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1 | Nice try, but not quite. | This was like a student film from a seminary. It was 37 minutes of awful acting. The idea had potential, but lost me completely between the awful acting and the failure to sell the story.These two "kids" get introduced to witchcraft, which sends them on a downward spiral. Said spiral mostly consisted of reading satanic texts, frantic scribbling of silliness on to post-it notes, and foreplay with razor blades, blood, candles, bad music and goth makeup. Their weird foreplay introduces them to a "dark lord" with a little girl as a sidekick, who commands them to kill a christian. Many silly scenes involving rape, knife-waving, demonic possession, etc. follow. I won't spoil the end for you.Overall it felt like a "reefer madness" style movie, to scare good little Christian kids into avoid the dangers of the occult. You never know what you might be inviting in, right? If it weren't for the occasional exposed breast, I could see this playing at a church youth group movie night. | 984 | [
"This was like a student film from a seminary.",
"It was 37 minutes of awful acting.",
"The idea had potential, but lost me completely between the awful acting and the failure to sell the story.These two \"kids\" get introduced to witchcraft, which sends them on a downward spiral.",
"Said spiral mostly consisted of reading satanic texts, frantic scribbling of silliness on to post-it notes, and foreplay with razor blades, blood, candles, bad music and goth makeup.",
"Their weird foreplay introduces them to a \"dark lord\" with a little girl as a sidekick, who commands them to kill a christian.",
"Many silly scenes involving rape, knife-waving, demonic possession, etc.",
"follow.",
"I won't spoil the end for you.Overall it felt like a \"reefer madness\" style movie, to scare good little Christian kids into avoid the dangers of the occult.",
"You never know what you might be inviting in, right?",
"If it weren't for the occasional exposed breast, I could see this playing at a church youth group movie night."
] |
1 | Morbid, Unfocused, Depressing | I'm all for what I'd call cynical-aesthetic if there seems to be a point to it - if there's a place that it's all leading me towards in terms of understanding human character or experience in this end-of-the millenium maelstrom we live in. But this novel, which starts well enough and kept me reading so I could find the point, just didn't have enough of one. (Yes it's tough being unloved by your parents and living with memories of a dead sibling in a world in which women are objectified, blah, blah, blah. But then what?] Makes me want to return to 19th century fiction frankly - or at least some of the 20th century writers who know about plot, character, and dare I say it, IDEAS! If you want existential female angst go back to Joan Didion's 'Play It as It Lays.' Now that's a book. Lucky Beth Nugent, though. The porn-show theme gets her published - earning her some money and some readers - which says more about our world than her novel does. Don't waste your money or time. | 984 | [
"I'm all for what I'd call cynical-aesthetic if there seems to be a point to it - if there's a place that it's all leading me towards in terms of understanding human character or experience in this end-of-the millenium maelstrom we live in.",
"But this novel, which starts well enough and kept me reading so I could find the point, just didn't have enough of one.",
"(Yes it's tough being unloved by your parents and living with memories of a dead sibling in a world in which women are objectified, blah, blah, blah.",
"But then what?",
"] Makes me want to return to 19th century fiction frankly - or at least some of the 20th century writers who know about plot, character, and dare I say it, IDEAS!",
"If you want existential female angst go back to Joan Didion's 'Play It as It Lays.' Now that's a book.",
"Lucky Beth Nugent, though.",
"The porn-show theme gets her published - earning her some money and some readers - which says more about our world than her novel does.",
"Don't waste your money or time."
] |
1 | I think I'll pass | Well, it would seem that the news is getting worse and worse about this long-awaited DVD release. I used to work at a local radio station here on Orlando when WKRP was on the air. I even saw Loni Anderson and Gary Sandy as they were entering a local restaurant. I had a ton of laughs watching this show and seeing the similarities and the incorrectness to actual broadcast radio. Now, I am laughing at the people who are trying to put this shameful set together to hopefully get some money for a probably worthless product. I can understand music rights aimed at the "free downloads," but what I can't understand is that their music isn't played in its entirety on the show, where we can rip the audio track out. I would be proud to have "my music" on this great show stay intact! I don't see how the artists are losing any money over this. I may have to rent this video just to see if there is a hidden surprise. If there is one, I'd buy it! So for now, it's "pre-order cancel time!" | 984 | [
"Well, it would seem that the news is getting worse and worse about this long-awaited DVD release.",
"I used to work at a local radio station here on Orlando when WKRP was on the air.",
"I even saw Loni Anderson and Gary Sandy as they were entering a local restaurant.",
"I had a ton of laughs watching this show and seeing the similarities and the incorrectness to actual broadcast radio.",
"Now, I am laughing at the people who are trying to put this shameful set together to hopefully get some money for a probably worthless product.",
"I can understand music rights aimed at the \"free downloads,\" but what I can't understand is that their music isn't played in its entirety on the show, where we can rip the audio track out.",
"I would be proud to have \"my music\" on this great show stay intact!",
"I don't see how the artists are losing any money over this.",
"I may have to rent this video just to see if there is a hidden surprise.",
"If there is one, I'd buy it!",
"So for now, it's \"pre-order cancel time!",
"\""
] |
1 | Misleading support department | Before buying this item, I telephoned Honeywell tech support and specifically stated that my home is a steel frame building and I have difficulty with wireless telephone service inside. I was concerned about this unit communicating with the wireless anemometer, rain unit and outside temp unit. I was assured that there would be no issue.I have had the system operational for about 2 weeks now and generally like the format BUT, the anemometer readings appear to be low in winds over 15 mph and more importantly, the unit has lost the anemometer signal several times already requiring a reset. The anemometer is located above our elevator roof entrance and less than 30 feet from the location of the main unit.I called the Honeywell/Meade tech support line and was told my issue is probably environmental -- steel frame building -- and that I should contact the company I purchased it from and see if they will accept its return.WHAT PITIFUL CUSTOMER SERVICE HONEYWELL IS OFFERING!!!! | 984 | [
"Before buying this item, I telephoned Honeywell tech support and specifically stated that my home is a steel frame building and I have difficulty with wireless telephone service inside.",
"I was concerned about this unit communicating with the wireless anemometer, rain unit and outside temp unit.",
"I was assured that there would be no issue.I have had the system operational for about 2 weeks now and generally like the format BUT, the anemometer readings appear to be low in winds over 15 mph and more importantly, the unit has lost the anemometer signal several times already requiring a reset.",
"The anemometer is located above our elevator roof entrance and less than 30 feet from the location of the main unit.I called the Honeywell/Meade tech support line and was told my issue is probably environmental -- steel frame building -- and that I should contact the company I purchased it from and see if they will accept its return.WHAT PITIFUL CUSTOMER SERVICE HONEYWELL IS OFFERING!!!",
"!"
] |
1 | Well let's see-- | If this book is anything like their web site I'd say women will be fooled into thinking they will know everything there is to NASCAR by this dynamic duo. Just look at the flag page on their website (which looks like a pot headed high school student put together, "Hey garage girls it's not that hard to learn HTML!"). It's missing a flag and the description of the blue and yellow strip flag say's the flag is just for Rookie drivers! HEH? WHA?? Just rookie drivers??? The best part is they "Thank" some D.A. who wrote in to tell them this little fact. And thank god they stopped posting information on the upcoming Nextel Cup race's, (since they screwed up the Daytona 500 and said it was 400 miles long).Oh I see they have a Bristol page for this weekends race coming up. I'll check that out and when i find the obvious errors there i will post back again on this page.I'm not here to promote this book or any other but I did read Nascar for Dummies..... They got the flags correct. | 984 | [
"If this book is anything like their web site I'd say women will be fooled into thinking they will know everything there is to NASCAR by this dynamic duo.",
"Just look at the flag page on their website (which looks like a pot headed high school student put together, \"Hey garage girls it's not that hard to learn HTML!",
"\").",
"It's missing a flag and the description of the blue and yellow strip flag say's the flag is just for Rookie drivers!",
"HEH?",
"WHA??",
"Just rookie drivers???",
"The best part is they \"Thank\" some D.A. who wrote in to tell them this little fact.",
"And thank god they stopped posting information on the upcoming Nextel Cup race's, (since they screwed up the Daytona 500 and said it was 400 miles long).Oh I see they have a Bristol page for this weekends race coming up.",
"I'll check that out and when i find the obvious errors there i will post back again on this page.I'm not here to promote this book or any other but I did read Nascar for Dummies..... They got the flags correct."
] |
1 | Terrible Table | I bought this today from the blue home store. I returned it today too. I had the same problems others had with parts not fitting together. The whole thing was out of whack and when I tried to bend it so the legs would all touch the ground, (I didn't get them all to touch at the same time) the table was twisted so one side was leaning. Trying to make the table straight and the legs were all out of sorts. The cross braces have two holes for bolts on each side. One fit ok. The second, one side I could only fit one bolt through. There was no way the second was going to fit unless I drilled a hole. It was about an inch off. I thought I would manage with one bolt on that side of the brace, But after getting the thing put together and not getting it to set right I returned it. No money loss, but a lot of my time. I would give it a "0" if I could.I really wanted the wm 425 but one wasn't available. I will wait and think about this experience before spending more time and money. | 984 | [
"I bought this today from the blue home store.",
"I returned it today too.",
"I had the same problems others had with parts not fitting together.",
"The whole thing was out of whack and when I tried to bend it so the legs would all touch the ground, (I didn't get them all to touch at the same time) the table was twisted so one side was leaning.",
"Trying to make the table straight and the legs were all out of sorts.",
"The cross braces have two holes for bolts on each side.",
"One fit ok.",
"The second, one side I could only fit one bolt through.",
"There was no way the second was going to fit unless I drilled a hole.",
"It was about an inch off.",
"I thought I would manage with one bolt on that side of the brace, But after getting the thing put together and not getting it to set right I returned it.",
"No money loss, but a lot of my time.",
"I would give it a \"0\" if I could.I really wanted the wm 425 but one wasn't available.",
"I will wait and think about this experience before spending more time and money."
] |
1 | One Hit Wonders | I love these duo singers there fresh and new, they have such creativity in them but I have to be honest this album is terrible, the only song I actually enjoy listening to is "Tell Me" the rest of the tracks are boring and repetetive, the first track is the only track I will actually maybe listen to without probably skipping over it like the rest. "Tell Me" was their only single to reach the top 10 billboard hot 100 singles chart in the mid 90's, after there success with their first single they rushed out their self-titled album wich bombed and debut at the bottom 60 of the Hot 100 Billboard album charts. I maybe wrong, some of the other reviewers seem to really loved this album. But I urge you that if you want to get this album just because of "Tell Me" DONT! Go and grab a Various Artists album with there song in it like "Monsta Jamz" available on Amazon.com, or listen to the sample tracks on the groove theory album you could listen to and maybe you'll see what I mean. | 984 | [
"I love these duo singers there fresh and new, they have such creativity in them but I have to be honest this album is terrible, the only song I actually enjoy listening to is \"Tell Me\" the rest of the tracks are boring and repetetive, the first track is the only track I will actually maybe listen to without probably skipping over it like the rest.",
"\"Tell Me\" was their only single to reach the top 10 billboard hot 100 singles chart in the mid 90's, after there success with their first single they rushed out their self-titled album wich bombed and debut at the bottom 60 of the Hot 100 Billboard album charts.",
"I maybe wrong, some of the other reviewers seem to really loved this album.",
"But I urge you that if you want to get this album just because of \"Tell Me\" DONT!",
"Go and grab a Various Artists album with there song in it like \"Monsta Jamz\" available on Amazon.com, or listen to the sample tracks on the groove theory album you could listen to and maybe you'll see what I mean."
] |
1 | This book is useless | I was required to purchase this book for a second-semester data structures class. It is totally useless to me. There are very few Java examples, and the few examples they do have are very poor examples. The author's website is just as useless as the book. I tried to access the student hint server quite a few times and always came away with nothing. I always get a message saying "Sorry, no hint available for this exercise". If you want a good book covering data structures check out Data Structures and Algorithms in Java by Mitchell Waite ISBN 1-57169-095-6. We used this book in my first-semester Data Structures course. It covers everything in detail and also gives detailed source code. It costs less than Goodrich & Tamassia's Data Structures book, is twice the size of their book, it covers everything that their book covers, and comes with a cd containing sample applets that demonstrate the concepts you are learning as well as the source code for all programs in the book. | 984 | [
"I was required to purchase this book for a second-semester data structures class.",
"It is totally useless to me.",
"There are very few Java examples, and the few examples they do have are very poor examples.",
"The author's website is just as useless as the book.",
"I tried to access the student hint server quite a few times and always came away with nothing.",
"I always get a message saying \"Sorry, no hint available for this exercise\".",
"If you want a good book covering data structures check out Data Structures and Algorithms in Java by Mitchell Waite ISBN 1-57169-095-6.",
"We used this book in my first-semester Data Structures course.",
"It covers everything in detail and also gives detailed source code.",
"It costs less than Goodrich & Tamassia's Data Structures book, is twice the size of their book, it covers everything that their book covers, and comes with a cd containing sample applets that demonstrate the concepts you are learning as well as the source code for all programs in the book."
] |
1 | Mold issue | Just got off the phone with First Alert and asked them WHY my birth certificate and passport are now wrecked by mold.They told me that this is a known issue, and the reason you get condensation in the box is because it's so air tight that the moisture that's naturally contained in your paper documents has no place to go, so it turns to mold.Not sure if I buy this or not, but they said that in their new instruction manuals it states in big letters that you should air this thing out once a month. Mine isn't one of the newer ones, actually it's one of the "Honeywell" models and I don't remember reading anything about having to air my box out. Kind of crappy.They did get my address and are going to be sending out those silica bags to me free of charge. I guess they come in a pack of 6 and you can just call them up whenever you need some more and they'll send them out no questions asked.So I guess the customer service side is pretty good for a product that's sub par at best. | 984 | [
"Just got off the phone with First Alert and asked them WHY my birth certificate and passport are now wrecked by mold.They told me that this is a known issue, and the reason you get condensation in the box is because it's so air tight that the moisture that's naturally contained in your paper documents has no place to go, so it turns to mold.Not sure if I buy this or not, but they said that in their new instruction manuals it states in big letters that you should air this thing out once a month.",
"Mine isn't one of the newer ones, actually it's one of the \"Honeywell\" models and I don't remember reading anything about having to air my box out.",
"Kind of crappy.They did get my address and are going to be sending out those silica bags to me free of charge.",
"I guess they come in a pack of 6 and you can just call them up whenever you need some more and they'll send them out no questions asked.So I guess the customer service side is pretty good for a product that's sub par at best."
] |
1 | CANN YOOU HEEARR ME??? | Unless you have a psu with dedicated "FAN ONLY" molex connections so as to control this fan's speed OR an external fan speed controller it will sound like an old Eureka vacum cleaner! Many online have posted this fan did not last that long...it runs @ very HIGH rpm w/o some type of speed control, which will reduce its lifespan. I have this fan mounted next to a HIS iSilence5 Radeon HD 6670 graphics card (EGGcellent deal on it) using a Zalman fan speed controller. On low speed setting it is quiet moving fair amount of air and my peak graphics card temp under a heavy 3-d graphical load has been 37C*Pros:1- Works great mounted next to a passively cooled HIS iSilence5 graphics card (fan is perfect lenght)Cons:1- W/O fan speed control it will be LOUD and burn out quick2- Like to see a 3 pin connector3- Should include mounting screwI gave it one star, since w/o speed control it is LOUD and I had to fabricate a 3 pin connection to use this fan with Zalman fan speed controller. | 984 | [
"Unless you have a psu with dedicated \"FAN ONLY\" molex connections so as to control this fan's speed OR an external fan speed controller it will sound like an old Eureka vacum cleaner!",
"Many online have posted this fan did not last that long...it runs @ very HIGH rpm w/o some type of speed control, which will reduce its lifespan.",
"I have this fan mounted next to a HIS iSilence5 Radeon HD 6670 graphics card (EGGcellent deal on it) using a Zalman fan speed controller.",
"On low speed setting it is quiet moving fair amount of air and my peak graphics card temp under a heavy 3-d graphical load has been 37C*Pros:1- Works great mounted next to a passively cooled HIS iSilence5 graphics card (fan is perfect lenght)Cons:1- W/O fan speed control it will be LOUD and burn out quick2- Like to see a 3 pin connector3- Should include mounting screwI gave it one star, since w/o speed control it is LOUD and I had to fabricate a 3 pin connection to use this fan with Zalman fan speed controller."
] |
1 | Too Many Problems | It's just a storage device. It should be simple. This is not simple. Often the drive goes unrecognized and this happens on any computer I use. I have to unplug and plug back in the drive until it gets recognized (happens @ home, school, Kinkos, Staples, etc.) Also the software is fairly useless and it gets in the way and slows work time. If the information you're saving is important I recommend using another brand. I have to buy a different drive and back-up constantly since I feel I am taking a risk whenever I use this device.Also, as stated in many other reviews, the user has no choice regarding the software of the device. It will load onto your computer everytime you plug it in. The practicality of the software depends on if I want to spend extra money: Do I want to use the Skype applications? I need to purchase a subscription. Game applications? Photosmart? AntiVirus? All of these are included aplications in the software and all require paid subecriptions to enable. | 984 | [
"It's just a storage device.",
"It should be simple.",
"This is not simple.",
"Often the drive goes unrecognized and this happens on any computer I use.",
"I have to unplug and plug back in the drive until it gets recognized (happens @ home, school, Kinkos, Staples, etc.) Also the software is fairly useless and it gets in the way and slows work time.",
"If the information you're saving is important I recommend using another brand.",
"I have to buy a different drive and back-up constantly since I feel I am taking a risk whenever I use this device.Also, as stated in many other reviews, the user has no choice regarding the software of the device.",
"It will load onto your computer everytime you plug it in.",
"The practicality of the software depends on if I want to spend extra money: Do I want to use the Skype applications?",
"I need to purchase a subscription.",
"Game applications?",
"Photosmart?",
"AntiVirus?",
"All of these are included aplications in the software and all require paid subecriptions to enable."
] |
1 | A chef? No, a joke. | Emeril is a joke as a chef. It is well known throughout the cooking world that he couldn't boil water to save his life. The recipes in this book are borderline insults to real Louisiana cooking. For someone who keeps repeating that cooking 'aint rocket science', his recipes are anything but easy. Is it possible for him to cook just one dish without using a ridiculous list of ingredients and acting like a moron? Doubtful. I've even been to one of his tapings. What a rip-off! The audience is reminded over and over when to cheer for something he has done. It is also told how to react when given little tidbits of some amazing dish he threw together. Most of it was absolute crap. What it looks like and what it tastes like are two different things. The man has an over-sized ego and very little talent. If you want real Louisiana cooking, look for a book from Paul Prudhomme or John Folse. Either of those could cook circles around this clown. This book is a total waste of money. | 984 | [
"Emeril is a joke as a chef.",
"It is well known throughout the cooking world that he couldn't boil water to save his life.",
"The recipes in this book are borderline insults to real Louisiana cooking.",
"For someone who keeps repeating that cooking 'aint rocket science', his recipes are anything but easy.",
"Is it possible for him to cook just one dish without using a ridiculous list of ingredients and acting like a moron?",
"Doubtful.",
"I've even been to one of his tapings.",
"What a rip-off!",
"The audience is reminded over and over when to cheer for something he has done.",
"It is also told how to react when given little tidbits of some amazing dish he threw together.",
"Most of it was absolute crap.",
"What it looks like and what it tastes like are two different things.",
"The man has an over-sized ego and very little talent.",
"If you want real Louisiana cooking, look for a book from Paul Prudhomme or John Folse.",
"Either of those could cook circles around this clown.",
"This book is a total waste of money."
] |
1 | Save Your Money | I have plenty of experience with computers and have been hacking since the term Hacker wasn't a dirty word. Anyway, a friend of mine that is very interested in Hacking purchased this book and a few other titles from these authors. He showed me the books and asked me to give him my opinion of them. As I was looking thru these books I started to laugh and told my friend to get his money back. I was shocked to see that all the info in these books can be obtained just by doing a search on SecurityFocus and Google and most of the info in this and the other books where outdated exploits that have been patched already. The IT industry moves at the speed of light and the most important aspect when it comes to securing your networks is having the newest attack and exploit information, which no book can ever provide... including this lousy book that is nothing but a compilation of what can be found for free online. Don't waste your money! I wish I could give this book zero stars. | 984 | [
"I have plenty of experience with computers and have been hacking since the term Hacker wasn't a dirty word.",
"Anyway, a friend of mine that is very interested in Hacking purchased this book and a few other titles from these authors.",
"He showed me the books and asked me to give him my opinion of them.",
"As I was looking thru these books I started to laugh and told my friend to get his money back.",
"I was shocked to see that all the info in these books can be obtained just by doing a search on SecurityFocus and Google and most of the info in this and the other books where outdated exploits that have been patched already.",
"The IT industry moves at the speed of light and the most important aspect when it comes to securing your networks is having the newest attack and exploit information, which no book can ever provide... including this lousy book that is nothing but a compilation of what can be found for free online.",
"Don't waste your money!",
"I wish I could give this book zero stars."
] |
1 | Medslant Pillow | I ordered the Medslant pillow for my husband who is a dreadful snorer. I am desperate to find something - anything - to reduce his awful, endless snoring. Friends recommended Medslant because they have enjoyed many snore free years with it. The reviews I read were very mixed but I felt it was worth a shot. My husbands first use of the pillow resulted in absolutely no reduction of his snoring - I can't say it made it any worse though since he is already at the top of his game in that department. In the morning he claimed he was unable to sleep comfortably. The pillow too long, he kept sliding down, the shallow end of the wedge bothered his hip. In other words very depressing results as far as I am concerned. He tried again just a couple of nights ago with similar results.***On a positive note - This product was ordered the week before Christmas and Amazon got it out to me in my little cabin in the boonies BEFORE it was scheduled to arrive. Amazon's service was excellent! | 984 | [
"I ordered the Medslant pillow for my husband who is a dreadful snorer.",
"I am desperate to find something - anything - to reduce his awful, endless snoring.",
"Friends recommended Medslant because they have enjoyed many snore free years with it.",
"The reviews I read were very mixed but I felt it was worth a shot.",
"My husbands first use of the pillow resulted in absolutely no reduction of his snoring - I can't say it made it any worse though since he is already at the top of his game in that department.",
"In the morning he claimed he was unable to sleep comfortably.",
"The pillow too long, he kept sliding down, the shallow end of the wedge bothered his hip.",
"In other words very depressing results as far as I am concerned.",
"He tried again just a couple of nights ago with similar results.***On a positive note - This product was ordered the week before Christmas and Amazon got it out to me in my little cabin in the boonies BEFORE it was scheduled to arrive.",
"Amazon's service was excellent!"
] |
1 | Not up to Calphalon standards | I had previously purchased the 5-piece Calphalon Commercial hard-anodized set from Amazon.com at [a] bargain price ...and the 2.5 quart saucepan for [a moderate price]. All US-made,Oustanding quality and value and they will last a lifetime.You can imagine my disappointment when I received the latest addition, the 9" 2-quart chef's skillet.While it may be a perfectly adequate skillet, as compared to other brands (or even lesser cookware in the Calphalon lines) the construction was not up to Calphalon standards and the gauge of the aluminum is a lot thinner.Also of note: this skillet was made in China, no doubt to cut costs.When I called Calphalon, they indicated that this particular skillet is currently being made in both China and the US. It might make sense to shop around for one that is US-made. The country of origin is on the bottom of the pan and printed on the outside of the box.It is sad when a company undermines its own reputation with products of lesser quality. | 984 | [
"I had previously purchased the 5-piece Calphalon Commercial hard-anodized set from Amazon.com at [a] bargain price ...and the 2.5 quart saucepan for [a moderate price].",
"All US-made,Oustanding quality and value and they will last a lifetime.You can imagine my disappointment when I received the latest addition, the 9\" 2-quart chef's skillet.While it may be a perfectly adequate skillet, as compared to other brands (or even lesser cookware in the Calphalon lines) the construction was not up to Calphalon standards and the gauge of the aluminum is a lot thinner.Also of note: this skillet was made in China, no doubt to cut costs.When I called Calphalon, they indicated that this particular skillet is currently being made in both China and the US.",
"It might make sense to shop around for one that is US-made.",
"The country of origin is on the bottom of the pan and printed on the outside of the box.It is sad when a company undermines its own reputation with products of lesser quality."
] |
1 | Beware! Low Budget B-Movie. | Alien Siege brings to the screen the unlikely scenario that a race of all too human-looking aliens will arrive in search of human blood to prevent their extinction.Sometime in the not-so-distant future the Kulku aliens arrive in need of 8 million humans' blood to cure a deadly disease that is killing off their race. The United States has to provide 800,000 people, however, with 300,000 to go a scientist's daughter is among the chosen to be handed over to be turned into "blood supplies." The father, subsequently, embarks on a lame adventure to rescue his "baby girl."The movie starts off interestingly enough and then it's downhill from then on. Don't look for the movie to pick up; it doesn't. The setting, the plot, the dialogues, the special effects, and the music are all way below average.In a nutshell, Alien Siege is definitely not a movie you would want to add to your collection, but it might provide for an evening's entertainment if intoxicated and/or in a silly mood. | 984 | [
"Alien Siege brings to the screen the unlikely scenario that a race of all too human-looking aliens will arrive in search of human blood to prevent their extinction.Sometime in the not-so-distant future the Kulku aliens arrive in need of 8 million humans' blood to cure a deadly disease that is killing off their race.",
"The United States has to provide 800,000 people, however, with 300,000 to go a scientist's daughter is among the chosen to be handed over to be turned into \"blood supplies.\" The father, subsequently, embarks on a lame adventure to rescue his \"baby girl.\"The movie starts off interestingly enough and then it's downhill from then on.",
"Don't look for the movie to pick up; it doesn't.",
"The setting, the plot, the dialogues, the special effects, and the music are all way below average.In a nutshell, Alien Siege is definitely not a movie you would want to add to your collection, but it might provide for an evening's entertainment if intoxicated and/or in a silly mood."
] |
1 | romantic plagiarism | I actually enjoyed the romance in this story very much. The novel gets one star because it's not an original story, but a rewrite of another author's work. In fact the book is an exact copycat story of the 1954 film "Sabrina" starring Humphrey Bogart and the 1995 remake with Harrison Ford. The movie and book are the same except in the movie her father was the chauffeur. Still it's a beautiful story. Her father is an employee of a very rich family. Celeste (and in the movie she was called Sabrina) has always watched and had a crush on the younger brother, Ellery. She goes away to school and becomes polished and returns hoping to have Ellery fall in love with her. The older brother, Garrick (who is in charge of the business and considered a ruthless businessman) notices and romances the girl himself to keep her away from his brother. And of course falls in love. The characters are good and the story is romantic. Very light hearted romance but the original movie is better. | 984 | [
"I actually enjoyed the romance in this story very much.",
"The novel gets one star because it's not an original story, but a rewrite of another author's work.",
"In fact the book is an exact copycat story of the 1954 film \"Sabrina\" starring Humphrey Bogart and the 1995 remake with Harrison Ford.",
"The movie and book are the same except in the movie her father was the chauffeur.",
"Still it's a beautiful story.",
"Her father is an employee of a very rich family.",
"Celeste (and in the movie she was called Sabrina) has always watched and had a crush on the younger brother, Ellery.",
"She goes away to school and becomes polished and returns hoping to have Ellery fall in love with her.",
"The older brother, Garrick (who is in charge of the business and considered a ruthless businessman) notices and romances the girl himself to keep her away from his brother.",
"And of course falls in love.",
"The characters are good and the story is romantic.",
"Very light hearted romance but the original movie is better."
] |
1 | Something Changed! | I have used this product for years with wonderful success- got rid of mice in my kitchen years ago and they have never come back. So, in spite of the negative comments about them being noisy, I ordered more. Well the reviewers are correct! Something has changed in the manufacturing of the products because they now do make a lot of noise, and you have to unplug them after about 3 minutes. I am so disappointed because I have told so many of my friends about them and have used them all around the house, which has remained rodent free until recently when I heard some gnawing sounds in the den. I ordered some new ones but could not tolerate that loud humming noise. So I moved an old one from a different part of the house to the den, and within 10 minutes the nasty little creature stopped gnawing and left, and has not returned. Please manufacturer- go back to your old way of making these things so we can buy them again! They were a life saver but now they are just a nuisance! | 984 | [
"I have used this product for years with wonderful success- got rid of mice in my kitchen years ago and they have never come back.",
"So, in spite of the negative comments about them being noisy, I ordered more.",
"Well the reviewers are correct!",
"Something has changed in the manufacturing of the products because they now do make a lot of noise, and you have to unplug them after about 3 minutes.",
"I am so disappointed because I have told so many of my friends about them and have used them all around the house, which has remained rodent free until recently when I heard some gnawing sounds in the den.",
"I ordered some new ones but could not tolerate that loud humming noise.",
"So I moved an old one from a different part of the house to the den, and within 10 minutes the nasty little creature stopped gnawing and left, and has not returned.",
"Please manufacturer- go back to your old way of making these things so we can buy them again!",
"They were a life saver but now they are just a nuisance!"
] |
1 | Get thee away from this book | Thankfully I received this book as a gift - I would be upset had I paid money for this drivel.Clayson's knowledge of George Harrison's life is comprised mostly of information that has been hashed over a million times and recollections of people who had nominal contact with Harrison. However, write-arounds are not unusual in journalism; what is unusual is that a book with this little substance coupled with an alarming number of inaccuracies was published at all.My favorite "error," as such it is? Clayson refers to Robbie Robertson of The Band as "Jaime Robertson." Now why, I ask, would someone who knows enough about Robbie Robertson to know that his first name is indeed Jaime refer to him as Jaime, also knowing that few but the most rabid fans of The Band would even recognize Jaime Robertson as Robbie Robertson?Pass this up. I wish I had a recommendation for a better Harrison biography, but alas. Guiliano's (spelling?) "Dark Horse" is no better, and in fact may be worse. | 984 | [
"Thankfully I received this book as a gift - I would be upset had I paid money for this drivel.Clayson's knowledge of George Harrison's life is comprised mostly of information that has been hashed over a million times and recollections of people who had nominal contact with Harrison.",
"However, write-arounds are not unusual in journalism; what is unusual is that a book with this little substance coupled with an alarming number of inaccuracies was published at all.My favorite \"error,\" as such it is?",
"Clayson refers to Robbie Robertson of The Band as \"Jaime Robertson.\" Now why, I ask, would someone who knows enough about Robbie Robertson to know that his first name is indeed Jaime refer to him as Jaime, also knowing that few but the most rabid fans of The Band would even recognize Jaime Robertson as Robbie Robertson?",
"Pass this up.",
"I wish I had a recommendation for a better Harrison biography, but alas.",
"Guiliano's (spelling?",
") \"Dark Horse\" is no better, and in fact may be worse."
] |
1 | Horrible! | Good Lord this was bad! I am a big fan of the graphic novel and I even enjoyed the movie so this isn't about my having a problem with The Watchmen. This product is a total rip off! Do not buy this product! DC Comics should be ashamed of themselves for selling this product as its own DVD! It should have been AT MOST a special feature for the DVD release of The Watchmen. DC Comics is shamelessly bleeding every drop they can from The Watchmen and it is disgusting! This DVD was so short I barely got my seat warm before the thing was over! These people have no concern about putting out a good product for the fans. If they had ANY such concern they would not have even thought about releasing this piece of junk. I cannot believe that I paid $20 for this DVD -- what a waste!!!This product is SO BAD I am going to seriously have to rethink ANY FUTURE PURCHASE FROM DC COMICS after this terrible fiasco!!! I got robbed by buying this thing!!! Do yourself a favor and save your money! | 984 | [
"Good Lord this was bad!",
"I am a big fan of the graphic novel and I even enjoyed the movie so this isn't about my having a problem with The Watchmen.",
"This product is a total rip off!",
"Do not buy this product!",
"DC Comics should be ashamed of themselves for selling this product as its own DVD!",
"It should have been AT MOST a special feature for the DVD release of The Watchmen.",
"DC Comics is shamelessly bleeding every drop they can from The Watchmen and it is disgusting!",
"This DVD was so short I barely got my seat warm before the thing was over!",
"These people have no concern about putting out a good product for the fans.",
"If they had ANY such concern they would not have even thought about releasing this piece of junk.",
"I cannot believe that I paid $20 for this DVD -- what a waste!!!",
"This product is SO BAD I am going to seriously have to rethink ANY FUTURE PURCHASE FROM DC COMICS after this terrible fiasco!!!",
"I got robbed by buying this thing!!!",
"Do yourself a favor and save your money!"
] |
1 | Insect-killing Soap | I'm disappointed in this product. I ordered it because tiny gnats entered my home through my screened windows this summer. They set up house in my potted plants. Not liking strong chemicals for many reasons, I first tried a solution of Dawn and water in a spray bottle with little success. When I found this product on Amazon, I was pleased. The gnats by that time were noticeably larger and more abundant. I was unable to allow any fruit to ripen outside of the refrigerator. Using this product, I observed two things: the flying bugs weren't dying and the solution was staining my light-colored walls. I've been unable to remove the running stains by gentle care so I have to try something stronger. Because the walls have been painted with flat paint, I haven't wanted to use anything strong.I hope you have better results if you order this product. Perhaps my mistake was in using it indoors instead of outdoors. After all, the gnats (very tiny flying insects) came from outdoors! | 984 | [
"I'm disappointed in this product.",
"I ordered it because tiny gnats entered my home through my screened windows this summer.",
"They set up house in my potted plants.",
"Not liking strong chemicals for many reasons, I first tried a solution of Dawn and water in a spray bottle with little success.",
"When I found this product on Amazon, I was pleased.",
"The gnats by that time were noticeably larger and more abundant.",
"I was unable to allow any fruit to ripen outside of the refrigerator.",
"Using this product, I observed two things: the flying bugs weren't dying and the solution was staining my light-colored walls.",
"I've been unable to remove the running stains by gentle care so I have to try something stronger.",
"Because the walls have been painted with flat paint, I haven't wanted to use anything strong.I hope you have better results if you order this product.",
"Perhaps my mistake was in using it indoors instead of outdoors.",
"After all, the gnats (very tiny flying insects) came from outdoors!"
] |
1 | Sent it back | I will start by saying I am sure results with this product vary from install to install due to the interaction with the powerline. My home is about 50 years old. I was running from one room to another - about 60 feet away, but the power lines were being feed from the main circuit breaker box, so the signal had to go through there first. The nodes were NOT on the same circuit.I could bearly get Internet surfing speeds. Even regular DVD's where jerky and unwatchable. My main reason for getting these was to stream DVD's on a server in one room to my media server in the home theater room without running CAT5 cables through the attic.So these totally were unacceptable for my situation. I did have a Zwave lighting system in the home theater room, but I unplugged all the controllers and that did not appear to help, so the slow ethenet speed was not a result of the Zwave traffic on the power line.My suggestion is buy them and try them, send them back if they don't work for you. | 984 | [
"I will start by saying I am sure results with this product vary from install to install due to the interaction with the powerline.",
"My home is about 50 years old.",
"I was running from one room to another - about 60 feet away, but the power lines were being feed from the main circuit breaker box, so the signal had to go through there first.",
"The nodes were NOT on the same circuit.I could bearly get Internet surfing speeds.",
"Even regular DVD's where jerky and unwatchable.",
"My main reason for getting these was to stream DVD's on a server in one room to my media server in the home theater room without running CAT5 cables through the attic.So these totally were unacceptable for my situation.",
"I did have a Zwave lighting system in the home theater room, but I unplugged all the controllers and that did not appear to help, so the slow ethenet speed was not a result of the Zwave traffic on the power line.My suggestion is buy them and try them, send them back if they don't work for you."
] |
1 | Bad sounding headphones! | I've been a fan of Sony earbuds for many years. Due to the bad reviews of durability of the latest Sony earbuds, I decided on purchasing these Panasonic headphones. I bought these headphones because my Sony headphones died after 3 years and to upgrade my factory Creative Zen Micro headphones. I found a perfect fit between the 3 size earplugs. I've noticed that it does block out the sound in your surroundings. It's good for that commute to work when there is a lot of noise. I like the around the neck feature. As far as quality, the extention part of the wiring looks durable but not the around the neck part of it. As far as the performance of the headphones, I'm really disappointed in these headphones. My factory Creative headphones had out performed these. The bass level is too low even when I max out the bass in the player. The mids and treble sound like crap. Don't waste your money on these! Now I have to spend more money to replace these poor quality headphones! argh! | 984 | [
"I've been a fan of Sony earbuds for many years.",
"Due to the bad reviews of durability of the latest Sony earbuds, I decided on purchasing these Panasonic headphones.",
"I bought these headphones because my Sony headphones died after 3 years and to upgrade my factory Creative Zen Micro headphones.",
"I found a perfect fit between the 3 size earplugs.",
"I've noticed that it does block out the sound in your surroundings.",
"It's good for that commute to work when there is a lot of noise.",
"I like the around the neck feature.",
"As far as quality, the extention part of the wiring looks durable but not the around the neck part of it.",
"As far as the performance of the headphones, I'm really disappointed in these headphones.",
"My factory Creative headphones had out performed these.",
"The bass level is too low even when I max out the bass in the player.",
"The mids and treble sound like crap.",
"Don't waste your money on these!",
"Now I have to spend more money to replace these poor quality headphones!",
"argh!"
] |
1 | Cautionary note | I purchased a very similar model (P25) from Norazza and wasted a tremendous amount of time (and blank DVDs). The copied disks would work on some DVD players and not others. Like most users, I assumed it was my fault. But after copying different non-commercial DVDs and testing them, it turned out that the Norazza copier did not produce disks that were compatible with some players.Unfortunately, I figured out the problem after the one-year warranty had expired. It took two emails to Norazza to get a response and there was no remedy. I threw the device in the trash this evening.Mine was an old model, and newer models are probably fine. But, if you purchase this duplicator I would immediately copy different CDs and DVDs and test them on different players. (Obviously, this device can't copy protected DVDs from your local video store-- I'm referring to movies made at home).I have no desire to discredit this company, but I think other customers should know about my experience. | 984 | [
"I purchased a very similar model (P25) from Norazza and wasted a tremendous amount of time (and blank DVDs).",
"The copied disks would work on some DVD players and not others.",
"Like most users, I assumed it was my fault.",
"But after copying different non-commercial DVDs and testing them, it turned out that the Norazza copier did not produce disks that were compatible with some players.Unfortunately, I figured out the problem after the one-year warranty had expired.",
"It took two emails to Norazza to get a response and there was no remedy.",
"I threw the device in the trash this evening.Mine was an old model, and newer models are probably fine.",
"But, if you purchase this duplicator I would immediately copy different CDs and DVDs and test them on different players.",
"(Obviously, this device can't copy protected DVDs from your local video store-- I'm referring to movies made at home).I have no desire to discredit this company, but I think other customers should know about my experience."
] |
1 | Another bummer book | When I finished reading this book the first question that came to my mind was what does this story (novel) have to do with Orthodox or Jewish life. In no way does it resemble anything close to such lifestyle.Awhile ago I read her first book "The Romance Reader" which although it does not resemble the life of a average orthodox jewish girl, it does portray the the life of a jewish girl struggling with her beliefs and hasidic surroundings.After reading both books I have come to the conclusion that the author has no vision or imagination for writing novels or fictions. Her first book is actually not a novel but aportrait of her own life. In this book "Giving Up America" the author attempts to write a novel and all it does is portray her as a person with a poor and immature imagination, even her sex scenes shows that she lacks fantasy or imagination..Unless youre on a deserted island and there is nothing else to do, I wouldn't recommend waisting your time reading this book. | 984 | [
"When I finished reading this book the first question that came to my mind was what does this story (novel) have to do with Orthodox or Jewish life.",
"In no way does it resemble anything close to such lifestyle.Awhile ago I read her first book \"The Romance Reader\" which although it does not resemble the life of a average orthodox jewish girl, it does portray the the life of a jewish girl struggling with her beliefs and hasidic surroundings.After reading both books I have come to the conclusion that the author has no vision or imagination for writing novels or fictions.",
"Her first book is actually not a novel but aportrait of her own life.",
"In this book \"Giving Up America\" the author attempts to write a novel and all it does is portray her as a person with a poor and immature imagination, even her sex scenes shows that she lacks fantasy or imagination..Unless youre on a deserted island and there is nothing else to do, I wouldn't recommend waisting your time reading this book."
] |
1 | A Wrong Choice | I'm inclined to say it's the worst VSI I've read. I had to make an earnest effort in the second half of the book to keep from skimming-browsing-leaping pages. And it wasn't worth the effort. The author presents a construct (rational choice), and then props it on a score of rules and conditions that must be met in order for choice to be rational. When reality diverges from the model, it's reality's fault, not the model's. This ultra-theoretical giddiness is applied to gambling, ordering food, and other examples that are not as interesting as the subject would've allowed. A comparison with truly interesting books on related subjects, such as Gladwell's Blink or Bennett's Randomness, leaves this VSI in a bad place.The illustrations are chosen haphazardly, often with nothing but a tangential connection to the text. This all adds up to something more along the lines of the author's extremely personal and debatable take on choice theory, rather than a very short introduction. | 984 | [
"I'm inclined to say it's the worst VSI I've read.",
"I had to make an earnest effort in the second half of the book to keep from skimming-browsing-leaping pages.",
"And it wasn't worth the effort.",
"The author presents a construct (rational choice), and then props it on a score of rules and conditions that must be met in order for choice to be rational.",
"When reality diverges from the model, it's reality's fault, not the model's.",
"This ultra-theoretical giddiness is applied to gambling, ordering food, and other examples that are not as interesting as the subject would've allowed.",
"A comparison with truly interesting books on related subjects, such as Gladwell's Blink or Bennett's Randomness, leaves this VSI in a bad place.The illustrations are chosen haphazardly, often with nothing but a tangential connection to the text.",
"This all adds up to something more along the lines of the author's extremely personal and debatable take on choice theory, rather than a very short introduction."
] |
1 | Be Forwarned!!! | I usually do not review films, but in this case I feel it neccessary. I have been a World War I aviation buff for many years. When I first heard that someone was making a film about this subject I knew that I had to see it. My disappointment when I finally saw the film can hardly be imagined. It's not just that they drag in every movie cliche thats ever been used in this type of story; there is literally not a single authentic detail or presentation of such detail in this film. The airplanes are wrong, the airplane paint jobs, markings. armaments are wrong. The clothes and uniforms are wrong, even the airfield that these guys are flying out of is wrong. It appears that the film makers, instead of researching information on life as a volunteer in the french air service of that period, opted for looking at old hollywood movies on this subject. Watch this film for whatever entertainment value it may have , but not to get an idea of what World War I aerial combat was like. | 983 | [
"I usually do not review films, but in this case I feel it neccessary.",
"I have been a World War I aviation buff for many years.",
"When I first heard that someone was making a film about this subject I knew that I had to see it.",
"My disappointment when I finally saw the film can hardly be imagined.",
"It's not just that they drag in every movie cliche thats ever been used in this type of story; there is literally not a single authentic detail or presentation of such detail in this film.",
"The airplanes are wrong, the airplane paint jobs, markings.",
"armaments are wrong.",
"The clothes and uniforms are wrong, even the airfield that these guys are flying out of is wrong.",
"It appears that the film makers, instead of researching information on life as a volunteer in the french air service of that period, opted for looking at old hollywood movies on this subject.",
"Watch this film for whatever entertainment value it may have , but not to get an idea of what World War I aerial combat was like."
] |
1 | Cynical cash-in | Sorry, but this album is probably the worst I've heard all year. It's so bland it's impossible to distinguish one cliched, tune-free track from the next. The cynicism of Simon Fuller and the whole American Idol team is exposed again - they knew that Clay's first album would go multi-platinum however useless it was, so have made no effort whatever.They clearly have no interest in developing Clay as a long-term artist. If they did, they'd have given him some good material so people would come back for more the second time. Here in the UK, the first Pop Idol winner Will Young has just had a massive success with his second album - in part because his first one was actually good, and the public were not duped into buying a half-baked CD like this which isn't worth the plastic it's packaged in. It will be interesting to see what Clay does next - if I were him, I'd start writing my own songs. Whatever his talent, they couldn't be any worse than the ones on *Measure of a Man*. | 983 | [
"Sorry, but this album is probably the worst I've heard all year.",
"It's so bland it's impossible to distinguish one cliched, tune-free track from the next.",
"The cynicism of Simon Fuller and the whole American Idol team is exposed again - they knew that Clay's first album would go multi-platinum however useless it was, so have made no effort whatever.They clearly have no interest in developing Clay as a long-term artist.",
"If they did, they'd have given him some good material so people would come back for more the second time.",
"Here in the UK, the first Pop Idol winner Will Young has just had a massive success with his second album - in part because his first one was actually good, and the public were not duped into buying a half-baked CD like this which isn't worth the plastic it's packaged in.",
"It will be interesting to see what Clay does next - if I were him, I'd start writing my own songs.",
"Whatever his talent, they couldn't be any worse than the ones on *Measure of a Man*."
] |
1 | Don't get this radio. | I own and use the best radios on the market. I have and use the Tivoli Model One, Tivoli PAL, and Boston Acoustics Recepter among others, and all the ones I just listed sound much better than the Bose Wave Radio, PLUS they are much cheaper too!There is also one called a Cambridge model 88 that is better than the Bose Wave Radio as well.When you are comparing these radios side by side, the first one you turn off and throw aside is the Bose Wave Radio, it is that bad when compared to the rest.If you want a good sounding table radio, I would suggest the Tivoli Model One instead. If you want a good clock radio for the nightstand, then I would suggest the Boston Recepter. Both are available through Amazon.comI don't work for any of these companies, but I have bought all of the radios exept for the Bose Wave Radio, I borrowed one for a day and had no interest in buying one. Even if it was cheaper, and smaller, but it sounded the same as it does now, I still would not buy it. | 983 | [
"I own and use the best radios on the market.",
"I have and use the Tivoli Model One, Tivoli PAL, and Boston Acoustics Recepter among others, and all the ones I just listed sound much better than the Bose Wave Radio, PLUS they are much cheaper too!",
"There is also one called a Cambridge model 88 that is better than the Bose Wave Radio as well.When you are comparing these radios side by side, the first one you turn off and throw aside is the Bose Wave Radio, it is that bad when compared to the rest.If you want a good sounding table radio, I would suggest the Tivoli Model One instead.",
"If you want a good clock radio for the nightstand, then I would suggest the Boston Recepter.",
"Both are available through Amazon.comI don't work for any of these companies, but I have bought all of the radios exept for the Bose Wave Radio, I borrowed one for a day and had no interest in buying one.",
"Even if it was cheaper, and smaller, but it sounded the same as it does now, I still would not buy it."
] |
1 | WTF | I am very, very, very confused as to how this movie is getting an average of 3.5 stars.Now I can understand that some aspects of a cluttered film like this one can be appealing to some but I have no clue as to how somebody could derive enjoyment from the plot. The movie played like a broken record: nick cage would complain (in a voice over) about his fat balding body, his brother (also nick cage) would talk for awhile then main character nick cage would try an aspect of the story and end up masterbating.This must have happened five or six times in the film with parts about the wirting of the book that this crap movie is based on. I don't see how the production studio could get away with the plot they used. They portrey the actual writer of the book (a very real person) as a insecure, ugly, drug attic who tries to kill the brothers (It's a shame she coulden't didn't succeed sooner).In Conclution this movie was a piece of sh**. save yourself some money and skip this one. | 983 | [
"I am very, very, very confused as to how this movie is getting an average of 3.5 stars.Now I can understand that some aspects of a cluttered film like this one can be appealing to some but I have no clue as to how somebody could derive enjoyment from the plot.",
"The movie played like a broken record: nick cage would complain (in a voice over) about his fat balding body, his brother (also nick cage) would talk for awhile then main character nick cage would try an aspect of the story and end up masterbating.This must have happened five or six times in the film with parts about the wirting of the book that this crap movie is based on.",
"I don't see how the production studio could get away with the plot they used.",
"They portrey the actual writer of the book (a very real person) as a insecure, ugly, drug attic who tries to kill the brothers (It's a shame she coulden't didn't succeed sooner).In Conclution this movie was a piece of sh**.",
"save yourself some money and skip this one."
] |
1 | Sorry Teddy | Sorry to be the pooper but this party is so extremely overrated it's sad. Teddy Roosevelt is a man's man and one of my favorite presidents but, at least in this instance, he's a pretty poor writer. I'm sorry to say that I just couldn't stomach the book it was so poorly written and I had to close it after choking down a little over half its contents. I know it must have been very painful for Teddy but he doesn't even mention his first wife, the love of his life, Alice. How can an autobiography be complete with valuable pieces of information missing?If you're looking for a good book try his biography written by Nathan Miller, "Theodore Roosevelt, A Life." Miller is a far better writer and seems to capture the Roosevelt that we all know and love. I have passed this book on to several friends and they have all come away with a heaping helpin' of respect for our 26th President.Again, I have to apologize to Teddy but there are just some folks who should not put pen to paper. | 983 | [
"Sorry to be the pooper but this party is so extremely overrated it's sad.",
"Teddy Roosevelt is a man's man and one of my favorite presidents but, at least in this instance, he's a pretty poor writer.",
"I'm sorry to say that I just couldn't stomach the book it was so poorly written and I had to close it after choking down a little over half its contents.",
"I know it must have been very painful for Teddy but he doesn't even mention his first wife, the love of his life, Alice.",
"How can an autobiography be complete with valuable pieces of information missing?",
"If you're looking for a good book try his biography written by Nathan Miller, \"Theodore Roosevelt, A Life.\" Miller is a far better writer and seems to capture the Roosevelt that we all know and love.",
"I have passed this book on to several friends and they have all come away with a heaping helpin' of respect for our 26th President.Again, I have to apologize to Teddy but there are just some folks who should not put pen to paper."
] |
1 | Battlefield Dune | OK, the title for this review isn't fair. I shouldn't insult Battlefield Earth like that. While they got a few things right - the look of the Navigator, the initial sandworm sequence - this series is a plodding, soul-less mess. Why is this book so hard to adapt? They had SIX HOURS to tell the story. Why did they leave so much out and add so much that had nothing to do with anything? Why did they make Paul so whiny and annoying? Why did William Hurt stumble around like he was on tranquilizers? Why were the Fremen running around outside during the day without stillsuits (Paul and Chani have a PICNIC outside without suits on!)? How the Fremen remain masters of stealth with eyes that glow in the dark? Why did the Baron have to rhyme his last line before every commercial break? Why did Feyd have a glowing white tortilla sticking out of his back? And just who is responsible for all those goofy hats? I could go on, but why bother. Don't even rent this one. Just read the book. | 983 | [
"OK, the title for this review isn't fair.",
"I shouldn't insult Battlefield Earth like that.",
"While they got a few things right - the look of the Navigator, the initial sandworm sequence - this series is a plodding, soul-less mess.",
"Why is this book so hard to adapt?",
"They had SIX HOURS to tell the story.",
"Why did they leave so much out and add so much that had nothing to do with anything?",
"Why did they make Paul so whiny and annoying?",
"Why did William Hurt stumble around like he was on tranquilizers?",
"Why were the Fremen running around outside during the day without stillsuits (Paul and Chani have a PICNIC outside without suits on!",
")?",
"How the Fremen remain masters of stealth with eyes that glow in the dark?",
"Why did the Baron have to rhyme his last line before every commercial break?",
"Why did Feyd have a glowing white tortilla sticking out of his back?",
"And just who is responsible for all those goofy hats?",
"I could go on, but why bother.",
"Don't even rent this one.",
"Just read the book."
] |
1 | wall street for dummies | As a trader myself this movie is an insult to the finance industry if its objective was to portray it.This movie borrows its concepts from the false impression that trading is all about extremely ruthless hungry young college drop outs who are going to be "millionaires in 3 years exactly after the day they start" yeah right....Furthurmore, it is full of unidimensional characters who are portrayed as greedy, ruthless and violent.This dvd maybe mildly amusing to those whose knowledge of the industry is minimal...but please, making those silly references to Wall St by means of taking off lines from Gordon Gekko is cheesy and outdated....The whole idea of how the brokers make money in this movie is a joke...it involves cold calling small investors and selling them shares that arent listed yet....(would anyone actually fall for that? paleez)whats more? hows this for dialogue.."sell 20 shares" (customer)"your done" (broker)hello, dosent the customer want to know the price??? | 983 | [
"As a trader myself this movie is an insult to the finance industry if its objective was to portray it.This movie borrows its concepts from the false impression that trading is all about extremely ruthless hungry young college drop outs who are going to be \"millionaires in 3 years exactly after the day they start\" yeah right....Furthurmore, it is full of unidimensional characters who are portrayed as greedy, ruthless and violent.This dvd maybe mildly amusing to those whose knowledge of the industry is minimal...but please, making those silly references to Wall St by means of taking off lines from Gordon Gekko is cheesy and outdated....The whole idea of how the brokers make money in this movie is a joke...it involves cold calling small investors and selling them shares that arent listed yet....(would anyone actually fall for that?",
"paleez)whats more?",
"hows this for dialogue..\"sell 20 shares\" (customer)\"your done\" (broker)hello, dosent the customer want to know the price???"
] |
1 | Not so good - buy Korky brand | I installed a Fluidmaster Pro to replace a leaking toilet control. The instructions were not very good and the illustrations were poor. I have repaired toilet valves a number of times so the instruction quality was not very important for me. I am very handy at fixing things around the house and I enjoy repairing things not just for me but for the neighbors as well.The Fluidmaster would not stop running. It would turn on every 10 to 20 minutes and run for a few seconds. It was in our bedroom so I would hear it wasting water. I purged it several times per their instructions and it just kept running. I purged it and adjusted it again and again and nothing change. It kept turning on for no reason every now and then. I finally got mad and bought a new one but made by Korky. The Korky one installed more easily with better instructions better quality and worked fine right away.So my final advice is to buy Korky and avoid Fluidmaster. The Fluidmaster valve is just too finicky. | 983 | [
"I installed a Fluidmaster Pro to replace a leaking toilet control.",
"The instructions were not very good and the illustrations were poor.",
"I have repaired toilet valves a number of times so the instruction quality was not very important for me.",
"I am very handy at fixing things around the house and I enjoy repairing things not just for me but for the neighbors as well.The Fluidmaster would not stop running.",
"It would turn on every 10 to 20 minutes and run for a few seconds.",
"It was in our bedroom so I would hear it wasting water.",
"I purged it several times per their instructions and it just kept running.",
"I purged it and adjusted it again and again and nothing change.",
"It kept turning on for no reason every now and then.",
"I finally got mad and bought a new one but made by Korky.",
"The Korky one installed more easily with better instructions better quality and worked fine right away.So my final advice is to buy Korky and avoid Fluidmaster.",
"The Fluidmaster valve is just too finicky."
] |
1 | Don't Waste Your Time | After reading and enjoying The Adventures of Tom Saywer, I was looking foward to being able to read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in my English class. However, I hadn't read much of it before I realized that it was going to be something to suffer through, not enjoy.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was an extremely plotless, racist book relating the adventures of the rather tedious, annoying character of Huck Finn. Huck had recently left his hometown and went rafting down the MIssissippi with a slave, Jim. Huck is forever lying to and leaving Jim, in a fashion that made me wonder if he had ADD. The end of the novel, which had potential to make it better, made me hurl the book across the room, in a way certian to make any librarian weep.I also found the dialects that Clemmins used extremely annoying. I had to sound out the words to myself to see what he was trying to relate.If you want to read a book, any book, pick something, anything, else. Trust me on this one. | 983 | [
"After reading and enjoying The Adventures of Tom Saywer, I was looking foward to being able to read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in my English class.",
"However, I hadn't read much of it before I realized that it was going to be something to suffer through, not enjoy.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was an extremely plotless, racist book relating the adventures of the rather tedious, annoying character of Huck Finn.",
"Huck had recently left his hometown and went rafting down the MIssissippi with a slave, Jim.",
"Huck is forever lying to and leaving Jim, in a fashion that made me wonder if he had ADD.",
"The end of the novel, which had potential to make it better, made me hurl the book across the room, in a way certian to make any librarian weep.I also found the dialects that Clemmins used extremely annoying.",
"I had to sound out the words to myself to see what he was trying to relate.If you want to read a book, any book, pick something, anything, else.",
"Trust me on this one."
] |
1 | 187 used & new from $0.02 | No one should let this book escape perusal, especially at this reasonable price! You've heard that Karl Rove is "Bush's brain?" Well, Ms. Hughes is "Bush's brain on drugs (with a side of bacon)!"To read her describe Dubya's mind as "laser-like" leaves no doubt in my own mind that when she worked for Reagan, she was a conduit for Dubya on the "Star Wars - Strategic Defense Initiative" project. I don't remember if that was his pre-cocaine or post-cocaine years, but it all makes so much sense now.I'm happy that after a lifetime of one political success after another, she took time off from her busy schedule for a sabbatical to bake brownies for her young, hungry son. I wonder if perchance, she has a recipe for a cake with a file in it?Now that she's back on the team with her traveling road-show thumping America's generosity and love for the rest of the world, I suppose her son will go hungry, but at least America will be safe from those naughty terrorists! Praise da lard! | 983 | [
"No one should let this book escape perusal, especially at this reasonable price!",
"You've heard that Karl Rove is \"Bush's brain?",
"\" Well, Ms.",
"Hughes is \"Bush's brain on drugs (with a side of bacon)!",
"\"To read her describe Dubya's mind as \"laser-like\" leaves no doubt in my own mind that when she worked for Reagan, she was a conduit for Dubya on the \"Star Wars - Strategic Defense Initiative\" project.",
"I don't remember if that was his pre-cocaine or post-cocaine years, but it all makes so much sense now.I'm happy that after a lifetime of one political success after another, she took time off from her busy schedule for a sabbatical to bake brownies for her young, hungry son.",
"I wonder if perchance, she has a recipe for a cake with a file in it?",
"Now that she's back on the team with her traveling road-show thumping America's generosity and love for the rest of the world, I suppose her son will go hungry, but at least America will be safe from those naughty terrorists!",
"Praise da lard!"
] |
1 | I gave it away... | Okay, First... Crysis is NOT joystick friendly!!! All it supports is the XBox 360 Joystick, (they make an adapter for your PC) and although they make it look like you can, "configuring" the joystick is not really an option. I know, because I went out and purchased the joystick... So, you can't change what any of the joystick buttons do, because Microsoft has made that decision for you! I can not fathom Microsoft making a "keyboard only" game in this day and age.Also, you need to play the game with the DVD in the drive the whole time, or go through the frustration of trying to download a Trojan free .exe file patch. This game is rated "M" for mature, so if you don't want little ears hearing the "F bomb" you have to download a patch for that too... or turn the human voices off in the settings.I gave the game to a neighbor (with the above disclaimers), returned the joystick, and deleted the game from my hard drive. In my opinion, this game is a far cry from a good game... | 983 | [
"Okay, First... Crysis is NOT joystick friendly!!!",
"All it supports is the XBox 360 Joystick, (they make an adapter for your PC) and although they make it look like you can, \"configuring\" the joystick is not really an option.",
"I know, because I went out and purchased the joystick... So, you can't change what any of the joystick buttons do, because Microsoft has made that decision for you!",
"I can not fathom Microsoft making a \"keyboard only\" game in this day and age.Also, you need to play the game with the DVD in the drive the whole time, or go through the frustration of trying to download a Trojan free .exe file patch.",
"This game is rated \"M\" for mature, so if you don't want little ears hearing the \"F bomb\" you have to download a patch for that too... or turn the human voices off in the settings.I gave the game to a neighbor (with the above disclaimers), returned the joystick, and deleted the game from my hard drive.",
"In my opinion, this game is a far cry from a good game..."
] |
1 | What a disappointment | Stephen King's The Stand this ain't.I read the premise for this film, and saw that it had an all-star cast, incuding Gwyneth Paltrow and Matt Damon. Had to be good, right?Wrong. I don't know how this film managed to be a cliched, boring drag when the subject matter is a 1918 Spanish-flu-like virus spreading around the world. But it seems to be lacking in anything stimulating or exciting. The characters were wooden and shallow, making it difficult to care about any of them.And the plot dragged on and on, showing scene after scene of people panicking. There was the usual conspiracy theories produced by a cliched internet blogger, the government of the United States was ineffectual and bumbling, and the government of other countries either didn't care or had no clue as to what they should do, so they did nothing.Avoid this turkey and if you want a thrilling virus movie, find Stephen King's The Stand, which is absolutely true to his book.Jeani Rector, EditorThe Horror Zine | 983 | [
"Stephen King's The Stand this ain't.I read the premise for this film, and saw that it had an all-star cast, incuding Gwyneth Paltrow and Matt Damon.",
"Had to be good, right?",
"Wrong.",
"I don't know how this film managed to be a cliched, boring drag when the subject matter is a 1918 Spanish-flu-like virus spreading around the world.",
"But it seems to be lacking in anything stimulating or exciting.",
"The characters were wooden and shallow, making it difficult to care about any of them.And the plot dragged on and on, showing scene after scene of people panicking.",
"There was the usual conspiracy theories produced by a cliched internet blogger, the government of the United States was ineffectual and bumbling, and the government of other countries either didn't care or had no clue as to what they should do, so they did nothing.Avoid this turkey and if you want a thrilling virus movie, find Stephen King's The Stand, which is absolutely true to his book.Jeani Rector, EditorThe Horror Zine"
] |
1 | Get Talent or Try Dying | Rap died a long time ago, but THIS is ABSOLUTELY the bottom of the barrel. The person on here I pity most is the Amazon.com reviewer, who said that there's no, and I quote, "fast-forward material here, a near miracle in these times." Oh really? I don't know what copy of this CD YOUR younger sibling played on 4 hour car ride when you forgot your own headset/other CDs, but the one I heard had no tracks worth listening to. I don't know what about rappin about gettin shot and gettin women over produced beats and synthed melody makes a song great, but Amazon.com (and many other people who critique music for a living) really needs to have higher standards for grading rap music. And no, I don't hate 50 simply because he has gone commercial or b/c everyone knows his name; there's some good radio music out there, but every genre of music suffers from those one or two way-overhyped icons. In rap, they are Nelly and 50 Cent (others are overhyped, but not like these two are/were). | 983 | [
"Rap died a long time ago, but THIS is ABSOLUTELY the bottom of the barrel.",
"The person on here I pity most is the Amazon.com reviewer, who said that there's no, and I quote, \"fast-forward material here, a near miracle in these times.\" Oh really?",
"I don't know what copy of this CD YOUR younger sibling played on 4 hour car ride when you forgot your own headset/other CDs, but the one I heard had no tracks worth listening to.",
"I don't know what about rappin about gettin shot and gettin women over produced beats and synthed melody makes a song great, but Amazon.com (and many other people who critique music for a living) really needs to have higher standards for grading rap music.",
"And no, I don't hate 50 simply because he has gone commercial or b/c everyone knows his name; there's some good radio music out there, but every genre of music suffers from those one or two way-overhyped icons.",
"In rap, they are Nelly and 50 Cent (others are overhyped, but not like these two are/were)."
] |
1 | just let me do my thing | I saw a trailer for this movie which made it look like a very funny dark comedy and on the DVD cover it has these reviews saying how funny it is but it's actually a boring black comedy. Not too much really happens through most of the film except for the 2 hitmen touring around Bruges and getting into some minor situations and then their boss goes their to kill one of them for accidentaly shooting a kid. There is almost no action except for a little chase scene on foot towards the end which would've been okay if the dialoge would have been better. There are a few funny lines here and there through the movie but not that many and I mostly chuckled and only laughed outloud once or maybe twice also they talk pretty low so I had to turn it up loud. The only really good thing was the scenery of Bruges which is very nice.I wouldn't recommend this but I do recommend seeing the trailer because it had most of the funny parts in it and you get to miss out on all the boring stuff. | 983 | [
"I saw a trailer for this movie which made it look like a very funny dark comedy and on the DVD cover it has these reviews saying how funny it is but it's actually a boring black comedy.",
"Not too much really happens through most of the film except for the 2 hitmen touring around Bruges and getting into some minor situations and then their boss goes their to kill one of them for accidentaly shooting a kid.",
"There is almost no action except for a little chase scene on foot towards the end which would've been okay if the dialoge would have been better.",
"There are a few funny lines here and there through the movie but not that many and I mostly chuckled and only laughed outloud once or maybe twice also they talk pretty low so I had to turn it up loud.",
"The only really good thing was the scenery of Bruges which is very nice.I wouldn't recommend this but I do recommend seeing the trailer because it had most of the funny parts in it and you get to miss out on all the boring stuff."
] |
1 | Incredible Read | This book is exciting and really attracts the adudience of teenage boys. I liked how even though this book was written and takes place in a different time period it can still fit into society today. The issues that these boys go through happen very often and the dilemas that occur can be related to, to those who grow up in families who have an uncertain financial situation.Personally i cannot relate to these characters as much because I am not growing up in the same situation. However, I can also relate to this characters because these boys are very much like me and my friends based on their thoughts and similarity in actions.One of my favorite things is how this book can fit into many different time periods. The chracters deal with drug abuse and family seperation. These awful things occur today and many people reading this book will feel sympathy for the characters. It will also give you a deeper meaning to when your parents tell you, "Be thankful for what you have." | 983 | [
"This book is exciting and really attracts the adudience of teenage boys.",
"I liked how even though this book was written and takes place in a different time period it can still fit into society today.",
"The issues that these boys go through happen very often and the dilemas that occur can be related to, to those who grow up in families who have an uncertain financial situation.Personally i cannot relate to these characters as much because I am not growing up in the same situation.",
"However, I can also relate to this characters because these boys are very much like me and my friends based on their thoughts and similarity in actions.One of my favorite things is how this book can fit into many different time periods.",
"The chracters deal with drug abuse and family seperation.",
"These awful things occur today and many people reading this book will feel sympathy for the characters.",
"It will also give you a deeper meaning to when your parents tell you, \"Be thankful for what you have.\""
] |
1 | A bore to sit through | Not for people who like movies with plots. Basically, Lost in Translation follows two Americans who are in Japan on business. Both have their problems (one has a workaholic husband and doesn't know what to do with her life, the other is an actor but feels stuck doing commercials, both have failing marriages), but they are not the highlight. Neither do anything to fix their problems, but they lean on each for support. Meaning, they go to karaoke bars and arcades and drink. There is absolutely nothing meaningful about Lost in Translation.While the back of the DVD case says an unexpected friendship blooms, their relationship is more like that of two people who don't know what they want. Ex. They act as if they want to help each other with their marriage issues, but then wind up sharing a passionate kiss before the guy (I forget his name.. It was really that boring) has to leave for the States. If some development of the romance had occurred, it might have made more sense. | 983 | [
"Not for people who like movies with plots.",
"Basically, Lost in Translation follows two Americans who are in Japan on business.",
"Both have their problems (one has a workaholic husband and doesn't know what to do with her life, the other is an actor but feels stuck doing commercials, both have failing marriages), but they are not the highlight.",
"Neither do anything to fix their problems, but they lean on each for support.",
"Meaning, they go to karaoke bars and arcades and drink.",
"There is absolutely nothing meaningful about Lost in Translation.While the back of the DVD case says an unexpected friendship blooms, their relationship is more like that of two people who don't know what they want.",
"Ex.",
"They act as if they want to help each other with their marriage issues, but then wind up sharing a passionate kiss before the guy (I forget his name..",
"It was really that boring) has to leave for the States.",
"If some development of the romance had occurred, it might have made more sense."
] |
1 | EXCITER IS ANYTHING BUT... | First off, I think Depeche Mode is great. I love mostly all of the albums. They each have there own unique quality and sound that makes them unique. I had a hard time dealing with Ultra at first, but then it eventually grew on me. I unfortunately can not say the same for Exciter, which came out less then 24 hours ago. I know eveyone will say I'll probably grow into this one too and that I'm jumping the gun, but personallly I don't think I am. I have tickets to the show in New York and look forward to hearing the old favorites any Depeche Mode fan has grown to love and call there own. I guess when Dave or Martin starts to bellow out one of the choir tunes from Exciter, which the exception of "Shine" and "I Feel Loved", I guess it will be time for me to go to the bathroom... or perhaps even better... get an early jump on that beer line so I can enjoy old school DM during the encores. Bottom line, doen't waste your money on this one, but don't miss the tour this summer... | 983 | [
"First off, I think Depeche Mode is great.",
"I love mostly all of the albums.",
"They each have there own unique quality and sound that makes them unique.",
"I had a hard time dealing with Ultra at first, but then it eventually grew on me.",
"I unfortunately can not say the same for Exciter, which came out less then 24 hours ago.",
"I know eveyone will say I'll probably grow into this one too and that I'm jumping the gun, but personallly I don't think I am.",
"I have tickets to the show in New York and look forward to hearing the old favorites any Depeche Mode fan has grown to love and call there own.",
"I guess when Dave or Martin starts to bellow out one of the choir tunes from Exciter, which the exception of \"Shine\" and \"I Feel Loved\", I guess it will be time for me to go to the bathroom... or perhaps even better... get an early jump on that beer line so I can enjoy old school DM during the encores.",
"Bottom line, doen't waste your money on this one, but don't miss the tour this summer..."
] |
1 | Completely unacceptable | With the first Bosch AquaStar tankless heater my plumber installed, the pilot came on easily enough when the hot water flowed, but the burners failed to ignite. After 90 minutes of following the trouble-shooting points in the owner's manual, the plumber suggested I get a new Bosch from Lowe's or go without hot water.Two hours later, the exact same malfunction occurred with the second Bosch. After one hour on the phone with the Bosch techs (who merely had the plumber go over all the same trouble-shooting points again), the technical people suggested replacement, not knowing of course, that this had already been done.I then ordered a Rheem tankless heater and went without hot water for two days. The Rheem arrived, was installed, worked from the very first try, and there has not been one problem with it. My plumber has declared that he will NEVER install another Bosch tankless water heater for any of his customers.Bosch obviously has some serious design and quality flaws. | 983 | [
"With the first Bosch AquaStar tankless heater my plumber installed, the pilot came on easily enough when the hot water flowed, but the burners failed to ignite.",
"After 90 minutes of following the trouble-shooting points in the owner's manual, the plumber suggested I get a new Bosch from Lowe's or go without hot water.Two hours later, the exact same malfunction occurred with the second Bosch.",
"After one hour on the phone with the Bosch techs (who merely had the plumber go over all the same trouble-shooting points again), the technical people suggested replacement, not knowing of course, that this had already been done.I then ordered a Rheem tankless heater and went without hot water for two days.",
"The Rheem arrived, was installed, worked from the very first try, and there has not been one problem with it.",
"My plumber has declared that he will NEVER install another Bosch tankless water heater for any of his customers.Bosch obviously has some serious design and quality flaws."
] |
1 | Can't play video games | Everyone talks about how beautiful the graphics are on these tvs. Get an xbox with component output and you're in Halo Heaven. Try playing MVP Baseball or Top Spin on these pieces of junk. You'll find that the video and audio delay is too much to handle. Try swinging at a 95 MPH fastball and you'll find that the ball is in the catcher's mit before you even start to swing. Turns out that these digital displays require more video processing time. So they decide to delay the audio to match. Unfortunately all video gamers must now suffer from this. Any game that requires quick reaction time like stopping a moving line at a certain point on a bar is impossible. It's really sad that something this serious is often overlooked. I took my xbox to a circuit city and tried it on all the digital displays. They all had the same poor result. I try it on a cheap $200 tube tv and it's perfect. Not many people know about this, at least nobody I've talked to. So keep this delay in mind. | 983 | [
"Everyone talks about how beautiful the graphics are on these tvs.",
"Get an xbox with component output and you're in Halo Heaven.",
"Try playing MVP Baseball or Top Spin on these pieces of junk.",
"You'll find that the video and audio delay is too much to handle.",
"Try swinging at a 95 MPH fastball and you'll find that the ball is in the catcher's mit before you even start to swing.",
"Turns out that these digital displays require more video processing time.",
"So they decide to delay the audio to match.",
"Unfortunately all video gamers must now suffer from this.",
"Any game that requires quick reaction time like stopping a moving line at a certain point on a bar is impossible.",
"It's really sad that something this serious is often overlooked.",
"I took my xbox to a circuit city and tried it on all the digital displays.",
"They all had the same poor result.",
"I try it on a cheap $200 tube tv and it's perfect.",
"Not many people know about this, at least nobody I've talked to.",
"So keep this delay in mind."
] |
1 | Disturbing to Say the Least | Like many other people, I too had heard that this was a fantastic book. I was actually excited about reading it. It took me about 2 months, just because I had to force myself to pick it up every once in a while. The subject matter was boring....yes, Florentino loves Fermina, but why? Why does he obsess over her for 50-something years? Move on already! That isn't love, that is scary obsession.Just when you are about to fall asleep, you come across disturbing images, such as Florentino soiling himself in the back of a carriage, molesting a 14 year old child put in his care, having NUMEROUS flings with prostitutes, when he claims to love Fermina....the list goes on. I understand that this takes place in a different time and the author attempts to give us a glimpse into what life was like back then, but I don't want to read about a poverty-stricken society living with sewage running through the streets. You see enough of that on TV. My suggestion....don't waste your money. | 983 | [
"Like many other people, I too had heard that this was a fantastic book.",
"I was actually excited about reading it.",
"It took me about 2 months, just because I had to force myself to pick it up every once in a while.",
"The subject matter was boring....yes, Florentino loves Fermina, but why?",
"Why does he obsess over her for 50-something years?",
"Move on already!",
"That isn't love, that is scary obsession.Just when you are about to fall asleep, you come across disturbing images, such as Florentino soiling himself in the back of a carriage, molesting a 14 year old child put in his care, having NUMEROUS flings with prostitutes, when he claims to love Fermina....the list goes on.",
"I understand that this takes place in a different time and the author attempts to give us a glimpse into what life was like back then, but I don't want to read about a poverty-stricken society living with sewage running through the streets.",
"You see enough of that on TV.",
"My suggestion....don't waste your money."
] |
1 | Pure Junk! | I purchased this item, and took it back in two days. It says in the directions to blow the dead insects off the electric grids, with a hair dryer. Which I don't think a hair dryer could get the job done anyway. The other problem is when you unplug the device most of the insects that were on the grids would fly away! The grids are not strong enough to kill the insects, they just keep them alive, and stuck to the grids! As soon as you turn the item off, the insects all fly away! Bug Zappers that I have owned in the past would zap ever bug that entered, and you would hear the zapping sound. Not this one, it might zap one insect an hour or so, but the rest would all still be alive! It has a Black and Decker Name on the box, BUT IS NOT MADE BY BLACK AND DECKER! It's made by a no-name company that came with a 800 number for 7 days a week customer service, but they were always closed no matter what day or time I called! So please do not waste your time or money on this item ! | 983 | [
"I purchased this item, and took it back in two days.",
"It says in the directions to blow the dead insects off the electric grids, with a hair dryer.",
"Which I don't think a hair dryer could get the job done anyway.",
"The other problem is when you unplug the device most of the insects that were on the grids would fly away!",
"The grids are not strong enough to kill the insects, they just keep them alive, and stuck to the grids!",
"As soon as you turn the item off, the insects all fly away!",
"Bug Zappers that I have owned in the past would zap ever bug that entered, and you would hear the zapping sound.",
"Not this one, it might zap one insect an hour or so, but the rest would all still be alive!",
"It has a Black and Decker Name on the box, BUT IS NOT MADE BY BLACK AND DECKER!",
"It's made by a no-name company that came with a 800 number for 7 days a week customer service, but they were always closed no matter what day or time I called!",
"So please do not waste your time or money on this item!"
] |
1 | Don't waste your time. | A nasty, boring book in which someone whose talent appears to have sputtered out years ago, attempts to gain some notoriety by taking a hatchet to the work of others.As other reviewers have noted, Peck's preferred technique is to seek out the worst efforts of the author under 'review', line up a few cheap shots, and use this as an excuse to dismiss the author's entire body of work. The litany of denunciations does not appear to spring from any particularly coherent view of literature - it is hard to avoid the conclusion that the primary motivation is simple the author's own spleen, mixed in with resentment at the success of others. The cumulative effect of so much gratuitous nastiness is to make clear that Peck lacks the one essential quality needed to be an effective critic - that of discernment.Sour grapes much, Dale? At least Jonathan Franzen has some talent to back up his prickly public persona. With this author there's all the obnoxiousness and very little talent. | 983 | [
"A nasty, boring book in which someone whose talent appears to have sputtered out years ago, attempts to gain some notoriety by taking a hatchet to the work of others.As other reviewers have noted, Peck's preferred technique is to seek out the worst efforts of the author under 'review', line up a few cheap shots, and use this as an excuse to dismiss the author's entire body of work.",
"The litany of denunciations does not appear to spring from any particularly coherent view of literature - it is hard to avoid the conclusion that the primary motivation is simple the author's own spleen, mixed in with resentment at the success of others.",
"The cumulative effect of so much gratuitous nastiness is to make clear that Peck lacks the one essential quality needed to be an effective critic - that of discernment.Sour grapes much, Dale?",
"At least Jonathan Franzen has some talent to back up his prickly public persona.",
"With this author there's all the obnoxiousness and very little talent."
] |
1 | Sue the publisher! | I read this book a while back and I can remember the utter trauma that this book has put me through! In fact, I have still not recovered from it. This book really had all the right elements of becoming a great horror book, but unfortunately Mr King screwed it up. This isn't the first time he did this, I've read Cujo, The dead zone and the half of IT (it was this book that diminished all hope of ever reading a Stephen King book again). Based on my experience of reading King's books, I can predict that his work is not for me. It lacks that rare thing, which I call the scare-factor and I've noticed with The Stand that some of (particularly when the deadly flu spreads around the world) his scenes are very repetitive and, generally, the book is BLATANTLY BORING. The Dark One in the book also disappointed me, because I would've expected it to have more interesting supernatural gifts.In conclusion, this book is more useful as a modified dumbell than it is as reading material. | 983 | [
"I read this book a while back and I can remember the utter trauma that this book has put me through!",
"In fact, I have still not recovered from it.",
"This book really had all the right elements of becoming a great horror book, but unfortunately Mr King screwed it up.",
"This isn't the first time he did this, I've read Cujo, The dead zone and the half of IT (it was this book that diminished all hope of ever reading a Stephen King book again).",
"Based on my experience of reading King's books, I can predict that his work is not for me.",
"It lacks that rare thing, which I call the scare-factor and I've noticed with The Stand that some of (particularly when the deadly flu spreads around the world) his scenes are very repetitive and, generally, the book is BLATANTLY BORING.",
"The Dark One in the book also disappointed me, because I would've expected it to have more interesting supernatural gifts.In conclusion, this book is more useful as a modified dumbell than it is as reading material."
] |
1 | Don't Buy | Don't buy the MacBook Pros. Here's my experience: I bought a MacBook Pro a few months ago and it was dead-on-arrival. I immediately had it replaced with my current MacBook Pro, which also turned out to be defective. I sent it in for repairs through my local Apple store to Apple's repair facility in Texas. Unfortunately for me, the defective part is the logic board (the motherboard on this notebook) and that part is on backorder, which I can only assume to be the case because of the demand for this part for other defective MacBook Pros. Apple's repair facility has had my notebook for more than four weeks now, and even after numerous phone calls to Apple's service center, I still don't have my notebook. My advice is to stay away from the MacBook Pros until Apple figures out why so many of them are unreliable (known problems include, but are not limited to, excessive heat and noise from the MacBook Pros). Just check Apple's official discussion forums and see for yourself. | 983 | [
"Don't buy the MacBook Pros.",
"Here's my experience: I bought a MacBook Pro a few months ago and it was dead-on-arrival.",
"I immediately had it replaced with my current MacBook Pro, which also turned out to be defective.",
"I sent it in for repairs through my local Apple store to Apple's repair facility in Texas.",
"Unfortunately for me, the defective part is the logic board (the motherboard on this notebook) and that part is on backorder, which I can only assume to be the case because of the demand for this part for other defective MacBook Pros.",
"Apple's repair facility has had my notebook for more than four weeks now, and even after numerous phone calls to Apple's service center, I still don't have my notebook.",
"My advice is to stay away from the MacBook Pros until Apple figures out why so many of them are unreliable (known problems include, but are not limited to, excessive heat and noise from the MacBook Pros).",
"Just check Apple's official discussion forums and see for yourself."
] |
1 | Not So Easy | I cannot recommend this book. I bought it to help me in writing a history book I am having published (The Super Summary of World History), and it was no help at all. I suggest The Elements of Style as a good alternative. This is printed in the workbook style, which requires one to go from lesson to lesson to achieve the goal of learning the subject. I needed something far different.In my opinion this is a brush up kind of "course" on English, but not a very good one. The authors think that definitions alone will cause one to understand what the parts of English are, and a few examples suffice to show the reader how to incorporate the idea into writing, speaking or whatever. It doesn't work. Once a concept has been covered the next part of the book assumes the student now has that down pat and the authors do not spend enough time explaining how these parts of speech relate to one another or how they might be critical in good writing.Look elsewhere for an English course. | 983 | [
"I cannot recommend this book.",
"I bought it to help me in writing a history book I am having published (The Super Summary of World History), and it was no help at all.",
"I suggest The Elements of Style as a good alternative.",
"This is printed in the workbook style, which requires one to go from lesson to lesson to achieve the goal of learning the subject.",
"I needed something far different.In my opinion this is a brush up kind of \"course\" on English, but not a very good one.",
"The authors think that definitions alone will cause one to understand what the parts of English are, and a few examples suffice to show the reader how to incorporate the idea into writing, speaking or whatever.",
"It doesn't work.",
"Once a concept has been covered the next part of the book assumes the student now has that down pat and the authors do not spend enough time explaining how these parts of speech relate to one another or how they might be critical in good writing.Look elsewhere for an English course."
] |
1 | Not his best work... | I've listened to many Brian Tracy programs over the years, and was very hopeful when I saw this one hidden away.The only reason I gave it ONE star is because Amazon won't let me give it ZERO stars. This is just not very good work. He repeats himself multiple times, paraphrases and re-states the same ideas, and frankly the suggestions for increasing your learning potential just aren't very good.Don't waste your money on this one. Stick to the motivational techniques he teaches in other programs and apply them to your own learning. 90% of learning something is WANTING to learn it in the first place--there aren't any shortcuts or tricks.UPDATE: I guess there are some die-hard Brian Tracy fans out there. Of all the reviews I've ever written, this is the only one that ever got a thumbs down! The truth is the truth. I calls them like I sees them! This program is a waste of your money and--more importantly--your TIME, and Brian Tracy claims to be an expert on time management. | 983 | [
"I've listened to many Brian Tracy programs over the years, and was very hopeful when I saw this one hidden away.The only reason I gave it ONE star is because Amazon won't let me give it ZERO stars.",
"This is just not very good work.",
"He repeats himself multiple times, paraphrases and re-states the same ideas, and frankly the suggestions for increasing your learning potential just aren't very good.Don't waste your money on this one.",
"Stick to the motivational techniques he teaches in other programs and apply them to your own learning.",
"90% of learning something is WANTING to learn it in the first place--there aren't any shortcuts or tricks.UPDATE: I guess there are some die-hard Brian Tracy fans out there.",
"Of all the reviews I've ever written, this is the only one that ever got a thumbs down!",
"The truth is the truth.",
"I calls them like I sees them!",
"This program is a waste of your money and--more importantly--your TIME, and Brian Tracy claims to be an expert on time management."
] |
1 | Kick-Little Toe | (1.) Still another example of an aging actor not role challenging himself but declining towards the money.(2.) Ripoff storyline of someone coming back from the dead with a revengeful stalking of the representatives of evil (i.e. Satan with his always present alternative names). Can't they be a bit more creative than bon fires and baby sacrifices? And, the usual cheap money maker of flying bullets, pointless sex scene and the getting-old-fast 'n furious driving. Then we have the typecast human looking types with God like powers always showing them off in trivial pointless ways. (Why? Just to have filler visuals for the film.) They always seem to lose anyway. You would think that with their superior capabilities that they would just do the job and leave but then there wouldn't be a movie.(3.) For some reason older cars must bring in a lot of nostalgia money because they always show up in abundance in these type of movies. If you ever drove one you wouldn't want to again. | 983 | [
"(1.) Still another example of an aging actor not role challenging himself but declining towards the money.(2.) Ripoff storyline of someone coming back from the dead with a revengeful stalking of the representatives of evil (i.e. Satan with his always present alternative names).",
"Can't they be a bit more creative than bon fires and baby sacrifices?",
"And, the usual cheap money maker of flying bullets, pointless sex scene and the getting-old-fast 'n furious driving.",
"Then we have the typecast human looking types with God like powers always showing them off in trivial pointless ways.",
"(Why?",
"Just to have filler visuals for the film.) They always seem to lose anyway.",
"You would think that with their superior capabilities that they would just do the job and leave but then there wouldn't be a movie.(3.) For some reason older cars must bring in a lot of nostalgia money because they always show up in abundance in these type of movies.",
"If you ever drove one you wouldn't want to again."
] |
1 | This book is bad. | While in the beginning it may look harmless, this book ignores CGI.pm, the REAL way to write Perl CGI. Using there pitifully simple interface to the POST method, newbies are led to believe that their scripts work fine using a simple hash. Their supplied function leaves a blatant security hole that any average hacker can use to bomb the script and potentially your web server. All examples are oversimplified and remain poorly explained. The reason other people rate this book as GREAT is because they are not aware of the potential harmfulness that a few lines of insecure code can do. As a webmaster, I am qualified to bash this book. The book follows up by NOT mentioning anything about taint checking, warning flag, or the use of the "strict" pragma which should be used in ALL CGI scripts (if not all Perl scripts together). This book is a NO-NO! Real advice on perl/CGI can be found at PerlMonks.org or by reading the CGI manual pages included with every distribution of Perl. | 983 | [
"While in the beginning it may look harmless, this book ignores CGI.pm, the REAL way to write Perl CGI.",
"Using there pitifully simple interface to the POST method, newbies are led to believe that their scripts work fine using a simple hash.",
"Their supplied function leaves a blatant security hole that any average hacker can use to bomb the script and potentially your web server.",
"All examples are oversimplified and remain poorly explained.",
"The reason other people rate this book as GREAT is because they are not aware of the potential harmfulness that a few lines of insecure code can do.",
"As a webmaster, I am qualified to bash this book.",
"The book follows up by NOT mentioning anything about taint checking, warning flag, or the use of the \"strict\" pragma which should be used in ALL CGI scripts (if not all Perl scripts together).",
"This book is a NO-NO!",
"Real advice on perl/CGI can be found at PerlMonks.org or by reading the CGI manual pages included with every distribution of Perl."
] |
1 | Too easy... | If a sports title is to be great it must offer some kind of challenge. This is not the case with FIFA 2003. I've played this game for three months now and it has become so easy to manipulate offensively that I can score around 10 goals a game on the World Class level. That's even using an MLS team against stronger international competition.Whatever EA did to the game this time around it spoiled it. This game is slap in the face to soccer fans. So many elements that were right with FIFA 2002 are gone just for the sake of better graphics and animations.Headers are all but gone and impossible to execute. There isn't much variance on the passing game and your only chance to win a game is to brutally outscore your opponent because often times 2 or 3 goal leads won't hold up.I really don't get EA. How come you can develop nearly perfect recreations of American gridiron football which is much more complex in theory and can't even come close with the simplistic beautiful game? | 983 | [
"If a sports title is to be great it must offer some kind of challenge.",
"This is not the case with FIFA 2003.",
"I've played this game for three months now and it has become so easy to manipulate offensively that I can score around 10 goals a game on the World Class level.",
"That's even using an MLS team against stronger international competition.Whatever EA did to the game this time around it spoiled it.",
"This game is slap in the face to soccer fans.",
"So many elements that were right with FIFA 2002 are gone just for the sake of better graphics and animations.Headers are all but gone and impossible to execute.",
"There isn't much variance on the passing game and your only chance to win a game is to brutally outscore your opponent because often times 2 or 3 goal leads won't hold up.I really don't get EA.",
"How come you can develop nearly perfect recreations of American gridiron football which is much more complex in theory and can't even come close with the simplistic beautiful game?"
] |
1 | Don't Waste Your Money! | I am a teacher that has taught for twelve years both in preschool and grade school. I bought this dvd for my son who is 17 months. He was born premature and is considered speech delayed and I was thinking that this dvd might help. I was very disappointed. This dvd is nothing other than moving flash cards. The screen shows several items and repeats the item's names over and over. I understand the concept, but it failed to keep my son's attention even when I sat and watched it with him trying to redirect him toward the t.v. The second and third time viewing he wouldn't watch it at all. This dvd is going up for sale on e-bay!Save your money and just use real objects in your house in which your child shows interest. Point to those objects, play with them, and name them. This will be a much more meaningful experience for your child. If you are looking for entertaining dvds that hold a young child's attention try the Baby Einstein series or the Sesame Street sing-along dvds. | 983 | [
"I am a teacher that has taught for twelve years both in preschool and grade school.",
"I bought this dvd for my son who is 17 months.",
"He was born premature and is considered speech delayed and I was thinking that this dvd might help.",
"I was very disappointed.",
"This dvd is nothing other than moving flash cards.",
"The screen shows several items and repeats the item's names over and over.",
"I understand the concept, but it failed to keep my son's attention even when I sat and watched it with him trying to redirect him toward the t.v. The second and third time viewing he wouldn't watch it at all.",
"This dvd is going up for sale on e-bay!",
"Save your money and just use real objects in your house in which your child shows interest.",
"Point to those objects, play with them, and name them.",
"This will be a much more meaningful experience for your child.",
"If you are looking for entertaining dvds that hold a young child's attention try the Baby Einstein series or the Sesame Street sing-along dvds."
] |
1 | lame | There is something positive about in this movie. It managed to start some public conversations about the greenhouse-effect at least somewhere in the globe but the enviromental message in "The Day After Tommorrow" got finally buried under its stupidness. No wonder, unfortunately. This is exactly something that could have been expected from the same director who has made such rubbish as "universal soldier" and "the Indepencence day". Unlike many other foreign directors Emmerich has found his way to stay in the big budget business by adding each time some korny and sentimental patriotism in his films, often directly out from the mouth of the president himself. There`s lots of holes in the script which can`t be filled not even by the massive special effects. Maybe I`m just too old( yet still a teenager) but I just can`t get excited by stuff like some crappy animated CGI-wolfs anymore. In this context, the first pictures of the gigantic wave where quite entertaining though. | 983 | [
"There is something positive about in this movie.",
"It managed to start some public conversations about the greenhouse-effect at least somewhere in the globe but the enviromental message in \"The Day After Tommorrow\" got finally buried under its stupidness.",
"No wonder, unfortunately.",
"This is exactly something that could have been expected from the same director who has made such rubbish as \"universal soldier\" and \"the Indepencence day\".",
"Unlike many other foreign directors Emmerich has found his way to stay in the big budget business by adding each time some korny and sentimental patriotism in his films, often directly out from the mouth of the president himself.",
"There`s lots of holes in the script which can`t be filled not even by the massive special effects.",
"Maybe I`m just too old( yet still a teenager) but I just can`t get excited by stuff like some crappy animated CGI-wolfs anymore.",
"In this context, the first pictures of the gigantic wave where quite entertaining though."
] |
1 | this is pretty bad..ahahaha | ok..This is funny..way to funny. I love wanna be goth bands..they ammuse me. As for this music...i thought it was horrid..not only is the music cheesy..they look cheesy. What is with the pathetic spider they have everywhere..lol. For me i think the music is very very hmmmm how can i put this into the right words...ummmm boring! And if the music is'nt bad enough..the videos are even worse! ahahaha And please to the person that put them into a "depressed" music zone..and compared them with Nine Inch Nails...don't ever do that..NIN is the best band ever! Not cheesy "goth" ... like you get with cold..i am 24..and lemme tell you..Cold is bad. I have heard some bad music..but they take the cake..Way to go cold!! Keep up the horrid work..and oh so predictable lyrics...i hate cheesy lyrics too. This cd will provide you with cheesy lyrics...so much "goth" wannabe ......and enough cheesy spider to keep you busy for awhile..what a waste of money..i could of bought some eye liner! | 983 | [
"ok..This is funny..way to funny.",
"I love wanna be goth bands..they ammuse me.",
"As for this music...i thought it was horrid..not only is the music cheesy..they look cheesy.",
"What is with the pathetic spider they have everywhere..lol.",
"For me i think the music is very very hmmmm how can i put this into the right words...ummmm boring!",
"And if the music is'nt bad enough..the videos are even worse!",
"ahahaha And please to the person that put them into a \"depressed\" music zone..and compared them with Nine Inch Nails...don't ever do that..NIN is the best band ever!",
"Not cheesy \"goth\" ... like you get with cold..i am 24..and lemme tell you..Cold is bad.",
"I have heard some bad music..but they take the cake..Way to go cold!!",
"Keep up the horrid work..and oh so predictable lyrics...i hate cheesy lyrics too.",
"This cd will provide you with cheesy lyrics...so much \"goth\" wannabe ......and enough cheesy spider to keep you busy for awhile..what a waste of money..i could of bought some eye liner!"
] |
1 | What a Disappointment | I received this book yesterday, a rainy day, and settled in my favourite chair with a cup of mint tea, for a nice afternoon of reading. Was I disappointed! 3-1/2 hours later I finished the book.The book has 270 pages. I had not read the 3 books preceeding it. I don't know who the characters on the cover are supposed to be - they certainly aren't the twin children, and their colouring and age don't match the description of the parents. The story was simple, with no complexity - for example, there was only one bad person - others were hinted at, but never appeared. And the otter was just plain silly - by the end of the book I was just skimming his "dialog."I am not familiar with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, but I have read everything Anne McCaffrey has written. I expected more of McCaffery, especially since her name is listed first, than what I got.I recommend that you wait till this book is a $5.95 paperback, not a $19.95 hardback, before buying it. And don't expect much. | 983 | [
"I received this book yesterday, a rainy day, and settled in my favourite chair with a cup of mint tea, for a nice afternoon of reading.",
"Was I disappointed!",
"3-1/2 hours later I finished the book.The book has 270 pages.",
"I had not read the 3 books preceeding it.",
"I don't know who the characters on the cover are supposed to be - they certainly aren't the twin children, and their colouring and age don't match the description of the parents.",
"The story was simple, with no complexity - for example, there was only one bad person - others were hinted at, but never appeared.",
"And the otter was just plain silly - by the end of the book I was just skimming his \"dialog.\"I am not familiar with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, but I have read everything Anne McCaffrey has written.",
"I expected more of McCaffery, especially since her name is listed first, than what I got.I recommend that you wait till this book is a $5.95 paperback, not a $19.95 hardback, before buying it.",
"And don't expect much."
] |
1 | Great Idea Bad Execution | Let me start by saying that I love Guitar Hero I and II and while you can argue for years about the song list for Encore: Rocks the 80's for me the disappointment comes in the execution. In the first two versions of Guitar Hero the production quality on the songs made you feel like you were playing with the real band at a big venue. With the new version, it sounds like your playing in someone's basement through a bad amp with a lead singer who has a cold. The other problem with the new version is the guitar work itself. With the previous versions the notes on the screen matched the song, in this new version there are many times where there seemed to be no connection between the music and the notes you were playing. This felt like Red Octane was in a hurry to get something out, grabbed some songs that would be cheap to license and then hired a second rate group to help them record the covers on bad equipment. I'm seriously considering sending my copy back to Red Octane. | 983 | [
"Let me start by saying that I love Guitar Hero I and II and while you can argue for years about the song list for Encore: Rocks the 80's for me the disappointment comes in the execution.",
"In the first two versions of Guitar Hero the production quality on the songs made you feel like you were playing with the real band at a big venue.",
"With the new version, it sounds like your playing in someone's basement through a bad amp with a lead singer who has a cold.",
"The other problem with the new version is the guitar work itself.",
"With the previous versions the notes on the screen matched the song, in this new version there are many times where there seemed to be no connection between the music and the notes you were playing.",
"This felt like Red Octane was in a hurry to get something out, grabbed some songs that would be cheap to license and then hired a second rate group to help them record the covers on bad equipment.",
"I'm seriously considering sending my copy back to Red Octane."
] |
1 | I HATE HATE HATE This version | I primarily use Acrobat to scan hardcopy and then edit it. This allows me to send manuscripts electronically anywhere in the world.I skipped the 5.0 upgrade and got this instead. I have never been so sorry in all my life. I have had it a month so far and cannot get it to scan in color. Nor can I get it to accept more than 19 scanned pages at a time using the document feeder (Acrobat 4.0: 75-100 pages in True Color was no problem). The only thing better in this version is the arrows connecting the annotations to their place. Big deal. I have always preferred the text box anyway (e.g., for a general comment) and now you can't adjust the font size or type. Also, it constantly goes off the page. (Nice autowrap, not!) And to finish it all off, it is slow...slow...slow. Everything is slower. If you are going to read an online PDF using IE, go get a cup of coffee. Geez, we might as well be back in the days of dialup.Acrobat's competitors, listen up. Now is the time to pounce! | 983 | [
"I primarily use Acrobat to scan hardcopy and then edit it.",
"This allows me to send manuscripts electronically anywhere in the world.I skipped the 5.0 upgrade and got this instead.",
"I have never been so sorry in all my life.",
"I have had it a month so far and cannot get it to scan in color.",
"Nor can I get it to accept more than 19 scanned pages at a time using the document feeder (Acrobat 4.0: 75-100 pages in True Color was no problem).",
"The only thing better in this version is the arrows connecting the annotations to their place.",
"Big deal.",
"I have always preferred the text box anyway (e.g., for a general comment) and now you can't adjust the font size or type.",
"Also, it constantly goes off the page.",
"(Nice autowrap, not!",
") And to finish it all off, it is slow...slow...slow.",
"Everything is slower.",
"If you are going to read an online PDF using IE, go get a cup of coffee.",
"Geez, we might as well be back in the days of dialup.Acrobat's competitors, listen up.",
"Now is the time to pounce!"
] |
1 | laughable at best | Anyone who has ever read the book knows that this movie is based on someting other then the king novel. Not one thing is true to the book and The movie is laughable at best. There isn't one thing scary about it either. It is some of the flat out worst acting I have ever seen it my life. How any one can praise and even somewhat like this movie is completly lost to me.Like the novel silence of the lambs the scariest and most improtant scences in the novels where completly left out of the movie.This movie is just terrible. I actually could barely stand to seat through the entire thing. Danny talkin to his fingure which is "supposed to be tony" was just bad. see in the bood tony is an actual person that he sees far of in the distance(sortof) not his fingure. I could pount out ever little bad part about this movie but I just don't have the time.Please skip the movie and read the book. It is one of the best I have ever read and more scary then the movie(which actually isn't) | 983 | [
"Anyone who has ever read the book knows that this movie is based on someting other then the king novel.",
"Not one thing is true to the book and The movie is laughable at best.",
"There isn't one thing scary about it either.",
"It is some of the flat out worst acting I have ever seen it my life.",
"How any one can praise and even somewhat like this movie is completly lost to me.Like the novel silence of the lambs the scariest and most improtant scences in the novels where completly left out of the movie.This movie is just terrible.",
"I actually could barely stand to seat through the entire thing.",
"Danny talkin to his fingure which is \"supposed to be tony\" was just bad.",
"see in the bood tony is an actual person that he sees far of in the distance(sortof) not his fingure.",
"I could pount out ever little bad part about this movie but I just don't have the time.Please skip the movie and read the book.",
"It is one of the best I have ever read and more scary then the movie(which actually isn't)"
] |
1 | Deplorable | After hearing so much about Fowles' masterpiece, I plodded through the first few chapters with the hope that I would reach the final chapter feeling rewarded and satisfied. Enlightened,even. I wasn't.What has disturbed me on so many levels, months after shelving the book, is the assumption that Nicholas' punishment fit his "crime."Not once did I get the impression that he was madly in love with Allison and not once did I feel that she was somehow entitled to his love. Are we obligated to love every needy, fragmented, and troubled individual who enters our lives and professes to feel true love for us? Is it justifiable for a woman to conspire to torture a man, both mentally and physically, because he leaves her?Throughout the book, I pitied Nicholas and abhorred Allison. In the end, when the legion of psychopaths had finally managed to brainwash Nicholas into thinking that Allison was - alas - his one true love, I was struck by a wave of nausea. The premise? Deplorable. | 983 | [
"After hearing so much about Fowles' masterpiece, I plodded through the first few chapters with the hope that I would reach the final chapter feeling rewarded and satisfied.",
"Enlightened,even.",
"I wasn't.What has disturbed me on so many levels, months after shelving the book, is the assumption that Nicholas' punishment fit his \"crime.\"Not once did I get the impression that he was madly in love with Allison and not once did I feel that she was somehow entitled to his love.",
"Are we obligated to love every needy, fragmented, and troubled individual who enters our lives and professes to feel true love for us?",
"Is it justifiable for a woman to conspire to torture a man, both mentally and physically, because he leaves her?",
"Throughout the book, I pitied Nicholas and abhorred Allison.",
"In the end, when the legion of psychopaths had finally managed to brainwash Nicholas into thinking that Allison was - alas - his one true love, I was struck by a wave of nausea.",
"The premise?",
"Deplorable."
] |
1 | What a disappointment! | I read all the reviews here before buying this phone system -- and it's terrible. People tell me my voice breaks up using the speaker phone on the handsets (inevitably, I have to take the call off speaker phone; this is a big problem for me, as I work often from home and need 2 hands free to type/take notes); the volume fades terribly on all 3 of the handsets I bought, and sometimes unpredictably; and you can't dial back using callerID (it doesn't put the "1" before the area code -- how stupid...). Even when not using speaker phone, the voice quality is terrible -- my father-in-law can't understand a thing my husband says on the phone, he has started to plug an old corded phone in to a jack somewhere in the house to talk to his dad. I had a Panasonic for years before this system, and it had no issues. I'm ready to throw this one away and write it off. Uniden never bothered to respond to my customer support inquiry over the web. I'll never buy another product from them. | 983 | [
"I read all the reviews here before buying this phone system -- and it's terrible.",
"People tell me my voice breaks up using the speaker phone on the handsets (inevitably, I have to take the call off speaker phone; this is a big problem for me, as I work often from home and need 2 hands free to type/take notes); the volume fades terribly on all 3 of the handsets I bought, and sometimes unpredictably; and you can't dial back using callerID (it doesn't put the \"1\" before the area code -- how stupid...).",
"Even when not using speaker phone, the voice quality is terrible -- my father-in-law can't understand a thing my husband says on the phone, he has started to plug an old corded phone in to a jack somewhere in the house to talk to his dad.",
"I had a Panasonic for years before this system, and it had no issues.",
"I'm ready to throw this one away and write it off.",
"Uniden never bothered to respond to my customer support inquiry over the web.",
"I'll never buy another product from them."
] |
1 | Not making any sense | This is not a Christian teaching book, if it was written by some atheist I will give the book five stars, but to be written by some one proclaiming himself a priest and Christian I should give it zero star if I have this choice.The identity of the author is not clear, his ideas does not make any sense with the reality, There is a big difference between Love and sex but the author ignored this fact to deceive people with no religion or to the people who don't have a real background about Christianity, the Christianity never been anti women actually there are too many Christians praise Virgin Mary more than any body else, this is false teaching. The Christianity is against any kind of sex outside marriage including homosexuality so what is his point?, this is false teaching, and not representing Christianity at any level, again his identity is not clear the same as the serpent who deceived Eve with the familiar story we all know, if I compare I don't see much difference. | 983 | [
"This is not a Christian teaching book, if it was written by some atheist I will give the book five stars, but to be written by some one proclaiming himself a priest and Christian I should give it zero star if I have this choice.The identity of the author is not clear, his ideas does not make any sense with the reality, There is a big difference between Love and sex but the author ignored this fact to deceive people with no religion or to the people who don't have a real background about Christianity, the Christianity never been anti women actually there are too many Christians praise Virgin Mary more than any body else, this is false teaching.",
"The Christianity is against any kind of sex outside marriage including homosexuality so what is his point?",
", this is false teaching, and not representing Christianity at any level, again his identity is not clear the same as the serpent who deceived Eve with the familiar story we all know, if I compare I don't see much difference."
] |
1 | Not what I expected | It is obvious now, after listening to this album, why this group faded into obscurity so quickly. The title track is the only one worthy of a listen, as the rest are outdated hippy garbage. The title track contains an interesting and very creative main riff. However, to carry this basic riff for 17+ minutes is ridiculous. Several complaints: a) Main riff is good, but more suited to a 3 min. single, b) musicianship is not that great, c) Guitar solos are uninspired, simplistic, and quite annoying, d) Sound quality is poor, tinny, and annoying, e) drum solo is to simplistic, poorly recorded, and obviously didn't require much talent, and f) the lyrics, which are sparse, are repetitive, boring, and don't stimulate the imagination as psychelic music should. Overall, I consider this album to be quite poor, and even on acid, would'nt find it very interesting. Try some Pink Floyd if you want a good, honest to God, psychedelic trip. And throw this junk in the garbage. Thank you. | 983 | [
"It is obvious now, after listening to this album, why this group faded into obscurity so quickly.",
"The title track is the only one worthy of a listen, as the rest are outdated hippy garbage.",
"The title track contains an interesting and very creative main riff.",
"However, to carry this basic riff for 17+ minutes is ridiculous.",
"Several complaints: a) Main riff is good, but more suited to a 3 min.",
"single, b) musicianship is not that great, c) Guitar solos are uninspired, simplistic, and quite annoying, d) Sound quality is poor, tinny, and annoying, e) drum solo is to simplistic, poorly recorded, and obviously didn't require much talent, and f) the lyrics, which are sparse, are repetitive, boring, and don't stimulate the imagination as psychelic music should.",
"Overall, I consider this album to be quite poor, and even on acid, would'nt find it very interesting.",
"Try some Pink Floyd if you want a good, honest to God, psychedelic trip.",
"And throw this junk in the garbage.",
"Thank you."
] |
1 | Absolute rubbish | Positively the worst kitchen appliance we have ever bought. We bought this because it was recommended on this site, and compared with our old kettle (left behind in the UK), this is a complete waste of money. It takes ages to boil - I am surprised by the reviews suggesting this is quick, and the thermostat takes ages to switch off once the water is boiling, which is an unnecessary waste of electricity. Our thermostat is now not shutting off at all(in a 5 month old kettle), meaning the kettle is now an electrical hazard, and like the previous reviewer, I have discovered that the warranty is almost worthless. It requires the kettle to be posted at our expense, including a further $10.00 for return postage (a third of the value of the item!), and allowing 2-4 weeks for return shipping! I suspect that these sort of provisions, which make the warranty without value, are probably not valid as a matter of law, but I don't really want a replacement so we are not pursuing this. | 983 | [
"Positively the worst kitchen appliance we have ever bought.",
"We bought this because it was recommended on this site, and compared with our old kettle (left behind in the UK), this is a complete waste of money.",
"It takes ages to boil - I am surprised by the reviews suggesting this is quick, and the thermostat takes ages to switch off once the water is boiling, which is an unnecessary waste of electricity.",
"Our thermostat is now not shutting off at all(in a 5 month old kettle), meaning the kettle is now an electrical hazard, and like the previous reviewer, I have discovered that the warranty is almost worthless.",
"It requires the kettle to be posted at our expense, including a further $10.00 for return postage (a third of the value of the item!",
"), and allowing 2-4 weeks for return shipping!",
"I suspect that these sort of provisions, which make the warranty without value, are probably not valid as a matter of law, but I don't really want a replacement so we are not pursuing this."
] |
1 | Don't bother | We gave it our best shot. So did their techs during a phone call and two emails. They thought my Anti-virus sofware was to blame.The problems I encountered have to do with network permissions, not anti-virus software. I called Dell and McAffee and niether knew of a fix. I have a stand-alone computer, I am the administrator. Between my wife and I, we have over 55 years in PC and mainframe computing experience. They weren't helpful, the software is full of pitfalls and need to be re-configured to allow for a "dumbed-down" approach to the simple task of copying files to an external drive. "out of the box instructions do not require that anti-virus software be turned off, nor that the destination drive be set for NTFS file config. Both were offered as helpful suggestins, but neither worked.Sorry, but for the average user, we can't recommend Novabackup, nor your customer service capabilities. During two three hour attempts, Novabackup didn't even get past the "write" stage. | 983 | [
"We gave it our best shot.",
"So did their techs during a phone call and two emails.",
"They thought my Anti-virus sofware was to blame.The problems I encountered have to do with network permissions, not anti-virus software.",
"I called Dell and McAffee and niether knew of a fix.",
"I have a stand-alone computer, I am the administrator.",
"Between my wife and I, we have over 55 years in PC and mainframe computing experience.",
"They weren't helpful, the software is full of pitfalls and need to be re-configured to allow for a \"dumbed-down\" approach to the simple task of copying files to an external drive.",
"\"out of the box instructions do not require that anti-virus software be turned off, nor that the destination drive be set for NTFS file config.",
"Both were offered as helpful suggestins, but neither worked.Sorry, but for the average user, we can't recommend Novabackup, nor your customer service capabilities.",
"During two three hour attempts, Novabackup didn't even get past the \"write\" stage."
] |
1 | Not Good | I purchased three of these phones when I added caller ID to my service. I was disappointed when I started to notice a clicking/humming sound on all three phones. I moved phones aroundto no avail. My 1 Radio Shack and GE phone were fine. I took the phones to a friends house, plugged them in and got the same problem. I contacted the manufaturer, who of course, told me they had no complaints? Additionally, the caller ID box is too small and angled in the wrong place. You need to mount the phone about 7 feet up in order to see the screen. The only thing I liked about it was the back-lit dial and event though it had alot of humming/clicking the volume was good. I returned all 3 phones, which I purchased at 3 different locations over a 2 week period. All the lot numbers were different, so I don't suspect it was a batch problem. Back to the drawing board on this one SW!!! Now I have to find a phone that works better. The AT&T 240 is suppose to be a better buy, we shall see :) | 983 | [
"I purchased three of these phones when I added caller ID to my service.",
"I was disappointed when I started to notice a clicking/humming sound on all three phones.",
"I moved phones aroundto no avail.",
"My 1 Radio Shack and GE phone were fine.",
"I took the phones to a friends house, plugged them in and got the same problem.",
"I contacted the manufaturer, who of course, told me they had no complaints?",
"Additionally, the caller ID box is too small and angled in the wrong place.",
"You need to mount the phone about 7 feet up in order to see the screen.",
"The only thing I liked about it was the back-lit dial and event though it had alot of humming/clicking the volume was good.",
"I returned all 3 phones, which I purchased at 3 different locations over a 2 week period.",
"All the lot numbers were different, so I don't suspect it was a batch problem.",
"Back to the drawing board on this one SW!!!",
"Now I have to find a phone that works better.",
"The AT&T 240 is suppose to be a better buy, we shall see :)"
] |
1 | Wimpy yuppies.. | I totally agree with the revewer who said that the book is about what spoiled, fed on baby-formula yuppies want (and what they never get). My advice for everybody is to forget this book and look for a real man, a man with a heart. How to find him: don't pretent that you are overly OK and ready to always please him and all these sleazeballs will fall off you by themselves. Unfortunately, there is an element of the sad truth in this book: some high-income men do tend to be self-centered, heartless, stiff, emotionally blind robots; you need to learn to open your eyes and avoid these men. Forget their money and costumes! The book had helped me to do exactly that. A woman is worth for what she is, and stifling yourself up to somebody's boring and empty life will not do any good; those men who still don't get it in their 30s will have to live alone or learn it. The book reminded me of the famous Ted Bundy's quote: "I am the most coldhearted son of a witch you can ever meet". | 983 | [
"I totally agree with the revewer who said that the book is about what spoiled, fed on baby-formula yuppies want (and what they never get).",
"My advice for everybody is to forget this book and look for a real man, a man with a heart.",
"How to find him: don't pretent that you are overly OK and ready to always please him and all these sleazeballs will fall off you by themselves.",
"Unfortunately, there is an element of the sad truth in this book: some high-income men do tend to be self-centered, heartless, stiff, emotionally blind robots; you need to learn to open your eyes and avoid these men.",
"Forget their money and costumes!",
"The book had helped me to do exactly that.",
"A woman is worth for what she is, and stifling yourself up to somebody's boring and empty life will not do any good; those men who still don't get it in their 30s will have to live alone or learn it.",
"The book reminded me of the famous Ted Bundy's quote: \"I am the most coldhearted son of a witch you can ever meet\"."
] |
1 | DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK | DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK! I saw this book in a vintage postcard store. Then I read the review on amazon. The owner of the store called my attention to it as a book not to buy. As I looked throught the book, it became apparent the best part of the book is the cover. The book pictures a lot of postcards that a reputable a dealer would put in a twenty five cent box. The cards pictured had missing corners, heavy damage and lots of ground in grime, this reveiw sounds like a commercial for laundry soap, sorry. Even the better cards shown in the book came from a different source than most of those pictured in the book, probably an internet action source because thes images were crystal clear althought somewhat smaller in size with no damage noted. The prices listed for the cards are not realistic at all. If you are interested in postcards, buy the books by Mashburn and others. They are a lot better at providing a relistic price guide and sound educational information about cards. | 983 | [
"DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!",
"I saw this book in a vintage postcard store.",
"Then I read the review on amazon.",
"The owner of the store called my attention to it as a book not to buy.",
"As I looked throught the book, it became apparent the best part of the book is the cover.",
"The book pictures a lot of postcards that a reputable a dealer would put in a twenty five cent box.",
"The cards pictured had missing corners, heavy damage and lots of ground in grime, this reveiw sounds like a commercial for laundry soap, sorry.",
"Even the better cards shown in the book came from a different source than most of those pictured in the book, probably an internet action source because thes images were crystal clear althought somewhat smaller in size with no damage noted.",
"The prices listed for the cards are not realistic at all.",
"If you are interested in postcards, buy the books by Mashburn and others.",
"They are a lot better at providing a relistic price guide and sound educational information about cards."
] |
1 | Save your money | I seldom write reviews so that should tell you something right off. I'm a big time Neil Young fan which explains why I bought this CD. So what's this cd like. Imagine you're in a room and someone is tuning their electric guitar. They may connect a few notes here and there. They might strum a few chords on occasion. But you're waiting for the music to begin. Then imagine someone sits down center stage and reads from a book. If you can imagine just this, you already know what this cd is like. Other than a reasonably nice selection in the middle of the cd, there is nothing music worthy on this cd and that one selection isn't worth your spending your hard earned money. So who should buy this CD? Well if you're into getting high and letting the music play in the background, go for it. If you're a Neil Young fanatic, like I am, and want to have every CD he ever made, yes buy it (but you don't have to listen to it). Otherwise, spend your money on Zuma or one of his other CDs. | 983 | [
"I seldom write reviews so that should tell you something right off.",
"I'm a big time Neil Young fan which explains why I bought this CD.",
"So what's this cd like.",
"Imagine you're in a room and someone is tuning their electric guitar.",
"They may connect a few notes here and there.",
"They might strum a few chords on occasion.",
"But you're waiting for the music to begin.",
"Then imagine someone sits down center stage and reads from a book.",
"If you can imagine just this, you already know what this cd is like.",
"Other than a reasonably nice selection in the middle of the cd, there is nothing music worthy on this cd and that one selection isn't worth your spending your hard earned money.",
"So who should buy this CD?",
"Well if you're into getting high and letting the music play in the background, go for it.",
"If you're a Neil Young fanatic, like I am, and want to have every CD he ever made, yes buy it (but you don't have to listen to it).",
"Otherwise, spend your money on Zuma or one of his other CDs."
] |
1 | God this is AWFUL! | Her last album had "Redneck Woman." This one has....well NOTHING! She is going to go down in history with all the other one hit wonders. She clearly needs to go to school and get an education. The song about being one Bud Wiser, a play on the name of the beer, is one of the lamest and desperate plays on words ever to appear in a song. It's also an insult to anyone who's lost someone to drinking and driving. It's like she's glorifying drinking. It's very irresponsible. But then again, she includes a song about Skoal...a substance which causes mouth cancer. I know her fans are mostly uneducated rednecks, but they still deserve better than this!AND...The song "He Ain't Even Cold Yet:" is one of the poorest excuses of a song in history. It's apparently about a woman who goes out partying before they even bury her husband's dead body. What trailer park did Gretchen Wilson crawl out of?This cd is also on Sony....so beware. They install spyware on computers. DON'T TRUST THEM! | 983 | [
"Her last album had \"Redneck Woman.\" This one has....well NOTHING!",
"She is going to go down in history with all the other one hit wonders.",
"She clearly needs to go to school and get an education.",
"The song about being one Bud Wiser, a play on the name of the beer, is one of the lamest and desperate plays on words ever to appear in a song.",
"It's also an insult to anyone who's lost someone to drinking and driving.",
"It's like she's glorifying drinking.",
"It's very irresponsible.",
"But then again, she includes a song about Skoal...a substance which causes mouth cancer.",
"I know her fans are mostly uneducated rednecks, but they still deserve better than this!",
"AND...The song \"He Ain't Even Cold Yet:\" is one of the poorest excuses of a song in history.",
"It's apparently about a woman who goes out partying before they even bury her husband's dead body.",
"What trailer park did Gretchen Wilson crawl out of?",
"This cd is also on Sony....so beware.",
"They install spyware on computers.",
"DON'T TRUST THEM!"
] |
1 | Immature and Unrealistic Book | There might be a minority of gays in the Republican Party, but there is definitely an overrepresentation in contemporary literature, and intellectual elitists call these works avant-garde, like Guide by Dennis Cooper and Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis, which paint the impression that privileged young men are always unsure about their sexuality and smoke pot and have one night stands with men. Michael Chabon is a much better writer than the other two, but he also shroud his characters in the same inaccurate light. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a very fragmentary and immature piece of work about a college student named Art having bisexual trysts. The characters are very stereotypical, and seemed to be put together by super glue. This Side of Paradise and The Catcher in the Rye it is definitely not. If you really have to be immersed in cultural cliches and unrealistic narrative, read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. At least you can learn some new words. | 983 | [
"There might be a minority of gays in the Republican Party, but there is definitely an overrepresentation in contemporary literature, and intellectual elitists call these works avant-garde, like Guide by Dennis Cooper and Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis, which paint the impression that privileged young men are always unsure about their sexuality and smoke pot and have one night stands with men.",
"Michael Chabon is a much better writer than the other two, but he also shroud his characters in the same inaccurate light.",
"The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a very fragmentary and immature piece of work about a college student named Art having bisexual trysts.",
"The characters are very stereotypical, and seemed to be put together by super glue.",
"This Side of Paradise and The Catcher in the Rye it is definitely not.",
"If you really have to be immersed in cultural cliches and unrealistic narrative, read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.",
"At least you can learn some new words."
] |
1 | looks good; breaks easy | we received the box on a wednesday; assembly took about 15 min. and was fairly easy to do. the next saturday we took the target out to the desert to shoot. we shot only pistol rounds at the target beginning with .22s and going up to .40 S&W. the target functioned as designed about 90% of the time; sometimes when a bullet struck the paddle the paddle would not rotate to to the other side and would stay in the middle, requiring stoppage of firing and hand re-setting. after we shot 500 rounds of 9mm and .40 s&w rounds we changed the tension of the paddles so we could use .22s and noted three of the six paddles had cracked mounting hinges. the cracks are wide enough to stick a fingernail in and run the length of the hinge; since the paddles and hinges are 1-piece all three paddles need to be replaced. i don't want to see what the hinges look like after another 1000 rounds of usage so this bad boy is getting returned and we're buying a better quality target. happy shooting! | 983 | [
"we received the box on a wednesday; assembly took about 15 min.",
"and was fairly easy to do.",
"the next saturday we took the target out to the desert to shoot.",
"we shot only pistol rounds at the target beginning with .22s and going up to .40 S&W.",
"the target functioned as designed about 90% of the time; sometimes when a bullet struck the paddle the paddle would not rotate to to the other side and would stay in the middle, requiring stoppage of firing and hand re-setting.",
"after we shot 500 rounds of 9mm and .40 s&w rounds we changed the tension of the paddles so we could use .22s and noted three of the six paddles had cracked mounting hinges.",
"the cracks are wide enough to stick a fingernail in and run the length of the hinge; since the paddles and hinges are 1-piece all three paddles need to be replaced.",
"i don't want to see what the hinges look like after another 1000 rounds of usage so this bad boy is getting returned and we're buying a better quality target.",
"happy shooting!"
] |
1 | A pretty crummy book .... | I rated this book at one star only because amazon.com doesn't allow a reviewer the option of zero stars. The author of this book is a biochemist -- not a trained historian -- and her amateurism certainly shows, particulary in the early chapters where a competent historian would be careful in the assessment of the historicity of sources. So Alic retails a tradition -- presented as though it has a factual basis -- about Moses and his wife operating a medical school in Egypt. Never mind that there is virtually no evidence independent of the Bible that Moses even existed. Perhaps needless to say that the Bible contains no mention of said medical school. Shortly thereafter readers are told that Cleopatra studied human anatomy and physiology by dissecting condemned prisoners alive. The source for this horror story turns out to be a rabbinical tradition -- scarcely an unbiased source when dealing with Greeks or Greek culture. The rest of the book is at best naive hagiography. | 983 | [
"I rated this book at one star only because amazon.com doesn't allow a reviewer the option of zero stars.",
"The author of this book is a biochemist -- not a trained historian -- and her amateurism certainly shows, particulary in the early chapters where a competent historian would be careful in the assessment of the historicity of sources.",
"So Alic retails a tradition -- presented as though it has a factual basis -- about Moses and his wife operating a medical school in Egypt.",
"Never mind that there is virtually no evidence independent of the Bible that Moses even existed.",
"Perhaps needless to say that the Bible contains no mention of said medical school.",
"Shortly thereafter readers are told that Cleopatra studied human anatomy and physiology by dissecting condemned prisoners alive.",
"The source for this horror story turns out to be a rabbinical tradition -- scarcely an unbiased source when dealing with Greeks or Greek culture.",
"The rest of the book is at best naive hagiography."
] |
1 | Where is Vygotsky? | "Lev Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist" by Fred Newman and Lois Holzman purports to be a clear introduction to Vygotsky and his ideas but it's actually a muddled, mish-mosh in which Vygotsky's discoveries get lost in a sea of philosophical, political, and psychological jargon. For example, the authors devote pages to discussing the "Zone of Proximal Development," a concept central to understanding Vygotsky's contributions to learning theory, but never bother to explain or define it for the reader. Moreover, the authors have an alarming axe to grind. Fired up by revolutionary zeal, they want to show that Vygotsky's ideas are thoroughly Marxian and are valueless in any other context. Reading the book has something of the feeling of being invited to a seminar on financial planning and then discovering that the seminar is a poorly disguised infomercial for an expensive and unremunerative annuity. Readers searching for a lucid introduction to Vygotsky should look elsewhere. | 983 | [
"\"Lev Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist\" by Fred Newman and Lois Holzman purports to be a clear introduction to Vygotsky and his ideas but it's actually a muddled, mish-mosh in which Vygotsky's discoveries get lost in a sea of philosophical, political, and psychological jargon.",
"For example, the authors devote pages to discussing the \"Zone of Proximal Development,\" a concept central to understanding Vygotsky's contributions to learning theory, but never bother to explain or define it for the reader.",
"Moreover, the authors have an alarming axe to grind.",
"Fired up by revolutionary zeal, they want to show that Vygotsky's ideas are thoroughly Marxian and are valueless in any other context.",
"Reading the book has something of the feeling of being invited to a seminar on financial planning and then discovering that the seminar is a poorly disguised infomercial for an expensive and unremunerative annuity.",
"Readers searching for a lucid introduction to Vygotsky should look elsewhere."
] |
1 | Poorly-manufactured junk | Despite seeing several bad reviews for this combination square at Lowes.com, I thought perhaps Amazon was selling a slightly different model since all the reviews here were 5-star (correction: there was one 4-star review). When mine came, I was disappointed to see the machining was very poor all around. Maybe I just got a bad one, but I don't understand how it passed quality control. The body had gouges in it from manufacturing, the ruler/blade itself was not machined square (as viewed from the smallest face), and the blade was bowed. I might have been able to live with the first or maybe even the second defect, but given multiple obvious defects, I did not trust it to give me accurate, square measurements. If someone had just handed me this square, I would have assumed it was some off-brand piece of junk from Walmart that was sitting at the bottom of a bargain bin. The fact that the blade was not flat was the biggest deal-breaker. Fortunately, Amazon gave me a refund. | 983 | [
"Despite seeing several bad reviews for this combination square at Lowes.com, I thought perhaps Amazon was selling a slightly different model since all the reviews here were 5-star (correction: there was one 4-star review).",
"When mine came, I was disappointed to see the machining was very poor all around.",
"Maybe I just got a bad one, but I don't understand how it passed quality control.",
"The body had gouges in it from manufacturing, the ruler/blade itself was not machined square (as viewed from the smallest face), and the blade was bowed.",
"I might have been able to live with the first or maybe even the second defect, but given multiple obvious defects, I did not trust it to give me accurate, square measurements.",
"If someone had just handed me this square, I would have assumed it was some off-brand piece of junk from Walmart that was sitting at the bottom of a bargain bin.",
"The fact that the blade was not flat was the biggest deal-breaker.",
"Fortunately, Amazon gave me a refund."
] |
1 | Why? Why? Why? | The fact that the first three films were a overly simplistic is understandable because Lucas was new to film making and had a limited budget. They had potential but ultimately Lucas didn't expand the Star Wars Universe to satisfy people who want some depth in their movie experience.So what's his excuse now? Rather than grow up with his audience and create a prequel that would stimulate some brain cells he simply created a movie as an excuse to sell more toys. I mean come on, doesn't he have enough money to get some real writers and pay for some special effects that don't look like special effects?When I saw all the Star Wars fans getting so excited over the coming of this movie, (many of them going so far as to actually buy tickets for Meet Joe Black just to see the coming attractions for the Phantom Menace and then walk out) I was almost certain that Lucas wouldn't let them down.At this point if the next two movies are even remotely interesting I'll be very surprised. | 983 | [
"The fact that the first three films were a overly simplistic is understandable because Lucas was new to film making and had a limited budget.",
"They had potential but ultimately Lucas didn't expand the Star Wars Universe to satisfy people who want some depth in their movie experience.So what's his excuse now?",
"Rather than grow up with his audience and create a prequel that would stimulate some brain cells he simply created a movie as an excuse to sell more toys.",
"I mean come on, doesn't he have enough money to get some real writers and pay for some special effects that don't look like special effects?",
"When I saw all the Star Wars fans getting so excited over the coming of this movie, (many of them going so far as to actually buy tickets for Meet Joe Black just to see the coming attractions for the Phantom Menace and then walk out) I was almost certain that Lucas wouldn't let them down.At this point if the next two movies are even remotely interesting I'll be very surprised."
] |
1 | A book this bad... | ...doesn't deserve to be in print. Terry Bisson has to be the absolute worst writer ever to be published. It only took three chapters from "In The Upper Room and Other Likely Stories" for me to determine that TB is completely untalented and probably got most of his ideas about writing from a weekend seminar called "Repetition is Funny or How to Say Things Until They Are Funny". I take that back, TB has one talent, and that is his talent to take a perfectly good premise and completely butcher it with his repetitive, dull and close minded style. I gave him three chances and he blew it three times in a row with the first three stories in this book. All the good ideas got mangled by his inept, sorry excuse for style. He is a one trick pony that is funny only by accident and even then not very. Mostly I found myself feeling sorry for the poor slob. Skip this book. I got it from the library and I am thinking of suing them mental anguish. Yuck yuck yuck... Avoid at all costs! | 983 | [
"...doesn't deserve to be in print.",
"Terry Bisson has to be the absolute worst writer ever to be published.",
"It only took three chapters from \"In The Upper Room and Other Likely Stories\" for me to determine that TB is completely untalented and probably got most of his ideas about writing from a weekend seminar called \"Repetition is Funny or How to Say Things Until They Are Funny\".",
"I take that back, TB has one talent, and that is his talent to take a perfectly good premise and completely butcher it with his repetitive, dull and close minded style.",
"I gave him three chances and he blew it three times in a row with the first three stories in this book.",
"All the good ideas got mangled by his inept, sorry excuse for style.",
"He is a one trick pony that is funny only by accident and even then not very.",
"Mostly I found myself feeling sorry for the poor slob.",
"Skip this book.",
"I got it from the library and I am thinking of suing them mental anguish.",
"Yuck yuck yuck... Avoid at all costs!"
] |
1 | DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME | I hardly have enough time to write a review let alone read a 500-page book. However, I needed an escape so I picked this one up on someone saying it has sold a lot of copies and was in the DaVinci Code family. Last time I ever listen to him. (I should have read the online reviews first.) This is nothing but a sophomoric dime novel wrapped in a title to allure in readers. The book is filled with fluff that is neither well written nor compelling. I was really hoping for some kind of twist at the end. It is repetitive and stale. Perhaps this is my angst being vocalized but I just wasted an enormous amount of time. Even if I put in the spoiler for the story and you still read it, you would look back and say it did not matter. But you should know...it has next to nothing to do with the Free Masons or The Book of Fate. First time and last time I ever read this author. To the author: Be Honest! This is the perfect example that "You can not read a book by its cover." Arghhhhh! | 983 | [
"I hardly have enough time to write a review let alone read a 500-page book.",
"However, I needed an escape so I picked this one up on someone saying it has sold a lot of copies and was in the DaVinci Code family.",
"Last time I ever listen to him.",
"(I should have read the online reviews first.) This is nothing but a sophomoric dime novel wrapped in a title to allure in readers.",
"The book is filled with fluff that is neither well written nor compelling.",
"I was really hoping for some kind of twist at the end.",
"It is repetitive and stale.",
"Perhaps this is my angst being vocalized but I just wasted an enormous amount of time.",
"Even if I put in the spoiler for the story and you still read it, you would look back and say it did not matter.",
"But you should know...it has next to nothing to do with the Free Masons or The Book of Fate.",
"First time and last time I ever read this author.",
"To the author: Be Honest!",
"This is the perfect example that \"You can not read a book by its cover.\" Arghhhhh!"
] |
1 | Holli Won't... | More misogyny from the stunted, adolescent mind of Ralph Bakshi. People love to point out Bakshi's movies as "adult," but I submit they're more in line with the musings of a junior high misfit. But mainly, they're about how much Bakshi hates, fears and misunderstands women.In this blatant "Roger Rabbit" retread mix of live action and crude animation, Gabriel Byrne plays a dimwitted cartoonist whose creation, Holli Would, comes to life in the luscious form of Kim Basinger, who proceeds to ruin his life and transform him into a gibbering, idiotic superhero cartoon. That is, when she's not killing other `toons and turning into a monstrous, hideous caricature of herself. Holli's just another in a long line of Bakshi women- either they must be pliant and vapid (the faeries of "Wizards"), or manipulative shrews like Holli. Yep, women are truly evil, Ralph.Brad Pitt sports some crazy hair, but truly there's little here of adult interest. Adult meaning "mature and reasonable." | 983 | [
"More misogyny from the stunted, adolescent mind of Ralph Bakshi.",
"People love to point out Bakshi's movies as \"adult,\" but I submit they're more in line with the musings of a junior high misfit.",
"But mainly, they're about how much Bakshi hates, fears and misunderstands women.In this blatant \"Roger Rabbit\" retread mix of live action and crude animation, Gabriel Byrne plays a dimwitted cartoonist whose creation, Holli Would, comes to life in the luscious form of Kim Basinger, who proceeds to ruin his life and transform him into a gibbering, idiotic superhero cartoon.",
"That is, when she's not killing other `toons and turning into a monstrous, hideous caricature of herself.",
"Holli's just another in a long line of Bakshi women- either they must be pliant and vapid (the faeries of \"Wizards\"), or manipulative shrews like Holli.",
"Yep, women are truly evil, Ralph.Brad Pitt sports some crazy hair, but truly there's little here of adult interest.",
"Adult meaning \"mature and reasonable.\""
] |
1 | Disappointing | I have recently became very interested in books written by former law enforcement officers,so i was very interested in this book.I am not going to say that this is a bad book per se, but it wasnt what i expected.First, the title is misleading.I was under the impression that i was going to read about difficult cases and the way FBI solve them.But the truth is that every case gets one, two pages at most.The cases are discussed briefly with only a couple of things to learn from.And second, this book is basically a biography of Mr Depue, so i was very disappointed when i kept reading page after page of Mr Depue telling us the story of his life and his opinions about basically everything.I think this book should have been called Robert Depue:A Life.I dont mind reading several pages of anybody's history and background, but in this case,you are reading the authors life,nothing else.If you are into reading about profiles,forensic cases and the like, then this is noy your book. | 983 | [
"I have recently became very interested in books written by former law enforcement officers,so i was very interested in this book.I am not going to say that this is a bad book per se, but it wasnt what i expected.First, the title is misleading.I was under the impression that i was going to read about difficult cases and the way FBI solve them.But the truth is that every case gets one, two pages at most.The cases are discussed briefly with only a couple of things to learn from.And second, this book is basically a biography of Mr Depue, so i was very disappointed when i kept reading page after page of Mr Depue telling us the story of his life and his opinions about basically everything.I think this book should have been called Robert Depue:A Life.I dont mind reading several pages of anybody's history and background, but in this case,you are reading the authors life,nothing else.If you are into reading about profiles,forensic cases and the like, then this is noy your book."
] |
1 | Flawed | I purchased this camcorder shortly after it was released thinking the size and functions were perfect. Well after three years of limited use, the Eject Tape warning would pop up. And recently, when I put it on record, the screen stays black and the view finder stays black. Like many others here, I called customer service and was told to send the camcorder in so they can tell me how much it will cost to repair. When I asked if there was a flat cost for specific repairs, they said no. After seeing how much people were qouted, I dont think I'll take the chance of paying for shipping only to refuse to pay the high cost of repair.At that time, they tried to sell me the "upgrade" program. Just pay $200 for a ZR85 or $499 for a Optura 400 plus the exchange of my broken Elura 50. Sound appealing until you ask them if the cameras are new. No, they are refurbished. I liked the camera when it was new but after the problems I described, I suggest you stay away from their products. | 983 | [
"I purchased this camcorder shortly after it was released thinking the size and functions were perfect.",
"Well after three years of limited use, the Eject Tape warning would pop up.",
"And recently, when I put it on record, the screen stays black and the view finder stays black.",
"Like many others here, I called customer service and was told to send the camcorder in so they can tell me how much it will cost to repair.",
"When I asked if there was a flat cost for specific repairs, they said no.",
"After seeing how much people were qouted, I dont think I'll take the chance of paying for shipping only to refuse to pay the high cost of repair.At that time, they tried to sell me the \"upgrade\" program.",
"Just pay $200 for a ZR85 or $499 for a Optura 400 plus the exchange of my broken Elura 50.",
"Sound appealing until you ask them if the cameras are new.",
"No, they are refurbished.",
"I liked the camera when it was new but after the problems I described, I suggest you stay away from their products."
] |
1 | Sad... | If only I could give this event 0 stars.. This, this isn''t ECW, and never will be ECW.Hardcore Homecoming? This is the most blatant false advertising since the neverending story. This event as about as hardcoreas mash potatos night at the old folks home..so many flaws, so little time..Kid Kash hugging Hat Guy on his way to the ring, then picking a fight with him several minutes later.Joey Styles, and don''t get me wrong.. Joey is the man, he recycled a line, and used it on ONS. (See FBI entrance on ONS, and HH)And the thing that bugged me the most, all the editing.. I wasn't sure if I was watching Forever Hardcore, or Hardcore Homecoming.I won''t comment too much on the shape of the wrestlers there out of respect for what they did for the once great company of ECW.. But when Danny Doring is the most in shape guy there, you got some problems..Guys, and gals.. you want to seesome classic ECW please, I beg you.. either them buy them here, or go to your local video store. | 983 | [
"If only I could give this event 0 stars..",
"This, this isn''t ECW, and never will be ECW.Hardcore Homecoming?",
"This is the most blatant false advertising since the neverending story.",
"This event as about as hardcoreas mash potatos night at the old folks home..so many flaws, so little time..Kid Kash hugging Hat Guy on his way to the ring, then picking a fight with him several minutes later.Joey Styles, and don''t get me wrong..",
"Joey is the man, he recycled a line, and used it on ONS.",
"(See FBI entrance on ONS, and HH)And the thing that bugged me the most, all the editing..",
"I wasn't sure if I was watching Forever Hardcore, or Hardcore Homecoming.I won''t comment too much on the shape of the wrestlers there out of respect for what they did for the once great company of ECW..",
"But when Danny Doring is the most in shape guy there, you got some problems..Guys, and gals..",
"you want to seesome classic ECW please, I beg you..",
"either them buy them here, or go to your local video store."
] |
1 | Looks good but performs poorly | I wanted a stainless salad spinner since I could use the bowl to toss the salad after spinning it. I thought that the Rosle one looked really nice, and despite the fact that it was more than twice the price of the Oxo one, I went for it. Big mistake. First of all, the spinner uses a separate piece of plastic that goes in the bottom of the bowl in order to allow the strainer part to spin freely. However, if this part is not placed precisely, or if the strainer part is not exactly where it should be, it doesn't spin. And even when it spins, it doesn't seem to have the same power as the Oxo I had formerly, and it takes many spins to dry the lettuce. Tonight, after less than two months of ownership, it broke. Unlike the Oxo, which works with a pump action, this Rosle has a pull cord, and now I cannot get the pull cord to retract. Tomorrow I will go find a stainless Oxo one. That's a lot of dough down the drain, but at least I have a stainless bowl to show for it I guess... | 983 | [
"I wanted a stainless salad spinner since I could use the bowl to toss the salad after spinning it.",
"I thought that the Rosle one looked really nice, and despite the fact that it was more than twice the price of the Oxo one, I went for it.",
"Big mistake.",
"First of all, the spinner uses a separate piece of plastic that goes in the bottom of the bowl in order to allow the strainer part to spin freely.",
"However, if this part is not placed precisely, or if the strainer part is not exactly where it should be, it doesn't spin.",
"And even when it spins, it doesn't seem to have the same power as the Oxo I had formerly, and it takes many spins to dry the lettuce.",
"Tonight, after less than two months of ownership, it broke.",
"Unlike the Oxo, which works with a pump action, this Rosle has a pull cord, and now I cannot get the pull cord to retract.",
"Tomorrow I will go find a stainless Oxo one.",
"That's a lot of dough down the drain, but at least I have a stainless bowl to show for it I guess..."
] |
1 | HILARIOUS! | Okay, now tell me why this cd as an advertisment for "CHRYSLER" in it? Yes she has the deal with them, but isn't this "her album?" That advertisment makes the cd seem like, you just bought a Chrysler and thats the Cd that they are giving you, the advertisment cd. Simply Hilarious! And she over exagerates her voice, she screams, too much, and acts like she has to prove something to everyone. She's self centered, cocky ever since her Vegas deal, and is really one of the ugliest female singers i have ever seen. She is not even pretty...she's straight ugly! When she screams, it's like, skip the song. The next song starts with her screaming, so you skip that one too! Sorry Celine, you're ight, but you need a lesson or two on how to control your voice, and you need to learn how to write your own music, oops, i guess not everyone can be like mariah, but oh well. She might have some good songs....FROM HER EARLIER CAREER!..but this cd is just blah! All I have to say about that! | 983 | [
"Okay, now tell me why this cd as an advertisment for \"CHRYSLER\" in it?",
"Yes she has the deal with them, but isn't this \"her album?",
"\" That advertisment makes the cd seem like, you just bought a Chrysler and thats the Cd that they are giving you, the advertisment cd.",
"Simply Hilarious!",
"And she over exagerates her voice, she screams, too much, and acts like she has to prove something to everyone.",
"She's self centered, cocky ever since her Vegas deal, and is really one of the ugliest female singers i have ever seen.",
"She is not even pretty...she's straight ugly!",
"When she screams, it's like, skip the song.",
"The next song starts with her screaming, so you skip that one too!",
"Sorry Celine, you're ight, but you need a lesson or two on how to control your voice, and you need to learn how to write your own music, oops, i guess not everyone can be like mariah, but oh well.",
"She might have some good songs....FROM HER EARLIER CAREER!",
"..but this cd is just blah!",
"All I have to say about that!"
] |
1 | It's going in the trash | I had a basic Keurig brewer and liked it and the coffee it produced very much. But after less than 2 years, the lever that closes the top and punctures the K Cup broke. Considering what it cost ($100), I was very disappointed that it broke but since it was no longer under warranty there wasn't much I could do about it. I bought a new one, this time the model that (supposedly) dispenses in three cup sizes. It doesn't. The largest size barely yields half a cup. I don't even mean half a cup of coffee -- I mean half a measuring cup. I'm fed up with having to do 3 or 4 or even more brews to get a travel mug of coffee, and at least 2 or 3 brews to get a mug of coffee to drink at home. Emails to Keurig's customer service have gotten me nowhere. As soon as my supply of K Cups is gone, this frustrating piece of junk is going in the trash. I will never buy another Keurig product, I will never give one as a gift, and I will discourage anyone who's even thinking about getting one. | 983 | [
"I had a basic Keurig brewer and liked it and the coffee it produced very much.",
"But after less than 2 years, the lever that closes the top and punctures the K Cup broke.",
"Considering what it cost ($100), I was very disappointed that it broke but since it was no longer under warranty there wasn't much I could do about it.",
"I bought a new one, this time the model that (supposedly) dispenses in three cup sizes.",
"It doesn't.",
"The largest size barely yields half a cup.",
"I don't even mean half a cup of coffee -- I mean half a measuring cup.",
"I'm fed up with having to do 3 or 4 or even more brews to get a travel mug of coffee, and at least 2 or 3 brews to get a mug of coffee to drink at home.",
"Emails to Keurig's customer service have gotten me nowhere.",
"As soon as my supply of K Cups is gone, this frustrating piece of junk is going in the trash.",
"I will never buy another Keurig product, I will never give one as a gift, and I will discourage anyone who's even thinking about getting one."
] |
1 | lousy services | ~We bought total six Sets and sold five of them. The last one was an reward to employee. It was DOA. Called Toshiba on Feb.13. They redirected the service to local third party service company. Technican came and looked at it. It was defective and needed repaired. Parts was not available and would order through Toshiba. One month later, nobody came back. Called again, the service center said that you needed to bring that TV in for service. Called Toshiba and was told that there is on site warranty~~ for thismodel. The service center was supposed to pick up the defective TV. The service center told Toshiba that we refused to have them picked it up (which was a lie that they later admitted). Then Toshiba referred another TV repair shop to handle the situation. They were supposed to pick up the TV yesterday. NO ONE SHOWED UP. CALLED TODAY, NO BODY SEEMED TO KNOW WHAT WENT WRONG. WE FILED COMPLAIN THROUGH BBB. AND thinking possibly filing small claim court against Toshiba.~ | 983 | [
"~We bought total six Sets and sold five of them.",
"The last one was an reward to employee.",
"It was DOA.",
"Called Toshiba on Feb.13.",
"They redirected the service to local third party service company.",
"Technican came and looked at it.",
"It was defective and needed repaired.",
"Parts was not available and would order through Toshiba.",
"One month later, nobody came back.",
"Called again, the service center said that you needed to bring that TV in for service.",
"Called Toshiba and was told that there is on site warranty~~ for thismodel.",
"The service center was supposed to pick up the defective TV.",
"The service center told Toshiba that we refused to have them picked it up (which was a lie that they later admitted).",
"Then Toshiba referred another TV repair shop to handle the situation.",
"They were supposed to pick up the TV yesterday.",
"NO ONE SHOWED UP.",
"CALLED TODAY, NO BODY SEEMED TO KNOW WHAT WENT WRONG.",
"WE FILED COMPLAIN THROUGH BBB.",
"AND thinking possibly filing small claim court against Toshiba.~"
] |
1 | A big disappointment | This camera was such a big disappointment, I am so frustrated with it.I have had this camera for over 3 years, and I just hate it. The lens and the sensor size don't allow you to do much.I had the Sony DSC-F717 before the 828. I loved the 717 at the time, but I dropped the 717, and though that I would go with the 828 as an upgrade to the 717.The 828 is not an upgrade at all, sure it has more pixels, but the picture quality is not as good and I have a ton of problems with purple fringing in my photos.I have shot over 10,000 pictures with the 828 and and over 10,000 with the 717. It is my opinion that the 717 was a better camera, even at only 5.1MP than the 828 is at 8MP.One thing that drives me nuts on this camera is the fixed lens. It is an average middle range lens. It doesn't do wide angle, and it doesn't really zoom, so its not much good.Don;t waste your money on the 828, especially today where there are so many other better cameras out there. Go with a Digital SLR. | 983 | [
"This camera was such a big disappointment, I am so frustrated with it.I have had this camera for over 3 years, and I just hate it.",
"The lens and the sensor size don't allow you to do much.I had the Sony DSC-F717 before the 828.",
"I loved the 717 at the time, but I dropped the 717, and though that I would go with the 828 as an upgrade to the 717.The 828 is not an upgrade at all, sure it has more pixels, but the picture quality is not as good and I have a ton of problems with purple fringing in my photos.I have shot over 10,000 pictures with the 828 and and over 10,000 with the 717.",
"It is my opinion that the 717 was a better camera, even at only 5.1MP than the 828 is at 8MP.One thing that drives me nuts on this camera is the fixed lens.",
"It is an average middle range lens.",
"It doesn't do wide angle, and it doesn't really zoom, so its not much good.Don;t waste your money on the 828, especially today where there are so many other better cameras out there.",
"Go with a Digital SLR."
] |
1 | Poor Quality Mop | The key to this product's effectiveness is the microfiber mop. Nearly any solution will produce similar results.The problem with this product is that the mop is shipped in sections that you have to put together, and in our case, within about 30 seconds of its first use, the sections split apart and the mop broke.I contacted the company who sells them on Amazon, and their response was -- to do nothing.So what I would do is to buy a microfiber mop that is one piece, and then buy just about any solution. Cheaper solutions can be found at Home depot etc, and Microfiber mops can be found at Wal Mart.This product works very well, but you can put together a much cheaper kit, and one that will last longer, on your own. To purchase from a company that doesn't stand behind their products is probably sending the wrong message. Maybe this one was defective and the others would have worked for a long time, but if you can't trust the company, it's probably not worth taking a chance. | 983 | [
"The key to this product's effectiveness is the microfiber mop.",
"Nearly any solution will produce similar results.The problem with this product is that the mop is shipped in sections that you have to put together, and in our case, within about 30 seconds of its first use, the sections split apart and the mop broke.I contacted the company who sells them on Amazon, and their response was -- to do nothing.So what I would do is to buy a microfiber mop that is one piece, and then buy just about any solution.",
"Cheaper solutions can be found at Home depot etc, and Microfiber mops can be found at Wal Mart.This product works very well, but you can put together a much cheaper kit, and one that will last longer, on your own.",
"To purchase from a company that doesn't stand behind their products is probably sending the wrong message.",
"Maybe this one was defective and the others would have worked for a long time, but if you can't trust the company, it's probably not worth taking a chance."
] |
1 | Seriously Bad | Santa brought this present for my three year old daughter this past year. Boy, wasn't Santa surprised to find such junk in the box. The bar was junk, the mat was junk, and the DVD was worse than junk!I don't think I could find anything else on TV as bad as this DVD. The music was horrible. It's supposed to be a ballet DVD. Let's try some classical music?? Of all the beautiful young women on the planet, they had to pick this girl?? I have to agree with a previous reviewer that this was definitely the producer's daughter, as she had absolutly no other redeeming qualities. She has a horribly annoying voice, a face that hasn't launched any ships, and no talent for ballet.I have not let my daughter watch the DVD since Christmas week as I just can't stand it. She does run around the house singing bella bella dancerella. But I just put on our Dance with Barbie tape.Don't waste your money! If you decide that you have to have it watch for sales as we got it for $[...]at Target. | 983 | [
"Santa brought this present for my three year old daughter this past year.",
"Boy, wasn't Santa surprised to find such junk in the box.",
"The bar was junk, the mat was junk, and the DVD was worse than junk!",
"I don't think I could find anything else on TV as bad as this DVD.",
"The music was horrible.",
"It's supposed to be a ballet DVD.",
"Let's try some classical music??",
"Of all the beautiful young women on the planet, they had to pick this girl??",
"I have to agree with a previous reviewer that this was definitely the producer's daughter, as she had absolutly no other redeeming qualities.",
"She has a horribly annoying voice, a face that hasn't launched any ships, and no talent for ballet.I have not let my daughter watch the DVD since Christmas week as I just can't stand it.",
"She does run around the house singing bella bella dancerella.",
"But I just put on our Dance with Barbie tape.Don't waste your money!",
"If you decide that you have to have it watch for sales as we got it for $[...]at Target."
] |
1 | BAD, BAD, VERY BAD! | I am a larg coffee drinker. When the Home Cafe was introduced, I thought, this is great! Boy, was I wrong. The coffee is wonderful, after you put it in the microwave to make it hot enough. The product, however, is another story. While taking it out of the box, I was afraid of breaking it. When I started brewing it vibrated so loudly that I woke up my wife -- she thought I had my electric sander going. The pod holder snaps broke off after the third cup so I took it back to the store where I bought it and got another one. This one lasted longer. By the end of the week the pod holder broke in two from top to bottom. I have decided that it is just not worth the trouble or the cost since I can still use my stainless steel perk pot.My suggestion -- If this plastic toy is going to be kept on the market, the pod holder and lock should be of stainless steel and some how get more heat in the brew.Note: I am taking mine back to the store to get my money back!Ron, the coffee lover | 983 | [
"I am a larg coffee drinker.",
"When the Home Cafe was introduced, I thought, this is great!",
"Boy, was I wrong.",
"The coffee is wonderful, after you put it in the microwave to make it hot enough.",
"The product, however, is another story.",
"While taking it out of the box, I was afraid of breaking it.",
"When I started brewing it vibrated so loudly that I woke up my wife -- she thought I had my electric sander going.",
"The pod holder snaps broke off after the third cup so I took it back to the store where I bought it and got another one.",
"This one lasted longer.",
"By the end of the week the pod holder broke in two from top to bottom.",
"I have decided that it is just not worth the trouble or the cost since I can still use my stainless steel perk pot.My suggestion -- If this plastic toy is going to be kept on the market, the pod holder and lock should be of stainless steel and some how get more heat in the brew.Note: I am taking mine back to the store to get my money back!",
"Ron, the coffee lover"
] |
1 | Deeply Disappointed | I was deeply disapointed by this book. I have seen the movie and it is much better. This book is very wrong and gives sharks a negative picture. Sharks are very rarely known to eat humans, in fact, you are more at risk of getting struck by lightning than by getting eaten by a shark. When sharks do attack humans it is mostly because they have been confused and have mistaken you for other prey. This is why after the shark bites it usually swims away.When people look at the cover of the book, they might think that it will be about a shark who goes on a killing rampage, but the book is not mainly about the shark, most of it is about a lady who wants to get sexually involved (for some unknown reason) to a man other than her husband. This takes away from the excitement and is very boring to read. The conclusion is also very bad because it doesn't end with a sense of finality. It just ends when the shark eats a man and another man that was on the boat with him swims to shore. | 983 | [
"I was deeply disapointed by this book.",
"I have seen the movie and it is much better.",
"This book is very wrong and gives sharks a negative picture.",
"Sharks are very rarely known to eat humans, in fact, you are more at risk of getting struck by lightning than by getting eaten by a shark.",
"When sharks do attack humans it is mostly because they have been confused and have mistaken you for other prey.",
"This is why after the shark bites it usually swims away.When people look at the cover of the book, they might think that it will be about a shark who goes on a killing rampage, but the book is not mainly about the shark, most of it is about a lady who wants to get sexually involved (for some unknown reason) to a man other than her husband.",
"This takes away from the excitement and is very boring to read.",
"The conclusion is also very bad because it doesn't end with a sense of finality.",
"It just ends when the shark eats a man and another man that was on the boat with him swims to shore."
] |
1 | Leaks Like a Faucet | I purchased this iron based on the good reviews it received from Consumer Reports, Consumer Search, and others. I was actually excited about getting what I thought would be a good, new iron, after using a broken down Black & Decker for a few months. The FIRST TIME I used it - it started spewing water through the bottom plate. I tried several heat/steam combinations, along with waiting for it to heat up properly and giving it time to reheat - all to no avail. And then good luck making sense of the 'CLICK" diagram for the cord coming out of the iron. Again - I tried pushing the cord in and pushing the button and the reverse, to try and make it work, and it didn't. The button was useless. When I called the T-Fal toll free number - they generously offered to send me a shipping label to send it to a repair facility for warranty repair. I don't feel I should have a brand new iron 'repaired', let alone be out all of the time necessary for shipping. I should receive a new one. | 983 | [
"I purchased this iron based on the good reviews it received from Consumer Reports, Consumer Search, and others.",
"I was actually excited about getting what I thought would be a good, new iron, after using a broken down Black & Decker for a few months.",
"The FIRST TIME I used it - it started spewing water through the bottom plate.",
"I tried several heat/steam combinations, along with waiting for it to heat up properly and giving it time to reheat - all to no avail.",
"And then good luck making sense of the 'CLICK\" diagram for the cord coming out of the iron.",
"Again - I tried pushing the cord in and pushing the button and the reverse, to try and make it work, and it didn't.",
"The button was useless.",
"When I called the T-Fal toll free number - they generously offered to send me a shipping label to send it to a repair facility for warranty repair.",
"I don't feel I should have a brand new iron 'repaired', let alone be out all of the time necessary for shipping.",
"I should receive a new one."
] |
1 | Beware Peltz return policy | Beware this seller return policy. I have worn Minnetonka Deerskin moccasins many times over the years. They are always soft and comfortable. I wear a size 9 and have very narrow feet.These moccasins are well made, but they must be mis sized or seconds. They would never fit a medium width foot as they barely fit my narrow foot. I requested a 10 as maybe this would help.This seller return policy is not user friendly to say the least. The most troublesome is a 20.00 restocking fee. Policy states that shoes must be returned exactly as shipped. No problem EXCEPT moccasins had a handmade narrow band of white tissue paper around them which must be removed to try on and could never be replaced as it is. The company will not do an exchange. You must buy another size and hope they refund original cost. One has difficulty believing that the entire policy and white band of tissue is meant to STOP exchanges. I have NEVER written any reviews previously.I feel cheated by this company | 983 | [
"Beware this seller return policy.",
"I have worn Minnetonka Deerskin moccasins many times over the years.",
"They are always soft and comfortable.",
"I wear a size 9 and have very narrow feet.These moccasins are well made, but they must be mis sized or seconds.",
"They would never fit a medium width foot as they barely fit my narrow foot.",
"I requested a 10 as maybe this would help.This seller return policy is not user friendly to say the least.",
"The most troublesome is a 20.00 restocking fee.",
"Policy states that shoes must be returned exactly as shipped.",
"No problem EXCEPT moccasins had a handmade narrow band of white tissue paper around them which must be removed to try on and could never be replaced as it is.",
"The company will not do an exchange.",
"You must buy another size and hope they refund original cost.",
"One has difficulty believing that the entire policy and white band of tissue is meant to STOP exchanges.",
"I have NEVER written any reviews previously.I feel cheated by this company"
] |
1 | Where is the no star option? | Let's just say that I saw it free on Hulu, and thank goodness it was free. Otherwise I can't find any justification for the enormous waste of time. I see what this movie is trying for- a cool, complex movie full of dark, twisty characters set in Los Angeles. However, indie it is not. Don't kid yourself. Instead, the characters are overly shallow and annoying to say the least, and cannot act to save their lives: Empty-headed girl who poses for pedophiles, pot smoker, more pot smokers, a wannabe musician who looks like he never fully woke up, a stony artist with too much time on his hands, pervert, more perverts, and...that's about it. Plot was messy and ridiculous, cinematography non-existent, storyline quality was a hairline above the text on a Taco Bell hot sauce packet, and the rest, well, it seemed to gear itself towards perverts. Really, the movie leaves you nothing but a raging headache and a belief that not everyone who can afford to finance a movie should do so. | 983 | [
"Let's just say that I saw it free on Hulu, and thank goodness it was free.",
"Otherwise I can't find any justification for the enormous waste of time.",
"I see what this movie is trying for- a cool, complex movie full of dark, twisty characters set in Los Angeles.",
"However, indie it is not.",
"Don't kid yourself.",
"Instead, the characters are overly shallow and annoying to say the least, and cannot act to save their lives: Empty-headed girl who poses for pedophiles, pot smoker, more pot smokers, a wannabe musician who looks like he never fully woke up, a stony artist with too much time on his hands, pervert, more perverts, and...that's about it.",
"Plot was messy and ridiculous, cinematography non-existent, storyline quality was a hairline above the text on a Taco Bell hot sauce packet, and the rest, well, it seemed to gear itself towards perverts.",
"Really, the movie leaves you nothing but a raging headache and a belief that not everyone who can afford to finance a movie should do so."
] |
1 | A morbid but hilarious book | My brother was given this book in the 1950's. I somehow received this book in the 1970's.It is set in New York City. An impoverished and sickly mother and son - coming back after the father's funeral. Harry's main goal became to purchase and carve a grave stone for his mother - who died shortly after. Harry himself got run over by a luxury automobile (obviously a bad and blind rich person :) ) near the end of the book after staying after dark carving that gravestone in the cemetery.We made fun of the book. Everytime my nephews came over, they would ask me to read it. We all cracked up laughing hilariously - every time.On a more serious note, I couldn't help but shake my head that someone would write so depressing a book and call it a Children's book. My Mother thinks this was a great book and can't understand why it isn't a great Children's story. To me it a more of a dark horror story. With thinking like that, no wonder our Christian generation today is so screwed up. | 983 | [
"My brother was given this book in the 1950's.",
"I somehow received this book in the 1970's.It is set in New York City.",
"An impoverished and sickly mother and son - coming back after the father's funeral.",
"Harry's main goal became to purchase and carve a grave stone for his mother - who died shortly after.",
"Harry himself got run over by a luxury automobile (obviously a bad and blind rich person :) ) near the end of the book after staying after dark carving that gravestone in the cemetery.We made fun of the book.",
"Everytime my nephews came over, they would ask me to read it.",
"We all cracked up laughing hilariously - every time.On a more serious note, I couldn't help but shake my head that someone would write so depressing a book and call it a Children's book.",
"My Mother thinks this was a great book and can't understand why it isn't a great Children's story.",
"To me it a more of a dark horror story.",
"With thinking like that, no wonder our Christian generation today is so screwed up."
] |
1 | Intellectual Pretension | This book only has one useful function, and that is to demonstrate how NOT to construct a solid, sound, logicical argument. The problem is that everything dissolves basically into Butler's bizarre form of "logic" and "thinking": "IF this is so, then..." Read this book and check out how often she employs this way of writing. Well...the IFS multiply and multiply, and could be thoroughly challenged and critiqued at every single stage. However, she needs these extremely thin "IFs" to construct the bogus positions she wants to "deconstruct." Her reading of Lacan--which she then goes on to "challenge"-- is a total fantasy, specious, and wrong. How can we seriously consider anything she says when her mode of writing is so untenable to begin with? Do not be blinded by Butler's pretensions to being a deep thinker, she is not, she is merely a person with decided OPINIONS, and that's all this book is, someone mouthing off about their opinion. But it is not a real work of thought. | 983 | [
"This book only has one useful function, and that is to demonstrate how NOT to construct a solid, sound, logicical argument.",
"The problem is that everything dissolves basically into Butler's bizarre form of \"logic\" and \"thinking\": \"IF this is so, then...\" Read this book and check out how often she employs this way of writing.",
"Well...the IFS multiply and multiply, and could be thoroughly challenged and critiqued at every single stage.",
"However, she needs these extremely thin \"IFs\" to construct the bogus positions she wants to \"deconstruct.\" Her reading of Lacan--which she then goes on to \"challenge\"-- is a total fantasy, specious, and wrong.",
"How can we seriously consider anything she says when her mode of writing is so untenable to begin with?",
"Do not be blinded by Butler's pretensions to being a deep thinker, she is not, she is merely a person with decided OPINIONS, and that's all this book is, someone mouthing off about their opinion.",
"But it is not a real work of thought."
] |
1 | Does not work properly | I purchased this brand and model of camera. It worked marginally well for a couple months and then wouldn't go off at all even if you walked right in front of it. I contacted Moultrie and they said it probably needed to be reprogrammed. I paid the shipping and sent it to them. When it came back it worked really well - like it should. That lasted for about a month and then it was back to the way it was before. You could walk directly in front of it and it would not go off. I didn't feel I needed to be sending it in every other month to get reprogrammed. I contacted Moultrie Customer Service again through their web site and told them of the problem. I received NO response what so ever from Moultrie. I believe there is something wrong with these cameras or some kind of bug in the electronics portion to begin with because why should then need to be reprogrammed all the time in order to work.My recommendation - if you want a camera that works properly buy a different brand. | 983 | [
"I purchased this brand and model of camera.",
"It worked marginally well for a couple months and then wouldn't go off at all even if you walked right in front of it.",
"I contacted Moultrie and they said it probably needed to be reprogrammed.",
"I paid the shipping and sent it to them.",
"When it came back it worked really well - like it should.",
"That lasted for about a month and then it was back to the way it was before.",
"You could walk directly in front of it and it would not go off.",
"I didn't feel I needed to be sending it in every other month to get reprogrammed.",
"I contacted Moultrie Customer Service again through their web site and told them of the problem.",
"I received NO response what so ever from Moultrie.",
"I believe there is something wrong with these cameras or some kind of bug in the electronics portion to begin with because why should then need to be reprogrammed all the time in order to work.My recommendation - if you want a camera that works properly buy a different brand."
] |
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