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3 | OK | Kane and Abel come back again with their second LP on No Limit Records. This is the best cd they have put out after all the horrible music they put out after leaving No Limit. This album was produced by Beats by The Pound(Now as the Medicine Men). Kane and Abel rap about the only thing they know, crime, sex, violence, ghetto, and drugs. They use old elements from other songs like on "Time After Time" and "Solider Story". This album has too much bland music and they don't ever change their formula, with too many cameo apperances from below average rappers makes this LP boring. You can't tell whos Kane and whos Abel. Don't get me wrong the twinz can rhyme and they are one of the best on the tank. But with too many tracks, too many cameo apperances, and familiar formulas makes this album seem like a No Limit Compilation than a KAne and Abel cd. I would pick this up cause it does have good tracks but think to yourself, how much of the same formula can No Limit keep puting out for consumers to digest | 1,010 | [
"Kane and Abel come back again with their second LP on No Limit Records.",
"This is the best cd they have put out after all the horrible music they put out after leaving No Limit.",
"This album was produced by Beats by The Pound(Now as the Medicine Men).",
"Kane and Abel rap about the only thing they know, crime, sex, violence, ghetto, and drugs.",
"They use old elements from other songs like on \"Time After Time\" and \"Solider Story\".",
"This album has too much bland music and they don't ever change their formula, with too many cameo apperances from below average rappers makes this LP boring.",
"You can't tell whos Kane and whos Abel.",
"Don't get me wrong the twinz can rhyme and they are one of the best on the tank.",
"But with too many tracks, too many cameo apperances, and familiar formulas makes this album seem like a No Limit Compilation than a KAne and Abel cd.",
"I would pick this up cause it does have good tracks but think to yourself, how much of the same formula can No Limit keep puting out for consumers to digest"
] |
3 | Eh | Annabel's stupidity could be excused if she were still twelve, but she's fourteen now, for Pete's sake! Granted, she's a reflection of many fourteen-year-olds today, but still. I don't know why Lucy even puts up with her. Speaking of whom, although she is sensible on overall, there are times when Lucy sounds just as immature as Annabel.Ben was more likable when he was thirteen. At fifteen (-and-a-half), he sure is dumb. Even if he's a jock, I don't believe he should be that dumb. The highlight of the book is really Wheaties. He reminds me somewhat of Adrian Mole.Plot-wise, this book is kind of lacking. The everyone-learns-a-lesson formula is not so obvious, but still doesn't quite work. I gave the book three stars only because I enjoyed things Australian. Oh, and because of Wheaties.Rachel Cohn clearly was thinking of a writing another book on the Steps, but if Annabel doesn't grow up soon and if Cohn doesn't make Ben a bit more complex than that, I highly doubt the next book would be any good. | 1,009 | [
"Annabel's stupidity could be excused if she were still twelve, but she's fourteen now, for Pete's sake!",
"Granted, she's a reflection of many fourteen-year-olds today, but still.",
"I don't know why Lucy even puts up with her.",
"Speaking of whom, although she is sensible on overall, there are times when Lucy sounds just as immature as Annabel.Ben was more likable when he was thirteen.",
"At fifteen (-and-a-half), he sure is dumb.",
"Even if he's a jock, I don't believe he should be that dumb.",
"The highlight of the book is really Wheaties.",
"He reminds me somewhat of Adrian Mole.Plot-wise, this book is kind of lacking.",
"The everyone-learns-a-lesson formula is not so obvious, but still doesn't quite work.",
"I gave the book three stars only because I enjoyed things Australian.",
"Oh, and because of Wheaties.Rachel Cohn clearly was thinking of a writing another book on the Steps, but if Annabel doesn't grow up soon and if Cohn doesn't make Ben a bit more complex than that, I highly doubt the next book would be any good."
] |
3 | Spoon? | When I first stumbled upon 8-bit Theatre lo these many moons ago, I read the sample chapters from this book. I even looked at the now defunct image gallery.But what was there seemed a bit too tedious. I went in looking for a much more savvy Tick, but found it lacking the strange charm imbued in the philosophical waxings of my big blue idiot savant. Simply put, it tried too hard.Now that I have a copy of the completed book, I've found it's improved, but not enough to fully satiate me. Brian does have wit and style, but as such it is a style better suited for one liners, running gags, and visual puns that can only be pulled off in a few electronic panels of pixels. Anything longer like black type on paper and he's not only firing with half his artillery but running out of ammo.Then again, maybe after all the years it took to bake the book, the produce has gone sour.I did enjoy it to an extent though, but constructive criticism builds character.Edgar BlackadderDark Fiction/Fantasy Rampant Review | 1,007 | [
"When I first stumbled upon 8-bit Theatre lo these many moons ago, I read the sample chapters from this book.",
"I even looked at the now defunct image gallery.But what was there seemed a bit too tedious.",
"I went in looking for a much more savvy Tick, but found it lacking the strange charm imbued in the philosophical waxings of my big blue idiot savant.",
"Simply put, it tried too hard.Now that I have a copy of the completed book, I've found it's improved, but not enough to fully satiate me.",
"Brian does have wit and style, but as such it is a style better suited for one liners, running gags, and visual puns that can only be pulled off in a few electronic panels of pixels.",
"Anything longer like black type on paper and he's not only firing with half his artillery but running out of ammo.Then again, maybe after all the years it took to bake the book, the produce has gone sour.I did enjoy it to an extent though, but constructive criticism builds character.Edgar BlackadderDark Fiction/Fantasy Rampant Review"
] |
3 | Small | Read the dimensions carefully. This is the second rocking chair that I have bought. The first one was more comfortable, but its seat was made up of springs, fastened with large staples. They started coming loose during the first two weeks. I'm 5'7 and weigh 170. Yes, I'm overweight. With this chair, I have about 3 1/2" of space left. The length of the seat supports me only about half way up my thighs. The seat cushion I placed on it hangs 2 1/2" inches over the front of the seat. My back is not shaped like the back of the chair, either. So I added a back cushion, which just makes my legs hang over even more. I found out today that unless I exert a lot of effort, the chair won't rock back. (I haven't been home in while.) What I'm saying is that manufacturers are doing a poor job of telling people what sizes their chairs will support. If you have short legs and a butt of no more than 36" and weigh no more than 150, then this might be your chair. It is beautiful, but impractical for most people. | 1,007 | [
"Read the dimensions carefully.",
"This is the second rocking chair that I have bought.",
"The first one was more comfortable, but its seat was made up of springs, fastened with large staples.",
"They started coming loose during the first two weeks.",
"I'm 5'7 and weigh 170.",
"Yes, I'm overweight.",
"With this chair, I have about 3 1/2\" of space left.",
"The length of the seat supports me only about half way up my thighs.",
"The seat cushion I placed on it hangs 2 1/2\" inches over the front of the seat.",
"My back is not shaped like the back of the chair, either.",
"So I added a back cushion, which just makes my legs hang over even more.",
"I found out today that unless I exert a lot of effort, the chair won't rock back.",
"(I haven't been home in while.) What I'm saying is that manufacturers are doing a poor job of telling people what sizes their chairs will support.",
"If you have short legs and a butt of no more than 36\" and weigh no more than 150, then this might be your chair.",
"It is beautiful, but impractical for most people."
] |
3 | Meh... | I'm pretty surprised to see all the 5 star reviews of this special, because for me, it was ok. Louis CK is an extremely funny dude, but I felt this material was a bit raw. It's like he had the outline for a good show, solid topics and all, but then just went on stage and was winging it. The setups were there, but when it came time for the punchline, it just didn't pop. An example from the beginning of the show was the Hitler vs Ray Charles comparison. That had SO much potential, and it was kind of funny, but he could have done more with it. Some jokes had my dying, but most of the special seemed to drag. An hour and 24 mins is a LONG special too, so that could be part of the problem. That's a ton of time to fill. I'd much rather a comedian do a shorter set and have me rolling the whole time, than give me an hour plus of OK material.If you already like Louis CK, its worth checkin out, but don't expect to be blown away. If you are knew to him, start with "Shameless" - that special is top-notch. | 1,007 | [
"I'm pretty surprised to see all the 5 star reviews of this special, because for me, it was ok.",
"Louis CK is an extremely funny dude, but I felt this material was a bit raw.",
"It's like he had the outline for a good show, solid topics and all, but then just went on stage and was winging it.",
"The setups were there, but when it came time for the punchline, it just didn't pop.",
"An example from the beginning of the show was the Hitler vs Ray Charles comparison.",
"That had SO much potential, and it was kind of funny, but he could have done more with it.",
"Some jokes had my dying, but most of the special seemed to drag.",
"An hour and 24 mins is a LONG special too, so that could be part of the problem.",
"That's a ton of time to fill.",
"I'd much rather a comedian do a shorter set and have me rolling the whole time, than give me an hour plus of OK material.If you already like Louis CK, its worth checkin out, but don't expect to be blown away.",
"If you are knew to him, start with \"Shameless\" - that special is top-notch."
] |
3 | mae | i found this on an interview online about the band. citybeat.com i think"We're not a Christian band. Some of the bands on Tooth and Nail tour in churches, but we don't. We don't play Christian-themed songs. If anything, we're on Tooth and Nail because they believe in our music. It doesn't have anything to do with religious beliefs. The long-term plan is to be on a bigger label. I don't know if there's a big Christian label or not, but we're not trying to get on one."Mae's debut album showcases a moderate helping of catchy,melodic emo-pop tunes, that takes comparisons to Clarity era Jimmy Eat World and various other emo bands as some ambient U2-esque touches. There debut shines nicely in craft but they dont have much in skill and there sound that seems barebones. most of the albums effectiveness comes from production tricks and the harmonized vocals,and to be honest though they dont stand out too much. they would later utilize their skill and become more developed on Dest:B-sides and Everglow. | 1,007 | [
"i found this on an interview online about the band.",
"citybeat.com i think\"We're not a Christian band.",
"Some of the bands on Tooth and Nail tour in churches, but we don't.",
"We don't play Christian-themed songs.",
"If anything, we're on Tooth and Nail because they believe in our music.",
"It doesn't have anything to do with religious beliefs.",
"The long-term plan is to be on a bigger label.",
"I don't know if there's a big Christian label or not, but we're not trying to get on one.\"Mae's debut album showcases a moderate helping of catchy,melodic emo-pop tunes, that takes comparisons to Clarity era Jimmy Eat World and various other emo bands as some ambient U2-esque touches.",
"There debut shines nicely in craft but they dont have much in skill and there sound that seems barebones.",
"most of the albums effectiveness comes from production tricks and the harmonized vocals,and to be honest though they dont stand out too much.",
"they would later utilize their skill and become more developed on Dest:B-sides and Everglow."
] |
3 | Unsure | I don't like to write reviews before a I use a product for obvious reasons, however I have owned a pair of these gloves before. I decided to buy new pair of these cause my finger busted through the first pair I had. These gloves are great, I use them very heavily working in the yard and they have held up for years.My complaint with these, aside from the unusually long delay in delivery time, there are some things that seem off about them. For one the color is not correct, I ordered Olive Drab but the color I received is more of a Foliage Green, not a big deal but also not what I ordered. Principally they seem shoddy, the hid leather is not as nicely stitched to the fingertips as my old ones were/are (there is an excess hang off) and all in all the gloves seem lighter, thinner, and less durable.I'm not sure if this is Blackhawk trying to save a nickel or some sort of discount knockoff/reject deal. I may return them or stick with them, I just thought I'd give others a heads up on my experience. | 1,007 | [
"I don't like to write reviews before a I use a product for obvious reasons, however I have owned a pair of these gloves before.",
"I decided to buy new pair of these cause my finger busted through the first pair I had.",
"These gloves are great, I use them very heavily working in the yard and they have held up for years.My complaint with these, aside from the unusually long delay in delivery time, there are some things that seem off about them.",
"For one the color is not correct, I ordered Olive Drab but the color I received is more of a Foliage Green, not a big deal but also not what I ordered.",
"Principally they seem shoddy, the hid leather is not as nicely stitched to the fingertips as my old ones were/are (there is an excess hang off) and all in all the gloves seem lighter, thinner, and less durable.I'm not sure if this is Blackhawk trying to save a nickel or some sort of discount knockoff/reject deal.",
"I may return them or stick with them, I just thought I'd give others a heads up on my experience."
] |
3 | 16 = 4 | I have a 16x dvd burner which came with my Gateway computer purchased earlier this year (February 2005). When it comes to finding media, there aren't a lot of 16x dvd-r's out there to buy. I've found a few, which all worked swimmingly. I spotted this new Memorex version of 16x dvd-r's at Best Buy a couple of weeks ago. After I got them home, I found out they only burn at a measly 4x... not even 8x... on my 16x burner.I'll try to find a firmware update to see if that helps. But come on, my Compu is less than a year old. Media should be more compatible than that. In ye olden days, when I bought cassettes, I didn't have to worry whether I had the very latest version cassette recorder to get them to work.Compatibility issues should be listed on the media, especially on items which are being purchased in bulk. They're sold as dvd-r's, not as "might be a dvd-r / might be your new set of coasters / a surprise in every box". If a firmware upgrade doesn't work, I'll try taking these back to the store. | 1,007 | [
"I have a 16x dvd burner which came with my Gateway computer purchased earlier this year (February 2005).",
"When it comes to finding media, there aren't a lot of 16x dvd-r's out there to buy.",
"I've found a few, which all worked swimmingly.",
"I spotted this new Memorex version of 16x dvd-r's at Best Buy a couple of weeks ago.",
"After I got them home, I found out they only burn at a measly 4x... not even 8x... on my 16x burner.I'll try to find a firmware update to see if that helps.",
"But come on, my Compu is less than a year old.",
"Media should be more compatible than that.",
"In ye olden days, when I bought cassettes, I didn't have to worry whether I had the very latest version cassette recorder to get them to work.Compatibility issues should be listed on the media, especially on items which are being purchased in bulk.",
"They're sold as dvd-r's, not as \"might be a dvd-r / might be your new set of coasters / a surprise in every box\".",
"If a firmware upgrade doesn't work, I'll try taking these back to the store."
] |
3 | Not bad | Ok, so it's a topical 'buy' right now, but if you've ever been a fan of the series, you'll probably appreciate this DVD. The quality is not too bad (not great either), but it does have a few neat features.Aside from the main story and that very-dated first episode of 1967, you'll also get bonus material of a select villain 'bios' (each with an accompanying interview with Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee). While Lee didn't create all of these bad-guys, the main ones are covered and their 1st introduction to our lives is chronicled in the volume/number classification (with date).The 1st episode is very dated (as I said) but could be because we're a much more sophisticated audience now. However, the perspectives are pretty amateur (surprising) as are the clearly recycled panels that are constantly being re-introduced. The editing between interview (of creator Lee) and flashes of animation are abysmal too (alas). However, as an inexpensive addition to your library, this really isn't too bad a buy. | 1,006 | [
"Ok, so it's a topical 'buy' right now, but if you've ever been a fan of the series, you'll probably appreciate this DVD.",
"The quality is not too bad (not great either), but it does have a few neat features.Aside from the main story and that very-dated first episode of 1967, you'll also get bonus material of a select villain 'bios' (each with an accompanying interview with Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee).",
"While Lee didn't create all of these bad-guys, the main ones are covered and their 1st introduction to our lives is chronicled in the volume/number classification (with date).The 1st episode is very dated (as I said) but could be because we're a much more sophisticated audience now.",
"However, the perspectives are pretty amateur (surprising) as are the clearly recycled panels that are constantly being re-introduced.",
"The editing between interview (of creator Lee) and flashes of animation are abysmal too (alas).",
"However, as an inexpensive addition to your library, this really isn't too bad a buy."
] |
3 | Hmmm | I can see those long lean fingers playing the frets...I can feel the passion in the lyric...Mr. Randlett's strength is in the instrument he holds in his hands. His voice is better suited for a Beach Boy harmony, or a Christmas choir; however, his guitar speaks the blues that he cannot sing. I am not convinced that he feels what he sings. Those who sing the best blues have also experienced the same. Even Eric Clapton, as a gifted musician, has a "problem" convincing me that he "feels" it. Perhaps I have discriminating tastes. If I was in a position to make suggestions, I would encourage Rick to play...and let his fingers do the singing. Since I am not in that position, I would still like to say that I enjoyed the CD, but I know that Rick is capable of more. Also, I really like the Beach Boys and Buddy Guy and Toby Keith and Norah Jones and Outkast and Matchbox 20 and the German band that comes to south Florida every year for Octoberfest. Chicken dance!!! It's all in the mood---like the blues. | 1,006 | [
"I can see those long lean fingers playing the frets...I can feel the passion in the lyric...Mr.",
"Randlett's strength is in the instrument he holds in his hands.",
"His voice is better suited for a Beach Boy harmony, or a Christmas choir; however, his guitar speaks the blues that he cannot sing.",
"I am not convinced that he feels what he sings.",
"Those who sing the best blues have also experienced the same.",
"Even Eric Clapton, as a gifted musician, has a \"problem\" convincing me that he \"feels\" it.",
"Perhaps I have discriminating tastes.",
"If I was in a position to make suggestions, I would encourage Rick to play...and let his fingers do the singing.",
"Since I am not in that position, I would still like to say that I enjoyed the CD, but I know that Rick is capable of more.",
"Also, I really like the Beach Boys and Buddy Guy and Toby Keith and Norah Jones and Outkast and Matchbox 20 and the German band that comes to south Florida every year for Octoberfest.",
"Chicken dance!!!",
"It's all in the mood---like the blues."
] |
3 | so so | I have mixed feelings about this album. If you like the louder more explicit side of Sizzla this is a good one. If, like me, you admire the more spiritual and sensitive side of Sizzla, this album falls short. There are some positive aspects but criticisms come first.The first track 'murderer' is ironically humurous when one thinks of his songs such as 'explain to almighty' and 'love is all'. The lead track always sets a certain tone for an album, and this one does not suit an irie mood. The title of this cd is somewhat misleading - 'brighter day' is not the first thing I think of when listening to rude boy songs about killing and rough sex.With that off my chest, there are a few exceptional tracks. 'Jah Knows' is my favorite track on this album because of its originality and melody. 'Dig it out' is artistic and uses the same rhythm as the previous mentioned track. 'Live up' and the title track 'brigher day' are both worth taking your time to listen to. The rest of the cd is mediocre at best. | 1,006 | [
"I have mixed feelings about this album.",
"If you like the louder more explicit side of Sizzla this is a good one.",
"If, like me, you admire the more spiritual and sensitive side of Sizzla, this album falls short.",
"There are some positive aspects but criticisms come first.The first track 'murderer' is ironically humurous when one thinks of his songs such as 'explain to almighty' and 'love is all'.",
"The lead track always sets a certain tone for an album, and this one does not suit an irie mood.",
"The title of this cd is somewhat misleading - 'brighter day' is not the first thing I think of when listening to rude boy songs about killing and rough sex.With that off my chest, there are a few exceptional tracks.",
"'Jah Knows' is my favorite track on this album because of its originality and melody.",
"'Dig it out' is artistic and uses the same rhythm as the previous mentioned track.",
"'Live up' and the title track 'brigher day' are both worth taking your time to listen to.",
"The rest of the cd is mediocre at best."
] |
3 | Okay | This one is hard to review, but I will try.I am a Physical Therapist, and I also have lymphatic issues. I bought this book to get a better idea of technique for MLD (as this is a specialty course over and above my education).I was surprised at how much education was provided on anatomy and function of the lymphatic system. It was very well done in a manor that all can understand.However, I was a bit disappointed with the guidance on technique. He does an excellent job at providing instruction on MLD of the face. But not for the hands, feet or back. He touches on the basic areas of the body, but that is about it. His technique is right and his guidance is good. It is just a very basic video, and I was hoping for more.In summary, it is good and is worth getting and is great for beginers. If you are looking for something thorough that covers the entire body and ALL of the lymphatic flow directions, than this will not help much. I am still glad I got it. It was a good review and helped a little. | 1,006 | [
"This one is hard to review, but I will try.I am a Physical Therapist, and I also have lymphatic issues.",
"I bought this book to get a better idea of technique for MLD (as this is a specialty course over and above my education).I was surprised at how much education was provided on anatomy and function of the lymphatic system.",
"It was very well done in a manor that all can understand.However, I was a bit disappointed with the guidance on technique.",
"He does an excellent job at providing instruction on MLD of the face.",
"But not for the hands, feet or back.",
"He touches on the basic areas of the body, but that is about it.",
"His technique is right and his guidance is good.",
"It is just a very basic video, and I was hoping for more.In summary, it is good and is worth getting and is great for beginers.",
"If you are looking for something thorough that covers the entire body and ALL of the lymphatic flow directions, than this will not help much.",
"I am still glad I got it.",
"It was a good review and helped a little."
] |
3 | Tenebre | Being a self proclaimed 'huge Argento fiend', I found this movie to be amongst the absolute worst of his work. Don't get me wrong, it is watchable (although completely predictable from the outset) and does have some creepy Argento moments. It doesn't have much to offer in the way of what most look for in his films. I read that it was supposed to take on the look of a 'Columbo' type detective program, but it just doesn't work for me. Argentos' best work comes when it is dark and brooding. This movie becomes exactly what I hated about slasher flicks. And in reality, the main reason why I like his films is because he did something to the typical slasher genre and made it into art. Much like his mentor Leone did with the western. As a fan, it is indespensible of course. Maybe calling it his absolute worst is harsh, but in my opinion.....it is.For completists and fans of movies like "Dressed To Kill" only. Go after 'Suspiria' or 'Deep Red' if you are looking for a jump on point of Argentos work. | 1,005 | [
"Being a self proclaimed 'huge Argento fiend', I found this movie to be amongst the absolute worst of his work.",
"Don't get me wrong, it is watchable (although completely predictable from the outset) and does have some creepy Argento moments.",
"It doesn't have much to offer in the way of what most look for in his films.",
"I read that it was supposed to take on the look of a 'Columbo' type detective program, but it just doesn't work for me.",
"Argentos' best work comes when it is dark and brooding.",
"This movie becomes exactly what I hated about slasher flicks.",
"And in reality, the main reason why I like his films is because he did something to the typical slasher genre and made it into art.",
"Much like his mentor Leone did with the western.",
"As a fan, it is indespensible of course.",
"Maybe calling it his absolute worst is harsh, but in my opinion.....it is.For completists and fans of movies like \"Dressed To Kill\" only.",
"Go after 'Suspiria' or 'Deep Red' if you are looking for a jump on point of Argentos work."
] |
3 | Why not | I guess this is one of those movies that either gets a very high or low rating. For this one, I'm splitting it down the middle.I think SM2 was about equal to the 1st Scary Movie. The movie actually showed depth this time around with the script (compared to Scary Movie 1). In SM1, I found myself listening to identical lines from Scream movies far too much.The heart of this movie relied on 3 things in my mind: An outstanding intro (which, unfortunately, got you hyped up for little reason), Chris Elliot (who was the hilarious caretaker) and the Nike Basketball spoof. I think for those reasons alone, this movie was worth the viewing. However, despite a nice "Titanic" spoof and a few other minor laughs, this movie fell short. About 80% of the movie consisted of blatantly stupid jokes that nobody laughed at.But all and all, this movie was worth my hour and a half. It successfully dissed far more movies than it's prequel, and you didn't have to see the movies they made fun of to laugh (like, SM1). | 1,005 | [
"I guess this is one of those movies that either gets a very high or low rating.",
"For this one, I'm splitting it down the middle.I think SM2 was about equal to the 1st Scary Movie.",
"The movie actually showed depth this time around with the script (compared to Scary Movie 1).",
"In SM1, I found myself listening to identical lines from Scream movies far too much.The heart of this movie relied on 3 things in my mind: An outstanding intro (which, unfortunately, got you hyped up for little reason), Chris Elliot (who was the hilarious caretaker) and the Nike Basketball spoof.",
"I think for those reasons alone, this movie was worth the viewing.",
"However, despite a nice \"Titanic\" spoof and a few other minor laughs, this movie fell short.",
"About 80% of the movie consisted of blatantly stupid jokes that nobody laughed at.But all and all, this movie was worth my hour and a half.",
"It successfully dissed far more movies than it's prequel, and you didn't have to see the movies they made fun of to laugh (like, SM1)."
] |
3 | Ho Hum | The Good: There are some useful hints and there are quotes from experienced mothers offering good advice. It's encouraging to read that other mothers share your concerns.The Bad: Overall, there's very little actual information beyond a handful of tidbits. Some of the information seems outdated despite the fact that this is not an old book (this book implies that you have to buy a bassinet but the fact is you don't actually NEED one). Also, while the day-by-day layout of this book is interesting, it's not very practical. If you're looking for one specific issue, you'll have a hard time finding it.The Ugly: A lot of this book is written in a "cutesy" tone that I found annoying. When I'm looking for practical information the last thing I want to read is girly chit-chat.The bottom line is I'm a straightforward, matter-of-fact person and while this isn't a terrible book it's just not my kind of book. I recommend "Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy" and "Baby Bargains" instead of this book. | 1,005 | [
"The Good: There are some useful hints and there are quotes from experienced mothers offering good advice.",
"It's encouraging to read that other mothers share your concerns.The Bad: Overall, there's very little actual information beyond a handful of tidbits.",
"Some of the information seems outdated despite the fact that this is not an old book (this book implies that you have to buy a bassinet but the fact is you don't actually NEED one).",
"Also, while the day-by-day layout of this book is interesting, it's not very practical.",
"If you're looking for one specific issue, you'll have a hard time finding it.The Ugly: A lot of this book is written in a \"cutesy\" tone that I found annoying.",
"When I'm looking for practical information the last thing I want to read is girly chit-chat.The bottom line is I'm a straightforward, matter-of-fact person and while this isn't a terrible book it's just not my kind of book.",
"I recommend \"Mayo Clinic Guide to a Healthy Pregnancy\" and \"Baby Bargains\" instead of this book."
] |
3 | It is OK | Last winter I could not stand the dry air in my bedroom any more -- I kept getting blood in my noise when I got up in the morning. I decided to purchase a humidifier for overnight use. According to consumer report, this type of warm moisture humidifier is the best kind because it is quieter than an evaporative type humidifier and doesn't have the negative side effects of an ultrasonic type humidifier. Therefore, I ordered this model of warm humidifier.After using it for several weeks, I think it is OK; but I am a little bit disappointed. It quickly brings the humidity level of my bedroom to a comfortable level. But it is not as quiet as what I had expected. I guess I was expecting too much; I was expecting it to be as quiet as the ultrasonic type of humidifier. But this is still OK in the sense that I can use it to quickly increase the humidity level in my bedroom before I go to bed, and then I can turn it off for the rest of the night. This routine works for me. Therefore, I am keeping it. | 1,005 | [
"Last winter I could not stand the dry air in my bedroom any more -- I kept getting blood in my noise when I got up in the morning.",
"I decided to purchase a humidifier for overnight use.",
"According to consumer report, this type of warm moisture humidifier is the best kind because it is quieter than an evaporative type humidifier and doesn't have the negative side effects of an ultrasonic type humidifier.",
"Therefore, I ordered this model of warm humidifier.After using it for several weeks, I think it is OK; but I am a little bit disappointed.",
"It quickly brings the humidity level of my bedroom to a comfortable level.",
"But it is not as quiet as what I had expected.",
"I guess I was expecting too much; I was expecting it to be as quiet as the ultrasonic type of humidifier.",
"But this is still OK in the sense that I can use it to quickly increase the humidity level in my bedroom before I go to bed, and then I can turn it off for the rest of the night.",
"This routine works for me.",
"Therefore, I am keeping it."
] |
3 | Kick... | *** La Femme Nikita fans will love Maggie Shayne's entry into this anthology, The Bride Wore a .44. A woman who can remember nothing finds her memory returning as her wedding to a man she does not love approaches, and she finds her hope chest is full of guns. Jacey Ford's Painkillers finds a model working undercover to bring down drug lords. Warfem by Angela Knight is basically PWP, best skipped, frankly. However, Mary Janice Davidson's The Misadventures of Boo and Boy Blunder is worth the price of the anthology all on its own. An albino vampire slayer finds herself with an unwanted sidekick when she is hired by an all too attractive, charming vampire stand-up comedian to kill scumbag vampires. Those who have followed the adventures of Betsy the Vampire Queen will enjoy the foreshadowing of a possible meeting between Betsy and Boo. All in all- this is a half wonderful half so so anthology, but the wonderful half makes up for the not so wonderful half. ***Amanda Killgore, Freelance Reviewer. | 1,005 | [
"*** La Femme Nikita fans will love Maggie Shayne's entry into this anthology, The Bride Wore a .44.",
"A woman who can remember nothing finds her memory returning as her wedding to a man she does not love approaches, and she finds her hope chest is full of guns.",
"Jacey Ford's Painkillers finds a model working undercover to bring down drug lords.",
"Warfem by Angela Knight is basically PWP, best skipped, frankly.",
"However, Mary Janice Davidson's The Misadventures of Boo and Boy Blunder is worth the price of the anthology all on its own.",
"An albino vampire slayer finds herself with an unwanted sidekick when she is hired by an all too attractive, charming vampire stand-up comedian to kill scumbag vampires.",
"Those who have followed the adventures of Betsy the Vampire Queen will enjoy the foreshadowing of a possible meeting between Betsy and Boo.",
"All in all- this is a half wonderful half so so anthology, but the wonderful half makes up for the not so wonderful half.",
"***Amanda Killgore, Freelance Reviewer."
] |
3 | So-So | Three friends - Casey, Lindsay (aka Sin), and Kat - take a month to tour through Rome and Greece before returning home to face their new jobs and `adult' lives. That is the basic premise of this book. The book is well written, and is enjoyable mainly because Rome and Greece are well described. The scenery is the best part of the book, and I felt like I was on a European whirlwind tour with a bunch of 18 year olds. The problem is that the characters are not 18 - they are upper 20s women who act 18 a majority of the time. Although the author tells us that the three are best friends, they spend the entire book belittling each other and ostracizing Casey. Also, Casey, the lead character, is terribly boring - I didn't believe for an instant that she was ever exciting and carefree (as we are told she was), and the end certainly didn't fit with the picture we had of her character. This book is marginal - high marks for setting and descriptions, but low marks for character strength and consistency. | 1,005 | [
"Three friends - Casey, Lindsay (aka Sin), and Kat - take a month to tour through Rome and Greece before returning home to face their new jobs and `adult' lives.",
"That is the basic premise of this book.",
"The book is well written, and is enjoyable mainly because Rome and Greece are well described.",
"The scenery is the best part of the book, and I felt like I was on a European whirlwind tour with a bunch of 18 year olds.",
"The problem is that the characters are not 18 - they are upper 20s women who act 18 a majority of the time.",
"Although the author tells us that the three are best friends, they spend the entire book belittling each other and ostracizing Casey.",
"Also, Casey, the lead character, is terribly boring - I didn't believe for an instant that she was ever exciting and carefree (as we are told she was), and the end certainly didn't fit with the picture we had of her character.",
"This book is marginal - high marks for setting and descriptions, but low marks for character strength and consistency."
] |
3 | Hm ... | I don't know, I would actually have to give this CD a seven out of ten ... but since I only have five stars, I gave it a three. This CD seemed a lot more enjoyable the first few times I listened to it. Now when I listen to it, it's not catchy, it seems more bland and I tend to skip songs, which I am not in the habit of doing. Mike's guitar work is one of the only things that really keeps my attention ... it is fantastic, this is why he is famous. But over all, I'd rather listen to something with more personallity to it, to a degree this is actually a commercial CD. Nothing really (besides the guitar leads) sticks out as being super.I've also heard Black Earth by them, and I don't know if this band is over rated, or this CD ... I really do think this CD is over rated. If you are looking for a CD by them, I'd have to recommend an earlier release, or if you are just looking for Swedish metal, I'd go with, In Flames, The Haunted, or Dark Tranquility ... but I don't recommend this one very much. | 1,005 | [
"I don't know, I would actually have to give this CD a seven out of ten ... but since I only have five stars, I gave it a three.",
"This CD seemed a lot more enjoyable the first few times I listened to it.",
"Now when I listen to it, it's not catchy, it seems more bland and I tend to skip songs, which I am not in the habit of doing.",
"Mike's guitar work is one of the only things that really keeps my attention ... it is fantastic, this is why he is famous.",
"But over all, I'd rather listen to something with more personallity to it, to a degree this is actually a commercial CD.",
"Nothing really (besides the guitar leads) sticks out as being super.I've also heard Black Earth by them, and I don't know if this band is over rated, or this CD ... I really do think this CD is over rated.",
"If you are looking for a CD by them, I'd have to recommend an earlier release, or if you are just looking for Swedish metal, I'd go with, In Flames, The Haunted, or Dark Tranquility ... but I don't recommend this one very much."
] |
3 | Decent | It seems that old age is starting to wear on our dear Mr. Eddings, or perhaps he's just burnt out after the spectacluar Belgariad/Mallorean saga. He seems to have used up all his good characters there, in any case. In this book we met Belgarath, Polgara, Ce'nedra, and Garion again in the forms of Althalus, Dweia, Andine, and Eliar. The only problem was that our new friends weren't nearly as well developed as the old versions, which goes for all of the Redemption characters. He went into a little depth with Leitha and Khalor, but left the others hanging. Plus, there wasn't really much drive behind our so-called protagonist's quest. I found I didn't really care if Daeva won out in the end, mostly because well, what is Daeva anyway? We're supposed to fear him and his underlings, but Eddings never really shows us why. Also, Eddings throws magic around pretty carelessly here, which is something he explicitly warned against in the Rivan Codex. All in all, a fun read, but disapointing and shallow. | 1,005 | [
"It seems that old age is starting to wear on our dear Mr.",
"Eddings, or perhaps he's just burnt out after the spectacluar Belgariad/Mallorean saga.",
"He seems to have used up all his good characters there, in any case.",
"In this book we met Belgarath, Polgara, Ce'nedra, and Garion again in the forms of Althalus, Dweia, Andine, and Eliar.",
"The only problem was that our new friends weren't nearly as well developed as the old versions, which goes for all of the Redemption characters.",
"He went into a little depth with Leitha and Khalor, but left the others hanging.",
"Plus, there wasn't really much drive behind our so-called protagonist's quest.",
"I found I didn't really care if Daeva won out in the end, mostly because well, what is Daeva anyway?",
"We're supposed to fear him and his underlings, but Eddings never really shows us why.",
"Also, Eddings throws magic around pretty carelessly here, which is something he explicitly warned against in the Rivan Codex.",
"All in all, a fun read, but disapointing and shallow."
] |
3 | LUKE WARM | COLD BLOODED is a complex, sometimes confusing, and ultimately frustrating mystery film. Director Randy Bradshaw directs in a slow-moving, static manner, and the script is bogged down with so much conspiracy going on, it's hard to focus on exactly who the heroes and villains are.Michael Moriarty is at his soporific worst in his portrayal of the assistant to the attorney general, acting like he'd much rather be at home doing crossword puzzles.Gloria Reuben has little energy in her role as a possible serial killer's lawyer.Patti LuPone needs to stick with musicals; her Barbra Streisand impersonation is fruitless.Kenneth Welsh does a nasty turn as Officer Brodski, who's using a snitch that is possibly a serial killer.The best acting in the cast comes from supporting actors who play the serial killer potential and the cop assisting Brodski. Unfortunately, I can't recall their names and they're conspiculously missing from the box.Plodding and slow, the movie would bear renting more than buying. | 1,004 | [
"COLD BLOODED is a complex, sometimes confusing, and ultimately frustrating mystery film.",
"Director Randy Bradshaw directs in a slow-moving, static manner, and the script is bogged down with so much conspiracy going on, it's hard to focus on exactly who the heroes and villains are.Michael Moriarty is at his soporific worst in his portrayal of the assistant to the attorney general, acting like he'd much rather be at home doing crossword puzzles.Gloria Reuben has little energy in her role as a possible serial killer's lawyer.Patti LuPone needs to stick with musicals; her Barbra Streisand impersonation is fruitless.Kenneth Welsh does a nasty turn as Officer Brodski, who's using a snitch that is possibly a serial killer.The best acting in the cast comes from supporting actors who play the serial killer potential and the cop assisting Brodski.",
"Unfortunately, I can't recall their names and they're conspiculously missing from the box.Plodding and slow, the movie would bear renting more than buying."
] |
3 | Meh | The weight of the pestle insures that no matter what you put in the mortar it will definitely be ground to a fine powder. However the narrow handle makes it much more difficult to hang on to unless you "choke-up up on the bat". Which brings me to the next point; the bowl of the mortar is fairly deep which definitely helps to keep whatever is being ground from ending up all over the counter. The problem arises from the sharpish edge around the inner brim which, if you have "choked-up", bring it perfectly inline with you knuckles. And finally I'm not a fan of having the exterior finished with a heavy shellac while the interior is left completely raw, though the leftover rough finish inside does help with grinding to the finest degree. Worse than that there was (dog?) hair that had become embedded in the sealant before it had dried, leaving me with the hair permanently affixed. Leaving the exterior unsealed and instead mildly polished would have given a mush better and more consistent finish. | 1,004 | [
"The weight of the pestle insures that no matter what you put in the mortar it will definitely be ground to a fine powder.",
"However the narrow handle makes it much more difficult to hang on to unless you \"choke-up up on the bat\".",
"Which brings me to the next point; the bowl of the mortar is fairly deep which definitely helps to keep whatever is being ground from ending up all over the counter.",
"The problem arises from the sharpish edge around the inner brim which, if you have \"choked-up\", bring it perfectly inline with you knuckles.",
"And finally I'm not a fan of having the exterior finished with a heavy shellac while the interior is left completely raw, though the leftover rough finish inside does help with grinding to the finest degree.",
"Worse than that there was (dog?",
") hair that had become embedded in the sealant before it had dried, leaving me with the hair permanently affixed.",
"Leaving the exterior unsealed and instead mildly polished would have given a mush better and more consistent finish."
] |
3 | FLAWED | When I learned Simon and Schuster was re-releasing this set on CD, I hoped they addressed the problems with the cassette versions released in the late '80s. They didn't. Oddly, the episodes on the first three discs have some of the original commercials and/or portions of the announcer's closing banter with Watson edited out, bringing the run time to about 25 minutes instead of the full half-hour. To serious collectors of old-time radio, this is unacceptable, especially when the packaging in effect states the programs are presented as they were originally broadcast. The rest of episodes are intact. No idea what possessed S & S to do this, but here we are. Secondly, depending on the episode, the audio restoration is a bit heavy-handed. Too much noise reduction and processing has resulted in some words and bits of dialogue sounding clipped or chopped off. The shows should have been re-mastered for the CD release. These may be picayune issues to most people, but to others like me, they're not. | 1,004 | [
"When I learned Simon and Schuster was re-releasing this set on CD, I hoped they addressed the problems with the cassette versions released in the late '80s.",
"They didn't.",
"Oddly, the episodes on the first three discs have some of the original commercials and/or portions of the announcer's closing banter with Watson edited out, bringing the run time to about 25 minutes instead of the full half-hour.",
"To serious collectors of old-time radio, this is unacceptable, especially when the packaging in effect states the programs are presented as they were originally broadcast.",
"The rest of episodes are intact.",
"No idea what possessed S & S to do this, but here we are.",
"Secondly, depending on the episode, the audio restoration is a bit heavy-handed.",
"Too much noise reduction and processing has resulted in some words and bits of dialogue sounding clipped or chopped off.",
"The shows should have been re-mastered for the CD release.",
"These may be picayune issues to most people, but to others like me, they're not."
] |
3 | Good toy? | I purchased this toy when my daughter was about 3 months. She loved to sit in it. She liked most all of the toys and she liked to jump in it. When she got bigger I was very disappointed with the toy. The keyboard had one key that would light up and no music would play. We thought maybe it was the batteries and replaced them but it still didn't work. The keys also still move up and down so they aren't stuck. I contacted the company but they never returned my call. I wrote them an email and they wrote me back but didn't mention anything about the keyboard. My daughter can't spin the thing by herself so I asked them if there was anything I could do to make it easier for her. They talked about some red button that i don't see at all. My church has a jumper from wal-mart in their nursey and she loves it. Too bad I didn't know before hand. It would have saved me some money. I thought this would be a great toy for her for a while but she barely even sits in it anymore. It just takes up space.. :( | 1,004 | [
"I purchased this toy when my daughter was about 3 months.",
"She loved to sit in it.",
"She liked most all of the toys and she liked to jump in it.",
"When she got bigger I was very disappointed with the toy.",
"The keyboard had one key that would light up and no music would play.",
"We thought maybe it was the batteries and replaced them but it still didn't work.",
"The keys also still move up and down so they aren't stuck.",
"I contacted the company but they never returned my call.",
"I wrote them an email and they wrote me back but didn't mention anything about the keyboard.",
"My daughter can't spin the thing by herself so I asked them if there was anything I could do to make it easier for her.",
"They talked about some red button that i don't see at all.",
"My church has a jumper from wal-mart in their nursey and she loves it.",
"Too bad I didn't know before hand.",
"It would have saved me some money.",
"I thought this would be a great toy for her for a while but she barely even sits in it anymore.",
"It just takes up space..",
":("
] |
3 | A letdown | Having thrilled to "Flashman", I eagerly desired to read "Royal Flash", what I understood to be the second book in the series, being confused because of the lack of a chronological list in the copy I read. I found "Royal Flash" to be much inferior to its predecessor, although I couldn' put it down. The plot was altogether too implausible, full of holes into which my willing suspension of disbelief was constantly being dragged. Flashy wasn't given the opportunity to be as interesting as in the first book, as he was swept along through the whole book, an obliging tool, rarely being given the opportunity to exhibit his cowardice, his deceitfulness, all those bad qualities that amuse us. I also wished we had learned what had transpired after Carl Gustav learned that his erstwhile benefactor had stolen his wife's crown jewels, both actual and metaphysical. With the exception of several great passages, this book turned out to be a run of the mill adventure story, and not a very good one at that. | 1,004 | [
"Having thrilled to \"Flashman\", I eagerly desired to read \"Royal Flash\", what I understood to be the second book in the series, being confused because of the lack of a chronological list in the copy I read.",
"I found \"Royal Flash\" to be much inferior to its predecessor, although I couldn' put it down.",
"The plot was altogether too implausible, full of holes into which my willing suspension of disbelief was constantly being dragged.",
"Flashy wasn't given the opportunity to be as interesting as in the first book, as he was swept along through the whole book, an obliging tool, rarely being given the opportunity to exhibit his cowardice, his deceitfulness, all those bad qualities that amuse us.",
"I also wished we had learned what had transpired after Carl Gustav learned that his erstwhile benefactor had stolen his wife's crown jewels, both actual and metaphysical.",
"With the exception of several great passages, this book turned out to be a run of the mill adventure story, and not a very good one at that."
] |
3 | Go easy | C'mon guys why is everyone giving this cd a one?Very ballsy of you guys seeing as probably all of you couldnt play half as good as these guys.Anyways i have to say that this cd isnt a masterpiece either.I can look past the fact that they omitted any guitar solos.And i can look past the fact that u cant hear the bass at all.But i dont think anyone can disagree that this cd is very fast.Lars is a great drummer(even though he killed napster.lol) and James is a metal icon on his own.The standout on this one is definatly the single "St. Anger" and also "All Within My Hands" is a good song also.However everything else sounds kinda bland and rushed together, but still its all very fast and catchy.I think everyone should stop hoping for another Master Of Puppets because its not gonna come. Try to open your mind and embrace where metallica is going.If not then buy something else and stop trash talking these guys because they have payed there dues and deserve respect for what they have accomplished. | 1,004 | [
"C'mon guys why is everyone giving this cd a one?",
"Very ballsy of you guys seeing as probably all of you couldnt play half as good as these guys.Anyways i have to say that this cd isnt a masterpiece either.I can look past the fact that they omitted any guitar solos.And i can look past the fact that u cant hear the bass at all.But i dont think anyone can disagree that this cd is very fast.Lars is a great drummer(even though he killed napster.lol) and James is a metal icon on his own.The standout on this one is definatly the single \"St.",
"Anger\" and also \"All Within My Hands\" is a good song also.However everything else sounds kinda bland and rushed together, but still its all very fast and catchy.I think everyone should stop hoping for another Master Of Puppets because its not gonna come.",
"Try to open your mind and embrace where metallica is going.If not then buy something else and stop trash talking these guys because they have payed there dues and deserve respect for what they have accomplished."
] |
3 | Get MEAN | MEAN GIRLS amounts, mostly, to a bout of guilty pleasure: four great looking high school girls -- their cliche called 'The Plastics' -- have it all: they're beautiful, they're beautiful, and ... well ... they're beautiful. Beyond that, only Lindsay Lohan has any real brains, but -- in the way that only a misguided high school beauty can -- she loses track of her way and has to find it again before the two hours of screen time is over.The script is witty but could've used a bit of polish. Oddly enough, I found myself wanting to see more of Tim Meadows school principal (wonderfully deadpan) and Tina Fey's nerdy math teacher. Had the film given us more of the heartwarming moments packed into the last twenty minutes, it would've been a far more interesting and rewarding experience.Again, not a bad film, and, if it were possible, I'd give it 3.5 stars out of 5.0. Lindsay is a talented young actress coming into her own, and it will be terrific to see where she ends up after all is said and done! | 1,004 | [
"MEAN GIRLS amounts, mostly, to a bout of guilty pleasure: four great looking high school girls -- their cliche called 'The Plastics' -- have it all: they're beautiful, they're beautiful, and ... well ... they're beautiful.",
"Beyond that, only Lindsay Lohan has any real brains, but -- in the way that only a misguided high school beauty can -- she loses track of her way and has to find it again before the two hours of screen time is over.The script is witty but could've used a bit of polish.",
"Oddly enough, I found myself wanting to see more of Tim Meadows school principal (wonderfully deadpan) and Tina Fey's nerdy math teacher.",
"Had the film given us more of the heartwarming moments packed into the last twenty minutes, it would've been a far more interesting and rewarding experience.Again, not a bad film, and, if it were possible, I'd give it 3.5 stars out of 5.0. Lindsay is a talented young actress coming into her own, and it will be terrific to see where she ends up after all is said and done!"
] |
3 | weird | I like Meryl Streep's sunny character who is always busy planning parties & trying to make everybody's life better.She has a loving relationship with her partner ,Sally (played by the always wonderful Alison Janney) & her daughter,AJulia(claire daines). That was amazing how Meryl separated the egg yolks with just her fingers.Virginia Woolf & Richard were difficult but interesting characters. Both are brilliant,albiet tortured geniuses that were irreversibly hurt by adults that they trusted.It made me sad that the two of them had such a low opinion of themselves and felt they were ruining everyone around them.When in reality,so many people loved them ,warts and all.What I couldn't get my head around was Laura's character. There is no explanation about anything this woman does. It just seems like she is in a hurry to get nowhere and doesn't care who she hurts in the process.I mean,at least give me the reason she wants to leave her husband.Not trying to be judgemental but Laura made me sick. | 1,003 | [
"I like Meryl Streep's sunny character who is always busy planning parties & trying to make everybody's life better.She has a loving relationship with her partner ,Sally (played by the always wonderful Alison Janney) & her daughter,AJulia(claire daines).",
"That was amazing how Meryl separated the egg yolks with just her fingers.Virginia Woolf & Richard were difficult but interesting characters.",
"Both are brilliant,albiet tortured geniuses that were irreversibly hurt by adults that they trusted.It made me sad that the two of them had such a low opinion of themselves and felt they were ruining everyone around them.When in reality,so many people loved them ,warts and all.What I couldn't get my head around was Laura's character.",
"There is no explanation about anything this woman does.",
"It just seems like she is in a hurry to get nowhere and doesn't care who she hurts in the process.I mean,at least give me the reason she wants to leave her husband.Not trying to be judgemental but Laura made me sick."
] |
3 | Unbalanced | I kind of accidently got this CD from someone who didn't love it.Stuck is a great song and it definitly got her out there. The video was a little weird; could have been more grown up. My absolute favorite song is "More To Life". Great single, if only the rest of the album was like it she's be on her way. I also like the third song; it's catchy and the ballad is great. Then I simply go back to the beginning.As for the creepy people who go all crazy-religious? Damn, let the girl have some success! She's got talent why waste it? Jessica Simpson stayed religious, she even held back some!I'd definitly put "more to life" on a compilation CD with a few Jessica Simpson songs, Mandy Moore's "Top of the World", Christina's "fighter", "can't hold us down", and the beautiful heart-breaking ballad (#18 on Stripped), Willa Ford's "someone take the pain away".Stacie's also pretty and that will help her go farther. I wish her good luck and hope for something a little more mainstream all-around next time. | 1,003 | [
"I kind of accidently got this CD from someone who didn't love it.Stuck is a great song and it definitly got her out there.",
"The video was a little weird; could have been more grown up.",
"My absolute favorite song is \"More To Life\".",
"Great single, if only the rest of the album was like it she's be on her way.",
"I also like the third song; it's catchy and the ballad is great.",
"Then I simply go back to the beginning.As for the creepy people who go all crazy-religious?",
"Damn, let the girl have some success!",
"She's got talent why waste it?",
"Jessica Simpson stayed religious, she even held back some!",
"I'd definitly put \"more to life\" on a compilation CD with a few Jessica Simpson songs, Mandy Moore's \"Top of the World\", Christina's \"fighter\", \"can't hold us down\", and the beautiful heart-breaking ballad (#18 on Stripped), Willa Ford's \"someone take the pain away\".Stacie's also pretty and that will help her go farther.",
"I wish her good luck and hope for something a little more mainstream all-around next time."
] |
3 | Eye Opener | Enjoyed the tale, read it in about three hours, appreciated the style and the way it all hung together, found many aspects very amusing, especially the climax of five nuns and Ms Hudson chained together in the back of a van.. also very educational for me into the life styles of people I do not come across.. do not understand how the residents of The Chelsea can pay for their accommodations, or how the hotel permits unregistered guests to shack up in various rooms! But also an insight into the American female mind, no wonder families rarely stay together in that country, it is all about getting quick excitement and immediate satisfaction for oneself! What about doing something with ones life that is worthwhile? None of the characters in the book had a structure apart from the fellow in retirement from Liverpool... not far from where I was born... OK! These comments are too serious! I will certainly read more of her work. (I came across this in a hotel library whilst on holiday in Menorca). | 1,003 | [
"Enjoyed the tale, read it in about three hours, appreciated the style and the way it all hung together, found many aspects very amusing, especially the climax of five nuns and Ms Hudson chained together in the back of a van..",
"also very educational for me into the life styles of people I do not come across..",
"do not understand how the residents of The Chelsea can pay for their accommodations, or how the hotel permits unregistered guests to shack up in various rooms!",
"But also an insight into the American female mind, no wonder families rarely stay together in that country, it is all about getting quick excitement and immediate satisfaction for oneself!",
"What about doing something with ones life that is worthwhile?",
"None of the characters in the book had a structure apart from the fellow in retirement from Liverpool... not far from where I was born... OK!",
"These comments are too serious!",
"I will certainly read more of her work.",
"(I came across this in a hotel library whilst on holiday in Menorca)."
] |
3 | From 1972 | Back cover blurb:Mandy knew how lucky she was to be working in Tunisia as secretary to an eminent archaeologist - and it didn't exactly detract from the glamour of the situation when attractive Ramon al Hassan, young and handsome and the son of an immensely rich oil sheik, proceeded to dance attendance on her - even suggesting marriage. Nevertheless, Mandy was a sensible girl and didn't delude herself into imagining that there was any future in a romance with Ramon, whose life and background was so utterly different from her own. All the same, she was furious when that supercilious Steven Heron refused to be convinced that she knew just what she was doing. Wasn't there a danger that, simply to spite Steven, Mandy would find herself goaded into doing something really foolish?My review:Entertaining novel set in Tunisia, though I thought more of the love rival than the hero, whom I thought was a bit wet. This book's from 1972, therefore no steamy seduction and the last pages end in marriage. | 1,003 | [
"Back cover blurb:Mandy knew how lucky she was to be working in Tunisia as secretary to an eminent archaeologist - and it didn't exactly detract from the glamour of the situation when attractive Ramon al Hassan, young and handsome and the son of an immensely rich oil sheik, proceeded to dance attendance on her - even suggesting marriage.",
"Nevertheless, Mandy was a sensible girl and didn't delude herself into imagining that there was any future in a romance with Ramon, whose life and background was so utterly different from her own.",
"All the same, she was furious when that supercilious Steven Heron refused to be convinced that she knew just what she was doing.",
"Wasn't there a danger that, simply to spite Steven, Mandy would find herself goaded into doing something really foolish?",
"My review:Entertaining novel set in Tunisia, though I thought more of the love rival than the hero, whom I thought was a bit wet.",
"This book's from 1972, therefore no steamy seduction and the last pages end in marriage."
] |
3 | Munce | As a film in it's own right, this is decent enough - it's a step up from 'Johnny Mneumonic', and has some decent effects, a neat translation of one of 2000AD's 'ABC Warriors' (from a separate strip), and all-in-all it's decent mindless fun.As a translation of the Judge Dredd strip, though, it starts off interestingly and then turns unforgivably bad - whilst the paper Dredd is, essentially, a soul-less monster (he was initially modelled on Clint Eastwood's 'Dirty Harry', but taken to an insane extreme), Stallone plays him as a slightly peeved version of a standard action hero. It's closer in tone to the US comic version of Dredd, and misses the ultra-dark humour and much of the bleak setting of the comic. Much of the blame has been left at the feet of Stallone's populist instincts - if it was to be Hollywood-ised at all, this really needed the dry wit of Arnold Schwarzenegger.There's an interesting soundtrack featuring a diverse range of unexpected bands, including, oddly enough, the Cure. | 1,003 | [
"As a film in it's own right, this is decent enough - it's a step up from 'Johnny Mneumonic', and has some decent effects, a neat translation of one of 2000AD's 'ABC Warriors' (from a separate strip), and all-in-all it's decent mindless fun.As a translation of the Judge Dredd strip, though, it starts off interestingly and then turns unforgivably bad - whilst the paper Dredd is, essentially, a soul-less monster (he was initially modelled on Clint Eastwood's 'Dirty Harry', but taken to an insane extreme), Stallone plays him as a slightly peeved version of a standard action hero.",
"It's closer in tone to the US comic version of Dredd, and misses the ultra-dark humour and much of the bleak setting of the comic.",
"Much of the blame has been left at the feet of Stallone's populist instincts - if it was to be Hollywood-ised at all, this really needed the dry wit of Arnold Schwarzenegger.There's an interesting soundtrack featuring a diverse range of unexpected bands, including, oddly enough, the Cure."
] |
3 | Mysterious | What young man wouldn't want to serve Yuko? Beautiful, insightful, seems helpful. Watanuki enters service to Yuko hoping she will free him of creepy spirits - although perhaps it would be enough it she freed him from his own annoying habits. Still, as the authentic fortune-teller points out, he has not been without resources for getting by.Four curious episodes and I don't know where they are leading. The pace is slow but the mysteries seemed deep enough to compel watching until the end (i.e. of the fourth episode, completing this first collection). Watching and listening to Yuko was a treat in itself. Perhaps more could have been done with her and irritating Watanuki could have been done without? Just a thought.The songs, one at the beginning and one at the end (both included among the extras) are enjoyable: the lyrics sound quasi-Buddhist.There is something to be learned here but until that becomes clear, enjoy watching, when Watanuki isn't acting out it's either pleasant or intriguing. | 1,003 | [
"What young man wouldn't want to serve Yuko?",
"Beautiful, insightful, seems helpful.",
"Watanuki enters service to Yuko hoping she will free him of creepy spirits - although perhaps it would be enough it she freed him from his own annoying habits.",
"Still, as the authentic fortune-teller points out, he has not been without resources for getting by.Four curious episodes and I don't know where they are leading.",
"The pace is slow but the mysteries seemed deep enough to compel watching until the end (i.e. of the fourth episode, completing this first collection).",
"Watching and listening to Yuko was a treat in itself.",
"Perhaps more could have been done with her and irritating Watanuki could have been done without?",
"Just a thought.The songs, one at the beginning and one at the end (both included among the extras) are enjoyable: the lyrics sound quasi-Buddhist.There is something to be learned here but until that becomes clear, enjoy watching, when Watanuki isn't acting out it's either pleasant or intriguing."
] |
3 | disturbing | After reading this book I cannot believe that any mother would feel it acceptable in any way to leave her Autistic child in the care of children, on page 147 chapter thirteen of her book Wendy Robinson states that while her son Grant was staying with the scout group at camp Mohawk her son was left in the care of two boys aged 11 and 12, one of these boys she states stayed up all night to care for Grant indeed sleeping on a chair with his head resting against a wall so that if he fell asleep the chair would fall and wake him. Wendy Robinson states that her son had fits particularly around 5.am, I struggle to understand how any mother could leave their child in the care of two boys who were only children theirselves, even more so as Grant was Autistic and had fits. These boys were also expected to clean up and wash Grant when his toilet signals were missed, no child should be expected to do that, this scout master in my opinion should not have been caring for children Autistic or otherwise. | 1,003 | [
"After reading this book I cannot believe that any mother would feel it acceptable in any way to leave her Autistic child in the care of children, on page 147 chapter thirteen of her book Wendy Robinson states that while her son Grant was staying with the scout group at camp Mohawk her son was left in the care of two boys aged 11 and 12, one of these boys she states stayed up all night to care for Grant indeed sleeping on a chair with his head resting against a wall so that if he fell asleep the chair would fall and wake him.",
"Wendy Robinson states that her son had fits particularly around 5.am, I struggle to understand how any mother could leave their child in the care of two boys who were only children theirselves, even more so as Grant was Autistic and had fits.",
"These boys were also expected to clean up and wash Grant when his toilet signals were missed, no child should be expected to do that, this scout master in my opinion should not have been caring for children Autistic or otherwise."
] |
3 | Solid | This book came highly recommended from a number of sources, so I was eager to read it after my purchase. I consider myself somewhat of a theologian (by no means an expert) having recieved a BA in theology from a Christian liberal arts school. The book really didn't inform or inspire me the way I had hoped. Piper who is unquestionably academic and holds a PhD from Munich wrote the book in a scholarly format (Chicago/Turabian style) packed full of footnotes. But I really didn't learn anything from this particular work. It my have to do with me be brought up in the Reformed Christian tradition. I kept begging him to tell me something I didn't know, but I was unable to find anything fresh and new. I'm not trying to come across as a snob, but if you have studied and are familiar with the basics of reformed theology you will not find anything in this book you don't already know. That said many have raved about this book and found inspiration from it. Though scholars of theology need not bother. | 1,003 | [
"This book came highly recommended from a number of sources, so I was eager to read it after my purchase.",
"I consider myself somewhat of a theologian (by no means an expert) having recieved a BA in theology from a Christian liberal arts school.",
"The book really didn't inform or inspire me the way I had hoped.",
"Piper who is unquestionably academic and holds a PhD from Munich wrote the book in a scholarly format (Chicago/Turabian style) packed full of footnotes.",
"But I really didn't learn anything from this particular work.",
"It my have to do with me be brought up in the Reformed Christian tradition.",
"I kept begging him to tell me something I didn't know, but I was unable to find anything fresh and new.",
"I'm not trying to come across as a snob, but if you have studied and are familiar with the basics of reformed theology you will not find anything in this book you don't already know.",
"That said many have raved about this book and found inspiration from it.",
"Though scholars of theology need not bother."
] |
3 | OK read... | One reviewer mentions in a positive light that this book is everything that Among the Thugs is not. I agree, but with a different take on it. This book is more of an academic essay on what hooliganism is about, its causes, and how to stop it. Among the Thugs is a first person account of a journalist who followed some hooligans. Barmy Army is good if you want pseudo-academic opinion. Among the Thugs is great if you want to hear details of football violence- it satisfies the voyeur in all of us. I preferred Among the Thugs, whether it is well-researched and accurate or not.One major flaw in this book is Brimson's referances to his other books. Just when he builds up to any particularly infamous example of hooliganism to make a point, he says something like "This has already been explored in (insert one of his other book titles here)..." and then tells you nothing about the incident. I haven't read these other books, so it left me hanging.This book is interesting, but not a real page-turner. | 1,003 | [
"One reviewer mentions in a positive light that this book is everything that Among the Thugs is not.",
"I agree, but with a different take on it.",
"This book is more of an academic essay on what hooliganism is about, its causes, and how to stop it.",
"Among the Thugs is a first person account of a journalist who followed some hooligans.",
"Barmy Army is good if you want pseudo-academic opinion.",
"Among the Thugs is great if you want to hear details of football violence- it satisfies the voyeur in all of us.",
"I preferred Among the Thugs, whether it is well-researched and accurate or not.One major flaw in this book is Brimson's referances to his other books.",
"Just when he builds up to any particularly infamous example of hooliganism to make a point, he says something like \"This has already been explored in (insert one of his other book titles here)...\" and then tells you nothing about the incident.",
"I haven't read these other books, so it left me hanging.This book is interesting, but not a real page-turner."
] |
3 | Bleh | One reviewer writes that Mr. Frey is a "spoiled rich kid" who lets Mommy and Daddy foot the bill for his rehab, and that is more true than most of what's in the book. I never felt sorry for Mr. Frey (except when he was ripping off his toenails, and that made me a little squeamish), and in fact was a little angry at his self-serving attitude. I felt like he portrayed himself as this hero figure who made such a positive impression on the poor down-trodden souls who happened to stumble into his "light." The only thing about Mr. Frey that impressed me was his unwillingness to assign blame to anyone but himself for his addiction, and for that I applaud him. I hope other people will read this "dramatization" and realize that the only real message lies in the fact that HE made himself an addict, that HE chose that lifestyle, and that only HE could make himself better. It's true for addicts of all kinds, including smokers, shoppers, and overeaters - the only one who can change one's life is self. | 1,003 | [
"One reviewer writes that Mr.",
"Frey is a \"spoiled rich kid\" who lets Mommy and Daddy foot the bill for his rehab, and that is more true than most of what's in the book.",
"I never felt sorry for Mr.",
"Frey (except when he was ripping off his toenails, and that made me a little squeamish), and in fact was a little angry at his self-serving attitude.",
"I felt like he portrayed himself as this hero figure who made such a positive impression on the poor down-trodden souls who happened to stumble into his \"light.\" The only thing about Mr.",
"Frey that impressed me was his unwillingness to assign blame to anyone but himself for his addiction, and for that I applaud him.",
"I hope other people will read this \"dramatization\" and realize that the only real message lies in the fact that HE made himself an addict, that HE chose that lifestyle, and that only HE could make himself better.",
"It's true for addicts of all kinds, including smokers, shoppers, and overeaters - the only one who can change one's life is self."
] |
3 | Essential? | This isn't a bad collection. But I'm not sure how they can consider it essential since 95% of the time it sticks to a rigid 2 song representation from each album. Many times this just doesn't work. The Number of the Beast has the title track and Run to the Hills, both here, but Hallowed Be Thy Name is just as essential, and it's missing. Only their first album gets more than 2 tracks, but Sanctuary is still missing. Space has to be considered, I know, but Powerslave and Rime of the Ancient Mariner should be here. Why not include Mariner instead of Sign of the Cross? It's a much better song. Can I Play With Madness is definitely essential but missing. Wildest Dreams should be here too. Get Best of the Beast (2 cd version). It's getting a bit older now, so it doesn't include any of their last 3 studio albums, but it's still much better. Ed Hunter's better than this too. Edward the Great is pure garbage. Better yet, get all of their albums, these guys couldn't make a bad album if they tried. | 1,003 | [
"This isn't a bad collection.",
"But I'm not sure how they can consider it essential since 95% of the time it sticks to a rigid 2 song representation from each album.",
"Many times this just doesn't work.",
"The Number of the Beast has the title track and Run to the Hills, both here, but Hallowed Be Thy Name is just as essential, and it's missing.",
"Only their first album gets more than 2 tracks, but Sanctuary is still missing.",
"Space has to be considered, I know, but Powerslave and Rime of the Ancient Mariner should be here.",
"Why not include Mariner instead of Sign of the Cross?",
"It's a much better song.",
"Can I Play With Madness is definitely essential but missing.",
"Wildest Dreams should be here too.",
"Get Best of the Beast (2 cd version).",
"It's getting a bit older now, so it doesn't include any of their last 3 studio albums, but it's still much better.",
"Ed Hunter's better than this too.",
"Edward the Great is pure garbage.",
"Better yet, get all of their albums, these guys couldn't make a bad album if they tried."
] |
3 | Yes and no | I didn't know whether to give this 3 or 4 stars. 3 would seem ideal. Pocket hole joints can be pretty sturdy, but not as strong as the advertising would have us believe. Edge-to-edge joints should usually be glue reinforced. For edge-to-face joinery they are not as strong as going straight in through the facepiece with countersunk screws. If strength is more important than external appearance, the latter technique would be recommended.The self drilling fastener screws are said to prevent splitting of the wood with Kreg joints. I found this to be true only if the screws are tightened manually, that is, slowly enough for the wood to adjust. When joining softwood edge to face at the edge of the facepiece, I found it easy to misalign the screws, so that they would come out of the facepiece's edge. One must exercise a little care here. The face clamp supplied with the kit doesn't look too robust.Despite the down side, I don't regret buying this system. It has some utility, and it's fun to use. | 1,003 | [
"I didn't know whether to give this 3 or 4 stars.",
"3 would seem ideal.",
"Pocket hole joints can be pretty sturdy, but not as strong as the advertising would have us believe.",
"Edge-to-edge joints should usually be glue reinforced.",
"For edge-to-face joinery they are not as strong as going straight in through the facepiece with countersunk screws.",
"If strength is more important than external appearance, the latter technique would be recommended.The self drilling fastener screws are said to prevent splitting of the wood with Kreg joints.",
"I found this to be true only if the screws are tightened manually, that is, slowly enough for the wood to adjust.",
"When joining softwood edge to face at the edge of the facepiece, I found it easy to misalign the screws, so that they would come out of the facepiece's edge.",
"One must exercise a little care here.",
"The face clamp supplied with the kit doesn't look too robust.Despite the down side, I don't regret buying this system.",
"It has some utility, and it's fun to use."
] |
3 | OK | Maybe I want too much from fiction. I want it all to be literature, so I'm often set up for disappointment.The author gives a good description of how Rasputin might have lived in St. Petersburg (Petrograd) and Siberia, and and how he might have healed his petitioners, but fails to describe the protagonist. The title hints that we will get to know her, but we don't.The compressed time frame of the action interferes with our knowing her; so does the first person narrative. Maria spends a lot of time afraid while searching and being chased in dark places. We don't feel her terror, because we know she will survive and her father will die.She quickly snaps out of horror and anger at her father's strange healing methods. She falls in love with Sasha who seems to stalk her. She bravely searches the city alone for her father to answer the Empress's call for help. She dines at the palace. The author tells us what she does, but gives us no sense of who she really is or why we should care about her. | 1,003 | [
"Maybe I want too much from fiction.",
"I want it all to be literature, so I'm often set up for disappointment.The author gives a good description of how Rasputin might have lived in St.",
"Petersburg (Petrograd) and Siberia, and and how he might have healed his petitioners, but fails to describe the protagonist.",
"The title hints that we will get to know her, but we don't.The compressed time frame of the action interferes with our knowing her; so does the first person narrative.",
"Maria spends a lot of time afraid while searching and being chased in dark places.",
"We don't feel her terror, because we know she will survive and her father will die.She quickly snaps out of horror and anger at her father's strange healing methods.",
"She falls in love with Sasha who seems to stalk her.",
"She bravely searches the city alone for her father to answer the Empress's call for help.",
"She dines at the palace.",
"The author tells us what she does, but gives us no sense of who she really is or why we should care about her."
] |
3 | Huh? | What seems like a super collection of remastered Browne gems ends up as a super sounding collection of different than the actual album version Browne gems. Even the slightest fan of the actual albums will notice the difference in the versions on this compilation. Some of the tracks on this 2 x CD are either new versions or alternative versions that were done at the same time of the original recordings. I didn't notice this on every song, but several are different than the album versions. It is a similar feeling to those John Denver fans that had John Denver's Greatest Hits on 8 track and knew each song by heart and recently purchased a new 2 x CD Denver greats compilation and found that the songs were not the same versions you knew and loved! This is still a great compilation and it sounds incredible, but I would have liked to have a "pure" compilation culled from the actual albums...and where are "The times you've come" from For Everyman and "Black and White" from "lives in the balance?" | 1,003 | [
"What seems like a super collection of remastered Browne gems ends up as a super sounding collection of different than the actual album version Browne gems.",
"Even the slightest fan of the actual albums will notice the difference in the versions on this compilation.",
"Some of the tracks on this 2 x CD are either new versions or alternative versions that were done at the same time of the original recordings.",
"I didn't notice this on every song, but several are different than the album versions.",
"It is a similar feeling to those John Denver fans that had John Denver's Greatest Hits on 8 track and knew each song by heart and recently purchased a new 2 x CD Denver greats compilation and found that the songs were not the same versions you knew and loved!",
"This is still a great compilation and it sounds incredible, but I would have liked to have a \"pure\" compilation culled from the actual albums...and where are \"The times you've come\" from For Everyman and \"Black and White\" from \"lives in the balance?",
"\""
] |
3 | It was OK | Well, I've watched it thousands of times, but it could of been better. I thought the match with Jericho vs. Chyna was pathetic. Chyna got hit in the head against the steel part of the ramp, got hit in the head with the championship belt, torchered through the walls of jericho, was powerbombed and bodyslammed and lionsaulted so many times the dumb girl would of been unconscious or dead. But no she gets up at the very end and does one pedigree to Triple HHH on the top of the ramp and wins...?? The got scrwed so much more and does one stupid move andwins...but whatever. Vinnie Mac kinda screwed this event up. It was a disappointment having Austin ran over. I think they should have waited until after the last match because millions of us watched it to see Austin. And the Big Show's not bad...but still. And then Vinnie came out right when Hunter was gonna win and smacks him over the head and screws up everything...i liked how Big Show eliminated all those guys though, especially Viscera...hehe | 1,003 | [
"Well, I've watched it thousands of times, but it could of been better.",
"I thought the match with Jericho vs.",
"Chyna was pathetic.",
"Chyna got hit in the head against the steel part of the ramp, got hit in the head with the championship belt, torchered through the walls of jericho, was powerbombed and bodyslammed and lionsaulted so many times the dumb girl would of been unconscious or dead.",
"But no she gets up at the very end and does one pedigree to Triple HHH on the top of the ramp and wins...??",
"The got scrwed so much more and does one stupid move andwins...but whatever.",
"Vinnie Mac kinda screwed this event up.",
"It was a disappointment having Austin ran over.",
"I think they should have waited until after the last match because millions of us watched it to see Austin.",
"And the Big Show's not bad...but still.",
"And then Vinnie came out right when Hunter was gonna win and smacks him over the head and screws up everything...i liked how Big Show eliminated all those guys though, especially Viscera...hehe"
] |
3 | The Giver | Have you ever thought about what our world will be like in the future? If you said yes then The Giver by Lois Lowery is a great book for you. The main character, Jonas lives in a Utopia and they assign jobs to all the people. He has been given the job of Receiver of Memories, so he gets all the memories from the past. This makes him very unhappy and even the old Giver can not help him cope. This leads Jonas to have to make a very difficult decision between his friends and family and what he is destined to do. This is a science fiction novel that is written in Jonas's view. This book is very slow moving. I did not like this about this book. I also didn't like how the ending left you hanging, so you would have to read the second book of the series, Gathering Blue. The writer's style is very boring and reuses the same words many times over. Although I am not ecstatic about the book, it really does make you think abbot the future and the some of the things that could be in store for us then! | 1,002 | [
"Have you ever thought about what our world will be like in the future?",
"If you said yes then The Giver by Lois Lowery is a great book for you.",
"The main character, Jonas lives in a Utopia and they assign jobs to all the people.",
"He has been given the job of Receiver of Memories, so he gets all the memories from the past.",
"This makes him very unhappy and even the old Giver can not help him cope.",
"This leads Jonas to have to make a very difficult decision between his friends and family and what he is destined to do.",
"This is a science fiction novel that is written in Jonas's view.",
"This book is very slow moving.",
"I did not like this about this book.",
"I also didn't like how the ending left you hanging, so you would have to read the second book of the series, Gathering Blue.",
"The writer's style is very boring and reuses the same words many times over.",
"Although I am not ecstatic about the book, it really does make you think abbot the future and the some of the things that could be in store for us then!"
] |
3 | Pretty Okay | After having read this book, I have to say that I wasn't terribly impressed--nor was I seriously let down. There are plenty of great pieces of hard to find information about Irish Druids--I mean, lets face it. These days you have to really look hard to find your way out of all the wishy-washy fairy-tales concerning Druids and Celtic religion--especially on the internet, where almost everyone seems to be in costume. I also appriciated the mention of other Celtic tribes throughout Europe.What I didn't care for was the repeated and tiresome disdain towards the "so-called Druids" of Britain. When I'm reading for information/enlightenment, it's difficult to feel that I'm getting it from a credible source when the author's writing seems so biased and disdainful towards the non-Irish Druids. Yes, I know that the book is written with Ireland in mind, but the author just seemed to keep making digs at the other country while elevating Irish Druids over the rest. Kind of annoying, but not terrible. | 1,002 | [
"After having read this book, I have to say that I wasn't terribly impressed--nor was I seriously let down.",
"There are plenty of great pieces of hard to find information about Irish Druids--I mean, lets face it.",
"These days you have to really look hard to find your way out of all the wishy-washy fairy-tales concerning Druids and Celtic religion--especially on the internet, where almost everyone seems to be in costume.",
"I also appriciated the mention of other Celtic tribes throughout Europe.What I didn't care for was the repeated and tiresome disdain towards the \"so-called Druids\" of Britain.",
"When I'm reading for information/enlightenment, it's difficult to feel that I'm getting it from a credible source when the author's writing seems so biased and disdainful towards the non-Irish Druids.",
"Yes, I know that the book is written with Ireland in mind, but the author just seemed to keep making digs at the other country while elevating Irish Druids over the rest.",
"Kind of annoying, but not terrible."
] |
3 | Good read. | Two people, both falsely accused of crimes, find each other in Depth Perception. Fresh out of jail, Nick Bastille comes home to try and make a new life for himself, but innocent or not, he still has the shadow of crime looming over him, as well as the grief resulting from his son's death while he was in jail. Nat Jennings never served prison time for the crime she is believed to have committed, killing her child and husband, but she did spend two years in a coma after grief drover her to try to kill herself. Upon waking, she realizes she has a gift, to somehow automatically write words her son sends from beyond. The child's message is chilling, whoever killed him also killed Nick's son, and is going to kill again.*** Now, these two lost souls must work together to stop a killer from striking again. This is a fast paced read with sympathetic, scarred characters built on an intriguing concept. Though the romance is more of a background element, it does add depth to an engrossing story. *** | 1,002 | [
"Two people, both falsely accused of crimes, find each other in Depth Perception.",
"Fresh out of jail, Nick Bastille comes home to try and make a new life for himself, but innocent or not, he still has the shadow of crime looming over him, as well as the grief resulting from his son's death while he was in jail.",
"Nat Jennings never served prison time for the crime she is believed to have committed, killing her child and husband, but she did spend two years in a coma after grief drover her to try to kill herself.",
"Upon waking, she realizes she has a gift, to somehow automatically write words her son sends from beyond.",
"The child's message is chilling, whoever killed him also killed Nick's son, and is going to kill again.*** Now, these two lost souls must work together to stop a killer from striking again.",
"This is a fast paced read with sympathetic, scarred characters built on an intriguing concept.",
"Though the romance is more of a background element, it does add depth to an engrossing story.",
"***"
] |
3 | Funny! | "Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead" was one of my favorite movies as a child. I always thought it was so cool that the four kids got to spend the entire summer by themselves without anyone telling them what to do!The story revolves around a family whose mother has gone on a trip to Austrailia for the summer. Thinking they're home-free, the kids are shocked to find out that their mother has hired a babysitter to watch over them while she's gone. At first the babysitter seems like a nice old lady, but as soon as their mother is gone, she becomes worse than a drill sargeant. Unfortunately, the babysitter dies in her sleep and the family must learn how to survive the entire summer with no money. Christina Applegate's character goes and finds work at a uniform company by lying on her resume. You will be shocked at what this family accomplishes!I would recommend this film especially to kids and teenagers. Adults might find this film a little far-fetched, but kids will definitely enjoy it!!! | 1,002 | [
"\"Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead\" was one of my favorite movies as a child.",
"I always thought it was so cool that the four kids got to spend the entire summer by themselves without anyone telling them what to do!",
"The story revolves around a family whose mother has gone on a trip to Austrailia for the summer.",
"Thinking they're home-free, the kids are shocked to find out that their mother has hired a babysitter to watch over them while she's gone.",
"At first the babysitter seems like a nice old lady, but as soon as their mother is gone, she becomes worse than a drill sargeant.",
"Unfortunately, the babysitter dies in her sleep and the family must learn how to survive the entire summer with no money.",
"Christina Applegate's character goes and finds work at a uniform company by lying on her resume.",
"You will be shocked at what this family accomplishes!",
"I would recommend this film especially to kids and teenagers.",
"Adults might find this film a little far-fetched, but kids will definitely enjoy it!!!"
] |
3 | sex kitten | Though a good actress, Kim Braden didn't fit the insecure about her looks but is smart Anne girl. She looked like a sex kitten and not the stubborn yet spirited Anne Shirley. The music is rather blah as many BBC period movies are, though I enjoy many of them, most of the time their music is forgettable like this Anne Shirley version. I also enjoyed the scenery in the Sullivan version because they were shot on location unlike this BBC version. Yes, this is very true to the book and it's no wonder the Anne fanatics or should I say the UK residence prefer this; however, I didn't feel the kindred spirit of Anne whereas the Sullivan version you can feel love, joy, growing pains that Anne went through. There was a sense of connection with the PBS version as if they've invited you to their home. The BBC version felt aloof and distant as if you're watching a stage play and when the show is over the memory is gone. The PBS, why its been declared a classic and a favorite is because it has endured. | 1,002 | [
"Though a good actress, Kim Braden didn't fit the insecure about her looks but is smart Anne girl.",
"She looked like a sex kitten and not the stubborn yet spirited Anne Shirley.",
"The music is rather blah as many BBC period movies are, though I enjoy many of them, most of the time their music is forgettable like this Anne Shirley version.",
"I also enjoyed the scenery in the Sullivan version because they were shot on location unlike this BBC version.",
"Yes, this is very true to the book and it's no wonder the Anne fanatics or should I say the UK residence prefer this; however, I didn't feel the kindred spirit of Anne whereas the Sullivan version you can feel love, joy, growing pains that Anne went through.",
"There was a sense of connection with the PBS version as if they've invited you to their home.",
"The BBC version felt aloof and distant as if you're watching a stage play and when the show is over the memory is gone.",
"The PBS, why its been declared a classic and a favorite is because it has endured."
] |
3 | Works well | I bought this a few years ago to replace the original that the bristles had all but worn down. It works great as a replacement. I did run into an issue, though. If you happen to vacuum up damp carpets (using the carpet absorbers, etc), you may eventually have a problem like I did where I hadn't used my DC07 for a while (its my backup/spare) and found that the brush bar was seized up. Turns out the bearings had rusted through and seized, so I ended up having to replace it again. It was probably due to the accumulated hair/fur/fibers that collected around the bearings getting damp and promoting rust. Sure, it lasted a few years, but that was with really infrequent use. I'm assuming it uses cheaper bearings that are not stainless steel, hence the rusting, which is not exactly ideal since its not like the consumer is expected to "lubricate" these areas for rust prevention.Anyway, the replacement works great out of the box and if you never vacuum damp carpet, then you shouldn't have an issue. | 1,002 | [
"I bought this a few years ago to replace the original that the bristles had all but worn down.",
"It works great as a replacement.",
"I did run into an issue, though.",
"If you happen to vacuum up damp carpets (using the carpet absorbers, etc), you may eventually have a problem like I did where I hadn't used my DC07 for a while (its my backup/spare) and found that the brush bar was seized up.",
"Turns out the bearings had rusted through and seized, so I ended up having to replace it again.",
"It was probably due to the accumulated hair/fur/fibers that collected around the bearings getting damp and promoting rust.",
"Sure, it lasted a few years, but that was with really infrequent use.",
"I'm assuming it uses cheaper bearings that are not stainless steel, hence the rusting, which is not exactly ideal since its not like the consumer is expected to \"lubricate\" these areas for rust prevention.Anyway, the replacement works great out of the box and if you never vacuum damp carpet, then you shouldn't have an issue."
] |
3 | Big deal | I don't see what the big deal about this book is. I found it to be a highly contrived story of a little girl who gets into a little bit of mischief. The girl, of course, takes on the appearance of a pig. The drawings are cute, and in my opinion served to show elementary kids that they can draw as well as a professional illustrator.The story line was lacking and the organization of the text on the page could be confusing at times. Still, I found it to be cute enough that children would enjoy it as a read-aloud, but I still can't understand why it has achieved so much notoriety.Why 3 stars?:While it is a cute book, the story isn't very engaging. The illustrations are simple (which I like) and do not distract from the story, though they don't add a great amount either. I haven't found it to be greatly received by schoolchildren when I have read it and seen it used in classrooms. Unless you are a serious children's book collector - I would pass this one up - the hype is bigger than the type. | 1,002 | [
"I don't see what the big deal about this book is.",
"I found it to be a highly contrived story of a little girl who gets into a little bit of mischief.",
"The girl, of course, takes on the appearance of a pig.",
"The drawings are cute, and in my opinion served to show elementary kids that they can draw as well as a professional illustrator.The story line was lacking and the organization of the text on the page could be confusing at times.",
"Still, I found it to be cute enough that children would enjoy it as a read-aloud, but I still can't understand why it has achieved so much notoriety.Why 3 stars?",
":While it is a cute book, the story isn't very engaging.",
"The illustrations are simple (which I like) and do not distract from the story, though they don't add a great amount either.",
"I haven't found it to be greatly received by schoolchildren when I have read it and seen it used in classrooms.",
"Unless you are a serious children's book collector - I would pass this one up - the hype is bigger than the type."
] |
3 | Right... | First of all, i live and breathe Silent hill. And the main thing I've been seeing in these reviews are people knocking SH. Stop it!Secondly, this game is not all that. And the flaws go well beyond comparing to RE or SH, it goes to the controls. Which suck. To turn around to face a creature behind you takes far too long for a vid game of this Genre, even when you turn the sensitivity to the max level.Now, let's talk about the length. Now SH2&3 also were very short games. But they provided memorable characters with real emotions and disturbing twists. This game offers you characters which talk about how they wish there were in the hood other than this prision and curse farrrrrr too much for a survival (or action) horror game.Last is the good. Which is the atmosphere. This game lives and breathes it. And of course the action, which is stylish, but yet sadly enough I never found myself wanting for anything more than the duel revolvers.So, rent it for a weekend and you'll be more than pleased | 1,002 | [
"First of all, i live and breathe Silent hill.",
"And the main thing I've been seeing in these reviews are people knocking SH.",
"Stop it!",
"Secondly, this game is not all that.",
"And the flaws go well beyond comparing to RE or SH, it goes to the controls.",
"Which suck.",
"To turn around to face a creature behind you takes far too long for a vid game of this Genre, even when you turn the sensitivity to the max level.Now, let's talk about the length.",
"Now SH2&3 also were very short games.",
"But they provided memorable characters with real emotions and disturbing twists.",
"This game offers you characters which talk about how they wish there were in the hood other than this prision and curse farrrrrr too much for a survival (or action) horror game.Last is the good.",
"Which is the atmosphere.",
"This game lives and breathes it.",
"And of course the action, which is stylish, but yet sadly enough I never found myself wanting for anything more than the duel revolvers.So, rent it for a weekend and you'll be more than pleased"
] |
3 | Not great | I bought this lock at Walmart a while ago to lock up my bike on a University campus and around. I didn't get my bike stolen like some of the other unfortunate reviewers (probably because my bike just wasn't worth it), but I do still have some complaints.First of all, I didn't want to use the bulky LED key, so I used the thinner one. This was a mistake. After about a year of use, the lock became rusted and stiff, and after a few months of having to push the key hard and jiggle it to turn the lock, the key casing just broke right off: it's not metal all the way through, and the "head" is just plastic. So, I not only had a really hard time turning the key without a head, but I had no way of securing the key to a keyring. Long story short, it's a miracle I didn't lose this stub of a key for the remaining 6 months of use, and it was a major pain besides.If you have a cheap bike or live in a low-crime area, get a better cable lock for the same price. If you have a nice bike, buy a better lock. | 1,002 | [
"I bought this lock at Walmart a while ago to lock up my bike on a University campus and around.",
"I didn't get my bike stolen like some of the other unfortunate reviewers (probably because my bike just wasn't worth it), but I do still have some complaints.First of all, I didn't want to use the bulky LED key, so I used the thinner one.",
"This was a mistake.",
"After about a year of use, the lock became rusted and stiff, and after a few months of having to push the key hard and jiggle it to turn the lock, the key casing just broke right off: it's not metal all the way through, and the \"head\" is just plastic.",
"So, I not only had a really hard time turning the key without a head, but I had no way of securing the key to a keyring.",
"Long story short, it's a miracle I didn't lose this stub of a key for the remaining 6 months of use, and it was a major pain besides.If you have a cheap bike or live in a low-crime area, get a better cable lock for the same price.",
"If you have a nice bike, buy a better lock."
] |
3 | Nah | Good artwork. Nicely done story. Nothing special. The whole point of this three-issue series (now collected as one) is to explain why Book and Inara don't start out on the ship at the beginning of Serenity. The rest of it is an extended chase sequence where the villains that were chasing River around in the 13-episodes of the series get to chase her some more. That includes the blue glove guys and the secret agent from the pilot (who turns out to be resiliant at surviving bullets to the eye at point blank range).Still, besides a nice Wash/Mal scene in the middle, there's not much to recommend this comic. The story isn't particularly compelling and the dialogue has little to offer.Personally, I was so worried that this was going to be the movie (instead of a prequel) that I looked at places with Serenity spoilers only to discover the spoilers that I really didn't want to know about. I kind of resent this series for that.Read only if you are a diehard fan. Else buy another copy of the DVD. | 1,002 | [
"Good artwork.",
"Nicely done story.",
"Nothing special.",
"The whole point of this three-issue series (now collected as one) is to explain why Book and Inara don't start out on the ship at the beginning of Serenity.",
"The rest of it is an extended chase sequence where the villains that were chasing River around in the 13-episodes of the series get to chase her some more.",
"That includes the blue glove guys and the secret agent from the pilot (who turns out to be resiliant at surviving bullets to the eye at point blank range).Still, besides a nice Wash/Mal scene in the middle, there's not much to recommend this comic.",
"The story isn't particularly compelling and the dialogue has little to offer.Personally, I was so worried that this was going to be the movie (instead of a prequel) that I looked at places with Serenity spoilers only to discover the spoilers that I really didn't want to know about.",
"I kind of resent this series for that.Read only if you are a diehard fan.",
"Else buy another copy of the DVD."
] |
3 | Pretty Good | You know I actually found this book at the dollar store. That was surprising considering that the book was pretty good. I liked the story line, and I thought that characters developed extremely well. There were some things that bothered me. It seemed that McFadden was being a little too didactic and "preachy" when in the end she made is seem like the family though flawed should be just simply accepted by Camilla. To me there were things that Camilla should have left behind, and many of these were things that plague the African-American community to this day. I didn't think that her answers were just in finding her roots. Also, I think the sister to the mother was obviously MR, but the author was trying to downplay as well as the depth of human emotion related to betrayal that runs so deep. Maybe if the work had not had such simplistic conclusions, and other themes hadn't been brushed over I would have enjoyed it more. Some things just made me angry. Maybe it's me and my stuff, I'on know. | 1,002 | [
"You know I actually found this book at the dollar store.",
"That was surprising considering that the book was pretty good.",
"I liked the story line, and I thought that characters developed extremely well.",
"There were some things that bothered me.",
"It seemed that McFadden was being a little too didactic and \"preachy\" when in the end she made is seem like the family though flawed should be just simply accepted by Camilla.",
"To me there were things that Camilla should have left behind, and many of these were things that plague the African-American community to this day.",
"I didn't think that her answers were just in finding her roots.",
"Also, I think the sister to the mother was obviously MR, but the author was trying to downplay as well as the depth of human emotion related to betrayal that runs so deep.",
"Maybe if the work had not had such simplistic conclusions, and other themes hadn't been brushed over I would have enjoyed it more.",
"Some things just made me angry.",
"Maybe it's me and my stuff, I'on know."
] |
3 | The River | A heart-land tragedy relived annually by the rain and consequential flooding of the family farmland by the adjacent river. Mels' character is sullen and cold. He is the quintessential traditional hardworking farmer. He loves his family and works almost pointlessly to keep them on their doomed property. It's difficult to watch him sulk and suffer inwardly. His character is extremely introverted and stubbornly independent. Sissy Spacek is great as the wife who tries to keep her family's head above water literally. She portrays a strong, willful and faithful person. This is a good rainy night movie. The kids are great actors and contribute a lot to the traditional values and family bonding.The onscreen chemistry between Spacek and Gibson underscores the uncomfortable aura of the marriage in the movie. There's something strange about the couple, something that just doesn't click; a feeling of looming doom regarding their relationship. Scott Glenn's character does not help the uneasy tension. | 1,002 | [
"A heart-land tragedy relived annually by the rain and consequential flooding of the family farmland by the adjacent river.",
"Mels' character is sullen and cold.",
"He is the quintessential traditional hardworking farmer.",
"He loves his family and works almost pointlessly to keep them on their doomed property.",
"It's difficult to watch him sulk and suffer inwardly.",
"His character is extremely introverted and stubbornly independent.",
"Sissy Spacek is great as the wife who tries to keep her family's head above water literally.",
"She portrays a strong, willful and faithful person.",
"This is a good rainy night movie.",
"The kids are great actors and contribute a lot to the traditional values and family bonding.The onscreen chemistry between Spacek and Gibson underscores the uncomfortable aura of the marriage in the movie.",
"There's something strange about the couple, something that just doesn't click; a feeling of looming doom regarding their relationship.",
"Scott Glenn's character does not help the uneasy tension."
] |
3 | Dinghies! | These are sweet, nice girls. But, wow, what a couple of dingbats. They put a lot of people's lives at risk, though, so I would like to say they are harmless, but they are not really harmless. You can tell by looking at their pictures on the cover that nothing will stop their missionary works and they totally don't care about the lives of the people they endangered. I honestly don't think they are bright enough to realize that their actions actually endanger a lot of people and their actions may be doing more harm than good on a global level. Nothing will stop these girls, that much is clear. They say at the end that they are planning a missionary trip to the Sudan by way of Lybia. Good grief!! The book is not well written, a little rambly at times. These girls, I don't know, something is missing upstairs if you catch my drift. Also, I was sorely disappointed. I was hoping for some really steamy stuff about women in prison. Sadly, I guess Afghani womens' prisons aren't like American ones. | 1,002 | [
"These are sweet, nice girls.",
"But, wow, what a couple of dingbats.",
"They put a lot of people's lives at risk, though, so I would like to say they are harmless, but they are not really harmless.",
"You can tell by looking at their pictures on the cover that nothing will stop their missionary works and they totally don't care about the lives of the people they endangered.",
"I honestly don't think they are bright enough to realize that their actions actually endanger a lot of people and their actions may be doing more harm than good on a global level.",
"Nothing will stop these girls, that much is clear.",
"They say at the end that they are planning a missionary trip to the Sudan by way of Lybia.",
"Good grief!!",
"The book is not well written, a little rambly at times.",
"These girls, I don't know, something is missing upstairs if you catch my drift.",
"Also, I was sorely disappointed.",
"I was hoping for some really steamy stuff about women in prison.",
"Sadly, I guess Afghani womens' prisons aren't like American ones."
] |
3 | huh? | Maybe it's because I haven't read the Sandman graphic novels in a couple of years... maybe it's because I need to bone up on my Greek mythology.... oh, heck, maybe it's just because I'm a simpleton -- whatever the reason, I just couldn't wrap my head around this book. I desparately wanted to like it. But try as I might, I had a very difficult time following the story (never a good sign), even after two readings.In true John Bolton form, the artwork is more gorgeous than gorgeous. Unfortunately, while aesthetically pleasing, the choice of models is somewhat distracting. Call me kooky, but I have a really hard time suspending disbelief enough to accept the notion that millenia-old Greek dieties come in the shape of teenagers.This was my first exposure to Mike Carey's work. I've heard lots of wonderful things about him, so I won't be put off simply because THE FURIES didn't work for me. If you're looking to try some Carey, maybe the LUCIFER trade paperbacks would be a better place to start. | 1,002 | [
"Maybe it's because I haven't read the Sandman graphic novels in a couple of years... maybe it's because I need to bone up on my Greek mythology.... oh, heck, maybe it's just because I'm a simpleton -- whatever the reason, I just couldn't wrap my head around this book.",
"I desparately wanted to like it.",
"But try as I might, I had a very difficult time following the story (never a good sign), even after two readings.In true John Bolton form, the artwork is more gorgeous than gorgeous.",
"Unfortunately, while aesthetically pleasing, the choice of models is somewhat distracting.",
"Call me kooky, but I have a really hard time suspending disbelief enough to accept the notion that millenia-old Greek dieties come in the shape of teenagers.This was my first exposure to Mike Carey's work.",
"I've heard lots of wonderful things about him, so I won't be put off simply because THE FURIES didn't work for me.",
"If you're looking to try some Carey, maybe the LUCIFER trade paperbacks would be a better place to start."
] |
3 | Not again | This book is disappointing. In my own estimation, it is simply another attempt by Brazos Press to define discipleship through the grid of pacifism. I guess this shouldn't be a surprise given the publisher's extreme preoccupation with Stanley Hauerwas. Lee Camp's proposition (sorry to offend you post-modern types) that Constantine and present day rulership in America are somehow similar is off-base. Last time I checked, Bush wasn't excuting people for not becoming Christian, and to confuse this with the issue of America's War on Terror or any other recently fought war is absurd.I'm not endorsing bad evangelical thinking, and I know there is plenty of it, I would simply like to see Rodney Clapp of Brazos Press give Paul as much attention as he does Jesus (also they've seemingly forgotten about the Christ of Revelation). I have yet to see a respectable treatment of Romans 13 from this division of Baker. If I'm not mistaken, the canonicity of Paul's epistle is part of our Christian heritage. | 1,002 | [
"This book is disappointing.",
"In my own estimation, it is simply another attempt by Brazos Press to define discipleship through the grid of pacifism.",
"I guess this shouldn't be a surprise given the publisher's extreme preoccupation with Stanley Hauerwas.",
"Lee Camp's proposition (sorry to offend you post-modern types) that Constantine and present day rulership in America are somehow similar is off-base.",
"Last time I checked, Bush wasn't excuting people for not becoming Christian, and to confuse this with the issue of America's War on Terror or any other recently fought war is absurd.I'm not endorsing bad evangelical thinking, and I know there is plenty of it, I would simply like to see Rodney Clapp of Brazos Press give Paul as much attention as he does Jesus (also they've seemingly forgotten about the Christ of Revelation).",
"I have yet to see a respectable treatment of Romans 13 from this division of Baker.",
"If I'm not mistaken, the canonicity of Paul's epistle is part of our Christian heritage."
] |
3 | decent | For me, ATL really lacked substance. The first half of the movie carried on entirely too long focusing on nothing but teenagers having fun and partying with friends. That's all fine and good in real life, but as part of a storyline in a movie it just doesn't work. Even if you're a teenanger, I'd find it hard to believe you'd be able to find something interesting going on here.With that said, the plot surprised me by drastically changing direction by the second half, and became more serious with a focus on drama. This is what the movie should have done much, much sooner. Talking about the difficulty of drugs and friends deciding if they really want to hang out together in the long run were important topics brought up in the second half, and this is the part of the movie that really made up for the boring extensive first half. Also, the final 10 minutes were really good.Because the first half of the movie was dominated with so much nothingness, I really can't recommend this film to anyone. | 1,002 | [
"For me, ATL really lacked substance.",
"The first half of the movie carried on entirely too long focusing on nothing but teenagers having fun and partying with friends.",
"That's all fine and good in real life, but as part of a storyline in a movie it just doesn't work.",
"Even if you're a teenanger, I'd find it hard to believe you'd be able to find something interesting going on here.With that said, the plot surprised me by drastically changing direction by the second half, and became more serious with a focus on drama.",
"This is what the movie should have done much, much sooner.",
"Talking about the difficulty of drugs and friends deciding if they really want to hang out together in the long run were important topics brought up in the second half, and this is the part of the movie that really made up for the boring extensive first half.",
"Also, the final 10 minutes were really good.Because the first half of the movie was dominated with so much nothingness, I really can't recommend this film to anyone."
] |
3 | Tantalizing | I first heard this CD being played over the sound system in the Washington Tower Record store, and I was stunned. She sounded like the best boy soprano anyone has ever heard, but with roundness and depth I've never heard in a boy. All at once it hit me that centuries of tradition may have made a terrible mistake in using boys instead of girls.So I bought it, but it hasn't worn well. She is being pushed too hard here, singing higher than her voice is ready for. Interpretive variety and depth aren't there.Since then, it seems that when she's gone on TV she's mainly done large overblown productions with electronic amplification and big orchestra, instead of the intimate chamber style that better suits her voice. I'm afraid that what could have been a great lifetime career may be headed for early burnout.If she were to ask me for advice, which of course she hasn't, I would urge her to model her singing after Kathleen Battle's: Do what you can do very well, and don't try to do what you can't. | 1,002 | [
"I first heard this CD being played over the sound system in the Washington Tower Record store, and I was stunned.",
"She sounded like the best boy soprano anyone has ever heard, but with roundness and depth I've never heard in a boy.",
"All at once it hit me that centuries of tradition may have made a terrible mistake in using boys instead of girls.So I bought it, but it hasn't worn well.",
"She is being pushed too hard here, singing higher than her voice is ready for.",
"Interpretive variety and depth aren't there.Since then, it seems that when she's gone on TV she's mainly done large overblown productions with electronic amplification and big orchestra, instead of the intimate chamber style that better suits her voice.",
"I'm afraid that what could have been a great lifetime career may be headed for early burnout.If she were to ask me for advice, which of course she hasn't, I would urge her to model her singing after Kathleen Battle's: Do what you can do very well, and don't try to do what you can't."
] |
3 | Why Celery? | Read this book for the first short story: Why commando raids to obtain small amounts of a plant? Treecats give new meanings to the words: telepath, spy, caution. This even explains why treecats can be sentient, but never bothered to come down from the 'trees.'David Drake didn't bother to read any of the HH stories before mailing his garbage in. Read any WW1 'white man's burden' story instead, you'll feel better. (Drake's idea of making the Manties look good is to insult them less than his other characters.) He offers an excuse at the end: Parts of the story actually happened in Egypt long ago. I guess this makes it God's fault?S.M. Stirling did read the books, an excellent emulation. He manages to make the PRH leadership into worthwhile people, with courage, strenght and problems.. After all, Honor needs 'great' enemies to overcome..The last part is by Weber again, and is a condensed history. Some rehash of the HH appendixes, but much is new: How the Solarian league and Haven came to be. | 1,002 | [
"Read this book for the first short story: Why commando raids to obtain small amounts of a plant?",
"Treecats give new meanings to the words: telepath, spy, caution.",
"This even explains why treecats can be sentient, but never bothered to come down from the 'trees.'David Drake didn't bother to read any of the HH stories before mailing his garbage in.",
"Read any WW1 'white man's burden' story instead, you'll feel better.",
"(Drake's idea of making the Manties look good is to insult them less than his other characters.) He offers an excuse at the end: Parts of the story actually happened in Egypt long ago.",
"I guess this makes it God's fault?",
"S.M. Stirling did read the books, an excellent emulation.",
"He manages to make the PRH leadership into worthwhile people, with courage, strenght and problems..",
"After all, Honor needs 'great' enemies to overcome..The last part is by Weber again, and is a condensed history.",
"Some rehash of the HH appendixes, but much is new: How the Solarian league and Haven came to be."
] |
3 | Smart Women | The book Smart Women by Judy Blume deserves three stars. It deserves three stars for many reasons. This book has a lot of good and bad qualities. One of the good qualities is that it tells you how it is on being divorced. One of the bad qualities is that it starts out to be a little dry and boring. This book is about women who are divorced and have been for many years. They try to regain their lives and to have the social lives that they once had. Clare, B.B., and Margo are struggling to get through life and finish raising their children. These women go through all of life's tragedies that happen to them after they think they have been through it all. The book deserved three stars because it is not a book for everyone. People who have been through a divorce or are going to get a divorce would best read this book. This book may also be read by teens who parents are about to go through a divorce or are going through one. It may help them cope with this situation if they are having trouble. | 1,002 | [
"The book Smart Women by Judy Blume deserves three stars.",
"It deserves three stars for many reasons.",
"This book has a lot of good and bad qualities.",
"One of the good qualities is that it tells you how it is on being divorced.",
"One of the bad qualities is that it starts out to be a little dry and boring.",
"This book is about women who are divorced and have been for many years.",
"They try to regain their lives and to have the social lives that they once had.",
"Clare, B.B., and Margo are struggling to get through life and finish raising their children.",
"These women go through all of life's tragedies that happen to them after they think they have been through it all.",
"The book deserved three stars because it is not a book for everyone.",
"People who have been through a divorce or are going to get a divorce would best read this book.",
"This book may also be read by teens who parents are about to go through a divorce or are going through one.",
"It may help them cope with this situation if they are having trouble."
] |
3 | its ok | my daughter received this as a gift for her first birthday. I'm glad I didn't spend the money on it.Blocks: She loves the blocks. We talk about the food inside and she loves shaking them to hear the rattle. she also builds with themas a push toy: OK. it is so big it is difficult for her to turn, so once she runs into something she is done.It doesn't pick up the blocks well. a great idea but not functional. does not work at all on smooth floors (hard wood or tile) and only sometimes on the carpet... if you can push it far enough, but usually the blocks just slide around under the mouth.as a ride on it is poor. she loves sitting or standing on it but it is so wide that she can barely touch the ground and push. She is tall for her age and still has difficulty with this. She gets very upset that she cant get it to move. she loves standing on it. because the seat is wide, low to the ground it doesnt tip! I generally don't let her do this but hey she had to find some way to play with this toy. | 1,002 | [
"my daughter received this as a gift for her first birthday.",
"I'm glad I didn't spend the money on it.Blocks: She loves the blocks.",
"We talk about the food inside and she loves shaking them to hear the rattle.",
"she also builds with themas a push toy: OK.",
"it is so big it is difficult for her to turn, so once she runs into something she is done.It doesn't pick up the blocks well.",
"a great idea but not functional.",
"does not work at all on smooth floors (hard wood or tile) and only sometimes on the carpet... if you can push it far enough, but usually the blocks just slide around under the mouth.as a ride on it is poor.",
"she loves sitting or standing on it but it is so wide that she can barely touch the ground and push.",
"She is tall for her age and still has difficulty with this.",
"She gets very upset that she cant get it to move.",
"she loves standing on it.",
"because the seat is wide, low to the ground it doesnt tip!",
"I generally don't let her do this but hey she had to find some way to play with this toy."
] |
3 | Over Rated | After reading all the rave reviews I was drooling to read this much over rated novel. I was very disappointed at the countless descriptions the author felt the need to devulged to introduce each and every character. Asondra was as stupid as they come! Willing to do and ignore any and everything her man commands just for a quick buck. Push was the sterotypical jail bird! He spent the best years of his life behind bars which resulted in him being hardened, emotionless, and thinking he could out smart his PO. This makes me think, do they ever learn? Can they live the straight and narrow? Can they benefit society? Sara, was a ucking fay trip! A white woman using this type of language towards a black man is totally unacceptable! She would've been killed with the first racial remark she felt the need to let loosely slip her lips. Overall, Relentless did a good job taking the novel full circle but was surely in my opinion overly descriptive. Although, sex scenes can never be too descriptive :-) | 1,002 | [
"After reading all the rave reviews I was drooling to read this much over rated novel.",
"I was very disappointed at the countless descriptions the author felt the need to devulged to introduce each and every character.",
"Asondra was as stupid as they come!",
"Willing to do and ignore any and everything her man commands just for a quick buck.",
"Push was the sterotypical jail bird!",
"He spent the best years of his life behind bars which resulted in him being hardened, emotionless, and thinking he could out smart his PO.",
"This makes me think, do they ever learn?",
"Can they live the straight and narrow?",
"Can they benefit society?",
"Sara, was a ucking fay trip!",
"A white woman using this type of language towards a black man is totally unacceptable!",
"She would've been killed with the first racial remark she felt the need to let loosely slip her lips.",
"Overall, Relentless did a good job taking the novel full circle but was surely in my opinion overly descriptive.",
"Although, sex scenes can never be too descriptive :-)"
] |
3 | It's ok. | Here's the synopsis. One-time cop turned mystery writer, Simone Gerard was making a splash in the book world with her series about a couple running a detective agency in 1960s New Orleans. Then nightmares about her supposedly fictional characters drove the sensitive author to the brink of insanity and forced her to announce the end of her writing career. But the mystery had only just begun. For her publishing company had recently been acquried by Mark Alvar, a powerful and charismatic entrepreneur with a strange stake in Simone's future.Captivated by her beauty, drawn to her vibrant warmth, Mark Alvar was shocked by Simone's inexplicable familiarity with the secrets of his past. For as her plots got closer and closer to real life tragic events that existed only in the shadowy recesses of his memory Mark became more and more convinced that this charming author knew much more than she should. The question was how? The answer could be found only in the terrifying obscurity of Night Vission. | 1,002 | [
"Here's the synopsis.",
"One-time cop turned mystery writer, Simone Gerard was making a splash in the book world with her series about a couple running a detective agency in 1960s New Orleans.",
"Then nightmares about her supposedly fictional characters drove the sensitive author to the brink of insanity and forced her to announce the end of her writing career.",
"But the mystery had only just begun.",
"For her publishing company had recently been acquried by Mark Alvar, a powerful and charismatic entrepreneur with a strange stake in Simone's future.Captivated by her beauty, drawn to her vibrant warmth, Mark Alvar was shocked by Simone's inexplicable familiarity with the secrets of his past.",
"For as her plots got closer and closer to real life tragic events that existed only in the shadowy recesses of his memory Mark became more and more convinced that this charming author knew much more than she should.",
"The question was how?",
"The answer could be found only in the terrifying obscurity of Night Vission."
] |
3 | It was ok | I got this dog from my mom for christmas 2001. I'm not dissapointed exactley, but it wasn't what I expected. I got the dalmation, which, in my opinion, is much cuter than the silverish one, and it was more comical than hard to get it out of the box. Mom and I kept trying to get it out, but it was seriously strapped in, and it kept on trying to walk and was making these weird grinding sounds. Than, when I finaaly got it out, I set it, and it was pretty cool. I didn't like the burping sounds, or when it talked, so I unprogramed that, but then it was pretty fun. For a while. But it was really stupid. It walked into a wall and didn't move for three hours. It was sort of annoying, constantly crying if you weren't patting it all the time, and if anyone made any noise, it would start barking and walking. And I didn't like the way it could only walk straight. I finally turned it off a couple days after christmas, and haven't turned it on since. But it was an ok gift. It was pretty cool, overall. | 1,002 | [
"I got this dog from my mom for christmas 2001.",
"I'm not dissapointed exactley, but it wasn't what I expected.",
"I got the dalmation, which, in my opinion, is much cuter than the silverish one, and it was more comical than hard to get it out of the box.",
"Mom and I kept trying to get it out, but it was seriously strapped in, and it kept on trying to walk and was making these weird grinding sounds.",
"Than, when I finaaly got it out, I set it, and it was pretty cool.",
"I didn't like the burping sounds, or when it talked, so I unprogramed that, but then it was pretty fun.",
"For a while.",
"But it was really stupid.",
"It walked into a wall and didn't move for three hours.",
"It was sort of annoying, constantly crying if you weren't patting it all the time, and if anyone made any noise, it would start barking and walking.",
"And I didn't like the way it could only walk straight.",
"I finally turned it off a couple days after christmas, and haven't turned it on since.",
"But it was an ok gift.",
"It was pretty cool, overall."
] |
3 | Not For Me | Bought this remote for a new TV so my wife could have her own remote with larger buttons. The remote works well but it was a learning experience about remotes in general and the complexity of a television's on screen menu's that an inexpensive remote must work with.The problem I did have using this remote was I may hit a menu controlling button on the remote by accident when I only wanted to change channels. This mistake would take me into the TV's menu with no way to control or back out of the menu with this remote. Again it's not this remote but the complexity of the new TV menus and having all of these buttons on a remote that does not have all of the manufactures function programmed into it.May solution was to buy a remote with just the basic buttons large enough for my wife to see.The other thing I learned is I need to get a extra remote from the manufacturer that function properly incase I break the one that came with the TV. A more expensive learning remote may also be a solution. | 1,002 | [
"Bought this remote for a new TV so my wife could have her own remote with larger buttons.",
"The remote works well but it was a learning experience about remotes in general and the complexity of a television's on screen menu's that an inexpensive remote must work with.The problem I did have using this remote was I may hit a menu controlling button on the remote by accident when I only wanted to change channels.",
"This mistake would take me into the TV's menu with no way to control or back out of the menu with this remote.",
"Again it's not this remote but the complexity of the new TV menus and having all of these buttons on a remote that does not have all of the manufactures function programmed into it.May solution was to buy a remote with just the basic buttons large enough for my wife to see.The other thing I learned is I need to get a extra remote from the manufacturer that function properly incase I break the one that came with the TV.",
"A more expensive learning remote may also be a solution."
] |
3 | Movie only | Although I didn't purchase this movie through Amazon, I thought I'd enjoy having this Blu-ray combo pack. The movie is fun. Better in my opinion than I would have thought. The action is fast and the CG has come a long way in the short time between the first and third movies.My one complaint is that although, you get a combo pack with the DVD and a digital copy, you get no extra features. If I had known that, I'd have waited to purchase it at later date. I thought it was insulting to include a coupon for the 3D copy of the movie in the package itself.Will I purchase the next version with all the extras? No.Buyers who don't care for any extra features will be happy with this version. The transfer to Blu-ray is very good. Surround sound works great on a home theater system.The story is really only an excuse for the action. Don't think about it because there is very little plot. It's a fun popcorn movie but missing vital information for those interested in any of the background information. | 1,001 | [
"Although I didn't purchase this movie through Amazon, I thought I'd enjoy having this Blu-ray combo pack.",
"The movie is fun.",
"Better in my opinion than I would have thought.",
"The action is fast and the CG has come a long way in the short time between the first and third movies.My one complaint is that although, you get a combo pack with the DVD and a digital copy, you get no extra features.",
"If I had known that, I'd have waited to purchase it at later date.",
"I thought it was insulting to include a coupon for the 3D copy of the movie in the package itself.Will I purchase the next version with all the extras?",
"No.Buyers who don't care for any extra features will be happy with this version.",
"The transfer to Blu-ray is very good.",
"Surround sound works great on a home theater system.The story is really only an excuse for the action.",
"Don't think about it because there is very little plot.",
"It's a fun popcorn movie but missing vital information for those interested in any of the background information."
] |
3 | the last act | If you can stay with this film to the Third Act, you'll be rewarded with a sweet love story. The first two thirds, however, are sadly trite. Kate Hudson has been so watered down in appearance and personality - she screams "bland." And Luke Wilson's narrative is toneless and flat. It's very frustrating because I love both of these actors, and it's sad to watch them drown in bad material. But just as I was about to turn away from this formulaic film, I was suprised by the last 20 minutes of it. Suddenly, a beautiful love story emerged, a love triangle that captured my interest and made me feel for these characters. With such a satisfying ending, I was left wondering why the rest of the film hadn't been as well crafted. It's like everything went into the last act of this story, leaving the audience and the actors floundering for far too long. If only the same care for the ending had gone into the beginning and the middle of the piece, it would have been a very satisfying film. It's a pity. | 1,001 | [
"If you can stay with this film to the Third Act, you'll be rewarded with a sweet love story.",
"The first two thirds, however, are sadly trite.",
"Kate Hudson has been so watered down in appearance and personality - she screams \"bland.\" And Luke Wilson's narrative is toneless and flat.",
"It's very frustrating because I love both of these actors, and it's sad to watch them drown in bad material.",
"But just as I was about to turn away from this formulaic film, I was suprised by the last 20 minutes of it.",
"Suddenly, a beautiful love story emerged, a love triangle that captured my interest and made me feel for these characters.",
"With such a satisfying ending, I was left wondering why the rest of the film hadn't been as well crafted.",
"It's like everything went into the last act of this story, leaving the audience and the actors floundering for far too long.",
"If only the same care for the ending had gone into the beginning and the middle of the piece, it would have been a very satisfying film.",
"It's a pity."
] |
3 | Strange | Upon listening to PM Dawn's follow up to The Bliss Album, "Jesus Wept," I was amazed. No longer just thinking man's rappers, this group brought innovation that has yet to be equalled in the world of r&b/hip-hop/rap. Their music really defies description, with grinding guitar-driven songs, Al B. Sure take-offs, and catchy, rhythmic melodies that can be considered true pop. I was hoping for more of the same with "Dearest Christian," but instead got a bunch of songs that seemed like Jesus Wept rejects. There are two notable exceptions: Yang as Private I's is outstanding. Getting back to more of their roots. Psychadelic rap with strong r&b influences, making for an utterly unique sound. The untitled final track, much like the final track on Jesus Wept (Fantasia's Confidential Ghetto) is incredible. Beatle-esque to be sure, it is an epic of a recording. Unfortunately, besides those two, the other tracks are utterly forgettable. Still unsure whether those two good songs were worth the [$] ... | 1,001 | [
"Upon listening to PM Dawn's follow up to The Bliss Album, \"Jesus Wept,\" I was amazed.",
"No longer just thinking man's rappers, this group brought innovation that has yet to be equalled in the world of r&b/hip-hop/rap.",
"Their music really defies description, with grinding guitar-driven songs, Al B.",
"Sure take-offs, and catchy, rhythmic melodies that can be considered true pop.",
"I was hoping for more of the same with \"Dearest Christian,\" but instead got a bunch of songs that seemed like Jesus Wept rejects.",
"There are two notable exceptions: Yang as Private I's is outstanding.",
"Getting back to more of their roots.",
"Psychadelic rap with strong r&b influences, making for an utterly unique sound.",
"The untitled final track, much like the final track on Jesus Wept (Fantasia's Confidential Ghetto) is incredible.",
"Beatle-esque to be sure, it is an epic of a recording.",
"Unfortunately, besides those two, the other tracks are utterly forgettable.",
"Still unsure whether those two good songs were worth the [$] ..."
] |
3 | great book | Gulliver's Travels is a great book with many adventures. Gulliver, the main character, takes many trips to different islands, where he learns the viewpoints of other people, on him and his country. He goes to a country of people that are only six inches tall. He begins to think that they can do no wrong. He soon learns that they are very corrupt individuals. He tells them about how his government works and they compare each other's. Gulliver thinks that his is the ideal government after this. The next stop for him is on an island of giants where he finds a better government than his. He is actually kind of embarrassed of his government. This occurs in book two. In book three Gulliver is brought to a floating island. He does not really interact with people like he did in the other books. He is really just Swift's mouthpiece. In book four Gulliver meets the horse like Houyhnhms. He starts to want to be a Houyhnhm. All in all this is a pretty good book and everyone should read it sometime. | 1,001 | [
"Gulliver's Travels is a great book with many adventures.",
"Gulliver, the main character, takes many trips to different islands, where he learns the viewpoints of other people, on him and his country.",
"He goes to a country of people that are only six inches tall.",
"He begins to think that they can do no wrong.",
"He soon learns that they are very corrupt individuals.",
"He tells them about how his government works and they compare each other's.",
"Gulliver thinks that his is the ideal government after this.",
"The next stop for him is on an island of giants where he finds a better government than his.",
"He is actually kind of embarrassed of his government.",
"This occurs in book two.",
"In book three Gulliver is brought to a floating island.",
"He does not really interact with people like he did in the other books.",
"He is really just Swift's mouthpiece.",
"In book four Gulliver meets the horse like Houyhnhms.",
"He starts to want to be a Houyhnhm.",
"All in all this is a pretty good book and everyone should read it sometime."
] |
3 | neo-gothic | Five Mile House, a story within a story, hooked my interest from page one and sustained it until the end. Karen Novak is a skilled writer who knows how to breathe life into characters via dialogue, description, and ambience. It is interesting to note that, unlike most literary apparitions and spirits, this "ghost" doesn't know her own mind, her intentions evolving with the rest of the action. The plot, revolving around 2 parallel lives separated by 100 years but linked by themes of guilt, retribution, manipulation, and possible madness, is well conceived, but there are some problems with its execution. Confusion remains about the motivation of the antagonists and the reality of the secret, perhaps because, as some other reviewers have suggested, a sequel is in the works. Relationships in this book are also somewhat muddily defined and iffy. Were it not for these flaws, I would have rated Five Mile a four or maybe even a five. Definitely thought provoking and rather noir in a modern way. | 1,001 | [
"Five Mile House, a story within a story, hooked my interest from page one and sustained it until the end.",
"Karen Novak is a skilled writer who knows how to breathe life into characters via dialogue, description, and ambience.",
"It is interesting to note that, unlike most literary apparitions and spirits, this \"ghost\" doesn't know her own mind, her intentions evolving with the rest of the action.",
"The plot, revolving around 2 parallel lives separated by 100 years but linked by themes of guilt, retribution, manipulation, and possible madness, is well conceived, but there are some problems with its execution.",
"Confusion remains about the motivation of the antagonists and the reality of the secret, perhaps because, as some other reviewers have suggested, a sequel is in the works.",
"Relationships in this book are also somewhat muddily defined and iffy.",
"Were it not for these flaws, I would have rated Five Mile a four or maybe even a five.",
"Definitely thought provoking and rather noir in a modern way."
] |
3 | Decent Mouse | I got this mouse on sale thinking less than $[...] for a razer product is a steal. When I got it and pulled it out of the packaging I admired its design. When I put it in my hand I couldnt beleive how uncomfortable it was. Each side has like a plastic grip that just isnt comfortable and as far as a grip goes is very slippery. After some use I got used to the grip and didnt mind it as much. As a mouse it works well. Its very responsive and the buttons click very well. After about a year of use the scroll wheeled stopped working properly so I have since stopped using it. I am now using a basic dell optical mouse and find it just as good if not better than the razer in terms of comfort and precision. Granted the dell mouse is a new model and the razer is 5 years old.Also I'd like to mention the red glow on the mouse is always on, which can be a problem if you keep your pc on all night and are annoyed by constant light. I found myself covering the mouse up anytime I left my pc on overnight. | 1,001 | [
"I got this mouse on sale thinking less than $[...] for a razer product is a steal.",
"When I got it and pulled it out of the packaging I admired its design.",
"When I put it in my hand I couldnt beleive how uncomfortable it was.",
"Each side has like a plastic grip that just isnt comfortable and as far as a grip goes is very slippery.",
"After some use I got used to the grip and didnt mind it as much.",
"As a mouse it works well.",
"Its very responsive and the buttons click very well.",
"After about a year of use the scroll wheeled stopped working properly so I have since stopped using it.",
"I am now using a basic dell optical mouse and find it just as good if not better than the razer in terms of comfort and precision.",
"Granted the dell mouse is a new model and the razer is 5 years old.Also I'd like to mention the red glow on the mouse is always on, which can be a problem if you keep your pc on all night and are annoyed by constant light.",
"I found myself covering the mouse up anytime I left my pc on overnight."
] |
3 | What to say? | I have mixed feelings about this book. I found it disturbing, not that I believed that the heroine was by any means 'raped', that is verging on the ridiculous, it was merely a painful first experience for her, no force whatsoever. What disturbs me is the fact that Sophie had an insane fear of men and the marital act.In the beginning, Sophie played her seductress role quite convincingly, she was vibrant, retortful, but suddenly after her 'rescue' she becamesa meek mouse type person, with absolutely no personality or 'fire' to speak of.While the story flowed smoothly, and the hero Ryder is quite captivating as the 'knight in shining armor', there wasn't any chemistry between the two characters. Their moods switched off and on like lamp switches. I also would really like to understand why Ms. Coulter finds it always necessary to have her heroines abused and always fearing the opposite sex.The story is good and it is interesting if you like Coulter's work. This is basically classic Coulter. | 1,001 | [
"I have mixed feelings about this book.",
"I found it disturbing, not that I believed that the heroine was by any means 'raped', that is verging on the ridiculous, it was merely a painful first experience for her, no force whatsoever.",
"What disturbs me is the fact that Sophie had an insane fear of men and the marital act.In the beginning, Sophie played her seductress role quite convincingly, she was vibrant, retortful, but suddenly after her 'rescue' she becamesa meek mouse type person, with absolutely no personality or 'fire' to speak of.While the story flowed smoothly, and the hero Ryder is quite captivating as the 'knight in shining armor', there wasn't any chemistry between the two characters.",
"Their moods switched off and on like lamp switches.",
"I also would really like to understand why Ms.",
"Coulter finds it always necessary to have her heroines abused and always fearing the opposite sex.The story is good and it is interesting if you like Coulter's work.",
"This is basically classic Coulter."
] |
3 | mixed review | First up, this is the first book by Charlaine Harris that i have read, so maybe reading them outor order is the reason I'm not thrilled with it. For the most part, i liked it. The whole, supernatural world is well done and well written. In fact, I enjoyed most of the story line quite a bit.The big problem I have with it is that all of these supernatural men seem to have fallen in love with the lead character. Since that isn't what the story was about, it just became an increasingly annoying group of sidestories that kept making me detach from the story.I like a story that I get so involved with that I feel as if i am there, and all of these supernatural, beautiful, powerful men falling all over our heroine made the story unbelivable (and that's saying a lot when the story is about vampires and shapeshifters). Too many times, I was forced back into reality in the middle of a storyline because of this. I really wanted to love these books, but now I don't know that I will read another one. | 1,001 | [
"First up, this is the first book by Charlaine Harris that i have read, so maybe reading them outor order is the reason I'm not thrilled with it.",
"For the most part, i liked it.",
"The whole, supernatural world is well done and well written.",
"In fact, I enjoyed most of the story line quite a bit.The big problem I have with it is that all of these supernatural men seem to have fallen in love with the lead character.",
"Since that isn't what the story was about, it just became an increasingly annoying group of sidestories that kept making me detach from the story.I like a story that I get so involved with that I feel as if i am there, and all of these supernatural, beautiful, powerful men falling all over our heroine made the story unbelivable (and that's saying a lot when the story is about vampires and shapeshifters).",
"Too many times, I was forced back into reality in the middle of a storyline because of this.",
"I really wanted to love these books, but now I don't know that I will read another one."
] |
3 | Just O.K! | First of all don't go into this movie expecting it to be exactly like the original "Karate Kid" because it's not. With that said, I think Jaden Smith did a pretty good job. Firstly, I don't like the fact that this movie is set in China. Secondly, I think Jackie Chan's performance was below his talent. Third, this movie was over 2 hours, and that was way longer than it had to be. Certain parts just dragged it out longer than it had to be in my opinion. Fourth, the jacket on/jacket off metaphor for was kinda lame. Then again, so was wax on/wax off, but ultimately when it came together it worked. I do like the fact that Jaden Smith actually got a chance to kick some butt in this movie seeing as how any real "Karate Kid" fan remembers that Daniel LaRusso got his butt kicked the whole movie. Including, the tournament, and in the end he does some kinda kick winning the whole thing. At any rate, I do think that Jaden Smith should keep acting because he does have a talent for it braids and all. | 1,001 | [
"First of all don't go into this movie expecting it to be exactly like the original \"Karate Kid\" because it's not.",
"With that said, I think Jaden Smith did a pretty good job.",
"Firstly, I don't like the fact that this movie is set in China.",
"Secondly, I think Jackie Chan's performance was below his talent.",
"Third, this movie was over 2 hours, and that was way longer than it had to be.",
"Certain parts just dragged it out longer than it had to be in my opinion.",
"Fourth, the jacket on/jacket off metaphor for was kinda lame.",
"Then again, so was wax on/wax off, but ultimately when it came together it worked.",
"I do like the fact that Jaden Smith actually got a chance to kick some butt in this movie seeing as how any real \"Karate Kid\" fan remembers that Daniel LaRusso got his butt kicked the whole movie.",
"Including, the tournament, and in the end he does some kinda kick winning the whole thing.",
"At any rate, I do think that Jaden Smith should keep acting because he does have a talent for it braids and all."
] |
3 | Adequate | It's a good functional piece of electronics. The video quality is adequate, but not substantially better than the basic DVD player that I already owned. The sound quality is good for the price point.I have two main complaints, both centered around the fact that it doesn't interact as smoothly with the Samsung LCD television that I just bought as I would expect:- When turned on (HDMI input), it automatically takes over the television. If you then switch sources while the player is on, even if the content is paused, you can't switch back without resetting the entire system. This is doesn't happen if you use AVI inputs, but then the picture quality is reduced.- I expected the upconversion to be more intelligent, and to maintain a 4:3 aspect when the source is 4:3. Instead it automatically goes to 16:9. This is annoying, but can be fixed at the TV level.Overall this is a reasonable system for the price. It is also something I will upgrade when I put together a full media room in the future. | 1,001 | [
"It's a good functional piece of electronics.",
"The video quality is adequate, but not substantially better than the basic DVD player that I already owned.",
"The sound quality is good for the price point.I have two main complaints, both centered around the fact that it doesn't interact as smoothly with the Samsung LCD television that I just bought as I would expect:- When turned on (HDMI input), it automatically takes over the television.",
"If you then switch sources while the player is on, even if the content is paused, you can't switch back without resetting the entire system.",
"This is doesn't happen if you use AVI inputs, but then the picture quality is reduced.- I expected the upconversion to be more intelligent, and to maintain a 4:3 aspect when the source is 4:3.",
"Instead it automatically goes to 16:9.",
"This is annoying, but can be fixed at the TV level.Overall this is a reasonable system for the price.",
"It is also something I will upgrade when I put together a full media room in the future."
] |
3 | Fangs | I did not like this book because it did not reach the dramatic climaz of the story. This book appeared as if the author was writting for the first time. Rhys being the oldest should have been in way over his head with his brother Christian as a foe, Lilah still trying to get her hands on Rhys. Somehow the story lost it's plot. Rhys had little part in the beginning. Sebastin had the greatest role in this book than in his own story (I Only Have Fangs for You) With Rhys being a Viscount some mortal should have been trying to take away Rhys legacy even though they were in New York. It is strange that Rhys losing his memory did not see the difference between New York of today and England of another period. At least he should have been qwestioning those changes not Sebastin. It was good that Christian was a foe to his brother, but there was not a scene where Christian was also trying to protect his brother. If, Sebastin had a connection to Rhys, Christian should have had that same connection. | 1,001 | [
"I did not like this book because it did not reach the dramatic climaz of the story.",
"This book appeared as if the author was writting for the first time.",
"Rhys being the oldest should have been in way over his head with his brother Christian as a foe, Lilah still trying to get her hands on Rhys.",
"Somehow the story lost it's plot.",
"Rhys had little part in the beginning.",
"Sebastin had the greatest role in this book than in his own story (I Only Have Fangs for You) With Rhys being a Viscount some mortal should have been trying to take away Rhys legacy even though they were in New York.",
"It is strange that Rhys losing his memory did not see the difference between New York of today and England of another period.",
"At least he should have been qwestioning those changes not Sebastin.",
"It was good that Christian was a foe to his brother, but there was not a scene where Christian was also trying to protect his brother.",
"If, Sebastin had a connection to Rhys, Christian should have had that same connection."
] |
3 | Yves. Again! | This is sort of a weird book. Yves starts the book writing in the style of a wannabe Hunter S. Thompson and then decides that he may as well just start "writing". I would say that the abrupt transition starts in maybe the first 80 pages.I believe that Yves Lavigne is probably the most knowledgeable author in the world about the major motorcycle clubs, other than insiders like Barger (or even Wethern) or undercovers like Queen or Dobyns (through authors), or in-touch contacts like Thompson.But Yves has some sort of agenda that makes him report every myth and fantasy that has EVER been posited as if it is a FACT. It doesn't take long to tire of this book if you have read everything else, because you have to believe, based upon acquired knowledge, that 30% of what he says is suspect, at best.I respect Lavigne for his obviously superior knowledge of the topic as a whole. But read every other account and determine for yourself if he has some personal agenda, even if it is as simple as money. | 1,001 | [
"This is sort of a weird book.",
"Yves starts the book writing in the style of a wannabe Hunter S.",
"Thompson and then decides that he may as well just start \"writing\".",
"I would say that the abrupt transition starts in maybe the first 80 pages.I believe that Yves Lavigne is probably the most knowledgeable author in the world about the major motorcycle clubs, other than insiders like Barger (or even Wethern) or undercovers like Queen or Dobyns (through authors), or in-touch contacts like Thompson.But Yves has some sort of agenda that makes him report every myth and fantasy that has EVER been posited as if it is a FACT.",
"It doesn't take long to tire of this book if you have read everything else, because you have to believe, based upon acquired knowledge, that 30% of what he says is suspect, at best.I respect Lavigne for his obviously superior knowledge of the topic as a whole.",
"But read every other account and determine for yourself if he has some personal agenda, even if it is as simple as money."
] |
3 | Just O.K. | My two favorite girl fronted bands put out new cds around the same time. While The Yeah Yeah Yeahs new more "mature" record is my favorite of theirs, Pretty Girls "Elan Vital" didn't fair as well (although how great will that ice cream cone look on a t-shirt). I've been a fan of PGMG from the beginning, and seen them live 3 or 4 times. Their album Good Health grabbed me, every song I loved, especially Sad Girls, Por Vida. The day their second album came out I was walking downtown in the rain to get my copy. It was less punk and more dance, but still awesome. This new record feels a world away from Good Health. Andrea gave up yelling, they lost a guitarist- and it makes a HUGE difference. It's not a bad record, it's just not the Pretty Girls I know and love. Tracks 3, 7 and 10 are great, and how come they waited till album #3 to let a dude sing? That track is awesome. Not sure which guy it is, but he has a very nice voice. So, maybe wait till ya have some extra cash or buy this one used. | 1,001 | [
"My two favorite girl fronted bands put out new cds around the same time.",
"While The Yeah Yeah Yeahs new more \"mature\" record is my favorite of theirs, Pretty Girls \"Elan Vital\" didn't fair as well (although how great will that ice cream cone look on a t-shirt).",
"I've been a fan of PGMG from the beginning, and seen them live 3 or 4 times.",
"Their album Good Health grabbed me, every song I loved, especially Sad Girls, Por Vida.",
"The day their second album came out I was walking downtown in the rain to get my copy.",
"It was less punk and more dance, but still awesome.",
"This new record feels a world away from Good Health.",
"Andrea gave up yelling, they lost a guitarist- and it makes a HUGE difference.",
"It's not a bad record, it's just not the Pretty Girls I know and love.",
"Tracks 3, 7 and 10 are great, and how come they waited till album #3 to let a dude sing?",
"That track is awesome.",
"Not sure which guy it is, but he has a very nice voice.",
"So, maybe wait till ya have some extra cash or buy this one used."
] |
3 | Just OK.... | This is a perfect candidate for a 3 star rating in my opinion. I did get through it, and enjoyed parts of it, but it did not leave a lasting impression on me. It is definitely not a keeper and I would recommend borrowing it from the library rather than purchasing it.Brand "the passionate" Risande has been burned by love. His fiancee was caught "in the act" with one of his good friends and his heart has been burned and sealed off ever since.When he is forced to wed Brynna in order to avoid war, he resists loving her, but because this is a romance novel, does not succeed. I did like the characters, but the storyline of Brand being so in love with the other woman and then to top it off by having her show up towards the end of the book was not what I hope for in a romance novel. His obsession with the other woman and Brynna's determination to "win him over" proved to much for me. I did like it enough to try Lord of Seduction, but not enough to remember Lord of Desire for any length of time. | 1,001 | [
"This is a perfect candidate for a 3 star rating in my opinion.",
"I did get through it, and enjoyed parts of it, but it did not leave a lasting impression on me.",
"It is definitely not a keeper and I would recommend borrowing it from the library rather than purchasing it.Brand \"the passionate\" Risande has been burned by love.",
"His fiancee was caught \"in the act\" with one of his good friends and his heart has been burned and sealed off ever since.When he is forced to wed Brynna in order to avoid war, he resists loving her, but because this is a romance novel, does not succeed.",
"I did like the characters, but the storyline of Brand being so in love with the other woman and then to top it off by having her show up towards the end of the book was not what I hope for in a romance novel.",
"His obsession with the other woman and Brynna's determination to \"win him over\" proved to much for me.",
"I did like it enough to try Lord of Seduction, but not enough to remember Lord of Desire for any length of time."
] |
3 | Lori Heuring | Before I jump into this review, let me start by saying Lori Heuring is one hot actress! She's tall, lean and rather sexy.Now that I've gotten that off my chest, let's proceed into the interview. The In Crowd is a sexy thriller about a misconfirmed psychologically challenged girl (Lori Heuring) who gets a second chance. Starting a summer job as a waitress at a wealthy country club, she soon finds herself in a world that isn't truly what it seems. She is befriended by Brittany (Susan Ward) and introduced to the glamorous life. Adrien soon discovers that Brittany is more than just a pretty face and a deadly rivalry ensues as Adrien finds herself fighting for her life!This movie isn't as good as Wild Things or Cruel Intentions, but it is still worth checking out if you are looking to waste an hour and a half or so. The cast is very attractive and the plot is decent and well followed for the most part. I wouldn't recommend purchasing this movie but is definitely a decent choice for a rental. | 1,001 | [
"Before I jump into this review, let me start by saying Lori Heuring is one hot actress!",
"She's tall, lean and rather sexy.Now that I've gotten that off my chest, let's proceed into the interview.",
"The In Crowd is a sexy thriller about a misconfirmed psychologically challenged girl (Lori Heuring) who gets a second chance.",
"Starting a summer job as a waitress at a wealthy country club, she soon finds herself in a world that isn't truly what it seems.",
"She is befriended by Brittany (Susan Ward) and introduced to the glamorous life.",
"Adrien soon discovers that Brittany is more than just a pretty face and a deadly rivalry ensues as Adrien finds herself fighting for her life!",
"This movie isn't as good as Wild Things or Cruel Intentions, but it is still worth checking out if you are looking to waste an hour and a half or so.",
"The cast is very attractive and the plot is decent and well followed for the most part.",
"I wouldn't recommend purchasing this movie but is definitely a decent choice for a rental."
] |
3 | just Ok | I enjoyed the beginning of the book and felt like it might help me in the time of uncertainty that I am currently facing, however i felt like it was all very surface, and more like the advice that you might get from Oprah.I feel like the aim of the book is good, and that the authors goal to get people to realize what they are passionate about is important. It just seemed like it didn't go into depth, it could more or less be summed up in, "whatever your passionate about go after it". which is a not quiet what I was hoping for from this book.I am not saying that this is a bad book or that it should not be read, I am just saying that it didn't really mean a lot to me. I feel like the Gospel is so much more deep and rich than just, go do what your passionate about, who ever said that this was al supposed to be about us anyway.I can say that I like the author's writing style, it is easy to read, I also liked the way the book was laid out with the very short sections, it kept it interesting. | 1,001 | [
"I enjoyed the beginning of the book and felt like it might help me in the time of uncertainty that I am currently facing, however i felt like it was all very surface, and more like the advice that you might get from Oprah.I feel like the aim of the book is good, and that the authors goal to get people to realize what they are passionate about is important.",
"It just seemed like it didn't go into depth, it could more or less be summed up in, \"whatever your passionate about go after it\".",
"which is a not quiet what I was hoping for from this book.I am not saying that this is a bad book or that it should not be read, I am just saying that it didn't really mean a lot to me.",
"I feel like the Gospel is so much more deep and rich than just, go do what your passionate about, who ever said that this was al supposed to be about us anyway.I can say that I like the author's writing style, it is easy to read, I also liked the way the book was laid out with the very short sections, it kept it interesting."
] |
3 | nothing new | I will start out by saying that this book is awesome for the person who has never ventured near a tee with scissors and razor blade in hand. The instructions are very clear and most often simple and easy to follow. Most of the designs are fairly basic and don't really require any previous sewing experience, though I would say if you want to get into any major restructuring of anything, sewing experience would be very helpful. My only issue with this book is the sizing issue I have run into with most of the patterns. I feel that the sizing in most patterns is for a flat-chested, less-shapely woman. I have had to adjust every shirt and skirt I have made. I am a size 8 or 10 and happen to be a bit busty (34DD) and have had issues with every top being too small in the bust. I would recommend this book to someone who is just discovering how fun it can be to recreate one's wardrobe, but for someone who has been doing it for a while may find the suggestions/patterns a bit been-there-done-that. | 1,001 | [
"I will start out by saying that this book is awesome for the person who has never ventured near a tee with scissors and razor blade in hand.",
"The instructions are very clear and most often simple and easy to follow.",
"Most of the designs are fairly basic and don't really require any previous sewing experience, though I would say if you want to get into any major restructuring of anything, sewing experience would be very helpful.",
"My only issue with this book is the sizing issue I have run into with most of the patterns.",
"I feel that the sizing in most patterns is for a flat-chested, less-shapely woman.",
"I have had to adjust every shirt and skirt I have made.",
"I am a size 8 or 10 and happen to be a bit busty (34DD) and have had issues with every top being too small in the bust.",
"I would recommend this book to someone who is just discovering how fun it can be to recreate one's wardrobe, but for someone who has been doing it for a while may find the suggestions/patterns a bit been-there-done-that."
] |
3 | Too slow... | I was really anticipating this c/d. I have the rest of Saliva's c/d's and this one was pretty dissappointing. First of all, there are only 10 songs. (12 if you get the Best Buy release, but the 2 extra songs are so bad I wish they hadn't bothered) Saliva made themselves big by writing catchy, high-adrenaline, fun songs. This c/d lacks that in all but 3 tracks. I'm not opposed to slower songs (Back into Your System is my favorite Saliva c/d and its slower than their other releases) but if I wanted a c/d with nothing but slow stuff, I'd get a crappy Dashboard c/d or something.Overall, the it isn't a horrible c/d, its just not what someone would expect from Saliva. The technial work on the guitar has improved and there a several awesome solos on the c/d. Josey does well vocally on most of the songs. The best song is Black Sheep. Other good ones are Ladies and Gentleman, Broken Sunday, and One More Chance. I'd still recommend it for Saliva fans, just be warned that its no Every Six Seconds. | 1,001 | [
"I was really anticipating this c/d.",
"I have the rest of Saliva's c/d's and this one was pretty dissappointing.",
"First of all, there are only 10 songs.",
"(12 if you get the Best Buy release, but the 2 extra songs are so bad I wish they hadn't bothered) Saliva made themselves big by writing catchy, high-adrenaline, fun songs.",
"This c/d lacks that in all but 3 tracks.",
"I'm not opposed to slower songs (Back into Your System is my favorite Saliva c/d and its slower than their other releases) but if I wanted a c/d with nothing but slow stuff, I'd get a crappy Dashboard c/d or something.Overall, the it isn't a horrible c/d, its just not what someone would expect from Saliva.",
"The technial work on the guitar has improved and there a several awesome solos on the c/d.",
"Josey does well vocally on most of the songs.",
"The best song is Black Sheep.",
"Other good ones are Ladies and Gentleman, Broken Sunday, and One More Chance.",
"I'd still recommend it for Saliva fans, just be warned that its no Every Six Seconds."
] |
3 | Good and bad | This book is written in the typical engaging and page-turning Cook medical suspense style. The character of Kim, and her search for self-confidence and family history, is particularly well-developed. Likewise the Salem witch trial history bit is well-done.However, large parts of the book are rather poorly-done and/or over-done. The extensive plot line about the night creatures who, for a start, kill Edward's dog is just incredible. The evidence of these creatures' identity is all around the researchers and they unbelievably ignore it. Cook uses these creatures to turn a workable and enjoyable medical suspense plot into an over-done gothic novel.Cook also incorrectly casts Prozac and other depression-lifting drugs as personality-changing drugs. The end scene of the medical research facility is unbelievable, and the reader is likewise disappointed with Kim at the end -- she's spent the novel finding her own strength and independence, and she winds up happy mainly because she's with a man. | 1,001 | [
"This book is written in the typical engaging and page-turning Cook medical suspense style.",
"The character of Kim, and her search for self-confidence and family history, is particularly well-developed.",
"Likewise the Salem witch trial history bit is well-done.However, large parts of the book are rather poorly-done and/or over-done.",
"The extensive plot line about the night creatures who, for a start, kill Edward's dog is just incredible.",
"The evidence of these creatures' identity is all around the researchers and they unbelievably ignore it.",
"Cook uses these creatures to turn a workable and enjoyable medical suspense plot into an over-done gothic novel.Cook also incorrectly casts Prozac and other depression-lifting drugs as personality-changing drugs.",
"The end scene of the medical research facility is unbelievable, and the reader is likewise disappointed with Kim at the end -- she's spent the novel finding her own strength and independence, and she winds up happy mainly because she's with a man."
] |
3 | A fun read | The kind of world we want to live in isn't the world we *should* live in nor is such a utopia something we should protect.Those are the most interesting themes emerging from Jane Goldman's "Dreamworld." Regrettably, they're not the main attractions. The action-thriller ride is, and the ironic message comes through just strongly enough to make this more than your typical adventure story.The plot is predictable but fun and graced with sexy characters and enough pop-culture references to impress writers for "The Simpsons." Slap "Michael Crichton" or "Elmore Leonard" on the cover, and -- along with MTV's backing -- this likely would be a bestseller.Central Florida residents also will appreciate the homework Goldman apparently did to bring the area to life.It would be interesting to see how a more mature Goldman would have handled this book. More serious or more action?Still, the foreshadowing of a successful career is written into "Dreamworld." Readers can look forward to her next offering. | 1,001 | [
"The kind of world we want to live in isn't the world we *should* live in nor is such a utopia something we should protect.Those are the most interesting themes emerging from Jane Goldman's \"Dreamworld.\" Regrettably, they're not the main attractions.",
"The action-thriller ride is, and the ironic message comes through just strongly enough to make this more than your typical adventure story.The plot is predictable but fun and graced with sexy characters and enough pop-culture references to impress writers for \"The Simpsons.\" Slap \"Michael Crichton\" or \"Elmore Leonard\" on the cover, and -- along with MTV's backing -- this likely would be a bestseller.Central Florida residents also will appreciate the homework Goldman apparently did to bring the area to life.It would be interesting to see how a more mature Goldman would have handled this book.",
"More serious or more action?",
"Still, the foreshadowing of a successful career is written into \"Dreamworld.\" Readers can look forward to her next offering."
] |
3 | Kick a rock! | The problem is that if you take a simple animal or machine, it won't be conscious. Make it slightly more complicated and it still won't be conscious. But as you make it more and more complicated there comes a point when it becomes conscious. This idea is very unsatisfactory. What actually causes this self-awareness?Dennett overcomes the problem by arguing there is no mystery - we are simply not as conscious as we think! As the machine becomes more complicated it merely appears to be conscious, but consciousness doesn't actually mean anything. To prove this fantastic idea, he describes scientific experiments which show that consciousness is more mysterious than a layman would think. The book is worth reading for these insights, but he doesn't prove his case.I was reminded of Dr Johnson's reply when asked about the theory of solipsism (the idea that nothing exists except your own thoughts). He kicked a rock and said "I refute it thus."Only a very clever man could believe Dennett's theory. | 1,001 | [
"The problem is that if you take a simple animal or machine, it won't be conscious.",
"Make it slightly more complicated and it still won't be conscious.",
"But as you make it more and more complicated there comes a point when it becomes conscious.",
"This idea is very unsatisfactory.",
"What actually causes this self-awareness?",
"Dennett overcomes the problem by arguing there is no mystery - we are simply not as conscious as we think!",
"As the machine becomes more complicated it merely appears to be conscious, but consciousness doesn't actually mean anything.",
"To prove this fantastic idea, he describes scientific experiments which show that consciousness is more mysterious than a layman would think.",
"The book is worth reading for these insights, but he doesn't prove his case.I was reminded of Dr Johnson's reply when asked about the theory of solipsism (the idea that nothing exists except your own thoughts).",
"He kicked a rock and said \"I refute it thus.\"Only a very clever man could believe Dennett's theory."
] |
3 | Good! | Hitchcock performs a massacre of Daphne's book, but somehow, being a talent powerhouse, he makes it work - at least in some places. Daphne's Mary is a dreamy kind of a girl liable to get frightened but not a coward. O'Hara has a strong voice, she is never really frightened, the only time she lets us down ( of course being her first movie) when she calls her Aunt Patience several times - seems contrived. Even when confronted with prospect of rape she never loses her composure and says that she is ready for anything! And a delightful figure!Of course, Mary falls in love with Joss's brother and not a officer of law as shown in the movie. The hero is quite ugly and it would have been better had be been hanged successfully in the beginning of the film. Charles goes over the top but has a variety of expression in his repertoire which he uses outlandishly and is a delight to watch. Overall, it is still a good entertainment. And particularly for those who have read the book - they must see it. | 1,000 | [
"Hitchcock performs a massacre of Daphne's book, but somehow, being a talent powerhouse, he makes it work - at least in some places.",
"Daphne's Mary is a dreamy kind of a girl liable to get frightened but not a coward.",
"O'Hara has a strong voice, she is never really frightened, the only time she lets us down ( of course being her first movie) when she calls her Aunt Patience several times - seems contrived.",
"Even when confronted with prospect of rape she never loses her composure and says that she is ready for anything!",
"And a delightful figure!",
"Of course, Mary falls in love with Joss's brother and not a officer of law as shown in the movie.",
"The hero is quite ugly and it would have been better had be been hanged successfully in the beginning of the film.",
"Charles goes over the top but has a variety of expression in his repertoire which he uses outlandishly and is a delight to watch.",
"Overall, it is still a good entertainment.",
"And particularly for those who have read the book - they must see it."
] |
3 | A good novel | Mr Gray has written an interesting novel in the best traditions of the growing Holocaust genre. However the reader must be careful not to take his word too seriously. While obviously some parts are true (e.g. born in Poland, Mother died, etc) many other parts are pure fiction, as verified by established Holocaust historians. Also Mr Gray brushes over the more unsavory chapters of his life. His membership of the grotesquely evil NKVD is glossed over and not described in any detail (the reader will recall the NKVD were responsible for carrying out the Bolshevik genocide against up to 100 million East Europeans and was composed largely of Russian Jews). Also, Mr Grays mention of the, now known to be, fictional Treblinka Concentration Camp also detracts somewhat from the books veracity. Mr Gray also ran a shady antique furniture business for many years, resulting in him being charged for fraud.The book is an entertaining read but to call it non fiction is a long stretch of the imagination. | 1,000 | [
"Mr Gray has written an interesting novel in the best traditions of the growing Holocaust genre.",
"However the reader must be careful not to take his word too seriously.",
"While obviously some parts are true (e.g. born in Poland, Mother died, etc) many other parts are pure fiction, as verified by established Holocaust historians.",
"Also Mr Gray brushes over the more unsavory chapters of his life.",
"His membership of the grotesquely evil NKVD is glossed over and not described in any detail (the reader will recall the NKVD were responsible for carrying out the Bolshevik genocide against up to 100 million East Europeans and was composed largely of Russian Jews).",
"Also, Mr Grays mention of the, now known to be, fictional Treblinka Concentration Camp also detracts somewhat from the books veracity.",
"Mr Gray also ran a shady antique furniture business for many years, resulting in him being charged for fraud.The book is an entertaining read but to call it non fiction is a long stretch of the imagination."
] |
3 | It was decent | When I first saw this on an IMAX screen, it was intense - I had to look away several times to avoid being overwhelmed by the images. And I can't say as how I enjoyed it - I loved how the first movie dealt with the transformation of the reality of the matrix and how the second one told more about how the matrix came to be (except that whole dancing/sex scene - that was just weird). The third one I had higher hopes for. I thought maybe that the movie makers would explain why the machines allowed zion to exist. I thought there was a chance that it would turn out with zion being a second matrix on top of the first and so no one was ever really free from the machines. Now that would have been mindblowing if they had done it right.All in all, if you ignore the first and second movies and put this movie on its own, it's pretty good (though it doesn't have too much character development) and it's a very good hollywood action movie. Put with the first two movies and it doesn't quite measure up. | 1,000 | [
"When I first saw this on an IMAX screen, it was intense - I had to look away several times to avoid being overwhelmed by the images.",
"And I can't say as how I enjoyed it - I loved how the first movie dealt with the transformation of the reality of the matrix and how the second one told more about how the matrix came to be (except that whole dancing/sex scene - that was just weird).",
"The third one I had higher hopes for.",
"I thought maybe that the movie makers would explain why the machines allowed zion to exist.",
"I thought there was a chance that it would turn out with zion being a second matrix on top of the first and so no one was ever really free from the machines.",
"Now that would have been mindblowing if they had done it right.All in all, if you ignore the first and second movies and put this movie on its own, it's pretty good (though it doesn't have too much character development) and it's a very good hollywood action movie.",
"Put with the first two movies and it doesn't quite measure up."
] |
3 | Ages well... | Back when Q2K was originally released, I would have rated it two stars. With the passage of time, I see it as a stronger, though by no means great, album and have given it three stars. It has some good tracks, including "Falling Down," "Sacred Ground," "Liquid Sky," and the fantastic "Right Side of My Mind." It also has some terrible tracks ("Wot Kinda Man" indeed). Just prior to Q2K, the band had lost it's label and it is clear they were on a downhill slide artistically. The departure of Chris DeGarmo did not help matters in any way, shape or form. They've continued to struggle, though their recent Operation Mindcrime 2 is their best album since "Promised Land."2006 REISSUE: Given the fact Q2K was out of print, it's great that this remastered version has been released, (though it is likely it didn't really need to be remastered). The two bonus tracks are quite good, and I'm frankly astonished they weren't included on the original release. It would have benefitted from their inclusion. | 1,000 | [
"Back when Q2K was originally released, I would have rated it two stars.",
"With the passage of time, I see it as a stronger, though by no means great, album and have given it three stars.",
"It has some good tracks, including \"Falling Down,\" \"Sacred Ground,\" \"Liquid Sky,\" and the fantastic \"Right Side of My Mind.\" It also has some terrible tracks (\"Wot Kinda Man\" indeed).",
"Just prior to Q2K, the band had lost it's label and it is clear they were on a downhill slide artistically.",
"The departure of Chris DeGarmo did not help matters in any way, shape or form.",
"They've continued to struggle, though their recent Operation Mindcrime 2 is their best album since \"Promised Land.\"2006 REISSUE: Given the fact Q2K was out of print, it's great that this remastered version has been released, (though it is likely it didn't really need to be remastered).",
"The two bonus tracks are quite good, and I'm frankly astonished they weren't included on the original release.",
"It would have benefitted from their inclusion."
] |
3 | Made in China | Well, the wagon seems OK once you get past the initial return of the thing and finally a second shipping with no broken parts arrives, but the tires do smell to high heaven as other reviews have mentioned!!!! If you're familiar with coal tar, then you know exactly how this thing smells. My first package arrived in perfect condition (outer shipping box and inner wagon box) only to find a wooden side rail broken when the box was opened. The part was so cleanly broken that the person who did the shipping had to have just tossed the piece in with the rest instead of correcting the problem. I suppose when you get paid 10 cents a day you could care less about what goes in the box. I would rather pay more, get better quality, and keep the jobs here in the USA. I am now waiting to see how long the wood side rails will last, they seem to be made of pretty light weight wood. I've already made templates of the rails to make my own once the grandkids destroy the sides under normal play conditions. | 1,000 | [
"Well, the wagon seems OK once you get past the initial return of the thing and finally a second shipping with no broken parts arrives, but the tires do smell to high heaven as other reviews have mentioned!!!",
"!",
"If you're familiar with coal tar, then you know exactly how this thing smells.",
"My first package arrived in perfect condition (outer shipping box and inner wagon box) only to find a wooden side rail broken when the box was opened.",
"The part was so cleanly broken that the person who did the shipping had to have just tossed the piece in with the rest instead of correcting the problem.",
"I suppose when you get paid 10 cents a day you could care less about what goes in the box.",
"I would rather pay more, get better quality, and keep the jobs here in the USA.",
"I am now waiting to see how long the wood side rails will last, they seem to be made of pretty light weight wood.",
"I've already made templates of the rails to make my own once the grandkids destroy the sides under normal play conditions."
] |
3 | Cuckoo's Nest | Overall, this is a decent book where all the inmates are affected by a new person by the name of McMurphy. Everyone changes once he enters the ward. Everyone starts to think for themselves and stand up for what they believe. This turns out good for some people, and bad for others. One of the main characters, Chief Bromden, is a large Native American who is thought to be dumb and deaf. Over the course of McMurphy's stay, he comes out of his shell and actually speaks. There are other people who come out in different ways. For example, Billy Bibbit is a shy man who stutters, and McMurphy changes him. He finally gets a woman and then Nurse Ratched, the "bad person" of the story, finds this out and threatens to tell his mom. He ends up committing suicide. Ratched represents repressed life while McMurphy is very outgoing. I recommend this book to any person in high school or above. This book is complicated to read in the beginning, but over time it gets easier. This is a decent book to read. | 1,000 | [
"Overall, this is a decent book where all the inmates are affected by a new person by the name of McMurphy.",
"Everyone changes once he enters the ward.",
"Everyone starts to think for themselves and stand up for what they believe.",
"This turns out good for some people, and bad for others.",
"One of the main characters, Chief Bromden, is a large Native American who is thought to be dumb and deaf.",
"Over the course of McMurphy's stay, he comes out of his shell and actually speaks.",
"There are other people who come out in different ways.",
"For example, Billy Bibbit is a shy man who stutters, and McMurphy changes him.",
"He finally gets a woman and then Nurse Ratched, the \"bad person\" of the story, finds this out and threatens to tell his mom.",
"He ends up committing suicide.",
"Ratched represents repressed life while McMurphy is very outgoing.",
"I recommend this book to any person in high school or above.",
"This book is complicated to read in the beginning, but over time it gets easier.",
"This is a decent book to read."
] |
3 | A slow start | It took me a while to get into this book. I would have liked a little more background on some of the characters. I kind of felt like people just kept showing up and the back story wasn't very well developed. The murder happened before I could bring myself to care about any of the characters. I'd also have appreciated a little more detail about the town of Paradise. It never seemed to come to life for me and I had to slog through the first third of the book.That said, I did begin to really like Abby as the story went on. Her interactions with her brother, Jawarski, and her sister-in-law rang true and sometimes quite funny. By the end of the book I was pulling for her. She has spunk and I like that although she's a little insecure, she doesn't let it stop her from talking to people and sticking up for herself.I'm interested to pick up the next couple books in the series and see where the author goes from here. Although I thought this was a slow start, I think the series has real promise. | 1,000 | [
"It took me a while to get into this book.",
"I would have liked a little more background on some of the characters.",
"I kind of felt like people just kept showing up and the back story wasn't very well developed.",
"The murder happened before I could bring myself to care about any of the characters.",
"I'd also have appreciated a little more detail about the town of Paradise.",
"It never seemed to come to life for me and I had to slog through the first third of the book.That said, I did begin to really like Abby as the story went on.",
"Her interactions with her brother, Jawarski, and her sister-in-law rang true and sometimes quite funny.",
"By the end of the book I was pulling for her.",
"She has spunk and I like that although she's a little insecure, she doesn't let it stop her from talking to people and sticking up for herself.I'm interested to pick up the next couple books in the series and see where the author goes from here.",
"Although I thought this was a slow start, I think the series has real promise."
] |
3 | Memory Dump | I just wanted to go on record that my unit functions properly or I thought it did until today. It has never auto-started the last DVD played until this morning. I turned on the unit and was mystified that it started playing a movie. I stoped the disc, pressed the folder button and was surprised, no make that horrified, to see nothing but question marks on all entires. All 371 dvd titles had disappeared. No power outage, no accidental unplugging. Normal shutdown. I have had the player since 12/25/05 and everything has been great until today. I won't be calling Sony as previous reviews have indicated that that process is even more frustrating than the problems with the DVD changer.I am going to miss having the titles in memory. I really liked being able to sort by Title, actor, genre.....blah blah... Fortunately I do have an Access database with all titles and even the slot number on the changer.I do believe tht I will start a letter writing campaign to Sony. It has worked before for me. | 1,000 | [
"I just wanted to go on record that my unit functions properly or I thought it did until today.",
"It has never auto-started the last DVD played until this morning.",
"I turned on the unit and was mystified that it started playing a movie.",
"I stoped the disc, pressed the folder button and was surprised, no make that horrified, to see nothing but question marks on all entires.",
"All 371 dvd titles had disappeared.",
"No power outage, no accidental unplugging.",
"Normal shutdown.",
"I have had the player since 12/25/05 and everything has been great until today.",
"I won't be calling Sony as previous reviews have indicated that that process is even more frustrating than the problems with the DVD changer.I am going to miss having the titles in memory.",
"I really liked being able to sort by Title, actor, genre.....blah blah... Fortunately I do have an Access database with all titles and even the slot number on the changer.I do believe tht I will start a letter writing campaign to Sony.",
"It has worked before for me."
] |
3 | 3.5 Stars | This was a good solid album. It was very captivating in a sense that it kept me listening from beginning to end. The title stays true to form, since most of the songs are all about love and headache. Lots of collaborations--maybe too many. I understand that Ms. Knowels wanted to work with other talents on her debut album--but it kind of took away from what SHE had to offer. The spotlight shifted a little toward a few of her guest stars (Jay-Z, Sean Paul, ect) rather than doing HER much justice. I didn't buy the album to listen to OTHER hip hop artists.Another complaint--a few of the tracks sounded similar, which is common on any pop album I suppose. Beyonce also needs to tone her voice down a bit. She tends to get overly soulful and hits all kinds of crazy notes. Some may find it appealing. I find it rather annoying. But overall the album had a very smooth relaxing vibe. I prefer her slow r&b; tracks over the up beat hip-hop ones.My picks:Be With YouMe Myself and IYes3.5 out of 5 stars | 1,000 | [
"This was a good solid album.",
"It was very captivating in a sense that it kept me listening from beginning to end.",
"The title stays true to form, since most of the songs are all about love and headache.",
"Lots of collaborations--maybe too many.",
"I understand that Ms.",
"Knowels wanted to work with other talents on her debut album--but it kind of took away from what SHE had to offer.",
"The spotlight shifted a little toward a few of her guest stars (Jay-Z, Sean Paul, ect) rather than doing HER much justice.",
"I didn't buy the album to listen to OTHER hip hop artists.Another complaint--a few of the tracks sounded similar, which is common on any pop album I suppose.",
"Beyonce also needs to tone her voice down a bit.",
"She tends to get overly soulful and hits all kinds of crazy notes.",
"Some may find it appealing.",
"I find it rather annoying.",
"But overall the album had a very smooth relaxing vibe.",
"I prefer her slow r&b; tracks over the up beat hip-hop ones.My picks:Be With YouMe Myself and IYes3.5 out of 5 stars"
] |
3 | Strange.... | This is a covers album, and like most cover albums it's not very good.The songs are hit and miss: Eminem cover "Bonnie & Clyde 97" took guts to record and makes the strongest point that Tori set out to prove on the album (singing songs written by men from a female's perspective). However, Tori's crooning and whispering over music that sounds as if it was lifted from the soundtrack of Psycho isn't something you'll want to keep jamming to. The piano is absent here, as well as in other songs: Neil Young's "Heart of Gold", a rocking cover that starts off great but soon gets repititive and unbearable; while "Not In Love," the only song thats reminisent of Tori's "To Venus and Back" album, employs a Massive Attack drum loop.But several songs shine, such as "Rattlesnakes," a beautful song that could have been written by Tori herself, and "Time." Songs such as "Strange Little Girls" and "I Don't Like Mondays" are catchy tunes. The last song is "Real Men," with just Tori's vocals and her piano. | 1,000 | [
"This is a covers album, and like most cover albums it's not very good.The songs are hit and miss: Eminem cover \"Bonnie & Clyde 97\" took guts to record and makes the strongest point that Tori set out to prove on the album (singing songs written by men from a female's perspective).",
"However, Tori's crooning and whispering over music that sounds as if it was lifted from the soundtrack of Psycho isn't something you'll want to keep jamming to.",
"The piano is absent here, as well as in other songs: Neil Young's \"Heart of Gold\", a rocking cover that starts off great but soon gets repititive and unbearable; while \"Not In Love,\" the only song thats reminisent of Tori's \"To Venus and Back\" album, employs a Massive Attack drum loop.But several songs shine, such as \"Rattlesnakes,\" a beautful song that could have been written by Tori herself, and \"Time.\" Songs such as \"Strange Little Girls\" and \"I Don't Like Mondays\" are catchy tunes.",
"The last song is \"Real Men,\" with just Tori's vocals and her piano."
] |
3 | BEDEVILED | In watching this okay thriller, I found myself wondering just how many different ways Satan is planning to come back to earth. This new one about the eighteen angels is one of the wackiest so far, coming supposedly from the Etruscan Book of the Dead. First of all, they get eighteen angels, but only need one? And then when 17 of them are burned to a crisp, what did the purpose serve?Writer David Seltzer must still harbor Satanic feelings, as he is the one who created Damien Thorpe in "The Omen." While that seventies film provided lots of chills and great actors, "Angel" gives us an undebatedly beautiul Rachael Lynn Cooke, a sturdy father in Christopher McDonald and an overacting Maximilian Schell, but it's all been done so much in the past, there's little suspense or thrills involved. Only Wendy Crewson's spiraling fall is disturbing and upsetting.David, if you're going to write more Satanic resurrections, try some more imagination, and maybe let the good guys win every once in a while. | 1,000 | [
"In watching this okay thriller, I found myself wondering just how many different ways Satan is planning to come back to earth.",
"This new one about the eighteen angels is one of the wackiest so far, coming supposedly from the Etruscan Book of the Dead.",
"First of all, they get eighteen angels, but only need one?",
"And then when 17 of them are burned to a crisp, what did the purpose serve?",
"Writer David Seltzer must still harbor Satanic feelings, as he is the one who created Damien Thorpe in \"The Omen.\" While that seventies film provided lots of chills and great actors, \"Angel\" gives us an undebatedly beautiul Rachael Lynn Cooke, a sturdy father in Christopher McDonald and an overacting Maximilian Schell, but it's all been done so much in the past, there's little suspense or thrills involved.",
"Only Wendy Crewson's spiraling fall is disturbing and upsetting.David, if you're going to write more Satanic resurrections, try some more imagination, and maybe let the good guys win every once in a while."
] |
3 | Overlong? | Once again, Holt combines proven elements to create an amusing story. The bewildered bystander is caught up in incomprehensible events. His staid world (yes, crashing his plane after a WWII dogfight is staid by comparison) turns out to be much more complex and much stranger than he could have imagined. He goes on an un-guided expedition, back and forth along the service corridors of history. All this in the context of the road tour of the greatest musician of all time - and I mean that phrase "musician of all time" in its most literal sense. Of course, certain agencies unspecified turn every party into a surprise party.It's "in one door and out the other" humor, a nice way to break up a stack of professional journals and texts. The book's one repeated joke tends to wear after a while, though, and the ending self-consciously invokes a deus ex machina. Still, I wasn't after great literature. I was after an enjoyable way to let my mind idle for a few hours, and got what I was looking for. | 1,000 | [
"Once again, Holt combines proven elements to create an amusing story.",
"The bewildered bystander is caught up in incomprehensible events.",
"His staid world (yes, crashing his plane after a WWII dogfight is staid by comparison) turns out to be much more complex and much stranger than he could have imagined.",
"He goes on an un-guided expedition, back and forth along the service corridors of history.",
"All this in the context of the road tour of the greatest musician of all time - and I mean that phrase \"musician of all time\" in its most literal sense.",
"Of course, certain agencies unspecified turn every party into a surprise party.It's \"in one door and out the other\" humor, a nice way to break up a stack of professional journals and texts.",
"The book's one repeated joke tends to wear after a while, though, and the ending self-consciously invokes a deus ex machina.",
"Still, I wasn't after great literature.",
"I was after an enjoyable way to let my mind idle for a few hours, and got what I was looking for."
] |
3 | A Good Read | This is a good light read. Those who like Janet Evanovich will probably enjoy this author. The plot was intriguing and kept me guessing most of the way through. The characters were funny, if not sometimes over the top with their antics.At times the similarities between the characters of Evanovich's Plum series and the characters in Dating Dead Men were a little too glaringly obvious. The main character, Wolley, is much like Stephanie Plum in that she acts brave while secretly being scared. She does crazy things and has crazy friends. And her love life gets her in trouble. Wolley's good friend and co-worker, Fredreeq, is much like Plum's friend Lula. She dresses outrageously and speaks her mind to everyone. Consequently, I found myself making too many comparisons between the authors and their books.Overall the book is well-written and enjoyable. Definitely a good choice when you're looking for something not too complicated, that will make you laugh and leave you feeling good at the end. | 1,000 | [
"This is a good light read.",
"Those who like Janet Evanovich will probably enjoy this author.",
"The plot was intriguing and kept me guessing most of the way through.",
"The characters were funny, if not sometimes over the top with their antics.At times the similarities between the characters of Evanovich's Plum series and the characters in Dating Dead Men were a little too glaringly obvious.",
"The main character, Wolley, is much like Stephanie Plum in that she acts brave while secretly being scared.",
"She does crazy things and has crazy friends.",
"And her love life gets her in trouble.",
"Wolley's good friend and co-worker, Fredreeq, is much like Plum's friend Lula.",
"She dresses outrageously and speaks her mind to everyone.",
"Consequently, I found myself making too many comparisons between the authors and their books.Overall the book is well-written and enjoyable.",
"Definitely a good choice when you're looking for something not too complicated, that will make you laugh and leave you feeling good at the end."
] |
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