and enjoyed it.",
"When I found this in a vacation house, I decided to give it a shot.",
"It is simply a horrible book.",
"The characters are angst-ridden in ways that makes you dislike them.",
"The plot moves slowly and the chapters jump from place to place and character to character so there is no continuity.",
"Every 5-10 pages I would get exasperated and put the book down.",
"The only new characters, Nic and Lanier, are so poorly developed that it's unclear why they are included in the book at all.",
"They add nothing to the plot.",
"The details describing weapons and cars are excruciatingly boring.",
"And, as many of the other reviewers say, the ending is ridiculously abrupt and unsatisfying.",
"After more than 400 pages of build-up, we are just told in a few words that the major villain has been killed, \"off-camera\": no drama, no final moments facing the heroes.",
"As in the review title: horrible.",
"Do not buy.",
"Do not read.",
"Do not get from library.",
"Run away."
] |
1 | Stupid White Male Writer | Remember those heady days, when you were a college freshmen, and you were being exposed to startling ideas and agendas? Then you probably recall how easy it was to blame all the world's ills on the shoulders of STupid White American Males. This was kind of revolutionary, you know? Feminists were good at this. So were stupid white liberal males. They thought they were really being daring. Most of us outgrew this embarassing phase. Michael Moore never did. He sounds a lot like fakey civil right activists who are also good at blaming Stupid White American Males for everything wrong with the world. If there's an earthquake, it's the fault of STupid White American Guys. Moore is more than repulsively hypocritical. He likes to project this naughty, shambling,good old boy, scruffy and impish. In real life, he lives in a penthouse apartment and has a chaffeured limousin at his beck and call. He's grown rich from Stupid White Book Buyers who can't tell when they've been suckered. | 985 | [
"Remember those heady days, when you were a college freshmen, and you were being exposed to startling ideas and agendas?",
"Then you probably recall how easy it was to blame all the world's ills on the shoulders of STupid White American Males.",
"This was kind of revolutionary, you know?",
"Feminists were good at this.",
"So were stupid white liberal males.",
"They thought they were really being daring.",
"Most of us outgrew this embarassing phase.",
"Michael Moore never did.",
"He sounds a lot like fakey civil right activists who are also good at blaming Stupid White American Males for everything wrong with the world.",
"If there's an earthquake, it's the fault of STupid White American Guys.",
"Moore is more than repulsively hypocritical.",
"He likes to project this naughty, shambling,good old boy, scruffy and impish.",
"In real life, he lives in a penthouse apartment and has a chaffeured limousin at his beck and call.",
"He's grown rich from Stupid White Book Buyers who can't tell when they've been suckered."
] |
1 | Painfully Boring | SPOILER ALERT---- Having read that Kostova spent the better part of a decade in a library researching this book, I can understand why all of the novel's climactic scenes occur in a library. Terror at the circulation desk! The book should have been called The Librarian. It's clear after 95 pages that Kostova couldn't fathom the imaginative skill to create compelling settings outside of her Fodors-esque descriptions of Europe. Or maybe after the two-hundredth consecutive week of sitting in reading rooms she was struck with a fantasy that her colleagues were more than what they seemed. "Hey, maybe they're all vampires...wait, I can use that in my book." Better yet, Dracula is searching for a librarian to tend to his library...this being the book's climax. That's right. A librarian. I imagine the large chunk of change Kostova's publisher threw at her means she'll be coming out with a second book. Let's hope she uses the money to do the research in a more interesting setting. | 985 | [
"SPOILER ALERT---- Having read that Kostova spent the better part of a decade in a library researching this book, I can understand why all of the novel's climactic scenes occur in a library.",
"Terror at the circulation desk!",
"The book should have been called The Librarian.",
"It's clear after 95 pages that Kostova couldn't fathom the imaginative skill to create compelling settings outside of her Fodors-esque descriptions of Europe.",
"Or maybe after the two-hundredth consecutive week of sitting in reading rooms she was struck with a fantasy that her colleagues were more than what they seemed.",
"\"Hey, maybe they're all vampires...wait, I can use that in my book.\" Better yet, Dracula is searching for a librarian to tend to his library...this being the book's climax.",
"That's right.",
"A librarian.",
"I imagine the large chunk of change Kostova's publisher threw at her means she'll be coming out with a second book.",
"Let's hope she uses the money to do the research in a more interesting setting."
] |
1 | It blowed up real good!! | I love World War II action films, but I can't tell you how much I hated this movie. There's absolutely nothing redeemable about it. From the bottom up, everything about this film is wrong.To use an analogy, this film is like a $500,000.00 home in Malibu built from clapboard, thrown away furniture crates, and discarded soda bottles.I'm not going to go into the specifics, all I'll say is that this film has nothing to do with an accurate portrayal of history, or any reality in this dimension!!The acting stinks, the actions sequences are laugable, and the main characters seem about as real as Bert and Ernie. The pyrotechnics are so unreal, I half expected that guy from Second City to appear on screen and say, "It blowed up real good!"If I were a Navajo code-talker, or even a relative of one, I would be totally insulted at some of the insinuations that this movie makes. It's too bad that these brave men couldn't have been honored with a more accurate picture of their heroism. | 985 | [
"I love World War II action films, but I can't tell you how much I hated this movie.",
"There's absolutely nothing redeemable about it.",
"From the bottom up, everything about this film is wrong.To use an analogy, this film is like a $500,000.00 home in Malibu built from clapboard, thrown away furniture crates, and discarded soda bottles.I'm not going to go into the specifics, all I'll say is that this film has nothing to do with an accurate portrayal of history, or any reality in this dimension!!",
"The acting stinks, the actions sequences are laugable, and the main characters seem about as real as Bert and Ernie.",
"The pyrotechnics are so unreal, I half expected that guy from Second City to appear on screen and say, \"It blowed up real good!",
"\"If I were a Navajo code-talker, or even a relative of one, I would be totally insulted at some of the insinuations that this movie makes.",
"It's too bad that these brave men couldn't have been honored with a more accurate picture of their heroism."
] |
1 | Worst...movie...ever | I've made it a point to try and see as many of the films in the IMDB 'bottom 150'. I wasn't surprised to see <I> The Omega Code </I> in that esteemed list. It's a dreadful film that hasn't found any niche. Born-again fundamentaloonies never took to it because it isn't 'biblically accurate.' Most sane people dismissed it off-hand. If it didn't completely bomb at the box office, it's because of it's 'limited theatrical release' and the fact that it was [messed with]so well by TBN. Now there's your 2.7 mil at the box office. The TBN crowd (read: instant gratification evangeloonies) flocked to see this croaker. They also put money in Benny Hinn's pockets. Enough said.Well, it didn't take me long to get a hold of this. Most video stores have this stored away somewhere. This is pure MST2K stuff, people. The acting is wooden, the plot is nonsensical and it's just totally pointless. Was this supposed to make me drop to my knees and praise the Lord?I was too busy laughing. Avoid! | 985 | [
"I've made it a point to try and see as many of the films in the IMDB 'bottom 150'.",
"I wasn't surprised to see <I> The Omega Code </I> in that esteemed list.",
"It's a dreadful film that hasn't found any niche.",
"Born-again fundamentaloonies never took to it because it isn't 'biblically accurate.' Most sane people dismissed it off-hand.",
"If it didn't completely bomb at the box office, it's because of it's 'limited theatrical release' and the fact that it was [messed with]so well by TBN.",
"Now there's your 2.7 mil at the box office.",
"The TBN crowd (read: instant gratification evangeloonies) flocked to see this croaker.",
"They also put money in Benny Hinn's pockets.",
"Enough said.Well, it didn't take me long to get a hold of this.",
"Most video stores have this stored away somewhere.",
"This is pure MST2K stuff, people.",
"The acting is wooden, the plot is nonsensical and it's just totally pointless.",
"Was this supposed to make me drop to my knees and praise the Lord?",
"I was too busy laughing.",
"Avoid!"
] |
1 | Written and Filmed by Teens | This film is rediculously amaturish. I know it is supposed to look that way, but realy once the party is over, apparently there are only five people in all of Manhatten. Most of the dialogue is screaming, OMG! The Army had an almost immediate response to the event. They seem to have arrived en mass about five minutes after the scary spidery thing appears. Shades of 9/11 with buildings crashing down. It seems you can have an injury serious enough to bleed to death, but once extracated you can run several city blocks. This wasn't bad film-making it was the worst movie I may ever have seen in my 61 years! Too much unbelievable feats, too much reliance on main characters (apparently after these five can not escape the city, they are all alone--we know now how fast and efficiently you can evacuate NYC); why bother paying for extras to make it more realistic? Bad, bad, theatrics. Bad acting. Poor dialogue. Thematically as old as Godzilla. Don't waste time or money on this film | 985 | [
"This film is rediculously amaturish.",
"I know it is supposed to look that way, but realy once the party is over, apparently there are only five people in all of Manhatten.",
"Most of the dialogue is screaming, OMG!",
"The Army had an almost immediate response to the event.",
"They seem to have arrived en mass about five minutes after the scary spidery thing appears.",
"Shades of 9/11 with buildings crashing down.",
"It seems you can have an injury serious enough to bleed to death, but once extracated you can run several city blocks.",
"This wasn't bad film-making it was the worst movie I may ever have seen in my 61 years!",
"Too much unbelievable feats, too much reliance on main characters (apparently after these five can not escape the city, they are all alone--we know now how fast and efficiently you can evacuate NYC); why bother paying for extras to make it more realistic?",
"Bad, bad, theatrics.",
"Bad acting.",
"Poor dialogue.",
"Thematically as old as Godzilla.",
"Don't waste time or money on this film"
] |
1 | Another gloom and doomer... | Mr. , Rawles, however he punctuates his name has rewritten this book a number of times, you might think he'd get it right eventually. Alas, he still thinks that the answer to most problems is superior firepower in the hands of people who think that hoarding nickels and ammunition will help them survive an economic meltdown.His website exists to sell more "survival" products up to and including complete retreats located in the hinterlands of Idaho and Montana. He reminds one of the character in that film a few years ago with Robin Williams and the late great Walter Matthau in which the survival instructors real game is to sell his naive students as much army surplus gear and time shares as he can all while preaching about the end of the world.To his credit, after years of lawsuits, counter-suits, investigations, etc. Mr. , Rawles finally stopped taking money from one of his sponsors, a gun training camp located near Pahrump NV run by a wack job Scientologist named Piazza. | 985 | [
"Mr.",
", Rawles, however he punctuates his name has rewritten this book a number of times, you might think he'd get it right eventually.",
"Alas, he still thinks that the answer to most problems is superior firepower in the hands of people who think that hoarding nickels and ammunition will help them survive an economic meltdown.His website exists to sell more \"survival\" products up to and including complete retreats located in the hinterlands of Idaho and Montana.",
"He reminds one of the character in that film a few years ago with Robin Williams and the late great Walter Matthau in which the survival instructors real game is to sell his naive students as much army surplus gear and time shares as he can all while preaching about the end of the world.To his credit, after years of lawsuits, counter-suits, investigations, etc.",
"Mr.",
", Rawles finally stopped taking money from one of his sponsors, a gun training camp located near Pahrump NV run by a wack job Scientologist named Piazza."
] |
1 | Sister Lovers/CD Hater | "Third/Sister Lovers" by Big Star is, quite possibly, the worst cd I have ever heard. There is not one song worth listening to. I played the cd twice (figuring it couldn't be as bad as I suspected after the first listen) and it was worse the second time around. It sounds like something a bad high school band would have recorded in their basement. While I was a fan of Alex Chilton and the Box Tops, with the exception of the song September Gurls, Big Star seems to be a product of myth and the hype machine. Other than the aforementioned September Gurls, Big Star didn't have one song on their three albums that would have been an AM radio hit. It's no wonder that a major recording studio didn't pick them up. The band sounds as if they are stoned throughout the recording. It's disjointed, poorly mixed and the songs are horrible. George Martin himself couldn't have done anything with these tunes. Do yourself a favor and don't waste your money on this dreck. What more can I say. | 985 | [
"\"Third/Sister Lovers\" by Big Star is, quite possibly, the worst cd I have ever heard.",
"There is not one song worth listening to.",
"I played the cd twice (figuring it couldn't be as bad as I suspected after the first listen) and it was worse the second time around.",
"It sounds like something a bad high school band would have recorded in their basement.",
"While I was a fan of Alex Chilton and the Box Tops, with the exception of the song September Gurls, Big Star seems to be a product of myth and the hype machine.",
"Other than the aforementioned September Gurls, Big Star didn't have one song on their three albums that would have been an AM radio hit.",
"It's no wonder that a major recording studio didn't pick them up.",
"The band sounds as if they are stoned throughout the recording.",
"It's disjointed, poorly mixed and the songs are horrible.",
"George Martin himself couldn't have done anything with these tunes.",
"Do yourself a favor and don't waste your money on this dreck.",
"What more can I say."
] |
1 | I am so tired of this!! | Common sense to me in making a good video game sequal,would be sticking to what made the previous installment/s great...NOPE! That ain't gonna happen in this age! For some reason game developers are almost sadisticaly compelled to add "new" stuff and completely throw away the tried and true elements that veterans of a series have come to know and love.Suikoden 3 is the fourth RPG that I have played for the PS2 which originated on an older system.And like the other three(Wild Arms 3,Legend Of Legia 2 and Final Fantasy X)it [bites] because they change way too much;almost to the point of feeling like an entirely diffrent game instead of a sequal.I hate to say it,but I think the death of good rpgs is upon us.Fun and traditonal gameplay is being replaced with eye candy and foreign concepts.I'd rather play good ol' dragon warrior on the 8bit nintendo than these peices of junk!I STRONGLY advise lovers of the first two installments of suikoden to rent this game before buying it. | 985 | [
"Common sense to me in making a good video game sequal,would be sticking to what made the previous installment/s great...NOPE!",
"That ain't gonna happen in this age!",
"For some reason game developers are almost sadisticaly compelled to add \"new\" stuff and completely throw away the tried and true elements that veterans of a series have come to know and love.Suikoden 3 is the fourth RPG that I have played for the PS2 which originated on an older system.And like the other three(Wild Arms 3,Legend Of Legia 2 and Final Fantasy X)it [bites] because they change way too much;almost to the point of feeling like an entirely diffrent game instead of a sequal.I hate to say it,but I think the death of good rpgs is upon us.Fun and traditonal gameplay is being replaced with eye candy and foreign concepts.I'd rather play good ol' dragon warrior on the 8bit nintendo than these peices of junk!",
"I STRONGLY advise lovers of the first two installments of suikoden to rent this game before buying it."
] |
1 | w810i Audio Hiss Warning | Sony Ericsson has a really great product here. It has everything I wanted. However, there is a well-documented hissing problem with the audio on the Walkman application that I din't discover until I got the phone. This is utterly *ridiculous* for a phone branded with the Walkman label. What's worse Sony Ericsson appears to acknowledge in support requests that there is a problem, yet will not fix it because the hissing was introduced when they fixed (via a firmware update) a sonic distortion problem when volume is cranked up.So, everyone who listens at a normal volume level is out of luck while people who are piercing their ear drums at least do it in crystal-clear audio. Nice. This is a firmware issue that SE refuses to fix, at least for now.SE had a real chance hear to create a killer product. It does a lot of thing really well. Just don't expect it to replace your ipod. Wait for the Apple cell phone. Apply appears to actually take audio seriously, unlike Sony Ericsson. | 985 | [
"Sony Ericsson has a really great product here.",
"It has everything I wanted.",
"However, there is a well-documented hissing problem with the audio on the Walkman application that I din't discover until I got the phone.",
"This is utterly *ridiculous* for a phone branded with the Walkman label.",
"What's worse Sony Ericsson appears to acknowledge in support requests that there is a problem, yet will not fix it because the hissing was introduced when they fixed (via a firmware update) a sonic distortion problem when volume is cranked up.So, everyone who listens at a normal volume level is out of luck while people who are piercing their ear drums at least do it in crystal-clear audio.",
"Nice.",
"This is a firmware issue that SE refuses to fix, at least for now.SE had a real chance hear to create a killer product.",
"It does a lot of thing really well.",
"Just don't expect it to replace your ipod.",
"Wait for the Apple cell phone.",
"Apply appears to actually take audio seriously, unlike Sony Ericsson."
] |
1 | So you did it again, Paul | I'm a huge fan of the Beatles and Paul. I attended 2002 concert and also watched TV concert film aired before. Reading others' comments for this DVD, I found that the DVD contained the exact same contents with the TV program. If it is the case, DO NOT BUY this DVD. When I watched this concert on TV, I was very much disappointed and turned off after 30 minutes or so. But at that time, I thought it was because it was edited for TV show. How can they sell this ... as a DVD title?? It was not a music film at all. It was a 'poorly made' documentary, at its best. I think Paul is not so interested in making a concert film of a good quality. GET BACK and PAUL IS LIVE VHS were also very bad! I just own them as a sort of full collection of Paul, but do not recommned as a good concert film at all to others. Paul, why are you making the same mistake again and again? Or do you have any calculated commercial intention? Look how great concert DVDs other musicians are making these days! | 985 | [
"I'm a huge fan of the Beatles and Paul.",
"I attended 2002 concert and also watched TV concert film aired before.",
"Reading others' comments for this DVD, I found that the DVD contained the exact same contents with the TV program.",
"If it is the case, DO NOT BUY this DVD.",
"When I watched this concert on TV, I was very much disappointed and turned off after 30 minutes or so.",
"But at that time, I thought it was because it was edited for TV show.",
"How can they sell this ... as a DVD title??",
"It was not a music film at all.",
"It was a 'poorly made' documentary, at its best.",
"I think Paul is not so interested in making a concert film of a good quality.",
"GET BACK and PAUL IS LIVE VHS were also very bad!",
"I just own them as a sort of full collection of Paul, but do not recommned as a good concert film at all to others.",
"Paul, why are you making the same mistake again and again?",
"Or do you have any calculated commercial intention?",
"Look how great concert DVDs other musicians are making these days!"
] |
1 | Conflicting Messages | I received this book from an ex-friend bent on bringing back tothe fold of Christianty.Well her mission failed.The mostobvious flaw is Warren's inability to come to the conclusion ifwe have free will or if we are driven by fate which controllsus beyond our will.We have free will to come to Christ/Godbut somehow we are given an array of attached experiences whichdrive us to God and his 'plan' for us.Sound confusing? Yes,andso is Warren because he sits on the fence between free will androbotic controll from above.I found the book to be depressing,because it leads to nowhere and the arguement goes around in circles.Another troubling thing about the book isthe feeling that you are the center of the universe and all other people bounce off of you so you can have your experience.Sounds new age almost.To make a long story short Warrencomes across as someone who uses subjective fluffy 'feel good'thinking and tries to make it an objective reality for all people,just doesn't work. | 985 | [
"I received this book from an ex-friend bent on bringing back tothe fold of Christianty.Well her mission failed.The mostobvious flaw is Warren's inability to come to the conclusion ifwe have free will or if we are driven by fate which controllsus beyond our will.We have free will to come to Christ/Godbut somehow we are given an array of attached experiences whichdrive us to God and his 'plan' for us.Sound confusing?",
"Yes,andso is Warren because he sits on the fence between free will androbotic controll from above.I found the book to be depressing,because it leads to nowhere and the arguement goes around in circles.Another troubling thing about the book isthe feeling that you are the center of the universe and all other people bounce off of you so you can have your experience.Sounds new age almost.To make a long story short Warrencomes across as someone who uses subjective fluffy 'feel good'thinking and tries to make it an objective reality for all people,just doesn't work."
] |
1 | Short lived enjoyment | I have just bought the Sony Cybershot w100 camera little over a month ago and I have only taken 30-40 pictures, I loved it and then it just stopped working, so I recharged the baterry, no luck still the camera wouldn't turn off or on. So Thankfully I had bought a 2nd backup battery charged it and tried the camera again. No it doesn't work it only makes a slight ding sound and shuts off. Basically worthless. It seems like it might have short circuited. But I was so excitted to buy this camera I read all instructions before use, I haven't let anyone else use it and it hasn't been out of my sight, never been dropped, never in extreme hot or cold, always well protected. SO I am going to try to return it or exchange it. I am hoping to get good service or I will be really upset for spending so much money and research just to take 30-40 pictures. Hopefully I can let you know if they stand by their products. Before now I have always been happy with what I have bought from Amazon | 985 | [
"I have just bought the Sony Cybershot w100 camera little over a month ago and I have only taken 30-40 pictures, I loved it and then it just stopped working, so I recharged the baterry, no luck still the camera wouldn't turn off or on.",
"So Thankfully I had bought a 2nd backup battery charged it and tried the camera again.",
"No it doesn't work it only makes a slight ding sound and shuts off.",
"Basically worthless.",
"It seems like it might have short circuited.",
"But I was so excitted to buy this camera I read all instructions before use, I haven't let anyone else use it and it hasn't been out of my sight, never been dropped, never in extreme hot or cold, always well protected.",
"SO I am going to try to return it or exchange it.",
"I am hoping to get good service or I will be really upset for spending so much money and research just to take 30-40 pictures.",
"Hopefully I can let you know if they stand by their products.",
"Before now I have always been happy with what I have bought from Amazon"
] |
1 | Oops... | Just rec'd the wgt624. Heard that there was a firmware fix from other posts here. Went to check it out. asked for my serial number and I got the following response:Your router has been identified to have a compatibility issue with the current available firmware upgrades. It is an issue that is related to the internal flash memory of the router and additional firmware upgrades may cause it to lose its basic functionality. Therefore, Netgear recommends that you take no additional actions with the router for the time being.Although this affects only a small batch of units, there is currently no firmware or software fix for this issue. As part of the Netgear commitment to our customers, Netgear is offering to swap your router with a replacement that does not have this issue.To proceed with a replacement request, click hereLove that quality control... we'll see if I keep the product, and how amazon handles return policy on this one... I may change my rating later depending... | 985 | [
"Just rec'd the wgt624.",
"Heard that there was a firmware fix from other posts here.",
"Went to check it out.",
"asked for my serial number and I got the following response:Your router has been identified to have a compatibility issue with the current available firmware upgrades.",
"It is an issue that is related to the internal flash memory of the router and additional firmware upgrades may cause it to lose its basic functionality.",
"Therefore, Netgear recommends that you take no additional actions with the router for the time being.Although this affects only a small batch of units, there is currently no firmware or software fix for this issue.",
"As part of the Netgear commitment to our customers, Netgear is offering to swap your router with a replacement that does not have this issue.To proceed with a replacement request, click hereLove that quality control... we'll see if I keep the product, and how amazon handles return policy on this one... I may change my rating later depending..."
] |
1 | Hard to Follow Hadrian. | The author is scholarly, and her work shows a great deal of thought--but little joy. This is a difficult read! Instead of being a purely scholarly presentation, it was 50% conjecture, mixed with the idea that you would know some of the scholarly research. There were multiple times where the author assumed the reader knew things no one but a student of Hadrian would. And fully more than half of the book dealt with Antinous, not Hadrian. (The author theorizes that Antinous was a homosexual lover of Hadrian, whose death an a trip to Egypt drove Hadrian insane.) What reading this book did for me was teach me that Hadrian was a fascinating individual--and I'd like now to read something about him. Previous to this, my only knowledge of him was that he commissioned a Wall in Northern England. Now I know that he commissioned thousands of projects all over the Roman empire. It is a pity the author didn't more than mention a few. Hadrian was fascinating; this book about him isn't. | 985 | [
"The author is scholarly, and her work shows a great deal of thought--but little joy.",
"This is a difficult read!",
"Instead of being a purely scholarly presentation, it was 50% conjecture, mixed with the idea that you would know some of the scholarly research.",
"There were multiple times where the author assumed the reader knew things no one but a student of Hadrian would.",
"And fully more than half of the book dealt with Antinous, not Hadrian.",
"(The author theorizes that Antinous was a homosexual lover of Hadrian, whose death an a trip to Egypt drove Hadrian insane.) What reading this book did for me was teach me that Hadrian was a fascinating individual--and I'd like now to read something about him.",
"Previous to this, my only knowledge of him was that he commissioned a Wall in Northern England.",
"Now I know that he commissioned thousands of projects all over the Roman empire.",
"It is a pity the author didn't more than mention a few.",
"Hadrian was fascinating; this book about him isn't."
] |
1 | Awful! Just Plain Awful! | There have only been a few books that I've ever stopped reading. This is one of them. I was excited to start the book. It won a feakin' Hugo Award. It must be good. Right?NOT! The writing is horrible. The story is told in such a confusing manner that I really never made a connection with anyone and those that I ran into more than once, I could care less about. The story starts with an explanation of the universe, which is vague and far too long. Then in Chapter 2 the action starts and NOTHING IS EVER EXPLAINED AGAIN! The action consists of people walking to and from meetings and talking mostly about insignificant items. Please, someone explain to me how this piece of trash won a Hugo? Was everything else that year that bad? This was the era where Heinlein, Clarke, Pohl, Williamson, and Assimov were still actively writing. And this won a Hugo?I stopped after 160 pages and put myself out of my misery and moved on to the latest Varley novel, which was a breath of fresh air. | 985 | [
"There have only been a few books that I've ever stopped reading.",
"This is one of them.",
"I was excited to start the book.",
"It won a feakin' Hugo Award.",
"It must be good.",
"Right?",
"NOT!",
"The writing is horrible.",
"The story is told in such a confusing manner that I really never made a connection with anyone and those that I ran into more than once, I could care less about.",
"The story starts with an explanation of the universe, which is vague and far too long.",
"Then in Chapter 2 the action starts and NOTHING IS EVER EXPLAINED AGAIN!",
"The action consists of people walking to and from meetings and talking mostly about insignificant items.",
"Please, someone explain to me how this piece of trash won a Hugo?",
"Was everything else that year that bad?",
"This was the era where Heinlein, Clarke, Pohl, Williamson, and Assimov were still actively writing.",
"And this won a Hugo?",
"I stopped after 160 pages and put myself out of my misery and moved on to the latest Varley novel, which was a breath of fresh air."
] |
1 | Where is our Kurt Angle DVD? | I agree with an earlier poster, if I want to see hot women on DVD, I'd get some porn. Throw in the fact that the greatest Diva of all, Molly Holly, isn't on here (we'll miss you Molly), and you should save your money..............to spend on a Kurt Angle DVD. The public demands it, oh it's true, we want a DVD dedicated to the most celebrated real athlete in WWF history, our Olympic hero. It should be three disks:One of Angle with hair (with matches against Jericho, Austin, Benoit, Rock and the Armageddon 6 man Hell in a Cell and more)One of Angle bald (with matches against Benoit, Hogan, Guerrero, tag team matches with Benoit and more)One dedicated to great Angle promos - (the early years, with Stephanie McMahon, Team ECK- (Edge Christian and Kurt), the Invasion era with Austin, Team Angle and more)I bet a dollar and a donut it will far outsell this DVD. If I wanted to see talentless bimbos, I'd go down to the Crazy Horse. Otherwise, Anglemania must continue to run wild. | 985 | [
"I agree with an earlier poster, if I want to see hot women on DVD, I'd get some porn.",
"Throw in the fact that the greatest Diva of all, Molly Holly, isn't on here (we'll miss you Molly), and you should save your money..............to spend on a Kurt Angle DVD.",
"The public demands it, oh it's true, we want a DVD dedicated to the most celebrated real athlete in WWF history, our Olympic hero.",
"It should be three disks:One of Angle with hair (with matches against Jericho, Austin, Benoit, Rock and the Armageddon 6 man Hell in a Cell and more)One of Angle bald (with matches against Benoit, Hogan, Guerrero, tag team matches with Benoit and more)One dedicated to great Angle promos - (the early years, with Stephanie McMahon, Team ECK- (Edge Christian and Kurt), the Invasion era with Austin, Team Angle and more)I bet a dollar and a donut it will far outsell this DVD.",
"If I wanted to see talentless bimbos, I'd go down to the Crazy Horse.",
"Otherwise, Anglemania must continue to run wild."
] |
1 | The Willow has Withered | If you are looking for The Wind in the Willows, keep looking because this is not it. All the British terminology has been removed, most of the references to things British have been removed, all references to guns & knives have been removed (but they left in the picture of Ratty entering Toad Hall with gun in hand), the entire chapter with Pan--one of the most enchanting in the entire book--has been removed, and most references to other literature (such as the chapter title "The Return of Ulysses") have been removed.What's left? Not much. The story has been so altered as to take all the life out of it. Supposedly this has been done to make the story more accessible to young American readers. To which I reply, let the young American readers work their way up to Wind in the Willows under the tutelage of parents or teachers who love the real story and then give the original version of the book to the children. Wind in the Willows is a wonderful book but this version is not. | 985 | [
"If you are looking for The Wind in the Willows, keep looking because this is not it.",
"All the British terminology has been removed, most of the references to things British have been removed, all references to guns & knives have been removed (but they left in the picture of Ratty entering Toad Hall with gun in hand), the entire chapter with Pan--one of the most enchanting in the entire book--has been removed, and most references to other literature (such as the chapter title \"The Return of Ulysses\") have been removed.What's left?",
"Not much.",
"The story has been so altered as to take all the life out of it.",
"Supposedly this has been done to make the story more accessible to young American readers.",
"To which I reply, let the young American readers work their way up to Wind in the Willows under the tutelage of parents or teachers who love the real story and then give the original version of the book to the children.",
"Wind in the Willows is a wonderful book but this version is not."
] |
1 | Cheese-bones | Don't waste your time! Never before have I had to stop in mid-sentance and cry out to heaven - "OH MY GOD - HOW CHEESEY CAN SHE POSSIBLY GET?" Only to realize that I had underestimated her in the next chapter. I mean, the whole town turning out (spontaneously) to mourn her - like a freaking Coke commercial? (I actually started to hum, "I'd like to buy the world a coke...") And the worst offense is the fall to earth for a booty call?!?! The girl is still 14 in heaven (BECAUSE SHE WAS RAPED AND MURDERED, MIND YOU) and she decides her final burst of glory is to get laid?!?! The character development was desparately thin - which, in one case, leaves you wondering why the mother comes back after 8 years (during which she did nothing, apparantly) and decides to STAY!?!? WHY??? And why introduce characters in heaven - scenes in heaven - if Sebold wasn't going to do ANYTHING with them? I'm stunned to see this book get so much good press. Do yourself a favor and watch tv instead! | 985 | [
"Don't waste your time!",
"Never before have I had to stop in mid-sentance and cry out to heaven - \"OH MY GOD - HOW CHEESEY CAN SHE POSSIBLY GET?",
"\" Only to realize that I had underestimated her in the next chapter.",
"I mean, the whole town turning out (spontaneously) to mourn her - like a freaking Coke commercial?",
"(I actually started to hum, \"I'd like to buy the world a coke...\") And the worst offense is the fall to earth for a booty call?!?",
"!",
"The girl is still 14 in heaven (BECAUSE SHE WAS RAPED AND MURDERED, MIND YOU) and she decides her final burst of glory is to get laid?!?",
"!",
"The character development was desparately thin - which, in one case, leaves you wondering why the mother comes back after 8 years (during which she did nothing, apparantly) and decides to STAY!?!",
"?",
"WHY???",
"And why introduce characters in heaven - scenes in heaven - if Sebold wasn't going to do ANYTHING with them?",
"I'm stunned to see this book get so much good press.",
"Do yourself a favor and watch tv instead!"
] |
1 | Fitzgerald, twisted | F. Scott Fitzgerald made "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" a poignant but whimsical and often funny tale of a man born old who grows young. Hollywood twists this short story beyond recognition.In Fitzgerald's version, the father is discombobulated but takes his gray-haired, withered newborn home and has him dye his hair and otherwise try to masquerade as a young 'un. The film father tries to drown and then abandons his son. Fitzgerald's Benjamin woos and marries the belle of the ball; as she ages, he uses his burgeoning energy to attend parties and master the latest dance steps. In the big screen version, romance ends in tragedy.Thus does the film convey Hollywood's idea of a serious message, to wit, "Life sucks, then you die." Some reviewers have noted the similarity to 1994's FORREST GUMP. Was that the last time a Hollywood movie with a happy ending won Best Picture?This reviewer is happy the Jazz Age master isn't around to see what they did to his odd little yarn. | 985 | [
"F.",
"Scott Fitzgerald made \"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button\" a poignant but whimsical and often funny tale of a man born old who grows young.",
"Hollywood twists this short story beyond recognition.In Fitzgerald's version, the father is discombobulated but takes his gray-haired, withered newborn home and has him dye his hair and otherwise try to masquerade as a young 'un.",
"The film father tries to drown and then abandons his son.",
"Fitzgerald's Benjamin woos and marries the belle of the ball; as she ages, he uses his burgeoning energy to attend parties and master the latest dance steps.",
"In the big screen version, romance ends in tragedy.Thus does the film convey Hollywood's idea of a serious message, to wit, \"Life sucks, then you die.\" Some reviewers have noted the similarity to 1994's FORREST GUMP.",
"Was that the last time a Hollywood movie with a happy ending won Best Picture?",
"This reviewer is happy the Jazz Age master isn't around to see what they did to his odd little yarn."
] |
1 | Only Father's Grace!! | I read one of the long reviews posted here and had to agree with many of the points made. At 20 Anoushka is not a child and much more needs to be seen of her individuality which is absent in her playing. The various pre-composed pieces in different ragas (along with the deliberate distraction of two tablas) have become a routine affair in her recordings and concerts. There is not a scintilla of feeling or improvisation in her rendition of ragas and there are many years still in the making! I attended Ravi Shankar and Anoushka's concert in Calcutta (2 years ago) and the same criticism was made by audiences and the press alike! There are a number of exceptional talents in Indian music (many in their early teens) and it is only through the grace of her father's name that Anoushka can get by (at least for now!) with such a gutsy display of averageness!! On a positive note, isn't it encouraging that we can produce intelligent music criticism about Indian Music in the West??!! | 985 | [
"I read one of the long reviews posted here and had to agree with many of the points made.",
"At 20 Anoushka is not a child and much more needs to be seen of her individuality which is absent in her playing.",
"The various pre-composed pieces in different ragas (along with the deliberate distraction of two tablas) have become a routine affair in her recordings and concerts.",
"There is not a scintilla of feeling or improvisation in her rendition of ragas and there are many years still in the making!",
"I attended Ravi Shankar and Anoushka's concert in Calcutta (2 years ago) and the same criticism was made by audiences and the press alike!",
"There are a number of exceptional talents in Indian music (many in their early teens) and it is only through the grace of her father's name that Anoushka can get by (at least for now!",
") with such a gutsy display of averageness!!",
"On a positive note, isn't it encouraging that we can produce intelligent music criticism about Indian Music in the West??!",
"!"
] |
1 | Piece of Junk | I bought the G2 (red version) of this in June and by September the battery would no longer work. I was careful to follow the instructions and not leave in the battery in the charger too long. I also had the original black one for several years before it died which I felt was reasonable for a $40 vacuum (and I was happy with its performance). This was only lasted my 4 months and never worked as good as the original. Based on the other reviews it doesn't look like the company will do anything about it. I may try and return to bed, bath, & beyond where I purchased it from since I still have the receipt. In the meantime I just purchased a similar one by Bissell from Lowes for $40 and bought the extended warranty for $7 dollars. Lowes will replace the item one time if it breaks in the 2 years following the manufacture warranty and all I have to do is bring it back to Lowes. I figured out there is a very good chance it will not last the 2+ years so the warranty was a good buy. | 985 | [
"I bought the G2 (red version) of this in June and by September the battery would no longer work.",
"I was careful to follow the instructions and not leave in the battery in the charger too long.",
"I also had the original black one for several years before it died which I felt was reasonable for a $40 vacuum (and I was happy with its performance).",
"This was only lasted my 4 months and never worked as good as the original.",
"Based on the other reviews it doesn't look like the company will do anything about it.",
"I may try and return to bed, bath, & beyond where I purchased it from since I still have the receipt.",
"In the meantime I just purchased a similar one by Bissell from Lowes for $40 and bought the extended warranty for $7 dollars.",
"Lowes will replace the item one time if it breaks in the 2 years following the manufacture warranty and all I have to do is bring it back to Lowes.",
"I figured out there is a very good chance it will not last the 2+ years so the warranty was a good buy."
] |
1 | LISTEN TO ME! DO NOT BUY! | as fun and cute as the 4 little monkeys may make it seem it is not worth it! i got gamecube with a budle of 3 games which wre great. i baught SUPERMONKEYBALL as my forth game with money i had to weedle out of my parents. i couldn't decide on weather to get SUPERMONKEY BALL or THPS3. me being the idiot i am kinda wanted SUPERMOKEY BALL and fliped a coin and ended up getting supermonkey ball. i warning u the game is terrible. I got home excited to play it. i put it in and started with beginner mode. the first level took 7 seconds(no kidding i timed it) the other 9 levels only took me 6 minutes to beat. I BEAT THE GAME IN 6 minutes and 7 seconds! its not fun. the graphics are good but the music is annoying and the game is not fun. it may be a party game but it is only for kids under 8 i think. and the toys r us that i baught it from won't even allow me 2 exchange it for THPS3. so now i'm stuck with this game and my parents are mad at me and will never lend me money AGAIN!!! | 985 | [
"as fun and cute as the 4 little monkeys may make it seem it is not worth it!",
"i got gamecube with a budle of 3 games which wre great.",
"i baught SUPERMONKEYBALL as my forth game with money i had to weedle out of my parents.",
"i couldn't decide on weather to get SUPERMONKEY BALL or THPS3.",
"me being the idiot i am kinda wanted SUPERMOKEY BALL and fliped a coin and ended up getting supermonkey ball.",
"i warning u the game is terrible.",
"I got home excited to play it.",
"i put it in and started with beginner mode.",
"the first level took 7 seconds(no kidding i timed it) the other 9 levels only took me 6 minutes to beat.",
"I BEAT THE GAME IN 6 minutes and 7 seconds!",
"its not fun.",
"the graphics are good but the music is annoying and the game is not fun.",
"it may be a party game but it is only for kids under 8 i think.",
"and the toys r us that i baught it from won't even allow me 2 exchange it for THPS3.",
"so now i'm stuck with this game and my parents are mad at me and will never lend me money AGAIN!!!"
] |
1 | great idea poor design | First hat's off to amazon for great customer service. we first purchased this product in summer 09 i used it sparingly but then my son started to use it. He used it almost everyday for about 20- 40 minutes each session. after a few months it started to have a loud "rubbing" sound which we couldn't fix. then the right piston failed. i called the company and they said it was past warranty. i called amazon and they were great said they would ship me out a new one asap. we recv'd the new one in a couple days and shipped back the defective one. my son started using it and within 2 weeks the machine created a foul smell when used. then a couple weeks later it started leaking oil from the piston.this machine is only suited for VERY light use. the concept is great and when it works it's a great machine. I wished the manufacturer spent a little more money for better pistons it would be a winner then . but 2 failures for 2 machines is unacceptableI would NOT recommend this product | 985 | [
"First hat's off to amazon for great customer service.",
"we first purchased this product in summer 09 i used it sparingly but then my son started to use it.",
"He used it almost everyday for about 20- 40 minutes each session.",
"after a few months it started to have a loud \"rubbing\" sound which we couldn't fix.",
"then the right piston failed.",
"i called the company and they said it was past warranty.",
"i called amazon and they were great said they would ship me out a new one asap.",
"we recv'd the new one in a couple days and shipped back the defective one.",
"my son started using it and within 2 weeks the machine created a foul smell when used.",
"then a couple weeks later it started leaking oil from the piston.this machine is only suited for VERY light use.",
"the concept is great and when it works it's a great machine.",
"I wished the manufacturer spent a little more money for better pistons it would be a winner then.",
"but 2 failures for 2 machines is unacceptableI would NOT recommend this product"
] |
1 | Worst album in the world. | This has to be one of the dullest and most retarded albums to ever hit stores. I used to really like Limp Bizkit, they at one time were my favorite band, but I have lost all respect for them with the release of this lame excuse of an album. The lyrics on this album are absolutely retarded. Fred Durst still thinks he's cool and hardcore. In Gimme the Mic he says "...you wantin' to hear some heavy ass metal that can penetrate deep into your ear drums? Turn it up motherf***er Turn it up motherf***er Turn it up and step into a world that you've never seen when I'm fiending for a microphone I'm a mircrophone fiend." Unfortunately, the album is suprisingly tame and does not deliver the "some heavy ass metal that can penetrate deep into your ear drums." The songs are tame and very mediocre and the lyrics are about as stupid as you can get. Skip this album and buy KoRn's "Take A Look In The Mirror" album coming November 18th. A much better choice for anyone who listens to music. | 985 | [
"This has to be one of the dullest and most retarded albums to ever hit stores.",
"I used to really like Limp Bizkit, they at one time were my favorite band, but I have lost all respect for them with the release of this lame excuse of an album.",
"The lyrics on this album are absolutely retarded.",
"Fred Durst still thinks he's cool and hardcore.",
"In Gimme the Mic he says \"...you wantin' to hear some heavy ass metal that can penetrate deep into your ear drums?",
"Turn it up motherf***er Turn it up motherf***er Turn it up and step into a world that you've never seen when I'm fiending for a microphone I'm a mircrophone fiend.\" Unfortunately, the album is suprisingly tame and does not deliver the \"some heavy ass metal that can penetrate deep into your ear drums.\" The songs are tame and very mediocre and the lyrics are about as stupid as you can get.",
"Skip this album and buy KoRn's \"Take A Look In The Mirror\" album coming November 18th.",
"A much better choice for anyone who listens to music."
] |
1 | Died upon arrival | My wife bought me this model for Christmas. It was recommended by a friend. It looks good and all, but I installed the batteries, input my code twice like it said and everything looked good according to the manual. I closed the lid and it latched just fine. Then I tried inputting my code again and... nothing. No lights. No nothing. I tried the external contacts and it opened using the default code. I took it back to the retailer where I bought it. The guy there tried fresh batteries but could not get it to work.I'm not saying they're all bad. I'm sure lots of people find them to be exemplary products, and the guy I returned it through even said they'd sold dozens and this was the first bad one.He offered to trade it for a working unit, but I said no. I mean... if it does this right out of the box, imagine how much fun it will be trying to get my gun when the damned thing dies in an emergency. No thanks. The safe I keep my gun in must be AT LEAST as reliable as my gun is. | 985 | [
"My wife bought me this model for Christmas.",
"It was recommended by a friend.",
"It looks good and all, but I installed the batteries, input my code twice like it said and everything looked good according to the manual.",
"I closed the lid and it latched just fine.",
"Then I tried inputting my code again and... nothing.",
"No lights.",
"No nothing.",
"I tried the external contacts and it opened using the default code.",
"I took it back to the retailer where I bought it.",
"The guy there tried fresh batteries but could not get it to work.I'm not saying they're all bad.",
"I'm sure lots of people find them to be exemplary products, and the guy I returned it through even said they'd sold dozens and this was the first bad one.He offered to trade it for a working unit, but I said no.",
"I mean... if it does this right out of the box, imagine how much fun it will be trying to get my gun when the damned thing dies in an emergency.",
"No thanks.",
"The safe I keep my gun in must be AT LEAST as reliable as my gun is."
] |
1 | Terrible! | I am very disappointed with this light. It is bright enough, but it has a blue cast (I think that's the LED) that really casts a strange light on what you are looking at. My biggest complaint though, is that it creates a shiny reflection on whatever it is over, including books and notebook paper! Moving it farther away and closer, or angling it from the side or straight down, does not help, it's the stark quality of the light itself. It literally makes it difficult to see what you are looking at. Waste of money. I have other booklights in a range of qualities, but none that put a cold, bluish shine on whatever you are looking at. I much prefer the softer light of a standard bulb (or standard booklight), even if it is less bright.In fairness I will add that the quality of the item itself seems fine, the neck is flexible and long enough to direct in a number of positions.Still, if you are doing anything but knitting (could it reflect off of yarn?), this is not recommended. | 985 | [
"I am very disappointed with this light.",
"It is bright enough, but it has a blue cast (I think that's the LED) that really casts a strange light on what you are looking at.",
"My biggest complaint though, is that it creates a shiny reflection on whatever it is over, including books and notebook paper!",
"Moving it farther away and closer, or angling it from the side or straight down, does not help, it's the stark quality of the light itself.",
"It literally makes it difficult to see what you are looking at.",
"Waste of money.",
"I have other booklights in a range of qualities, but none that put a cold, bluish shine on whatever you are looking at.",
"I much prefer the softer light of a standard bulb (or standard booklight), even if it is less bright.In fairness I will add that the quality of the item itself seems fine, the neck is flexible and long enough to direct in a number of positions.Still, if you are doing anything but knitting (could it reflect off of yarn?",
"), this is not recommended."
] |
1 | Crapfest | I selected this on Netflix and was increasingly annoyed with this movie. Immediately you feel uneasy and there is 0 connection with the story or the characters. Within the first 5 minutes of the film, I realized that this was NOT THE MOVIE I WAS LOOKING FOR and was feeling actual distain for the aggrivating protagonist! I originally was hoping this was the Shrek Trilogy character. Nope it was a poorly animated, horrifyingly arranged wannabe. There was nothing to look forward to except to find the escape button and find a different movie to watch.DO NOT BUY this movie. Save your money for something like a dental visit, renewing your license at the DMV, or getting a haircut. All of which are MUCH more enjoyable experiences to sit through. It pained me to even give it 1 star. Negative 5 stars is more like it. P-U! This stinkfest is a tragic waste of man hours, film stock and no one should have to be subjected into giving away 90 minutes of their life watching this hot mess. | 985 | [
"I selected this on Netflix and was increasingly annoyed with this movie.",
"Immediately you feel uneasy and there is 0 connection with the story or the characters.",
"Within the first 5 minutes of the film, I realized that this was NOT THE MOVIE I WAS LOOKING FOR and was feeling actual distain for the aggrivating protagonist!",
"I originally was hoping this was the Shrek Trilogy character.",
"Nope it was a poorly animated, horrifyingly arranged wannabe.",
"There was nothing to look forward to except to find the escape button and find a different movie to watch.DO NOT BUY this movie.",
"Save your money for something like a dental visit, renewing your license at the DMV, or getting a haircut.",
"All of which are MUCH more enjoyable experiences to sit through.",
"It pained me to even give it 1 star.",
"Negative 5 stars is more like it.",
"P-U!",
"This stinkfest is a tragic waste of man hours, film stock and no one should have to be subjected into giving away 90 minutes of their life watching this hot mess."
] |
1 | same book, except worse | I'll keep this short. Marine Sniper is an astonishing account of Carlos Hathcock's unique courage and dedication during his service in Vietnam. Anyone interested in the Marine Corps, the Vietnam War, sniping, or military heroes must read Marine Sniper. And if you read it, then you won't have to read Silent Warrior. Why? Because Silent Warrior is the exact same book, except not nearly as well done. The same exact stories - the Apache, the NVA general, the Frenchman, Burke's death, the VC sniper hunt, Hathcock's rehabilitation of his unit upon his return to Vietnam - are retold in Silent Warrior, except in sketchier form, and frequently intermingled with the author's fabricated conjectures about Hathcock's state of mind as he died of MS. Don't buy this book. It is a shameless ripoff, and a transparent money grab by Charles Henderson, who apparently couldn't think of anything new to write so he wrote the same book twice. This is a disappointing waste of money. Avoid, avoid. | 985 | [
"I'll keep this short.",
"Marine Sniper is an astonishing account of Carlos Hathcock's unique courage and dedication during his service in Vietnam.",
"Anyone interested in the Marine Corps, the Vietnam War, sniping, or military heroes must read Marine Sniper.",
"And if you read it, then you won't have to read Silent Warrior.",
"Why?",
"Because Silent Warrior is the exact same book, except not nearly as well done.",
"The same exact stories - the Apache, the NVA general, the Frenchman, Burke's death, the VC sniper hunt, Hathcock's rehabilitation of his unit upon his return to Vietnam - are retold in Silent Warrior, except in sketchier form, and frequently intermingled with the author's fabricated conjectures about Hathcock's state of mind as he died of MS.",
"Don't buy this book.",
"It is a shameless ripoff, and a transparent money grab by Charles Henderson, who apparently couldn't think of anything new to write so he wrote the same book twice.",
"This is a disappointing waste of money.",
"Avoid, avoid."
] |
1 | Hello? Anyone in there? | This is a movie about a few idiots who are wrapped up in some god aweful situation making for one god aweful movie. What happened to morality and pride in women? This is a sad revelation. I think this movie promotes a lifestyle that I would hate for any of my children to grow up to become. And Dianne Keaton definetly has to grow up. Her days of Annie Hall were great, but very much over. It's time to mature and become a distinguished actress. Maybe I'm wrong? I have no idea. But this was definitly a walk out. One's sex life is nobody's business but their own and this movie was just pretty disgusting. It's like they TRY to shock the people in the audience as opposed to writing material that will sincerely make someone laugh by using satire. Anyone could say "orgasm" and get a laugh because it's so rediculous. How abbout trying to write some good satire instead of going for shock value. All I saw was a bunch of air-head bimbo women trying to make a movie. Grow up all ready. | 985 | [
"This is a movie about a few idiots who are wrapped up in some god aweful situation making for one god aweful movie.",
"What happened to morality and pride in women?",
"This is a sad revelation.",
"I think this movie promotes a lifestyle that I would hate for any of my children to grow up to become.",
"And Dianne Keaton definetly has to grow up.",
"Her days of Annie Hall were great, but very much over.",
"It's time to mature and become a distinguished actress.",
"Maybe I'm wrong?",
"I have no idea.",
"But this was definitly a walk out.",
"One's sex life is nobody's business but their own and this movie was just pretty disgusting.",
"It's like they TRY to shock the people in the audience as opposed to writing material that will sincerely make someone laugh by using satire.",
"Anyone could say \"orgasm\" and get a laugh because it's so rediculous.",
"How abbout trying to write some good satire instead of going for shock value.",
"All I saw was a bunch of air-head bimbo women trying to make a movie.",
"Grow up all ready."
] |
1 | Creationism from left field | This is a large book that begins with the authors exhortations to his "Spiritual Master" the "Divine Grace Swami" blah blah blah. Clearly someone who is a spiritual slave cannot be an independent thinker and in this Cremo does not dissapoint. This book reminds me of two things: First, the tactic used by Conservative Christian talk show hosts who talk over their guests incessantly to cover the trail left by their weak arguements and shallow grasp of facts; Secondly, it reminds me of the book Holy Blood, Holy Grail which covers such a variety of fields that it is impossible to fact check by the layman and therefore extremely popular with those of us missing the seven PhD's necessary to even begin to question the book.The tactic of flooding the unprepared defense with paperwork is a time honored, and universally despised practice of lawyers with lots of time and money and little regard for the truth. It's one that the authors here use to their advantage with equal facility. | 985 | [
"This is a large book that begins with the authors exhortations to his \"Spiritual Master\" the \"Divine Grace Swami\" blah blah blah.",
"Clearly someone who is a spiritual slave cannot be an independent thinker and in this Cremo does not dissapoint.",
"This book reminds me of two things: First, the tactic used by Conservative Christian talk show hosts who talk over their guests incessantly to cover the trail left by their weak arguements and shallow grasp of facts; Secondly, it reminds me of the book Holy Blood, Holy Grail which covers such a variety of fields that it is impossible to fact check by the layman and therefore extremely popular with those of us missing the seven PhD's necessary to even begin to question the book.The tactic of flooding the unprepared defense with paperwork is a time honored, and universally despised practice of lawyers with lots of time and money and little regard for the truth.",
"It's one that the authors here use to their advantage with equal facility."
] |
1 | Two great minds | In 1991-1992 I wrote a book dealing with the same subject and came to the same conclusions. I tried to interest some publishers in Israel (I write in Hebrew) and, since I was rejected for all the wrong reasons, I put it aside just to learn, ten years later, that a more persistent author overcame the publisher's opinion.I learned about the Red Queen only when an Australian resarcher (Dr. Orly Lacham-Kaplan) became famous for a method in which no male sperm is needed for fertilization. When I told her about my book she told me about Dirk Draulans's book which, according to her, was the same book as mine.I am not acusing anybody of plagiarism, but I am afraid that it is too late for me now to try and publish something that has already been published.Since then I made a few changes in the novel, returned the men to life and spread love and hope in the miserable world I had built. The reason I rank the Red Queen only 1 star is that the author failed to make those corrections. | 985 | [
"In 1991-1992 I wrote a book dealing with the same subject and came to the same conclusions.",
"I tried to interest some publishers in Israel (I write in Hebrew) and, since I was rejected for all the wrong reasons, I put it aside just to learn, ten years later, that a more persistent author overcame the publisher's opinion.I learned about the Red Queen only when an Australian resarcher (Dr.",
"Orly Lacham-Kaplan) became famous for a method in which no male sperm is needed for fertilization.",
"When I told her about my book she told me about Dirk Draulans's book which, according to her, was the same book as mine.I am not acusing anybody of plagiarism, but I am afraid that it is too late for me now to try and publish something that has already been published.Since then I made a few changes in the novel, returned the men to life and spread love and hope in the miserable world I had built.",
"The reason I rank the Red Queen only 1 star is that the author failed to make those corrections."
] |
1 | An Expensive Paper Weight | Don't buy SONY! After owning this product for little over a year, it fails to read any disk. All disks, commercial, -r, -rw,+rw, even disks it has created on it's own, generate the "disk error" message. Brand new disks (straight from the packaging) even generate this message now. Sony was uninterested in assisting me, simply telling me to send the unit in, at my cost and they would let me know what it will cost for repairs. Best case scenario was over $120.00 plus shipping. Costs could be $300.00 or more. Or course then they could keep the paperweight and I could tell them not to repair it. Don't take my word for it, before you buy Sony, google "Sony disk error" and see how many hits you get. The most knowledgeable claim the problem is a faulty laser assembly, which Sony is aware of but refuses to make right. I realize things do not last forever, but modern electronic equipment should function longer than 18months. I don't see myself ever purchasing another Sony product. | 985 | [
"Don't buy SONY!",
"After owning this product for little over a year, it fails to read any disk.",
"All disks, commercial, -r, -rw,+rw, even disks it has created on it's own, generate the \"disk error\" message.",
"Brand new disks (straight from the packaging) even generate this message now.",
"Sony was uninterested in assisting me, simply telling me to send the unit in, at my cost and they would let me know what it will cost for repairs.",
"Best case scenario was over $120.00 plus shipping.",
"Costs could be $300.00 or more.",
"Or course then they could keep the paperweight and I could tell them not to repair it.",
"Don't take my word for it, before you buy Sony, google \"Sony disk error\" and see how many hits you get.",
"The most knowledgeable claim the problem is a faulty laser assembly, which Sony is aware of but refuses to make right.",
"I realize things do not last forever, but modern electronic equipment should function longer than 18months.",
"I don't see myself ever purchasing another Sony product."
] |
1 | Falcon Crest Season 2 | Well let me tell you Warner Bros really did the worst job releasing Season Two of Falcon Crest for $52.00 that can only be purchased from the WB website.... there is no episode guide no nothing a plastic case with 6 disk the outside cover and the transfer wasen't even cleaned up and worst of all there are no subtitles.....I just bought the complete mini series "Rich Man Poor Man " released by A&E company beautifully packaged all nine disk including the episode guide and previews before and after each episode..The transfer was beautifully done and I bought it on Amazon ...Shame on Warner Bro's. for how they treated all of us Knots Landing fans (Still Holding Us Hostage ) by not releasing the rest of the series and we know how those releases went and now with Falcon Crest but they will release the crap of today's reality shows which will never have the substance of days gone by purchase at your own risk but if your looking for the glory days you will be sorely disappointed | 985 | [
"Well let me tell you Warner Bros really did the worst job releasing Season Two of Falcon Crest for $52.00 that can only be purchased from the WB website.... there is no episode guide no nothing a plastic case with 6 disk the outside cover and the transfer wasen't even cleaned up and worst of all there are no subtitles.....I just bought the complete mini series \"Rich Man Poor Man \" released by A&E company beautifully packaged all nine disk including the episode guide and previews before and after each episode..The transfer was beautifully done and I bought it on Amazon ...Shame on Warner Bro's.",
"for how they treated all of us Knots Landing fans (Still Holding Us Hostage ) by not releasing the rest of the series and we know how those releases went and now with Falcon Crest but they will release the crap of today's reality shows which will never have the substance of days gone by purchase at your own risk but if your looking for the glory days you will be sorely disappointed"
] |
1 | pixel mosaic happens :( | A significant $100 rebate encouraged me to buy this video camera at a price I had recently paid for a plain digital camera. Unfortunately I experienced problems similar to other negative reviewers. When playing the recorded material, the picture sometimes turned to a large-pixel-mosaic. I admit it happend only once with a brand new TDK tape, after this I bought another tape, this time a Sony, and problems did not repeat. Nevertheless I lost very important 30 minutes of an event I was filming, so I can't be positive about the unreliable camera andI doubt the tape was to blame since other users complained about the same.Another thing is the overall quality of the picture, which is not better than of my analog Canon videocam. I did not look at the pixel resolution but it is not high, which explains the low price.And the last small complaint is about ergonomics of the controls, some keys are not well placed, especially the cateye one, which is easy to accidentally switch on. | 985 | [
"A significant $100 rebate encouraged me to buy this video camera at a price I had recently paid for a plain digital camera.",
"Unfortunately I experienced problems similar to other negative reviewers.",
"When playing the recorded material, the picture sometimes turned to a large-pixel-mosaic.",
"I admit it happend only once with a brand new TDK tape, after this I bought another tape, this time a Sony, and problems did not repeat.",
"Nevertheless I lost very important 30 minutes of an event I was filming, so I can't be positive about the unreliable camera andI doubt the tape was to blame since other users complained about the same.Another thing is the overall quality of the picture, which is not better than of my analog Canon videocam.",
"I did not look at the pixel resolution but it is not high, which explains the low price.And the last small complaint is about ergonomics of the controls, some keys are not well placed, especially the cateye one, which is easy to accidentally switch on."
] |
1 | One star is generous | I read my first Ludlum novels back in high school and the memory of those books fooled me into getting trying this one out. Despite having fairly moderate expectations (I just wanted some easy summer reading) the writing is so awkward - never mind the ridiculous 'dialog' - that I felt embarrassed for the author for writing it and for myself for having spent money on buying this waste of trees. I am not a book snob but there has to be a bare minimum of competency when it comes to being a bestselling author. The Bourne Ultimatum reads like it was written by a high school student for a middle-school audience. I have tried about a dozen times to read this thing but I start to giggle each time a character talks or each time there's some sort of plot exposition (and there's a lot of this). Character development? What's that?I do have one thing to be thankful for and that is I will avoid bestseller's lists and authors.Great read? Seriously? In what Bizarro World do you live in? | 985 | [
"I read my first Ludlum novels back in high school and the memory of those books fooled me into getting trying this one out.",
"Despite having fairly moderate expectations (I just wanted some easy summer reading) the writing is so awkward - never mind the ridiculous 'dialog' - that I felt embarrassed for the author for writing it and for myself for having spent money on buying this waste of trees.",
"I am not a book snob but there has to be a bare minimum of competency when it comes to being a bestselling author.",
"The Bourne Ultimatum reads like it was written by a high school student for a middle-school audience.",
"I have tried about a dozen times to read this thing but I start to giggle each time a character talks or each time there's some sort of plot exposition (and there's a lot of this).",
"Character development?",
"What's that?",
"I do have one thing to be thankful for and that is I will avoid bestseller's lists and authors.Great read?",
"Seriously?",
"In what Bizarro World do you live in?"
] |
1 | BOSS wiring kit "FAIL" | I have used many wiring kits in my car audio past, but hands down BOSS was reasonably priced. The only setback is that the quality of wire and fittings are terrible. I had to go and purcahse STREETWIRES crimp connections because the BOSS connectors supplied were just made of budget quality junk. A big thumbs down to the very skimpy P-Con wire. I decided to purchase a heavier gauge because the outer wire protective coating was very low quality and weak. If you are going to use a capacitor, the power wire is a good length and extra to spare, but the ground wire was very short. Usually I purchase STREETWIRES amp wiring kits because the power wire is already fused 6 inches on the cord battery lead and it's preassembled. The BOSS wiring kit, you have to do it all yourself. I guess I have been spoiled by higher quality amp wiring kits. Next time I will pay the extra for quality and just plain ol' nice looking wires. BOSS is definitely not on my next amp wiring kit list. Sorry! | 985 | [
"I have used many wiring kits in my car audio past, but hands down BOSS was reasonably priced.",
"The only setback is that the quality of wire and fittings are terrible.",
"I had to go and purcahse STREETWIRES crimp connections because the BOSS connectors supplied were just made of budget quality junk.",
"A big thumbs down to the very skimpy P-Con wire.",
"I decided to purchase a heavier gauge because the outer wire protective coating was very low quality and weak.",
"If you are going to use a capacitor, the power wire is a good length and extra to spare, but the ground wire was very short.",
"Usually I purchase STREETWIRES amp wiring kits because the power wire is already fused 6 inches on the cord battery lead and it's preassembled.",
"The BOSS wiring kit, you have to do it all yourself.",
"I guess I have been spoiled by higher quality amp wiring kits.",
"Next time I will pay the extra for quality and just plain ol' nice looking wires.",
"BOSS is definitely not on my next amp wiring kit list.",
"Sorry!"
] |
1 | Badly Organized | Though this guide is chock full of information, he does not build. He right away jumps into a convoluted description of "selectors", while including a bunch of things that he says (explain this later), (explain this later). Folks, whenever the author is constantly mentioning stuff that he has not defined yet, it's a bad design for the book. There is so sense of building up--he just jumps into the topic and you feel like you missed something, like there's a chapter missing.I have used CSS for years and was looking for some clarity on a few points of how selectors are used. This book is poorly organized because you feel that he uses stuff in examples that he had not yet explained. For example, on page 9 he jumps into a very complex description of how "specificity calculation(s)" are formed. At this point, the reader has not really been exposed to any real examples of simple specificity. So, this is a book for people like me who already understand CSS and not for beginners. | 985 | [
"Though this guide is chock full of information, he does not build.",
"He right away jumps into a convoluted description of \"selectors\", while including a bunch of things that he says (explain this later), (explain this later).",
"Folks, whenever the author is constantly mentioning stuff that he has not defined yet, it's a bad design for the book.",
"There is so sense of building up--he just jumps into the topic and you feel like you missed something, like there's a chapter missing.I have used CSS for years and was looking for some clarity on a few points of how selectors are used.",
"This book is poorly organized because you feel that he uses stuff in examples that he had not yet explained.",
"For example, on page 9 he jumps into a very complex description of how \"specificity calculation(s)\" are formed.",
"At this point, the reader has not really been exposed to any real examples of simple specificity.",
"So, this is a book for people like me who already understand CSS and not for beginners."
] |
1 | Positively disappointed! | I've only been using this product for about a week and a half, but I have decided that is more than enough! I can clean my face religiously before putting this on, but whenever I do put it on it somehow collects and rubs off in pieces! The weirdest thing I've ever seen, really. The smell is too much like sunscreen, though much milder and you sort of get used to it. This product made my face break out and I also noticed many more blackheads, even in places I NEVER get them!! When cleaning my face from this product as well, there's an insurmountable level of dirt! I've also noticed dry patches on my skin that were never there before. Very unusual.I've used other Aveeno moisturizers before, and other than switching moisturizers I have not changed anything else in my routine. The other moisturizers have never even come close to doing things like this, and I have to say that I am very disappointed in this product. I will never buy it again, and I will warn friends against it. | 985 | [
"I've only been using this product for about a week and a half, but I have decided that is more than enough!",
"I can clean my face religiously before putting this on, but whenever I do put it on it somehow collects and rubs off in pieces!",
"The weirdest thing I've ever seen, really.",
"The smell is too much like sunscreen, though much milder and you sort of get used to it.",
"This product made my face break out and I also noticed many more blackheads, even in places I NEVER get them!!",
"When cleaning my face from this product as well, there's an insurmountable level of dirt!",
"I've also noticed dry patches on my skin that were never there before.",
"Very unusual.I've used other Aveeno moisturizers before, and other than switching moisturizers I have not changed anything else in my routine.",
"The other moisturizers have never even come close to doing things like this, and I have to say that I am very disappointed in this product.",
"I will never buy it again, and I will warn friends against it."
] |
1 | Lies, Lies, Lies. | I tried reading this book after my girlfriend recommended it to me. I was enthralled by it at first, because of how shocking the storyline is, but by page 50 my "b.s. detector" was ringing and by page 100 it was howling so badly that I had to throw the thing down. I just talked to a friend about it who told me that the book is in fact a bunch of lies and that I should check out the thesmokinggun.com. I cannot believe this guy didn't expect to get caught. Reading this book for me was like listening to an eight year old boy brag about his adventures as a macho dragon slayer. James Frey claims he read Don Quixote in prison, maybe what he meant to say is that he is imprisoned in Don Quixote. This guy should be seriously ashamed of himself. He's right about being a "Criminal," (which he capitalize in such a poetic way) but not the cool type of criminal that he wants to be. He's pathetic and he owes a lot people a lot of money and an explanation. Visit the smoking gun dot com! | 985 | [
"I tried reading this book after my girlfriend recommended it to me.",
"I was enthralled by it at first, because of how shocking the storyline is, but by page 50 my \"b.s. detector\" was ringing and by page 100 it was howling so badly that I had to throw the thing down.",
"I just talked to a friend about it who told me that the book is in fact a bunch of lies and that I should check out the thesmokinggun.com.",
"I cannot believe this guy didn't expect to get caught.",
"Reading this book for me was like listening to an eight year old boy brag about his adventures as a macho dragon slayer.",
"James Frey claims he read Don Quixote in prison, maybe what he meant to say is that he is imprisoned in Don Quixote.",
"This guy should be seriously ashamed of himself.",
"He's right about being a \"Criminal,\" (which he capitalize in such a poetic way) but not the cool type of criminal that he wants to be.",
"He's pathetic and he owes a lot people a lot of money and an explanation.",
"Visit the smoking gun dot com!"
] |
1 | disappointing.... | I understand and agree that Carroll has concerns with how some members of the Catholic Church has handled Catholic-Jewish relations in past human history. However, it does seem that Carroll goes beyond that and has an ax to grind with the Catholic Church, an institution that he used to be more intimately involved with. The book uses the tragedies of the Jews over the centuries in order to make quite unrelated and entirely internal Christian point that the author thinks the church should be structured differently than it is-i.e. as a democracy-and that its Christology is too high. Whether one agrees with Carroll's theology, however, the point remains that he has absolutely no right to use Jewish suffering over the centuries to push it forward. There is a self-centered character to this book. I first recommend people to read more about the history of the two institutions (Catholicism and Judiasm), and their respective treatments throughout history, before buying this book. | 985 | [
"I understand and agree that Carroll has concerns with how some members of the Catholic Church has handled Catholic-Jewish relations in past human history.",
"However, it does seem that Carroll goes beyond that and has an ax to grind with the Catholic Church, an institution that he used to be more intimately involved with.",
"The book uses the tragedies of the Jews over the centuries in order to make quite unrelated and entirely internal Christian point that the author thinks the church should be structured differently than it is-i.e. as a democracy-and that its Christology is too high.",
"Whether one agrees with Carroll's theology, however, the point remains that he has absolutely no right to use Jewish suffering over the centuries to push it forward.",
"There is a self-centered character to this book.",
"I first recommend people to read more about the history of the two institutions (Catholicism and Judiasm), and their respective treatments throughout history, before buying this book."
] |
1 | Waste of time | I am writing to you to express disappoint in purchasing one of your books. I bought "The 21st Century Guitar Method", "GUITAR METHOD 1" about three months ago with the hope I could teach myself how to play the guitar. I hoped that this book would be written to address people who have never picked up a guitar before and to teach themselves some guitar basics. Well that did not happen. After three months I am still trying to understand music notes (that look like spaghetti to me) and the proper way to hold a guitar (hand placements). This book was not written for beginners. Who ever wrote this book may have had a working knowledge of playing a guitar but does not know how to teach beginning students how to play.As you can tell I am very disappoint and I feel cheated in my purchase. If another book is written to teach people to play the guitar, writing the book with beginning students in mind would be a great asset especially to the students.I would not recommend this book. | 985 | [
"I am writing to you to express disappoint in purchasing one of your books.",
"I bought \"The 21st Century Guitar Method\", \"GUITAR METHOD 1\" about three months ago with the hope I could teach myself how to play the guitar.",
"I hoped that this book would be written to address people who have never picked up a guitar before and to teach themselves some guitar basics.",
"Well that did not happen.",
"After three months I am still trying to understand music notes (that look like spaghetti to me) and the proper way to hold a guitar (hand placements).",
"This book was not written for beginners.",
"Who ever wrote this book may have had a working knowledge of playing a guitar but does not know how to teach beginning students how to play.As you can tell I am very disappoint and I feel cheated in my purchase.",
"If another book is written to teach people to play the guitar, writing the book with beginning students in mind would be a great asset especially to the students.I would not recommend this book."
] |
1 | Horrific | This film is the first film I've seen in a theater that is about sex that actually shows sex. This sex is real too. This movie is so sexual it makes Sex and the City look like Sesame Street. The film is about a handful of characters, all with their own stories and problems, search for, well, sex. This film covers all bases. There is straight sex, gay sex between two men and two women, and men and women pleasuring themselves. There is even a scene with group sex. And it's all real. It shows about as much as any porn would show. The stories are not fantastic, some characters are not developed enough outside the bedroom, and some senarios are silly or unrealistic. The acting was about as good as the acting in a real porn, and the script they were working with was packed solid with cliches. If you want a film with wonderful acting and a compelling story, go somewhere else, and even if you want to see the film for the sex, go get a porn. It is not satisfying in either aspect. | 985 | [
"This film is the first film I've seen in a theater that is about sex that actually shows sex.",
"This sex is real too.",
"This movie is so sexual it makes Sex and the City look like Sesame Street.",
"The film is about a handful of characters, all with their own stories and problems, search for, well, sex.",
"This film covers all bases.",
"There is straight sex, gay sex between two men and two women, and men and women pleasuring themselves.",
"There is even a scene with group sex.",
"And it's all real.",
"It shows about as much as any porn would show.",
"The stories are not fantastic, some characters are not developed enough outside the bedroom, and some senarios are silly or unrealistic.",
"The acting was about as good as the acting in a real porn, and the script they were working with was packed solid with cliches.",
"If you want a film with wonderful acting and a compelling story, go somewhere else, and even if you want to see the film for the sex, go get a porn.",
"It is not satisfying in either aspect."
] |
1 | Worst Bond Ever | I would rate it as the worst Bond ever for at least two reasons. The first one for me was the opening title theme which is suppose to set the tone for the rest of the film. It was harsh, discordant, and unmelodic. Most Bond themes I remember would either become hit songs in their own right, or at least warrant airplay time as stand-alone pieces of worthwhile music. The theme for "Quantum of Solace" seems to be famous just for who performs it and not for any intrinsic value to the composition. In other words, It Sucks. The second reason is that the Bond humor is gone, and the plot is weak. I had no feelings at all for the characters and no desire to spend one hour and a half with them, and especially no feeling of danger from the bad guy, he didn't seem threatening; just annoying, and what is that with the exploding hotel? I would guess that this film may be just a stepping stone in Bond's further development and that a really good third movie with Daniel Craig is coming. | 985 | [
"I would rate it as the worst Bond ever for at least two reasons.",
"The first one for me was the opening title theme which is suppose to set the tone for the rest of the film.",
"It was harsh, discordant, and unmelodic.",
"Most Bond themes I remember would either become hit songs in their own right, or at least warrant airplay time as stand-alone pieces of worthwhile music.",
"The theme for \"Quantum of Solace\" seems to be famous just for who performs it and not for any intrinsic value to the composition.",
"In other words, It Sucks.",
"The second reason is that the Bond humor is gone, and the plot is weak.",
"I had no feelings at all for the characters and no desire to spend one hour and a half with them, and especially no feeling of danger from the bad guy, he didn't seem threatening; just annoying, and what is that with the exploding hotel?",
"I would guess that this film may be just a stepping stone in Bond's further development and that a really good third movie with Daniel Craig is coming."
] |
1 | Wish I Hadn't Bought It | The Storage Central Gigabit unit is very nice looking and super easy to install drives (the front plate just slides off, slide the SATA drive in, put the front plate back on). However, as others have noted, it's not really a NAS device since every computer has to have the CD drivers installed in order to use it. It doesn't show up in your network folder and is totally invisible to your network computers, depending solely on it's on software. Besides that negative, it is not that fast. I have a gigabit adapter on my computer, a gigabit switch, and a gigabit router and it took 2 days (really, 2 days) to transfer around 300mb to it. I wanted it to put songs and movies on it and let everyone in my home with a computer use it when they wanted. It's just not up to it. My computer with it's gigabit NIC works great for that purpose, the SC101T doesn't. Again, it's just too slow and apparently does not achieve gigabit speeds from my point of view. I wish I had never purchased it. | 985 | [
"The Storage Central Gigabit unit is very nice looking and super easy to install drives (the front plate just slides off, slide the SATA drive in, put the front plate back on).",
"However, as others have noted, it's not really a NAS device since every computer has to have the CD drivers installed in order to use it.",
"It doesn't show up in your network folder and is totally invisible to your network computers, depending solely on it's on software.",
"Besides that negative, it is not that fast.",
"I have a gigabit adapter on my computer, a gigabit switch, and a gigabit router and it took 2 days (really, 2 days) to transfer around 300mb to it.",
"I wanted it to put songs and movies on it and let everyone in my home with a computer use it when they wanted.",
"It's just not up to it.",
"My computer with it's gigabit NIC works great for that purpose, the SC101T doesn't.",
"Again, it's just too slow and apparently does not achieve gigabit speeds from my point of view.",
"I wish I had never purchased it."
] |
1 | Weak Arguments | Nagel thinks that private property and incomes proceed from a system of justice necessarily supported by taxes, and as such justice is prior to private property. That argument would make sense if a coherent system of justice could be devised to match it. As it stands, Nagel only has moral theories, and everybody has one of those.Nagel tells us we cannot appeal to private property in order to justify the current distribution within society, because it is private property itself is that which needs distributing. Basically Nagel is opting for a collectivist (moralist) starting point in which every person must justify their holdings to Nagel's morality. The obvious alternative, Lockean rights theory, is dismissed on the grounds that "there are no property rights antecedent to the tax structure."Of course Nagel can define property rights how he wishes, but there have been plenty of instances of property rights (as most people understand them) in the absence of tax structures. | 985 | [
"Nagel thinks that private property and incomes proceed from a system of justice necessarily supported by taxes, and as such justice is prior to private property.",
"That argument would make sense if a coherent system of justice could be devised to match it.",
"As it stands, Nagel only has moral theories, and everybody has one of those.Nagel tells us we cannot appeal to private property in order to justify the current distribution within society, because it is private property itself is that which needs distributing.",
"Basically Nagel is opting for a collectivist (moralist) starting point in which every person must justify their holdings to Nagel's morality.",
"The obvious alternative, Lockean rights theory, is dismissed on the grounds that \"there are no property rights antecedent to the tax structure.\"Of course Nagel can define property rights how he wishes, but there have been plenty of instances of property rights (as most people understand them) in the absence of tax structures."
] |
1 | Am I alone out here? | This book was chosen, unread, by a member of our book group. When the selector finished reading it she called several of the other members saying she hated this book, disliked the graphic, gratuitious, soap-opera-sex style of writing. She disliked the characters, finding no one who seemed authentic. She made the statement, "I chose the worst book in our 4 years of meeting."When she made her calls, it was to find out that only 3 out of ten even continued reading the book to the end and all unanimously agreed with her assessment. This group is a cross section of ages, experience and all are extremely well educated and have great tolerance for lives different from our own. However, we found the writing lacking in "elegant prose", and couldn't identify with anyone on any level. Cardboard characters with real concerns but only cardboard solutions to those concerns.Please tell me the "Young readers" mentioned in editorial reviews won't buy the media hype. This book is schlock. | 985 | [
"This book was chosen, unread, by a member of our book group.",
"When the selector finished reading it she called several of the other members saying she hated this book, disliked the graphic, gratuitious, soap-opera-sex style of writing.",
"She disliked the characters, finding no one who seemed authentic.",
"She made the statement, \"I chose the worst book in our 4 years of meeting.\"When she made her calls, it was to find out that only 3 out of ten even continued reading the book to the end and all unanimously agreed with her assessment.",
"This group is a cross section of ages, experience and all are extremely well educated and have great tolerance for lives different from our own.",
"However, we found the writing lacking in \"elegant prose\", and couldn't identify with anyone on any level.",
"Cardboard characters with real concerns but only cardboard solutions to those concerns.Please tell me the \"Young readers\" mentioned in editorial reviews won't buy the media hype.",
"This book is schlock."
] |
1 | Oh boy! This guy is an idiot | Hannity is a primate that refuses to look at the facts and just wants to spin things into a horrible conservative agenda. So you say that Clinton was at fault for 9/11? Hmmmm... Didn't stop terrorists from coming over the Canadian border with a trunk full of C4 on their way to LAX? Oh yeah, he did. In fact he stopped many terrorist attacks. He was rated as the toughest president on terror EVER by a Reagan anti-terrorist official. But I guess that he was responsible for the first World Trade Center bombing too. But wasn't that less than a month after he had been sworn in, you may ask? Well sure it was, but you see, it's his fault whether he was in office for 20 days or out of office for almost a year. People forget that there were multiple warnings issued to the Bush administration...but he was on his ranch, pondering his role as a puppet president and recovering cokehead/alcoholic.In short, never, EVER believe anything Hannity writes or says. He simply cannot be trusted. | 985 | [
"Hannity is a primate that refuses to look at the facts and just wants to spin things into a horrible conservative agenda.",
"So you say that Clinton was at fault for 9/11?",
"Hmmmm... Didn't stop terrorists from coming over the Canadian border with a trunk full of C4 on their way to LAX?",
"Oh yeah, he did.",
"In fact he stopped many terrorist attacks.",
"He was rated as the toughest president on terror EVER by a Reagan anti-terrorist official.",
"But I guess that he was responsible for the first World Trade Center bombing too.",
"But wasn't that less than a month after he had been sworn in, you may ask?",
"Well sure it was, but you see, it's his fault whether he was in office for 20 days or out of office for almost a year.",
"People forget that there were multiple warnings issued to the Bush administration...but he was on his ranch, pondering his role as a puppet president and recovering cokehead/alcoholic.In short, never, EVER believe anything Hannity writes or says.",
"He simply cannot be trusted."
] |
1 | History for the Lobotomized | I'm so stunned I can barely speak. The text is nothing less than a call for all-out war against the Muslim world, based on spurious interpretations of so-called Biblical prophecy intertwined meaninglessly with ultra-right-wing views of American history. It's worse than nonsense, as it plays on the extreme political and cultural tensions of our current era, seeking to motivate already unstable fundamentalist Christians toward a goal that would be disastrous for our great nation. The author is careless at best to take this course; it's likely that he is of the utterly insane Dispensationalist stripe that actually wants to hasten the "end of the world" by engaging America in a nuclear conflict. Only those whose repulsive, twisted worldview includes precipitating global war in the service of their tribal god-image should bother to read this; it reads like a mirror image of an al-Qaeda polemic against the West, and should be treated with the same level of contempt and horror. | 985 | [
"I'm so stunned I can barely speak.",
"The text is nothing less than a call for all-out war against the Muslim world, based on spurious interpretations of so-called Biblical prophecy intertwined meaninglessly with ultra-right-wing views of American history.",
"It's worse than nonsense, as it plays on the extreme political and cultural tensions of our current era, seeking to motivate already unstable fundamentalist Christians toward a goal that would be disastrous for our great nation.",
"The author is careless at best to take this course; it's likely that he is of the utterly insane Dispensationalist stripe that actually wants to hasten the \"end of the world\" by engaging America in a nuclear conflict.",
"Only those whose repulsive, twisted worldview includes precipitating global war in the service of their tribal god-image should bother to read this; it reads like a mirror image of an al-Qaeda polemic against the West, and should be treated with the same level of contempt and horror."
] |
1 | Disappointed | I cut my husband's hair, and was looking for some good direction for cutting and blending the back of mens hair, especially neckline and around the ears. This book could have been ever so much better if there were photos of actual hair cutting...how the hands are positioned, how the scissors are positioned, how the hair is actually held, what direction to cut in, etc.The book contains mostly drawings of cutting guides and how you should part the hair to do the cutting. I think these drawings are more beneficial for professionals. And although there are one or two drawings of the things I think would be most helpful (described above), they do not take place of photos (or series of photos) actually showing how it is done. The few photos that are included are of finished styles.While I did get one great tip from it, this book is not that helpful for people at home cutting their family's hair. I have liked other "Dummies" books, but I feel like I wasted my money on this one. | 985 | [
"I cut my husband's hair, and was looking for some good direction for cutting and blending the back of mens hair, especially neckline and around the ears.",
"This book could have been ever so much better if there were photos of actual hair cutting...how the hands are positioned, how the scissors are positioned, how the hair is actually held, what direction to cut in, etc.The book contains mostly drawings of cutting guides and how you should part the hair to do the cutting.",
"I think these drawings are more beneficial for professionals.",
"And although there are one or two drawings of the things I think would be most helpful (described above), they do not take place of photos (or series of photos) actually showing how it is done.",
"The few photos that are included are of finished styles.While I did get one great tip from it, this book is not that helpful for people at home cutting their family's hair.",
"I have liked other \"Dummies\" books, but I feel like I wasted my money on this one."
] |
1 | Oh, Give me a Break. | This is the kind of metal that defines every stereotype out there. Every song has terribly generic lyrics.....One of the songs starts out with: "Preparing virgin sacrifice". Really? Come on now, this kind of metal creates every stereotypical statement ever said about the genre. This band desperately tries to copy Judas Priest, which is funny but it doesn't really work. Shall I start on the singer? Or should I say "siren of Metal" as he is called in the booklet, he honestly has the worst voice I have ever heard. I'm not kidding, it sounds like Pee Wee Herman doing metal. I bought this at a used CD store, just for laughs, and thats about all I got.Its funny reading that other positive review here, it sounds like Jack Black wrote it. This is not Power or Prog Metal, its just loud and terrible. That said, its pretty good if you want your parents to have a "where did we go wrong?" moment.If you want good metal, skip this swill, and buy "Scenes From a Memory" by Dream Theater. | 985 | [
"This is the kind of metal that defines every stereotype out there.",
"Every song has terribly generic lyrics.....One of the songs starts out with: \"Preparing virgin sacrifice\".",
"Really?",
"Come on now, this kind of metal creates every stereotypical statement ever said about the genre.",
"This band desperately tries to copy Judas Priest, which is funny but it doesn't really work.",
"Shall I start on the singer?",
"Or should I say \"siren of Metal\" as he is called in the booklet, he honestly has the worst voice I have ever heard.",
"I'm not kidding, it sounds like Pee Wee Herman doing metal.",
"I bought this at a used CD store, just for laughs, and thats about all I got.Its funny reading that other positive review here, it sounds like Jack Black wrote it.",
"This is not Power or Prog Metal, its just loud and terrible.",
"That said, its pretty good if you want your parents to have a \"where did we go wrong?",
"\" moment.If you want good metal, skip this swill, and buy \"Scenes From a Memory\" by Dream Theater."
] |
1 | Don't bother | With Tilda Swinton in the movie version of this title, I wanted to read the book before seeing the movie. I finished it yesterday. I hated it. I give it one star just because someone bothered to write it but it's not worth reading. The characters bear no resemblance to anyone I know or have ever known, the story is much more about the mother than the son, and she's enormously self-indulgent and spoiled. The child is portrayed as demonic - do really demonic children exist??? - and the father is portrayed as incredibly clueless. Both my daughter and my niece tried to read it and quit after less than 60 pages. But by far the most telling thing about my reading this book this month is that my niece reminded me I'd tried to read it years ago and couldn't make it through. I had totally forgotten this fact. I must have blocked it out.I love a psychological study as much as the next person but this wasn't one. It was unpleasant, boring, irritating. I can't believe I finished it. | 985 | [
"With Tilda Swinton in the movie version of this title, I wanted to read the book before seeing the movie.",
"I finished it yesterday.",
"I hated it.",
"I give it one star just because someone bothered to write it but it's not worth reading.",
"The characters bear no resemblance to anyone I know or have ever known, the story is much more about the mother than the son, and she's enormously self-indulgent and spoiled.",
"The child is portrayed as demonic - do really demonic children exist???",
"- and the father is portrayed as incredibly clueless.",
"Both my daughter and my niece tried to read it and quit after less than 60 pages.",
"But by far the most telling thing about my reading this book this month is that my niece reminded me I'd tried to read it years ago and couldn't make it through.",
"I had totally forgotten this fact.",
"I must have blocked it out.I love a psychological study as much as the next person but this wasn't one.",
"It was unpleasant, boring, irritating.",
"I can't believe I finished it."
] |
1 | Disgusting Guide to Abuse | I am appalled that Amazon would allow this trash to be sold through their store. This book advocates abuse from the time a child is 4 months old! How anyone could say that is OK is beyond me. According to this abuse manual, the younger the child the easier to "train".I have three childen ranging in age from 18 months to 14 years old, I have never had to resort to violence with any of them and they are all well behaved good kids. Sometimes they do speak their own mind, sometimes we do have a battle of wits - and ya know what, sometimes they win! There is nothing wrong with that. I am thrilled to be raising happy kids that enjoy life, as opposed to the "obdient" trained dogs that this book advocates.As someone that grew up being "trained" I know first hand that the only thing abusive training does is teach children to fear and loathe their parents.Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere for parenting advice, these "authors" should be in jail, not making money off this junk. | 985 | [
"I am appalled that Amazon would allow this trash to be sold through their store.",
"This book advocates abuse from the time a child is 4 months old!",
"How anyone could say that is OK is beyond me.",
"According to this abuse manual, the younger the child the easier to \"train\".I have three childen ranging in age from 18 months to 14 years old, I have never had to resort to violence with any of them and they are all well behaved good kids.",
"Sometimes they do speak their own mind, sometimes we do have a battle of wits - and ya know what, sometimes they win!",
"There is nothing wrong with that.",
"I am thrilled to be raising happy kids that enjoy life, as opposed to the \"obdient\" trained dogs that this book advocates.As someone that grew up being \"trained\" I know first hand that the only thing abusive training does is teach children to fear and loathe their parents.Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere for parenting advice, these \"authors\" should be in jail, not making money off this junk."
] |
1 | Made my skin worse! | I couldn't believe when I read the other reviews about this product. Had to try it myself. So I figured if it had a 30 day money back guarantee I would try it. It not only did not work, but it made my skin so much worse. I was getting huge cyst like pimples and I never had that. I thought maybe I just needed to get used to it and that your skin always gets worse before it gets better. Not the case with this product. I stopped using it and my skin cleared up or should I say went back to normal. I did not want to leave a bad product review without contacting the manufacturer first. Unbelievable! Money Back guarantee my A**!!!!! They sent me an email stating that since I already used the product they cannot refund me. HUH? don't you have to try it to see if it works for you?????? WTF!!!! Anyway, needless to say I'm not happy. I should have listened to the reviews. These are really helpful. Heed my warning...do not deal with Murad! or at least the company that is selling it. | 985 | [
"I couldn't believe when I read the other reviews about this product.",
"Had to try it myself.",
"So I figured if it had a 30 day money back guarantee I would try it.",
"It not only did not work, but it made my skin so much worse.",
"I was getting huge cyst like pimples and I never had that.",
"I thought maybe I just needed to get used to it and that your skin always gets worse before it gets better.",
"Not the case with this product.",
"I stopped using it and my skin cleared up or should I say went back to normal.",
"I did not want to leave a bad product review without contacting the manufacturer first.",
"Unbelievable!",
"Money Back guarantee my A**!!!",
"!!",
"They sent me an email stating that since I already used the product they cannot refund me.",
"HUH?",
"don't you have to try it to see if it works for you???",
"???",
"WTF!!!",
"!",
"Anyway, needless to say I'm not happy.",
"I should have listened to the reviews.",
"These are really helpful.",
"Heed my warning...do not deal with Murad!",
"or at least the company that is selling it."
] |
1 | Living up to the Promise | As Ms Rowling promised, her series has indeed become darker and more complex in concept. However, it is the execution of that concept that fails to deliver. As was hinted in the earlier books, adults are not to be trusted. She relies on predictable tactics, such as verifying that all of Harry's suspicions about Snape and Malfoy are 100% correct and by revealing extreme gullibility and false judgements attributed to Dumbledore, Harry's mentor -- even to the final pensieve (very nicely done except for the unsatisfactory results) and ultimate sacrifice at the end of this book. Is it necessary for all good wizards (children) to find out how to think for themselves by losing respect for the wisdom and support of elders? This may set things up nicely for a spectacular 7th finale in which realities may undo some of the damage, but... for the time being, it teaches that even if you are a "Chosen" 16 year old wizard, don't trust anyone's wisdom... especially anyone older than 16. | 985 | [
"As Ms Rowling promised, her series has indeed become darker and more complex in concept.",
"However, it is the execution of that concept that fails to deliver.",
"As was hinted in the earlier books, adults are not to be trusted.",
"She relies on predictable tactics, such as verifying that all of Harry's suspicions about Snape and Malfoy are 100% correct and by revealing extreme gullibility and false judgements attributed to Dumbledore, Harry's mentor -- even to the final pensieve (very nicely done except for the unsatisfactory results) and ultimate sacrifice at the end of this book.",
"Is it necessary for all good wizards (children) to find out how to think for themselves by losing respect for the wisdom and support of elders?",
"This may set things up nicely for a spectacular 7th finale in which realities may undo some of the damage, but... for the time being, it teaches that even if you are a \"Chosen\" 16 year old wizard, don't trust anyone's wisdom... especially anyone older than 16."
] |
1 | Manifesto of bias | As a owner of one of the internet's most well respected Sarah McLachlan websites as well as an expert in Sarah McLachlan Biography, I find this book insulting. Building a Mystery reads like a schizophrenic patient's transcript strife with vague references, endless garble, and little substance. Having read the book front to back, I found little about 'Sarah McLachlan' and mostly what seemed to be an ongoing, unguided defamation. Not only does the author refuse to latch onto a journalistic perspective with direction and commentry from the people who matter most to the heart of the person and concept of 'Sarah McLachlan', she becomes attached to the alleged stalker which took his like soon after a legal battle with Mclachlan. I could not identify with her perspective or logic and found the book uncomfortable to read. It is no wonder Sarah McLachlan's family and record company wanted nothing to do with the author or this book. I strongly recommend against wasting your money. | 985 | [
"As a owner of one of the internet's most well respected Sarah McLachlan websites as well as an expert in Sarah McLachlan Biography, I find this book insulting.",
"Building a Mystery reads like a schizophrenic patient's transcript strife with vague references, endless garble, and little substance.",
"Having read the book front to back, I found little about 'Sarah McLachlan' and mostly what seemed to be an ongoing, unguided defamation.",
"Not only does the author refuse to latch onto a journalistic perspective with direction and commentry from the people who matter most to the heart of the person and concept of 'Sarah McLachlan', she becomes attached to the alleged stalker which took his like soon after a legal battle with Mclachlan.",
"I could not identify with her perspective or logic and found the book uncomfortable to read.",
"It is no wonder Sarah McLachlan's family and record company wanted nothing to do with the author or this book.",
"I strongly recommend against wasting your money."
] |
1 | Astro Pneumatic 5820 Review | An important decision, if you decide to replace a transverse engine's clutch, is what engine support to buy, since they are not readily available to rent. I recently used an Astro Pneumatic 5820 Engine Support, which was a huge mistake. The base of the AP5820 was slightly rounded and spiral-wrapped with cheesy nylon, to keep it from slipping. All of this made it somewhat unstable. New rubber feet had to be fashioned. Additionally, the cables provided were way too long to be useful. They had to be considerably shortened and re-looped, using a Fastenal 43383, 1/8" x 5/8", Aluminum Hour Glass Swage Sleeve. It takes a swage tool to properly crimp the sleeve--such a pain. A chain would have been so much better. To make matters worse, the middle support arm was shaky and had to be reinforced. Needless to say, this is not a professional piece of equipment, in my opinion. I realize not many people change their own clutches--this may help someone, however, avoid making a mistake. | 985 | [
"An important decision, if you decide to replace a transverse engine's clutch, is what engine support to buy, since they are not readily available to rent.",
"I recently used an Astro Pneumatic 5820 Engine Support, which was a huge mistake.",
"The base of the AP5820 was slightly rounded and spiral-wrapped with cheesy nylon, to keep it from slipping.",
"All of this made it somewhat unstable.",
"New rubber feet had to be fashioned.",
"Additionally, the cables provided were way too long to be useful.",
"They had to be considerably shortened and re-looped, using a Fastenal 43383, 1/8\" x 5/8\", Aluminum Hour Glass Swage Sleeve.",
"It takes a swage tool to properly crimp the sleeve--such a pain.",
"A chain would have been so much better.",
"To make matters worse, the middle support arm was shaky and had to be reinforced.",
"Needless to say, this is not a professional piece of equipment, in my opinion.",
"I realize not many people change their own clutches--this may help someone, however, avoid making a mistake."
] |
1 | Parents beware | This book is the first of the Xanth series, a fantasy series targetting adolescent boys in their young teens (the years in which I read the first 9). On the surface, they seem like a light fantasy read in a world of magic. For instance, in this one, Bink goes on a quest to find his magical power, gets exhiled, encounters the "evil" magician Trent, finds love, and helps establish a new King of Xanth.So what's the problem? The problem is the over sexed nature of Xanth. Topless female centaurs and mermaids, and fully nude nymphs (though I don't recall if they were in this one exactly, but they are in many of the later ones) just to name a few of the resisdants of this "fantasy" land (one can guess what kind of fantasy).As an adolescent boy, I read these numerous times. At the time, I thought they were geared for older audiences. As an adult, I'm embarrased I ever had them on my bookshelf and am appalled the way these books (which is so clear now) are targetted for children. | 985 | [
"This book is the first of the Xanth series, a fantasy series targetting adolescent boys in their young teens (the years in which I read the first 9).",
"On the surface, they seem like a light fantasy read in a world of magic.",
"For instance, in this one, Bink goes on a quest to find his magical power, gets exhiled, encounters the \"evil\" magician Trent, finds love, and helps establish a new King of Xanth.So what's the problem?",
"The problem is the over sexed nature of Xanth.",
"Topless female centaurs and mermaids, and fully nude nymphs (though I don't recall if they were in this one exactly, but they are in many of the later ones) just to name a few of the resisdants of this \"fantasy\" land (one can guess what kind of fantasy).As an adolescent boy, I read these numerous times.",
"At the time, I thought they were geared for older audiences.",
"As an adult, I'm embarrased I ever had them on my bookshelf and am appalled the way these books (which is so clear now) are targetted for children."
] |
1 | Get out the liquid nails | You have to be kidding me! My daughter is majorly into My little pony, so she had to have the castle for her birthday. After hours of trying to understand the misleading directions I was totally frustrated. Nothing that "snaps" into place actually snaps or stays there. Nothing that "presses" is even remotely going to stay put (that's in reference to the turrets for those of you who have one...and why are all the holes there?). Try the word set instead. Set into place maybe. Is Hasbro crazy. For $40 I shouldn't have to put on 40+ stickers while a child crys to play with it. And the crown, don't even get me started. It's flexible and comes apart at the slightest touch. Don't understand the notches next to the holes on that one either. So many problems. But what are you to do when a child wouldn't part with it for their life. Try Liquid Nails...it worked for us. Just don't glue down the mote or you won't be able to change the batteries. Hasbro is getting a note on this one! | 985 | [
"You have to be kidding me!",
"My daughter is majorly into My little pony, so she had to have the castle for her birthday.",
"After hours of trying to understand the misleading directions I was totally frustrated.",
"Nothing that \"snaps\" into place actually snaps or stays there.",
"Nothing that \"presses\" is even remotely going to stay put (that's in reference to the turrets for those of you who have one...and why are all the holes there?",
").",
"Try the word set instead.",
"Set into place maybe.",
"Is Hasbro crazy.",
"For $40 I shouldn't have to put on 40+ stickers while a child crys to play with it.",
"And the crown, don't even get me started.",
"It's flexible and comes apart at the slightest touch.",
"Don't understand the notches next to the holes on that one either.",
"So many problems.",
"But what are you to do when a child wouldn't part with it for their life.",
"Try Liquid Nails...it worked for us.",
"Just don't glue down the mote or you won't be able to change the batteries.",
"Hasbro is getting a note on this one!"
] |
1 | Not for serious gamers... | The pad works, but just barely well enough for me not to ship it back. About 90% of the time the buttons register, which makes sustaining a combo throughout a song almost impossible. I bought this mat just to have a second one for parties and such, but now I feel almost guilty having other people use it after trying it out myself. I keep thinking that maybe I'm just not stepping in exactly the right spot...If you're looking for a decent second pad, spend a few bucks more and try out the Konami Wireless Pad for about $20 (when I bought this pad it was around $10). The difference in quality between the Konami pad that came with the game and the pad on this page is definitely worth a few bucks.One more thing: The "non-slip" on carpet is a joke. If you play on anything over the Basic level you will be dancing half-way across the room before the song is over... except that the cord that comes with the mat is too short to allow that, and it has no handy "break-away" connector. | 985 | [
"The pad works, but just barely well enough for me not to ship it back.",
"About 90% of the time the buttons register, which makes sustaining a combo throughout a song almost impossible.",
"I bought this mat just to have a second one for parties and such, but now I feel almost guilty having other people use it after trying it out myself.",
"I keep thinking that maybe I'm just not stepping in exactly the right spot...If you're looking for a decent second pad, spend a few bucks more and try out the Konami Wireless Pad for about $20 (when I bought this pad it was around $10).",
"The difference in quality between the Konami pad that came with the game and the pad on this page is definitely worth a few bucks.One more thing: The \"non-slip\" on carpet is a joke.",
"If you play on anything over the Basic level you will be dancing half-way across the room before the song is over... except that the cord that comes with the mat is too short to allow that, and it has no handy \"break-away\" connector."
] |
1 | Give me a break | This book is truly awful. How can an author have any credibility when his "objective sources" include Ann Coulter, David Horowitz, Brent Bozell,and Stephen Hayes? What a revelation, Brian, that far-right wingers think the media is liberal! Wow, you don't say! I guess the author inhabits some sort of fantasy land where FOX News is "fair and balanced." I've watched FOX for years, and it has a rightward slant; anyone with an objective point of view can see that. Even the right-wing New American magazine has called Fox "a subsidiary of the Republican Party."I could go on and on detailing the author's false statements- no there were no WMDs found in Iraq; Saddam was not behind 9-11 or assisting Al-Qaeda; the charges of the Swift Boat Veterans were contradicted by soldiers who were actually there, but that would be redundant. Don't believe a word of this book. For all you reviewers who liked this book, I have a question: Are you really that gullible? Try thinking for yourself. | 985 | [
"This book is truly awful.",
"How can an author have any credibility when his \"objective sources\" include Ann Coulter, David Horowitz, Brent Bozell,and Stephen Hayes?",
"What a revelation, Brian, that far-right wingers think the media is liberal!",
"Wow, you don't say!",
"I guess the author inhabits some sort of fantasy land where FOX News is \"fair and balanced.\" I've watched FOX for years, and it has a rightward slant; anyone with an objective point of view can see that.",
"Even the right-wing New American magazine has called Fox \"a subsidiary of the Republican Party.\"I could go on and on detailing the author's false statements- no there were no WMDs found in Iraq; Saddam was not behind 9-11 or assisting Al-Qaeda; the charges of the Swift Boat Veterans were contradicted by soldiers who were actually there, but that would be redundant.",
"Don't believe a word of this book.",
"For all you reviewers who liked this book, I have a question: Are you really that gullible?",
"Try thinking for yourself."
] |
1 | Not what I expected | The Van Halen early years are some of the most important as far as rock evolution goes and the change in the face of heavy metal and guitar playing as we knew it. Eddie Van Halen re-invented the guitar (quote by Frank Zappa). Therefore most of this DVD is useless as it doesn't cover the main drive behind the band, the guitar. I also found it disappointing that each time the DVD looked as if it was going to show some guitar ripping it just cut off. Therefore this can only be described as a gimmick and a rip off to the fans. The backing music is also an insult to the band cause it ain't as good as the music of the band. 'Ain't Talking about Love', 'Atomic Punk', 'Somebody get me a Doctor', 'Your no Good', and on and on and on. Therefore the makers of this DVD only did it to make money for themselves and have ripped off the band. Unfortunatly the only way at least at the moment the fans can get a real taste of the early Van Halen years is to listen/watch bootleg recordings. | 985 | [
"The Van Halen early years are some of the most important as far as rock evolution goes and the change in the face of heavy metal and guitar playing as we knew it.",
"Eddie Van Halen re-invented the guitar (quote by Frank Zappa).",
"Therefore most of this DVD is useless as it doesn't cover the main drive behind the band, the guitar.",
"I also found it disappointing that each time the DVD looked as if it was going to show some guitar ripping it just cut off.",
"Therefore this can only be described as a gimmick and a rip off to the fans.",
"The backing music is also an insult to the band cause it ain't as good as the music of the band.",
"'Ain't Talking about Love', 'Atomic Punk', 'Somebody get me a Doctor', 'Your no Good', and on and on and on.",
"Therefore the makers of this DVD only did it to make money for themselves and have ripped off the band.",
"Unfortunatly the only way at least at the moment the fans can get a real taste of the early Van Halen years is to listen/watch bootleg recordings."
] |
1 | A lot of off topic content | Perhaps it should be re-named Hands on Visual Interdev 6 and get your hands on Visual Studio 6 Enterprise Edition.I was hoping for a book to introduce me to Visual Interdev 6, and how to connect to Access databases. I found a lot of the content was not on topic at all. How to design a web site, how to use Visual Source Safe, how to manage Corporate development teams etc. etc. This was not why I purchased the book. It would be better if the author had used that space to cover topics not even mentioned in the book at all, like searching for records in a database via a web form.The very first database chapter presumes the user has SQL Server 6.5, and clearly states you must have this to complete the chapter. You can imagine my disapointment. I don't own SQL Server 6.5 or Visual Source Safe, I am a single designer and don't really care about team development concepts and management. What I care about is developing in Visual Interdev 6. This book was clearly the wrong choice. | 985 | [
"Perhaps it should be re-named Hands on Visual Interdev 6 and get your hands on Visual Studio 6 Enterprise Edition.I was hoping for a book to introduce me to Visual Interdev 6, and how to connect to Access databases.",
"I found a lot of the content was not on topic at all.",
"How to design a web site, how to use Visual Source Safe, how to manage Corporate development teams etc.",
"etc.",
"This was not why I purchased the book.",
"It would be better if the author had used that space to cover topics not even mentioned in the book at all, like searching for records in a database via a web form.The very first database chapter presumes the user has SQL Server 6.5, and clearly states you must have this to complete the chapter.",
"You can imagine my disapointment.",
"I don't own SQL Server 6.5 or Visual Source Safe, I am a single designer and don't really care about team development concepts and management.",
"What I care about is developing in Visual Interdev 6.",
"This book was clearly the wrong choice."
] |
1 | What a let down! A disgrace. | DO NOT BUY. You can't rate educational value, because the child is so disappointed when they touch something and it falls off!! It is only an education to the buyer not to purchase from Breyer. A carrying case too? I'd forgotten that was what it was called since the cupola snaps off immediately (as do the other parts). I purchased and assisted in the assembly with this for a 4-yr old horse lover. What a shame to the Breyer name. I am a horse lover and always thought of Breyer as THE name for horse collectibles. I cannot believe the poor quality put out by the company. DO NOT BUY. Everything snaps off, stickers peel off. The quality is soooo bad. Breyer should be refunding anyone that purchased this item and do a recall on batch numbers and claim machine malfunction.I purchased a solid wood barn for under (...) just prior to the holiday for my own 5-yr-old daughter. It would have been worth the original asking of (...). It holds all of her horses and other animal friends. | 985 | [
"DO NOT BUY.",
"You can't rate educational value, because the child is so disappointed when they touch something and it falls off!!",
"It is only an education to the buyer not to purchase from Breyer.",
"A carrying case too?",
"I'd forgotten that was what it was called since the cupola snaps off immediately (as do the other parts).",
"I purchased and assisted in the assembly with this for a 4-yr old horse lover.",
"What a shame to the Breyer name.",
"I am a horse lover and always thought of Breyer as THE name for horse collectibles.",
"I cannot believe the poor quality put out by the company.",
"DO NOT BUY.",
"Everything snaps off, stickers peel off.",
"The quality is soooo bad.",
"Breyer should be refunding anyone that purchased this item and do a recall on batch numbers and claim machine malfunction.I purchased a solid wood barn for under (...) just prior to the holiday for my own 5-yr-old daughter.",
"It would have been worth the original asking of (...).",
"It holds all of her horses and other animal friends."
] |
1 | The future Barry Manilow | Josh Groban had much promise with a pretty good voice and youthful career path. Then something happened. Oh yeah, he went on tour with concerts. What used to be unique is now pretty bland. Even with all the outrageous screaming and groupie swooning, you just can't help but pay attention to his voice. Or should I say how bad it sounds this time. A friend of mine works at our city's theatre and once told me that Barry Manilow can still draw a crowd and sell records. Of course he's been in the business for 30 years so that's quite a feat for a bland, monotonous singer. This is what Groban is destined to become if he continues to record his concerts. I hear Manilow can still get the women to scream too. Does that mean we forget to listen?? Nah. Groban's really trying to heat things up in leather pants and jazzier settings. Problem is that his personality is dull and it all looks contrived, because it is. Groban really should get back to what he does best and that is to sing. | 985 | [
"Josh Groban had much promise with a pretty good voice and youthful career path.",
"Then something happened.",
"Oh yeah, he went on tour with concerts.",
"What used to be unique is now pretty bland.",
"Even with all the outrageous screaming and groupie swooning, you just can't help but pay attention to his voice.",
"Or should I say how bad it sounds this time.",
"A friend of mine works at our city's theatre and once told me that Barry Manilow can still draw a crowd and sell records.",
"Of course he's been in the business for 30 years so that's quite a feat for a bland, monotonous singer.",
"This is what Groban is destined to become if he continues to record his concerts.",
"I hear Manilow can still get the women to scream too.",
"Does that mean we forget to listen??",
"Nah.",
"Groban's really trying to heat things up in leather pants and jazzier settings.",
"Problem is that his personality is dull and it all looks contrived, because it is.",
"Groban really should get back to what he does best and that is to sing."
] |
1 | Disappointed | I was very disappointed in this book. It is not geared at all toward the older runner except in the photos and in the title. Arthur Lydiard still thinks that the older runner needs to work up to a weekly mileage of 160km (100mi) a week to insure he or she is running fit. For the older runner and for that matter for most runners this is excessive. His schedules also advocate running every day. This also contradicts much of the advice given by other experts who advise at least one day of rest per week, especially for the older runner. I was also very disappointed in the photos. The photos depict an older runner doing various running drills. However, these drills are not described at all in the text. As a matter of fact it seems that for the most part the photos bear little relation to the text they are embedded in.My bottom line recommendation is to forget this book. There are much better books on the market for the Master runner that provide a lot more useful information. | 985 | [
"I was very disappointed in this book.",
"It is not geared at all toward the older runner except in the photos and in the title.",
"Arthur Lydiard still thinks that the older runner needs to work up to a weekly mileage of 160km (100mi) a week to insure he or she is running fit.",
"For the older runner and for that matter for most runners this is excessive.",
"His schedules also advocate running every day.",
"This also contradicts much of the advice given by other experts who advise at least one day of rest per week, especially for the older runner.",
"I was also very disappointed in the photos.",
"The photos depict an older runner doing various running drills.",
"However, these drills are not described at all in the text.",
"As a matter of fact it seems that for the most part the photos bear little relation to the text they are embedded in.My bottom line recommendation is to forget this book.",
"There are much better books on the market for the Master runner that provide a lot more useful information."
] |
1 | The Worst | I must have gotten a bad lens based on these reviews but then again maybe they don't have to look at thousands of images at 100% in a photo editor. This is the worst lens I've ever owned. It is soft, soft, soft. Even my cheap 50mm 1.8 is significantly sharper.One reviewer said it's sharp on all four corners; not mine. It is embarrassingly fuzzy on the corners at any aperture and the edges as well as the middle too and forget about zone focusing. One of the great things about a lens like this is you can supposedly zone focus so that at .f.8 everything from 5 ft. to infinity is in focus - wrong.For the price this lens is a rip-off. This lens does have a sweet spot but you'll wait a long time finding it and it'll happen once in a blue moon. How can an image from a lens shot with a Canon 5D at 1/500 and .f.8 on a sunny day be soft? Unbelievable. Another reviewer wrote it can be had used for 30 Euros - I don't doubt it. Whoever buys mine when I upgrade should call the police. | 985 | [
"I must have gotten a bad lens based on these reviews but then again maybe they don't have to look at thousands of images at 100% in a photo editor.",
"This is the worst lens I've ever owned.",
"It is soft, soft, soft.",
"Even my cheap 50mm 1.8 is significantly sharper.One reviewer said it's sharp on all four corners; not mine.",
"It is embarrassingly fuzzy on the corners at any aperture and the edges as well as the middle too and forget about zone focusing.",
"One of the great things about a lens like this is you can supposedly zone focus so that at .f.8 everything from 5 ft.",
"to infinity is in focus - wrong.For the price this lens is a rip-off.",
"This lens does have a sweet spot but you'll wait a long time finding it and it'll happen once in a blue moon.",
"How can an image from a lens shot with a Canon 5D at 1/500 and .f.8 on a sunny day be soft?",
"Unbelievable.",
"Another reviewer wrote it can be had used for 30 Euros - I don't doubt it.",
"Whoever buys mine when I upgrade should call the police."
] |
1 | Weak. Very Weak. | I am the first one to admit that I love my toys, and while I have mellowed in my old age, I have owned a lot of audio and visual equipment over the years. I was really excited to be getting my first flat screen TV, and figured a product from Phillips Magnavox would be a good one. Well, I was wrong. Let me begin by saying that this TV is only four and a half months old! Major technical issues have arisen in which the TV makes horrible noises and shuts itself off. I looked around online and found lots of other people have had the same problem as well. Then you have to call their technical support, which is just a great way to kill some time before they come back and tell you to take it to a local service center, and that labor is coming out of your pocket. They will however let you know "how sorry they are to hear that," about 7 or 8 times. Not a great product, poor service, not super cheap either. Try another brand, especially if you are going to spend this kind of money. | 985 | [
"I am the first one to admit that I love my toys, and while I have mellowed in my old age, I have owned a lot of audio and visual equipment over the years.",
"I was really excited to be getting my first flat screen TV, and figured a product from Phillips Magnavox would be a good one.",
"Well, I was wrong.",
"Let me begin by saying that this TV is only four and a half months old!",
"Major technical issues have arisen in which the TV makes horrible noises and shuts itself off.",
"I looked around online and found lots of other people have had the same problem as well.",
"Then you have to call their technical support, which is just a great way to kill some time before they come back and tell you to take it to a local service center, and that labor is coming out of your pocket.",
"They will however let you know \"how sorry they are to hear that,\" about 7 or 8 times.",
"Not a great product, poor service, not super cheap either.",
"Try another brand, especially if you are going to spend this kind of money."
] |
1 | Hate it! | My Braun thermoscan has given me nothing but trouble.Yes this ear thermometer is easy to use. You just have to stick it into the canal correctly. Not hard. What I don't like is you can stick it in the same ear, the same way, 6 different times and get very different readings.Everytime I have gone to use my thermometer, the battery would be dead. You have to use the special medical circular batteries, so of course I would never have any handy. Then I got smart and started stocking up on the batteries. They are expensive. And everytime I would use it I'd have to put in a fresh new battery.This also needs the disposable ear covers in order for it to work. Yes there is a trick to getting around it but then your thermometer isn't sanitary. Finding the covers was sometimes easy and sometimes impossible.I have just never been happy with it. Yes it's easier than the oral... But I found one even better. Try the Temporal Artery Thermometer. You can use that one on a sleeping child! | 985 | [
"My Braun thermoscan has given me nothing but trouble.Yes this ear thermometer is easy to use.",
"You just have to stick it into the canal correctly.",
"Not hard.",
"What I don't like is you can stick it in the same ear, the same way, 6 different times and get very different readings.Everytime I have gone to use my thermometer, the battery would be dead.",
"You have to use the special medical circular batteries, so of course I would never have any handy.",
"Then I got smart and started stocking up on the batteries.",
"They are expensive.",
"And everytime I would use it I'd have to put in a fresh new battery.This also needs the disposable ear covers in order for it to work.",
"Yes there is a trick to getting around it but then your thermometer isn't sanitary.",
"Finding the covers was sometimes easy and sometimes impossible.I have just never been happy with it.",
"Yes it's easier than the oral... But I found one even better.",
"Try the Temporal Artery Thermometer.",
"You can use that one on a sleeping child!"
] |
1 | Don't Walk, RUN... | DO NOT buy these bulbs!! I installed these for a while in our 2003 Honda Odyssey. I was VERY careful about not touching them, or allowing them to touch anything. The bulb housings are also free of condensation.PRO: As other reviewers have noted, they DO put out whiter light. And I did find that I had more visiblity, especially on clear nights along dark stretches of road.CON: If these bulbs last you 9 months, you're lucky. I have a full box of bulbs that only the brights will work. And even if I replaced them in pairs (I tried), I still would end up replacing one within 6 months. They are FAR to expensive to burn out this fast. While they're nice when working, they aren't worth the price difference.I too have switched to the "Sylvania Extra Vision" bulbs, which seem to have a little better life-span and put out whiter light than the standard bulb. But given my experience with these, I will never buy another set. I also can't see myself trying their "Ultra" bulbs, either. | 985 | [
"DO NOT buy these bulbs!!",
"I installed these for a while in our 2003 Honda Odyssey.",
"I was VERY careful about not touching them, or allowing them to touch anything.",
"The bulb housings are also free of condensation.PRO: As other reviewers have noted, they DO put out whiter light.",
"And I did find that I had more visiblity, especially on clear nights along dark stretches of road.CON: If these bulbs last you 9 months, you're lucky.",
"I have a full box of bulbs that only the brights will work.",
"And even if I replaced them in pairs (I tried), I still would end up replacing one within 6 months.",
"They are FAR to expensive to burn out this fast.",
"While they're nice when working, they aren't worth the price difference.I too have switched to the \"Sylvania Extra Vision\" bulbs, which seem to have a little better life-span and put out whiter light than the standard bulb.",
"But given my experience with these, I will never buy another set.",
"I also can't see myself trying their \"Ultra\" bulbs, either."
] |
1 | Great until it BREAKS!!!!! | Overall my initial impression as my first gps was that this was a great product. Easy to use and very intuitive.HOWEVER.... The battery is horrible and after the first month of use would not hold any charge for more than a few hours, I thought this was Ok since it could be run off of the car ac adapter, but I was SOOOO wrong.By the fourth month of use I found that the system would constantly lock up, or freeze while aquiring signal. Now it is functional only as a paper weight. None of the buttons work, Including the Power. The systems turns on as soon as it is connected to either the AC adapter or charger and cannot be turned off at all, and Now freezes on the Magellan logo untill the battery dies. Seriously save yourself the money and buy another GPS with a decent review, or a good old fashioned paper map. I'm glad this was given to me as a gift, otherwise I'd be furious at the lack of customer suppot from Magellan.My reccomendation - AVOID PURCASING A MAGELLAN PRODUCT. | 985 | [
"Overall my initial impression as my first gps was that this was a great product.",
"Easy to use and very intuitive.HOWEVER.... The battery is horrible and after the first month of use would not hold any charge for more than a few hours, I thought this was Ok since it could be run off of the car ac adapter, but I was SOOOO wrong.By the fourth month of use I found that the system would constantly lock up, or freeze while aquiring signal.",
"Now it is functional only as a paper weight.",
"None of the buttons work, Including the Power.",
"The systems turns on as soon as it is connected to either the AC adapter or charger and cannot be turned off at all, and Now freezes on the Magellan logo untill the battery dies.",
"Seriously save yourself the money and buy another GPS with a decent review, or a good old fashioned paper map.",
"I'm glad this was given to me as a gift, otherwise I'd be furious at the lack of customer suppot from Magellan.My reccomendation - AVOID PURCASING A MAGELLAN PRODUCT."
] |
1 | Printshop problems | While previous versions of printshop have proved quite useful, this latest release has riddled our computer with problems. Printers disappear from the printers folder, and hyperlinks to the internet cause software to lockup. We are running two different email programs. If a message comes through with a hyperlink to the internet, double clicking on the hyperlink works fine. If we then run Printshop 11, subsequent attempts to use hyperlinks in the email programs will cause the email programs to lock up. Reinstalling the email programs solves the problem. Hyperlinks will then work fine until we run Printshop, and then all of the problems are back. Multiple contacts with their customer support department have resulted in the suggestion of using CNTL-ALT-DEL and aborting all other programs. Not a practical solution - the point of running Windows is to be able to run multiple programs. Also, their suggestion does nothing to correct the problem. We will not buy from them again. | 985 | [
"While previous versions of printshop have proved quite useful, this latest release has riddled our computer with problems.",
"Printers disappear from the printers folder, and hyperlinks to the internet cause software to lockup.",
"We are running two different email programs.",
"If a message comes through with a hyperlink to the internet, double clicking on the hyperlink works fine.",
"If we then run Printshop 11, subsequent attempts to use hyperlinks in the email programs will cause the email programs to lock up.",
"Reinstalling the email programs solves the problem.",
"Hyperlinks will then work fine until we run Printshop, and then all of the problems are back.",
"Multiple contacts with their customer support department have resulted in the suggestion of using CNTL-ALT-DEL and aborting all other programs.",
"Not a practical solution - the point of running Windows is to be able to run multiple programs.",
"Also, their suggestion does nothing to correct the problem.",
"We will not buy from them again."
] |
1 | What a Waste! | This is a great concept but the design is terrible. I loved the idea of having clean rinse water right at hand while giving my son a bath, and figured that a shower sprayer would make it easy to avoid getting soap and water in his eyes. When I used it the first time, I was surprised at the odd shape. It did not hook to our infant tub or regular bath tub. I was able to work around the size issue, but when I started to use it, the "spray" was way too light. My son has a good bit of hair, and this took a long time getting all of the soap out. I actually had to refill it! I used it three times, then it just stopped working!! I don't know if changing the batteries would help (although only getting 3 uses on brand new batteries seems ridiculous), but it just hasn't been worth the effort. The stupid thing is just sitting on the counter, and I will probably just throw it away.Short answer: If you are considering this product, just don't bother. It really is not worth the hassle! | 985 | [
"This is a great concept but the design is terrible.",
"I loved the idea of having clean rinse water right at hand while giving my son a bath, and figured that a shower sprayer would make it easy to avoid getting soap and water in his eyes.",
"When I used it the first time, I was surprised at the odd shape.",
"It did not hook to our infant tub or regular bath tub.",
"I was able to work around the size issue, but when I started to use it, the \"spray\" was way too light.",
"My son has a good bit of hair, and this took a long time getting all of the soap out.",
"I actually had to refill it!",
"I used it three times, then it just stopped working!!",
"I don't know if changing the batteries would help (although only getting 3 uses on brand new batteries seems ridiculous), but it just hasn't been worth the effort.",
"The stupid thing is just sitting on the counter, and I will probably just throw it away.Short answer: If you are considering this product, just don't bother.",
"It really is not worth the hassle!"
] |
1 | not worth your time, really | I usually rely on Hugo and Nebula award-winners to help me wade through the mediocre science fiction / fantasy, and get to the good stuff. But I feel let down in this case: This book is actually mystery, and a tepid mystery at that (slow and non-clever). The science fiction trappings ranged from unremarkable to underwhelming ('sorry, our bureacracy deletes reports after 3yrs', 'in an age where messages take as long to travel between systems as people do, you might as well visit in person than send a letter'). I felt I was maybe 20yrs in the future, but certainly not 10000yrs. The *only* bit of world-building I found interesting was the way humans and the alien species regarded each other, and this was an incidental bit of only 2 chapters.I'm not sure why this book won a Nebula; myself, I squarely peg it as part of the mountain of competent-writing-but-uninspired s.f./fantasy. Whether you like action, ideas, characters, or mystery, there are many better choices out there. | 985 | [
"I usually rely on Hugo and Nebula award-winners to help me wade through the mediocre science fiction / fantasy, and get to the good stuff.",
"But I feel let down in this case: This book is actually mystery, and a tepid mystery at that (slow and non-clever).",
"The science fiction trappings ranged from unremarkable to underwhelming ('sorry, our bureacracy deletes reports after 3yrs', 'in an age where messages take as long to travel between systems as people do, you might as well visit in person than send a letter').",
"I felt I was maybe 20yrs in the future, but certainly not 10000yrs.",
"The *only* bit of world-building I found interesting was the way humans and the alien species regarded each other, and this was an incidental bit of only 2 chapters.I'm not sure why this book won a Nebula; myself, I squarely peg it as part of the mountain of competent-writing-but-uninspired s.f./fantasy.",
"Whether you like action, ideas, characters, or mystery, there are many better choices out there."
] |
1 | Agonizingly S-l-o-w-w-w | I am reading this for a book club and dread picking it up every night. I'm on page 110 and still know just as much as I knew on page one. The action--such as it is--is interrupted constantly by five-page italicized "rememberings" that took place in the past.The "descriptive" writing style is maddening, like something from a silly writer's workshop. Nobody in this book "drinks a glass of lemonade." Noo, that would be too quick, and the book would only be 200 pages then. In this book (I'm making this up,) they would ..."walk into the kitchen, still and quiet and uneartly slow in the morning half-light, untouched yet by the activity of the household. They grasp the silvery handle of the icebox, smooth and cool and soothing, somehow, to the palm reddened by life in the barns and hollows of the Amish land they all knew and loved. Inside the icebox is the crystal bottle of lemonade, gleaming, yet tart..."AAIAEEEIII! Enough! Just pour the da*n lemonade and let me turn the page! | 985 | [
"I am reading this for a book club and dread picking it up every night.",
"I'm on page 110 and still know just as much as I knew on page one.",
"The action--such as it is--is interrupted constantly by five-page italicized \"rememberings\" that took place in the past.The \"descriptive\" writing style is maddening, like something from a silly writer's workshop.",
"Nobody in this book \"drinks a glass of lemonade.\" Noo, that would be too quick, and the book would only be 200 pages then.",
"In this book (I'm making this up,) they would ...\"walk into the kitchen, still and quiet and uneartly slow in the morning half-light, untouched yet by the activity of the household.",
"They grasp the silvery handle of the icebox, smooth and cool and soothing, somehow, to the palm reddened by life in the barns and hollows of the Amish land they all knew and loved.",
"Inside the icebox is the crystal bottle of lemonade, gleaming, yet tart...\"AAIAEEEIII!",
"Enough!",
"Just pour the da*n lemonade and let me turn the page!"
] |
1 | Karaoke in Concert | I've always liked the PSB's music, and after seeing some spectacular videos from bands that started up about the same time, such as OMD, The Cure, NIN, and others, I thought I'd try this Pet Shop Boys release.Neil Tennant does a great job delivering the Karaoke against the tracks that Chris calls up on his CD player disguised as a keyboard. Neil's voice sounds great, and when he's in close-up, I forget for a minute what an abyssmally crappy DVD this is.When I see the full stage, I'm treated to what I can only call a half-assed middle-school version of Cirque de Soleil, with two somewhat amateurish hacks performing cutesy little tricks and other mild contortions. Most of the time the lone backup singer is lounging on a couch watching this lame-assed stage show, looking bored out of her skull, as I was during my viewing of this lemon.For me, the only use for this DVD is as a coaster.Enjoy your PSB CDs and save your money by avoiding this thoroughly unentertaining offering. | 985 | [
"I've always liked the PSB's music, and after seeing some spectacular videos from bands that started up about the same time, such as OMD, The Cure, NIN, and others, I thought I'd try this Pet Shop Boys release.Neil Tennant does a great job delivering the Karaoke against the tracks that Chris calls up on his CD player disguised as a keyboard.",
"Neil's voice sounds great, and when he's in close-up, I forget for a minute what an abyssmally crappy DVD this is.When I see the full stage, I'm treated to what I can only call a half-assed middle-school version of Cirque de Soleil, with two somewhat amateurish hacks performing cutesy little tricks and other mild contortions.",
"Most of the time the lone backup singer is lounging on a couch watching this lame-assed stage show, looking bored out of her skull, as I was during my viewing of this lemon.For me, the only use for this DVD is as a coaster.Enjoy your PSB CDs and save your money by avoiding this thoroughly unentertaining offering."
] |
1 | just say no | I heard the author on the Jim Bonhanan show and was in complete disbelief as he stonily talked about what a high it was to kick in people's doors and stalk the streets of the South Bronx as a true blue kick-ass. Sure enough there it is, the author, a beneficary of affirmative action at Harvard, buys his upperclass patrons' sweet words and really does believe he has a great story to share for the citizens of the world. Or that he's special because he's a cop and actually knows how to spell. Guess what? It's yet another tired Damon Runyesque-cop-fantasy about walking the mean streets y'hear, what with all the brown dregs out there, being a blue-collar hero so misunderstood (except by the white upperclasses who keep their arms' length while handing out big book deals for a guy so willing to do their questionable bidding). It's tired and boring. Despite the Harvard degree which is apparantly the selling point for this overlong treatise, I found this book dull and depressing. | 985 | [
"I heard the author on the Jim Bonhanan show and was in complete disbelief as he stonily talked about what a high it was to kick in people's doors and stalk the streets of the South Bronx as a true blue kick-ass.",
"Sure enough there it is, the author, a beneficary of affirmative action at Harvard, buys his upperclass patrons' sweet words and really does believe he has a great story to share for the citizens of the world.",
"Or that he's special because he's a cop and actually knows how to spell.",
"Guess what?",
"It's yet another tired Damon Runyesque-cop-fantasy about walking the mean streets y'hear, what with all the brown dregs out there, being a blue-collar hero so misunderstood (except by the white upperclasses who keep their arms' length while handing out big book deals for a guy so willing to do their questionable bidding).",
"It's tired and boring.",
"Despite the Harvard degree which is apparantly the selling point for this overlong treatise, I found this book dull and depressing."
] |
1 | Too Late the War is Over!!! | Unfortunatly this game has been dominated by the Beta Players and guilds. UBI and WolfPack have given all the beta players a grossly unfair advantage. The object of the game is to build nations and guilds to conquer the other nations with siege and war.The reality is the UBI left the game the same after the beta and allowed the Beta guilds to split up onto every server so they would not have fight each other and could easily dominate each server from the begining.This game has been out for 1 month and all the serves have been completely over run with players who participated in the beta and have the game figured out. Most new cities are destroyed within days of creation so Nation building will only be possible except for those in the beta.You will not be able to start your own city, start a guild or do much more than level characters and maybe pk each other for lack of anything else better to do.This game is a complete waste of time, money and shipping effort if you buy. | 985 | [
"Unfortunatly this game has been dominated by the Beta Players and guilds.",
"UBI and WolfPack have given all the beta players a grossly unfair advantage.",
"The object of the game is to build nations and guilds to conquer the other nations with siege and war.The reality is the UBI left the game the same after the beta and allowed the Beta guilds to split up onto every server so they would not have fight each other and could easily dominate each server from the begining.This game has been out for 1 month and all the serves have been completely over run with players who participated in the beta and have the game figured out.",
"Most new cities are destroyed within days of creation so Nation building will only be possible except for those in the beta.You will not be able to start your own city, start a guild or do much more than level characters and maybe pk each other for lack of anything else better to do.This game is a complete waste of time, money and shipping effort if you buy."
] |
1 | Not Worth Your Money | This game is ok at best. First off the game allows you to go up to level 80 in the game. Though you have a long way to go in leveling the game only kicks off at level 20 because at level 20 you get a mount, better spell and other things. But after level 21 it gets boring fast. Before you get to level 20 you are basically grinding for level 20. After level 20 you are still grinding for level 80. So basically you get a few hours of actual fun in the game.The game gets boring because the quests are empty and all of them are basically the same every time and basically when you get down to it you are paying 15 dollars a month just to get a better weapon for your character and better spells and other things. Now that wouldn't all be problem if they didn't charge you 15 dollars a month. If the game was free like guilds of war i wouldn't have a problem. Even if they had to be that greedy and charge you money at least charge 5 dollars a moth and that would be an acceptable price. | 985 | [
"This game is ok at best.",
"First off the game allows you to go up to level 80 in the game.",
"Though you have a long way to go in leveling the game only kicks off at level 20 because at level 20 you get a mount, better spell and other things.",
"But after level 21 it gets boring fast.",
"Before you get to level 20 you are basically grinding for level 20.",
"After level 20 you are still grinding for level 80.",
"So basically you get a few hours of actual fun in the game.The game gets boring because the quests are empty and all of them are basically the same every time and basically when you get down to it you are paying 15 dollars a month just to get a better weapon for your character and better spells and other things.",
"Now that wouldn't all be problem if they didn't charge you 15 dollars a month.",
"If the game was free like guilds of war i wouldn't have a problem.",
"Even if they had to be that greedy and charge you money at least charge 5 dollars a moth and that would be an acceptable price."
] |
1 | Factually incorrect | The infamous concentration camp, Treblinka, did not come into existence until 1942. The resultant plot is predicated on it being in existence in 1940 which changes what happens to the characters. Whether this was done deliberately or totally in ignorance, does not look good for the author and researchers involved in authenticating major facts. There are such silly and juvenile scenes; such as a letter sent to daughter Mia from her father while in Treblinka asking for blankets and pillows, a French boyfriend unexpectedly found in his luxurious Paris apartment while Germans are tramping around and his dry cleaning is being delivered. Skip to 1941 Brooklyn and our heroine falls in love with an Italian clarinetist, then Pearl Harbor, her rejoining an allied group to go to France and help the cause, her subsequent adventures as lady of ill repute at a brothel and so on. It's been a long time since I have read anything as shallow as this and I hope it is the author's last try. | 985 | [
"The infamous concentration camp, Treblinka, did not come into existence until 1942.",
"The resultant plot is predicated on it being in existence in 1940 which changes what happens to the characters.",
"Whether this was done deliberately or totally in ignorance, does not look good for the author and researchers involved in authenticating major facts.",
"There are such silly and juvenile scenes; such as a letter sent to daughter Mia from her father while in Treblinka asking for blankets and pillows, a French boyfriend unexpectedly found in his luxurious Paris apartment while Germans are tramping around and his dry cleaning is being delivered.",
"Skip to 1941 Brooklyn and our heroine falls in love with an Italian clarinetist, then Pearl Harbor, her rejoining an allied group to go to France and help the cause, her subsequent adventures as lady of ill repute at a brothel and so on.",
"It's been a long time since I have read anything as shallow as this and I hope it is the author's last try."
] |
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