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1 | The Search For More Money | Although I am a big fan of the original Gladiator Soundtrack, I am displeased with this one. Most of the tracks are re-hashes of the same music from the original soundtrack with a few lines of dialog from the movie added. I was hoping for MORE new scores of music.Here's what you'll get: -about 2 or 3 new scores that you've never heard before [which aren't all that great since you'll have nothing to associate the music with ... e.g. scenes from the movie] -the same music you already have [re-mixed] with dialog from the movie added in certain placesThe title of my post is "The Search For More Money" because that's why this "sequel" soundtrack was created. They are capitalizing on the fact that people will buy this because they liked the first one. If you have the original soundtrack, save your money, you're not missing anything. If you don't have the original, this album might be fine for you, but I still recommend the original ... save your money and only buy ONE of them! | 985 | [
"Although I am a big fan of the original Gladiator Soundtrack, I am displeased with this one.",
"Most of the tracks are re-hashes of the same music from the original soundtrack with a few lines of dialog from the movie added.",
"I was hoping for MORE new scores of music.Here's what you'll get: -about 2 or 3 new scores that you've never heard before [which aren't all that great since you'll have nothing to associate the music with ... e.g. scenes from the movie] -the same music you already have [re-mixed] with dialog from the movie added in certain placesThe title of my post is \"The Search For More Money\" because that's why this \"sequel\" soundtrack was created.",
"They are capitalizing on the fact that people will buy this because they liked the first one.",
"If you have the original soundtrack, save your money, you're not missing anything.",
"If you don't have the original, this album might be fine for you, but I still recommend the original ... save your money and only buy ONE of them!"
] |
1 | Worst book I've ever read! | I don't know who the target is for books like this, but I found it painfully bad. As a student of Irish history, I can tell you this book is not only poorly written but historically inaccurate. Not that perfect accuracy should be the goal of a fiction writer, but how about making an attempt at being accurate as well as entertaining? The book rambles on and on with little motivation for the character's actions or substance in the writing. Some of the passages are just laugh-out-loud ridiculous."His face looked like a linen napkin" Really? What does that mean? It was in someone's lap? It was covered in gravy?The author makes use of (often misspelled) Gaelic words throughout, but doesn't include a glossary. Are we supposed to be impressed? It just makes the sentences awkward.Avoid this book at all costs.If you want authentic, well-written historical fiction, stick with Pressfield or Rutherford. I just wish I'd read this one first before I'd ordered more by the same author. | 984 | [
"I don't know who the target is for books like this, but I found it painfully bad.",
"As a student of Irish history, I can tell you this book is not only poorly written but historically inaccurate.",
"Not that perfect accuracy should be the goal of a fiction writer, but how about making an attempt at being accurate as well as entertaining?",
"The book rambles on and on with little motivation for the character's actions or substance in the writing.",
"Some of the passages are just laugh-out-loud ridiculous.\"His face looked like a linen napkin\" Really?",
"What does that mean?",
"It was in someone's lap?",
"It was covered in gravy?",
"The author makes use of (often misspelled) Gaelic words throughout, but doesn't include a glossary.",
"Are we supposed to be impressed?",
"It just makes the sentences awkward.Avoid this book at all costs.If you want authentic, well-written historical fiction, stick with Pressfield or Rutherford.",
"I just wish I'd read this one first before I'd ordered more by the same author."
] |
1 | this video | Absolutely the worst video around! Where to begin...the tape is slow moving, boring and completely uninspiring. The background hooping and hollering is annoying, not to mention distracting. Billy Blanks offers suggestions on how your form should and should not look at exactly the same time when the camera is panning on one of the background exercisers. Plus, he likes to flex his muscles and say "don't you want to look like this"? Blanks focuses only on the upper body. He only does one lower body exercise. The stretches are uninspiring. He gives little or no direction and periodically he likes to ask - how do you feel? The few times I have used the tape - I respond: "Cheated!!!!"The Tracy York portion I have used once. While she tries to offer instructions, they are shotty at best. I ended up relying on her music and routines from my past exercise classes to use instead of hers. A complete waste of time. No sweat at all. But then, I am no fan of Crunch or of Billy Blanks | 984 | [
"Absolutely the worst video around!",
"Where to begin...the tape is slow moving, boring and completely uninspiring.",
"The background hooping and hollering is annoying, not to mention distracting.",
"Billy Blanks offers suggestions on how your form should and should not look at exactly the same time when the camera is panning on one of the background exercisers.",
"Plus, he likes to flex his muscles and say \"don't you want to look like this\"?",
"Blanks focuses only on the upper body.",
"He only does one lower body exercise.",
"The stretches are uninspiring.",
"He gives little or no direction and periodically he likes to ask - how do you feel?",
"The few times I have used the tape - I respond: \"Cheated!!!",
"!",
"\"The Tracy York portion I have used once.",
"While she tries to offer instructions, they are shotty at best.",
"I ended up relying on her music and routines from my past exercise classes to use instead of hers.",
"A complete waste of time.",
"No sweat at all.",
"But then, I am no fan of Crunch or of Billy Blanks"
] |
1 | A waste of paper. | This book is terrible. I am an avid reader and I am really sorry I wasted my time and money on it. The main character has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. It was impossible to care what happened to this poor excuse for a women. How this novel could be described as fast-paced is beyond me. Three quarters way through the book I was still waiting for something, anything, to happen. At about this same point in the story the author tosses out a stream of vulgar language that seems to have no place in the book. Perhaps it is to get our attention away from falling asleep. Sweeping negative generalizations for nearly every ethnic group mentioned in the story abound. Iranians men are ridiculed right down to the size of their collective private parts. Was the author trying to be funny or just plain offensive? If you need to prop up the leg of a table perhaps this book would have some merit. How it could have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction I do not understand. | 984 | [
"This book is terrible.",
"I am an avid reader and I am really sorry I wasted my time and money on it.",
"The main character has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.",
"It was impossible to care what happened to this poor excuse for a women.",
"How this novel could be described as fast-paced is beyond me.",
"Three quarters way through the book I was still waiting for something, anything, to happen.",
"At about this same point in the story the author tosses out a stream of vulgar language that seems to have no place in the book.",
"Perhaps it is to get our attention away from falling asleep.",
"Sweeping negative generalizations for nearly every ethnic group mentioned in the story abound.",
"Iranians men are ridiculed right down to the size of their collective private parts.",
"Was the author trying to be funny or just plain offensive?",
"If you need to prop up the leg of a table perhaps this book would have some merit.",
"How it could have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction I do not understand."
] |
1 | Did not fit | * I received it faster than promised -- Very nice.* Fit guide on Amazon site said this pan fit a 1970 Blazer K5 307CI, but it did not.* Pan's oil baffle interfered with oil pump pickup, and it needed to be modified, by cutting out 3/8 of an inch of excess baffle.* Different slope on pan interfered with frame, and it needed to be modified.* Drain plug had a very loose fit and leaked, and it was replaced.* Different radius on timing chain (front) end of pan. This just requires the newer (post 1975?) "thin" oil pan gasket, but this was not communicated, so the oil pan gasket designed for this vehicle will not work.* This Blazer has had oil pans in the past, and none had theses problems, so pans that fit do exist.* I made the mistake of saving $20 and paid with hours of extra work and a substandard result.* This pan may work for other applications. Measure and compare to the old pan before installing! The difference may look very subtle, but make sure it will not interfere. | 984 | [
"* I received it faster than promised -- Very nice.* Fit guide on Amazon site said this pan fit a 1970 Blazer K5 307CI, but it did not.* Pan's oil baffle interfered with oil pump pickup, and it needed to be modified, by cutting out 3/8 of an inch of excess baffle.* Different slope on pan interfered with frame, and it needed to be modified.* Drain plug had a very loose fit and leaked, and it was replaced.* Different radius on timing chain (front) end of pan.",
"This just requires the newer (post 1975?",
") \"thin\" oil pan gasket, but this was not communicated, so the oil pan gasket designed for this vehicle will not work.* This Blazer has had oil pans in the past, and none had theses problems, so pans that fit do exist.* I made the mistake of saving $20 and paid with hours of extra work and a substandard result.* This pan may work for other applications.",
"Measure and compare to the old pan before installing!",
"The difference may look very subtle, but make sure it will not interfere."
] |
1 | Lasted two weeks | In all fairness, I may have gotten a lemon, but seriously, two weeks? That's all it lasted. The unit uses two "feet" that move in a round, vibrating motion and one of them stopped moving so the unit would just sit there on the floor of the pool sucking in one location. Even before it broke the unit worked okay at best. If there was even a little tension on the hose, the unit wouldn't have enough traction on the pool bottom to move about and would get stuck. After it broke, out of desperation, I took the hoses that came with the unit and installed them on a output water vent for the pool and secured a heavy weight to the other end of the hose. This then acted like a large snake blowing the bottom of the pool and stirring up any algae. The Hayward filter I bought with Diver Dan worked beautifully to then filter out the water. Frankly, that worked so well I kept the hoses and threw away Diver Dan! $100 for a 20' hose. It was a little pricey, but in the end . . . it worked. | 984 | [
"In all fairness, I may have gotten a lemon, but seriously, two weeks?",
"That's all it lasted.",
"The unit uses two \"feet\" that move in a round, vibrating motion and one of them stopped moving so the unit would just sit there on the floor of the pool sucking in one location.",
"Even before it broke the unit worked okay at best.",
"If there was even a little tension on the hose, the unit wouldn't have enough traction on the pool bottom to move about and would get stuck.",
"After it broke, out of desperation, I took the hoses that came with the unit and installed them on a output water vent for the pool and secured a heavy weight to the other end of the hose.",
"This then acted like a large snake blowing the bottom of the pool and stirring up any algae.",
"The Hayward filter I bought with Diver Dan worked beautifully to then filter out the water.",
"Frankly, that worked so well I kept the hoses and threw away Diver Dan!",
"$100 for a 20' hose.",
"It was a little pricey, but in the end.",
".",
".",
"it worked."
] |
1 | Smells Like Fish | So after reading some of these reviews, I honestly can't see what people see (hear) in this album. Yes, the Blue Album and Pinkerton were incredible. The Green album was listenable. Maladroit--eh. Make Believe: a piece of dung, trampled on by a herd of elephants and then lit on fire. Yes, I think it's that bad. You'd think someone like Rick Rubin could do something with this. Who knows who's fault it is. But, this album in NO WAY "evolves" Weezer. I'm reading reviews of people saying we (old school Weezer listeners) can't accept that Weezer is "all grown up" now. No. This is definitely more immature than anything they have put out. Even the witty sarcastic lyrics are lost. Unless the sarcasm is so buried, it's not sarcasm anymore.The only exception is if their only goal is that each track they write for this album will make the next Reese Witherspoon romantic comedy movie of the girl who became a woman and persevered all the odds. Well then mission accomplished, Weezer. | 984 | [
"So after reading some of these reviews, I honestly can't see what people see (hear) in this album.",
"Yes, the Blue Album and Pinkerton were incredible.",
"The Green album was listenable.",
"Maladroit--eh.",
"Make Believe: a piece of dung, trampled on by a herd of elephants and then lit on fire.",
"Yes, I think it's that bad.",
"You'd think someone like Rick Rubin could do something with this.",
"Who knows who's fault it is.",
"But, this album in NO WAY \"evolves\" Weezer.",
"I'm reading reviews of people saying we (old school Weezer listeners) can't accept that Weezer is \"all grown up\" now.",
"No.",
"This is definitely more immature than anything they have put out.",
"Even the witty sarcastic lyrics are lost.",
"Unless the sarcasm is so buried, it's not sarcasm anymore.The only exception is if their only goal is that each track they write for this album will make the next Reese Witherspoon romantic comedy movie of the girl who became a woman and persevered all the odds.",
"Well then mission accomplished, Weezer."
] |
1 | Total Junk | Lead singer Amy Lee's incescent howling and bellowing of these mainstream, over-commercialized lyrics and generic riffs, proves once again that good music in today's Rock-Alternative Genre is indeed hard to find. If I could, I would give this CD -3 stars. Horrid beyond words can describe. Within a year, this band will thankfully be forgotten. The band's ready-made goth look only adds to debachery and rancid fluff of commercial rock. (...)heheheh..Ladies and Gents..the modern day spinal tap is Evanescence. The reasons would be too long and many why you should avoid this album, but let me sum it up for you..if you have any creativity whatsoever, and enjoy good original tunes in the alternative rock genre, go with a band like Dredg. It's a fresh sound, and it has soul. If you like commercial pop you will probably like this album, and will probably be on your way to buy the new Linkin Park CD as well.. if thats your thing, then fine, but I'll choose my own music, thank you. | 984 | [
"Lead singer Amy Lee's incescent howling and bellowing of these mainstream, over-commercialized lyrics and generic riffs, proves once again that good music in today's Rock-Alternative Genre is indeed hard to find.",
"If I could, I would give this CD -3 stars.",
"Horrid beyond words can describe.",
"Within a year, this band will thankfully be forgotten.",
"The band's ready-made goth look only adds to debachery and rancid fluff of commercial rock.",
"(...)heheheh..Ladies and Gents..the modern day spinal tap is Evanescence.",
"The reasons would be too long and many why you should avoid this album, but let me sum it up for you..if you have any creativity whatsoever, and enjoy good original tunes in the alternative rock genre, go with a band like Dredg.",
"It's a fresh sound, and it has soul.",
"If you like commercial pop you will probably like this album, and will probably be on your way to buy the new Linkin Park CD as well..",
"if thats your thing, then fine, but I'll choose my own music, thank you."
] |
1 | Warning, don't buy the HAP422 | My last air purifier lasted 16 years, a HoneyWell; this one lasted 1 year then it just quit working, no power no nothing. Holmes/Sunbeam promptly sent me another unit which was a plus on them for the rapid response. But then the second one stopped working just shy of being 1 year old. This time Holmes/Sunbeam warranty serviced was horrific, it took 4 months to get a replacement sent after numerous emails and phone calls. Finally yesterday they apologized for the delay and were going to send out an upgraded model HAP424 for my troubles.The HAP422 seemed to filter the air good enough though not as good as the old HoneyWell, but way better then the Ionic Breeze which was a joke. Now time will tell if the HAP424 is just a glorified 422 and will last a year or so; but this time I won't have a warranty on it since replacements are only warrantied from the time of the ORIGINAL purchase not from the time of the warranty replacement. This one fries and I'll go back to HoneyWell. | 984 | [
"My last air purifier lasted 16 years, a HoneyWell; this one lasted 1 year then it just quit working, no power no nothing.",
"Holmes/Sunbeam promptly sent me another unit which was a plus on them for the rapid response.",
"But then the second one stopped working just shy of being 1 year old.",
"This time Holmes/Sunbeam warranty serviced was horrific, it took 4 months to get a replacement sent after numerous emails and phone calls.",
"Finally yesterday they apologized for the delay and were going to send out an upgraded model HAP424 for my troubles.The HAP422 seemed to filter the air good enough though not as good as the old HoneyWell, but way better then the Ionic Breeze which was a joke.",
"Now time will tell if the HAP424 is just a glorified 422 and will last a year or so; but this time I won't have a warranty on it since replacements are only warrantied from the time of the ORIGINAL purchase not from the time of the warranty replacement.",
"This one fries and I'll go back to HoneyWell."
] |
1 | A travesty | It's difficult to write what I feel about this book. I read as much of it as I could stomach and then threw it into the trash in the hope no one would ever find it. This man, the author, is either terminally misled or has an ego the size of the universe. He knows how women feel? Excuse me? When was he a woman? I pity the poor woman who reads this and accepts it hook, line, and sinker. He is so off base as to be laughable, if I didn't worry that some women would actually take him seriously.Truly ecstatic lovemaking is a matter of giving and being given to in total love. It has nothing whatsoever to do with "succumbing", "surrendering", "giving up" -- on either part.I am especially deeply disappointed in Marianne Williamson for promoting this delusional writing.There was no way to get this posted but to choose at least one star for this rating. If I'd had a choice, I would have chosen the negative (-) sign for "Don't bother, it's just another male ego trip." Unbelievable. | 984 | [
"It's difficult to write what I feel about this book.",
"I read as much of it as I could stomach and then threw it into the trash in the hope no one would ever find it.",
"This man, the author, is either terminally misled or has an ego the size of the universe.",
"He knows how women feel?",
"Excuse me?",
"When was he a woman?",
"I pity the poor woman who reads this and accepts it hook, line, and sinker.",
"He is so off base as to be laughable, if I didn't worry that some women would actually take him seriously.Truly ecstatic lovemaking is a matter of giving and being given to in total love.",
"It has nothing whatsoever to do with \"succumbing\", \"surrendering\", \"giving up\" -- on either part.I am especially deeply disappointed in Marianne Williamson for promoting this delusional writing.There was no way to get this posted but to choose at least one star for this rating.",
"If I'd had a choice, I would have chosen the negative (-) sign for \"Don't bother, it's just another male ego trip.\" Unbelievable."
] |
1 | The longest three hours ever | After a whizbang opening that really gets your hopes up, Magnolia rapidly becomes unwatchable. You, the viewer, get treated to a 10 minute version of "One is the Lonliest Number" (at earshattering volume), a seemingly endless parade of pathetic, one-dimensional losers who are impossible to care about, an actual music video (! ), two major characters dying of cancer, and finally an EVENT which is supposed to tie everything together in some sort of profound way (it doesn't.) PT Anderson seems like too nice a guy to tell his actors to tone things down. I can't remember the last time I saw so much hammy acting: everybody is crying and screaming and/or cursing all of the time. Anderson is great at moving the camera, and he has a good eye for lighting and composition. He would make a wonderful commercial director. And the special effects during the EVENT are a lot of fun to watch. After watching this film I really appreciated what Robert Altman accomplished with "Short Cuts". | 984 | [
"After a whizbang opening that really gets your hopes up, Magnolia rapidly becomes unwatchable.",
"You, the viewer, get treated to a 10 minute version of \"One is the Lonliest Number\" (at earshattering volume), a seemingly endless parade of pathetic, one-dimensional losers who are impossible to care about, an actual music video (!",
"), two major characters dying of cancer, and finally an EVENT which is supposed to tie everything together in some sort of profound way (it doesn't.) PT Anderson seems like too nice a guy to tell his actors to tone things down.",
"I can't remember the last time I saw so much hammy acting: everybody is crying and screaming and/or cursing all of the time.",
"Anderson is great at moving the camera, and he has a good eye for lighting and composition.",
"He would make a wonderful commercial director.",
"And the special effects during the EVENT are a lot of fun to watch.",
"After watching this film I really appreciated what Robert Altman accomplished with \"Short Cuts\"."
] |
1 | Considerations | This book has a lot of valuable information, but this book is not for everyone. The book serves to remind therapists that we are human, but focuses on all the possible negative aspects of a therapists life and practice. I feel this book turns people away from seeking therapy or going into the profession. The book is written with an over-whelming negativity and a hint of arrogance. If you are looking for something to normalize your negative experiences as a therapist, then this is possibly the best book out there for you. If you are romantically involved with a therapist that you are concerned about, then this may be a good thing to read to better understand what may be going on. If you are new to the field, then read the book on and off as needed (if you must). If you are not a therapist or involved with one, then this book has nothing for you. Therapy, like every field, is a mixed bag. This book fails to acknowledge the goodness in the lives of those being a therapist. | 984 | [
"This book has a lot of valuable information, but this book is not for everyone.",
"The book serves to remind therapists that we are human, but focuses on all the possible negative aspects of a therapists life and practice.",
"I feel this book turns people away from seeking therapy or going into the profession.",
"The book is written with an over-whelming negativity and a hint of arrogance.",
"If you are looking for something to normalize your negative experiences as a therapist, then this is possibly the best book out there for you.",
"If you are romantically involved with a therapist that you are concerned about, then this may be a good thing to read to better understand what may be going on.",
"If you are new to the field, then read the book on and off as needed (if you must).",
"If you are not a therapist or involved with one, then this book has nothing for you.",
"Therapy, like every field, is a mixed bag.",
"This book fails to acknowledge the goodness in the lives of those being a therapist."
] |
1 | Another book of intolerance. | I got this book as a gift from my sister because she knew I am interested in studying world religions. It's too bad she only looked at the cover and didn't bother to read it a little before buying it. This book is NOT an informative book on world religions. It's an Evengelical intolerant guidebook for witch hunters.Being a Wiccan, I was very offended by what the author wrote about the Wiccan religion. Not only is his "information" incorrect, but the entire book is biased against all religions except Christianity. One of the things he writes about the Wiccan religion is that "It promises power, mystery, self-gratification, and rebellion against Christianity" and this statement is completely false.This author is all about telling why Christianity is the "right" religion and that all others are wrong. Included in each chapter is a guide to converting people of each religion. I personally find this idea sick and twisted, and it should not be in a book about world religions. | 984 | [
"I got this book as a gift from my sister because she knew I am interested in studying world religions.",
"It's too bad she only looked at the cover and didn't bother to read it a little before buying it.",
"This book is NOT an informative book on world religions.",
"It's an Evengelical intolerant guidebook for witch hunters.Being a Wiccan, I was very offended by what the author wrote about the Wiccan religion.",
"Not only is his \"information\" incorrect, but the entire book is biased against all religions except Christianity.",
"One of the things he writes about the Wiccan religion is that \"It promises power, mystery, self-gratification, and rebellion against Christianity\" and this statement is completely false.This author is all about telling why Christianity is the \"right\" religion and that all others are wrong.",
"Included in each chapter is a guide to converting people of each religion.",
"I personally find this idea sick and twisted, and it should not be in a book about world religions."
] |
1 | Buyer Beware! | Phil Elmore is widely known as a hack when it comes to martial arts. Before you buy this book, I suggest you do some research on the author at Wikipedia or your favorite search engine.While I think in general knowing a little self defense is important, learning it from this book is likely to get you hurt or killed. Should you actually need to defend yourself, the training offered in this book is of little to no value when it comes to fighting or self-defense...but looks really cool showing off to friends who don't know any better.In today's litigious society, I wouldnt be surprised if someone actually tried these techniques in a real-world application, got hurt..and sued Mr. Elmore.Mr. Elmore should actually learn how to fight, and show that his techniques will work before anyone will take him seriously.I won't comment on the section about homeless people, as it has absolutely nothing to do with self defense...merely Mr. Elmore attempting some sort of social commentary. | 984 | [
"Phil Elmore is widely known as a hack when it comes to martial arts.",
"Before you buy this book, I suggest you do some research on the author at Wikipedia or your favorite search engine.While I think in general knowing a little self defense is important, learning it from this book is likely to get you hurt or killed.",
"Should you actually need to defend yourself, the training offered in this book is of little to no value when it comes to fighting or self-defense...but looks really cool showing off to friends who don't know any better.In today's litigious society, I wouldnt be surprised if someone actually tried these techniques in a real-world application, got hurt..and sued Mr.",
"Elmore.Mr.",
"Elmore should actually learn how to fight, and show that his techniques will work before anyone will take him seriously.I won't comment on the section about homeless people, as it has absolutely nothing to do with self defense...merely Mr.",
"Elmore attempting some sort of social commentary."
] |
1 | Don't buy this coffeemaker | We always try to buy quality products and we usually find that we have made a quality purchase. Not this time, though. We bought this pot while we had company and the box got thrown out before we tried the coffeemaker. What a mistake!! When you try to pour a cup of coffee, the pot leaks down the sides of the pot and all over the counter from the area where the plastic part of the pot joins the metal part. Can't find a replacement pot to buy anywhere!!! The grinder does not make consistent size grinds and most times it grinds so fine that the coffee goes through the filter and coats everything like sludge... even puts grounds in the coffee pot. Doesn't matter when setting you put the grinder on. Almost all the same. The coffee cools off right away. The very messy filter is not easy to clean and takes several minutes to rinse or wash and then you also have to wipe the sludge out of the grinding area. Ugh! What a waste of good money!!!! I would give ZERO stars if possible. | 984 | [
"We always try to buy quality products and we usually find that we have made a quality purchase.",
"Not this time, though.",
"We bought this pot while we had company and the box got thrown out before we tried the coffeemaker.",
"What a mistake!!",
"When you try to pour a cup of coffee, the pot leaks down the sides of the pot and all over the counter from the area where the plastic part of the pot joins the metal part.",
"Can't find a replacement pot to buy anywhere!!!",
"The grinder does not make consistent size grinds and most times it grinds so fine that the coffee goes through the filter and coats everything like sludge... even puts grounds in the coffee pot.",
"Doesn't matter when setting you put the grinder on.",
"Almost all the same.",
"The coffee cools off right away.",
"The very messy filter is not easy to clean and takes several minutes to rinse or wash and then you also have to wipe the sludge out of the grinding area.",
"Ugh!",
"What a waste of good money!!!",
"!",
"I would give ZERO stars if possible."
] |
1 | Very Disappointing | I played WM2K before this. When I looked at it, the barbed wire ring seemed nice, so I rented it.I wish I hadn't.It's got many features WM2K has, including Create-A-PPV, Career Mode and more. Throw in configurable matches, many known wrestlers and it seems this game is as good as WM2K. Right? Wrong. There were many things which irritated me a lot. Among the foremost were the impossibility of executing certain moves, like the Irish Whip (I wish I could just whip the enemy into the barbed wire). Another thing is that the commentator sometimes referred to the two wrestlers as "Player 1" and "Player 2", which annoyed me. The difficulty of a great deal more things, which could have been done with one mere button press in WM2K, served only to aggravate me (the manual doesn't even explain how to read the moves list found in-game). Overall, matching up fights and designing wrestlers is good for this game, but the core of it, the actual gaming, is lacking terribly. Don't buy it. | 984 | [
"I played WM2K before this.",
"When I looked at it, the barbed wire ring seemed nice, so I rented it.I wish I hadn't.It's got many features WM2K has, including Create-A-PPV, Career Mode and more.",
"Throw in configurable matches, many known wrestlers and it seems this game is as good as WM2K.",
"Right?",
"Wrong.",
"There were many things which irritated me a lot.",
"Among the foremost were the impossibility of executing certain moves, like the Irish Whip (I wish I could just whip the enemy into the barbed wire).",
"Another thing is that the commentator sometimes referred to the two wrestlers as \"Player 1\" and \"Player 2\", which annoyed me.",
"The difficulty of a great deal more things, which could have been done with one mere button press in WM2K, served only to aggravate me (the manual doesn't even explain how to read the moves list found in-game).",
"Overall, matching up fights and designing wrestlers is good for this game, but the core of it, the actual gaming, is lacking terribly.",
"Don't buy it."
] |
1 | Ham Radio | It would be an easy jibe to say the actor Billy Bob Thornton's album was a vanity project. He's keen to establish his cred - he played in Southern boogie bands as a teenager, including a ZZ Top tribute outfit called Tres Hombres - and his album Private Radio (Lost Highway) certainly sounds good. That's due to producer Marty Stuart and the band of brothers he's hired (including keyboardist Barry Beckett). The great title fits the concept - his personal musical journey - but that's the problem. His songs are Southern gothic cliches, and as a singer he's a ham. He's trying so hard to be a tough, but twisted hombre. In `Forever' a trucker calls his gal to declare his commitment - while wearing her pink panties. And his ode `Angelina' should have stayed behind closed doors: "They said we'd never make it / Two crazy panthers on the prowl / They said we would only fake it for a while / But we just looked at them and growled." To be quickly filed beside William Shatner's album. | 984 | [
"It would be an easy jibe to say the actor Billy Bob Thornton's album was a vanity project.",
"He's keen to establish his cred - he played in Southern boogie bands as a teenager, including a ZZ Top tribute outfit called Tres Hombres - and his album Private Radio (Lost Highway) certainly sounds good.",
"That's due to producer Marty Stuart and the band of brothers he's hired (including keyboardist Barry Beckett).",
"The great title fits the concept - his personal musical journey - but that's the problem.",
"His songs are Southern gothic cliches, and as a singer he's a ham.",
"He's trying so hard to be a tough, but twisted hombre.",
"In `Forever' a trucker calls his gal to declare his commitment - while wearing her pink panties.",
"And his ode `Angelina' should have stayed behind closed doors: \"They said we'd never make it / Two crazy panthers on the prowl / They said we would only fake it for a while / But we just looked at them and growled.\" To be quickly filed beside William Shatner's album."
] |
1 | Terrible | I'm used to reading dry academic articles on fascinating subjects, but I unlike other reviewers, I can't say this was particularly dry. It's just badly written. There are infinite grammatical errors ranging from missing periods, to sentences that switch directions in the middle of reading them, to an appalling lack of editing (ever heard of a thing called a comma?). Usually I can get my head around complex sentence structures, but Haynes' writing is a joke. Where was his editor in all of this?I'd say don't bother with this book, even if you're willing to slog through the pedantic and error-filled paragraphs. His minimal use of documentation and his embarrassing lack of understanding of Shakespeare, on whom he relies hugely to outline his concepts, will just madden the serious researcher and confuse the casual reader. I can't believe I picked this up at the Museum of London... Their publications are usually far superior to this tripe. Don't waste your money or your time. | 984 | [
"I'm used to reading dry academic articles on fascinating subjects, but I unlike other reviewers, I can't say this was particularly dry.",
"It's just badly written.",
"There are infinite grammatical errors ranging from missing periods, to sentences that switch directions in the middle of reading them, to an appalling lack of editing (ever heard of a thing called a comma?",
").",
"Usually I can get my head around complex sentence structures, but Haynes' writing is a joke.",
"Where was his editor in all of this?",
"I'd say don't bother with this book, even if you're willing to slog through the pedantic and error-filled paragraphs.",
"His minimal use of documentation and his embarrassing lack of understanding of Shakespeare, on whom he relies hugely to outline his concepts, will just madden the serious researcher and confuse the casual reader.",
"I can't believe I picked this up at the Museum of London... Their publications are usually far superior to this tripe.",
"Don't waste your money or your time."
] |
1 | Too much room in Hell | If you're a Dawn fanatic, don't get too excited about this panel-by-panel re-drawing of Romero's classic.On the one hand, you would think that the pink-blooded, sometimes comic-bookish tone and characters of the film would translate well to a comic book. On the other hand, a panel-by-panel presentation of the film we know and love is not only unnecessary, but it's not even well done.The artwork is lame, the color is blah, the inking is serviceable, the whole thing is rather pointless. There's gore, sure, but it's almost too much, too late. Nothing is done with the themes of the film, nothing is done to increase appreciation of a horror classic.If you want anything 'literary' with regards to Dawn, track down the novelization that Romero co-write when the film appeared. Heck, even track down the academic study of Romero's work. The latest Dawn Ultimate DVD box set (highly recommended) contains the first issue of this 3 book series. Don't even bother to 'collect them all'! | 984 | [
"If you're a Dawn fanatic, don't get too excited about this panel-by-panel re-drawing of Romero's classic.On the one hand, you would think that the pink-blooded, sometimes comic-bookish tone and characters of the film would translate well to a comic book.",
"On the other hand, a panel-by-panel presentation of the film we know and love is not only unnecessary, but it's not even well done.The artwork is lame, the color is blah, the inking is serviceable, the whole thing is rather pointless.",
"There's gore, sure, but it's almost too much, too late.",
"Nothing is done with the themes of the film, nothing is done to increase appreciation of a horror classic.If you want anything 'literary' with regards to Dawn, track down the novelization that Romero co-write when the film appeared.",
"Heck, even track down the academic study of Romero's work.",
"The latest Dawn Ultimate DVD box set (highly recommended) contains the first issue of this 3 book series.",
"Don't even bother to 'collect them all'!"
] |
1 | How utterly disappointing! | This movie was a huge disappointment. Everything about it was all wrong...the cast, the scenes, the story. I saw the movie after reading the first two books and I was absolutely shocked and dumbfounded with the HORRIBLE acting and the less-than-stellar casting job. Kristen Stewart ruined Bella's character and there was absolutely nothing about Robert Patterson to fall in love with. Watching the movie was depessing after having loved the book so much. I was really afraid after watching it that these were the people that were going to be in my head when I read the last two books because I knew it would ruin it for me. Thankfully, I somehow blocked the faces of the untalented actors out and was able to still enjoy Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. If I were Stephenie Meyer, I would be heartbroken over the slaughtering of her book into a movie. I would never spend the money on this movie and I will not go to see the next one that comes out. I'll stick to books with this series.... | 984 | [
"This movie was a huge disappointment.",
"Everything about it was all wrong...the cast, the scenes, the story.",
"I saw the movie after reading the first two books and I was absolutely shocked and dumbfounded with the HORRIBLE acting and the less-than-stellar casting job.",
"Kristen Stewart ruined Bella's character and there was absolutely nothing about Robert Patterson to fall in love with.",
"Watching the movie was depessing after having loved the book so much.",
"I was really afraid after watching it that these were the people that were going to be in my head when I read the last two books because I knew it would ruin it for me.",
"Thankfully, I somehow blocked the faces of the untalented actors out and was able to still enjoy Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.",
"If I were Stephenie Meyer, I would be heartbroken over the slaughtering of her book into a movie.",
"I would never spend the money on this movie and I will not go to see the next one that comes out.",
"I'll stick to books with this series...."
] |
1 | Profoundly Tedious | Joe Bob Briggs becomes what he rails against - a bore! Too many goldurn words in very teeny tiny print that drone on and on about the significance of this and the importance of that. Thank God I was given the book and didn't have to buy it. Joe Bob knows better than anyone the curse of overanalyzing the obvious -shame on him for being such a hypocrite. The worst offense committed by Mr. Briggs, is that after getting into his essays and being so turned off by his tedious workovers, I am also uninterested in watching the movies themselves. In his weird, condescending way Joe Bob assumes that exploitation movies need literary validation. Avoid this book, and watch the flicks - if you are into that sort of thing. I too am profoundly disappointed in this effort. Joe Bob Briggs, beloved Drive-In Reviewer of Grapevine, Texas - should hang up the speaker and limp off to teach a film appreciation course to people who would rather intellectualize a movie than see one or make one. | 984 | [
"Joe Bob Briggs becomes what he rails against - a bore!",
"Too many goldurn words in very teeny tiny print that drone on and on about the significance of this and the importance of that.",
"Thank God I was given the book and didn't have to buy it.",
"Joe Bob knows better than anyone the curse of overanalyzing the obvious -shame on him for being such a hypocrite.",
"The worst offense committed by Mr.",
"Briggs, is that after getting into his essays and being so turned off by his tedious workovers, I am also uninterested in watching the movies themselves.",
"In his weird, condescending way Joe Bob assumes that exploitation movies need literary validation.",
"Avoid this book, and watch the flicks - if you are into that sort of thing.",
"I too am profoundly disappointed in this effort.",
"Joe Bob Briggs, beloved Drive-In Reviewer of Grapevine, Texas - should hang up the speaker and limp off to teach a film appreciation course to people who would rather intellectualize a movie than see one or make one."
] |
1 | Not A Romance | The book reads like an X rated movie with non-stop sex. The "hero" sleeps with EVERY female character throughout the book, and the "heroine" is taken advantage of by EVERY male character. I don't know much about movie business, but I don't think that in a historical drama such as the one they are filming in this book all the sex scenes are real actions. The part where the heroine is being gang-raped by the secondary actor and ALL the extras on the set, while the hero turns his back and pretends it's nothing, really sickens me. I can believe that Steve and Ginny love each other in the historical "Sweet Savage Love", but I couldn't find in any part of this book the element of love, only lust. When Webb turns out to be some sort of secret agent at the end it's only laughable to me. BTW, if you like steamy contemporary ROMANCE please read "Love Play". I think Rosemary Rogers is one of the most talented romance author. It's a pity that sometimes she writes porn, not romance. | 984 | [
"The book reads like an X rated movie with non-stop sex.",
"The \"hero\" sleeps with EVERY female character throughout the book, and the \"heroine\" is taken advantage of by EVERY male character.",
"I don't know much about movie business, but I don't think that in a historical drama such as the one they are filming in this book all the sex scenes are real actions.",
"The part where the heroine is being gang-raped by the secondary actor and ALL the extras on the set, while the hero turns his back and pretends it's nothing, really sickens me.",
"I can believe that Steve and Ginny love each other in the historical \"Sweet Savage Love\", but I couldn't find in any part of this book the element of love, only lust.",
"When Webb turns out to be some sort of secret agent at the end it's only laughable to me.",
"BTW, if you like steamy contemporary ROMANCE please read \"Love Play\".",
"I think Rosemary Rogers is one of the most talented romance author.",
"It's a pity that sometimes she writes porn, not romance."
] |
1 | So bad, I got rid of the book | I'm a fan of Bohjalian's work, so it was a huge disappointment for me to rank this book as just 1 star. It was horrid. There were a few parts that captured my attention and moved beautifully. And there were a couple of others that were written with true talent. But for the most part, the book was filled with information that went nowhere, characters so flat and boring I couldn't care less about them, and a plot that, at the end of the book, made me say out loud, "That's it?!?" Some reviewers say it was a compelling family drama, and to that, I would have agreed IF Bohjalian didn't constantly lead the reader into believing there was something bigger around the corner, on the next page, in the next chapter. The book, as a whole, was a huge disaster for me. Long, pointless and with shallow characters. This novel went right to the library's used book sale as soon as I was done. And since I keep every single book I've read that I even mildly enjoyed, that's saying something. | 984 | [
"I'm a fan of Bohjalian's work, so it was a huge disappointment for me to rank this book as just 1 star.",
"It was horrid.",
"There were a few parts that captured my attention and moved beautifully.",
"And there were a couple of others that were written with true talent.",
"But for the most part, the book was filled with information that went nowhere, characters so flat and boring I couldn't care less about them, and a plot that, at the end of the book, made me say out loud, \"That's it?!?",
"\" Some reviewers say it was a compelling family drama, and to that, I would have agreed IF Bohjalian didn't constantly lead the reader into believing there was something bigger around the corner, on the next page, in the next chapter.",
"The book, as a whole, was a huge disaster for me.",
"Long, pointless and with shallow characters.",
"This novel went right to the library's used book sale as soon as I was done.",
"And since I keep every single book I've read that I even mildly enjoyed, that's saying something."
] |
1 | Not a Scientific book | I do think if I get bored enough to read the whole book I will get to all the factsI do not (or hardly do) read Fiction, I am a scientific mind interested in alternate science and that is the reason I bought the book.I am really not interested in the author's beef with the scientific community, nor in world politics, nor conspiracy theories, nor the life stories of some forgotten scientist - only scienceI do accept that you will always find some personal garbage in a book, It was after all written by a human, but when that ratio is 98% waffle and 2% fact then it gets a bit muchI read the first few chapters, then skipped a bit forward, a few more pages, skipped a handful of pages, read a few more pages, had a look at some of the pictures in the back, read the index again to see if I could find the invention that was supposed to be in there, got irritated and put the book downI am not saying it is a bad book, I am only saying it contains very little on Alternative Science | 984 | [
"I do think if I get bored enough to read the whole book I will get to all the factsI do not (or hardly do) read Fiction, I am a scientific mind interested in alternate science and that is the reason I bought the book.I am really not interested in the author's beef with the scientific community, nor in world politics, nor conspiracy theories, nor the life stories of some forgotten scientist - only scienceI do accept that you will always find some personal garbage in a book, It was after all written by a human, but when that ratio is 98% waffle and 2% fact then it gets a bit muchI read the first few chapters, then skipped a bit forward, a few more pages, skipped a handful of pages, read a few more pages, had a look at some of the pictures in the back, read the index again to see if I could find the invention that was supposed to be in there, got irritated and put the book downI am not saying it is a bad book, I am only saying it contains very little on Alternative Science"
] |
1 | Don't waste your money!!! | I am the unhappy owner of several H10's and initially there were minor problems, but the closer they got to the end of the warranty period, the more problems they started having. Problems include freezing up for no apparent reason, scrolling in Chinese, and the most irritating is when the "system files are missing" and you have to reinstall the firmware and redownload ALL of your music (does this alot). The company doesn't believe in customer service - you can't get through on the phone and they take days to respond to email. I have returned two because the hard drives crashed and it took 3-4 weeks to get them back, and then one of them crashed again as soon as I got all the music redownloaded and I had to return it and wait another 3 weeks. I have a problem with one that has now gone out of warranty and iRiver told me they won't touch it and to look for a repair shop online. So save yourself alot of headaches and time, not to mention money, and don't buy an H10 player. | 984 | [
"I am the unhappy owner of several H10's and initially there were minor problems, but the closer they got to the end of the warranty period, the more problems they started having.",
"Problems include freezing up for no apparent reason, scrolling in Chinese, and the most irritating is when the \"system files are missing\" and you have to reinstall the firmware and redownload ALL of your music (does this alot).",
"The company doesn't believe in customer service - you can't get through on the phone and they take days to respond to email.",
"I have returned two because the hard drives crashed and it took 3-4 weeks to get them back, and then one of them crashed again as soon as I got all the music redownloaded and I had to return it and wait another 3 weeks.",
"I have a problem with one that has now gone out of warranty and iRiver told me they won't touch it and to look for a repair shop online.",
"So save yourself alot of headaches and time, not to mention money, and don't buy an H10 player."
] |
1 | Crappy service/misinforming | When i ordered from them, I ordered 8 valves and they said that they had them all in stock. They shipped one, and then a week later shipped another.Then I was stuck for 6 more. After about 3 weeks, I contacted them and asked them why the other 6 haven't shipped yet. They didn't even bother to let me know they were out of inventory and seems like they weren't even going to bother to let me know. After I spoke to them, the guy said that they were back in stock and they would ship the remaining 6 of them. Three days later I get an email saying they are out of stock again. I contacted them and they said that they went out of stock that day I contacted them. I feel as if I was told that I would get my parts, that they would honor that and set the amount I needed aside since I've been waiting over a month for something that was originally in stock. Never ordering anything form them again. I waited a month and a half for something that should have came with the first shipment. | 984 | [
"When i ordered from them, I ordered 8 valves and they said that they had them all in stock.",
"They shipped one, and then a week later shipped another.Then I was stuck for 6 more.",
"After about 3 weeks, I contacted them and asked them why the other 6 haven't shipped yet.",
"They didn't even bother to let me know they were out of inventory and seems like they weren't even going to bother to let me know.",
"After I spoke to them, the guy said that they were back in stock and they would ship the remaining 6 of them.",
"Three days later I get an email saying they are out of stock again.",
"I contacted them and they said that they went out of stock that day I contacted them.",
"I feel as if I was told that I would get my parts, that they would honor that and set the amount I needed aside since I've been waiting over a month for something that was originally in stock.",
"Never ordering anything form them again.",
"I waited a month and a half for something that should have came with the first shipment."
] |
1 | Bad "History" | There was very little new in this book that was not in More's original (which was never meant for publication nor finished). Her book draws all of its conclusions from More and disregards any points contrary to her thesis. How she chose to determine which dialoge of More's, he himself admited he made up much of it, was real and fiction is beyond me. The jumps in logic she makes astounded me. For instance, there is one part where she says that More stated something as fact and it must be true because there were rumors to that effect. Is it not more likely that More was reporting rumors? To base the work on More and pick and chose the parts of other sources that fit her theory is is amazing. I have read 3 other Weir books before this one, now I wish I had been more critical. As others have said before read Kendall, try Walpole too (for early revisionist theories). If you read Kendall, More, Ross, you will probably be able to write a better, more honest book than Weir did. | 984 | [
"There was very little new in this book that was not in More's original (which was never meant for publication nor finished).",
"Her book draws all of its conclusions from More and disregards any points contrary to her thesis.",
"How she chose to determine which dialoge of More's, he himself admited he made up much of it, was real and fiction is beyond me.",
"The jumps in logic she makes astounded me.",
"For instance, there is one part where she says that More stated something as fact and it must be true because there were rumors to that effect.",
"Is it not more likely that More was reporting rumors?",
"To base the work on More and pick and chose the parts of other sources that fit her theory is is amazing.",
"I have read 3 other Weir books before this one, now I wish I had been more critical.",
"As others have said before read Kendall, try Walpole too (for early revisionist theories).",
"If you read Kendall, More, Ross, you will probably be able to write a better, more honest book than Weir did."
] |
1 | Sadness | I have been a faithful devotee of the Dragonlance series since I was a lonely 12 year old in middle school with nothing else going for me but an uncanny knack for grammar and a bit of skill with a pen. I thrilled to the incredible writing of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman and was inspired by their characters. However, I come to read this book and I am truly and deeply appalled. I find the writing lackluster and uninteresting, the characters typical and completely flat. I hated the heroes and I was bored by the villains. Every plot twist sounded to me like the plotless drivel I wrote when I was about 10 with a friend, and I just found myself devastated that the series I loved was turned over to someone without half of the skill that Weis and Hickman possessed. I almost boycotted the series in angry protest. However, with the Soulforge novels, I find forgiveness in my heart, but I do not at all recommend this novel to anyone who doesn't want to waste hours of their life. | 984 | [
"I have been a faithful devotee of the Dragonlance series since I was a lonely 12 year old in middle school with nothing else going for me but an uncanny knack for grammar and a bit of skill with a pen.",
"I thrilled to the incredible writing of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman and was inspired by their characters.",
"However, I come to read this book and I am truly and deeply appalled.",
"I find the writing lackluster and uninteresting, the characters typical and completely flat.",
"I hated the heroes and I was bored by the villains.",
"Every plot twist sounded to me like the plotless drivel I wrote when I was about 10 with a friend, and I just found myself devastated that the series I loved was turned over to someone without half of the skill that Weis and Hickman possessed.",
"I almost boycotted the series in angry protest.",
"However, with the Soulforge novels, I find forgiveness in my heart, but I do not at all recommend this novel to anyone who doesn't want to waste hours of their life."
] |
1 | If You Were There...... | In general, I agree with all of the reviews by the folks who understood Security Pacific, and, disagree with all of those who had no other knowledge of Security Pacific than Bob's book. I do agree that the book did read like a novel and it did sound like Bob, who at times was a likeable person to be around, however that doesn't offset the many "un" and "half" truths potrayed in this book.I was very surprised to find out just how bad off we were, so I do agree with the person that said Bob did a good job of keeping that information from the troops. But to what avail? Bob did sell the employees down the river. If you didn't get layed off, you were very poorly treated by B of A employees and management, and it's unbelievable that Bob didn't forsee that.I believe that, with all of the innovation exhibited by Security Pacific employees in the past, in both financial and technical aspects, had Bob been a forthright and competent leader, Security Pacific would not have failed. | 984 | [
"In general, I agree with all of the reviews by the folks who understood Security Pacific, and, disagree with all of those who had no other knowledge of Security Pacific than Bob's book.",
"I do agree that the book did read like a novel and it did sound like Bob, who at times was a likeable person to be around, however that doesn't offset the many \"un\" and \"half\" truths potrayed in this book.I was very surprised to find out just how bad off we were, so I do agree with the person that said Bob did a good job of keeping that information from the troops.",
"But to what avail?",
"Bob did sell the employees down the river.",
"If you didn't get layed off, you were very poorly treated by B of A employees and management, and it's unbelievable that Bob didn't forsee that.I believe that, with all of the innovation exhibited by Security Pacific employees in the past, in both financial and technical aspects, had Bob been a forthright and competent leader, Security Pacific would not have failed."
] |
1 | poor fictional work | This book is a mostly fictional and highly exaggerated account of the author's brief encounters with Jim Morrison. It has much more to do with her own fantasies and wishful thinking than with reality. As to the author's writing style, it is in my opinion very poor and full of cliches.There's also something repulsive in the fact that a woman who professes her undying love for a man is so willing to freely exploit her "precious memories" with him in order to get money or whatever. Especially when this man is not here anymore to address the claims she makes about their relationship. In the author's defense one can only say that sadly she's not the only one guilty of that.Bottomline, I do not recommend this book unless you:a) really, really like her other fictional work and need to read all her stuff, andb) have such little interest in Jim Morrison that you do not mind being fed a lot of fantasies and lies about him.For everybody else this book is a waste of time and money. | 984 | [
"This book is a mostly fictional and highly exaggerated account of the author's brief encounters with Jim Morrison.",
"It has much more to do with her own fantasies and wishful thinking than with reality.",
"As to the author's writing style, it is in my opinion very poor and full of cliches.There's also something repulsive in the fact that a woman who professes her undying love for a man is so willing to freely exploit her \"precious memories\" with him in order to get money or whatever.",
"Especially when this man is not here anymore to address the claims she makes about their relationship.",
"In the author's defense one can only say that sadly she's not the only one guilty of that.Bottomline, I do not recommend this book unless you:a) really, really like her other fictional work and need to read all her stuff, andb) have such little interest in Jim Morrison that you do not mind being fed a lot of fantasies and lies about him.For everybody else this book is a waste of time and money."
] |
1 | Get BL-6C instead | I bought this as a replacement battery for my Nokia N-Gage QD about 3 months ago. I've had my n-gage for about 2 years now, and thought it was time to get a replacement battery. The vendor sent the battery in a timely fashion, and I have no complaint about them. However, the battery only has a standby time of less than 2 days. When I recharged my old battery that came with the N-Gage (BL-6C), it had a much longer standby time. The BL-6C is rated at 1070 mAH. I guess a difference of 250 mAH between the BL-5C and the 6C really makes a huge difference. I still use both batteries, and alternate after about a week or 2, so the other battery has a chance to discharge. In retrospect, I think the older battery is performing much better now that it has a chance to discharge from time to time. Check the model of the battery that came with the original phone, and go for the same model. If it were between the 5C and the 6C, I highly recommend the 6C. Don't get the BL-5C. Good luck. | 984 | [
"I bought this as a replacement battery for my Nokia N-Gage QD about 3 months ago.",
"I've had my n-gage for about 2 years now, and thought it was time to get a replacement battery.",
"The vendor sent the battery in a timely fashion, and I have no complaint about them.",
"However, the battery only has a standby time of less than 2 days.",
"When I recharged my old battery that came with the N-Gage (BL-6C), it had a much longer standby time.",
"The BL-6C is rated at 1070 mAH.",
"I guess a difference of 250 mAH between the BL-5C and the 6C really makes a huge difference.",
"I still use both batteries, and alternate after about a week or 2, so the other battery has a chance to discharge.",
"In retrospect, I think the older battery is performing much better now that it has a chance to discharge from time to time.",
"Check the model of the battery that came with the original phone, and go for the same model.",
"If it were between the 5C and the 6C, I highly recommend the 6C.",
"Don't get the BL-5C.",
"Good luck."
] |
1 | This is not Oldies Trivia | I just received the Oldies Music Aptitude Test and was very excited to meander through the artists that started it all. Boy what a disappointment! I would consider Oldies from 1954 to 1964-65 when the Motown movement came into full swing. Let me give you a few examples referenced in the book: LaBelle (1975 song), Meatloaf (1978 Song), Olivia Newton John(1975 Song), The Buoys (1971 song), Commodores (1981), John Cougar (1982) Bruce Springsteen, Ted Nugent (1976), Lynyrd Skynyrd, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy (1979) These are just a few examples. If you want a book that has little oldies trivia, but good music trivia of the `60s, `70s & `80s this is your book - If you looking for Oldies Trivia save your money. If your looking for good Oldies Trivia try Doo Wop and Rock & Roll both by Cousin Brucie, The Top Ten by Bob Gilbert and Gary Theroux, Rock 'n Roll Years, by Cresent Books, Half the book is pre '70s, Rock On Almanac by Norm Nite, half the book is pre '70s just to name a few. | 984 | [
"I just received the Oldies Music Aptitude Test and was very excited to meander through the artists that started it all.",
"Boy what a disappointment!",
"I would consider Oldies from 1954 to 1964-65 when the Motown movement came into full swing.",
"Let me give you a few examples referenced in the book: LaBelle (1975 song), Meatloaf (1978 Song), Olivia Newton John(1975 Song), The Buoys (1971 song), Commodores (1981), John Cougar (1982) Bruce Springsteen, Ted Nugent (1976), Lynyrd Skynyrd, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy (1979) These are just a few examples.",
"If you want a book that has little oldies trivia, but good music trivia of the `60s, `70s & `80s this is your book - If you looking for Oldies Trivia save your money.",
"If your looking for good Oldies Trivia try Doo Wop and Rock & Roll both by Cousin Brucie, The Top Ten by Bob Gilbert and Gary Theroux, Rock 'n Roll Years, by Cresent Books, Half the book is pre '70s, Rock On Almanac by Norm Nite, half the book is pre '70s just to name a few."
] |
1 | Returning this today! | I bought one of these at a local store and will be returning it today. The first time I used it I wasn't thrilled with it but it was better than the hose in my backyard. Yesterday I hooked it up to use it for a second time. When the water was turned on I quickly realized that something was very wrong. Water was spewing out of the bottom of the handheld unit in every direction. I turned the water off, disconnected everything and then tried again only to find myself being sprayed again. By this point I was wetter than the dog and she wasn't very happy either. I had high hopes that this would make bathing my dog easier but it is obviously not well made so instead of easier it was a mess. I called thier customer service but was told that they couldn't help me since I did not buy it from them. Thankfully the store I bought it at stands behind the products they sell since the company won't. This is also sold under the name Handy Groomer but it's the same product/same company. | 984 | [
"I bought one of these at a local store and will be returning it today.",
"The first time I used it I wasn't thrilled with it but it was better than the hose in my backyard.",
"Yesterday I hooked it up to use it for a second time.",
"When the water was turned on I quickly realized that something was very wrong.",
"Water was spewing out of the bottom of the handheld unit in every direction.",
"I turned the water off, disconnected everything and then tried again only to find myself being sprayed again.",
"By this point I was wetter than the dog and she wasn't very happy either.",
"I had high hopes that this would make bathing my dog easier but it is obviously not well made so instead of easier it was a mess.",
"I called thier customer service but was told that they couldn't help me since I did not buy it from them.",
"Thankfully the store I bought it at stands behind the products they sell since the company won't.",
"This is also sold under the name Handy Groomer but it's the same product/same company."
] |
1 | Be Warned! | Judging from the five-star review that currently exists here for Pin-Ups, it would seem this is an album you will either love or hate. Personally, I hated it- as much as I love Bowie, I can't deal with his James Dean-inspired take on '50's bop music, which frankly is what you'll find in Pin-Ups. Saturday night brawls, drive-ins, fast Chevys, Betty and Veronica- this is the order of the day here, and sadly David Bowie just doesn't fit into the role. The lyrics and music, coming from Bowie, are ridiculous at best and horribly inappropriate, annoying bubblegum bop at worst. Whereas at the album's release this one could have been dismissed as a bad take on a currently-popular genre, listening to Pin-Ups today is a horrible, horrible experience akin to having one's skin peeled off with a rusted bottle opener. Bowie does not have the energy to make this sad collection of lackluster '50's bop tunes even remotely interesting. First Bowie album I've nearly tossed out the window. | 984 | [
"Judging from the five-star review that currently exists here for Pin-Ups, it would seem this is an album you will either love or hate.",
"Personally, I hated it- as much as I love Bowie, I can't deal with his James Dean-inspired take on '50's bop music, which frankly is what you'll find in Pin-Ups.",
"Saturday night brawls, drive-ins, fast Chevys, Betty and Veronica- this is the order of the day here, and sadly David Bowie just doesn't fit into the role.",
"The lyrics and music, coming from Bowie, are ridiculous at best and horribly inappropriate, annoying bubblegum bop at worst.",
"Whereas at the album's release this one could have been dismissed as a bad take on a currently-popular genre, listening to Pin-Ups today is a horrible, horrible experience akin to having one's skin peeled off with a rusted bottle opener.",
"Bowie does not have the energy to make this sad collection of lackluster '50's bop tunes even remotely interesting.",
"First Bowie album I've nearly tossed out the window."
] |
1 | You've been Tex Mex'd | This attempt at literature is beyond a disappointment. As the author tries to assist the athlete in getting in the proper mindset for athletic performance, the reader is left chuckling at the pathetic Luther, instead.For those that were fortunate to not know Eston personally, this book reveals his flawed characteristics as an exaggerator with a warped sense of thinking. For those who were less fortunate to know him, this book confirms his persona.Long story short... Eston lived in our dorm in college and one night we had a chef come over and cook a fantastic Tex-Mex dinner for the house. Instead of consuming this delicious food, I decided to launch my nachos and enchiladas at his door and wasn't finished until I painted his door with guacamole and sour cream. When asked by him as to why I did this, I told him he deserved it. 10 years later, I still feel like I did the right thing. This book is the end result of a Tex-Mex dinner combined with a laxative. A must not read. | 984 | [
"This attempt at literature is beyond a disappointment.",
"As the author tries to assist the athlete in getting in the proper mindset for athletic performance, the reader is left chuckling at the pathetic Luther, instead.For those that were fortunate to not know Eston personally, this book reveals his flawed characteristics as an exaggerator with a warped sense of thinking.",
"For those who were less fortunate to know him, this book confirms his persona.Long story short... Eston lived in our dorm in college and one night we had a chef come over and cook a fantastic Tex-Mex dinner for the house.",
"Instead of consuming this delicious food, I decided to launch my nachos and enchiladas at his door and wasn't finished until I painted his door with guacamole and sour cream.",
"When asked by him as to why I did this, I told him he deserved it.",
"10 years later, I still feel like I did the right thing.",
"This book is the end result of a Tex-Mex dinner combined with a laxative.",
"A must not read."
] |
1 | Pathetic | Steven King has not written anything of value in years. I used to thoroughly enjoy his earlier work. Over the years he has had the ability to begin with an initial provocative idea. However, his recent novels wind up going NOWHERE. The details are unendingly boring and go on and on ad nauseum...I tried Cell and at times ,I found myself laughing at the inanity of it. I vowed never to read another of his novels, only any short stories - if he could limit his excruciatingly wandering prose.I picked up Lisey's Story based upon some good reviews by publications that I have valued( Hah! ) with the thought that it might be a gem ...unlike his recent work. However, after a hundred pages or so I found myself enjoying it as much as I would having to walk through waist-high mud. I tried in vain to finish it but alas, could not - it was so BORING !I would think that if his name hadn't been on this novel it would've been sent back postage owed .Goodbye Mr. King, your run is over ... | 984 | [
"Steven King has not written anything of value in years.",
"I used to thoroughly enjoy his earlier work.",
"Over the years he has had the ability to begin with an initial provocative idea.",
"However, his recent novels wind up going NOWHERE.",
"The details are unendingly boring and go on and on ad nauseum...I tried Cell and at times ,I found myself laughing at the inanity of it.",
"I vowed never to read another of his novels, only any short stories - if he could limit his excruciatingly wandering prose.I picked up Lisey's Story based upon some good reviews by publications that I have valued( Hah!",
") with the thought that it might be a gem ...unlike his recent work.",
"However, after a hundred pages or so I found myself enjoying it as much as I would having to walk through waist-high mud.",
"I tried in vain to finish it but alas, could not - it was so BORING!",
"I would think that if his name hadn't been on this novel it would've been sent back postage owed .Goodbye Mr.",
"King, your run is over ..."
] |
1 | Sadly Disappointing Product | This is the third portable USB drive that I have purchased. Each purchase was driven by the fact that I constantly needed to upgrade to one with more memory. At first this seems like something that had been well-designed, but within the first use I clearly saw that their product designers/engineers no nothing about what a consumer looks for in this type of product. They were too busy putting the blue light up feature in that they completely ignored everything else. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER SANDISK PRODUCT AGAIN.CONS: LID IS LOOSE, COMES WITH AN ADDITIONAL PLASTIC THING THAT HAS NO DESCRIPTION FOR WHAT IT IS FOR, DESIGNED THE KEY LOOP ON THE WRONG END OF THE PRODUCT (My previous Sony had an option to add the key attachment to either end, which is helpful so your keys aren't hanging off your computer), AND WORST OF ALL - THEY MARKET THIS PRODUCT TO BE FAST (HI-SPEED USB 2.0) Well my Sony USB was 2.0 as well and it was 4X's faster! I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS PRODUCT. | 984 | [
"This is the third portable USB drive that I have purchased.",
"Each purchase was driven by the fact that I constantly needed to upgrade to one with more memory.",
"At first this seems like something that had been well-designed, but within the first use I clearly saw that their product designers/engineers no nothing about what a consumer looks for in this type of product.",
"They were too busy putting the blue light up feature in that they completely ignored everything else.",
"I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER SANDISK PRODUCT AGAIN.CONS: LID IS LOOSE, COMES WITH AN ADDITIONAL PLASTIC THING THAT HAS NO DESCRIPTION FOR WHAT IT IS FOR, DESIGNED THE KEY LOOP ON THE WRONG END OF THE PRODUCT (My previous Sony had an option to add the key attachment to either end, which is helpful so your keys aren't hanging off your computer), AND WORST OF ALL - THEY MARKET THIS PRODUCT TO BE FAST (HI-SPEED USB 2.0) Well my Sony USB was 2.0 as well and it was 4X's faster!",
"I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS PRODUCT."
] |
1 | What happened? | This was supposed to be the cd that went "back to the roots" of Metallica. It is not. It was, and still is compared to Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets. I do not hear any resemblence whatsoever. If it did I would have gave it 5 stars.This is horrible music. Lars sounds like he's pounding on empty coffee cans. The drums have no depth. And all the people that say Robert T. sounds good should know that he didn't play bass on the cd. The producer Bob Rock played bass on all the tracks. Robert plays on the DVD.If I wanted to listed to Limp Biscuit or Disturbed I would have bought Limp Biscuit or Disturbed. When I buy a Metallica CD I want to hear Metallica.I was looking forward to a change from Load and Reload. I was severely dissapointed when I listened to this cd. I expected a lot more from seasoned veteran professionals.If anyone knows someone that would like to buy a nearly new Metallica cd let me know, I have one for sale. If I thought I could get my money back. | 984 | [
"This was supposed to be the cd that went \"back to the roots\" of Metallica.",
"It is not.",
"It was, and still is compared to Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets.",
"I do not hear any resemblence whatsoever.",
"If it did I would have gave it 5 stars.This is horrible music.",
"Lars sounds like he's pounding on empty coffee cans.",
"The drums have no depth.",
"And all the people that say Robert T.",
"sounds good should know that he didn't play bass on the cd.",
"The producer Bob Rock played bass on all the tracks.",
"Robert plays on the DVD.If I wanted to listed to Limp Biscuit or Disturbed I would have bought Limp Biscuit or Disturbed.",
"When I buy a Metallica CD I want to hear Metallica.I was looking forward to a change from Load and Reload.",
"I was severely dissapointed when I listened to this cd.",
"I expected a lot more from seasoned veteran professionals.If anyone knows someone that would like to buy a nearly new Metallica cd let me know, I have one for sale.",
"If I thought I could get my money back."
] |
1 | Stay Away | If you are evening considering for a second to buy this book, do one thing first, type Shamms Mortier (the author) into the amazon search engine and arrange the books from their publication date. Scan the titles and note the number of stars his past books have received. He has five 1 star books, twelve 2 star books, and two 3 star books. Surprisely he has no 4 or 5 star books. Shamms has a repuation for writing books of extremely low quality on topics he knows nothing about. He's also infamous for his 'max-the-parameter' style teaching in which he instructs the reader to crank an option to its highest setting to see what it does. He's really a horrible teacher, because he doesn't know the material, doesn't have any artistic ability, doesn't know how to write, and doesn't care about the end product. He also doesn't seem to care about ripping off his fellow man.So enough about him, how was the book? It [stinks]. If you like to waste your money, there are much better ways. | 984 | [
"If you are evening considering for a second to buy this book, do one thing first, type Shamms Mortier (the author) into the amazon search engine and arrange the books from their publication date.",
"Scan the titles and note the number of stars his past books have received.",
"He has five 1 star books, twelve 2 star books, and two 3 star books.",
"Surprisely he has no 4 or 5 star books.",
"Shamms has a repuation for writing books of extremely low quality on topics he knows nothing about.",
"He's also infamous for his 'max-the-parameter' style teaching in which he instructs the reader to crank an option to its highest setting to see what it does.",
"He's really a horrible teacher, because he doesn't know the material, doesn't have any artistic ability, doesn't know how to write, and doesn't care about the end product.",
"He also doesn't seem to care about ripping off his fellow man.So enough about him, how was the book?",
"It [stinks].",
"If you like to waste your money, there are much better ways."
] |
1 | Bad for kids, bad for parents | This book carries the misguided message that a parent's happiness and self-worth is derived from treating their children as the possessions that define their own lives. Every other page of the book is filled with the tearful faces of parents living without children, complete with unhappy faces plastered about the sky.Not only is the imagery unpleasant, but it is downright scary for young children to see broken homes and upset parents. Furthermore, it reinforces a highly co-dependent way of living.It does not surprise me that the author of this book has 10 children, with every intention to keep adopting more. It's clear that she feels the same way as the parents in the book: her life is defined solely by children, and she may be lacking in a well-defined sense of self. Watching her children mature to become independent adults may leave her with a hole in her heart, as the book's verses suggest, because she has not taken the time to know herself beyond her role as parent. | 984 | [
"This book carries the misguided message that a parent's happiness and self-worth is derived from treating their children as the possessions that define their own lives.",
"Every other page of the book is filled with the tearful faces of parents living without children, complete with unhappy faces plastered about the sky.Not only is the imagery unpleasant, but it is downright scary for young children to see broken homes and upset parents.",
"Furthermore, it reinforces a highly co-dependent way of living.It does not surprise me that the author of this book has 10 children, with every intention to keep adopting more.",
"It's clear that she feels the same way as the parents in the book: her life is defined solely by children, and she may be lacking in a well-defined sense of self.",
"Watching her children mature to become independent adults may leave her with a hole in her heart, as the book's verses suggest, because she has not taken the time to know herself beyond her role as parent."
] |
1 | Johnnies an American | I must truly be a yankee, cause I loathed watching this series with a vengeance. Oh it's the original all right, and I can see now why it was chopped to pieces for the US viewing audiance. The music blows, the transformations blow, and Luna, oh Luna, I miss the British goodness of your voice. If you grew up with the special messages at the end of the show, and enjoyed those tid bits of 'do gooder input' like I did, then you won't like this series. But I did enjoy seeing the teachers panties, and the infamous, 'I'm a stick and I want to lose weight episode.' Maybe it's the fact that I didn't have the option of dubbed, but how can you when the scenes don't match up anyways. So if you feel that American television ruins the Japanese animes then this is for you. However, if you like good music, and you hate glancing at the bottom of the screen every two bloody seconds(By the way, jokes aren't too funny when there in subtitle form.)then this, myself included, is not for you. | 984 | [
"I must truly be a yankee, cause I loathed watching this series with a vengeance.",
"Oh it's the original all right, and I can see now why it was chopped to pieces for the US viewing audiance.",
"The music blows, the transformations blow, and Luna, oh Luna, I miss the British goodness of your voice.",
"If you grew up with the special messages at the end of the show, and enjoyed those tid bits of 'do gooder input' like I did, then you won't like this series.",
"But I did enjoy seeing the teachers panties, and the infamous, 'I'm a stick and I want to lose weight episode.' Maybe it's the fact that I didn't have the option of dubbed, but how can you when the scenes don't match up anyways.",
"So if you feel that American television ruins the Japanese animes then this is for you.",
"However, if you like good music, and you hate glancing at the bottom of the screen every two bloody seconds(By the way, jokes aren't too funny when there in subtitle form.)then this, myself included, is not for you."
] |
1 | Horrible product | I purchased this drive primarily to make portable the many projects and presentations that I collaborated with others students on in grad school. So I needed a reliable drive, which the reviews indicated this one was. It worked fairly well for a few months, but then the transfer speeds began slowing down more and more, and the amount of failed transfers began to increase. In the end, after less than one year of use, it stopped working all together. It would begin transferring files, but then fail at about 15-20 percent...every time. There were many times where it indicated that transfer was successful only to fail when I went to read the files on a different PC.It's also worth mentioning that even when this drive worked, it never achieved the advertised transfer speeds (all PCs used ran Windows 7). The best write speed I ever got was about 10-12 MB/sec, which is pathetic. And reads weren't much better.I do not recommend this product, especially if your data is critical. | 984 | [
"I purchased this drive primarily to make portable the many projects and presentations that I collaborated with others students on in grad school.",
"So I needed a reliable drive, which the reviews indicated this one was.",
"It worked fairly well for a few months, but then the transfer speeds began slowing down more and more, and the amount of failed transfers began to increase.",
"In the end, after less than one year of use, it stopped working all together.",
"It would begin transferring files, but then fail at about 15-20 percent...every time.",
"There were many times where it indicated that transfer was successful only to fail when I went to read the files on a different PC.It's also worth mentioning that even when this drive worked, it never achieved the advertised transfer speeds (all PCs used ran Windows 7).",
"The best write speed I ever got was about 10-12 MB/sec, which is pathetic.",
"And reads weren't much better.I do not recommend this product, especially if your data is critical."
] |
1 | No! No! No! | Ok, I'll start off by saying that this story had potential in spots but was absolutely ruined by the author's incessant descriptions of weapons and vehicles and maneuvers. Couple that with the acronyms and thin characters and you have a real snoozer.I think that the author assumed that the readers of this story might have been impressed by all of his military verbiage and chapter-long descriptions of weapons but for someone like me who is a civilian, I quickly found myself skipping multiple pages if I felt like the author was going into one of his "blah blah blah" modes. It left the story feeling like a giant slice of swiss cheese with only some stale bread to make a readable sandwich.I found myself barely engaged by the end of the story and not caring what happened to the plot or the characters. I would highly advise checking out other books before giving this one a spin if you are into survival fiction - This one would not be my first choice. Or second. Or even tenth. | 984 | [
"Ok, I'll start off by saying that this story had potential in spots but was absolutely ruined by the author's incessant descriptions of weapons and vehicles and maneuvers.",
"Couple that with the acronyms and thin characters and you have a real snoozer.I think that the author assumed that the readers of this story might have been impressed by all of his military verbiage and chapter-long descriptions of weapons but for someone like me who is a civilian, I quickly found myself skipping multiple pages if I felt like the author was going into one of his \"blah blah blah\" modes.",
"It left the story feeling like a giant slice of swiss cheese with only some stale bread to make a readable sandwich.I found myself barely engaged by the end of the story and not caring what happened to the plot or the characters.",
"I would highly advise checking out other books before giving this one a spin if you are into survival fiction - This one would not be my first choice.",
"Or second.",
"Or even tenth."
] |
1 | Maybe Next Time | As a long time RLJ fan I always wait anxiously for a new release from one of America's truly original singers but I am very disappointed with this ill-conceived hodgepodge of songs. RLJ is clearly out of her element here. 'Show Biz Kids' is a tasty track and 'High Heeled Boys' is certainly listenable although clearly there was no need to re-record these as the originals are superior but the remaining selections are just out and out mistakes. 'Smile', as performed here is so trite and devoid of any feeling that you wonder why she even bothered to record this song: no pathos, no interesting arrangement. The remaining selections fare no better, they all have the feeling of cast offs from a private taping session. Indeed the entire album seems like a vanity pressing, and while it's always fascinating to hear an artist record cover versions, RLJ did this on 'Pop Pop', and to much better effect. It's always a treat to hear RLJ but I can only hope for a better album next time. | 984 | [
"As a long time RLJ fan I always wait anxiously for a new release from one of America's truly original singers but I am very disappointed with this ill-conceived hodgepodge of songs.",
"RLJ is clearly out of her element here.",
"'Show Biz Kids' is a tasty track and 'High Heeled Boys' is certainly listenable although clearly there was no need to re-record these as the originals are superior but the remaining selections are just out and out mistakes.",
"'Smile', as performed here is so trite and devoid of any feeling that you wonder why she even bothered to record this song: no pathos, no interesting arrangement.",
"The remaining selections fare no better, they all have the feeling of cast offs from a private taping session.",
"Indeed the entire album seems like a vanity pressing, and while it's always fascinating to hear an artist record cover versions, RLJ did this on 'Pop Pop', and to much better effect.",
"It's always a treat to hear RLJ but I can only hope for a better album next time."
] |
1 | Junie B. is a bad role model | This book might catch your child's interest - but it is likely to be in the same way that a smart aleck kid from the neighborhood might - and it is not a positive way!The grammar is poor - as an adult I understand that it's done for humorous effect; but my child doesn't get that! And Junie is rude, bossy, and she name calls; again, not the behavior I want my child emulating.Overall, the books seem entertaining but not really beneficial in any other way; there are many better books out there to hold the attention of young readers.* UPDATE: I am editing this review to just add my insight that this series of books is better suited to children ages 7 and up = I see now that kids of that general age range are much better equipped to identify the silliness of the characters and empathize with them by understanding why they act as they do - much better for second graders than kindergarteners or first graders - just my added two cents. Now that we are older, we enjoy them more. | 984 | [
"This book might catch your child's interest - but it is likely to be in the same way that a smart aleck kid from the neighborhood might - and it is not a positive way!",
"The grammar is poor - as an adult I understand that it's done for humorous effect; but my child doesn't get that!",
"And Junie is rude, bossy, and she name calls; again, not the behavior I want my child emulating.Overall, the books seem entertaining but not really beneficial in any other way; there are many better books out there to hold the attention of young readers.* UPDATE: I am editing this review to just add my insight that this series of books is better suited to children ages 7 and up = I see now that kids of that general age range are much better equipped to identify the silliness of the characters and empathize with them by understanding why they act as they do - much better for second graders than kindergarteners or first graders - just my added two cents.",
"Now that we are older, we enjoy them more."
] |
1 | Oh Holy Night says it all | I know that I used to have a great respect for Christina. Hey, the girl can sing. But this Christmas CD is the most self-glorifying, insincere and irreverend one I have ever heard. You'd think that, ya know, the girl can sing, she'll hit the high note in Oh Holy Night and it will be all pretty. I reccommend downloading the MP3 first, ladies and gents. It's convoluted, strange and painful to listen to. It starts off with the "ooooo oh yeah"s. It takes a million years for her to sing the first verse because of all the oo-ing. She hits the high note and all is happy. Then comes the strangest rendition of The Lords Prayer. It sounds so insincere and awful with her oo-ing and ah-ing in the background. After that, it's a huge ballad. Then this strange Gospel/Jazz piano comes in and Christina starts to scream. It sounds like it should be played in Las Vegas or something. She's basically saying "Look at me! I can sing! Oh yeah, Christmas is...good. But I can sing!" DON'T BUY IT | 984 | [
"I know that I used to have a great respect for Christina.",
"Hey, the girl can sing.",
"But this Christmas CD is the most self-glorifying, insincere and irreverend one I have ever heard.",
"You'd think that, ya know, the girl can sing, she'll hit the high note in Oh Holy Night and it will be all pretty.",
"I reccommend downloading the MP3 first, ladies and gents.",
"It's convoluted, strange and painful to listen to.",
"It starts off with the \"ooooo oh yeah\"s.",
"It takes a million years for her to sing the first verse because of all the oo-ing.",
"She hits the high note and all is happy.",
"Then comes the strangest rendition of The Lords Prayer.",
"It sounds so insincere and awful with her oo-ing and ah-ing in the background.",
"After that, it's a huge ballad.",
"Then this strange Gospel/Jazz piano comes in and Christina starts to scream.",
"It sounds like it should be played in Las Vegas or something.",
"She's basically saying \"Look at me!",
"I can sing!",
"Oh yeah, Christmas is...good.",
"But I can sing!",
"\" DON'T BUY IT"
] |
1 | Terrible Disappointment | I have never been so compelled to write a negative review. This film is not good, most definitely not educational, and simply irritating. I saw this DVD and thought, "this is going to be great--an imax film about beavers. How cool is that?" Well, I was thoroughly disappointed. The beaver footage was obviously setup and did not represent natural behavior; the background music was obnoxious and not fitting; beavers do not make loud moans and actually they make very little noise at all; and the film was too "done up"--if they would have only filmed the beavers and left it at that! This film was such a let down and a big missed opportunity and cleaver and creative it was not. Do not buy this DVD and if you do, please do not think anything in this film is educational or factual--oh yah, and if you do choose to put yourself through the misery, put the player on mute so you do not have to listen the fake, irritating beaver noises and the obnoxious, ill-suited background music. | 984 | [
"I have never been so compelled to write a negative review.",
"This film is not good, most definitely not educational, and simply irritating.",
"I saw this DVD and thought, \"this is going to be great--an imax film about beavers.",
"How cool is that?",
"\" Well, I was thoroughly disappointed.",
"The beaver footage was obviously setup and did not represent natural behavior; the background music was obnoxious and not fitting; beavers do not make loud moans and actually they make very little noise at all; and the film was too \"done up\"--if they would have only filmed the beavers and left it at that!",
"This film was such a let down and a big missed opportunity and cleaver and creative it was not.",
"Do not buy this DVD and if you do, please do not think anything in this film is educational or factual--oh yah, and if you do choose to put yourself through the misery, put the player on mute so you do not have to listen the fake, irritating beaver noises and the obnoxious, ill-suited background music."
] |
1 | Garden Seat | I ordered this item for a replacement portable gardening seat for my wife. The description of this item, a Garden Scoot, indicates that it is intended for use as a portable seat in the garden. After receiving the Scoot I realized that the seat, in the lowest position, is much to high for use in our garden beds at the ground level. The seat is very much too high to use as a seat for bending over to work plants and pull weeds at the ground level, feels like standing on your head.Although the product is well made and looks to be very strong but it is DEFINATLY NOT A COMFORTABLE SITTING HEIGHT TO WORK PLANTS AND PULL WEEDS AT GROUND LEVEL. The description should be changed to correctly identify the product use and seat height.I contacted the seller and was able to return the Scoot. However the return cost a restocking fee of 15% and return shipment costs:Restocking 15% $17.50Return Shipping $29.00Total Costs for Returning $66.50 (The original price of the Scoot was $114.00) | 984 | [
"I ordered this item for a replacement portable gardening seat for my wife.",
"The description of this item, a Garden Scoot, indicates that it is intended for use as a portable seat in the garden.",
"After receiving the Scoot I realized that the seat, in the lowest position, is much to high for use in our garden beds at the ground level.",
"The seat is very much too high to use as a seat for bending over to work plants and pull weeds at the ground level, feels like standing on your head.Although the product is well made and looks to be very strong but it is DEFINATLY NOT A COMFORTABLE SITTING HEIGHT TO WORK PLANTS AND PULL WEEDS AT GROUND LEVEL.",
"The description should be changed to correctly identify the product use and seat height.I contacted the seller and was able to return the Scoot.",
"However the return cost a restocking fee of 15% and return shipment costs:Restocking 15% $17.50Return Shipping $29.00Total Costs for Returning $66.50 (The original price of the Scoot was $114.00)"
] |
1 | Fools make movie. | Just another awful romantic comedy, that's all. This one's about a New York architect (Matthew Perry) who is temporarily stationed in Las Vegas in order to oversee the building of a nightclub. One night, he meets Salma Hayek on line for the restroom in a casino. They enjoy an assignation. She disappears, suddenly uncomfortable for no clear reason. But she suddenly turns up 3 months later, pregnant and pouting about it. They get married. Then they start fighting. . . . Does that about cover it? Perry and Hayek were both inexperienced as lead actors in major motion pictures at the time of this movie's release (1997). Unsurprisingly, it's Hayek -- you know, the one with more talent and ambition -- who comes off much better. Her natural charisma and ravishing beauty eclipses her co-star's entire presence. Oh, I sat through the whole film . . . but then, I'd sit through a 2-hour infomercial if Salma Hayek was in it. That's not a recommendation for a general audience, though. | 984 | [
"Just another awful romantic comedy, that's all.",
"This one's about a New York architect (Matthew Perry) who is temporarily stationed in Las Vegas in order to oversee the building of a nightclub.",
"One night, he meets Salma Hayek on line for the restroom in a casino.",
"They enjoy an assignation.",
"She disappears, suddenly uncomfortable for no clear reason.",
"But she suddenly turns up 3 months later, pregnant and pouting about it.",
"They get married.",
"Then they start fighting.",
".",
".",
".",
"Does that about cover it?",
"Perry and Hayek were both inexperienced as lead actors in major motion pictures at the time of this movie's release (1997).",
"Unsurprisingly, it's Hayek -- you know, the one with more talent and ambition -- who comes off much better.",
"Her natural charisma and ravishing beauty eclipses her co-star's entire presence.",
"Oh, I sat through the whole film.",
".",
".",
"but then, I'd sit through a 2-hour infomercial if Salma Hayek was in it.",
"That's not a recommendation for a general audience, though."
] |
1 | Does she have an editor??? | This is a question I have had for quite some time. Ms. Palmer has long been a favorite author, however, the older I grow, the more antiquated her dialogue becomes. Also, in book after book, continuity is a LARGE problem for Ms. Palmer. Does she forget what she has written from the day before? Also, is she so out of touch with today's youth that she truely thinks they still use words like "swell" and "dishy"? Come on, Diana, if you are going to continue to write, then please try to keep up with the jargon of today. I applaud the high moral standards she continues to give her heros and heroines, but just because you are a "throwback" to another time doesn't mean you will express yourself like a 50's television show. I agree with the request of another reader for Ms. Palmer to take a step back and look for the magic that she had when she wrote Amelia, Nora, and Diamond Spur. By the way, in case there is some confusion, Night Fever is a reprint from back in the early '90's. | 984 | [
"This is a question I have had for quite some time.",
"Ms.",
"Palmer has long been a favorite author, however, the older I grow, the more antiquated her dialogue becomes.",
"Also, in book after book, continuity is a LARGE problem for Ms.",
"Palmer.",
"Does she forget what she has written from the day before?",
"Also, is she so out of touch with today's youth that she truely thinks they still use words like \"swell\" and \"dishy\"?",
"Come on, Diana, if you are going to continue to write, then please try to keep up with the jargon of today.",
"I applaud the high moral standards she continues to give her heros and heroines, but just because you are a \"throwback\" to another time doesn't mean you will express yourself like a 50's television show.",
"I agree with the request of another reader for Ms.",
"Palmer to take a step back and look for the magic that she had when she wrote Amelia, Nora, and Diamond Spur.",
"By the way, in case there is some confusion, Night Fever is a reprint from back in the early '90's."
] |
1 | countless flaws and bad logic | have read all of demille's books, this is perhaps the worst one ever written by him. so many holes, countless flaws...the whole book just read like a poorly and blindly patched quilt. in order to give some twists to the plot and scenario, demille had thrown in so many nuts and bolts but simply failed to make all of them match or connet together properly. when you have read something happened in the former scenes, he later seemed to totally forgot what he had already written and the same situations came out almost like nobody knew it had already happened. nearly a half century's mole hunt just turned out to be more ridiculous page after page. i just wish that demille could re-read what he had written in this book and would not turn a blind eye to what he did to this lousy work-maybe the only one-by facing himself in the mirror, slapping his both cheeks for what he had done and, so poorly done. any viewer who gave high praises need to enroll in the logic 101 class pronto. | 984 | [
"have read all of demille's books, this is perhaps the worst one ever written by him.",
"so many holes, countless flaws...the whole book just read like a poorly and blindly patched quilt.",
"in order to give some twists to the plot and scenario, demille had thrown in so many nuts and bolts but simply failed to make all of them match or connet together properly.",
"when you have read something happened in the former scenes, he later seemed to totally forgot what he had already written and the same situations came out almost like nobody knew it had already happened.",
"nearly a half century's mole hunt just turned out to be more ridiculous page after page.",
"i just wish that demille could re-read what he had written in this book and would not turn a blind eye to what he did to this lousy work-maybe the only one-by facing himself in the mirror, slapping his both cheeks for what he had done and, so poorly done.",
"any viewer who gave high praises need to enroll in the logic 101 class pronto."
] |
1 | Not Worth the Price | Apple Computers should be ashamed of themselves. I received my 40 GB ipod as a 2004 Christmas present and the problems began after only 6 months. Though I sould say, I really loved my ipod before it crapped out on me. I see a lot of other customers have had similar trouble with this thing and I just want to cast my vote of disapproval. The problems are: The computer/itunes not recognizing the ipod. The hard drive spinning up but never starting. The hard drive crashing and losing all data resulting in having to reset the ipod to factory settings and reinstalling the software and after all that having the same problem happen again.After hearing all the horror stories about Apple's customer service I figure it's not worth trying to repair. Since this model has been discontinued, there's no point in telling people not to buy it now. I only hope that the new ipods are better. I'll be reading the reviews very carefully if and when I decide to get another ipod. Live and learn. | 984 | [
"Apple Computers should be ashamed of themselves.",
"I received my 40 GB ipod as a 2004 Christmas present and the problems began after only 6 months.",
"Though I sould say, I really loved my ipod before it crapped out on me.",
"I see a lot of other customers have had similar trouble with this thing and I just want to cast my vote of disapproval.",
"The problems are: The computer/itunes not recognizing the ipod.",
"The hard drive spinning up but never starting.",
"The hard drive crashing and losing all data resulting in having to reset the ipod to factory settings and reinstalling the software and after all that having the same problem happen again.After hearing all the horror stories about Apple's customer service I figure it's not worth trying to repair.",
"Since this model has been discontinued, there's no point in telling people not to buy it now.",
"I only hope that the new ipods are better.",
"I'll be reading the reviews very carefully if and when I decide to get another ipod.",
"Live and learn."
] |
1 | CD player no good | I purchased a unit nearly exactly like this one (model number RCD039), though mine LOOKS exactly like this one. The front load CD player has never worked right from the first CD I played to my most recent attempt this morning. When I push the CD tray in, the unit makes a spinning squealing sound and only about 30% of the time recognizes my CD and begins to play it. The other 70% of the time, the unit doesn't recognize that a CD is inserted--the digital track information shows - - instead of the number of tracks on the CD. When it DOES play a CD, it often stops reading the CD after a few songs... for no apparent reason.I should have return the unit the next day, but life got busy. If you plan to use this for its radio or MP3 functions, you'll be fine. The radio works, but I haven't tried the MP3/iPod function yet. Do NOT plan to play any CDs on this machine. I'm convinced the front spring-load design is just crap.I got mine on sale for $39 and completely wasted my money. | 984 | [
"I purchased a unit nearly exactly like this one (model number RCD039), though mine LOOKS exactly like this one.",
"The front load CD player has never worked right from the first CD I played to my most recent attempt this morning.",
"When I push the CD tray in, the unit makes a spinning squealing sound and only about 30% of the time recognizes my CD and begins to play it.",
"The other 70% of the time, the unit doesn't recognize that a CD is inserted--the digital track information shows - - instead of the number of tracks on the CD.",
"When it DOES play a CD, it often stops reading the CD after a few songs... for no apparent reason.I should have return the unit the next day, but life got busy.",
"If you plan to use this for its radio or MP3 functions, you'll be fine.",
"The radio works, but I haven't tried the MP3/iPod function yet.",
"Do NOT plan to play any CDs on this machine.",
"I'm convinced the front spring-load design is just crap.I got mine on sale for $39 and completely wasted my money."
] |
1 | Still a pain in my neck... | I suffered terrible whiplash back in 1997 in an auto accident and have struggled for years with neck pain. After much searching I found the most relief I have ever felt. I began sleeping with a horse-shoe-shaped neck roll filled with bean-bag-chair-like stuffing purchased in an airport gift shop.When I spotted this pillow it seemed to be made out of basically the same materials... so I ordered it. I admit I was quite the skeptic... So when I received this I hung onto the packaging; "just in case"... one month turned into 2, then 3... I threw the packaging away ...You may have noticed that this was a 1 star review so here goes... I purchased this pillow in May of 2009... I am writing this review in October of 2009. I have had this pillow for only 5 short months and already it is worn out! It flattens when I place it under my neck and I wake up all night long chasing it around my bed. I am going back to the $12 neck roll from the airport! Don't waste your money... I did!! | 984 | [
"I suffered terrible whiplash back in 1997 in an auto accident and have struggled for years with neck pain.",
"After much searching I found the most relief I have ever felt.",
"I began sleeping with a horse-shoe-shaped neck roll filled with bean-bag-chair-like stuffing purchased in an airport gift shop.When I spotted this pillow it seemed to be made out of basically the same materials... so I ordered it.",
"I admit I was quite the skeptic... So when I received this I hung onto the packaging; \"just in case\"... one month turned into 2, then 3... I threw the packaging away ...You may have noticed that this was a 1 star review so here goes... I purchased this pillow in May of 2009... I am writing this review in October of 2009.",
"I have had this pillow for only 5 short months and already it is worn out!",
"It flattens when I place it under my neck and I wake up all night long chasing it around my bed.",
"I am going back to the $12 neck roll from the airport!",
"Don't waste your money... I did!!"
] |
1 | Trash | Pathetic, meaningless songs. I could give a crayon to 2 year olds and get better lyrics. This is not metal, this is barely rap-core. Void of melody or talent. Stay as far away as possible from this CD. Want quality metal? Try In Flames or Children of BOdom, just stay as far away as possible from this CD."Adidas, rapping, angsty lyrics, samples, funky grooves, screaming, ad nauseum. Stand in line, you know the drill. More spokes off the hub that Korn have wrought, and to a lesser extent, the Deftones, whose utter superiority to this cack is so obvious I just have to laugh. And laugh I will. You see, rap music is that airheaded kid that sat at back of your classroom, popular, but vacant, and damn difficult to ignore because he was so obnoxious. Lyrical analysis is futile though, sorta like perusing mattress tags for an iambic sonnet. But don't mind me, 'cause this will sell like justice for the rich. If you like your Korn-metal with an odious rap husk, well, there it is." | 984 | [
"Pathetic, meaningless songs.",
"I could give a crayon to 2 year olds and get better lyrics.",
"This is not metal, this is barely rap-core.",
"Void of melody or talent.",
"Stay as far away as possible from this CD.",
"Want quality metal?",
"Try In Flames or Children of BOdom, just stay as far away as possible from this CD.\"Adidas, rapping, angsty lyrics, samples, funky grooves, screaming, ad nauseum.",
"Stand in line, you know the drill.",
"More spokes off the hub that Korn have wrought, and to a lesser extent, the Deftones, whose utter superiority to this cack is so obvious I just have to laugh.",
"And laugh I will.",
"You see, rap music is that airheaded kid that sat at back of your classroom, popular, but vacant, and damn difficult to ignore because he was so obnoxious.",
"Lyrical analysis is futile though, sorta like perusing mattress tags for an iambic sonnet.",
"But don't mind me, 'cause this will sell like justice for the rich.",
"If you like your Korn-metal with an odious rap husk, well, there it is.\""
] |
1 | Booooooooooooooring ! | Even ONE STAR IS TOO MUCHThe Thompson Twins WERE an interesting band.In the earlier albums, their search for musical identity and independancewas interesting and creativeand the 80s albums were certainly their best and remain the best ones to date.Especially QUICK STEP, GAP, and FUTURE DAYS.The reissues are the TT Treat to all fans.Edsel hit it right every time by the way...TT were orignal a seven set trimmed down to a trio after two endeavoursand it sounds clear that with the departure of Joe Leeway the inspiration departed alongside...Was Joe Leeway THE creative element in the set ?Queer is a very poor parent of poor and rock.The feeling is the drum machine was set from the beginning of the album ad liband the musical and singing performance do nothing for the albumbut add to the boredo(o)m !This certainly accounts for the flop.if you like or want to know about the Twins go for QUICK STEP, GAP, and FUTURE DAYS.They are great disco, pop, and dance albums you will love. | 984 | [
"Even ONE STAR IS TOO MUCHThe Thompson Twins WERE an interesting band.In the earlier albums, their search for musical identity and independancewas interesting and creativeand the 80s albums were certainly their best and remain the best ones to date.Especially QUICK STEP, GAP, and FUTURE DAYS.The reissues are the TT Treat to all fans.Edsel hit it right every time by the way...TT were orignal a seven set trimmed down to a trio after two endeavoursand it sounds clear that with the departure of Joe Leeway the inspiration departed alongside...Was Joe Leeway THE creative element in the set?",
"Queer is a very poor parent of poor and rock.The feeling is the drum machine was set from the beginning of the album ad liband the musical and singing performance do nothing for the albumbut add to the boredo(o)m!",
"This certainly accounts for the flop.if you like or want to know about the Twins go for QUICK STEP, GAP, and FUTURE DAYS.They are great disco, pop, and dance albums you will love."
] |
1 | NO RAW file support! | The following review is only interesting for photographer:The main reason for me to buy the product was to backup and store photos from my Canon to a harddisk and have a fast viewer for the photos. I shoot the photos in .jpg and .raw format.I upgraded my Archos from the former AV 420 which did support .jpg and .raw backup from my Canon, but the photo viewer was incredible slow.You don't find any Information about storing the .raw format on your Archos... I bought the product in the believe that an upgrade can't mean a step back in the development... which was an error... it really DONT support .raw ... I asked the helpdesk if they plan to support the .raw file in future... their answer was NO, they decided against raw format.Nevertheless the picture viewer and the video things work fine, just for those who want to store .raw files as in the past, forget it...Thanks Archos, so you make it easy for photographer to change the backup system to other companies like Creative. | 984 | [
"The following review is only interesting for photographer:The main reason for me to buy the product was to backup and store photos from my Canon to a harddisk and have a fast viewer for the photos.",
"I shoot the photos in .jpg and .raw format.I upgraded my Archos from the former AV 420 which did support .jpg and .raw backup from my Canon, but the photo viewer was incredible slow.You don't find any Information about storing the .raw format on your Archos... I bought the product in the believe that an upgrade can't mean a step back in the development... which was an error... it really DONT support .raw ... I asked the helpdesk if they plan to support the .raw file in future... their answer was NO, they decided against raw format.Nevertheless the picture viewer and the video things work fine, just for those who want to store .raw files as in the past, forget it...Thanks Archos, so you make it easy for photographer to change the backup system to other companies like Creative."
] |
1 | PUH-LEEZE! | I have thoroghly enjoyed this author's previous books, especially the brilliant A SEASON IN PURGATORY from which an also excellent film version was made. Because I so admired Dominick Dunne's writing skills and had found his other books so compelling (I've read some of them more than once) I was eager to read ANOTHER CITY, NOT MY OWN and gladly paid for a hardbound copy as soon as they were available. That said, it is difficult to find adequate words to sum up my disappointment in this book. Inane, pretentious, self-promoting, fatuous and poorly written are some adjectives that come to mind. It is difficult to believe that the same author who produced AN INCONVENIENT WOMAN, THE TWO MRS. GRENVILLES, and A SEASON IN PURGATORY has turned out this poor, lazily-written piece of drivel. What *was* this author (not to mention the publisher)thinking about? Was an editor involved at all? Save your money: this book isn't even worth its price in paperback. Shame on you, Mr. Dunne! | 984 | [
"I have thoroghly enjoyed this author's previous books, especially the brilliant A SEASON IN PURGATORY from which an also excellent film version was made.",
"Because I so admired Dominick Dunne's writing skills and had found his other books so compelling (I've read some of them more than once) I was eager to read ANOTHER CITY, NOT MY OWN and gladly paid for a hardbound copy as soon as they were available.",
"That said, it is difficult to find adequate words to sum up my disappointment in this book.",
"Inane, pretentious, self-promoting, fatuous and poorly written are some adjectives that come to mind.",
"It is difficult to believe that the same author who produced AN INCONVENIENT WOMAN, THE TWO MRS.",
"GRENVILLES, and A SEASON IN PURGATORY has turned out this poor, lazily-written piece of drivel.",
"What *was* this author (not to mention the publisher)thinking about?",
"Was an editor involved at all?",
"Save your money: this book isn't even worth its price in paperback.",
"Shame on you, Mr.",
"Dunne!"
] |
1 | Wreckage Rated Version | I saw this movie for cheap and it sounded good. Yea, doesn't all horror movie reviews start that way? Anyways, the story, acting, and timing is good. There is no blood or gore in the r-rated version, matter of fact it's could be pg-13. I didn't know there was an unrated version when I bought it and that is something I can't stand is unrated films. There is a site where you can check the difference between films but this one didn't have this movie up yet. I don't know how gory it could have been. So yea, it's a basic pg-13 horror film with a good cast but very little blood and no gore. The film doesn't really make sense in some scenes but I guess i'll have to wait for the website to get ahold of the copy to see if I missed anything. The movie gets funny towards the end when they find the owner's nephew, Frank. Other then a few dumb laughs, stay away from this movie or at least get the unrated version. Also, the guy on the cover doesn't even appear in the r rated version. | 984 | [
"I saw this movie for cheap and it sounded good.",
"Yea, doesn't all horror movie reviews start that way?",
"Anyways, the story, acting, and timing is good.",
"There is no blood or gore in the r-rated version, matter of fact it's could be pg-13.",
"I didn't know there was an unrated version when I bought it and that is something I can't stand is unrated films.",
"There is a site where you can check the difference between films but this one didn't have this movie up yet.",
"I don't know how gory it could have been.",
"So yea, it's a basic pg-13 horror film with a good cast but very little blood and no gore.",
"The film doesn't really make sense in some scenes but I guess i'll have to wait for the website to get ahold of the copy to see if I missed anything.",
"The movie gets funny towards the end when they find the owner's nephew, Frank.",
"Other then a few dumb laughs, stay away from this movie or at least get the unrated version.",
"Also, the guy on the cover doesn't even appear in the r rated version."
] |
1 | Don't waste your money! | I bought this game because I really like RPG's, BIG mistake! This isn't a true RPG this is a story game, This game is boring, the game is one big video and the only part you have in it is the battles that are annoying and don't have that something that games like Final Fantasy has, you also get to make the OCCASIONAL decision for the hero. The weapons are basic and boring with the only variation being in the stats and spells. The graphics are terrible, I've seen better graphics on a SNES!The music is resonible but a bit repeditive with not much variation from song to song. The story is boring with the biggest twist being a traitor and a war. The story also jumps without much explanation, and as usual everyone is in love with the main character or his friends.My suggestion is don't buy this game, wasting money on lollies will give you longer enjoyment! It looks like Konami have made another terrible RPG. If you like RPG's stick to SquareSoft and the Final Fantasy series. | 984 | [
"I bought this game because I really like RPG's, BIG mistake!",
"This isn't a true RPG this is a story game, This game is boring, the game is one big video and the only part you have in it is the battles that are annoying and don't have that something that games like Final Fantasy has, you also get to make the OCCASIONAL decision for the hero.",
"The weapons are basic and boring with the only variation being in the stats and spells.",
"The graphics are terrible, I've seen better graphics on a SNES!",
"The music is resonible but a bit repeditive with not much variation from song to song.",
"The story is boring with the biggest twist being a traitor and a war.",
"The story also jumps without much explanation, and as usual everyone is in love with the main character or his friends.My suggestion is don't buy this game, wasting money on lollies will give you longer enjoyment!",
"It looks like Konami have made another terrible RPG.",
"If you like RPG's stick to SquareSoft and the Final Fantasy series."
] |
1 | Is Singer sacred? | The man touted as the greatest thinker of the age and most highly paid philosopher believes the retarded, the infirm and his aged mother should die for the convenience of the finances of the Government, more money to pay for his academic grants, and the preservation of cockroaches. If one advocated this as self-interest philosophers such as Parfit would call this monstrous, but since it is done in the name of self-sacrifice, it is all quite all right.This social darwinism with a collectivist or socialist face is quite interesting as a roman a clef philosophy of psychological confession--if one substitutes "I" in his prescriptions (or should one say proscriptions?). "Human Life is not sacred" or "Those society views as misfits should die" and so on become more interesting when we realize Singer is saying "My life isn't sacred " and "Those I view as misfits should die."Socrates would disagree with Singer, Hitler would not. This book will be a sure hit at the Universities. | 984 | [
"The man touted as the greatest thinker of the age and most highly paid philosopher believes the retarded, the infirm and his aged mother should die for the convenience of the finances of the Government, more money to pay for his academic grants, and the preservation of cockroaches.",
"If one advocated this as self-interest philosophers such as Parfit would call this monstrous, but since it is done in the name of self-sacrifice, it is all quite all right.This social darwinism with a collectivist or socialist face is quite interesting as a roman a clef philosophy of psychological confession--if one substitutes \"I\" in his prescriptions (or should one say proscriptions?",
").",
"\"Human Life is not sacred\" or \"Those society views as misfits should die\" and so on become more interesting when we realize Singer is saying \"My life isn't sacred \" and \"Those I view as misfits should die.\"Socrates would disagree with Singer, Hitler would not.",
"This book will be a sure hit at the Universities."
] |
1 | Terrible fishing pole | We bought this to be used as our son's first fishing pole. I opened the package while he eagerly awaited. Unfortunately, the set is a EXTREMELY poor quality. The rod fell apart in my hands -- the little trigger piece fell out and the inside of the rod crumbled into the table. I re-assembled it. But, the rod just would not work. The line wouldn't come out when I pressed the trigger release. To no avail, I tried every way possible to fix the rod and had some friends look at it. Nothing worked.Overall, this set is really weak and exemplifies the problems with selling a cheap Chinese-made pole. It tarnishes the good "Shakespeare" name and the history of decent fishing poles. I'd willingly pay double the price to have something that would last and actually work!Also, this is not a complete set. Anyone who buys one of these and manages to get it to work properly will also need to buy a hook and a sinker. This does not come with either!Overall: AVOID THIS TERRIBLE FISHING KIT. | 984 | [
"We bought this to be used as our son's first fishing pole.",
"I opened the package while he eagerly awaited.",
"Unfortunately, the set is a EXTREMELY poor quality.",
"The rod fell apart in my hands -- the little trigger piece fell out and the inside of the rod crumbled into the table.",
"I re-assembled it.",
"But, the rod just would not work.",
"The line wouldn't come out when I pressed the trigger release.",
"To no avail, I tried every way possible to fix the rod and had some friends look at it.",
"Nothing worked.Overall, this set is really weak and exemplifies the problems with selling a cheap Chinese-made pole.",
"It tarnishes the good \"Shakespeare\" name and the history of decent fishing poles.",
"I'd willingly pay double the price to have something that would last and actually work!",
"Also, this is not a complete set.",
"Anyone who buys one of these and manages to get it to work properly will also need to buy a hook and a sinker.",
"This does not come with either!",
"Overall: AVOID THIS TERRIBLE FISHING KIT."
] |
1 | A Bad Dream | I really hated this book. Usually when I dislike a book this much I just stop reading it, but I continued to expect that what I was reading was the set-up and that then the book would start.It has absolutely no character development. It consists almost entirely of dream-like disjointed, unconnected vignettes. So it doesn't have a story either! You couldn't like or dislike any of the characters because you learned absolutely nothing about them. I also thought that it was scientifically implausible, e.g. an 'artifical reality body suit' that could simulate the experience of breaking bones. It purports to be a detective story where the action takes place in "Artificial Reality" (AR), but I think that, at best, it was Artificial Lucid Dreaming (ALD). Or, perhaps it was mostly a full sensory electronic game and I certainly felt like I was reading a detailed description of someone's play of a video game - even more boring than watching someone play or playing a game yourself. | 984 | [
"I really hated this book.",
"Usually when I dislike a book this much I just stop reading it, but I continued to expect that what I was reading was the set-up and that then the book would start.It has absolutely no character development.",
"It consists almost entirely of dream-like disjointed, unconnected vignettes.",
"So it doesn't have a story either!",
"You couldn't like or dislike any of the characters because you learned absolutely nothing about them.",
"I also thought that it was scientifically implausible, e.g. an 'artifical reality body suit' that could simulate the experience of breaking bones.",
"It purports to be a detective story where the action takes place in \"Artificial Reality\" (AR), but I think that, at best, it was Artificial Lucid Dreaming (ALD).",
"Or, perhaps it was mostly a full sensory electronic game and I certainly felt like I was reading a detailed description of someone's play of a video game - even more boring than watching someone play or playing a game yourself."
] |
1 | Cute But Useless | I love the color and size of this cute little pink mouse, but as for function, it's useless. I've had mine for 2 months and with regular use, I'm already having it replaced.The mouse is a perfect size for me but the miniature wheel is hard to get a handle on. The mouse itself is approximately 3.5 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. TINY which worked well for my small hands but could prove problematic for someone with a larger hand.The one star is for Customer Service regarding the mouse. I was able to get through to Targus easily and use their 1 year warranty to get the product replaced.If you're looking for something cute and ornamental that you will use occasionally, this mouse might be okay but if you plan to actually use it for everyday functions, get a heartier mouse. This one won't last and you can pay a similar amount of money for a very good mouse, though unfortunately, it probably won't be pink which is obviously the biggest selling point on this particular mouse. | 984 | [
"I love the color and size of this cute little pink mouse, but as for function, it's useless.",
"I've had mine for 2 months and with regular use, I'm already having it replaced.The mouse is a perfect size for me but the miniature wheel is hard to get a handle on.",
"The mouse itself is approximately 3.5 inches long and 1.5 inches wide.",
"TINY which worked well for my small hands but could prove problematic for someone with a larger hand.The one star is for Customer Service regarding the mouse.",
"I was able to get through to Targus easily and use their 1 year warranty to get the product replaced.If you're looking for something cute and ornamental that you will use occasionally, this mouse might be okay but if you plan to actually use it for everyday functions, get a heartier mouse.",
"This one won't last and you can pay a similar amount of money for a very good mouse, though unfortunately, it probably won't be pink which is obviously the biggest selling point on this particular mouse."
] |
1 | Boring, Pointless, Stupid | The entire time that I watched this movie, I thought, "what is this getting to?" The end FINALLY came, and I thought, "Oh, it came to nothing." There was no point to the Talented Mr. Ripley. The entire film was boring, giving the viewer little to no excitement. I couldn't get into it. I didn't really know what was going to happen next, but I didn't really care! The performances were fine, and the visual design was excellent. It was a very colorful movie. It was just stupid. Matt Damon portrayed Mr. Ripley, a gay con artist, murdering psychopath who tried to live several identities and got himself into some serious trouble. Let that sentence be enough, because that pretty much sums up a waste of two hours and twenty minutes. Don't see this movie expecting thrills. Expect yawns. The R rating is not the heaviest of them all. Mostly for some violence. There was also a meager amount of profanity, and some brief nudity. I wouldn't recommend The Talented Mr. Ripley to anybody. | 984 | [
"The entire time that I watched this movie, I thought, \"what is this getting to?",
"\" The end FINALLY came, and I thought, \"Oh, it came to nothing.\" There was no point to the Talented Mr.",
"Ripley.",
"The entire film was boring, giving the viewer little to no excitement.",
"I couldn't get into it.",
"I didn't really know what was going to happen next, but I didn't really care!",
"The performances were fine, and the visual design was excellent.",
"It was a very colorful movie.",
"It was just stupid.",
"Matt Damon portrayed Mr.",
"Ripley, a gay con artist, murdering psychopath who tried to live several identities and got himself into some serious trouble.",
"Let that sentence be enough, because that pretty much sums up a waste of two hours and twenty minutes.",
"Don't see this movie expecting thrills.",
"Expect yawns.",
"The R rating is not the heaviest of them all.",
"Mostly for some violence.",
"There was also a meager amount of profanity, and some brief nudity.",
"I wouldn't recommend The Talented Mr.",
"Ripley to anybody."
] |
1 | Not happy with Toshiba | This is the worst DVD player I have ever purchased!! It will not play HD DVD's without powering off from 30 to 60 minutes into to playing them. There is no warning it just powers off. I have contacted Toshiba several times, done what they have said, and sent the unit in for repair and they haven't heard of the problem and can't fix it. They sent me a brand new one and it had the same problem. Still no resulotion on the problem. I am so frustrated with a product that costs so much and doesn't work, and that the company has no idea what to do to fix the problem and all they tell me is that they have not heard of this problem before. How could I receive two different units with the same problem and no one at Toshiba has heard of it. This has really worried me about HD DVD players because now I have HD DVD's without any way to play them and hope that other HD DVD players are not the same way. This unit is supposed to be Toshiba's best HD DVD player. Well I'm not impressed!! | 984 | [
"This is the worst DVD player I have ever purchased!!",
"It will not play HD DVD's without powering off from 30 to 60 minutes into to playing them.",
"There is no warning it just powers off.",
"I have contacted Toshiba several times, done what they have said, and sent the unit in for repair and they haven't heard of the problem and can't fix it.",
"They sent me a brand new one and it had the same problem.",
"Still no resulotion on the problem.",
"I am so frustrated with a product that costs so much and doesn't work, and that the company has no idea what to do to fix the problem and all they tell me is that they have not heard of this problem before.",
"How could I receive two different units with the same problem and no one at Toshiba has heard of it.",
"This has really worried me about HD DVD players because now I have HD DVD's without any way to play them and hope that other HD DVD players are not the same way.",
"This unit is supposed to be Toshiba's best HD DVD player.",
"Well I'm not impressed!!"
] |
1 | What is up with this drill? | First. I have a workshop, barn and truck bed full of Dewalt tools and I would give every one of them a five or four rating. But this drill was nothing but problems for me and I returned it. The chuck adjustment was terrible, the speed(transmission switch) would not stay locked in position and the final straw was the distinctive sound of metal on metal and a wisp of smoke. This was within the first five hours of use. Given the number of great reviews this drill gets I am willing to accept that I got a lemon. I was not willing to take my chances on another. Just returning the drill is a long trip for me and we need tools that we can rely on. Our work is often done way "off the paved road" for you Foxworthy fans. A competitors product in the same price range has been used and abused for a month now and is going great. Sounds like Dewalt has some real quality control issues on this drill. If you buy one hope you get one of the five star drills and not a one star like I did. | 984 | [
"First.",
"I have a workshop, barn and truck bed full of Dewalt tools and I would give every one of them a five or four rating.",
"But this drill was nothing but problems for me and I returned it.",
"The chuck adjustment was terrible, the speed(transmission switch) would not stay locked in position and the final straw was the distinctive sound of metal on metal and a wisp of smoke.",
"This was within the first five hours of use.",
"Given the number of great reviews this drill gets I am willing to accept that I got a lemon.",
"I was not willing to take my chances on another.",
"Just returning the drill is a long trip for me and we need tools that we can rely on.",
"Our work is often done way \"off the paved road\" for you Foxworthy fans.",
"A competitors product in the same price range has been used and abused for a month now and is going great.",
"Sounds like Dewalt has some real quality control issues on this drill.",
"If you buy one hope you get one of the five star drills and not a one star like I did."
] |
1 | defective drill | I bought this toy for my 2.5yr old boy and he was so excited when he opened it, so we put in the battery and find that the battery door was unable to close as we turn the screw in. But since my boy was anxious to play w/ it, we just tape the door close. He played for like 3 days and got bored w/ it and we put it away...and totally forgot about the door problem. We even forgot about this toy till 2 months later, we took it back out and let him play...it works fine except the battery door sometimes open when tape is loose. Then we thought we deserve a new drill since the door would not close from the start, but because it's been 2 month...amazon would not allow us to exchange or return =( Then I contacted the manufacturer, but they would not do anything about it because we bought it through amazon.I've purchased many things from amazon and never request for any exchange or return and this is only my first time and I'm very disappointed, this is just poor customer service! | 984 | [
"I bought this toy for my 2.5yr old boy and he was so excited when he opened it, so we put in the battery and find that the battery door was unable to close as we turn the screw in.",
"But since my boy was anxious to play w/ it, we just tape the door close.",
"He played for like 3 days and got bored w/ it and we put it away...and totally forgot about the door problem.",
"We even forgot about this toy till 2 months later, we took it back out and let him play...it works fine except the battery door sometimes open when tape is loose.",
"Then we thought we deserve a new drill since the door would not close from the start, but because it's been 2 month...amazon would not allow us to exchange or return =( Then I contacted the manufacturer, but they would not do anything about it because we bought it through amazon.I've purchased many things from amazon and never request for any exchange or return and this is only my first time and I'm very disappointed, this is just poor customer service!"
] |
1 | Horrible - Do not buy | We purchased this for my baby several months ago. I knew it was going to be troublesome from the start when a DVD that I had no prior issues with started skipping repeatedly on this player. Changed DVD's and that one started skipping, too. I really wanted one that could mount to the headrest since my son was rear facing, so, I just put up with it for the last several months on long car trips. He's just one, so it wasn't a big deal that the DVD would randomly start over or that it made a grinding noise at times that sounded like it might blow up at any minute. Of course, this would be an issue for an older child or adult trying to watch a movie. Now, however, the stupid thing won't charge. There is a short in it, I guess, so it is now useless. I'd read several good reviews, and a few bad ones. Upon coming back to leave this review, I couldn't help but notice that the last several reviews are negative. I guess it once was a good product, but it certainly isn't any longer. | 984 | [
"We purchased this for my baby several months ago.",
"I knew it was going to be troublesome from the start when a DVD that I had no prior issues with started skipping repeatedly on this player.",
"Changed DVD's and that one started skipping, too.",
"I really wanted one that could mount to the headrest since my son was rear facing, so, I just put up with it for the last several months on long car trips.",
"He's just one, so it wasn't a big deal that the DVD would randomly start over or that it made a grinding noise at times that sounded like it might blow up at any minute.",
"Of course, this would be an issue for an older child or adult trying to watch a movie.",
"Now, however, the stupid thing won't charge.",
"There is a short in it, I guess, so it is now useless.",
"I'd read several good reviews, and a few bad ones.",
"Upon coming back to leave this review, I couldn't help but notice that the last several reviews are negative.",
"I guess it once was a good product, but it certainly isn't any longer."
] |
1 | Princess in Whining | A disgrace to the previous "Princess" books, this is possibly the worst of them all. Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed the previous novels in this series, eager for the next. I was drinking these books up as though I'd just ran miles. But this book I almost literally snored through. Mia was turned from a funny, clumsy princess into a whining brat. All she worried about in this book was whether her dream boy was truly "in love" with her or not. Hey, she was his girlfriend -- what more can you ask for? In Mia Thermopolis' eyes, plenty. She just can't get enough. I thought she got over complaining about her princess lessons -- my mistake. She's also an ungrateful little snob -- her boyfriend, Michael, is so sweet and always doing such nice things for her, like coming into Algebra to say hi to her every morning even though he rode with her to school, and dedicating songs to her. And I've noticed that not once does she repay him. Mia is just a bad character to mess with! | 984 | [
"A disgrace to the previous \"Princess\" books, this is possibly the worst of them all.",
"Needless to say, I thoroughly enjoyed the previous novels in this series, eager for the next.",
"I was drinking these books up as though I'd just ran miles.",
"But this book I almost literally snored through.",
"Mia was turned from a funny, clumsy princess into a whining brat.",
"All she worried about in this book was whether her dream boy was truly \"in love\" with her or not.",
"Hey, she was his girlfriend -- what more can you ask for?",
"In Mia Thermopolis' eyes, plenty.",
"She just can't get enough.",
"I thought she got over complaining about her princess lessons -- my mistake.",
"She's also an ungrateful little snob -- her boyfriend, Michael, is so sweet and always doing such nice things for her, like coming into Algebra to say hi to her every morning even though he rode with her to school, and dedicating songs to her.",
"And I've noticed that not once does she repay him.",
"Mia is just a bad character to mess with!"
] |
1 | oh YUCK!!!!!!!! | I can't believe it. I have Sailor Moon S uncut with English subtitles. and they changed the dialogue SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much. I can't beleive they would do that. The make dorky little puns out of cool phrases, and the voices sound horrible. Also, those covers are nasty. I hate these tapes. They should offer the original dialogue. What maakes me even madder is that when they DO subtitle it, they even change the subtitles!!!!!!! I CANNOT BELEIVE THEY WOULD DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Changing the subtitles so it is stupid. This show was meant for teens, not six year olds. This is supposed to be like it is. You aren't supposed to change it!!! It was meant for teens, so it may have some teen situations, they shouldn't adjust it so it is suitible for little kids. What about US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! man, it makes me so mad. I would love to give you a site where you can get them uncut with english subtitles, but I don't know if I should. MAN, it makes me MAD!!!!!!!!! Sailor Twilight | 984 | [
"I can't believe it.",
"I have Sailor Moon S uncut with English subtitles.",
"and they changed the dialogue SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much.",
"I can't beleive they would do that.",
"The make dorky little puns out of cool phrases, and the voices sound horrible.",
"Also, those covers are nasty.",
"I hate these tapes.",
"They should offer the original dialogue.",
"What maakes me even madder is that when they DO subtitle it, they even change the subtitles!!!",
"!!!",
"!",
"I CANNOT BELEIVE THEY WOULD DO THAT!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!",
"Changing the subtitles so it is stupid.",
"This show was meant for teens, not six year olds.",
"This is supposed to be like it is.",
"You aren't supposed to change it!!!",
"It was meant for teens, so it may have some teen situations, they shouldn't adjust it so it is suitible for little kids.",
"What about US!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"man, it makes me so mad.",
"I would love to give you a site where you can get them uncut with english subtitles, but I don't know if I should.",
"MAN, it makes me MAD!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"Sailor Twilight"
] |
1 | Almost Bored me to Death | Fortunately, this book didn't succeed in boring me to death, for if it had done so I wouldn't be writing this review. "Almost Americans" had only one story that sparked my interest, and that is the suicide of her first husband. I wanted to read more about how she and her children coped, because they obviously made it through somehow. The rest of the book reads more like "went to school, had lunch, came home."Patricia's father was from the Philippines, her mother from Norway, and both worked as domestic servants. She was born around 1930 and grew up in LA. She doesn't write much about her childhood except perfunctory things, like her father's limited command of English and his complaints about his "spoiled" clients. I would like to have read of some more in-depth interactions with people.I think the major problem with "Almost Americans" is that Patricia writes from the point of an outsider, not an insider. It's as though we're watching the events by peering over a fence. | 984 | [
"Fortunately, this book didn't succeed in boring me to death, for if it had done so I wouldn't be writing this review.",
"\"Almost Americans\" had only one story that sparked my interest, and that is the suicide of her first husband.",
"I wanted to read more about how she and her children coped, because they obviously made it through somehow.",
"The rest of the book reads more like \"went to school, had lunch, came home.\"Patricia's father was from the Philippines, her mother from Norway, and both worked as domestic servants.",
"She was born around 1930 and grew up in LA.",
"She doesn't write much about her childhood except perfunctory things, like her father's limited command of English and his complaints about his \"spoiled\" clients.",
"I would like to have read of some more in-depth interactions with people.I think the major problem with \"Almost Americans\" is that Patricia writes from the point of an outsider, not an insider.",
"It's as though we're watching the events by peering over a fence."
] |
1 | Terrible product AND company | A friend of mine and I both bought this product. The radio does not work and the headphones slip out of your ears if you happen to sweat when you workout. My friend and I both use ours for running Once it started to rain and mine got wet and it started jumping from song to song and then just shut down. After it dried out it worked again but just recently I was running and it just died again.This time it keeps looking for the USB port and I cannot change the display or get it to work at all.My friends display is broken and it now looks like a creased line through the middle. She can no longer view the menu. She is in the process of working with customer service and it has been a total nightmare. She called and got an RMA number and sent it in with the RMA number. One week later she received it back in the mail with a note that she needs an RMA number!!This product only seems to last about 6 months and is definitely not for anyone active! I would NEVER buy from Rio again! | 984 | [
"A friend of mine and I both bought this product.",
"The radio does not work and the headphones slip out of your ears if you happen to sweat when you workout.",
"My friend and I both use ours for running Once it started to rain and mine got wet and it started jumping from song to song and then just shut down.",
"After it dried out it worked again but just recently I was running and it just died again.This time it keeps looking for the USB port and I cannot change the display or get it to work at all.My friends display is broken and it now looks like a creased line through the middle.",
"She can no longer view the menu.",
"She is in the process of working with customer service and it has been a total nightmare.",
"She called and got an RMA number and sent it in with the RMA number.",
"One week later she received it back in the mail with a note that she needs an RMA number!!",
"This product only seems to last about 6 months and is definitely not for anyone active!",
"I would NEVER buy from Rio again!"
] |
1 | Useless mindset | Why would you wish to believe that you live in hell? That babies are born impure? That the rain forest tree roots are fighting amongst themselves? This is just a mish-mosh of beliefs picked from here and there (mostly Christian) and filtered through a belief system of Gnostic Christianity that believes that the universe is sick and to promote ACIM. Ya ya ya, the world is hell, forgive everyone/everything 24/7 and go straight to heaven, etc. And if you have an interest in Taoism, Buddhism, please go to the source teachings and not this book. You might actually learn something about what they teach, and not what this book wants you to believe. I'm surprised they didn't refer to the Buddha as the Big B and Lao Tzu as Tao-Man. Just consider that maybe you are here to experience the joy of co-creation as God and you have nothing and no one to forgive? That you'll "get home" when you get there, so don't get so stressed? That's it's all really pretty easy? Wow, what a concept! | 984 | [
"Why would you wish to believe that you live in hell?",
"That babies are born impure?",
"That the rain forest tree roots are fighting amongst themselves?",
"This is just a mish-mosh of beliefs picked from here and there (mostly Christian) and filtered through a belief system of Gnostic Christianity that believes that the universe is sick and to promote ACIM.",
"Ya ya ya, the world is hell, forgive everyone/everything 24/7 and go straight to heaven, etc.",
"And if you have an interest in Taoism, Buddhism, please go to the source teachings and not this book.",
"You might actually learn something about what they teach, and not what this book wants you to believe.",
"I'm surprised they didn't refer to the Buddha as the Big B and Lao Tzu as Tao-Man.",
"Just consider that maybe you are here to experience the joy of co-creation as God and you have nothing and no one to forgive?",
"That you'll \"get home\" when you get there, so don't get so stressed?",
"That's it's all really pretty easy?",
"Wow, what a concept!"
] |
1 | Vivienne Westwood | The purchase of Vivienne Westwood was a gift for my daughter, currently living in San Francisco, for Christmas. It was one on her wishlist, and she was delighted to receive it some days before Christmas. The process of ordering with Amazon was simple and efficient and affordable. As I live in Australia it was very convenient to order online and the seller was from Conneticutt so postage was not expensive. Posting from Australia to the US is exorbitant for parcels. I was originally intending to buy this book new but as there was not one available the "mint" condition of the used book purchased thru Amazon was very satisfactory and actually half the price of a new book. As I haven't personally sighted the book I cannot comment but my daughter is very happy with the content. Question 2 above ............ couldn't seem to fill in the desired rating for some reason, but the rating is "love it"Will definitely shop with Amazon again. Thanks a lot. MarieAmazon Verified Purchase | 984 | [
"The purchase of Vivienne Westwood was a gift for my daughter, currently living in San Francisco, for Christmas.",
"It was one on her wishlist, and she was delighted to receive it some days before Christmas.",
"The process of ordering with Amazon was simple and efficient and affordable.",
"As I live in Australia it was very convenient to order online and the seller was from Conneticutt so postage was not expensive.",
"Posting from Australia to the US is exorbitant for parcels.",
"I was originally intending to buy this book new but as there was not one available the \"mint\" condition of the used book purchased thru Amazon was very satisfactory and actually half the price of a new book.",
"As I haven't personally sighted the book I cannot comment but my daughter is very happy with the content.",
"Question 2 above ............ couldn't seem to fill in the desired rating for some reason, but the rating is \"love it\"Will definitely shop with Amazon again.",
"Thanks a lot.",
"MarieAmazon Verified Purchase"
] |
1 | allan ball:FAIL!!!!!!!!!! | The First Season was so good... and this second was such a letdown... What in God's mind were they thinking? They have changed the original story, it's so bad I want to re-write it myself.SPOILERS-------------------------------------------I mean, Having Godric the maker of Eric? I mean please, in the book Godric is a very old vampire who is a pedophile and has done a lot of bad things and wants to die because of his actions, but is not the maker of eric in the original story. They also changed the name of the Maenad , in the original story, it's Callisto, not Maryann, and she's not a social worker, and she does not die. In the original story Callisto has a romantic relationship with Sam, but she breaks up with him. In the series, MaryAnn is after Sam and wants to kill him. Also in the book, Maryann /Callisto does not transform into a monster like in the series. In the book, there is a sex club in which she appears and everyone who's in it die, except for tara, and eggs. | 984 | [
"The First Season was so good... and this second was such a letdown... What in God's mind were they thinking?",
"They have changed the original story, it's so bad I want to re-write it myself.SPOILERS-------------------------------------------I mean, Having Godric the maker of Eric?",
"I mean please, in the book Godric is a very old vampire who is a pedophile and has done a lot of bad things and wants to die because of his actions, but is not the maker of eric in the original story.",
"They also changed the name of the Maenad , in the original story, it's Callisto, not Maryann, and she's not a social worker, and she does not die.",
"In the original story Callisto has a romantic relationship with Sam, but she breaks up with him.",
"In the series, MaryAnn is after Sam and wants to kill him.",
"Also in the book, Maryann /Callisto does not transform into a monster like in the series.",
"In the book, there is a sex club in which she appears and everyone who's in it die, except for tara, and eggs."
] |
1 | Theory vs. Reality | I started reading this book in one of the lounges at JFK's Terminal One (and continued reading it over an excellent glass of wine on my way to Frankfurt). Hence the atmosphere was right somehow). Mr. Mintzberg is one of these "Professor of Economics Guru" who's frequently travelling and knows all about the world - except the real one. The "real one" in today's economics is surviving, especially for the airline industry. Airlines do have to fill their planes and make more revenues than they do have cost - as simple as that! Obviously Mr. Mintzberg has a hard time to get used to the fact that airlines can't give away anything for free. He's one of these guys spending 150 bucks for going overseas and expecting - of course - an upgrade for free including all the good stuff served in Business and First Class. Since that does not happen all the time he's blowing out all of his frustrations in this book. I feel sorry for having spent the money for this book, it's not worth it. | 984 | [
"I started reading this book in one of the lounges at JFK's Terminal One (and continued reading it over an excellent glass of wine on my way to Frankfurt).",
"Hence the atmosphere was right somehow).",
"Mr.",
"Mintzberg is one of these \"Professor of Economics Guru\" who's frequently travelling and knows all about the world - except the real one.",
"The \"real one\" in today's economics is surviving, especially for the airline industry.",
"Airlines do have to fill their planes and make more revenues than they do have cost - as simple as that!",
"Obviously Mr.",
"Mintzberg has a hard time to get used to the fact that airlines can't give away anything for free.",
"He's one of these guys spending 150 bucks for going overseas and expecting - of course - an upgrade for free including all the good stuff served in Business and First Class.",
"Since that does not happen all the time he's blowing out all of his frustrations in this book.",
"I feel sorry for having spent the money for this book, it's not worth it."
] |
1 | Huge disappointment | I wouldnt recommend a kindle to anybody. I purchased a 3g kindle for my step daughter in Tennesee for christmas and trying to send her books is ridiculous. It charged me $3.30 and almost 24 hours later they all still havent even made it to the kindle. I paid extra for "free" 3g because she has no internet or wifi where she lives yet it still charges me to send documents. I tried to send via email but that dont work, you can only send to the @kindle address. It would just be a nuisance and not a problem if she had internet access, I could send to email then she could transfer from computer to kindle.I also found out Amazon can and does delete books that you rightfully bought from them when they decide you have had it long enough.My cell phone is more useful than this kindle, at least it can save email attachments and I dont get charged every time i get an attachment.DO YOUR RESEARCH BRFORE BUYING. THERE ARE A LOT OF DEVICES LIKE THIS AND IM SURE THERE ARE BETTER OPTIONS. | 984 | [
"I wouldnt recommend a kindle to anybody.",
"I purchased a 3g kindle for my step daughter in Tennesee for christmas and trying to send her books is ridiculous.",
"It charged me $3.30 and almost 24 hours later they all still havent even made it to the kindle.",
"I paid extra for \"free\" 3g because she has no internet or wifi where she lives yet it still charges me to send documents.",
"I tried to send via email but that dont work, you can only send to the @kindle address.",
"It would just be a nuisance and not a problem if she had internet access, I could send to email then she could transfer from computer to kindle.I also found out Amazon can and does delete books that you rightfully bought from them when they decide you have had it long enough.My cell phone is more useful than this kindle, at least it can save email attachments and I dont get charged every time i get an attachment.DO YOUR RESEARCH BRFORE BUYING.",
"THERE ARE A LOT OF DEVICES LIKE THIS AND IM SURE THERE ARE BETTER OPTIONS."
] |
1 | Worst Album in History! | drumroll please... worthless Emo band Fall Out Boy have released an album where they sing about sleeping with boys and getting cut with a razorblade while they kiss each other just like they do on their shows. They also try to brainwash you because they say they don't use the internet, blah blah blah... the real story is they couldn't find a job, so they started to screech and fake playing guitars and someone really intelligent from the business heard them, then he signed them on a label that must be suffering a lot this year, and started developing subliminal messages in the form of 12-word-long-title songs. If you think this is worth your money, you're really, REALLY WRONG. Buy real Rock music, not Good Charlotte, or Simple Plan, or any Emo or Pop or Punk. BUY REAL ROCK, like Korn, Incubus, System of a Down, Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, The Mars Volta, they are real bands but no one notices nothing because they're too busy watching MTV and buying Fall Out Boy CDs. | 984 | [
"drumroll please... worthless Emo band Fall Out Boy have released an album where they sing about sleeping with boys and getting cut with a razorblade while they kiss each other just like they do on their shows.",
"They also try to brainwash you because they say they don't use the internet, blah blah blah... the real story is they couldn't find a job, so they started to screech and fake playing guitars and someone really intelligent from the business heard them, then he signed them on a label that must be suffering a lot this year, and started developing subliminal messages in the form of 12-word-long-title songs.",
"If you think this is worth your money, you're really, REALLY WRONG.",
"Buy real Rock music, not Good Charlotte, or Simple Plan, or any Emo or Pop or Punk.",
"BUY REAL ROCK, like Korn, Incubus, System of a Down, Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, The Mars Volta, they are real bands but no one notices nothing because they're too busy watching MTV and buying Fall Out Boy CDs."
] |
1 | Save Your Money! | 1 Star only because 0 stars isn't an optionObviously the author has never lived in a household where your spouse works odd hours. My husband works on the night shift in Okinawa, Japan where we are stationed with the US Military. I felt like throwing this book in the trash within the first 10 pages. My husband is going to sleep as our son and I are getting up...does it REALLY make sense for me to make up our bed every day? What am I supposed to do- make it up with him in it? I have to vaccum our house at 8pm at night! Seriously, people.Also, despite the author's adament claims about not trying to get you away from your children, it doesn't seem that way. I don't like the idea of dumping my child off on a babysitter constantly. He's MY child. I'm not going to pay someone to keep him all the time when I'm a STAY AT HOME MOM. That's the point of being a stay-at-home-mom, isn't it?To get to the point: if your household is anything other than "normal"- don't waste your money. | 984 | [
"1 Star only because 0 stars isn't an optionObviously the author has never lived in a household where your spouse works odd hours.",
"My husband works on the night shift in Okinawa, Japan where we are stationed with the US Military.",
"I felt like throwing this book in the trash within the first 10 pages.",
"My husband is going to sleep as our son and I are getting up...does it REALLY make sense for me to make up our bed every day?",
"What am I supposed to do- make it up with him in it?",
"I have to vaccum our house at 8pm at night!",
"Seriously, people.Also, despite the author's adament claims about not trying to get you away from your children, it doesn't seem that way.",
"I don't like the idea of dumping my child off on a babysitter constantly.",
"He's MY child.",
"I'm not going to pay someone to keep him all the time when I'm a STAY AT HOME MOM.",
"That's the point of being a stay-at-home-mom, isn't it?",
"To get to the point: if your household is anything other than \"normal\"- don't waste your money."
] |
1 | No inovation | I found the book to be, boring uncompelling and superficial. I just finished the elenium and the tamuli before getting into this one. Those where already deeply dissapointing but this.... Truth be told Eddings does not know how to burry a character... For those who've read both elenium and tamuli it is fairly obvious that the little eleria is the godess aphrael all over again, down to the little kisses. The depth of the characters is stunningly superficial not to mention boring. As was said in a former review, the most irritating feature in this book is most certainly the repetition of things explained and explained again. I struggle myself through this series because I bought it and because quite frankly at this point I haven't got any other to read... but for those who haven't bought it yet, it's a waste of money and time if you are looking for the finly tuned characters and plots of the belgariad and the mallorean... I hope you find your writer's strenght again david | 984 | [
"I found the book to be, boring uncompelling and superficial.",
"I just finished the elenium and the tamuli before getting into this one.",
"Those where already deeply dissapointing but this.... Truth be told Eddings does not know how to burry a character... For those who've read both elenium and tamuli it is fairly obvious that the little eleria is the godess aphrael all over again, down to the little kisses.",
"The depth of the characters is stunningly superficial not to mention boring.",
"As was said in a former review, the most irritating feature in this book is most certainly the repetition of things explained and explained again.",
"I struggle myself through this series because I bought it and because quite frankly at this point I haven't got any other to read... but for those who haven't bought it yet, it's a waste of money and time if you are looking for the finly tuned characters and plots of the belgariad and the mallorean... I hope you find your writer's strenght again david"
] |
1 | No Replacement Battery | I purchased the DV-4200i from Amazon as soon as it was available. It is a fine product. There are 2 major exceptions however.1. You can not buy a replacement battery. I have been in contact with Pretec with no success. I have searched the internet and local stores. No one sells this battery. I suggest that amazon stop selling this product until batteries are available.2. I had to buy my own software to combine clips taken with the camera. The company did not know where I could buy the program nor did they suggest a product name. I did the research and found that ACE is a fine program to combine the clips. I passed this info on to the company.It is a shame that such a fine product should have such major shortcomings. I wonder if their purchasing Dept. gets the batteries from. The won't tell me.The battery is a rechargeable Li-ion 7.4 700mAh. It is proprietary battery.if anyone who is reading this knows where I may buy the batteries, please email me atwhollander@yahoo.com | 984 | [
"I purchased the DV-4200i from Amazon as soon as it was available.",
"It is a fine product.",
"There are 2 major exceptions however.1. You can not buy a replacement battery.",
"I have been in contact with Pretec with no success.",
"I have searched the internet and local stores.",
"No one sells this battery.",
"I suggest that amazon stop selling this product until batteries are available.2. I had to buy my own software to combine clips taken with the camera.",
"The company did not know where I could buy the program nor did they suggest a product name.",
"I did the research and found that ACE is a fine program to combine the clips.",
"I passed this info on to the company.It is a shame that such a fine product should have such major shortcomings.",
"I wonder if their purchasing Dept.",
"gets the batteries from.",
"The won't tell me.The battery is a rechargeable Li-ion 7.4 700mAh.",
"It is proprietary battery.if anyone who is reading this knows where I may buy the batteries, please email me atwhollander@yahoo.com"
] |
1 | No Comparison | When I started making boxes, a friend of mine gave me a copy of David Freedman's book Box-Making Basics. That book contains photographs of a variety of boxes, has large line drawings to illustrate details, has precise measurements for each box, and has a numbered step-by-step procedure for making each box. That book enabled me to make several of the boxes in the book with relative ease. Stowe's book, on the other hand, really disappointed me. Although it has colored photographs of the boxes, they are so small that it's difficult to see what's going on in them. His procedures for actually building the boxes are way too general for me to follow. In a couple of sentences, he attempts to describe five or six procedures at a time. He has no dimensions for any of the boxes. There are no line drawings to further illustrate what he's trying to show in the tiny photographs. If I had used this book when I first started making boxes, I probably would have built book cases instead. | 984 | [
"When I started making boxes, a friend of mine gave me a copy of David Freedman's book Box-Making Basics.",
"That book contains photographs of a variety of boxes, has large line drawings to illustrate details, has precise measurements for each box, and has a numbered step-by-step procedure for making each box.",
"That book enabled me to make several of the boxes in the book with relative ease.",
"Stowe's book, on the other hand, really disappointed me.",
"Although it has colored photographs of the boxes, they are so small that it's difficult to see what's going on in them.",
"His procedures for actually building the boxes are way too general for me to follow.",
"In a couple of sentences, he attempts to describe five or six procedures at a time.",
"He has no dimensions for any of the boxes.",
"There are no line drawings to further illustrate what he's trying to show in the tiny photographs.",
"If I had used this book when I first started making boxes, I probably would have built book cases instead."
] |
1 | Very Disappointing | It's such a great idea to release these shows on DVD and the packaging for these two volumes is really inventive. However, great packaging doesn't make a great DVD. The quality of the shows on these DVDs is bottom of the barrel. I am actually surprised they had the gall to release these. Literally, the picture quality of "The Pinballs" episode is, and I am not exaggerating here, the same as a third generation VHS cassette as if the show were taped off of broadcast television. Without the benefit of cable.The extras are actually worse. The extras consist of still frames from the shows that have been blown up to fill the screen. The images are completely blown out and pixelated. I would have preferred no "extras" than something this bad.I don't know if it is a blessing that these shows are available at all or if it is just plain insulting that this company is asking people to pay for these horrible reproductions. Overall I think this DVD is an embarrassment. What a shame. | 984 | [
"It's such a great idea to release these shows on DVD and the packaging for these two volumes is really inventive.",
"However, great packaging doesn't make a great DVD.",
"The quality of the shows on these DVDs is bottom of the barrel.",
"I am actually surprised they had the gall to release these.",
"Literally, the picture quality of \"The Pinballs\" episode is, and I am not exaggerating here, the same as a third generation VHS cassette as if the show were taped off of broadcast television.",
"Without the benefit of cable.The extras are actually worse.",
"The extras consist of still frames from the shows that have been blown up to fill the screen.",
"The images are completely blown out and pixelated.",
"I would have preferred no \"extras\" than something this bad.I don't know if it is a blessing that these shows are available at all or if it is just plain insulting that this company is asking people to pay for these horrible reproductions.",
"Overall I think this DVD is an embarrassment.",
"What a shame."
] |
1 | Only 72 hours Warranty | I bought the Spectorsoft Spector Pro 5.0 and installed it on three computers in my home. No where on the box did it indicate a license restriction. In less than a week I received an e-mail from Louis@spectorsoft.com that I would have to pay them another $139.00 or they would disable the software on all computers I installed it on. Since I paid $100 for the product and was not going to be forced to purchase more licenses, I removed all copies and asked them for a refund. They said I had 72 hours and would not refund the product after that. They conveniently waited for that period to expire before telling me that I had the product installed on more than one computer. Hence, I am out $100 and have no program. This program allows you to spy on people but you are the one being spied on by Spectorsoft. Also don't let them fool you into thinking you also need Eblaster, a different name for virtually the same product. You'll be spied on and robbed too! Spectorsoft is unethical. | 984 | [
"I bought the Spectorsoft Spector Pro 5.0 and installed it on three computers in my home.",
"No where on the box did it indicate a license restriction.",
"In less than a week I received an e-mail from Louis@spectorsoft.com that I would have to pay them another $139.00 or they would disable the software on all computers I installed it on.",
"Since I paid $100 for the product and was not going to be forced to purchase more licenses, I removed all copies and asked them for a refund.",
"They said I had 72 hours and would not refund the product after that.",
"They conveniently waited for that period to expire before telling me that I had the product installed on more than one computer.",
"Hence, I am out $100 and have no program.",
"This program allows you to spy on people but you are the one being spied on by Spectorsoft.",
"Also don't let them fool you into thinking you also need Eblaster, a different name for virtually the same product.",
"You'll be spied on and robbed too!",
"Spectorsoft is unethical."
] |
1 | I want my 92 minutes back! | Absolutely the worst plot - OK, maybe tied with Solarbabies as the worst plot ever.So let's get this straight. You're a genetic scientist, you get your secret governmental funding from some upstart Navy commander who pays for your project out of petty cash and that empty coffee can next to the bottled water, you create giant carnivores to feed the world, left your daughter trapped on a deserted island with afore mention beasts for a meeting that you could have used your 1920's era two way radio for, power the "electric fence" and your only defense with a Honda generator the size of a shoebox, just happen to keep extra guns and explosives in that old shack a few miles away, know how to assembly any weapon but cant hit the broad side of a barn, just happen to keep some grain alcohol on hand for those downtrodden commando helicopter pilots that stop by for brunch, and you cant wait to sacrifice yourself to save the love of your life.Right...... It all becomes so clear now. | 984 | [
"Absolutely the worst plot - OK, maybe tied with Solarbabies as the worst plot ever.So let's get this straight.",
"You're a genetic scientist, you get your secret governmental funding from some upstart Navy commander who pays for your project out of petty cash and that empty coffee can next to the bottled water, you create giant carnivores to feed the world, left your daughter trapped on a deserted island with afore mention beasts for a meeting that you could have used your 1920's era two way radio for, power the \"electric fence\" and your only defense with a Honda generator the size of a shoebox, just happen to keep extra guns and explosives in that old shack a few miles away, know how to assembly any weapon but cant hit the broad side of a barn, just happen to keep some grain alcohol on hand for those downtrodden commando helicopter pilots that stop by for brunch, and you cant wait to sacrifice yourself to save the love of your life.Right...... It all becomes so clear now."
] |
1 | Don't buy this GPS | Hi I purchased the tomtom One XL about 1 year ago. I live in the US and travel to Europe a lot so I need one that would contain USA and Europe maps.I purchased it with the USA maps and paid to down load the Europe maps.The First Thing was it would not recognise any SD card I put in it, Sandisk, Lexar.It will only hold 1 map on the internal memory so if i wanted to put the Europe maps on I would have to take the USA maps off. Then changed them back on my return. It seems you lose all your waypoints when you do this.Then in November 2010 I removed the Europe maps and couldn't get the USA map back on...after numerous calls and emails to tomtom I have given up. tomtom's phone support often keeps you holding on for a long time before your call is answered, and as loading the maps can take an hour you call can take 1.5 hours or more!There email support have never been able to resolve the problem. I've given up and BOUGHT A GARMINhere are my thought on the tomtom on video[...] | 984 | [
"Hi I purchased the tomtom One XL about 1 year ago.",
"I live in the US and travel to Europe a lot so I need one that would contain USA and Europe maps.I purchased it with the USA maps and paid to down load the Europe maps.The First Thing was it would not recognise any SD card I put in it, Sandisk, Lexar.It will only hold 1 map on the internal memory so if i wanted to put the Europe maps on I would have to take the USA maps off.",
"Then changed them back on my return.",
"It seems you lose all your waypoints when you do this.Then in November 2010 I removed the Europe maps and couldn't get the USA map back on...after numerous calls and emails to tomtom I have given up.",
"tomtom's phone support often keeps you holding on for a long time before your call is answered, and as loading the maps can take an hour you call can take 1.5 hours or more!",
"There email support have never been able to resolve the problem.",
"I've given up and BOUGHT A GARMINhere are my thought on the tomtom on video[...]"
] |
1 | You've got to be joking! | This is supposed to be a tribute! Not a CD made to humiliate and completely ridicule and mock the artist. If those weren't the intentions, I'm sorry it SOUNDS like it! Just to make it clear this tribute was not made just for any artist, but for Incubus. INCUBUS! Which in my opinion is one of the best bands around. This is not worth money, not even trash, stay far, far, far away from this. The star, which is completely redundant, let's just put it this way, I gave it one star too many. I don't know why money was even spent on the making of this CD. Do not purchase, unless you want to torture somebody. It'll just make you deaf I'm already deaf. I reiterate and hope you take my advice stay far, far, very far away from this. Just to come and think about it, this should bring a warning label, "May cause listener to become a hearing impaired and may cause internal brain damage." Think twice before you spend your money, it's better of being burned in your chimney this holiday. | 984 | [
"This is supposed to be a tribute!",
"Not a CD made to humiliate and completely ridicule and mock the artist.",
"If those weren't the intentions, I'm sorry it SOUNDS like it!",
"Just to make it clear this tribute was not made just for any artist, but for Incubus.",
"INCUBUS!",
"Which in my opinion is one of the best bands around.",
"This is not worth money, not even trash, stay far, far, far away from this.",
"The star, which is completely redundant, let's just put it this way, I gave it one star too many.",
"I don't know why money was even spent on the making of this CD.",
"Do not purchase, unless you want to torture somebody.",
"It'll just make you deaf I'm already deaf.",
"I reiterate and hope you take my advice stay far, far, very far away from this.",
"Just to come and think about it, this should bring a warning label, \"May cause listener to become a hearing impaired and may cause internal brain damage.\" Think twice before you spend your money, it's better of being burned in your chimney this holiday."
] |
1 | Buyer Beware | All ports began running slow after just 6 months of use. Followed LinkSys RMA process and they sent me a hub in return by mistake. I followed yet another LinkSys RMA process and had to wait TWO MONTHS for the replacement switch covering their mistake. The replacement switch died after 1 week of use. The latest RMA unit ran excessively Hot until the smell of burning plastic left the air and then it would not power up. This is what I have learned about Linksys: #1) This should be a simple network pass-through device and it should not fail unless manufactured poorly - Linksys apparently cannot make a good one. #2) Do not even think about turning a broken unit into Linksys under their RMA process, they will simply send you a refurbished unit and it cannot be trusted. If these cheap switches fail they cannot be fixed and the original manufacture was flawed in the first place. #3) Choose a competitors product - I have had other brand switches running for years with no issues. | 984 | [
"All ports began running slow after just 6 months of use.",
"Followed LinkSys RMA process and they sent me a hub in return by mistake.",
"I followed yet another LinkSys RMA process and had to wait TWO MONTHS for the replacement switch covering their mistake.",
"The replacement switch died after 1 week of use.",
"The latest RMA unit ran excessively Hot until the smell of burning plastic left the air and then it would not power up.",
"This is what I have learned about Linksys: #1) This should be a simple network pass-through device and it should not fail unless manufactured poorly - Linksys apparently cannot make a good one.",
"#2) Do not even think about turning a broken unit into Linksys under their RMA process, they will simply send you a refurbished unit and it cannot be trusted.",
"If these cheap switches fail they cannot be fixed and the original manufacture was flawed in the first place.",
"#3) Choose a competitors product - I have had other brand switches running for years with no issues."
] |
1 | Will the evil ever stop????? | I thought about listing a slew of albums and artists in this review that would put this kind of pre-manufactured junk to shame, but I realized that the people who listen to this krap actually WANT to listen to pre-manufactured junk - they want to sit in front of their TV, all the while avoiding things like quality art in the form of great movies on DVD, and watch shows like American Idol night after night, telling them exactly what pre-manufactured junk to buy. They don't care that there are interesting and creative artists aplenty out there for those willing to discover them - no, they want nothing but vacant bimbos who happen to have nothing but a good voice, singing over generic pabulum that they didn't write or produce. The only good thing to come out of the Carrie Underwood/Clay Aiken/Ashlee Simpson/Britney genre is the fact that their careers are over in less than a year. I, on the other hand, will continue to enjoy CD's that I still love after 5, 10 and 15 years. | 984 | [
"I thought about listing a slew of albums and artists in this review that would put this kind of pre-manufactured junk to shame, but I realized that the people who listen to this krap actually WANT to listen to pre-manufactured junk - they want to sit in front of their TV, all the while avoiding things like quality art in the form of great movies on DVD, and watch shows like American Idol night after night, telling them exactly what pre-manufactured junk to buy.",
"They don't care that there are interesting and creative artists aplenty out there for those willing to discover them - no, they want nothing but vacant bimbos who happen to have nothing but a good voice, singing over generic pabulum that they didn't write or produce.",
"The only good thing to come out of the Carrie Underwood/Clay Aiken/Ashlee Simpson/Britney genre is the fact that their careers are over in less than a year.",
"I, on the other hand, will continue to enjoy CD's that I still love after 5, 10 and 15 years."
] |
1 | Terrible People | It was pretty good the customer service was just bad, 3 of the 5 packs were broken and i got cut by the broken glass sent with it *nothing major* took 3 weeks and 130 cellphone minutes for them to tell me i will get free shipping on my next order. I tried the mix after that because they wouldint refund me anything and i am not allergic to chocolate but after drinking this product maybe 5 minutes after i started vomiting horridly. I let a friend try the other pack*he is also not allergic* He broke out so bad and started swellewing we had to bring him to the hospital. After 15 minutes on hold (at first the lady forgot to hit hold apparently they were very confused) i spoke with a manager and the only thing they could say was a simple sorry and they would send me another half off. I figured hey maybe it was just bad luck so i ordered another and this time instead of broken packets it was missing 3 packets and both spoons. I am really never ordering from this company again. | 984 | [
"It was pretty good the customer service was just bad, 3 of the 5 packs were broken and i got cut by the broken glass sent with it *nothing major* took 3 weeks and 130 cellphone minutes for them to tell me i will get free shipping on my next order.",
"I tried the mix after that because they wouldint refund me anything and i am not allergic to chocolate but after drinking this product maybe 5 minutes after i started vomiting horridly.",
"I let a friend try the other pack*he is also not allergic* He broke out so bad and started swellewing we had to bring him to the hospital.",
"After 15 minutes on hold (at first the lady forgot to hit hold apparently they were very confused) i spoke with a manager and the only thing they could say was a simple sorry and they would send me another half off.",
"I figured hey maybe it was just bad luck so i ordered another and this time instead of broken packets it was missing 3 packets and both spoons.",
"I am really never ordering from this company again."
] |
1 | Don't know if it works or not | I was hoping to transfer files from 2 old hard drives onto my new computer. Package arrived OK, but the included driver CD was broken in half and couldn't be used. The package is not a box but a plastic bag. It was literally stuffed into the mailing envelope. I emailed company and was given an alternative way to get my computer to recognize the attached cable with hard drive. NO LUCK. Tried it on a couple computers with different operating systems, Windows 7 64-bit and Windows Vista. Emailed company again. They gave me a return authorization number. Really? The postage to send it back would have cost almost as much as the cable did. So, this piece of unuseable hardware sits in a box.To their credit, the company did respond within a day or 2 of my emails. However, they should have been able to supply me with a new CD or a link to download the driver. Searches for the driver yielded no results that worked.Not terribly happy with this cable or the company that supplied it. | 984 | [
"I was hoping to transfer files from 2 old hard drives onto my new computer.",
"Package arrived OK, but the included driver CD was broken in half and couldn't be used.",
"The package is not a box but a plastic bag.",
"It was literally stuffed into the mailing envelope.",
"I emailed company and was given an alternative way to get my computer to recognize the attached cable with hard drive.",
"NO LUCK.",
"Tried it on a couple computers with different operating systems, Windows 7 64-bit and Windows Vista.",
"Emailed company again.",
"They gave me a return authorization number.",
"Really?",
"The postage to send it back would have cost almost as much as the cable did.",
"So, this piece of unuseable hardware sits in a box.To their credit, the company did respond within a day or 2 of my emails.",
"However, they should have been able to supply me with a new CD or a link to download the driver.",
"Searches for the driver yielded no results that worked.Not terribly happy with this cable or the company that supplied it."
] |
1 | A single star | One of the reasons for watching this film, aside from the many positive reviews was to see Colin Firth act. He does not disappoint although his talents are wasted in this poor movie. Firth is a Professor of English coming to terms with the death of his partner of 18 years against the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Most of the action takes place on a single day, when Firth makes a plan to end his suffering. So during this day he has a host of sequences where he meets a lot of characters who add nothing substantial to the film and a dinner date with his long time friend Julianne Moore with a horrible English accent. Tom Ford the director is apparently a famous person but I had never heard of him until I saw the film. This is a horribly written and directed film, I had trouble keeping my eyes open and watched it one hand of the fast forward button. Nothing about this boring and pretentious film made sense. A single star only because I have to rate this film. 2.12.11 | 984 | [
"One of the reasons for watching this film, aside from the many positive reviews was to see Colin Firth act.",
"He does not disappoint although his talents are wasted in this poor movie.",
"Firth is a Professor of English coming to terms with the death of his partner of 18 years against the backdrop of the Cuban Missile Crisis.",
"Most of the action takes place on a single day, when Firth makes a plan to end his suffering.",
"So during this day he has a host of sequences where he meets a lot of characters who add nothing substantial to the film and a dinner date with his long time friend Julianne Moore with a horrible English accent.",
"Tom Ford the director is apparently a famous person but I had never heard of him until I saw the film.",
"This is a horribly written and directed film, I had trouble keeping my eyes open and watched it one hand of the fast forward button.",
"Nothing about this boring and pretentious film made sense.",
"A single star only because I have to rate this film.",
"2.12.11"
] |
1 | hmmmm | Edited to say: I'm changing my mind - I watched it again, and liked it a little better. To be fair, I have to be grateful this dvd exists, it documents an important performance, and this Harry Kupfer staging seems to be an important moment in the development of the whole "Regietheater" thing.It is an interesting premise to make the whole story the fantasy of a sick mind, however, as Peter Konwitchny points out, in an interview about his own different (also Regietheater) staging of the opera for Munich -- to put the whole story in the mind of Senta -- belittles the real human tragedy - the struggle to love and trust, the failure to trust....So, I am glad this video exists, and glad I watched it, but in final analysis, well, I was not in love with the staging, no, and not really in love with the singers -- they did fine jobs, but and am eager to get my hands on the video with Flying Dutchman from the Vienna Staatsoper with Nina Stemme and Falk Struckman to make up for it. | 984 | [
"Edited to say: I'm changing my mind - I watched it again, and liked it a little better.",
"To be fair, I have to be grateful this dvd exists, it documents an important performance, and this Harry Kupfer staging seems to be an important moment in the development of the whole \"Regietheater\" thing.It is an interesting premise to make the whole story the fantasy of a sick mind, however, as Peter Konwitchny points out, in an interview about his own different (also Regietheater) staging of the opera for Munich -- to put the whole story in the mind of Senta -- belittles the real human tragedy - the struggle to love and trust, the failure to trust....So, I am glad this video exists, and glad I watched it, but in final analysis, well, I was not in love with the staging, no, and not really in love with the singers -- they did fine jobs, but and am eager to get my hands on the video with Flying Dutchman from the Vienna Staatsoper with Nina Stemme and Falk Struckman to make up for it."
] |
1 | A Big Disappoint | I'm probably the biggest fan of Luis Royo, and was very excited to see a best of book.Why am I disappointed with this book? Because almost all of the images here are zoomed and extremely cropped. the zoomed pics show more detail than avaialable in Royo's other books, but no way does this make up for the what's missing from the complete pieces. Its more of a highlights of Royo than a true best of.To add even more salt to the wound, this book contains alot of sketches of the final pieces, found in conceptions I & II.Those Should of been excluded since theres no way they could be considered "best of".If anyone is interested in buying this book I recommend you see it in person first. It's really a shame to see his art so edited and clipped. If not for the 2 or 3 new images found only in this book I would return it or sell it.If youre looking for a good collection of the best of Royo, for the same price as this book, you could get his 3 first books Women, Malefic, & Secrets. | 984 | [
"I'm probably the biggest fan of Luis Royo, and was very excited to see a best of book.Why am I disappointed with this book?",
"Because almost all of the images here are zoomed and extremely cropped.",
"the zoomed pics show more detail than avaialable in Royo's other books, but no way does this make up for the what's missing from the complete pieces.",
"Its more of a highlights of Royo than a true best of.To add even more salt to the wound, this book contains alot of sketches of the final pieces, found in conceptions I & II.Those Should of been excluded since theres no way they could be considered \"best of\".If anyone is interested in buying this book I recommend you see it in person first.",
"It's really a shame to see his art so edited and clipped.",
"If not for the 2 or 3 new images found only in this book I would return it or sell it.If youre looking for a good collection of the best of Royo, for the same price as this book, you could get his 3 first books Women, Malefic, & Secrets."
] |
1 | Excrutiatingly dull novel. | "Time and Again" is a novel that starts of well and quickly starts to drag, once the main character, Si, finally goes back in time (about a third of the way into the book) the stroy seems poised to really take off. Instead, the story comes to a grinding halt, as Finney starts describing everything in excrutiating detail.At first the details are themselves interesting as Finney brings 1882 New York to life, but after chapter upon chapter of trivial details even the most avid student of 19th century history has to become bored. And it just seems to get worse as the novel progresses: Eventually, Si can't walk down the street without Finney spending several pages telling the reader ALL about it.When Finney does find time to tell his story, the book doesn't fair any better since the story itself isn't any good. The characters are two-dimensional and unbelievable. This is an all around pointless book and huge let down. I'm flabbergasted that some many people praise this book. | 984 | [
"\"Time and Again\" is a novel that starts of well and quickly starts to drag, once the main character, Si, finally goes back in time (about a third of the way into the book) the stroy seems poised to really take off.",
"Instead, the story comes to a grinding halt, as Finney starts describing everything in excrutiating detail.At first the details are themselves interesting as Finney brings 1882 New York to life, but after chapter upon chapter of trivial details even the most avid student of 19th century history has to become bored.",
"And it just seems to get worse as the novel progresses: Eventually, Si can't walk down the street without Finney spending several pages telling the reader ALL about it.When Finney does find time to tell his story, the book doesn't fair any better since the story itself isn't any good.",
"The characters are two-dimensional and unbelievable.",
"This is an all around pointless book and huge let down.",
"I'm flabbergasted that some many people praise this book."
] |
1 | Worst toaster I've ever owned | I cannot believe the folks who gave this a high rating. This is the worst toaster I've ever owned. The biggest complaint is that it toasts very unevenly. It tends to scorch the outside tops and leave the inside bottoms undone. You also have to decrease the setting for subsequent toast or you'll burn it. The down latch mechanism tends to no latch after getting jammed with crumbs, requiring you to clean out the toaster before you can use it again. Once the lever is pushed down it is impossible to raise up again; you have to wait for it to release by itself. The too-short power cord stupidly exits from the control side. The adjustment knob has little friction and is easy to knock to the maximum setting. The toaster housing gets REALLY hot.I'm disappointed with Proctor-Silex for marketing this piece of crap. I'll avoid the brand in the future. I'm extremely disappointed with Consumer Reports for giving this their Best Buy recommendation. I won't be renewing my subscription. | 984 | [
"I cannot believe the folks who gave this a high rating.",
"This is the worst toaster I've ever owned.",
"The biggest complaint is that it toasts very unevenly.",
"It tends to scorch the outside tops and leave the inside bottoms undone.",
"You also have to decrease the setting for subsequent toast or you'll burn it.",
"The down latch mechanism tends to no latch after getting jammed with crumbs, requiring you to clean out the toaster before you can use it again.",
"Once the lever is pushed down it is impossible to raise up again; you have to wait for it to release by itself.",
"The too-short power cord stupidly exits from the control side.",
"The adjustment knob has little friction and is easy to knock to the maximum setting.",
"The toaster housing gets REALLY hot.I'm disappointed with Proctor-Silex for marketing this piece of crap.",
"I'll avoid the brand in the future.",
"I'm extremely disappointed with Consumer Reports for giving this their Best Buy recommendation.",
"I won't be renewing my subscription."
] |
1 | An absolute dissapointment. | Having been one of Rankin Bass biggest fans, I looked forward to reading more about behind the scenes and technical info. How dismayed I was to find that the bulk of this book is no more than plot synopsis of each of the R\B shows. tell me how there is no behind the scenes photos of a set piece to show the size of the actual figures used. I remember as a child going on a tour of the NBC studios, and seeing the figures from rudolph in a glass case. I was surprised @ the size of the abominable snow monster. I was hoping for seeing more of this type of thing. There is one picture of somebody holding donner, and thats it. we`ve seen these shows countless times, we know the story backwards..yet story synopsis takes up 99% of this book. the photos are very small, mostly black & white. It is obvious that the author is a novice, shame on him & shame on me for spending $ on this amateurish attempt of writing about a company (Rankin Bass) who deserves better treat ment than this. | 984 | [
"Having been one of Rankin Bass biggest fans, I looked forward to reading more about behind the scenes and technical info.",
"How dismayed I was to find that the bulk of this book is no more than plot synopsis of each of the R\\B shows.",
"tell me how there is no behind the scenes photos of a set piece to show the size of the actual figures used.",
"I remember as a child going on a tour of the NBC studios, and seeing the figures from rudolph in a glass case.",
"I was surprised @ the size of the abominable snow monster.",
"I was hoping for seeing more of this type of thing.",
"There is one picture of somebody holding donner, and thats it.",
"we`ve seen these shows countless times, we know the story backwards..yet story synopsis takes up 99% of this book.",
"the photos are very small, mostly black & white.",
"It is obvious that the author is a novice, shame on him & shame on me for spending $ on this amateurish attempt of writing about a company (Rankin Bass) who deserves better treat ment than this."
] |
1 | Worse...Purchase...Ever | If I could choose "no stars" on this review, I would. I made the mistake of buying two of these. My advice, pass on these. I've had a back problem for over 18 years and just always slept with a regular bed pillow between my legs, waking up in the middle of the night to find the thing somewhere else but not where I left it when I fell asleep. So, the ergonomic design and the idea that I can turn in-bed without losing my pillow was very appealing. I bought two because I spend part of my time at my place and part at my partner's place. The pillows compress too much to be of any use. The compression is such that it's like not even having anything there. I don't know why Amazon would carry a product like this except that they get suckers like me to purchase them. I went back to my regular pillow and the only pain that the HoMedics Ortho Therapy Leg Spacer Support Pillow with Velour Cover causes or caused, was to my wallet. Pass, pass, pass...I promise you...pass on this one. | 984 | [
"If I could choose \"no stars\" on this review, I would.",
"I made the mistake of buying two of these.",
"My advice, pass on these.",
"I've had a back problem for over 18 years and just always slept with a regular bed pillow between my legs, waking up in the middle of the night to find the thing somewhere else but not where I left it when I fell asleep.",
"So, the ergonomic design and the idea that I can turn in-bed without losing my pillow was very appealing.",
"I bought two because I spend part of my time at my place and part at my partner's place.",
"The pillows compress too much to be of any use.",
"The compression is such that it's like not even having anything there.",
"I don't know why Amazon would carry a product like this except that they get suckers like me to purchase them.",
"I went back to my regular pillow and the only pain that the HoMedics Ortho Therapy Leg Spacer Support Pillow with Velour Cover causes or caused, was to my wallet.",
"Pass, pass, pass...I promise you...pass on this one."
] |
1 | A disappointment | This device holds great promise, but doesn't deliver consistently. I'm a history grad student wishing to defeat the high cost and tedium of photocopying documents in the archives. The DocuPen was difficult to set up, the USB cable never worked (the conventional cable did), and the clarity of the scanned images was uneven. The biggest problem: it took repeated efforts to obtain usable images. Thus, before I could finish my work, I had to connect the portable scanner to my laptop to verify that I had captured what I came to the archive for. Often the scanner would stop reading the document before I had scanned it completely. Thus I had to scan the same item multiple times. The manual warns that may take "a bit of practice" to get the speed and steadiness of your scan-passes correct. But after four tedious hours of climbing the learning curve, I boxed it up for return, and went back to the photocopier. Next trip, I'll go back to dragging a flatbed scanner into the archive. | 984 | [
"This device holds great promise, but doesn't deliver consistently.",
"I'm a history grad student wishing to defeat the high cost and tedium of photocopying documents in the archives.",
"The DocuPen was difficult to set up, the USB cable never worked (the conventional cable did), and the clarity of the scanned images was uneven.",
"The biggest problem: it took repeated efforts to obtain usable images.",
"Thus, before I could finish my work, I had to connect the portable scanner to my laptop to verify that I had captured what I came to the archive for.",
"Often the scanner would stop reading the document before I had scanned it completely.",
"Thus I had to scan the same item multiple times.",
"The manual warns that may take \"a bit of practice\" to get the speed and steadiness of your scan-passes correct.",
"But after four tedious hours of climbing the learning curve, I boxed it up for return, and went back to the photocopier.",
"Next trip, I'll go back to dragging a flatbed scanner into the archive."
] |
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