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3 | Vibration Fix | I too was not happy that the unit I purchased had excessive vibration. But the price was right. So, I got out six quarters and stacked them two high and taped them to the top of the horizontal wheel. I then moved them 90 degrees and tried again. Continued until I found the spot that had the least vibration and then slightly varied the position and quantity to minimize the vibration. Then I marked the optimum position, took off the remaining quarters and weighed them on a postal scale. Then I cut off enough two to three inch lengths of lead tape to match the weight of the quarters and applied it to the bottom of the wheel(3" of tape is about equivalent to one quarter). I purchase the lead tape from a golf store that sells it for the purpose of balancing golf clubs for optimum swing. I think it will stay in place inspite of the wet environment. Another option is to grind the heavy side of the metal plate to remove material equal to the number of quarters needed to balance the wheel. | 995 | [
"I too was not happy that the unit I purchased had excessive vibration.",
"But the price was right.",
"So, I got out six quarters and stacked them two high and taped them to the top of the horizontal wheel.",
"I then moved them 90 degrees and tried again.",
"Continued until I found the spot that had the least vibration and then slightly varied the position and quantity to minimize the vibration.",
"Then I marked the optimum position, took off the remaining quarters and weighed them on a postal scale.",
"Then I cut off enough two to three inch lengths of lead tape to match the weight of the quarters and applied it to the bottom of the wheel(3\" of tape is about equivalent to one quarter).",
"I purchase the lead tape from a golf store that sells it for the purpose of balancing golf clubs for optimum swing.",
"I think it will stay in place inspite of the wet environment.",
"Another option is to grind the heavy side of the metal plate to remove material equal to the number of quarters needed to balance the wheel."
] |
3 | Perez Family | As a fan of director, Mira Nair, I really looked forward to seeing this movie with a unique story line. While it was interesting, I did not feel the material met her previous high levels of expertise, and felt a little campy and overdone here and there. I thought most of the acting was well done, especially Angelica Huston, and Alfred Molina, and Chazz Palminteri. I am also a huge fan of Marissa Tomei, but was disappointed in her role her. She played her character in such an exaggerated manner that it almost felt cartoonish, although I felt she improved as the movie progressed. Her Cuban enthusiasm and zest for life felt overdone, overplayed, which detracted from the essential drama of the refugee story being told. I also felt the costuming could have been more realistic, more appropriate to the income level of the people portrayed. (MT's sugar cane costume was over the top!! a caricature!) Lots of plusses, but a few too many minuses. It falls far short of being great.Pru McDonald | 995 | [
"As a fan of director, Mira Nair, I really looked forward to seeing this movie with a unique story line.",
"While it was interesting, I did not feel the material met her previous high levels of expertise, and felt a little campy and overdone here and there.",
"I thought most of the acting was well done, especially Angelica Huston, and Alfred Molina, and Chazz Palminteri.",
"I am also a huge fan of Marissa Tomei, but was disappointed in her role her.",
"She played her character in such an exaggerated manner that it almost felt cartoonish, although I felt she improved as the movie progressed.",
"Her Cuban enthusiasm and zest for life felt overdone, overplayed, which detracted from the essential drama of the refugee story being told.",
"I also felt the costuming could have been more realistic, more appropriate to the income level of the people portrayed.",
"(MT's sugar cane costume was over the top!!",
"a caricature!",
") Lots of plusses, but a few too many minuses.",
"It falls far short of being great.Pru McDonald"
] |
3 | A bit vague | The problem with this book is that it seems to start in the middle of a story with no idea whats really happening. We get the idea of the gunslinger chasing the man in black but we don't know why or for how long. The story seems to gain some substance as it progresses; the gunslinger meeting the boy Jake and the events on their journey provide some story line to follow. It is only in the series' suceeding books (the drawing of three, the wastelands) that we get an overall picture of whats happening. The series is like one big jigsaw; instead of a flowing storyline, the story jumps around from the present to the gunslingers past. King is one of the few writers who can do this successfully. Even though I found it hard to follow the first book, the following in the series are excellent and I would definitly recommend them, even though it is necessary to read the first book in order to follow the storyline. A bit of a tough read, but worth it in order to follow the rest of the series. | 995 | [
"The problem with this book is that it seems to start in the middle of a story with no idea whats really happening.",
"We get the idea of the gunslinger chasing the man in black but we don't know why or for how long.",
"The story seems to gain some substance as it progresses; the gunslinger meeting the boy Jake and the events on their journey provide some story line to follow.",
"It is only in the series' suceeding books (the drawing of three, the wastelands) that we get an overall picture of whats happening.",
"The series is like one big jigsaw; instead of a flowing storyline, the story jumps around from the present to the gunslingers past.",
"King is one of the few writers who can do this successfully.",
"Even though I found it hard to follow the first book, the following in the series are excellent and I would definitly recommend them, even though it is necessary to read the first book in order to follow the storyline.",
"A bit of a tough read, but worth it in order to follow the rest of the series."
] |
3 | Great Concept | We received this a few months ago and loved it. However, I wish the material it's constructed of would be stronger. With everyday use, 3 times a day, the pocket that hangs off the table to catch food (which works well) has started tearing away from the mat itself. I'm not sure how much longer it is going to last before we might have to get a new one. Maybe this is only for occasional use when you aren't home.Rolling it away is simple but we have never needed to take it with us anywhere. We just take wet ones and wipe down the table and use the bibs that have the molded pocket.The suction cups don't work on plastic over a tablecloth but then static keeps it in place well. The suctions cups underneath do make it bumpy around the edges. The colors are good and do match well to the bibs. I wish the material was a stiff as the bibs!!! or at least make one of stronger material to be used for everyday use.Suffice it to say...it works well, but how long it will last depends on your usage. | 995 | [
"We received this a few months ago and loved it.",
"However, I wish the material it's constructed of would be stronger.",
"With everyday use, 3 times a day, the pocket that hangs off the table to catch food (which works well) has started tearing away from the mat itself.",
"I'm not sure how much longer it is going to last before we might have to get a new one.",
"Maybe this is only for occasional use when you aren't home.Rolling it away is simple but we have never needed to take it with us anywhere.",
"We just take wet ones and wipe down the table and use the bibs that have the molded pocket.The suction cups don't work on plastic over a tablecloth but then static keeps it in place well.",
"The suctions cups underneath do make it bumpy around the edges.",
"The colors are good and do match well to the bibs.",
"I wish the material was a stiff as the bibs!!!",
"or at least make one of stronger material to be used for everyday use.Suffice it to say...it works well, but how long it will last depends on your usage."
] |
3 | Really Beautiful | I'm rating these shoes with 3-stars because they are incredibly beautiful. Also, it is difficult to find a beautiful and stylish shoe in wide width. These shoes come in W widths. However, I wore these shoes to a wedding and my 4th toe was in INCREDIBLE pain. It's been 48 hours since I took these shoes off and my toes still hurt. I've never experiences quite this degree of pain in a shoe before. Nor have I ever experienced pain in my 4th toe. It is a bit strange. I am sad about this because these truly are the most beautiful shoe I've seen in a long time and I really LOVE how they look. Nevertheless, other reviewers have stated that these shoes become more comfortable with each wearing, so I gave them a chance. It is true! I have worn them several more times and they are more comfortable. They are true to size. I bought a 8W. My foot is between a W and a M width. I LOVE these shoes. I want to give them 5 stars, but this is an edited review and I can't seem to change the # of stars. | 995 | [
"I'm rating these shoes with 3-stars because they are incredibly beautiful.",
"Also, it is difficult to find a beautiful and stylish shoe in wide width.",
"These shoes come in W widths.",
"However, I wore these shoes to a wedding and my 4th toe was in INCREDIBLE pain.",
"It's been 48 hours since I took these shoes off and my toes still hurt.",
"I've never experiences quite this degree of pain in a shoe before.",
"Nor have I ever experienced pain in my 4th toe.",
"It is a bit strange.",
"I am sad about this because these truly are the most beautiful shoe I've seen in a long time and I really LOVE how they look.",
"Nevertheless, other reviewers have stated that these shoes become more comfortable with each wearing, so I gave them a chance.",
"It is true!",
"I have worn them several more times and they are more comfortable.",
"They are true to size.",
"I bought a 8W.",
"My foot is between a W and a M width.",
"I LOVE these shoes.",
"I want to give them 5 stars, but this is an edited review and I can't seem to change the # of stars."
] |
3 | Well-done, but ... | This is a very good book, but I did not like the ending, nor do I agree with critics who say it is her best (which is Family Linen or Fancy Strut, perhaps). It's another fine character study thought. I just hoped that Florida Grace Shepherd would grow to find herself in ways different from how she did. I expected more of her I guess, because I liked her so much. But, that is what makes Lee Smith's books so readable for me: I come to care about her characters and what happens to them, especially the ones I like, but I become invested in caring about the fate of even those I cannot stand, like Grace's father, a huckstering, snake-handling, back-woods preacher. I guess I care because Smith creates such plausible personalities on the page. Also, Smith had done her homework well and could show these people, warts and all, without condescending, sentimentalizing, or oversimplifying. The exception, as I see it, is the ending, which I see as more sentimental than psychologically probable. | 995 | [
"This is a very good book, but I did not like the ending, nor do I agree with critics who say it is her best (which is Family Linen or Fancy Strut, perhaps).",
"It's another fine character study thought.",
"I just hoped that Florida Grace Shepherd would grow to find herself in ways different from how she did.",
"I expected more of her I guess, because I liked her so much.",
"But, that is what makes Lee Smith's books so readable for me: I come to care about her characters and what happens to them, especially the ones I like, but I become invested in caring about the fate of even those I cannot stand, like Grace's father, a huckstering, snake-handling, back-woods preacher.",
"I guess I care because Smith creates such plausible personalities on the page.",
"Also, Smith had done her homework well and could show these people, warts and all, without condescending, sentimentalizing, or oversimplifying.",
"The exception, as I see it, is the ending, which I see as more sentimental than psychologically probable."
] |
3 | a LUCIO FULCI film | Hello Everyone,I'am a zombie movie fanatic. i love all zombie movies, especially the Italian zombie films because they're much more gorier. I was lucky enough to find this movie in a mama & papa store. I don't think anyone will be able to find rent this movie on VHS unless you live in Europe or Italy. Well anyway, this is a movie that equates itself to all the other Italian horror zombie movies such as Nightmare City, Hell of the Living Dead, Tombs of the Blind Dead, Zombie, the Beyond, City of the Living Dead, Zombie Holocaust, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Burial Ground, and the George A. Romero's films. Part of this movie was directed by LUCIO FULCI and the rest was directed by some other director. Lucio Fulci withdrew from the film because he was dissatisfied with the film. In any case, this was a good film. The only difference is that the zombies in this picture have alot of energy, they move about like regular humans. The movie is not as gory as Lucio Fulci's Zombie film though. | 995 | [
"Hello Everyone,I'am a zombie movie fanatic.",
"i love all zombie movies, especially the Italian zombie films because they're much more gorier.",
"I was lucky enough to find this movie in a mama & papa store.",
"I don't think anyone will be able to find rent this movie on VHS unless you live in Europe or Italy.",
"Well anyway, this is a movie that equates itself to all the other Italian horror zombie movies such as Nightmare City, Hell of the Living Dead, Tombs of the Blind Dead, Zombie, the Beyond, City of the Living Dead, Zombie Holocaust, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Burial Ground, and the George A.",
"Romero's films.",
"Part of this movie was directed by LUCIO FULCI and the rest was directed by some other director.",
"Lucio Fulci withdrew from the film because he was dissatisfied with the film.",
"In any case, this was a good film.",
"The only difference is that the zombies in this picture have alot of energy, they move about like regular humans.",
"The movie is not as gory as Lucio Fulci's Zombie film though."
] |
3 | JYD FBI LOL | Allegedly based on "true events", JUNKYARD DOG is an occasionally enjoyable look at a psychotic serial killer who also likes digesting his prey. Posing as a good samaritan tow truck driver, JYD kidnaps, rapes, tortures and prepares his victims as his dinner. He is aided by his vicious German shepherd who gets rewarded with chunks of JYD's victims.The always unreliable and inept FBI is embodied by Viveca A. Fox, who deservedly seems embarrassed in her role. The scene in the country line-dancing bar is comically staged as well. Brad Dourif has a small role as the local law enforcement who outclasses the special agent. Innis Casey plays JYD with haunting stares and an occasional sneer but unconvincing menace.The movie is not overtly graphic and the bloodletting is minimal, a refreshing change from films like the WRONG TURN franchise.As usual, after the finale, there's a quick scene suggesting all is not well.JUNKYARD DOG is not a terrible film, but it won't be long remembered either! | 995 | [
"Allegedly based on \"true events\", JUNKYARD DOG is an occasionally enjoyable look at a psychotic serial killer who also likes digesting his prey.",
"Posing as a good samaritan tow truck driver, JYD kidnaps, rapes, tortures and prepares his victims as his dinner.",
"He is aided by his vicious German shepherd who gets rewarded with chunks of JYD's victims.The always unreliable and inept FBI is embodied by Viveca A.",
"Fox, who deservedly seems embarrassed in her role.",
"The scene in the country line-dancing bar is comically staged as well.",
"Brad Dourif has a small role as the local law enforcement who outclasses the special agent.",
"Innis Casey plays JYD with haunting stares and an occasional sneer but unconvincing menace.The movie is not overtly graphic and the bloodletting is minimal, a refreshing change from films like the WRONG TURN franchise.As usual, after the finale, there's a quick scene suggesting all is not well.JUNKYARD DOG is not a terrible film, but it won't be long remembered either!"
] |
3 | Disappointing | I've had a Hoover carpet cleaner before but it stopped sucking up water (and no one wanted to fix it). So I bought this one based on reviews. But it is not as good as my old one.One, it seems cheaper (and some plastic on my old one broke quickly so I fear for this one as well).Two, very hard to put together. The screws wouldn't line up properly and there was a lot of fidgeting with them.Three, smaller water bucket than my old one. What a disappointment.Four, you can't pop off the front cover over the brush and rinse it out (like my old one). You have use the plastic rod they give you (which doesn't do the job thoroughly) OR (no kidding) pour water on the floor and suck it up with the cleaner. No thanks.Five, fewer brushes than my old one. Seems like less friction to get up stains and dirt.Once I did get it all assembled, it worked well but again, it is heavier on my arm than my old one (and the old one was heavy).I got this for a good price but I am still thinking of returning it. | 995 | [
"I've had a Hoover carpet cleaner before but it stopped sucking up water (and no one wanted to fix it).",
"So I bought this one based on reviews.",
"But it is not as good as my old one.One, it seems cheaper (and some plastic on my old one broke quickly so I fear for this one as well).Two, very hard to put together.",
"The screws wouldn't line up properly and there was a lot of fidgeting with them.Three, smaller water bucket than my old one.",
"What a disappointment.Four, you can't pop off the front cover over the brush and rinse it out (like my old one).",
"You have use the plastic rod they give you (which doesn't do the job thoroughly) OR (no kidding) pour water on the floor and suck it up with the cleaner.",
"No thanks.Five, fewer brushes than my old one.",
"Seems like less friction to get up stains and dirt.Once I did get it all assembled, it worked well but again, it is heavier on my arm than my old one (and the old one was heavy).I got this for a good price but I am still thinking of returning it."
] |
3 | My Review | The Fan is a fast paced thriller that will appeal to both to fans of the genre (no pun intended) and to the sports geek who wants to expand into other reading areas. The storyline is fast-paced with quite a bit of suspense and more than enough baseball and behind the scenes of professional sports for the sports enthusiast. The novel does a nice job of switching back and forth between the protagonist (a knife salesman who is down on his luck), the sports star (who also is battling through a career slump) and the media. It's an entertaining book that moves along pretty quickly and is really good for an escape from the day to day.Of course, if you've seen the film with Robert DeNiro and Wesley Snipes, there aren't a whole lot of surprises in the book, but there are a few differences. The film actually did a really good job of capturing the feel of the book though and although there are some changes here and there, both the book and the film work at accomplishing their ultimate goals. | 995 | [
"The Fan is a fast paced thriller that will appeal to both to fans of the genre (no pun intended) and to the sports geek who wants to expand into other reading areas.",
"The storyline is fast-paced with quite a bit of suspense and more than enough baseball and behind the scenes of professional sports for the sports enthusiast.",
"The novel does a nice job of switching back and forth between the protagonist (a knife salesman who is down on his luck), the sports star (who also is battling through a career slump) and the media.",
"It's an entertaining book that moves along pretty quickly and is really good for an escape from the day to day.Of course, if you've seen the film with Robert DeNiro and Wesley Snipes, there aren't a whole lot of surprises in the book, but there are a few differences.",
"The film actually did a really good job of capturing the feel of the book though and although there are some changes here and there, both the book and the film work at accomplishing their ultimate goals."
] |
3 | It's Alright... | Straight to the point:-Sound quality is so-so. Not that good.-Limit on the maximum dynamic volume is far too low. In other words, it cuts off the frequency even when it's not too high. >>>> (Number one issue. Seriously, extremely annoying when listening to music, which I primarily use for, on my computer or iPod.) <<<<-Uncomfortable:1. Too heavy2. Too bulky (you can't sleep/lie your head to the side with it. Comes off easily + extremely uncomfortable if you do)3. Comes off your head easily if you bend down due to its weight-Connection dies for less than a second once in a while even when you're only about 30-50 ft. away.-Cheap looking materials for the base.I only listed the cons, but overall it's alright for a $80 wireless headphones. I guess you can't expect much with that price. I suggest buying a $100-150 wired headphones instead if you prefer quality. I'm gonna buy me another set of headphones with a much better quality.Again, DO NOT BUY THIS IF YOU PREFER QUALITY OVER PRICE. | 995 | [
"Straight to the point:-Sound quality is so-so.",
"Not that good.-Limit on the maximum dynamic volume is far too low.",
"In other words, it cuts off the frequency even when it's not too high.",
">>>> (Number one issue.",
"Seriously, extremely annoying when listening to music, which I primarily use for, on my computer or iPod.) <<<<-Uncomfortable:1.",
"Too heavy2.",
"Too bulky (you can't sleep/lie your head to the side with it.",
"Comes off easily + extremely uncomfortable if you do)3.",
"Comes off your head easily if you bend down due to its weight-Connection dies for less than a second once in a while even when you're only about 30-50 ft.",
"away.-Cheap looking materials for the base.I only listed the cons, but overall it's alright for a $80 wireless headphones.",
"I guess you can't expect much with that price.",
"I suggest buying a $100-150 wired headphones instead if you prefer quality.",
"I'm gonna buy me another set of headphones with a much better quality.Again, DO NOT BUY THIS IF YOU PREFER QUALITY OVER PRICE."
] |
3 | Old but the Rome | Now i know there're many total war fans who have warm memories linked to the series and bought each one from the day of release and not only for the graphics. I got this one for 30 bucks and i thought its an amazing price for the amount of games i get, but as a installed the games i was quite disappointed. Shogun-Mongol Invasion have no real multiplayer only LAN and because it was the first in the series the graphics are so monotone, colorless, out date that i doubt anyone even singleplays it, the Medieval-Viking Invasion is better in terms of graphics and it has Gamespy Arcade but its no competator to Medieval 2, Rome Total War is the one that knocked my sockes off, i mean the graphics are colorfull, rich, more live, stunning unit details. My advice is unless you played this games and for some reason lost or damaged old cd's and want a full collection get this one. But if you are casual gamer with no memories for this game get Rome:TW Gold and Medieval 2:TW which are most played. | 995 | [
"Now i know there're many total war fans who have warm memories linked to the series and bought each one from the day of release and not only for the graphics.",
"I got this one for 30 bucks and i thought its an amazing price for the amount of games i get, but as a installed the games i was quite disappointed.",
"Shogun-Mongol Invasion have no real multiplayer only LAN and because it was the first in the series the graphics are so monotone, colorless, out date that i doubt anyone even singleplays it, the Medieval-Viking Invasion is better in terms of graphics and it has Gamespy Arcade but its no competator to Medieval 2, Rome Total War is the one that knocked my sockes off, i mean the graphics are colorfull, rich, more live, stunning unit details.",
"My advice is unless you played this games and for some reason lost or damaged old cd's and want a full collection get this one.",
"But if you are casual gamer with no memories for this game get Rome:TW Gold and Medieval 2:TW which are most played."
] |
3 | A mixed bag | Of the 3 novels here, Fifth Business is a fascinating, sort of rococo blend of characters (tycoons, magicians, hagiographers, hoboes, etc.). To me, it suffers from the claustrophobic mindset of the narrator, but no question it is well worth reading. World of Wonders is a luxuriant fantasy--the weird twists and turns of fate that produce the magician of Fifth Business--but again the eye you see it all through is dark and wordly-wise, fairly cynical, and you begin to suspect this is Davies' one and only voice. There's some to-do with an ogre-heiress which is tiresome. Still, both Fifth Business and World of Wonders have more than enough intricate storytelling to enthrall you, probably, for a while. The Manticore, however, is a terrible novel. It never should have been printed on its own (was it, in fact?). Who can take this dialogue with a Swiss psychoanalyst (an attractive woman, no less) seriously? It is a torture to plod through. 4 stars for the other two novels, 1 for Manticore. | 995 | [
"Of the 3 novels here, Fifth Business is a fascinating, sort of rococo blend of characters (tycoons, magicians, hagiographers, hoboes, etc.).",
"To me, it suffers from the claustrophobic mindset of the narrator, but no question it is well worth reading.",
"World of Wonders is a luxuriant fantasy--the weird twists and turns of fate that produce the magician of Fifth Business--but again the eye you see it all through is dark and wordly-wise, fairly cynical, and you begin to suspect this is Davies' one and only voice.",
"There's some to-do with an ogre-heiress which is tiresome.",
"Still, both Fifth Business and World of Wonders have more than enough intricate storytelling to enthrall you, probably, for a while.",
"The Manticore, however, is a terrible novel.",
"It never should have been printed on its own (was it, in fact?",
").",
"Who can take this dialogue with a Swiss psychoanalyst (an attractive woman, no less) seriously?",
"It is a torture to plod through.",
"4 stars for the other two novels, 1 for Manticore."
] |
3 | ok. It depends... | The usefulness of this tape depends on what you're looking for. If you haven't been exercising a lot before pregnancy, this is likely suitable. You'll certainly get a good amount of toning and relaxing-stretching that will make you feel pretty good.Unlike some reviewers,I didn't mind the fact that the tape uses voice-over, but i found the instructor to be a little too "relaxed" for my taste --that is, she doesn't convey enough energy to get me going. I was a regular exerciser before I got pregnant (pilates and running) and so, I found this tape to not really be enough. If you have time to exercise 2 hours a day, you might combine it with a brisk walk or light run to get a more satisfying workout. But, if you're like me, an hour max is all you can spare. Actually, I haven't touched this tape since getting Leisa Hart's "FitMama". The latter includes yoga along with some fun salsa-dance aerobics, as well as kegels and stretching--it just feels like a more complete, efficient workout. | 995 | [
"The usefulness of this tape depends on what you're looking for.",
"If you haven't been exercising a lot before pregnancy, this is likely suitable.",
"You'll certainly get a good amount of toning and relaxing-stretching that will make you feel pretty good.Unlike some reviewers,I didn't mind the fact that the tape uses voice-over, but i found the instructor to be a little too \"relaxed\" for my taste --that is, she doesn't convey enough energy to get me going.",
"I was a regular exerciser before I got pregnant (pilates and running) and so, I found this tape to not really be enough.",
"If you have time to exercise 2 hours a day, you might combine it with a brisk walk or light run to get a more satisfying workout.",
"But, if you're like me, an hour max is all you can spare.",
"Actually, I haven't touched this tape since getting Leisa Hart's \"FitMama\".",
"The latter includes yoga along with some fun salsa-dance aerobics, as well as kegels and stretching--it just feels like a more complete, efficient workout."
] |
3 | Dark Shadows: | Was as far as I'm concerned the worlds first soap opera pertaining to and having to do with vampires (or could I be wrong about that?) I remember watching these on TV back in the 60's and 70's and would like to see them put out an entire complete set of the entire show without having to make you buy several boxed sets but it ran for so long that I don't really know how long it really ran for but I used to be a somewhat avid fan of it because I liked the mysteriousness of it, I recently saw the new Johnny Depp version movie/film and didn't like it all that well because they sort of turned it into a comedy of sorts so it didn't have the same feel as the TV series. So who really knows how long this series ran for on television but I don't want to really buy several boxed sets. Reminded me of Tim Burto's version of Batman (and parts of that were too artsy/fartsy) for my tastes."Where does he get all of those wonderful toys". - Jack Nicholson as the Joker in Batman with Michael Keaton. | 995 | [
"Was as far as I'm concerned the worlds first soap opera pertaining to and having to do with vampires (or could I be wrong about that?",
") I remember watching these on TV back in the 60's and 70's and would like to see them put out an entire complete set of the entire show without having to make you buy several boxed sets but it ran for so long that I don't really know how long it really ran for but I used to be a somewhat avid fan of it because I liked the mysteriousness of it, I recently saw the new Johnny Depp version movie/film and didn't like it all that well because they sort of turned it into a comedy of sorts so it didn't have the same feel as the TV series.",
"So who really knows how long this series ran for on television but I don't want to really buy several boxed sets.",
"Reminded me of Tim Burto's version of Batman (and parts of that were too artsy/fartsy) for my tastes.\"Where does he get all of those wonderful toys\".",
"- Jack Nicholson as the Joker in Batman with Michael Keaton."
] |
3 | Very confusing. | After having heard so much about Mr. Auster's novels, I finally got around to reading one. And as much as I'd like to agree with some of the other reviewers here as to the stellar qualities of ''The Brooklyn Follies', I can't.The novel is narrated in the first-person. This is a partial explanation as to why it comes across as...well...the efforts of a not-very-good writer. At least in the delivery. The narrator's 'true voice'. But it doesn't account for the fact that much of the dialogue is horrible (in fact, unbelievable), and that many of the story aspects are simply laughable.Hence, my confusion; this is the work of one of America's best writers.As I completed the book, I was trying to imagine how this story could have been told so that justice would have been done to the various plotlines and characters. But my confusion was a little too overwhelming, so I wasn't able to see a way where this might have been possible.I've given it three stars, but I still wouldn't recommend it. | 995 | [
"After having heard so much about Mr.",
"Auster's novels, I finally got around to reading one.",
"And as much as I'd like to agree with some of the other reviewers here as to the stellar qualities of ''The Brooklyn Follies', I can't.The novel is narrated in the first-person.",
"This is a partial explanation as to why it comes across as...well...the efforts of a not-very-good writer.",
"At least in the delivery.",
"The narrator's 'true voice'.",
"But it doesn't account for the fact that much of the dialogue is horrible (in fact, unbelievable), and that many of the story aspects are simply laughable.Hence, my confusion; this is the work of one of America's best writers.As I completed the book, I was trying to imagine how this story could have been told so that justice would have been done to the various plotlines and characters.",
"But my confusion was a little too overwhelming, so I wasn't able to see a way where this might have been possible.I've given it three stars, but I still wouldn't recommend it."
] |
3 | Too Short | This novel is too short at 224 pages. Merideth's visit to the Seelie Sithen and confrontation with King Taranis is MIA and is long overdue. Hamilton needs to be able to cover a bit more ground (like 350 pages worth). That said however, this book has some excellent elements. Firstly, the quality of the sex scenes has become very good once again as it was in the very first Merideth Gentry novel. The sex scenes in the past few Laurell K. Hamilton novels have been sub standard. Secondly, I like the magical aspects in this novel. They are quite unique. It seems that Hamilton is breaking out of restrictive molds and is becoming more creative.I have one pet peeve in this entire series. I wonder why would such powerful and deadly sidhe like Doyle, Barinthius, Rhys, and Mistral would continue to fear Queen Andais so much and still willingly take her abuse when their great ancient powers have returned.In conclusion, if it were not for the brevity of this novel, it would have gotten 4 stars. | 995 | [
"This novel is too short at 224 pages.",
"Merideth's visit to the Seelie Sithen and confrontation with King Taranis is MIA and is long overdue.",
"Hamilton needs to be able to cover a bit more ground (like 350 pages worth).",
"That said however, this book has some excellent elements.",
"Firstly, the quality of the sex scenes has become very good once again as it was in the very first Merideth Gentry novel.",
"The sex scenes in the past few Laurell K.",
"Hamilton novels have been sub standard.",
"Secondly, I like the magical aspects in this novel.",
"They are quite unique.",
"It seems that Hamilton is breaking out of restrictive molds and is becoming more creative.I have one pet peeve in this entire series.",
"I wonder why would such powerful and deadly sidhe like Doyle, Barinthius, Rhys, and Mistral would continue to fear Queen Andais so much and still willingly take her abuse when their great ancient powers have returned.In conclusion, if it were not for the brevity of this novel, it would have gotten 4 stars."
] |
3 | Meh | The book as a whole was kind of a let down, I would say about half of the book was good and half of the stories didn't belong there. I haven't read Thomas and Shapard's first collection of flash fiction (maybe they took all the good ones for that book); not saying I could write any better, but in a collection of stories that are suppose to be the cream of the crop, this anthology isn't it (maybe there's not a lot of flash fiction out there to choose from, so pickin's are slim). But that's only half of the stories.The other half of the stories were fantastic: each compelling in their own way, where the author expertly told a story that could be imagined with ease. Some of my favorites were: "Baker's Helper", "Why You Shouldn't Have Gone In The First Place", "Words", "Parrot Talk", "The Wallet", and "What I Know Of Your Country".Overall the book is okay. I'd recommend buying it, just because it's always good to read as much as you can; but I'd save your money and buy a used version. | 995 | [
"The book as a whole was kind of a let down, I would say about half of the book was good and half of the stories didn't belong there.",
"I haven't read Thomas and Shapard's first collection of flash fiction (maybe they took all the good ones for that book); not saying I could write any better, but in a collection of stories that are suppose to be the cream of the crop, this anthology isn't it (maybe there's not a lot of flash fiction out there to choose from, so pickin's are slim).",
"But that's only half of the stories.The other half of the stories were fantastic: each compelling in their own way, where the author expertly told a story that could be imagined with ease.",
"Some of my favorites were: \"Baker's Helper\", \"Why You Shouldn't Have Gone In The First Place\", \"Words\", \"Parrot Talk\", \"The Wallet\", and \"What I Know Of Your Country\".Overall the book is okay.",
"I'd recommend buying it, just because it's always good to read as much as you can; but I'd save your money and buy a used version."
] |
3 | ole opry bias? | However dated, all-american value has to last, in view of Baez' own too sparced album-release schedule nowadays. Neatly and lavishly packaged and augmented with at least 2 live tracks, the remastered double-LP-on-one-CD release may yield but 2 objections. First: compressed, kinda robbed of dynamics sound quality due either to the sourced analog tape or super bit mapping process employed to liven it up. Secondly, all her reissue activity considered, the 10th album hardly qualifies for reissue at all as doing no justice to Baez' brilliant folksy balladeer side (there was none to the Dylan-induced stampede-measured Nashville-produced material). Baez-wise, one should, first thing, get hold of the rest of them from Vanguard Records and other her labels. The program's obvious winner "Love Is Just A Four Letter Word" might stand on its own, but not within conext of Baez' discography. Regrettably, 2 live-in-Japan numbers are even more bland, thrown in for the sake of... I don't know what. | 995 | [
"However dated, all-american value has to last, in view of Baez' own too sparced album-release schedule nowadays.",
"Neatly and lavishly packaged and augmented with at least 2 live tracks, the remastered double-LP-on-one-CD release may yield but 2 objections.",
"First: compressed, kinda robbed of dynamics sound quality due either to the sourced analog tape or super bit mapping process employed to liven it up.",
"Secondly, all her reissue activity considered, the 10th album hardly qualifies for reissue at all as doing no justice to Baez' brilliant folksy balladeer side (there was none to the Dylan-induced stampede-measured Nashville-produced material).",
"Baez-wise, one should, first thing, get hold of the rest of them from Vanguard Records and other her labels.",
"The program's obvious winner \"Love Is Just A Four Letter Word\" might stand on its own, but not within conext of Baez' discography.",
"Regrettably, 2 live-in-Japan numbers are even more bland, thrown in for the sake of... I don't know what."
] |
3 | it's just okay. | Making a big move to a city like LA makes a navigator a huge necessity in my book...and although this HELPS you get there it isn't always too successful! Once you learn the route, you quickly realize how many minutes are added to your excursion because of this GPS. Also, it takes a really long time for places to load; which is okay when you're sitting in a parking lot but not so okay when you quickly need to know where to turn. In addition, it also gets confused if driving down the highway- it tells you to turn left or right like you're on the street and if you're in a neighborhood it takes you on a tour before finally getting you to where you need to be! This may be because LA is so over populated with different establishments; it makes it a bit more difficult to process everything successfully maybe. I'll give it props though- it does get you there 96% of the time. If you're a patient person who is rarely in a rush and has an idea where they're going most of the time, go for it! | 995 | [
"Making a big move to a city like LA makes a navigator a huge necessity in my book...and although this HELPS you get there it isn't always too successful!",
"Once you learn the route, you quickly realize how many minutes are added to your excursion because of this GPS.",
"Also, it takes a really long time for places to load; which is okay when you're sitting in a parking lot but not so okay when you quickly need to know where to turn.",
"In addition, it also gets confused if driving down the highway- it tells you to turn left or right like you're on the street and if you're in a neighborhood it takes you on a tour before finally getting you to where you need to be!",
"This may be because LA is so over populated with different establishments; it makes it a bit more difficult to process everything successfully maybe.",
"I'll give it props though- it does get you there 96% of the time.",
"If you're a patient person who is rarely in a rush and has an idea where they're going most of the time, go for it!"
] |
3 | mixed bag | I had an older version of this model - this newer one is much better constructed and easier to put together. One hint is that a "little" liquid soap is NOT enough to get the grips on the handle bars. Be generous with the soap or they won't go on. The major difference other then quality of construction is the angle of the step pedals. The older models were flat to the floor and did not cause me any back (lower/hip)issues. The newer model has steps more suitable for an eliptical device with a pronounced downward slope. This pitches you forward toward the bars and puts the lower back, specifically the hips, under more stress then reasonable and has resulted in several trips to the chiropractor to get reset. I am looking for a way to change the slope as the older model did not do this. Other then that issue, this is a better model. Oh, and the older model made it easier to adjust the point where a step is counted, much more difficult with the newer model. I just count them myself now. | 995 | [
"I had an older version of this model - this newer one is much better constructed and easier to put together.",
"One hint is that a \"little\" liquid soap is NOT enough to get the grips on the handle bars.",
"Be generous with the soap or they won't go on.",
"The major difference other then quality of construction is the angle of the step pedals.",
"The older models were flat to the floor and did not cause me any back (lower/hip)issues.",
"The newer model has steps more suitable for an eliptical device with a pronounced downward slope.",
"This pitches you forward toward the bars and puts the lower back, specifically the hips, under more stress then reasonable and has resulted in several trips to the chiropractor to get reset.",
"I am looking for a way to change the slope as the older model did not do this.",
"Other then that issue, this is a better model.",
"Oh, and the older model made it easier to adjust the point where a step is counted, much more difficult with the newer model.",
"I just count them myself now."
] |
3 | Amusing. | The plot is rather simple and I will spare you yet another summary of it. The plot is not that original. I feel that this novel would have been sunk if it were not for the sheer amazing number of entertaining supporting characters. The main characters don't share so much as a kiss for over a hundred pages. Often their motives aren't well explained, realistic, or even believable. Each time the two of them argued I felt like the author had a desired outcome in mind and no real plan to get there;the end of their arguments were so at variance with the start. The most dramatic moments were written in such a way that they were barely speed bumps in the sequence of events in the story. Lady Gillian and Richard are likeable characters. The story is amusing. Not laugh out loud but amusing. This is the first book I've ever read by Victoria Alexander. I can see that she has talent and I would like to read another book by her. Hopefully next time I will pick one that delivers more excitement. | 995 | [
"The plot is rather simple and I will spare you yet another summary of it.",
"The plot is not that original.",
"I feel that this novel would have been sunk if it were not for the sheer amazing number of entertaining supporting characters.",
"The main characters don't share so much as a kiss for over a hundred pages.",
"Often their motives aren't well explained, realistic, or even believable.",
"Each time the two of them argued I felt like the author had a desired outcome in mind and no real plan to get there;the end of their arguments were so at variance with the start.",
"The most dramatic moments were written in such a way that they were barely speed bumps in the sequence of events in the story.",
"Lady Gillian and Richard are likeable characters.",
"The story is amusing.",
"Not laugh out loud but amusing.",
"This is the first book I've ever read by Victoria Alexander.",
"I can see that she has talent and I would like to read another book by her.",
"Hopefully next time I will pick one that delivers more excitement."
] |
3 | Ehhhh, It's Ok. | Well, there's one thing that's hard to go wrong with and that's a classic story. It's hard to fault the plot, when it's based on a renowned classic like Dumas' The Count Of Monte Cristo, even if it is a simple revenge tale. Unfortunately, none of the acting rises above the page.None of the leading men are quite manly. James Caviezel who plays Edmond Dantes and Guy Pearce, who plays Fernand Mondego both come across a little weak as swashbucklers. Caviezel tends to be a blank slate anyway, but I really liked Pearce in Memento, so I was a little disappointed to see his be such a weak character. You do dislike Fernand Mondego and want to see him meet his demise, but Pearce could have taken it much further and given Caviezel more distance to grow as a character. Richard Harris may have walked through this role, but he delivers the best performance of all the actors.Overall, it's a good Saturday movie if you want to watch some guys sword fight a little bit and not have to think to much. | 995 | [
"Well, there's one thing that's hard to go wrong with and that's a classic story.",
"It's hard to fault the plot, when it's based on a renowned classic like Dumas' The Count Of Monte Cristo, even if it is a simple revenge tale.",
"Unfortunately, none of the acting rises above the page.None of the leading men are quite manly.",
"James Caviezel who plays Edmond Dantes and Guy Pearce, who plays Fernand Mondego both come across a little weak as swashbucklers.",
"Caviezel tends to be a blank slate anyway, but I really liked Pearce in Memento, so I was a little disappointed to see his be such a weak character.",
"You do dislike Fernand Mondego and want to see him meet his demise, but Pearce could have taken it much further and given Caviezel more distance to grow as a character.",
"Richard Harris may have walked through this role, but he delivers the best performance of all the actors.Overall, it's a good Saturday movie if you want to watch some guys sword fight a little bit and not have to think to much."
] |
3 | Meh. | I hate to say this - because I know I'll catch a lot of flak for it, but - this is one case where the TV series really is better than the book.This is not to say that the book is bad. It's sorta average, a quick read with a lot of physics made very easily understandable by the layman, which is a feat in and of itself. (Although, I'll admit that I read some of the more interesting bits of physics to my physics-obsessed boyfriend and was rewarded with a rant of epic proportions about how it was all fuzzed. And honestly, a lot of it was.)The climax itself was the biggest anti-climax I've ever read. Well, maybe not the biggest, but the book just took every bit of suspense available and just flattened it.This is not to say that the book is awful. It's just.. well, I've never really read a book that I can characterize more as "meh" than this book.So, in summation, if you're curious where the series came from, go ahead and read it. It's fast. Just ...get it from the library or something. | 995 | [
"I hate to say this - because I know I'll catch a lot of flak for it, but - this is one case where the TV series really is better than the book.This is not to say that the book is bad.",
"It's sorta average, a quick read with a lot of physics made very easily understandable by the layman, which is a feat in and of itself.",
"(Although, I'll admit that I read some of the more interesting bits of physics to my physics-obsessed boyfriend and was rewarded with a rant of epic proportions about how it was all fuzzed.",
"And honestly, a lot of it was.)The climax itself was the biggest anti-climax I've ever read.",
"Well, maybe not the biggest, but the book just took every bit of suspense available and just flattened it.This is not to say that the book is awful.",
"It's just..",
"well, I've never really read a book that I can characterize more as \"meh\" than this book.So, in summation, if you're curious where the series came from, go ahead and read it.",
"It's fast.",
"Just ...get it from the library or something."
] |
3 | Sweet & light | Under the Wishing Star is a pleasant, lightweight romance with likeable lead characters and a romance-only plot. The tone is gentle and, while there is an undercurrent of emotional pain, it never takes on grand proportions.There are a few slightly-less-than-believable moments, but nothing that actually harms the story. The novel does at times drift toward sappiness, but humor or a surprise or nasty relatives brings it back in line. The pace is a tad slow at times, and there is occasionally too much "telling." The lead characaters, though likeable, do not stand out among heroes & heroines (nothing sets them apart), and the secondary characters are mostly stereotypes. Again, pleasant but nothing special.This is an enjoyable read, it just doesn't have much to make it extraordinary. I'd love to give it 3 and 1/2 stars, but since that's not possible, I'm going with 3. Its lack of that something special prevents me from bumping it up to 4 stars. It's a pleasant read, just not much more. | 995 | [
"Under the Wishing Star is a pleasant, lightweight romance with likeable lead characters and a romance-only plot.",
"The tone is gentle and, while there is an undercurrent of emotional pain, it never takes on grand proportions.There are a few slightly-less-than-believable moments, but nothing that actually harms the story.",
"The novel does at times drift toward sappiness, but humor or a surprise or nasty relatives brings it back in line.",
"The pace is a tad slow at times, and there is occasionally too much \"telling.\" The lead characaters, though likeable, do not stand out among heroes & heroines (nothing sets them apart), and the secondary characters are mostly stereotypes.",
"Again, pleasant but nothing special.This is an enjoyable read, it just doesn't have much to make it extraordinary.",
"I'd love to give it 3 and 1/2 stars, but since that's not possible, I'm going with 3.",
"Its lack of that something special prevents me from bumping it up to 4 stars.",
"It's a pleasant read, just not much more."
] |
3 | Ehh.. | This isn't in any way bad, its just not as good as i thought it'd be. Being a fan of the first 2 of the Swedish films (havent yet seen the 3rd) and a fan of Fincher's films and Daniel Crag as an actor i expected much more from this. Craig is of course great in the film, but Rooney Mara as Lisbeth doesn't seem like she was that Into the role at times. I found myself thinking certain scenes weren't up to par or as powerful as in the Swedish film, for instance: when Lisbeth is mugged near the beginning there is no sense of Danger at all involved, its just a Simple bag snatching scene with Her yelling distortedly at the single mugger. And another example would be at the end where the Car explodes. It really isn't as powerful or deep compaired to the Swedish version. And the same goes for the flashbacks. As i stated, the film isn't bad at all - i just feel Fincher could've done much more with the story. Hopefully the next one is better. Somewhat a disappointment in said areas. 3 stars. | 995 | [
"This isn't in any way bad, its just not as good as i thought it'd be.",
"Being a fan of the first 2 of the Swedish films (havent yet seen the 3rd) and a fan of Fincher's films and Daniel Crag as an actor i expected much more from this.",
"Craig is of course great in the film, but Rooney Mara as Lisbeth doesn't seem like she was that Into the role at times.",
"I found myself thinking certain scenes weren't up to par or as powerful as in the Swedish film, for instance: when Lisbeth is mugged near the beginning there is no sense of Danger at all involved, its just a Simple bag snatching scene with Her yelling distortedly at the single mugger.",
"And another example would be at the end where the Car explodes.",
"It really isn't as powerful or deep compaired to the Swedish version.",
"And the same goes for the flashbacks.",
"As i stated, the film isn't bad at all - i just feel Fincher could've done much more with the story.",
"Hopefully the next one is better.",
"Somewhat a disappointment in said areas.",
"3 stars."
] |
3 | Easy replacement | I have six of these in my house and the ones the contractor installed in 2006 when the house was built were chirping randomly asking for their battery to be replaced. Replace the battery and they'd chirp again a week later. It was driving me crazy.So I found this six pack of replacements and ordered them. They were very easy to install. Some reported having to replace the trim rings. I did not have to do that. The detectors themselves attached perfectly to the existing trim rings and all I had to do was pop the electrical connector out of the old one and plug it in to the new one. I replaced all six detectors in about 15 minutes.I would give this product 5 stars for ease of installation, but I have the feeling I'll be doing the same thing again in 4-5 years because the product itself is not well made (they are supposed to last for 10 years).My detectors were manufactured December 2012 and I got them 1/24/2013 so the stock they are sending out currently is definitely not old stock. | 995 | [
"I have six of these in my house and the ones the contractor installed in 2006 when the house was built were chirping randomly asking for their battery to be replaced.",
"Replace the battery and they'd chirp again a week later.",
"It was driving me crazy.So I found this six pack of replacements and ordered them.",
"They were very easy to install.",
"Some reported having to replace the trim rings.",
"I did not have to do that.",
"The detectors themselves attached perfectly to the existing trim rings and all I had to do was pop the electrical connector out of the old one and plug it in to the new one.",
"I replaced all six detectors in about 15 minutes.I would give this product 5 stars for ease of installation, but I have the feeling I'll be doing the same thing again in 4-5 years because the product itself is not well made (they are supposed to last for 10 years).My detectors were manufactured December 2012 and I got them 1/24/2013 so the stock they are sending out currently is definitely not old stock."
] |
3 | Size matters! | I ordered this product last Friday because I wanted to sit on my patio on Saturday but after all this rain..the mosquitos and gnats were insane! I got it Saturday morning which was great! Ok, the worst part was I had to put it together. Well, my husband I did it and it took about 15-20 minutes. As one reviewer mentioned it is definitely too small for the 9inch umbrella! But, since I am adventurous and decided I would make it work, I cut the elastic that goes over the umbrell at each seam to open it up more and started with shorter cuts and made them larger going all the way around until the screen hit the ground. There was plenty of material still on the top of the umbrella so it wouldn't slide off. The hardest part were those poles that go around the bottom that never really matched up perfectly. But, the material is very sturdy, the mosquito's or gnats can't get in unless they sneak in when you open the zipper. I know I can't send it back because I cut it, but it works fine now! | 995 | [
"I ordered this product last Friday because I wanted to sit on my patio on Saturday but after all this rain..the mosquitos and gnats were insane!",
"I got it Saturday morning which was great!",
"Ok, the worst part was I had to put it together.",
"Well, my husband I did it and it took about 15-20 minutes.",
"As one reviewer mentioned it is definitely too small for the 9inch umbrella!",
"But, since I am adventurous and decided I would make it work, I cut the elastic that goes over the umbrell at each seam to open it up more and started with shorter cuts and made them larger going all the way around until the screen hit the ground.",
"There was plenty of material still on the top of the umbrella so it wouldn't slide off.",
"The hardest part were those poles that go around the bottom that never really matched up perfectly.",
"But, the material is very sturdy, the mosquito's or gnats can't get in unless they sneak in when you open the zipper.",
"I know I can't send it back because I cut it, but it works fine now!"
] |
3 | Disappointing | Maybe I was expecting too much, but I liked Warcraft II much better. I don't care for Battlenet because then the game is no longer a strategy game and becomes a race to produce fighting units. In Warcraft3 I finished the Human campaign, played a couple of chapters of the Undead Campaign, and lost interest on the game. The main problems that I have with this game are the following:1 - Resource management is not as critical as in previous Warcraft and Starcraft games2 - The Heroes are just too powerfull and over power anything else. No longer you need a nice balanced force.3 - There are no water units, which added more strategic depth in Warcraft II4 - Air units are kind of wimpy5 - They switched from the Apple media player to the Microsoft one, which does not run in older machines6 - A lot of compatibility issues with CD-ROM driversI was very disappointed by this Warcraft game. I recommend instead "Imperialism" for those who enjoy extreme resource management and strategic planning. | 995 | [
"Maybe I was expecting too much, but I liked Warcraft II much better.",
"I don't care for Battlenet because then the game is no longer a strategy game and becomes a race to produce fighting units.",
"In Warcraft3 I finished the Human campaign, played a couple of chapters of the Undead Campaign, and lost interest on the game.",
"The main problems that I have with this game are the following:1 - Resource management is not as critical as in previous Warcraft and Starcraft games2 - The Heroes are just too powerfull and over power anything else.",
"No longer you need a nice balanced force.3 - There are no water units, which added more strategic depth in Warcraft II4 - Air units are kind of wimpy5 - They switched from the Apple media player to the Microsoft one, which does not run in older machines6 - A lot of compatibility issues with CD-ROM driversI was very disappointed by this Warcraft game.",
"I recommend instead \"Imperialism\" for those who enjoy extreme resource management and strategic planning."
] |
3 | Mom of 2 girls | The retailer needs to revise the description of this product! Take note, the doorbell and phone DO NOT MAKE SOUNDS!!!! Therefore, the toy DOES NOT take batteries.This house is very durable and my 2 year old daughter was thrilled when she received it for her birthday. She played with it for about an hour but then lost interest. There isn't a lot of furniture that comes with the house and I think that may be why she lost interest. I know you can buy additional accessories but found them to be an expensive addition. I may have to though to get her interested in the toy again.My biggest disappointed was in discovering that the doorbell and phone DO NOT WORK and the toy DOES NOT make any sounds. I found the retailer's description very misgiving and probably would not have added this to my daughter's birthday wish list if I had known this as I thought the sounds were a really "cool" feature. I would also have likely given this product 4-5 stars if the doorbell and phone did make sounds. | 995 | [
"The retailer needs to revise the description of this product!",
"Take note, the doorbell and phone DO NOT MAKE SOUNDS!!!",
"!",
"Therefore, the toy DOES NOT take batteries.This house is very durable and my 2 year old daughter was thrilled when she received it for her birthday.",
"She played with it for about an hour but then lost interest.",
"There isn't a lot of furniture that comes with the house and I think that may be why she lost interest.",
"I know you can buy additional accessories but found them to be an expensive addition.",
"I may have to though to get her interested in the toy again.My biggest disappointed was in discovering that the doorbell and phone DO NOT WORK and the toy DOES NOT make any sounds.",
"I found the retailer's description very misgiving and probably would not have added this to my daughter's birthday wish list if I had known this as I thought the sounds were a really \"cool\" feature.",
"I would also have likely given this product 4-5 stars if the doorbell and phone did make sounds."
] |
3 | It's a shame | Well, I really wanted this saw. It is by far the necest looking saw of it's type and had all the controls and markings such that even my girlfriend can see them (she likes it too).I have several other Bosch tools that I'm very happy with.I was worried though after reading some of the reviews, especially the one's listing spindel play. My hopes were revived by another review that claimed this was a problem on the "first generation" saw.So I hopped over to the local tool store to look for myself. Held my breath, wiggled the blade, clunk clunk, &&*%%^%! Looking up inside the saw you could see noticable play on the spindel and a good +/-.020" play at the blade edge. Not giving up I asked how long they had this saw (hoping for the first generation thing). "Came in last week!"Finally I tried the same test on four other brands they had, at least seven different saws and none showed this blade/spindel play.Price is not really an issue but I can make scrap wood a lot cheaper on my bandsaw. | 995 | [
"Well, I really wanted this saw.",
"It is by far the necest looking saw of it's type and had all the controls and markings such that even my girlfriend can see them (she likes it too).I have several other Bosch tools that I'm very happy with.I was worried though after reading some of the reviews, especially the one's listing spindel play.",
"My hopes were revived by another review that claimed this was a problem on the \"first generation\" saw.So I hopped over to the local tool store to look for myself.",
"Held my breath, wiggled the blade, clunk clunk, &&*%%^%!",
"Looking up inside the saw you could see noticable play on the spindel and a good +/-.020\" play at the blade edge.",
"Not giving up I asked how long they had this saw (hoping for the first generation thing).",
"\"Came in last week!",
"\"Finally I tried the same test on four other brands they had, at least seven different saws and none showed this blade/spindel play.Price is not really an issue but I can make scrap wood a lot cheaper on my bandsaw."
] |
3 | Like it...mostly | Pros: Good key action; audio controls includedCons: too dim; USB ports require self-powered items; tilt angle too shallowFor the most part, I like it, but I'm looking for a replacement. It's just too dim. Sorry Logitech, "off" does not qualify as a brightness level, and all we get is off, dim and less dim. The keys are just not bright enough unless the room is almost dark, and even then the light from the monitor make the keys hard to see. They really should have gone for a higher contrast color pairing than blue on black. The USB ports are a joke, really. I'm not sure what they mean in the description by "full speed"...is that USB1 or USB2? Just spell it out. In any case, you'll need USB items with their own power sources, since the keyboard does not have enough power to run even a small USB drive. The keyboard barely tilts - barely enough for cables to squeeze under.With that said, I do like the key action and audio controls. It is a fairly comfortable keyboard for extended use. | 995 | [
"Pros: Good key action; audio controls includedCons: too dim; USB ports require self-powered items; tilt angle too shallowFor the most part, I like it, but I'm looking for a replacement.",
"It's just too dim.",
"Sorry Logitech, \"off\" does not qualify as a brightness level, and all we get is off, dim and less dim.",
"The keys are just not bright enough unless the room is almost dark, and even then the light from the monitor make the keys hard to see.",
"They really should have gone for a higher contrast color pairing than blue on black.",
"The USB ports are a joke, really.",
"I'm not sure what they mean in the description by \"full speed\"...is that USB1 or USB2?",
"Just spell it out.",
"In any case, you'll need USB items with their own power sources, since the keyboard does not have enough power to run even a small USB drive.",
"The keyboard barely tilts - barely enough for cables to squeeze under.With that said, I do like the key action and audio controls.",
"It is a fairly comfortable keyboard for extended use."
] |
3 | Almayer's rut | An alternative title for this novel could be Amayer's rut.For that is the situation that the main protagonist in this novel finds himself in. Almayer is a European trader living in atrading post somewhere in Indonesia or Malaysia with his daughter,a product of mixed marriage.Almayer dreams of escaping to Europe after making himself wealthy and bringing his daughter with him also.But as time drags on it becomes obvious that he is going nowhere with his life. He is not getting richer nor is he getting any younger. His own daughter ends up deserting him by eloping with a native who takes her to his own village.Not being a pure European by blood she realizes that she would never be accepted as an equal among Europeans or the whites.For this reason she chooses instead to live with the natives.As for Almayer he remains as he was.He is an example that one can find everywhere in the world.Someone stuck in a situation going nowhere but always dreaming of getting out and changing his life. | 994 | [
"An alternative title for this novel could be Amayer's rut.For that is the situation that the main protagonist in this novel finds himself in.",
"Almayer is a European trader living in atrading post somewhere in Indonesia or Malaysia with his daughter,a product of mixed marriage.Almayer dreams of escaping to Europe after making himself wealthy and bringing his daughter with him also.But as time drags on it becomes obvious that he is going nowhere with his life.",
"He is not getting richer nor is he getting any younger.",
"His own daughter ends up deserting him by eloping with a native who takes her to his own village.Not being a pure European by blood she realizes that she would never be accepted as an equal among Europeans or the whites.For this reason she chooses instead to live with the natives.As for Almayer he remains as he was.He is an example that one can find everywhere in the world.Someone stuck in a situation going nowhere but always dreaming of getting out and changing his life."
] |
3 | Mixed feelings | I had decidedly mixed feelings about this movie. First of all, my expectations were high since this was an Academy Award-winning film. It started out like many sports movies with a young, unknown athlete (in this case Hillary Swank) who decides that her whole life will be dedicated to winning a championship in her sport. Her mentor (Clint Eastwood) is a crusty old curmudgeon who keeps telling her that he doesn't coach girls. When his best fighter leaves him, however, he finds himself with time on his hands and frustration in his heart, and he agrees to train her. I did not expect the dark turn that the movie takes and I'm not sure what point is being made by the crisis situation. On the positive side, the characters are real and believable. It is the situations in which they find themselves that strains credibility. Morgan Freeman is still able to put his indelible stamp on any movie in which he appears, and I was grateful for his soothing presence amidst the tragedy of the film. | 994 | [
"I had decidedly mixed feelings about this movie.",
"First of all, my expectations were high since this was an Academy Award-winning film.",
"It started out like many sports movies with a young, unknown athlete (in this case Hillary Swank) who decides that her whole life will be dedicated to winning a championship in her sport.",
"Her mentor (Clint Eastwood) is a crusty old curmudgeon who keeps telling her that he doesn't coach girls.",
"When his best fighter leaves him, however, he finds himself with time on his hands and frustration in his heart, and he agrees to train her.",
"I did not expect the dark turn that the movie takes and I'm not sure what point is being made by the crisis situation.",
"On the positive side, the characters are real and believable.",
"It is the situations in which they find themselves that strains credibility.",
"Morgan Freeman is still able to put his indelible stamp on any movie in which he appears, and I was grateful for his soothing presence amidst the tragedy of the film."
] |
3 | THE GIVER | In the book, a boy named Jonas becomes the Receiver for his town when he turns twelve and finds out the truth from The Giver. The story takes place in a community that is not normal. Everything is in order and everything is under control. The people have no worries and cares. Everyone is equal and everyday is the same. Each member in Community is assigned a position. When Jonas turns 12, the Community selects him to be the new receiver of memories. Only The Giver knows the truth and memories of the past, and now he must pass these memories on to Jonas. When he finds out the truth that how his father releases babies, it makes Jonas hate his family because his dad kills innocent babies by injecting poison into them. This point of change made him run away from his home, where the story ends questioning what would happen next. I really enjoyed reading this book because it was a wonderful adventurous book. And if you enjoy reading adventurous book, you definitely have to try this one. | 994 | [
"In the book, a boy named Jonas becomes the Receiver for his town when he turns twelve and finds out the truth from The Giver.",
"The story takes place in a community that is not normal.",
"Everything is in order and everything is under control.",
"The people have no worries and cares.",
"Everyone is equal and everyday is the same.",
"Each member in Community is assigned a position.",
"When Jonas turns 12, the Community selects him to be the new receiver of memories.",
"Only The Giver knows the truth and memories of the past, and now he must pass these memories on to Jonas.",
"When he finds out the truth that how his father releases babies, it makes Jonas hate his family because his dad kills innocent babies by injecting poison into them.",
"This point of change made him run away from his home, where the story ends questioning what would happen next.",
"I really enjoyed reading this book because it was a wonderful adventurous book.",
"And if you enjoy reading adventurous book, you definitely have to try this one."
] |
3 | Righteous Kill | `Righteous Kill' is a pretty formulaic and sedate thriller starring two giants of cinema whose talents are sorely underused. Following some NYPD detectives who are tracking down a vigilante cop this film has very few surprises and you can guess the ending from about twenty minutes in. The acting is ok, but not great and although both De Niro and Pacino are legendary actors, they always feels a bit stilted and lacking of any conviction in this film. The storyline is sadly unoriginal and without any great shocks or twists, but it does keep you engaged for the 90 minutes duration. Any longer and you'd get restless though. For all it's flaws this film is not that bad overall and when you want an easy evenings viewing, where you don't have to think too hard, then this is a pretty good place to go. There are better thrillers out there and I have seen De Niro and Pacino in better films, but this is still worth a watch.Feel free to check out my blog which can be found on my profile page. | 994 | [
"`Righteous Kill' is a pretty formulaic and sedate thriller starring two giants of cinema whose talents are sorely underused.",
"Following some NYPD detectives who are tracking down a vigilante cop this film has very few surprises and you can guess the ending from about twenty minutes in.",
"The acting is ok, but not great and although both De Niro and Pacino are legendary actors, they always feels a bit stilted and lacking of any conviction in this film.",
"The storyline is sadly unoriginal and without any great shocks or twists, but it does keep you engaged for the 90 minutes duration.",
"Any longer and you'd get restless though.",
"For all it's flaws this film is not that bad overall and when you want an easy evenings viewing, where you don't have to think too hard, then this is a pretty good place to go.",
"There are better thrillers out there and I have seen De Niro and Pacino in better films, but this is still worth a watch.Feel free to check out my blog which can be found on my profile page."
] |
3 | Hollywood Fluff! | I know that it is rare to have a good adaptation of a good book, but it has been know to happen. Look at Last of the Mohicans, Shawshank Redemption, and others to name a few. But, this was the worst adaptation I have ever seen. The book was not only exciting, but also very detailed and it made you feel the storm. I'm not one of those people who never like a movie because I read the book; I actually saw the movie first this time. I thought this movie would be great, it had talented actors and a big time action director, but what it lacked was character development. If viewers don't care enough about the characters, then who cares if they live or die. The movie made a lot of money due to it's state of the art special effects, but to me, they were neither state of the art or special. The storm looked computer generated and nothing exciting. It was a waste of my money and time to watch this movie. The trite ending also didn't help; the voice over at the end could of make people puke! | 994 | [
"I know that it is rare to have a good adaptation of a good book, but it has been know to happen.",
"Look at Last of the Mohicans, Shawshank Redemption, and others to name a few.",
"But, this was the worst adaptation I have ever seen.",
"The book was not only exciting, but also very detailed and it made you feel the storm.",
"I'm not one of those people who never like a movie because I read the book; I actually saw the movie first this time.",
"I thought this movie would be great, it had talented actors and a big time action director, but what it lacked was character development.",
"If viewers don't care enough about the characters, then who cares if they live or die.",
"The movie made a lot of money due to it's state of the art special effects, but to me, they were neither state of the art or special.",
"The storm looked computer generated and nothing exciting.",
"It was a waste of my money and time to watch this movie.",
"The trite ending also didn't help; the voice over at the end could of make people puke!"
] |
3 | Eh.... | It's hard to give less than a stellar review to an artist whom everyone considers the new Bob Dylan, but...meh. Props for trying something new, but Postal Service did it better. Starts off pretty strong, but towards the middle the melodies are just lacking, and eventually you fall asleep. But that said... it's not a bad album, and at least I'm semi-qualified to review it, whereas the reviewer below me, "sweety cheeks" or whatever, does not deserve to have his opinion aired at all. And I'll tell you why:HE GAVE KORN 5 STARS.Seriously dude, how much of an idiotic hypocrite can you be? Everything you listed for emo (trying to get attention, pretending to be depressed, etc etc) is a million times truer for the white trash gene-pool scum with dreadlocks and extra wide pants. At least emo kids aren't trying to act tough or play the pathetic "I'm so LOCO, don't F*** with me!" card. I'm sorry you're mad that emo kids are encroaching on your favorite hangout spot at Hot Topic. Get a life. | 994 | [
"It's hard to give less than a stellar review to an artist whom everyone considers the new Bob Dylan, but...meh.",
"Props for trying something new, but Postal Service did it better.",
"Starts off pretty strong, but towards the middle the melodies are just lacking, and eventually you fall asleep.",
"But that said... it's not a bad album, and at least I'm semi-qualified to review it, whereas the reviewer below me, \"sweety cheeks\" or whatever, does not deserve to have his opinion aired at all.",
"And I'll tell you why:HE GAVE KORN 5 STARS.Seriously dude, how much of an idiotic hypocrite can you be?",
"Everything you listed for emo (trying to get attention, pretending to be depressed, etc etc) is a million times truer for the white trash gene-pool scum with dreadlocks and extra wide pants.",
"At least emo kids aren't trying to act tough or play the pathetic \"I'm so LOCO, don't F*** with me!",
"\" card.",
"I'm sorry you're mad that emo kids are encroaching on your favorite hangout spot at Hot Topic.",
"Get a life."
] |
3 | Simply too loud. | I have had this unit for one week. I am returning it tomorrow because it is ridiculously loud. Forget sleeping--I can barely hear the TV over it! If noise is not an issue, then this item might still be a good deal for you. I paid $24.99, which I thought was a good price for it. The positives are that it holds 2.5 gallons, instead of the usual 2 gallons in this price range, and it has a built-in moniter to let you know when it's time to change the filter. It says it can run for 24 hours without having to refill the water. I did not test this aspect, as I only run it while I sleep (or at least that's my goal). Another negative is that it has a sticker attached that says to call an 800 number before using. Thinking it might be a safety issue, I called. It automatically records the number--with registered name--and address you call from and gives you a voice response sales pitch. That ticked me off. I just bought a Honeywell warm mist unit today. Hopefully that will be better for me! | 994 | [
"I have had this unit for one week.",
"I am returning it tomorrow because it is ridiculously loud.",
"Forget sleeping--I can barely hear the TV over it!",
"If noise is not an issue, then this item might still be a good deal for you.",
"I paid $24.99, which I thought was a good price for it.",
"The positives are that it holds 2.5 gallons, instead of the usual 2 gallons in this price range, and it has a built-in moniter to let you know when it's time to change the filter.",
"It says it can run for 24 hours without having to refill the water.",
"I did not test this aspect, as I only run it while I sleep (or at least that's my goal).",
"Another negative is that it has a sticker attached that says to call an 800 number before using.",
"Thinking it might be a safety issue, I called.",
"It automatically records the number--with registered name--and address you call from and gives you a voice response sales pitch.",
"That ticked me off.",
"I just bought a Honeywell warm mist unit today.",
"Hopefully that will be better for me!"
] |
3 | Furry sound and all | I bought this CD because I can't find certain tracks elsewhere. The Charlie Rich catalogue is in a mess - cheap 2-on-1's, rubbish compilations. And these days, we are not always able to listen on speakers - neighbors, kids, police - so we put on the headphones... Lo and behold: the sound quality here is very poor indeed. It's a terrible shame that, 20 years into the digital remastering era, this man's work is still only allowed bargain bin status. Someone please get to work on the late 60's - mid 70's recordings of Charlie Rich. This stuff was recorded in the best studios by the best producers and musicians - so why does it sound so bad? And before someone starts burbling about free downloads... they're sourced from the same rubbish sounding CD's...Where else can you complain? Does anyone with the power to rectify such problems read these reviews? This disc has some of CR's best songs on it, hence the 3 stars. Charlie Rich - some of us love you and care about the music very much. | 994 | [
"I bought this CD because I can't find certain tracks elsewhere.",
"The Charlie Rich catalogue is in a mess - cheap 2-on-1's, rubbish compilations.",
"And these days, we are not always able to listen on speakers - neighbors, kids, police - so we put on the headphones... Lo and behold: the sound quality here is very poor indeed.",
"It's a terrible shame that, 20 years into the digital remastering era, this man's work is still only allowed bargain bin status.",
"Someone please get to work on the late 60's - mid 70's recordings of Charlie Rich.",
"This stuff was recorded in the best studios by the best producers and musicians - so why does it sound so bad?",
"And before someone starts burbling about free downloads... they're sourced from the same rubbish sounding CD's...Where else can you complain?",
"Does anyone with the power to rectify such problems read these reviews?",
"This disc has some of CR's best songs on it, hence the 3 stars.",
"Charlie Rich - some of us love you and care about the music very much."
] |
3 | In the Fall | I first read this book when i was about 16. I remember reading the back jacket and falling in love with it but i had to be secretive about it because kids my age didnt read stuff like this. Well as a 22 year old today, I found myself wanting a good read, and remembered this greatness that i thought the book to be. After re-reading this book with a slightly older set of eyes, I found myself not so in love with the story anymore. I mean for me the best part about this book is the first chapter. After that the story seems to go off onto other ventures. I think that if the author had just told just the story of the first two main characters in the first chapter, than the story really could have taken on a life of its own and kept the reader wanting more, but when it goes off to the story of the other males and their generations, i find that the story gets somewhat boring and doesnt hold my attention as good as the first chapter. But overall the book is ok and well worth a first read. | 994 | [
"I first read this book when i was about 16.",
"I remember reading the back jacket and falling in love with it but i had to be secretive about it because kids my age didnt read stuff like this.",
"Well as a 22 year old today, I found myself wanting a good read, and remembered this greatness that i thought the book to be.",
"After re-reading this book with a slightly older set of eyes, I found myself not so in love with the story anymore.",
"I mean for me the best part about this book is the first chapter.",
"After that the story seems to go off onto other ventures.",
"I think that if the author had just told just the story of the first two main characters in the first chapter, than the story really could have taken on a life of its own and kept the reader wanting more, but when it goes off to the story of the other males and their generations, i find that the story gets somewhat boring and doesnt hold my attention as good as the first chapter.",
"But overall the book is ok and well worth a first read."
] |
3 | Not what I expected | Well, I was very excited to read this book & learn about Malika's imprisonment. I find it inspiring to read about people who have such courage & stength. The book didn't quite measure to my standards though. First, I felt the story could have been better told if it was told as a "story". It was to some extent, but not quite, because she was narrating and not just leting the story come about. Second, I guess it was just hard to feel a lot of pity for her, after reading about the hollocaust & other cases of more "extreme" punishment. Don't get me wrong, a great injustice was done & it's horrible, because these people are scarred forever. But especially the first few places they were held, wasn't quite like the prison I expected. It was more of a house arrest. Also, it did leave you hanging- why did her father start a coup?? It was an alright read. It was just hard to stay interested at a lot of points. However, I wish Malika & her family all of the justice & happiness they deserve. | 994 | [
"Well, I was very excited to read this book & learn about Malika's imprisonment.",
"I find it inspiring to read about people who have such courage & stength.",
"The book didn't quite measure to my standards though.",
"First, I felt the story could have been better told if it was told as a \"story\".",
"It was to some extent, but not quite, because she was narrating and not just leting the story come about.",
"Second, I guess it was just hard to feel a lot of pity for her, after reading about the hollocaust & other cases of more \"extreme\" punishment.",
"Don't get me wrong, a great injustice was done & it's horrible, because these people are scarred forever.",
"But especially the first few places they were held, wasn't quite like the prison I expected.",
"It was more of a house arrest.",
"Also, it did leave you hanging- why did her father start a coup??",
"It was an alright read.",
"It was just hard to stay interested at a lot of points.",
"However, I wish Malika & her family all of the justice & happiness they deserve."
] |
3 | Elementary? | This novel wasn't quite the knockout its cover blurbs promised, but it remains a fairly entertaining bit of literary ledgerdemain.Dr. John Watson, now established and married, is visited by his erstwhile companion in crime-solving, Sherlock Holmes, who rants and raves about being stalked by his old math teacher. Moriarity. Watson soon discovers that Holmes is delusional due to his cocaine addiction. Eventually he enlists the aid of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. However, Holmes's addiction is the least of their problems. The trio fall into a mystery whose ramifications could mean the very destruction of the world itself.I think it is the artificially antique prose style that prevented me from falling in love with this novel. It sounds too much like one author aping the voice of another, and the result is a little less than convincing. It is all too earnest. Had Meyer taken Watson's voice in a slightly different direction, then this might truly have been special and memorable. | 994 | [
"This novel wasn't quite the knockout its cover blurbs promised, but it remains a fairly entertaining bit of literary ledgerdemain.Dr.",
"John Watson, now established and married, is visited by his erstwhile companion in crime-solving, Sherlock Holmes, who rants and raves about being stalked by his old math teacher.",
"Moriarity.",
"Watson soon discovers that Holmes is delusional due to his cocaine addiction.",
"Eventually he enlists the aid of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud.",
"However, Holmes's addiction is the least of their problems.",
"The trio fall into a mystery whose ramifications could mean the very destruction of the world itself.I think it is the artificially antique prose style that prevented me from falling in love with this novel.",
"It sounds too much like one author aping the voice of another, and the result is a little less than convincing.",
"It is all too earnest.",
"Had Meyer taken Watson's voice in a slightly different direction, then this might truly have been special and memorable."
] |
3 | Goodkind | While enjoyable and engaging, I found that too much of the book was cumbersome and clunky. The torture scenes at the end seem to have been added simply for page length. A scene near the middle seems to have been added when Goodkind was nearly finished with the book, and realized he had to mention a specific plot device earlier on.Yes, the series gets very Rand-ian later on, but I can't fault a writer for putting his own views into his work. What I take issue with is that he also adopted her style or repetitiveness, and bangs it over your head page after page. The first book is the most formulaic, though there are a few times when individual characters stand out.When there's action, it's good, but it's the time spent needlessly between that can start to grate on the reader. This is another series I'd only recommend to those with lots of time on their hands who don't mind spending hours on 'filler.' Personally, I've decided to start reading and reviewing more straightforward works. | 994 | [
"While enjoyable and engaging, I found that too much of the book was cumbersome and clunky.",
"The torture scenes at the end seem to have been added simply for page length.",
"A scene near the middle seems to have been added when Goodkind was nearly finished with the book, and realized he had to mention a specific plot device earlier on.Yes, the series gets very Rand-ian later on, but I can't fault a writer for putting his own views into his work.",
"What I take issue with is that he also adopted her style or repetitiveness, and bangs it over your head page after page.",
"The first book is the most formulaic, though there are a few times when individual characters stand out.When there's action, it's good, but it's the time spent needlessly between that can start to grate on the reader.",
"This is another series I'd only recommend to those with lots of time on their hands who don't mind spending hours on 'filler.' Personally, I've decided to start reading and reviewing more straightforward works."
] |
3 | blu ray goofiness | This flick which is a average entry into the spoof genre, one that has direct roots to the classic movie "Airplane". In many ways they are all similiar from "Scary movie" to 'Hot shots" they spoof a current trend or movie. In this one they mainly spoof 'spiderman"; but in spite of the extended gay and fart jokes it's still entertaining. The main villian 'hourglass" is actually a good supervillian that could fit well into any comic book or film based on a comic books. In fact most movies are storyboarded just like a comic book before shooting. So anyone who looks down at comics should forget about movies as well. This isn't a stand out performer in it's genre but it's what you expect and that's some laughs and lots of silliness. Since 'airplane' there has been a alot of these over the top spoofs and they all have their moments and a basic similiar structure based on a outlandish gags. The blu ray print is as good as it gets and this is the only way to watch this movie if possible. | 994 | [
"This flick which is a average entry into the spoof genre, one that has direct roots to the classic movie \"Airplane\".",
"In many ways they are all similiar from \"Scary movie\" to 'Hot shots\" they spoof a current trend or movie.",
"In this one they mainly spoof 'spiderman\"; but in spite of the extended gay and fart jokes it's still entertaining.",
"The main villian 'hourglass\" is actually a good supervillian that could fit well into any comic book or film based on a comic books.",
"In fact most movies are storyboarded just like a comic book before shooting.",
"So anyone who looks down at comics should forget about movies as well.",
"This isn't a stand out performer in it's genre but it's what you expect and that's some laughs and lots of silliness.",
"Since 'airplane' there has been a alot of these over the top spoofs and they all have their moments and a basic similiar structure based on a outlandish gags.",
"The blu ray print is as good as it gets and this is the only way to watch this movie if possible."
] |
3 | What do you expect? | If you expect the brilliance of the first 3 seasons (and the occasional episode thereafter), you're not going to find it here. Season 7 is a good (but not great) conclusion to the best television show that wasn't 'Twin Peaks'.That said, if you made it through seasons 4-5 (which had the worst story arcs), you'll probably enjoy watching this. The primary story arc is strong (read other reviews for details). Spike is still a great character. Riley is finally gone.But the wittiness is gone--I know, I know--the characters matured. Spare me--it was the cadence of the conversations that made Buffy what it is. The show thrived because of the peculiar relationships between the ancillary characters like Cordelia, Oz, Angel, Drusilla, Faith, the Mayor and Ethan Rayne. With new characters came new interactions, and I just don't think they measured up.That said, there were some fantastic episodes in the last two seasons, and if you were a fan of the show, you ought to see how it all ended up. | 994 | [
"If you expect the brilliance of the first 3 seasons (and the occasional episode thereafter), you're not going to find it here.",
"Season 7 is a good (but not great) conclusion to the best television show that wasn't 'Twin Peaks'.That said, if you made it through seasons 4-5 (which had the worst story arcs), you'll probably enjoy watching this.",
"The primary story arc is strong (read other reviews for details).",
"Spike is still a great character.",
"Riley is finally gone.But the wittiness is gone--I know, I know--the characters matured.",
"Spare me--it was the cadence of the conversations that made Buffy what it is.",
"The show thrived because of the peculiar relationships between the ancillary characters like Cordelia, Oz, Angel, Drusilla, Faith, the Mayor and Ethan Rayne.",
"With new characters came new interactions, and I just don't think they measured up.That said, there were some fantastic episodes in the last two seasons, and if you were a fan of the show, you ought to see how it all ended up."
] |
3 | Troy is not so bad | Like most reviewers here it seems, I was questionnable about my reaction to the movie, but heck, I was in the mood for some pure entertainment. At first, I was agreeing with the critics in that the movie was slow going, but passed the first 30 minutes, I was into the setting, characters, and plot.Knowing how it ends ahead of time is always a drag, but this time I was genuinely upset because I had really gotten into it. It was the Achilles/Bresias romance that did it. Peter O'Toole plays a very convincing king Priam, and Pitt was believable as Achilles. Brian Cox's Agamemnon seemed a bit too gung-ho tooting at times, but it is needed in order to believe why not only does Achilles call him a "sack of wine" but also the pure greed he has to be the sole ruler of all the Greek lands. All in all, I was pleasantly surprised, so if you're in the mood to be entertained and have a good story behind it(albeit not fully accurate)then rent it. Like one of those 1950 epic films but modernized. | 994 | [
"Like most reviewers here it seems, I was questionnable about my reaction to the movie, but heck, I was in the mood for some pure entertainment.",
"At first, I was agreeing with the critics in that the movie was slow going, but passed the first 30 minutes, I was into the setting, characters, and plot.Knowing how it ends ahead of time is always a drag, but this time I was genuinely upset because I had really gotten into it.",
"It was the Achilles/Bresias romance that did it.",
"Peter O'Toole plays a very convincing king Priam, and Pitt was believable as Achilles.",
"Brian Cox's Agamemnon seemed a bit too gung-ho tooting at times, but it is needed in order to believe why not only does Achilles call him a \"sack of wine\" but also the pure greed he has to be the sole ruler of all the Greek lands.",
"All in all, I was pleasantly surprised, so if you're in the mood to be entertained and have a good story behind it(albeit not fully accurate)then rent it.",
"Like one of those 1950 epic films but modernized."
] |
3 | Is It Just Me? | First off, let me just say the graphics and music in this game were absolutely wonderful. Very relaxing and almost magical in a calming way. However, whatever calm relaxing feelings that our conjured up through graphics and music quickly fade away in frustration. Walk-through's are a must have for this game, not because the puzzles are that difficult, but because the game doesn't give you enough clues to figure out what, where or when you are supposed to do something. Simple instructions or hints from the many dialogue conversations would really help this game along. I was also a bit disturbed by the 'fish-bowl' look of some of the many character's faces. The Mayan & Celtic worlds were fascinating and a lot of fun, but frustrating in areas. I still haven't finished the game because I missed one of the "have to do" actions and I don't feel like redoing everything. Get this one on sale. It's worth the time to play, but don't expect to get through this one without some outside help. | 994 | [
"First off, let me just say the graphics and music in this game were absolutely wonderful.",
"Very relaxing and almost magical in a calming way.",
"However, whatever calm relaxing feelings that our conjured up through graphics and music quickly fade away in frustration.",
"Walk-through's are a must have for this game, not because the puzzles are that difficult, but because the game doesn't give you enough clues to figure out what, where or when you are supposed to do something.",
"Simple instructions or hints from the many dialogue conversations would really help this game along.",
"I was also a bit disturbed by the 'fish-bowl' look of some of the many character's faces.",
"The Mayan & Celtic worlds were fascinating and a lot of fun, but frustrating in areas.",
"I still haven't finished the game because I missed one of the \"have to do\" actions and I don't feel like redoing everything.",
"Get this one on sale.",
"It's worth the time to play, but don't expect to get through this one without some outside help."
] |
3 | It's Ok.... | I saw "Harry Potter" the first day it was out. Yes, I thought it was good, mm-hmm, everything was good, yadda yadda...That is, until I saw Lord of the Rings. (LOTR)With the fantastic job that Peter Jackson did on LOTR, I began to realize just how disappointed I was with Harry Potter. I thought there were lovely little touches and some good acting in HP, but the scene with Quirrel and Voldemort, the climax, was slightly disapointing. Wasn't Quirrel supposed to be burning, and not crumbling? Yeah, I know; "the burning would scare the little kids." I would know as well as anybody: after all, I have a friend in second grade who would be scared by it. But still... Well, that wasn't the main problem ( I s'pose I'm just complaining). The troll DID NOT FIT. He was just a bit too unreaistic (but, hey, I guess that would be too scary for the little kids too! But don't get me wrong: I woulda been scared by somethin' like that if I was little.) Well it's OK: entertaining, but not entralling. | 994 | [
"I saw \"Harry Potter\" the first day it was out.",
"Yes, I thought it was good, mm-hmm, everything was good, yadda yadda...That is, until I saw Lord of the Rings.",
"(LOTR)With the fantastic job that Peter Jackson did on LOTR, I began to realize just how disappointed I was with Harry Potter.",
"I thought there were lovely little touches and some good acting in HP, but the scene with Quirrel and Voldemort, the climax, was slightly disapointing.",
"Wasn't Quirrel supposed to be burning, and not crumbling?",
"Yeah, I know; \"the burning would scare the little kids.\" I would know as well as anybody: after all, I have a friend in second grade who would be scared by it.",
"But still... Well, that wasn't the main problem ( I s'pose I'm just complaining).",
"The troll DID NOT FIT.",
"He was just a bit too unreaistic (but, hey, I guess that would be too scary for the little kids too!",
"But don't get me wrong: I woulda been scared by somethin' like that if I was little.) Well it's OK: entertaining, but not entralling."
] |
3 | Little Gem it is | The RFP50-As the orther rewier has said.. it is little gem. Gem is perhaps the correct word to describe the radio.Wel built and nice looking and evoking the past pocket radios, nice little sound.But when it comes to AM reception little muffled. As I have said elsewehere Sony' MK2 is better in the AM department. I have since 2004 July and I love the radio-I don't know why-you too will just love it-it is more emotional than loigcal-like the love you havge for beetles and minis.The finish is much better than the its competitor, the panasonic guys have paid more attention to little details, like the batt compartment and the Production details moulded at the back.The best thing I love about the radio is the little ear piece that comes with it-the connical one that stuff into your ear-not the stereo ones-cute and reminding the olde types.But the antenna is as filmsy as the Sony's. Feel very fragile but ok.Good in FM tuning but bit weak in AM.But then we buy radio to tune in stations... | 994 | [
"The RFP50-As the orther rewier has said..",
"it is little gem.",
"Gem is perhaps the correct word to describe the radio.Wel built and nice looking and evoking the past pocket radios, nice little sound.But when it comes to AM reception little muffled.",
"As I have said elsewehere Sony' MK2 is better in the AM department.",
"I have since 2004 July and I love the radio-I don't know why-you too will just love it-it is more emotional than loigcal-like the love you havge for beetles and minis.The finish is much better than the its competitor, the panasonic guys have paid more attention to little details, like the batt compartment and the Production details moulded at the back.The best thing I love about the radio is the little ear piece that comes with it-the connical one that stuff into your ear-not the stereo ones-cute and reminding the olde types.But the antenna is as filmsy as the Sony's.",
"Feel very fragile but ok.Good in FM tuning but bit weak in AM.But then we buy radio to tune in stations..."
] |
3 | Mediocre Matrix | I'm not saying that this was a bad movie- it wasn't. The Matrix Reloaded provides a very intrinsic chapter in the Matrix saga. However, the plot is not half as amazing as the first or third movies, while watching those two, there is no other opportunity for thought in your mind. The fight scenes are impressive - as always- but they go on too long, past the climax, and start to feel rather dragged out. However, important new characters are introduced in this chapter (along with one of the coolest French baddies ever to hit the screen)The DVD has tons of special features, which is always a nice plus. They include a preview for the Animatrix, whixh is also a very cool DVD in this series, providing background on the Osiris, as well as the new kid that follows Neo around in this second movie.Overall, I'd say buy the DVD if you're in love with the matrix. It's not a bad buy, and it's certainly worth th money.... and it may help tide you over until Matrix Revolutions is released on DVD. | 994 | [
"I'm not saying that this was a bad movie- it wasn't.",
"The Matrix Reloaded provides a very intrinsic chapter in the Matrix saga.",
"However, the plot is not half as amazing as the first or third movies, while watching those two, there is no other opportunity for thought in your mind.",
"The fight scenes are impressive - as always- but they go on too long, past the climax, and start to feel rather dragged out.",
"However, important new characters are introduced in this chapter (along with one of the coolest French baddies ever to hit the screen)The DVD has tons of special features, which is always a nice plus.",
"They include a preview for the Animatrix, whixh is also a very cool DVD in this series, providing background on the Osiris, as well as the new kid that follows Neo around in this second movie.Overall, I'd say buy the DVD if you're in love with the matrix.",
"It's not a bad buy, and it's certainly worth th money.... and it may help tide you over until Matrix Revolutions is released on DVD."
] |
3 | On the warpath | I had not heard of this author and I picked this book up mainly because of the Seattle connection and of course all the places mentioned in the story were familiar.Other readers have put it more eloquently than I can, but the book does make you stop and think.It points out how frightened and insecure people became in their comfortable worlds when strange killings began happening.I agree with one of the reviewers on who the Killer was. I liked Marie and she was more correct in her opinions than her professor.The only thing I can say for sure was that John flew, and 2 people wrote books on what they felt they knew about him.As for being a good portrayal of modern Indian Culture, I don't believe it is. As for the casinos on Indian Land, don't go there hoping to see Indians cause what you will find are the same addicted gamblers you would find anywhere.Not sure if I would recommend this book or not, but it does make you think, if you can hang in there and get through all the details. | 994 | [
"I had not heard of this author and I picked this book up mainly because of the Seattle connection and of course all the places mentioned in the story were familiar.Other readers have put it more eloquently than I can, but the book does make you stop and think.It points out how frightened and insecure people became in their comfortable worlds when strange killings began happening.I agree with one of the reviewers on who the Killer was.",
"I liked Marie and she was more correct in her opinions than her professor.The only thing I can say for sure was that John flew, and 2 people wrote books on what they felt they knew about him.As for being a good portrayal of modern Indian Culture, I don't believe it is.",
"As for the casinos on Indian Land, don't go there hoping to see Indians cause what you will find are the same addicted gamblers you would find anywhere.Not sure if I would recommend this book or not, but it does make you think, if you can hang in there and get through all the details."
] |
3 | "Foolish Pleasure" | Glenn Close plays a brilliant lawyer who screws up - twice - once as a prosecutor and once as a defense attorney - by being too good at what she does.She has a struggle with her conscience before taking the case presented to her, since she has decided trial law doesn't agree with her, but is persuaded by what she perceives as the facts of the case. She consults an old friend, who has also a been detective before he retreated too far into his cups; she has worked with him before and trusts his instincts. Nonetheless, after bouncing the details off him, she decides to trust her own this time and go with it anyway. Besides, Jeff Bridges is devastatingly good looking and has a stable full of horses to boot - so even though combining business with pleasure is rarely a good idea, she decides to go for it.It was a good enough movie but I felt neither of them lived up to what I had seen them do before in their roles. But hey, the scripts for "Fatal Attraction" don't come along every day. | 994 | [
"Glenn Close plays a brilliant lawyer who screws up - twice - once as a prosecutor and once as a defense attorney - by being too good at what she does.She has a struggle with her conscience before taking the case presented to her, since she has decided trial law doesn't agree with her, but is persuaded by what she perceives as the facts of the case.",
"She consults an old friend, who has also a been detective before he retreated too far into his cups; she has worked with him before and trusts his instincts.",
"Nonetheless, after bouncing the details off him, she decides to trust her own this time and go with it anyway.",
"Besides, Jeff Bridges is devastatingly good looking and has a stable full of horses to boot - so even though combining business with pleasure is rarely a good idea, she decides to go for it.It was a good enough movie but I felt neither of them lived up to what I had seen them do before in their roles.",
"But hey, the scripts for \"Fatal Attraction\" don't come along every day."
] |
3 | Works | This rack does the job but it's nothing to write home about. Amazon's description of a three-star rating pretty much nails it: It's OK. I've carried firewood, coolers, bicycles, etc without problem, so for that it does the trick.Problems:- Within a day or two, the hardware started rusting.- The rack is *very* loose inside the hitch receiver. I use ratchet straps to tighten it up on each side - there's no way it could be used without some sort of method of tightening it.- I wouldn't trust it with 500lbs! I can't put all of my weight on it without it protesting loudly, and any cargo must be balanced properly (which makes sense anyway). The grating that makes up the floor is pretty weak.- Note that it doesn't come with a retaining pin for the tongue in the receiver.In the end, it does the trick, and it's not too expensive. It was one of the few I could find that didn't have a rise on the tongue - I wanted mine to sit below the rear barn doors on my van, so the less rise, the better. | 994 | [
"This rack does the job but it's nothing to write home about.",
"Amazon's description of a three-star rating pretty much nails it: It's OK.",
"I've carried firewood, coolers, bicycles, etc without problem, so for that it does the trick.Problems:- Within a day or two, the hardware started rusting.- The rack is *very* loose inside the hitch receiver.",
"I use ratchet straps to tighten it up on each side - there's no way it could be used without some sort of method of tightening it.- I wouldn't trust it with 500lbs!",
"I can't put all of my weight on it without it protesting loudly, and any cargo must be balanced properly (which makes sense anyway).",
"The grating that makes up the floor is pretty weak.- Note that it doesn't come with a retaining pin for the tongue in the receiver.In the end, it does the trick, and it's not too expensive.",
"It was one of the few I could find that didn't have a rise on the tongue - I wanted mine to sit below the rear barn doors on my van, so the less rise, the better."
] |
3 | Too short. | This book is a brief summary of how to interpret financial statements. While the book has some good points my main complaint is with its brevity. It also appears this book is best suited for those already familiar with the subject, perhaps as a short reminder of what to look for in financial statements.I think this book would have been better if it had been expanded somewhat and possibly also if it had been included in either the book Security Analysis or in The Intelligent Investor. You should also note that this book is from 1937 and both accounting terminology and standards have changed somewhat since then, as have the types of businesses that exist.If you are looking for a book that explains accounting really well at a beginner's level then I would instead recommend: Financial Statements by Thomas Ittelson. If you are looking for a book that reviews in more depth the interpretation of financial statements I would recommend: Analysis for Financial Management by Robert Higgins. | 994 | [
"This book is a brief summary of how to interpret financial statements.",
"While the book has some good points my main complaint is with its brevity.",
"It also appears this book is best suited for those already familiar with the subject, perhaps as a short reminder of what to look for in financial statements.I think this book would have been better if it had been expanded somewhat and possibly also if it had been included in either the book Security Analysis or in The Intelligent Investor.",
"You should also note that this book is from 1937 and both accounting terminology and standards have changed somewhat since then, as have the types of businesses that exist.If you are looking for a book that explains accounting really well at a beginner's level then I would instead recommend: Financial Statements by Thomas Ittelson.",
"If you are looking for a book that reviews in more depth the interpretation of financial statements I would recommend: Analysis for Financial Management by Robert Higgins."
] |
3 | Engineering issues | I bought this today (not from Amazon, but from a Fry's nearby) based on all the good reviews, so was surprised to find some obvious, annoying drawbacks. I think the unit has a motor much stronger than the body that houses it, with the result that the body vibrates uncomfortably and gets annoyingly warm. If the plastic guide is not seated right, you hear this very loud noise that will make your heart skip a beat. And last but not least, the rocker switch button offers a lot of resistance. If you frequently turn it on-off during a 10-15 minute cut, as you adjust, change guides, and take pauses, your thumb will start hurting.I had a 5 year old Remington, ten dollars more expensive, that never had these issues. Of course, it's motor was probably not as powerful, but I did not find it needing any more than what it already had.One plus for this Wahl unit is that the blades feel a bit sharper - but I cannot tell for sure, and in any case, it is too early to say if it will stay that way. | 994 | [
"I bought this today (not from Amazon, but from a Fry's nearby) based on all the good reviews, so was surprised to find some obvious, annoying drawbacks.",
"I think the unit has a motor much stronger than the body that houses it, with the result that the body vibrates uncomfortably and gets annoyingly warm.",
"If the plastic guide is not seated right, you hear this very loud noise that will make your heart skip a beat.",
"And last but not least, the rocker switch button offers a lot of resistance.",
"If you frequently turn it on-off during a 10-15 minute cut, as you adjust, change guides, and take pauses, your thumb will start hurting.I had a 5 year old Remington, ten dollars more expensive, that never had these issues.",
"Of course, it's motor was probably not as powerful, but I did not find it needing any more than what it already had.One plus for this Wahl unit is that the blades feel a bit sharper - but I cannot tell for sure, and in any case, it is too early to say if it will stay that way."
] |
3 | Was quiet, not now | I've had a LaCie Mini 500 GB unit for about 3 months and it's been great. It's quiet. Unfortunately, yesterday it suddenly became very noisy. I'm not sure if its the fan or the drive, but it's unbearable at this point - there's a very loud whirring noise, high pitched.So the mixed reviews regarding noise are probably all correct. It can be quiet and it can be very noisy. AND it can go from one state to the other. I've turned it off for the day - I hope a little rest will improve the noise!Well, after leaving the unit off all morning, I've rebooted the Mac Mini off the LaCie Mini and the noise is gone. It's whisper quiet again. When the noise occurred, I had been doing multiple backups from other Macs in the house to other attached drives on the Mac Mini. Since I boot off the LaCie Mini, there was a lot of disk activity there, probably a result of queuing data or such. At any rate, the drive activity may have heated the Mac Mini and the LaCie Mini to the point where noise started. | 994 | [
"I've had a LaCie Mini 500 GB unit for about 3 months and it's been great.",
"It's quiet.",
"Unfortunately, yesterday it suddenly became very noisy.",
"I'm not sure if its the fan or the drive, but it's unbearable at this point - there's a very loud whirring noise, high pitched.So the mixed reviews regarding noise are probably all correct.",
"It can be quiet and it can be very noisy.",
"AND it can go from one state to the other.",
"I've turned it off for the day - I hope a little rest will improve the noise!",
"Well, after leaving the unit off all morning, I've rebooted the Mac Mini off the LaCie Mini and the noise is gone.",
"It's whisper quiet again.",
"When the noise occurred, I had been doing multiple backups from other Macs in the house to other attached drives on the Mac Mini.",
"Since I boot off the LaCie Mini, there was a lot of disk activity there, probably a result of queuing data or such.",
"At any rate, the drive activity may have heated the Mac Mini and the LaCie Mini to the point where noise started."
] |
3 | Samsung A-600 | This is one my fav. phones. the camera is A+. i use it as a digital camera, when i upload my pics you would never think it was from a phone. the screen is HUGE compared to aany other phone i have used. the rotating screen is a cool feature to have because it makes the phone stick out, but i really didnt use it much.i didnt like how the phone was flimsy. it was nice when i got it but it got weak very quicly. also, i think it was my phone that was broken, but the games ran very slow. very slow. then sanyo 4900 ran a million times better and u can get that phone for pennies now.also what i didnt like are little things u couldnt do- like re arrange the downloads. they were in the order u downloaded them. it has 1000kb of space, which was enough.i think im going to switch to the sanyo4500, but i am skepticle. i know it has a VIDEO CAMERA, but it is much lower quality... plus the screen is bigger with samsung..im not gunna get into recpetion becasuse that differes from state to state.. | 994 | [
"This is one my fav.",
"phones.",
"the camera is A+.",
"i use it as a digital camera, when i upload my pics you would never think it was from a phone.",
"the screen is HUGE compared to aany other phone i have used.",
"the rotating screen is a cool feature to have because it makes the phone stick out, but i really didnt use it much.i didnt like how the phone was flimsy.",
"it was nice when i got it but it got weak very quicly.",
"also, i think it was my phone that was broken, but the games ran very slow.",
"very slow.",
"then sanyo 4900 ran a million times better and u can get that phone for pennies now.also what i didnt like are little things u couldnt do- like re arrange the downloads.",
"they were in the order u downloaded them.",
"it has 1000kb of space, which was enough.i think im going to switch to the sanyo4500, but i am skepticle.",
"i know it has a VIDEO CAMERA, but it is much lower quality... plus the screen is bigger with samsung..im not gunna get into recpetion becasuse that differes from state to state.."
] |
3 | A musical chameleon | This greatest hits collection does a good job of representing the different faces of Leo Sayer. Starting off with the quirky but irresistable "The Show Must Go On," (Which is much more interesting than Three Dog Night's cover) the CD begins with the stuff I liked about Sayer. The first five cuts here represent the clever artist that probably never would have been huge but might have developed a nice cult following if he stayed in this direction. How many people are going to write upbeat numbers about a hobo dancing for his supper?("Long Tall Glasses")Then producer Richard Perry comes into the mix and Sayer moves quickly to disco ("You Make Me Feel Like Dancing")and maudlin balladeer. (Pretty much the rest of the CD)This proved to be beneficial to his career at the time, but I think if he stuck to his early vision, he would have a bit more popularity today. Three stars for those early hits and the fact that when it comes right down to it he can flat out sing in that wild falsetto. | 994 | [
"This greatest hits collection does a good job of representing the different faces of Leo Sayer.",
"Starting off with the quirky but irresistable \"The Show Must Go On,\" (Which is much more interesting than Three Dog Night's cover) the CD begins with the stuff I liked about Sayer.",
"The first five cuts here represent the clever artist that probably never would have been huge but might have developed a nice cult following if he stayed in this direction.",
"How many people are going to write upbeat numbers about a hobo dancing for his supper?",
"(\"Long Tall Glasses\")Then producer Richard Perry comes into the mix and Sayer moves quickly to disco (\"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing\")and maudlin balladeer.",
"(Pretty much the rest of the CD)This proved to be beneficial to his career at the time, but I think if he stuck to his early vision, he would have a bit more popularity today.",
"Three stars for those early hits and the fact that when it comes right down to it he can flat out sing in that wild falsetto."
] |
3 | Not my cup of tea | While I really loved the original Earthsea trilogy, both as a kid and as an adult, this book (and "Tehanu") were a bit disappointing. I had a hard time deciding on whether to give this book 3 or 4 stars and in the end went with 3. I can't pick out anything technically wrong with the book, but it failed to draw me in. Despite being relatively short, it took me months to finish this book. Nothing much was really happening, so I didn't feel at all compelled to see what happened (or rather, didn't happen) next.This novel didn't have a plot so much as a theme, and LeGuin used some familiar and some new characters to explore that theme. If that's the kind of book you like, then you'll probably love "The Other Wind". However, I read fiction (and fantasy in particular) for engaging and thrilling stories. That type of story was lacking here.I still think LeGuin is very talented, but as she has matured as a writer she now seems to prefer writing a type of book that I do not prefer to read. | 994 | [
"While I really loved the original Earthsea trilogy, both as a kid and as an adult, this book (and \"Tehanu\") were a bit disappointing.",
"I had a hard time deciding on whether to give this book 3 or 4 stars and in the end went with 3.",
"I can't pick out anything technically wrong with the book, but it failed to draw me in.",
"Despite being relatively short, it took me months to finish this book.",
"Nothing much was really happening, so I didn't feel at all compelled to see what happened (or rather, didn't happen) next.This novel didn't have a plot so much as a theme, and LeGuin used some familiar and some new characters to explore that theme.",
"If that's the kind of book you like, then you'll probably love \"The Other Wind\".",
"However, I read fiction (and fantasy in particular) for engaging and thrilling stories.",
"That type of story was lacking here.I still think LeGuin is very talented, but as she has matured as a writer she now seems to prefer writing a type of book that I do not prefer to read."
] |
3 | Needs a bit more | Every now and then this book leaves you hanging. Towards the middle of the book the author start to show you code with out much explanation or practice. Also at times you will build an exercise where he tells you what else you could possibly add to the script, but dose not actually do it and he dose not give enough information for you to actually perform the task on your owen. Example in chapter 8 controlling a soundObject, Sham will tell you that you can also add buttons to control the soundObject in order to stop the sound and then restart it. He dose not explain how or bother to tell you that there is more than just adding the script he gives you (which is lacking a few lines to ...resetting the variable and linking the sound file in the library). Lucky, I had Russell Chun's "Flash Advanced VQG" (ISBN 0201726246) book to help me figure it out. Also some of the naming codes that are written in this chapter are wrong.However, I still say it's a good book... just keep working it! | 994 | [
"Every now and then this book leaves you hanging.",
"Towards the middle of the book the author start to show you code with out much explanation or practice.",
"Also at times you will build an exercise where he tells you what else you could possibly add to the script, but dose not actually do it and he dose not give enough information for you to actually perform the task on your owen.",
"Example in chapter 8 controlling a soundObject, Sham will tell you that you can also add buttons to control the soundObject in order to stop the sound and then restart it.",
"He dose not explain how or bother to tell you that there is more than just adding the script he gives you (which is lacking a few lines to ...resetting the variable and linking the sound file in the library).",
"Lucky, I had Russell Chun's \"Flash Advanced VQG\" (ISBN 0201726246) book to help me figure it out.",
"Also some of the naming codes that are written in this chapter are wrong.However, I still say it's a good book... just keep working it!"
] |
3 | Boring Movie | This movie has Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington. I am having a great expectation that this movie is as good asGoodFellas [Blu-ray],American History X [Blu-ray], and evenRoad to Perdition [Blu-ray]. I am hoping that this movie has a great historical significance to the American history. But no. They just talk and talk for 3 hours for how Frank was being hunted down by the good cops. No action. Nothing much to learn about Frank (except that he is very smart) or how it is like to live in the 60's. Russell Crowe is pretty good in this movie but all the rest of the casts including Denzel Washington are boring.One interesting remark they make in the movie is how black people in the 60's can work hard to move up to the ladder even they are criminal. Even the Italian mafia want to see Frank fail. It is a similar remark Gene Hackman makes inMississippi Burning.I haven't seen the extra in the bluray disc yet. The package itself is just a box with one disc in it.Nothing special. 3 stars. | 994 | [
"This movie has Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington.",
"I am having a great expectation that this movie is as good asGoodFellas [Blu-ray],American History X [Blu-ray], and evenRoad to Perdition [Blu-ray].",
"I am hoping that this movie has a great historical significance to the American history.",
"But no.",
"They just talk and talk for 3 hours for how Frank was being hunted down by the good cops.",
"No action.",
"Nothing much to learn about Frank (except that he is very smart) or how it is like to live in the 60's.",
"Russell Crowe is pretty good in this movie but all the rest of the casts including Denzel Washington are boring.One interesting remark they make in the movie is how black people in the 60's can work hard to move up to the ladder even they are criminal.",
"Even the Italian mafia want to see Frank fail.",
"It is a similar remark Gene Hackman makes inMississippi Burning.I haven't seen the extra in the bluray disc yet.",
"The package itself is just a box with one disc in it.Nothing special.",
"3 stars."
] |
3 | Pulse | You can't SEE it. You can't HEAR it. But you can FEEL it. And it's growing stronger and more deadly by the minute. It turns televisions, microwaves, computers, dryers and furnaces into demonic weapons of destruction. It's PULSE--an electrifying tale of terror starring Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart and Joey Lawrence. At first, 11-year-old David (Lawrence) is excited about visiting his dad Bill (De Young) and stepmother Ellen (Hart) for the summer. But when he discovers that the house next door was violently destroyed and the old man living there electrocuted, David begins to panic. Even in his own home, the lights...the appliances...the electrical systems are taking on an evil, vengeful life of their own. David and Ellen know something is wrong, but Bill just thinks they're paranoid. Is it crazy to fear that "power" can destroy you...if it wants to? From writer/director Paul Golding comes a well-crafted thriller that will keep your heart pounding. It's PULSE...the ultimate shocker. | 994 | [
"You can't SEE it.",
"You can't HEAR it.",
"But you can FEEL it.",
"And it's growing stronger and more deadly by the minute.",
"It turns televisions, microwaves, computers, dryers and furnaces into demonic weapons of destruction.",
"It's PULSE--an electrifying tale of terror starring Cliff De Young, Roxanne Hart and Joey Lawrence.",
"At first, 11-year-old David (Lawrence) is excited about visiting his dad Bill (De Young) and stepmother Ellen (Hart) for the summer.",
"But when he discovers that the house next door was violently destroyed and the old man living there electrocuted, David begins to panic.",
"Even in his own home, the lights...the appliances...the electrical systems are taking on an evil, vengeful life of their own.",
"David and Ellen know something is wrong, but Bill just thinks they're paranoid.",
"Is it crazy to fear that \"power\" can destroy you...if it wants to?",
"From writer/director Paul Golding comes a well-crafted thriller that will keep your heart pounding.",
"It's PULSE...the ultimate shocker."
] |
3 | EEhhhhh. | I hate to give less than a stellar review to Gabriel Garcia Marquez who was absolutely brilliant in his writing of "Love in the Time of Cholera," but this story was simply mediocre. It's set up as though there is some mystery to be solved by the end of the book. Unfortunately, the reader is left hanging.The story is about a murder that is revisited 27 years later in an attempt to understand the reasons and circumstances, yet, the reader never learns anything. It promises a twist but never delivers.It did have its moments as there is no doubt that Marquez is a wonderfully descriptive author, but I feel that overall, this is a story without consequence that in many ways leaves one saying, "EEhhhh...could've been better."If you've never read Marquez, don't go for this one because of it's slim physique and somewhat catchy title...go for broke and read "Love in the Time of Cholera" or "One Hundred Years of Solitude"...it is within the pages of these books that the author truly shines. | 994 | [
"I hate to give less than a stellar review to Gabriel Garcia Marquez who was absolutely brilliant in his writing of \"Love in the Time of Cholera,\" but this story was simply mediocre.",
"It's set up as though there is some mystery to be solved by the end of the book.",
"Unfortunately, the reader is left hanging.The story is about a murder that is revisited 27 years later in an attempt to understand the reasons and circumstances, yet, the reader never learns anything.",
"It promises a twist but never delivers.It did have its moments as there is no doubt that Marquez is a wonderfully descriptive author, but I feel that overall, this is a story without consequence that in many ways leaves one saying, \"EEhhhh...could've been better.\"If you've never read Marquez, don't go for this one because of it's slim physique and somewhat catchy title...go for broke and read \"Love in the Time of Cholera\" or \"One Hundred Years of Solitude\"...it is within the pages of these books that the author truly shines."
] |
3 | subject audience | Ehrenreich wrote "Nickel and Dimed" with the intent being that the middle and upper classes would read it, and therefore know something of what the lower classes were going through. It was not meant to be a biography of certain lower class people, delving into their private lives as well as their work lives. It was supposed to tell of only their ability (or lack thereof) to survive with "poverty-level wages". And while Ehrenreich's seemingly carefree style of writing may put some readers off, it seemed to almost mirror some of the poverty stricken characters' attitudes. They always seemed to be hopeful, or at least accepting.Also, while Ehrenreich's education is of the highest in rank, it didnt seem to do her a bit of good in her low-wage jobs.Although there are problems with her research (for instance, her quitting when the going got tough, her dermatologist at hand, etc), all in all, Ehrenreich did a good job of getting lower-class problems out and visible to the other classes. | 994 | [
"Ehrenreich wrote \"Nickel and Dimed\" with the intent being that the middle and upper classes would read it, and therefore know something of what the lower classes were going through.",
"It was not meant to be a biography of certain lower class people, delving into their private lives as well as their work lives.",
"It was supposed to tell of only their ability (or lack thereof) to survive with \"poverty-level wages\".",
"And while Ehrenreich's seemingly carefree style of writing may put some readers off, it seemed to almost mirror some of the poverty stricken characters' attitudes.",
"They always seemed to be hopeful, or at least accepting.Also, while Ehrenreich's education is of the highest in rank, it didnt seem to do her a bit of good in her low-wage jobs.Although there are problems with her research (for instance, her quitting when the going got tough, her dermatologist at hand, etc), all in all, Ehrenreich did a good job of getting lower-class problems out and visible to the other classes."
] |
3 | review | Although many students either living with their parents or living with roommates take low-wage jobs to supplement their parents' income and to obtain spending money for themselves, there are many individuals who work low-wage jobs to sustain themselves and possibly their children. How many times have you had a waitress or maid that was obviously not a young college or high school student simply making money to be able to go to the mall later? There are clearly women and men who make, or at least try to make, a living by working at least one low-wage job. Some may feel that these people can move on at any time they want, but the truth of the matter is if they could obtain a better job and live more comfortably, they would. Although Ehrenreich is obviously not one of these people, she still gives a more enlightened perspective to what a low-wage worker must do to survive, whether it be living out of their cars or motels or working two jobs to the point of exhaustion just to get by. | 994 | [
"Although many students either living with their parents or living with roommates take low-wage jobs to supplement their parents' income and to obtain spending money for themselves, there are many individuals who work low-wage jobs to sustain themselves and possibly their children.",
"How many times have you had a waitress or maid that was obviously not a young college or high school student simply making money to be able to go to the mall later?",
"There are clearly women and men who make, or at least try to make, a living by working at least one low-wage job.",
"Some may feel that these people can move on at any time they want, but the truth of the matter is if they could obtain a better job and live more comfortably, they would.",
"Although Ehrenreich is obviously not one of these people, she still gives a more enlightened perspective to what a low-wage worker must do to survive, whether it be living out of their cars or motels or working two jobs to the point of exhaustion just to get by."
] |
3 | pattern looks bad | I recieved this set and as others stated, it is not the corelle ultra as it shows in the picture. Also the print of the pictures is pretty crappy. It looks like the printing process was messed up and the layers were put on slightly off center so the layers don't line up and it appears blurry. I recieved it as a gift so tried to contact corelle about it but their customer service is terrible. I will never get anything corelle again without buying and seeing it in person at a store. The only thing I like about the set is the square shape.I wanted to post an update. I contacted Corelle and after a struggle by email they ended up sending me new plates (they had the most faded coloring). They are better than the ones I originally got. The color is brighter and looks like the printinting of the pattern was done correctly this time (although the pattern is still a little blurry but now I can tell that is just how it looks, it is not a solid color but rather looks kind of cross hatched). | 994 | [
"I recieved this set and as others stated, it is not the corelle ultra as it shows in the picture.",
"Also the print of the pictures is pretty crappy.",
"It looks like the printing process was messed up and the layers were put on slightly off center so the layers don't line up and it appears blurry.",
"I recieved it as a gift so tried to contact corelle about it but their customer service is terrible.",
"I will never get anything corelle again without buying and seeing it in person at a store.",
"The only thing I like about the set is the square shape.I wanted to post an update.",
"I contacted Corelle and after a struggle by email they ended up sending me new plates (they had the most faded coloring).",
"They are better than the ones I originally got.",
"The color is brighter and looks like the printinting of the pattern was done correctly this time (although the pattern is still a little blurry but now I can tell that is just how it looks, it is not a solid color but rather looks kind of cross hatched)."
] |
3 | Weak and shallow. | After reading the rest od her books, I have to say this book was not up to the standards of the rest of the books. It was rather shallow and then silly. It started out OK, a pretty wild plot about baby switching, but hey, I can take the odd, far reaching stories, as long as they are good. I have a pretty good imagination and read all kinds of books, paranormal included, so even though this was a really far fetched plot, I figured it would be good. I know how believable a plot is does not make a good book. Its the story. Everything all together. The problem is there is nothing to hold this story together. No bonding, emotion, love nada. The girls are cute. The body guard was a thorn in MY side. He really got to me. There is just no depth to the story what so ever. Its not a light read, its an empty read. I like light reads too, that is what I figured this was. But like I said, it was empty. Glad I have not run into anymore like this one. I hope this is the only bad apple there is. | 994 | [
"After reading the rest od her books, I have to say this book was not up to the standards of the rest of the books.",
"It was rather shallow and then silly.",
"It started out OK, a pretty wild plot about baby switching, but hey, I can take the odd, far reaching stories, as long as they are good.",
"I have a pretty good imagination and read all kinds of books, paranormal included, so even though this was a really far fetched plot, I figured it would be good.",
"I know how believable a plot is does not make a good book.",
"Its the story.",
"Everything all together.",
"The problem is there is nothing to hold this story together.",
"No bonding, emotion, love nada.",
"The girls are cute.",
"The body guard was a thorn in MY side.",
"He really got to me.",
"There is just no depth to the story what so ever.",
"Its not a light read, its an empty read.",
"I like light reads too, that is what I figured this was.",
"But like I said, it was empty.",
"Glad I have not run into anymore like this one.",
"I hope this is the only bad apple there is."
] |
3 | I was bummed | I was looking forward to seeing this movie. I like Asia Argento, she was good in XXX and I wanted to see more of her, in more ways than one. I got my chance with Scarlet Diva. Before the movie starts she has a little monologue, asking the viewer not to be afraid of the movie, not to judge it because it was going to be honest and it might have some disturbing scenes and themes in it, to some viewers at least. So I'm thinking alright! No punches pulled in this movie. But there just weren't that many punches to pull. I mean she goes to buy dope from some has been british rapper, she attempts to use street slang, sag her pants and show off her thong, and it just comes across a little incredulous. I was sort of shaking my head and laughing and I found myself doing that a lot during the movie. She gave it a good try though and maybe she will come through in her future efforts, but this movie I'm afraid is a two star effort with an extra star for Asia getting naked at least. Sorry Asia! | 994 | [
"I was looking forward to seeing this movie.",
"I like Asia Argento, she was good in XXX and I wanted to see more of her, in more ways than one.",
"I got my chance with Scarlet Diva.",
"Before the movie starts she has a little monologue, asking the viewer not to be afraid of the movie, not to judge it because it was going to be honest and it might have some disturbing scenes and themes in it, to some viewers at least.",
"So I'm thinking alright!",
"No punches pulled in this movie.",
"But there just weren't that many punches to pull.",
"I mean she goes to buy dope from some has been british rapper, she attempts to use street slang, sag her pants and show off her thong, and it just comes across a little incredulous.",
"I was sort of shaking my head and laughing and I found myself doing that a lot during the movie.",
"She gave it a good try though and maybe she will come through in her future efforts, but this movie I'm afraid is a two star effort with an extra star for Asia getting naked at least.",
"Sorry Asia!"
] |
3 | Sorry to say | When I first played of the game, when I created my character, I was hooked.It has great story lines and missions. Nice weapons (until you view them in the weapons screen and they are boxy and badly rendered)Good upgrade system for weapons, health, speed, street smarts, etc.It was very cool to be in the background of the movie so you were like the guy just waiting for his chance to take control or prove yourself.I loved the game until 2 major flaws appeared.#1 I got enough $$ for better clothes in order to increase the respect I get from local characters. When I chose a jacket or coat, as soon as I tried to "save" and "Join the family", the game locked up. I tried multiple times and it did it every time until I took off the coat.#2 When I took over every family and tried to return to the compound "To discuss my future", the game froze. It froze every time I reloaded and went to the compound. I can't see the ending because of this.Buy at your own risk. Maybe I got a defective disc. | 994 | [
"When I first played of the game, when I created my character, I was hooked.It has great story lines and missions.",
"Nice weapons (until you view them in the weapons screen and they are boxy and badly rendered)Good upgrade system for weapons, health, speed, street smarts, etc.It was very cool to be in the background of the movie so you were like the guy just waiting for his chance to take control or prove yourself.I loved the game until 2 major flaws appeared.#1 I got enough $$ for better clothes in order to increase the respect I get from local characters.",
"When I chose a jacket or coat, as soon as I tried to \"save\" and \"Join the family\", the game locked up.",
"I tried multiple times and it did it every time until I took off the coat.#2 When I took over every family and tried to return to the compound \"To discuss my future\", the game froze.",
"It froze every time I reloaded and went to the compound.",
"I can't see the ending because of this.Buy at your own risk.",
"Maybe I got a defective disc."
] |
3 | Two levels | Like many here I read this book on the urgings of others. Eventually, I could only have so many people tell me what a great book this is before breaking down and reading it myself. Also, like many here, I found my enjoyment decreasing as I noticed an occasional error or strange interpretation of something I was familiar with. In terms of the history, I think the strongest thing I took away is the importance of having multiple sources, and always looking for bias on any issue where interpretation will account for a sizable amount of the research.As for the actual story, I thought it was fun. At times the author seemed to be pandering to the target demographic, but it's not common enough to cause too much annoyence. While certainly the characters are a bit cliche at times, and seem to often have their mental functions tied down so as to not outpace the reader, I still found them to be enjoyable. They're candy rather than a full meal, but sometimes one just wants some sugar and fun. | 994 | [
"Like many here I read this book on the urgings of others.",
"Eventually, I could only have so many people tell me what a great book this is before breaking down and reading it myself.",
"Also, like many here, I found my enjoyment decreasing as I noticed an occasional error or strange interpretation of something I was familiar with.",
"In terms of the history, I think the strongest thing I took away is the importance of having multiple sources, and always looking for bias on any issue where interpretation will account for a sizable amount of the research.As for the actual story, I thought it was fun.",
"At times the author seemed to be pandering to the target demographic, but it's not common enough to cause too much annoyence.",
"While certainly the characters are a bit cliche at times, and seem to often have their mental functions tied down so as to not outpace the reader, I still found them to be enjoyable.",
"They're candy rather than a full meal, but sometimes one just wants some sugar and fun."
] |
3 | spirit bear review | The book touching spirit bear is an all right book. It was ok because I just wasn't able to focus on it. It just didn't grab my attention well enough. The conflict in the story was his anger. He solved his anger problem by getting sent to the island. The island changed his life by teaching him there is more to life than just fighting. He first showed his anger by beating the crap out of Peter, so he got sent to an island in Alaska. It was a huge island with a big lake. It rained a lot there. He also ran into the legendary White spirit bear. He got mad at it because it wasn't scared of him, so he tried to kill it, but it almost killed him instead. Then for a couple of days the bear came back, and just looked at him. It was weird because it didn't attack him it just stared at him. But anyway he got rescued and he had to go back to the island to fix what he messed up. When he got there Peter was there because he tried to commit suicide twice. But anyway out of 5 stars I give it a 3. | 994 | [
"The book touching spirit bear is an all right book.",
"It was ok because I just wasn't able to focus on it.",
"It just didn't grab my attention well enough.",
"The conflict in the story was his anger.",
"He solved his anger problem by getting sent to the island.",
"The island changed his life by teaching him there is more to life than just fighting.",
"He first showed his anger by beating the crap out of Peter, so he got sent to an island in Alaska.",
"It was a huge island with a big lake.",
"It rained a lot there.",
"He also ran into the legendary White spirit bear.",
"He got mad at it because it wasn't scared of him, so he tried to kill it, but it almost killed him instead.",
"Then for a couple of days the bear came back, and just looked at him.",
"It was weird because it didn't attack him it just stared at him.",
"But anyway he got rescued and he had to go back to the island to fix what he messed up.",
"When he got there Peter was there because he tried to commit suicide twice.",
"But anyway out of 5 stars I give it a 3."
] |
3 | Did nothing for me | 2.5 or so.......I first heard Beth Orton on the soundtrack for a film called "A Room for Romeo Brass." Fine film, fine soundtrack. One if the highlights was a song called Stolen Car by the previously unknown (to me) Beth Orton. Well worked, well arranged, well evoked, the song was a winner. After listening to that soundtrack for years, I finally jumped in and bought this collection.Stolen Car is the best song here. Ahead of the pack by several miles. Many of the other cuts sound very reminiscent (or blatantly derivative) of it, with a similar beat and structure. Just not as interesting. She is a talented singer, but not much of a songwriter. She hit gold once. But those that don't sound like Stolen Car, sound kinda, well, kinda nothing. She's sad, life is hard, love sometimes stinks. Yeah, yeah, yeah.There are plenty of reviews here extolling her genius. I didn't hear it. She's got something, but needs far stronger material, both musically and lyrically, to make me care about it. | 994 | [
"2.5 or so.......I first heard Beth Orton on the soundtrack for a film called \"A Room for Romeo Brass.\" Fine film, fine soundtrack.",
"One if the highlights was a song called Stolen Car by the previously unknown (to me) Beth Orton.",
"Well worked, well arranged, well evoked, the song was a winner.",
"After listening to that soundtrack for years, I finally jumped in and bought this collection.Stolen Car is the best song here.",
"Ahead of the pack by several miles.",
"Many of the other cuts sound very reminiscent (or blatantly derivative) of it, with a similar beat and structure.",
"Just not as interesting.",
"She is a talented singer, but not much of a songwriter.",
"She hit gold once.",
"But those that don't sound like Stolen Car, sound kinda, well, kinda nothing.",
"She's sad, life is hard, love sometimes stinks.",
"Yeah, yeah, yeah.There are plenty of reviews here extolling her genius.",
"I didn't hear it.",
"She's got something, but needs far stronger material, both musically and lyrically, to make me care about it."
] |
3 | Lightweight | I had a roaster oven that was at least 40 years old when, after a long life, it developed problems. When I bought this oven to replace it I expected it to be much lighter weight because everything new is lighter, but this one is so light that the bottom of the inner pan flexes up and down. I sent it back and bought a more expensive one with a stainless steel cooking drop-in. I expect it will be light weight too, but at least I won't have to worry that the enamel is being stressed when it flexes. (My old one was thick enough that there was no flexing, not even on the bottom. Wish I could find that kind of strength now.)The stainless steel one I bought is a Nesco, the same brand as my old one. Nesco says that it's heating element is around the sides. I thought all roaster ovens heated from the sides. Now I wonder, if they say nothing about heating from the sides, does that mean the heating element is on the bottom? Seems like it would be more likely to burn if it was on the bottom. | 994 | [
"I had a roaster oven that was at least 40 years old when, after a long life, it developed problems.",
"When I bought this oven to replace it I expected it to be much lighter weight because everything new is lighter, but this one is so light that the bottom of the inner pan flexes up and down.",
"I sent it back and bought a more expensive one with a stainless steel cooking drop-in.",
"I expect it will be light weight too, but at least I won't have to worry that the enamel is being stressed when it flexes.",
"(My old one was thick enough that there was no flexing, not even on the bottom.",
"Wish I could find that kind of strength now.)The stainless steel one I bought is a Nesco, the same brand as my old one.",
"Nesco says that it's heating element is around the sides.",
"I thought all roaster ovens heated from the sides.",
"Now I wonder, if they say nothing about heating from the sides, does that mean the heating element is on the bottom?",
"Seems like it would be more likely to burn if it was on the bottom."
] |
3 | File this under... | ...Incredible beats, incompetent MC's. "Infectious" joins The Group Home debut, Slum Village's "Fantastic Voyage" and Jay Dee's "Welcome to Detroit" (to name a notable few) in being sonically superior but lyrically lulling. DJ Spinna laces up some burners here, showcasing his surprising diversity on the boards. But Kriminul just can't hang with the quality of Spinna's tracks. His pacing is all off with the quick tongue delivery and the style is just unspectacular and snooze-inducing. I felt discomfort in having to endure Kriminuls punchless rhymes while trying to appreciate DJ Spinna's high quality cuts. Luckily, some guests MC's were brought in to show some love (and skill) on the tracks "Don't Get It Twisted" featuring a flamboyant Sadat X, and "Apology Not Accepted" which brings in Apani B. Fly to drop gems and to help Kriminul save face. All in all, the beats thump along marvelously while the MC is still trying to get a mic check. If you're going to do this, do it for Spinna. | 994 | [
"...Incredible beats, incompetent MC's.",
"\"Infectious\" joins The Group Home debut, Slum Village's \"Fantastic Voyage\" and Jay Dee's \"Welcome to Detroit\" (to name a notable few) in being sonically superior but lyrically lulling.",
"DJ Spinna laces up some burners here, showcasing his surprising diversity on the boards.",
"But Kriminul just can't hang with the quality of Spinna's tracks.",
"His pacing is all off with the quick tongue delivery and the style is just unspectacular and snooze-inducing.",
"I felt discomfort in having to endure Kriminuls punchless rhymes while trying to appreciate DJ Spinna's high quality cuts.",
"Luckily, some guests MC's were brought in to show some love (and skill) on the tracks \"Don't Get It Twisted\" featuring a flamboyant Sadat X, and \"Apology Not Accepted\" which brings in Apani B.",
"Fly to drop gems and to help Kriminul save face.",
"All in all, the beats thump along marvelously while the MC is still trying to get a mic check.",
"If you're going to do this, do it for Spinna."
] |
3 | Interesting Satire | Don Dellilo's 'White Noise' features an all-too familiar professor of 'Hitler Studies' at a fine college where he lives with his wife and precocious children. He admits that he does not speak German and is not particularly interested in the politics of Nazism, he is interested merely in the culture. This novel is a curiously fun combination of academic/farce, social satire, dystopia, and post-modern experiment. The characters live embedded in 'White Noise,' they are immersed in the 1980's culture of static/electronic meaninglessness until a chemical spill is unleashed and changes everyone's lives forever. I enjoyed Dellilo's dark and sardonic prose immensely, but I couldn't help feeling that his metaphors became a bit obvious as the story progressed. Dellilo becomes less and less concerned with his characters and more concerned with his themes. This is of course an entirely subjective preference, but I grew detached from this work as the fine characters drifted into the symbolic. | 994 | [
"Don Dellilo's 'White Noise' features an all-too familiar professor of 'Hitler Studies' at a fine college where he lives with his wife and precocious children.",
"He admits that he does not speak German and is not particularly interested in the politics of Nazism, he is interested merely in the culture.",
"This novel is a curiously fun combination of academic/farce, social satire, dystopia, and post-modern experiment.",
"The characters live embedded in 'White Noise,' they are immersed in the 1980's culture of static/electronic meaninglessness until a chemical spill is unleashed and changes everyone's lives forever.",
"I enjoyed Dellilo's dark and sardonic prose immensely, but I couldn't help feeling that his metaphors became a bit obvious as the story progressed.",
"Dellilo becomes less and less concerned with his characters and more concerned with his themes.",
"This is of course an entirely subjective preference, but I grew detached from this work as the fine characters drifted into the symbolic."
] |
3 | runs narrow | I have purchased many pairs of ECCOs over the years mostly with good results. I am a woman with bad,wide feet and I stand all day long as a painter. In the past I have purchased the ECCO Men's "Cross" style as a work shoe and found it met my comfort requirements: soft breathable leather, including a smooth leather insole, great arch support and flexible sole. Since that style is no longer available I took a chance on the "Seawalker". Unfortunately, I have been trying to "break-in" this shoe for several weeks but still cannot wear them for more than an hour. The leather seems heavier and stiffer and the sole is not as flexible as the "Cross", the stitching is higher on the foot and it is DEFINITELY cut more NARROW. It is still a well made shoe and if you have narrow, less sensitive feet, it could be a good choice.I may have waited too long to return these but I am still looking for a comfortable, supportive work shoe that fits me....will sell the "Seawalkers" to anyone interested. | 994 | [
"I have purchased many pairs of ECCOs over the years mostly with good results.",
"I am a woman with bad,wide feet and I stand all day long as a painter.",
"In the past I have purchased the ECCO Men's \"Cross\" style as a work shoe and found it met my comfort requirements: soft breathable leather, including a smooth leather insole, great arch support and flexible sole.",
"Since that style is no longer available I took a chance on the \"Seawalker\".",
"Unfortunately, I have been trying to \"break-in\" this shoe for several weeks but still cannot wear them for more than an hour.",
"The leather seems heavier and stiffer and the sole is not as flexible as the \"Cross\", the stitching is higher on the foot and it is DEFINITELY cut more NARROW.",
"It is still a well made shoe and if you have narrow, less sensitive feet, it could be a good choice.I may have waited too long to return these but I am still looking for a comfortable, supportive work shoe that fits me....will sell the \"Seawalkers\" to anyone interested."
] |
3 | Dock trouble | I've had my inMotion for about 6 weeks. I love it except for one thing -- after a month, there was no sound when I tried to play my iPod. I figured it was something about the connection between the iPod and the dock. It turns out that the plug on the dock that fits into the iPod is slightly bent. I was mystified because I am a gentle user and don't even take my iPod in and out of the dock very much. In order to get it to play, I have to shim up the dock to change the angle of the entire dock or put a shim behind the iPod to change the angle it sits in the dock. I talked to Best Buy about this and was told that it is a routine problem for the inMotion and many other docking systems. They said they've even had the plug on the dock break completely off. They said Altec Lansing will send me a new one because there's a one-year warranty and they know it's a recurring problem. But I am probably going to return it and get something different since it appears likely it will happen again. | 994 | [
"I've had my inMotion for about 6 weeks.",
"I love it except for one thing -- after a month, there was no sound when I tried to play my iPod.",
"I figured it was something about the connection between the iPod and the dock.",
"It turns out that the plug on the dock that fits into the iPod is slightly bent.",
"I was mystified because I am a gentle user and don't even take my iPod in and out of the dock very much.",
"In order to get it to play, I have to shim up the dock to change the angle of the entire dock or put a shim behind the iPod to change the angle it sits in the dock.",
"I talked to Best Buy about this and was told that it is a routine problem for the inMotion and many other docking systems.",
"They said they've even had the plug on the dock break completely off.",
"They said Altec Lansing will send me a new one because there's a one-year warranty and they know it's a recurring problem.",
"But I am probably going to return it and get something different since it appears likely it will happen again."
] |
3 | Works, but .... | The Supersmile Whitening System does its job of lightening tooth color, although you're never going to get those shining white celebrity teeth without veneers. Nonetheless, I found Supersmile easy to use and effective on achieving several shades of tooth lightening. It worked quicker than competing products, and, at the price, it should. Supersmile is still much cheaper than dental office whitening and achieves the same time limited effect.I initially ordered the starter system. It was effective, so I then ordered the larger economy size for future use. Big mistake. The larger tubes use a thick plastic that makes it difficult to squeeze the last half of the toothpaste out of the tube, effectively wasting it.Brush your teeth twice a day, rinse after meals, and floss daily. Still the best way for your teeth to look good and stay healthy. If you've got some yellow, Supersmile is effective in lightening the color and reducing the amount of plaque. Just don't buy the large size tubes. | 994 | [
"The Supersmile Whitening System does its job of lightening tooth color, although you're never going to get those shining white celebrity teeth without veneers.",
"Nonetheless, I found Supersmile easy to use and effective on achieving several shades of tooth lightening.",
"It worked quicker than competing products, and, at the price, it should.",
"Supersmile is still much cheaper than dental office whitening and achieves the same time limited effect.I initially ordered the starter system.",
"It was effective, so I then ordered the larger economy size for future use.",
"Big mistake.",
"The larger tubes use a thick plastic that makes it difficult to squeeze the last half of the toothpaste out of the tube, effectively wasting it.Brush your teeth twice a day, rinse after meals, and floss daily.",
"Still the best way for your teeth to look good and stay healthy.",
"If you've got some yellow, Supersmile is effective in lightening the color and reducing the amount of plaque.",
"Just don't buy the large size tubes."
] |
3 | Okay First Book | I decided to read this book based on all the excellent reviews & was disappointed. The book starts off VERY slowly. I ended up skipping whole sections because it was too boring. I only kept reading because TV was reruns. I'm glad I stuck with it. The book defintely picked up in the second half & I enjoyed it, even though I found some of the action pretty contrived & unbelievable i.e. for a bunch of supposedly savvy good guys, they repeat the same stupid move against the bad guy multiple times. The characters got more interesting, especially the mysterious businessman and human sidekick. Even Rachel got less annoying (I was getting sick of her dropping into a defensive crouch everytime the wind blew the wrong way - I get it, you're a tough lady). I can't say whether it's worth getting involved in this series yet, since I haven't read the second book. As a stand alone book, I'm not sure if this is worth reading since it's so uneven, but if the next books are good, then it would be. | 994 | [
"I decided to read this book based on all the excellent reviews & was disappointed.",
"The book starts off VERY slowly.",
"I ended up skipping whole sections because it was too boring.",
"I only kept reading because TV was reruns.",
"I'm glad I stuck with it.",
"The book defintely picked up in the second half & I enjoyed it, even though I found some of the action pretty contrived & unbelievable i.e. for a bunch of supposedly savvy good guys, they repeat the same stupid move against the bad guy multiple times.",
"The characters got more interesting, especially the mysterious businessman and human sidekick.",
"Even Rachel got less annoying (I was getting sick of her dropping into a defensive crouch everytime the wind blew the wrong way - I get it, you're a tough lady).",
"I can't say whether it's worth getting involved in this series yet, since I haven't read the second book.",
"As a stand alone book, I'm not sure if this is worth reading since it's so uneven, but if the next books are good, then it would be."
] |
3 | Pretty Baby | Pretty BabyIn response to A Customer, I bought Pretty Baby last week and I don't know when or where you purchased your copy, but mine is not censored. Brooke Shields, Who was probably around 11 at the time was shown nude from the waist up and behind when shes locked out of the house and was shown completely nude in one of the photographs Keith Carradine is taking of her. Now I'm no prude, I was only 10 years old when this film came out and had wondered for years what all the fuss was about and I must say that I was a little shocked at the nudity of this small child. The film could not be made today, it would be considered child pornography. After all the fuss that was made about the film Hounddog with Dakota Fanning, Which I thought was a hauntingly sad film told in a tasteful matter I have only one thing to say : watch Pretty Baby if you want to see children exploited on film. Otherwise i thought Pretty Baby was a good movie, but how did they get away with the underage nudity??? | 994 | [
"Pretty BabyIn response to A Customer, I bought Pretty Baby last week and I don't know when or where you purchased your copy, but mine is not censored.",
"Brooke Shields, Who was probably around 11 at the time was shown nude from the waist up and behind when shes locked out of the house and was shown completely nude in one of the photographs Keith Carradine is taking of her.",
"Now I'm no prude, I was only 10 years old when this film came out and had wondered for years what all the fuss was about and I must say that I was a little shocked at the nudity of this small child.",
"The film could not be made today, it would be considered child pornography.",
"After all the fuss that was made about the film Hounddog with Dakota Fanning, Which I thought was a hauntingly sad film told in a tasteful matter I have only one thing to say : watch Pretty Baby if you want to see children exploited on film.",
"Otherwise i thought Pretty Baby was a good movie, but how did they get away with the underage nudity???"
] |
3 | fun to watch | As a kid, my mother would give me 25 cents, thats right a quarter, every Saturday.I would go downtown to the theater, where on Saturday, there would be two full feature films, six to twelve cartoons, and a drawing during the intermission, for tickets, box of suckers, etc. And then the weekly serial. Flash Gordon was always the favorite. What was also good, I could stay in the theater into the evening and watch the movies again. They would not show as many cartons.Anyway, these serials are fun to watch. I only gave three stars as I have some Charlie Chan that werere-mastered and look better than what remember as a kid. I would be nice to have these re-mastered as there are some dark areas that you cannot see the actors. But they are still fun to watch. If you are looking for serous drama, forget it, these are corny, fun, and watch the fights, nine times out of ten, the hats the men are wearing stay on. The 20's through the 50's, men wore hats, ladies wore gloves.Have fun watching. | 994 | [
"As a kid, my mother would give me 25 cents, thats right a quarter, every Saturday.I would go downtown to the theater, where on Saturday, there would be two full feature films, six to twelve cartoons, and a drawing during the intermission, for tickets, box of suckers, etc.",
"And then the weekly serial.",
"Flash Gordon was always the favorite.",
"What was also good, I could stay in the theater into the evening and watch the movies again.",
"They would not show as many cartons.Anyway, these serials are fun to watch.",
"I only gave three stars as I have some Charlie Chan that werere-mastered and look better than what remember as a kid.",
"I would be nice to have these re-mastered as there are some dark areas that you cannot see the actors.",
"But they are still fun to watch.",
"If you are looking for serous drama, forget it, these are corny, fun, and watch the fights, nine times out of ten, the hats the men are wearing stay on.",
"The 20's through the 50's, men wore hats, ladies wore gloves.Have fun watching."
] |
3 | Whoa... | Well, because I'm only about-a little over a third ways through this book and because page by page I have yet to say that I dont like lit-I'm gonna give it a 3 for midways thus far. Because I'm such a Janet fan, I'd LOVE to get this author a big fat 1. But as an aspiring writer myself and because I dont want to seem like I'm (whats the word?) "player hating," I am going to have to be fair (for as far as I am in the book) and give it a midways 3, because so far, I am BLOWN AWAY each page and it could get nothing but better (each page) so I'm am noticing... Now, I will say this however, IF this IS a true story-man-shame on (Janet?) I giggle. But IF this author just conjured up this story-then hell, she's a genius but should be shamed of herself. So far though, from what i'm reading and can tell, shame on Janet. ( I love her though-I just didnt think she had it in her, its just giving me a newer side to her that I couldnt have ever imagined she'd have) But, she's still the greatest! | 994 | [
"Well, because I'm only about-a little over a third ways through this book and because page by page I have yet to say that I dont like lit-I'm gonna give it a 3 for midways thus far.",
"Because I'm such a Janet fan, I'd LOVE to get this author a big fat 1.",
"But as an aspiring writer myself and because I dont want to seem like I'm (whats the word?",
") \"player hating,\" I am going to have to be fair (for as far as I am in the book) and give it a midways 3, because so far, I am BLOWN AWAY each page and it could get nothing but better (each page) so I'm am noticing... Now, I will say this however, IF this IS a true story-man-shame on (Janet?",
") I giggle.",
"But IF this author just conjured up this story-then hell, she's a genius but should be shamed of herself.",
"So far though, from what i'm reading and can tell, shame on Janet.",
"( I love her though-I just didnt think she had it in her, its just giving me a newer side to her that I couldnt have ever imagined she'd have) But, she's still the greatest!"
] |
3 | What happened? | This disc looks like Rhino made the first disc all nice and good. Then, after it sold well quickly churned out this ont the market. The video quality is no where near as good as the original. the cover art is virtually the same. It has video error lines and colour faults in the picture, the entire picture looks soft. The intro still has the totally stiffled music, the credits are still the Still frame credits and not the animated ones that the original series had. Also away from the shoddy making of the DVD the writing is quite bad compaired to the original disc. You can see that they had no-where to go for ideas, no wonder it only lasted 13 episodes(including the 5 on the original disc). I recommend the first disc to everyone but this disc only to completests as it has less episodes, of a lower standard of production in worse quality for the same price.I will probably still be buying the third disc if they make one simply as a completest, and in the hope they can turn it around. | 994 | [
"This disc looks like Rhino made the first disc all nice and good.",
"Then, after it sold well quickly churned out this ont the market.",
"The video quality is no where near as good as the original.",
"the cover art is virtually the same.",
"It has video error lines and colour faults in the picture, the entire picture looks soft.",
"The intro still has the totally stiffled music, the credits are still the Still frame credits and not the animated ones that the original series had.",
"Also away from the shoddy making of the DVD the writing is quite bad compaired to the original disc.",
"You can see that they had no-where to go for ideas, no wonder it only lasted 13 episodes(including the 5 on the original disc).",
"I recommend the first disc to everyone but this disc only to completests as it has less episodes, of a lower standard of production in worse quality for the same price.I will probably still be buying the third disc if they make one simply as a completest, and in the hope they can turn it around."
] |
3 | Good but not Great | There's a lot to like here. OK, less than half of this cd is worth listening to. PDQ Bach, aka Prof. Peter Schickele, is an acquired taste for some. "Low brow" humor connected to "high brow" music in some cases makes for good fun. Pete's musical abilities are apparent all over the score(s) but the introductions, commentary, and non-musical moments now seem more sophomoric than when I saw him in concert years ago. The best and funniest and most joyful moments on this recording come from the 1712 overture and The Short Tempered Clavier, S3.14159, easy as 1. C major. All the rest is only modestly funny for all the creativity in evidence. For me, on a recording like this, I'd rather they left off the goofy introductions, except as absolutely necessary (for the sake of the music) and then let this mad musical mayhem speak for itself.All that said, you know I will be adding more PDQ to my collection. It is hard to resist and laughter--even in small sporadic doses--is good for the soul. | 994 | [
"There's a lot to like here.",
"OK, less than half of this cd is worth listening to.",
"PDQ Bach, aka Prof.",
"Peter Schickele, is an acquired taste for some.",
"\"Low brow\" humor connected to \"high brow\" music in some cases makes for good fun.",
"Pete's musical abilities are apparent all over the score(s) but the introductions, commentary, and non-musical moments now seem more sophomoric than when I saw him in concert years ago.",
"The best and funniest and most joyful moments on this recording come from the 1712 overture and The Short Tempered Clavier, S3.14159, easy as 1.",
"C major.",
"All the rest is only modestly funny for all the creativity in evidence.",
"For me, on a recording like this, I'd rather they left off the goofy introductions, except as absolutely necessary (for the sake of the music) and then let this mad musical mayhem speak for itself.All that said, you know I will be adding more PDQ to my collection.",
"It is hard to resist and laughter--even in small sporadic doses--is good for the soul."
] |
3 | Intial use | This is a good start for a beginner in my opinion. The software included is laughably outdated, but locating updates is fairly simple. The device provides an acceptable image, however the resolution is very low (Unless it you have traveled back in time and 640x480 is the norm) and may put off more advanced users or those wishing higher quality images. I can't see this device used on a telescope without a motor drive unless it is used to observe land based objects or it is being used for live viewing on a laptop. The field of view is pretty tight, so it is important to insure that motor driven telescopes are configured and set correctly.No review on extended viewing or image stacking is available at this time due to seasonal high humidity and condensation forming on the lens of the telescope itself. Short tests were inconclusive.If your looking for a low cost way of trying CCD before investing hundreds or thousands into a higher resolution device, this appears to be a good choice. | 994 | [
"This is a good start for a beginner in my opinion.",
"The software included is laughably outdated, but locating updates is fairly simple.",
"The device provides an acceptable image, however the resolution is very low (Unless it you have traveled back in time and 640x480 is the norm) and may put off more advanced users or those wishing higher quality images.",
"I can't see this device used on a telescope without a motor drive unless it is used to observe land based objects or it is being used for live viewing on a laptop.",
"The field of view is pretty tight, so it is important to insure that motor driven telescopes are configured and set correctly.No review on extended viewing or image stacking is available at this time due to seasonal high humidity and condensation forming on the lens of the telescope itself.",
"Short tests were inconclusive.If your looking for a low cost way of trying CCD before investing hundreds or thousands into a higher resolution device, this appears to be a good choice."
] |
3 | quite ok | The book has some interesting ways of presentig the topic but is not for someone with a sound background in physics (in that case you can skip more than half of the book at once). It does expend a lot on basic physics which is not bad, but dedicated to details that are not needed at all for the main subject, which is the principles for engineering in the field of nuclear reactors. Another major problem is the equations editor, very nasty, the equations look nasty with huge parenthesisis where thay are not needed making the reading a bit disgusting. In the nuclear engineering part there are some mistakes but it is not so bad. Another major problem is that for the more interesting examples, they are worked out by programs that are not easyly available, even that some are just academic level stuff, this is a major drawback of many of these books. They should consider some of the more available codes for educational purposes.As a recomendation, try to look the book before you buy it. | 994 | [
"The book has some interesting ways of presentig the topic but is not for someone with a sound background in physics (in that case you can skip more than half of the book at once).",
"It does expend a lot on basic physics which is not bad, but dedicated to details that are not needed at all for the main subject, which is the principles for engineering in the field of nuclear reactors.",
"Another major problem is the equations editor, very nasty, the equations look nasty with huge parenthesisis where thay are not needed making the reading a bit disgusting.",
"In the nuclear engineering part there are some mistakes but it is not so bad.",
"Another major problem is that for the more interesting examples, they are worked out by programs that are not easyly available, even that some are just academic level stuff, this is a major drawback of many of these books.",
"They should consider some of the more available codes for educational purposes.As a recomendation, try to look the book before you buy it."
] |
3 | Not Too Bad | Overall this book offers a lot of useful information. What I like about it is that Cohen has provided advice from many different sources. There is a variety of product suggestions; it doesn't seem like someone trying to sell you on their products alone.I did however find a few contradictions in the book. For example, on one page it will suggest a woman at a certain age refrain from using glitter eyeshadows, and then two pages later, it says to use shimmer for mature lids. Might be kind of confusing for someone who is not familiar with eyeshadow textures.Another thing I think was kind of bad was when she described someone with a oblong face shape as having a "horse face". When you are writing a book to help people improve their look, and use a negative term to describe a body part, it kind of defeats the purpose. Anyone who works with the public within the beauty industry knows that-or I hope they do!As with any beauty book, take it with a grain of salt and use what works for you. | 994 | [
"Overall this book offers a lot of useful information.",
"What I like about it is that Cohen has provided advice from many different sources.",
"There is a variety of product suggestions; it doesn't seem like someone trying to sell you on their products alone.I did however find a few contradictions in the book.",
"For example, on one page it will suggest a woman at a certain age refrain from using glitter eyeshadows, and then two pages later, it says to use shimmer for mature lids.",
"Might be kind of confusing for someone who is not familiar with eyeshadow textures.Another thing I think was kind of bad was when she described someone with a oblong face shape as having a \"horse face\".",
"When you are writing a book to help people improve their look, and use a negative term to describe a body part, it kind of defeats the purpose.",
"Anyone who works with the public within the beauty industry knows that-or I hope they do!",
"As with any beauty book, take it with a grain of salt and use what works for you."
] |
3 | Good But Not Great | It's a great idea, but it still needs some work. I like that I can store my ornaments in a way that I can see them from the outside, and I like the way they snap together.What I would like to see is:1) some sort of divider (plastic or cardboard) that actually fits into the slots molded onto the interior sides of the crates. You can fit the cardboard inserts together to create various sizes of compartments in which to store ornaments (anywhere from 2 to 16 in each carton, depending on how many inserts you use and how you put them together), but even though there are slots in which to fit the inserts, the cardboard pieces are too short.2) something with a somewhat sturdier snap-on piece, so you can stack more than just 3 at a time without the whole kit-and-caboodle coming apart.3) (assuming (2) is done) the option of buying the individual crates separate from the lid, so you could purchase as many stacking crates as you wanted or needed, and stack them all up with just the one lid. | 994 | [
"It's a great idea, but it still needs some work.",
"I like that I can store my ornaments in a way that I can see them from the outside, and I like the way they snap together.What I would like to see is:1) some sort of divider (plastic or cardboard) that actually fits into the slots molded onto the interior sides of the crates.",
"You can fit the cardboard inserts together to create various sizes of compartments in which to store ornaments (anywhere from 2 to 16 in each carton, depending on how many inserts you use and how you put them together), but even though there are slots in which to fit the inserts, the cardboard pieces are too short.2) something with a somewhat sturdier snap-on piece, so you can stack more than just 3 at a time without the whole kit-and-caboodle coming apart.3) (assuming (2) is done) the option of buying the individual crates separate from the lid, so you could purchase as many stacking crates as you wanted or needed, and stack them all up with just the one lid."
] |
3 | Hi density DVD-R | I purchased this product because I had an 8 Gigabyte DVD that I wanted to make a copy of. I made an image file of it on my hard drive and then burned a copy of that image to the disk. This eliminates a lot of errors when you have to swap disks out or have enough memory to make a copy of a large image.These disks basically work, the problem is that one out of every 5 (on average) fails. That means that out of 25 disks, you only get 20 usable disks. I am using an XPS-M1530 (Dell) with Vista 64, 4Gigabyte of RAM, a T-93 Dual Core Processor running at 2.5 GHZ with a TEAC DVD Drive.The video copies that I made that completed the burn process are excellent! My only issue is the failure rate on the disks. When you look closely at the failed disks, there is a discolored area that almost looks like a chip in the edge of disk. No breakage on the actual plastic, but the ink layer looks damaged.If you need 25 disks for a project, buy TWO packages to ensure you wind up with the 25 you need!!! | 994 | [
"I purchased this product because I had an 8 Gigabyte DVD that I wanted to make a copy of.",
"I made an image file of it on my hard drive and then burned a copy of that image to the disk.",
"This eliminates a lot of errors when you have to swap disks out or have enough memory to make a copy of a large image.These disks basically work, the problem is that one out of every 5 (on average) fails.",
"That means that out of 25 disks, you only get 20 usable disks.",
"I am using an XPS-M1530 (Dell) with Vista 64, 4Gigabyte of RAM, a T-93 Dual Core Processor running at 2.5 GHZ with a TEAC DVD Drive.The video copies that I made that completed the burn process are excellent!",
"My only issue is the failure rate on the disks.",
"When you look closely at the failed disks, there is a discolored area that almost looks like a chip in the edge of disk.",
"No breakage on the actual plastic, but the ink layer looks damaged.If you need 25 disks for a project, buy TWO packages to ensure you wind up with the 25 you need!!!"
] |
3 | Two Fair Games | This product includes two games on a single CD: Equestriad and Riding Star.Equestriad allows you to ride as a real-life horse an rider team in three events: dressage, show jumping and cross country. The graphics are fair, considering the game was made in 2003. The events are very realistic (view is just behind the horse) and the announcers are accurate. This game would be challenging to younger players, but provides quite a bit of replayability, as you can choose riders/horses from all over the world and there are several levels per event.Riding Star focuses on caring for and competing with one horse (Star), which means that a lot of time is spent at the stable for grooming and feeding. The events are fun and have a top-down view. There is also a multi-player option, where four people can race against each others' times on eight different horses. An alright game, but it can get repetitive and after the championship is won, there is little else to do.Both games work fine on Vista. | 994 | [
"This product includes two games on a single CD: Equestriad and Riding Star.Equestriad allows you to ride as a real-life horse an rider team in three events: dressage, show jumping and cross country.",
"The graphics are fair, considering the game was made in 2003.",
"The events are very realistic (view is just behind the horse) and the announcers are accurate.",
"This game would be challenging to younger players, but provides quite a bit of replayability, as you can choose riders/horses from all over the world and there are several levels per event.Riding Star focuses on caring for and competing with one horse (Star), which means that a lot of time is spent at the stable for grooming and feeding.",
"The events are fun and have a top-down view.",
"There is also a multi-player option, where four people can race against each others' times on eight different horses.",
"An alright game, but it can get repetitive and after the championship is won, there is little else to do.Both games work fine on Vista."
] |
3 | Where's The Beef? | Mmaaan... they left the meat out of the sandwich. I might as well be ordering myself the vegetarian. It should go like this, song after song, just like the movie, front to back. After I saw the movie once not including the times after, I said to myself, "This is the best moive I'v seen since, William Shakespears A Midsummer's Night Dream." And I saw that one, well God knows how many times, but the morall of this story is that I loved everything about the movie, especially the songs that I can't beg for somthing that isn't available so I'll take what I can have and wish that all songs will come later on one nice compact CD that I can play over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over until it gets so hot inside my player that they become one with the exsistance of all living stuff! Wwwoowww, what ever that meant? I don't know what came over me. I just phayz-owt sometimes mmaann. heh... Oh well, it sounded cool anyways. heh! | 994 | [
"Mmaaan... they left the meat out of the sandwich.",
"I might as well be ordering myself the vegetarian.",
"It should go like this, song after song, just like the movie, front to back.",
"After I saw the movie once not including the times after, I said to myself, \"This is the best moive I'v seen since, William Shakespears A Midsummer's Night Dream.\" And I saw that one, well God knows how many times, but the morall of this story is that I loved everything about the movie, especially the songs that I can't beg for somthing that isn't available so I'll take what I can have and wish that all songs will come later on one nice compact CD that I can play over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over until it gets so hot inside my player that they become one with the exsistance of all living stuff!",
"Wwwoowww, what ever that meant?",
"I don't know what came over me.",
"I just phayz-owt sometimes mmaann.",
"heh... Oh well, it sounded cool anyways.",
"heh!"
] |
3 | So Far So Good | It's clear the other reviewers have had much difficulty with this product, therefore, I'd like to add that although I have had no problem with the function of the flash for the two years I've used it now, be warned that "your mileage may vary". I've used the flash for macro work, primarily insects. I generally shoot at f/16 and have been very pleased with the results. I've posted some of my shots on my Facebook page and if anyone cares to take a look they are welcome:[...] All of the shots in this album were taken with the Bower Ring Flash aboard my 100mm macro non-IS lens either with my Canon 7D or 50D.I am just starting to have difficulty now with the mechanism to tighten the flash down onto the hot shoe. I also agree with other reviewers that the instructions are quite lacking and build quality is only fair-good (but has lasted me 2 years).Do I wish I had the Canon Ring Light? Absolutely! and someday I probably will, but until then the Bower is working for me...so far so good. | 994 | [
"It's clear the other reviewers have had much difficulty with this product, therefore, I'd like to add that although I have had no problem with the function of the flash for the two years I've used it now, be warned that \"your mileage may vary\".",
"I've used the flash for macro work, primarily insects.",
"I generally shoot at f/16 and have been very pleased with the results.",
"I've posted some of my shots on my Facebook page and if anyone cares to take a look they are welcome:[...] All of the shots in this album were taken with the Bower Ring Flash aboard my 100mm macro non-IS lens either with my Canon 7D or 50D.I am just starting to have difficulty now with the mechanism to tighten the flash down onto the hot shoe.",
"I also agree with other reviewers that the instructions are quite lacking and build quality is only fair-good (but has lasted me 2 years).Do I wish I had the Canon Ring Light?",
"Absolutely!",
"and someday I probably will, but until then the Bower is working for me...so far so good."
] |
3 | it's not THAT bad | granted I never thought of DL music as being hip hop worthy...but then again...why not? These songs aren't so terrible...these songs are certainly better than Lionel Richie's cover of "long long way to go"...or that horrendous Mariah Carey cover.....plus, this tribute makes me realize how tuneworthy their songs really are... if some hip hop artists can take parts of Lep songs and make them their own in a hip hop version, then good for them...and good for the Leps too since those songs can stand up to this challenge!The thing is ... most fans of Def Leppard are not going to be hip hop fans so the two mixed together can be like oil and water...but some fans are more open to other kinds of music...and aren't opposed to this at all. This isn't the BEST hip hop I've ever heard...but it's certainly not a bad effort...and I can appreciate that DL has influenced a LOT of musicians throught out their career. and if it introduces DL to someone who would otherwise not know them, then GREAT! | 994 | [
"granted I never thought of DL music as being hip hop worthy...but then again...why not?",
"These songs aren't so terrible...these songs are certainly better than Lionel Richie's cover of \"long long way to go\"...or that horrendous Mariah Carey cover.....plus, this tribute makes me realize how tuneworthy their songs really are... if some hip hop artists can take parts of Lep songs and make them their own in a hip hop version, then good for them...and good for the Leps too since those songs can stand up to this challenge!",
"The thing is ... most fans of Def Leppard are not going to be hip hop fans so the two mixed together can be like oil and water...but some fans are more open to other kinds of music...and aren't opposed to this at all.",
"This isn't the BEST hip hop I've ever heard...but it's certainly not a bad effort...and I can appreciate that DL has influenced a LOT of musicians throught out their career.",
"and if it introduces DL to someone who would otherwise not know them, then GREAT!"
] |
3 | more is less? | oops. I saw Apocalyptica live in D.C. with their drummer and I rescind all previous comments about percussion being a bad idea.Yes, I like Reflections. Yes, I love Apocalyptica, and this album is good and I'm happy that someone had the sense to release it in the States. But here's the thing. Part of Apocalyptica's appeal was the fact that their music was exclusively created by cellos. On "Inquisition Symphony" they even boasted about this. On "Cult", Path Vol. 2 (when they brought in a vocalist) was really f'in cool. Yes, I'm glad that they want to experiment and "expand their sound" and I want the group to feel free creatively, but the addition of percussive elements on some tracks on this album seems to take away from their unique, original butt-kickin' nature, the feeling of "Oh my god, they made all this crazy noise with just /cellos/?!" So, Apocalytpica is still doing well, but I fear with the addition of other instruments they have become just another orchestral metal band. | 994 | [
"oops.",
"I saw Apocalyptica live in D.C. with their drummer and I rescind all previous comments about percussion being a bad idea.Yes, I like Reflections.",
"Yes, I love Apocalyptica, and this album is good and I'm happy that someone had the sense to release it in the States.",
"But here's the thing.",
"Part of Apocalyptica's appeal was the fact that their music was exclusively created by cellos.",
"On \"Inquisition Symphony\" they even boasted about this.",
"On \"Cult\", Path Vol.",
"2 (when they brought in a vocalist) was really f'in cool.",
"Yes, I'm glad that they want to experiment and \"expand their sound\" and I want the group to feel free creatively, but the addition of percussive elements on some tracks on this album seems to take away from their unique, original butt-kickin' nature, the feeling of \"Oh my god, they made all this crazy noise with just /cellos/?!",
"\" So, Apocalytpica is still doing well, but I fear with the addition of other instruments they have become just another orchestral metal band."
] |
3 | Holds up to abuse | I would agree with the other reviewers about this router being difficult to adjust with any degree of accuracy, but I found that once you took the pains to set it up properly, it held its depth pretty good - even inverted - which a lot of the other reviewers complained about. What I liked most about it was that it took a heck of a beating. I'm hard on tools and this one was dropped, banged on and ridden hard and it lasted surprisingly long - longer than the Craftsman I owned before this one. Eventually it did give out (what do you expect for 50 bucks) but I got my money's worth out of it. Definitely not for pros, just because it's such a pain to set up, but for the weekend warrior like myself, it was a pretty good tool. I'm in the market again for a router and did consider getting another one of these, but I think I'm going to step up to a better quality tool just because I think it'll be quicker and easier to set up and I find that I'm getting less patient and tolerant with age. | 994 | [
"I would agree with the other reviewers about this router being difficult to adjust with any degree of accuracy, but I found that once you took the pains to set it up properly, it held its depth pretty good - even inverted - which a lot of the other reviewers complained about.",
"What I liked most about it was that it took a heck of a beating.",
"I'm hard on tools and this one was dropped, banged on and ridden hard and it lasted surprisingly long - longer than the Craftsman I owned before this one.",
"Eventually it did give out (what do you expect for 50 bucks) but I got my money's worth out of it.",
"Definitely not for pros, just because it's such a pain to set up, but for the weekend warrior like myself, it was a pretty good tool.",
"I'm in the market again for a router and did consider getting another one of these, but I think I'm going to step up to a better quality tool just because I think it'll be quicker and easier to set up and I find that I'm getting less patient and tolerant with age."
] |
3 | Only SIX Cartoons? | The picture on the Amazon site says "The Complete Series"' but the VHS tape I received contains only six episodes. I guess I should have looked closer at the picture, which actually says DVD on the cover.As of this date (01/2010) The Mighty Heroes have not been officially released on DVD. The picture is from an "unauthorized" collection not available on Amazon. A Google search will probably pull up the place to get the DVD. But come on, TerryToons, give us an official DVD of The Mighty Heroes! It would be great to see a fully restored version of these historically significant* cartoons!I'm not disappointed, as I only paid $1.99, but that picture of the DVD cover should be removed to avoid any further consumer confusion.*(This series was conceived on the spot at a TerryToons - CBS story pitch meeting by a junior-animator, after CBS had rejected all the other pitch ideas. The execs liked the idea, and the junior-animator was put in charge of the project. His name was Ralph Bakshi.) | 994 | [
"The picture on the Amazon site says \"The Complete Series\"' but the VHS tape I received contains only six episodes.",
"I guess I should have looked closer at the picture, which actually says DVD on the cover.As of this date (01/2010) The Mighty Heroes have not been officially released on DVD.",
"The picture is from an \"unauthorized\" collection not available on Amazon.",
"A Google search will probably pull up the place to get the DVD.",
"But come on, TerryToons, give us an official DVD of The Mighty Heroes!",
"It would be great to see a fully restored version of these historically significant* cartoons!",
"I'm not disappointed, as I only paid $1.99, but that picture of the DVD cover should be removed to avoid any further consumer confusion.*(This series was conceived on the spot at a TerryToons - CBS story pitch meeting by a junior-animator, after CBS had rejected all the other pitch ideas.",
"The execs liked the idea, and the junior-animator was put in charge of the project.",
"His name was Ralph Bakshi.)"
] |
3 | Could Be Better | I aslo have this as a computer game. Timon & Pumbaa has now thier very own Jungle Acrade. The games are Burper, Jungle Pinball, Sling Shot, Hippo Hop, and Bug Drop. If you start a new game of Sling Shot, and still is playing after level 3, Timon comes into the game and tells a joke that I find is old[.] .... Get this game if you have a Timon and Pumbaa fan in the house. Each game on here has it own sets of rules some are long and some are short. Maybe instead of having Timon coming on the screne and saying "try to waste the beeries thier berry important." He could have said, "Remember don't hit me or any of my friends." Or "The more levels you play the shorter the time you get." Or maybe not come on at all after the 3rd level. I am normaly bad at Jungle Pinball. But my father is better at it then me. Timon & Pumbba should have aslo said something diffretn like on Bug Drop like "Hey Timon this is one heck of a good player," or "Hey Pumbaa please don't eat the pieces of this game." | 994 | [
"I aslo have this as a computer game.",
"Timon & Pumbaa has now thier very own Jungle Acrade.",
"The games are Burper, Jungle Pinball, Sling Shot, Hippo Hop, and Bug Drop.",
"If you start a new game of Sling Shot, and still is playing after level 3, Timon comes into the game and tells a joke that I find is old[.] .... Get this game if you have a Timon and Pumbaa fan in the house.",
"Each game on here has it own sets of rules some are long and some are short.",
"Maybe instead of having Timon coming on the screne and saying \"try to waste the beeries thier berry important.\" He could have said, \"Remember don't hit me or any of my friends.\" Or \"The more levels you play the shorter the time you get.\" Or maybe not come on at all after the 3rd level.",
"I am normaly bad at Jungle Pinball.",
"But my father is better at it then me.",
"Timon & Pumbba should have aslo said something diffretn like on Bug Drop like \"Hey Timon this is one heck of a good player,\" or \"Hey Pumbaa please don't eat the pieces of this game.\""
] |
3 | Somewhat sparse | Let me say up front that what I look for in a non-fiction book is simple and straight forward directions. This book (as the author admits) is very repetitive and could be edited down to about ten pages for me. What is presented seems to be accurate and makes sense, but I am uncomfortable that the author and his editors do not know a "ferrule" from "feral." ("Hanger types include nail and feral, screw and feral,...). What else is wrong that I don't recognize?He does present some very good photos of correct gutter installations and explains how and why they are important. He also evaluates some of the gadgets sold for the bottom of downspouts.He normally advises against gutter leaf screens, but sometimes recommends then. This is confusing.I wish he included more specifics on installing drains around the house such as how the installation would change with soil types.I am glad I purchased and read the book, but think it is priced a bit high for the amount of information it contains. | 994 | [
"Let me say up front that what I look for in a non-fiction book is simple and straight forward directions.",
"This book (as the author admits) is very repetitive and could be edited down to about ten pages for me.",
"What is presented seems to be accurate and makes sense, but I am uncomfortable that the author and his editors do not know a \"ferrule\" from \"feral.\" (\"Hanger types include nail and feral, screw and feral,...).",
"What else is wrong that I don't recognize?",
"He does present some very good photos of correct gutter installations and explains how and why they are important.",
"He also evaluates some of the gadgets sold for the bottom of downspouts.He normally advises against gutter leaf screens, but sometimes recommends then.",
"This is confusing.I wish he included more specifics on installing drains around the house such as how the installation would change with soil types.I am glad I purchased and read the book, but think it is priced a bit high for the amount of information it contains."
] |
3 | Under-cooked | Whilst this CD of the 1999 version of Martin Guerre is musically and dramatically attractive and is well-performed, it is very doubtful to me whether it improves upon the 1996 CD in any respect. What seems undeniable is that the accompaniment is so emasculated and synthesizer-orientated that the whole thing - originally conceived as it was upon a grander, orchestral scale - sounds badly and irritatingly under-cooked; whilst the noble, powerful and thrillingly scored music which began and ended the 1996 version has disappeared altogether. It is reminiscent of those chamber versions of grand operas which tour small theatres and which, however attractively arranged and performed, always leave one wanting to hear the real thing. In my view they got Martin Guerre magnificently right first time around and it is greatly to be hoped that the original score will be revived one day. Enjoy this 1999 CD; but try to listen to the 1996 version in order to hear how the show should really sound. | 994 | [
"Whilst this CD of the 1999 version of Martin Guerre is musically and dramatically attractive and is well-performed, it is very doubtful to me whether it improves upon the 1996 CD in any respect.",
"What seems undeniable is that the accompaniment is so emasculated and synthesizer-orientated that the whole thing - originally conceived as it was upon a grander, orchestral scale - sounds badly and irritatingly under-cooked; whilst the noble, powerful and thrillingly scored music which began and ended the 1996 version has disappeared altogether.",
"It is reminiscent of those chamber versions of grand operas which tour small theatres and which, however attractively arranged and performed, always leave one wanting to hear the real thing.",
"In my view they got Martin Guerre magnificently right first time around and it is greatly to be hoped that the original score will be revived one day.",
"Enjoy this 1999 CD; but try to listen to the 1996 version in order to hear how the show should really sound."
] |
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