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1 | Dull | Being new to the Grateful Dead these days can be rather daunting, they have so many albums and such a long history. I bought this album only after reading numerous reviews. What a huge disappointment!The tracks are weak and the arrangement of tracks is extremely poor -- they all run together and sound similar. I got tired of listening very quickly. This is an album that shows no depth, no intensity and very little diversity. I listened to it twice and that was all I could stand.Being new to the Dead and hearing such great things about them I wanted to like it, I really did. But after listening to Dicks Picks Volume 1 I can only conclude there is a reason the Grateful Dead existed as long as they did, produced as many albums as they did, and had as few hits as they did. Judging from this album, they're an awful band.Many people claim the Dead were a great live band. This album is far from it. If you're not a Dead fan already this album will probably ensure you never will be. | 988 | [
"Being new to the Grateful Dead these days can be rather daunting, they have so many albums and such a long history.",
"I bought this album only after reading numerous reviews.",
"What a huge disappointment!",
"The tracks are weak and the arrangement of tracks is extremely poor -- they all run together and sound similar.",
"I got tired of listening very quickly.",
"This is an album that shows no depth, no intensity and very little diversity.",
"I listened to it twice and that was all I could stand.Being new to the Dead and hearing such great things about them I wanted to like it, I really did.",
"But after listening to Dicks Picks Volume 1 I can only conclude there is a reason the Grateful Dead existed as long as they did, produced as many albums as they did, and had as few hits as they did.",
"Judging from this album, they're an awful band.Many people claim the Dead were a great live band.",
"This album is far from it.",
"If you're not a Dead fan already this album will probably ensure you never will be."
] |
1 | Biased & Untrue | The book is not much different than the movie. It is a shame that Mel Gibson wastes his talent on presenting Catholic delusions from anti-semitic nuns as Truth. It is equally a shame that the best part of the Hebrew/Jewish teachings are left out to give more attention to the false idea of "collective guilt" no matter what is said about who is guilty. The story is written from a Catholic perspective and in that respect it is biased no matter how you look at it. In addition, alleged events that are recorded only in one gospel and not any of the others (why don't the stories match, did they all witness the same event?) are presented as the whole truth. If the movie was meant to bring more attention to the beauty of Christianity, I think it failed miserably. This movie will only satisfy the bloodthirsty who believe a human sacrifice complete with gory Roman bloodfest is the only method of salvation. The book leaves much to be desired if you have an open mind and a loving heart. | 988 | [
"The book is not much different than the movie.",
"It is a shame that Mel Gibson wastes his talent on presenting Catholic delusions from anti-semitic nuns as Truth.",
"It is equally a shame that the best part of the Hebrew/Jewish teachings are left out to give more attention to the false idea of \"collective guilt\" no matter what is said about who is guilty.",
"The story is written from a Catholic perspective and in that respect it is biased no matter how you look at it.",
"In addition, alleged events that are recorded only in one gospel and not any of the others (why don't the stories match, did they all witness the same event?",
") are presented as the whole truth.",
"If the movie was meant to bring more attention to the beauty of Christianity, I think it failed miserably.",
"This movie will only satisfy the bloodthirsty who believe a human sacrifice complete with gory Roman bloodfest is the only method of salvation.",
"The book leaves much to be desired if you have an open mind and a loving heart."
] |
1 | A different sounding Ratt | And to those that hated when Metallica crossed over to a more alternitive style metal, I give you Ratt's "Detonator" I had stated on my review of "Reach for the sky" that Ratt was already losing their signiture sound, but at least there were some repectable songs on it. I gave it 2 1/2 stars. When Detonator was released in 1990, and I had first heard it, I knew that Ratt had truely "sold out" as this album is some very bad hair metal. Its sounds nothing like the Ratt of old, and even gives in to some bad "electric" drums. The only song on here that is any good is "Shame, Shame, Shame", the rest is just garbage. Even though Hair Metal would die a in two years, Ratt had died and gone to hair metal heaven after this piece of junk release. If you like your hair metal cheesy such as BulletBoys, Winger, White Lion, and Ugly Kid Joe, then this is for you. If you were a die hard fan of Ratt's "out of the celler" and "Dancing Undercover" (their two best albums) then avoid this mess. | 988 | [
"And to those that hated when Metallica crossed over to a more alternitive style metal, I give you Ratt's \"Detonator\" I had stated on my review of \"Reach for the sky\" that Ratt was already losing their signiture sound, but at least there were some repectable songs on it.",
"I gave it 2 1/2 stars.",
"When Detonator was released in 1990, and I had first heard it, I knew that Ratt had truely \"sold out\" as this album is some very bad hair metal.",
"Its sounds nothing like the Ratt of old, and even gives in to some bad \"electric\" drums.",
"The only song on here that is any good is \"Shame, Shame, Shame\", the rest is just garbage.",
"Even though Hair Metal would die a in two years, Ratt had died and gone to hair metal heaven after this piece of junk release.",
"If you like your hair metal cheesy such as BulletBoys, Winger, White Lion, and Ugly Kid Joe, then this is for you.",
"If you were a die hard fan of Ratt's \"out of the celler\" and \"Dancing Undercover\" (their two best albums) then avoid this mess."
] |
1 | unbelieveable | i have tried & tried many books by this author, & cannot for the life of me find what everyone is so taken with by her... has noone read any decent novels to compare with lisa gardner?? if i read *in the good/bad news department* one more time, i think i might even become the subject of a horror novel myself. lisa repeats herself so many times throughout the book, it becomes maddening. i have tried & tried to like this author, but just cannot find a book that even compares to decent , talented authors who know how to write. her characters are a joke, & the stories are just so amaturish, it is impossible to read them with a straight face. i couldnt even finish this book, again, with certian annoying phrases continuosly being repeated throughout the entire book. i cannot fathom how this author has gotten the reviews she has. her fans should check out some different, TALENTED authors, & see what they have been missing. i will never read another book by lisa gardner ever again. | 988 | [
"i have tried & tried many books by this author, & cannot for the life of me find what everyone is so taken with by her... has noone read any decent novels to compare with lisa gardner??",
"if i read *in the good/bad news department* one more time, i think i might even become the subject of a horror novel myself.",
"lisa repeats herself so many times throughout the book, it becomes maddening.",
"i have tried & tried to like this author, but just cannot find a book that even compares to decent , talented authors who know how to write.",
"her characters are a joke, & the stories are just so amaturish, it is impossible to read them with a straight face.",
"i couldnt even finish this book, again, with certian annoying phrases continuosly being repeated throughout the entire book.",
"i cannot fathom how this author has gotten the reviews she has.",
"her fans should check out some different, TALENTED authors, & see what they have been missing.",
"i will never read another book by lisa gardner ever again."
] |
1 | Awful. | I'm not a big fan of Tool, but I know that Optiate, Undertow and Aenima are great albums, however Lateralus was a terribly boring album, incredubly dissapointing and predictable and lacking any real life.....this album though is a smashing disgrace, the songs sound like they are thrown together crap, not arrangments, no melody tune, structure let alone feeling or emtotion plain boring and dull. No wonder, just like Lateralus they needed to include overe the top eccentric artwork to compensate for the crap they are putting out under their name these days "TOOL" - the deep phyllosophical mysterious band that was been, a bunch of old 40 year olds trying to be worth it.Well they are not, back in 1997, they were the biggest thing since sliced bread, but they were actually good then. Which is why Aenima was one of the biggest selling album of the 90s.Any artist that includes goggles on their cd cover to look at artwork had to be faking it, I thought it was about the music anyway. | 988 | [
"I'm not a big fan of Tool, but I know that Optiate, Undertow and Aenima are great albums, however Lateralus was a terribly boring album, incredubly dissapointing and predictable and lacking any real life.....this album though is a smashing disgrace, the songs sound like they are thrown together crap, not arrangments, no melody tune, structure let alone feeling or emtotion plain boring and dull.",
"No wonder, just like Lateralus they needed to include overe the top eccentric artwork to compensate for the crap they are putting out under their name these days \"TOOL\" - the deep phyllosophical mysterious band that was been, a bunch of old 40 year olds trying to be worth it.Well they are not, back in 1997, they were the biggest thing since sliced bread, but they were actually good then.",
"Which is why Aenima was one of the biggest selling album of the 90s.Any artist that includes goggles on their cd cover to look at artwork had to be faking it, I thought it was about the music anyway."
] |
1 | Don't waste your time | I was lucky...I got this from my public library, so I haven't wasted any money, just time. It was a big disappointment to me, though some of the writing was good. There wasn't much insight into the characters and was certainly unsatisfying in its ending. I felt that the author had just done short stints of writing, little pieces of this and that, and then had strung them together to make a book. What really bothered me was the media hype around this book (front page of the NYTimes Review of Books, People magazine, a syndicated book review feature in my local "free press", to give some examples) which gave the impression that this was a wonderful book and that time spent reading it was worthwhile. I feel that I wasted my time and didn't come away with anything worthwhile. Maybe the author simply didn't know what to conclude, which is why there was no conclusion. I think she was searching for what this book was to be about, but never found it. Silly and boring, unfortunately. | 988 | [
"I was lucky...I got this from my public library, so I haven't wasted any money, just time.",
"It was a big disappointment to me, though some of the writing was good.",
"There wasn't much insight into the characters and was certainly unsatisfying in its ending.",
"I felt that the author had just done short stints of writing, little pieces of this and that, and then had strung them together to make a book.",
"What really bothered me was the media hype around this book (front page of the NYTimes Review of Books, People magazine, a syndicated book review feature in my local \"free press\", to give some examples) which gave the impression that this was a wonderful book and that time spent reading it was worthwhile.",
"I feel that I wasted my time and didn't come away with anything worthwhile.",
"Maybe the author simply didn't know what to conclude, which is why there was no conclusion.",
"I think she was searching for what this book was to be about, but never found it.",
"Silly and boring, unfortunately."
] |
1 | Less is more | Seven months ago I put The Little Friend on my Christmas wish list and was thrilled when I received it as a gift. Seven months later I finally finished it and I think I owe my gift giver [$$$]! If this book was brilliant, I sure missed it.Everything about this story was long and torturous. The sun-baked Mississippi landscape, the bible thumping, quasi-racist, emotionally clueless characters, the crazy-...premise and the anti-climactic climax which was no climax at all since that would imply a building of tension and action that begs for a resolution. Suffice it to say that 20 pages from the end, I was able to put the book down for the night and not pick it up again for two days, that's how much I didn't care about Harriet and the fate of her family.I can say a lot more, but like The Little Friend, what's the point. Less is more. Read the first chapter, the last, and that's all you'll need. Everything in between is boring, long winded, depressing, and completely unnecessary. | 988 | [
"Seven months ago I put The Little Friend on my Christmas wish list and was thrilled when I received it as a gift.",
"Seven months later I finally finished it and I think I owe my gift giver [$$$]!",
"If this book was brilliant, I sure missed it.Everything about this story was long and torturous.",
"The sun-baked Mississippi landscape, the bible thumping, quasi-racist, emotionally clueless characters, the crazy-...premise and the anti-climactic climax which was no climax at all since that would imply a building of tension and action that begs for a resolution.",
"Suffice it to say that 20 pages from the end, I was able to put the book down for the night and not pick it up again for two days, that's how much I didn't care about Harriet and the fate of her family.I can say a lot more, but like The Little Friend, what's the point.",
"Less is more.",
"Read the first chapter, the last, and that's all you'll need.",
"Everything in between is boring, long winded, depressing, and completely unnecessary."
] |
1 | Where are the books? | The Kindle is an innovative new product that allows the user to purchase, read, and edit text from virtually anywhere. The design is sleek and operation is easy and user friendly. Blah, blah, blah.Not withstanding, out of a supposed 90,000 titles available, there seems to be very little worthwhile content available to download. Out of the first twenty books and periodicals I searched for, I got zero hits. What is available is a myriad of insipid garbage.The bottom line is this: If your literary needs can be met by a trip to an airport bookstand, the Kindle might be for you. Of course, one might wonder why you would need to save, highlight and take notes, etc. on your latest copy of Harry Potter, DaVinci Code, The Secret (insert latest crappie popular title here ad nauseam)...If you're interested in reading books that don't suck, save your $400. You can always purchase most of what is available on Kindle in a few months at a yard sale.But hey, other than that, great product. | 988 | [
"The Kindle is an innovative new product that allows the user to purchase, read, and edit text from virtually anywhere.",
"The design is sleek and operation is easy and user friendly.",
"Blah, blah, blah.Not withstanding, out of a supposed 90,000 titles available, there seems to be very little worthwhile content available to download.",
"Out of the first twenty books and periodicals I searched for, I got zero hits.",
"What is available is a myriad of insipid garbage.The bottom line is this: If your literary needs can be met by a trip to an airport bookstand, the Kindle might be for you.",
"Of course, one might wonder why you would need to save, highlight and take notes, etc.",
"on your latest copy of Harry Potter, DaVinci Code, The Secret (insert latest crappie popular title here ad nauseam)...If you're interested in reading books that don't suck, save your $400.",
"You can always purchase most of what is available on Kindle in a few months at a yard sale.But hey, other than that, great product."
] |
1 | Mansfield Park | If you love Jane Austen stories, as the British say, "Give this one a miss!" Our heroine, Fanny, is terribly mis-characterized (as compared with the book, and after all, what else is one to compare it with?); so too, her benefactor, Sir Thomas. Fanny is made out to be somewhat bold-instead of timid- and the Bertram scion is portrayed as positively mean. If these changes to Austen's brilliant story aren't travesty enough, this screenwriter chose to make the story into a campaign against Slavery--a theme never touched upon by Austen-on the flimsy excuse that the Bertrams have financial interests in Antigua. To give you an idea of just how far-fetched and far-afield this is, try to picture the lovely movie, Emma Thompson's "Sense and Sensibility" as being turned into a rant about the Abuses and Excesses of The Church of England, merely because one of the central characters wants to be a vicar! It's a clear case of taking too much 21st century liberty with a 200 year-old story. | 988 | [
"If you love Jane Austen stories, as the British say, \"Give this one a miss!",
"\" Our heroine, Fanny, is terribly mis-characterized (as compared with the book, and after all, what else is one to compare it with?",
"); so too, her benefactor, Sir Thomas.",
"Fanny is made out to be somewhat bold-instead of timid- and the Bertram scion is portrayed as positively mean.",
"If these changes to Austen's brilliant story aren't travesty enough, this screenwriter chose to make the story into a campaign against Slavery--a theme never touched upon by Austen-on the flimsy excuse that the Bertrams have financial interests in Antigua.",
"To give you an idea of just how far-fetched and far-afield this is, try to picture the lovely movie, Emma Thompson's \"Sense and Sensibility\" as being turned into a rant about the Abuses and Excesses of The Church of England, merely because one of the central characters wants to be a vicar!",
"It's a clear case of taking too much 21st century liberty with a 200 year-old story."
] |
1 | Disappointing Half-Story | This book was a truly disappointing, disjointed, and ill-informed attempt at telling what should have been a riveting tale. It is obvious that the author does not understand much of the subject matter of the book. He totally mischaracterizes the role of derivatives traders/providers. For instance, he focuses exclusively on the risk side of an equity put seller, without recognizing that this is merely a risk transference from the put buyer. He gets some elementary points backwards, as in the time where LTCM is short volatility and, in an effort to cover, solicits other Wall Street firms to provide bids--it should have been offers.Most disconcerting was that it was obvious that most of the players involved refused to talk to the author, forcing him to piece together a half-story from a handful of sources who would talk to him, various newstories of the time, and his own Buffett book. Perhaps no one will ever have the complete story of what happened. This book clearly doesn't. | 988 | [
"This book was a truly disappointing, disjointed, and ill-informed attempt at telling what should have been a riveting tale.",
"It is obvious that the author does not understand much of the subject matter of the book.",
"He totally mischaracterizes the role of derivatives traders/providers.",
"For instance, he focuses exclusively on the risk side of an equity put seller, without recognizing that this is merely a risk transference from the put buyer.",
"He gets some elementary points backwards, as in the time where LTCM is short volatility and, in an effort to cover, solicits other Wall Street firms to provide bids--it should have been offers.Most disconcerting was that it was obvious that most of the players involved refused to talk to the author, forcing him to piece together a half-story from a handful of sources who would talk to him, various newstories of the time, and his own Buffett book.",
"Perhaps no one will ever have the complete story of what happened.",
"This book clearly doesn't."
] |
1 | unhappy cusomer | The first Jabra JX10 came defective and I had to pay over 12.00 to send it back to the Ace Photo. they would not send me a replacement until they received the defective one. Finally after nearly two weeks, a second Jabra JX10 arrived, also defective. Ace Photo refused to send a mailing label and said that I should contact Jabra. I then called Jabra and they said that they would send out another one immediately with my credit card on file along with a mailing label to return the defective one. It has been 4 days and I have not received the replacement. Jabra also informed me that the warranty started when the initial Jabra was sent out, which I think is unfair. It should begin when I receive a product that works. As you can see, I'm rather upset about this whole transaction. It makes me think it would have been better to purchase it at a local electronics store. This is the first time that this has happened, I have been satisfied in the past with other orders through Amazon. | 988 | [
"The first Jabra JX10 came defective and I had to pay over 12.00 to send it back to the Ace Photo.",
"they would not send me a replacement until they received the defective one.",
"Finally after nearly two weeks, a second Jabra JX10 arrived, also defective.",
"Ace Photo refused to send a mailing label and said that I should contact Jabra.",
"I then called Jabra and they said that they would send out another one immediately with my credit card on file along with a mailing label to return the defective one.",
"It has been 4 days and I have not received the replacement.",
"Jabra also informed me that the warranty started when the initial Jabra was sent out, which I think is unfair.",
"It should begin when I receive a product that works.",
"As you can see, I'm rather upset about this whole transaction.",
"It makes me think it would have been better to purchase it at a local electronics store.",
"This is the first time that this has happened, I have been satisfied in the past with other orders through Amazon."
] |
1 | A Disappointment | A the very start, of the narration, I could tell this was below average. The actor tells of a village on the banks of the Mississippi, Hannibal, "a little democracy which was full of liberty, equality, and the forth of July". Not a quote I would choose for accuracy, even if those were Twain's words. You have to imagine how former slaves recalled that village, however few slaves it had.Speaking of the actor, his attempt to sound old got old right quick. I'd sooner hear more of Twain's words than his voice.Many of the old photos seemed to have barely any connection to Mark Twain. For example, black and white children together on a donkey. I'm not convinced young Samuel ever saw that happen.Some of the modern scenes were interesting, I have to say, but they don't save the final product. BTW, contrary to the editorial review, there is no scene selection.I don't know why anyone, myself included, ever thought this was an IMAX subject. Never the Twain shall meet IMAX and mix well. | 988 | [
"A the very start, of the narration, I could tell this was below average.",
"The actor tells of a village on the banks of the Mississippi, Hannibal, \"a little democracy which was full of liberty, equality, and the forth of July\".",
"Not a quote I would choose for accuracy, even if those were Twain's words.",
"You have to imagine how former slaves recalled that village, however few slaves it had.Speaking of the actor, his attempt to sound old got old right quick.",
"I'd sooner hear more of Twain's words than his voice.Many of the old photos seemed to have barely any connection to Mark Twain.",
"For example, black and white children together on a donkey.",
"I'm not convinced young Samuel ever saw that happen.Some of the modern scenes were interesting, I have to say, but they don't save the final product.",
"BTW, contrary to the editorial review, there is no scene selection.I don't know why anyone, myself included, ever thought this was an IMAX subject.",
"Never the Twain shall meet IMAX and mix well."
] |
1 | Don't waste your money. | I bought this litterbox a month ago, and have been dissatisfied from the beginning. Using the LitterMaid brand litter and other premium clumping litters, the rake rakes a ton of clean litter into the box (and under the receptacle, creating a huge mess), necessitating either emptying or removing the disposable tray every day or two (for just one kitten). Generally I had to dump the plastic tray every day, then re-scoop what was actually dirty to avoid going through a ton of litter. The litter area of the box is so small that my kitten could not get comfortable, and often missed the litter, doing her business on the rake mechanism or the sides of the box, making lots of extra clean-up work. The charcoal pads don't stick to the lid like they're supposed to, leading to more odor. I found this system to be way more work than a much more basic system and have quit using it. I replaced it with an Omega Paw flip-over box, which costs a fraction of this product and works way better. | 988 | [
"I bought this litterbox a month ago, and have been dissatisfied from the beginning.",
"Using the LitterMaid brand litter and other premium clumping litters, the rake rakes a ton of clean litter into the box (and under the receptacle, creating a huge mess), necessitating either emptying or removing the disposable tray every day or two (for just one kitten).",
"Generally I had to dump the plastic tray every day, then re-scoop what was actually dirty to avoid going through a ton of litter.",
"The litter area of the box is so small that my kitten could not get comfortable, and often missed the litter, doing her business on the rake mechanism or the sides of the box, making lots of extra clean-up work.",
"The charcoal pads don't stick to the lid like they're supposed to, leading to more odor.",
"I found this system to be way more work than a much more basic system and have quit using it.",
"I replaced it with an Omega Paw flip-over box, which costs a fraction of this product and works way better."
] |
1 | Treats men like idiots | I was given this book as a gift and was so turned off by the overuse of caveman analogies, I couldn't finish it.I think this book does more harm than good by re-enforcing negative stereotypes about men being uninvolved spouses and fathers. I understand the purpose of the book is about trying to "evolve" unenlightened men, but I am not one of their numbers.I tried to have a sense of humor about it and felt I gave the book a fair shot, but when the first handful of chapters are all about trying to impart some kind of wisdom or sense of responsiblity unto the father-to-be, you feel like you're being talked down to. It's not funny, it's not insightful, it's a whisper-thin concept a couple of bozos tried to hang a parenting book from.If you look at a lot of the positive reviews, they are written by women who bought the book for their spouses and boyfriends. Of course THEY think it's great. They're keeping their men like pets. An intelligent man wouldn't put up with this garbage. | 988 | [
"I was given this book as a gift and was so turned off by the overuse of caveman analogies, I couldn't finish it.I think this book does more harm than good by re-enforcing negative stereotypes about men being uninvolved spouses and fathers.",
"I understand the purpose of the book is about trying to \"evolve\" unenlightened men, but I am not one of their numbers.I tried to have a sense of humor about it and felt I gave the book a fair shot, but when the first handful of chapters are all about trying to impart some kind of wisdom or sense of responsiblity unto the father-to-be, you feel like you're being talked down to.",
"It's not funny, it's not insightful, it's a whisper-thin concept a couple of bozos tried to hang a parenting book from.If you look at a lot of the positive reviews, they are written by women who bought the book for their spouses and boyfriends.",
"Of course THEY think it's great.",
"They're keeping their men like pets.",
"An intelligent man wouldn't put up with this garbage."
] |
1 | what a joke... | this is supposed to be entertainment? well,wait...yeah, it is...comedy! what a joke to think anyone with half a budweiser soaked brain thinks this guy has an ounce of talent...people that like this stuff probably are the same people who like Tim McGraw,Toby Keith and the like...if you ask them "who has more talent, the eagles or Kenny Chesney?" their likely answer would be the latter...what are they putting in that there budweiser lately? must be some kinda mind numbing stuff to make people think this waste of space- poor excuse for a human being and even sorrier excuse for a musician could even stand in the same room with a legend like the Eagles or Fleetwood Mac...it's really sad to see the music industry fall to this low a level...speaking of Fleetwood Mac, has anyone heard the awful rendition of "Landslide" by the Dixie Chicks? sounds like someone scratching the chalkboard to me...check out the original,and judge yourself...if you know what talent is when you hear it... | 988 | [
"this is supposed to be entertainment?",
"well,wait...yeah, it is...comedy!",
"what a joke to think anyone with half a budweiser soaked brain thinks this guy has an ounce of talent...people that like this stuff probably are the same people who like Tim McGraw,Toby Keith and the like...if you ask them \"who has more talent, the eagles or Kenny Chesney?",
"\" their likely answer would be the latter...what are they putting in that there budweiser lately?",
"must be some kinda mind numbing stuff to make people think this waste of space- poor excuse for a human being and even sorrier excuse for a musician could even stand in the same room with a legend like the Eagles or Fleetwood Mac...it's really sad to see the music industry fall to this low a level...speaking of Fleetwood Mac, has anyone heard the awful rendition of \"Landslide\" by the Dixie Chicks?",
"sounds like someone scratching the chalkboard to me...check out the original,and judge yourself...if you know what talent is when you hear it..."
] |
1 | WORST MOVIE EVER | I can not explain to you how much I hated this movie. If I could give this movie negative stars, I would. Why is this movie so bad you ask, well I will tell you. The movie does not flow together at all. Prime example is the scene with the reporter in the house. The scene lasted about 5 seconds, he was in and then out. The reporter then showed a ten minute interview that supposedly took place in the 5 seconds. It supposedly takes place in southern California, but the sheriff sound like he came out of the Smokey and the Bandit. The sheriff thought the English guy was Mexican. What's the deal with that? Even though I hate this movie to the core of my being, I have made it my mission to buy every copy I run across. I am stockpiling these in hopes that one day I will own every copy. When I do, I am going to have a big bonfire and chuck all of them into it, thus riding this world of such a blight. I do not want aliens coming down after we are all gone and finding that movie...... | 988 | [
"I can not explain to you how much I hated this movie.",
"If I could give this movie negative stars, I would.",
"Why is this movie so bad you ask, well I will tell you.",
"The movie does not flow together at all.",
"Prime example is the scene with the reporter in the house.",
"The scene lasted about 5 seconds, he was in and then out.",
"The reporter then showed a ten minute interview that supposedly took place in the 5 seconds.",
"It supposedly takes place in southern California, but the sheriff sound like he came out of the Smokey and the Bandit.",
"The sheriff thought the English guy was Mexican.",
"What's the deal with that?",
"Even though I hate this movie to the core of my being, I have made it my mission to buy every copy I run across.",
"I am stockpiling these in hopes that one day I will own every copy.",
"When I do, I am going to have a big bonfire and chuck all of them into it, thus riding this world of such a blight.",
"I do not want aliens coming down after we are all gone and finding that movie......"
] |
1 | Awful, Do not Buy | These earbuds are absolutely terrible. First, the wires constantly tangle. I bought these f-ing things so that I could stay motivated while exercising. But it's a real morale killer to spend about 3 or 4 minutes getting them untangled before ever getting a chance to use them. But this is assuming they are products you WANT to use. In the past I had used these earbuds while lifting weights. Under such circumstances, the experience is awful. Not only do they come out of your ears when you perform any slight movement, but since the wire is meant to hang around your head (and thus, behind your back), good luck trying to lie down or sit back against anything. AWFUL!For the first time tonight, I decided to run with my mp3 player. Every few minutes, I had to fidget with the ear piece so the buds would stay in my ears. No one should have to endure this BS from a product that is meant to enhance their listening experience. Enough is enough. I'm getting new earbuds. DO NOT BUY THESE! | 988 | [
"These earbuds are absolutely terrible.",
"First, the wires constantly tangle.",
"I bought these f-ing things so that I could stay motivated while exercising.",
"But it's a real morale killer to spend about 3 or 4 minutes getting them untangled before ever getting a chance to use them.",
"But this is assuming they are products you WANT to use.",
"In the past I had used these earbuds while lifting weights.",
"Under such circumstances, the experience is awful.",
"Not only do they come out of your ears when you perform any slight movement, but since the wire is meant to hang around your head (and thus, behind your back), good luck trying to lie down or sit back against anything.",
"AWFUL!",
"For the first time tonight, I decided to run with my mp3 player.",
"Every few minutes, I had to fidget with the ear piece so the buds would stay in my ears.",
"No one should have to endure this BS from a product that is meant to enhance their listening experience.",
"Enough is enough.",
"I'm getting new earbuds.",
"DO NOT BUY THESE!"
] |
1 | Not worth it | When I received this safe, first I was surprised how small it really was- even though I knew by the description it was going to be small. I opened the box and took out the shiny red steel safe and looked for the key to open it or the 'combination'. The keys were inside the locked safe and there were no written instructions on how to open it or a 'combination' anywhere. Since I was rushed to wrap it, I e-mailed customer service for the company to find out how to open it so that I would know when my son unwrapped this gift. Customer service e-mailed back promptly and told me to set the combination to 20 and turn the key-which was still locked INSIDE the safe. The metal slide knob to open it did not work and so I ended up forcing it open to get the keys out. When I did, it still did not work with the keys, combination or anything other than force. It is cheap and I am probably not going to give it to my son because it is frustrating to try to pry open and not worth the effort. | 988 | [
"When I received this safe, first I was surprised how small it really was- even though I knew by the description it was going to be small.",
"I opened the box and took out the shiny red steel safe and looked for the key to open it or the 'combination'.",
"The keys were inside the locked safe and there were no written instructions on how to open it or a 'combination' anywhere.",
"Since I was rushed to wrap it, I e-mailed customer service for the company to find out how to open it so that I would know when my son unwrapped this gift.",
"Customer service e-mailed back promptly and told me to set the combination to 20 and turn the key-which was still locked INSIDE the safe.",
"The metal slide knob to open it did not work and so I ended up forcing it open to get the keys out.",
"When I did, it still did not work with the keys, combination or anything other than force.",
"It is cheap and I am probably not going to give it to my son because it is frustrating to try to pry open and not worth the effort."
] |
1 | What a disappointment | I buy about a book a week from Amazon and never write reviews - but I have to on this one.Did you buy one of the original Apple Ipods? All the PR and reviews got your expectations up - only to find out that they went cheap on the battery. It lasts about 3-minutes. Big disappointment. It was capable of so much more.Same with this book. I LOVED Hall's first book. Great breakthrough stuff. So when this one was released I got in the pre-publication line. I saved the book for a Saturday cross-country plane ride ready to savor. Had the highlighter all ready and - bummer. Couldn't believe it.It's the equivlant of "Eat plenty of vegetables, get plenty of sleep and brush your teeth every day." Mundane, sophormoric stuff to be associated with the name Doug Hall. Not at all in the same league as his first book - a masterpiece. This guy is so much better than this cute little book of lists. I'll buy his next one, pay money to go see him - but this isn't the Doug Hall of the first book. | 988 | [
"I buy about a book a week from Amazon and never write reviews - but I have to on this one.Did you buy one of the original Apple Ipods?",
"All the PR and reviews got your expectations up - only to find out that they went cheap on the battery.",
"It lasts about 3-minutes.",
"Big disappointment.",
"It was capable of so much more.Same with this book.",
"I LOVED Hall's first book.",
"Great breakthrough stuff.",
"So when this one was released I got in the pre-publication line.",
"I saved the book for a Saturday cross-country plane ride ready to savor.",
"Had the highlighter all ready and - bummer.",
"Couldn't believe it.It's the equivlant of \"Eat plenty of vegetables, get plenty of sleep and brush your teeth every day.\" Mundane, sophormoric stuff to be associated with the name Doug Hall.",
"Not at all in the same league as his first book - a masterpiece.",
"This guy is so much better than this cute little book of lists.",
"I'll buy his next one, pay money to go see him - but this isn't the Doug Hall of the first book."
] |
1 | LOGIC,, WHERE ART THOU? | The NSA is decrypting e-mail messages via the TRANSLTR, a supercomputer. An ex-employee develops a non decryptable encrypting program and puts it out on the web. The key is to be auctioned.High-ranking members of the NSA try to decrypt the program and get themselves in a lot of trouble doing so. There is also the inevitable professor who gets almost framed by The BAD GUY..Unfortunately, there rests one question unanswered: if everybody already has got the program and is just waiting for the key, then what good is the planned action of the NSA? It won't help any.Therefore, this is logically an impossible plot. The characters are equally impossible, motivated by cardboard emotions and lacking intelligence. The moral question involved in uncontrolled mass-decryption rests not only unanswered but is never asked (would you be happy to have your correspondence checked by a bunch of kindergarten cops?)I was waiting for the real plot till the last page and was utterly disappointed. | 988 | [
"The NSA is decrypting e-mail messages via the TRANSLTR, a supercomputer.",
"An ex-employee develops a non decryptable encrypting program and puts it out on the web.",
"The key is to be auctioned.High-ranking members of the NSA try to decrypt the program and get themselves in a lot of trouble doing so.",
"There is also the inevitable professor who gets almost framed by The BAD GUY..Unfortunately, there rests one question unanswered: if everybody already has got the program and is just waiting for the key, then what good is the planned action of the NSA?",
"It won't help any.Therefore, this is logically an impossible plot.",
"The characters are equally impossible, motivated by cardboard emotions and lacking intelligence.",
"The moral question involved in uncontrolled mass-decryption rests not only unanswered but is never asked (would you be happy to have your correspondence checked by a bunch of kindergarten cops?",
")I was waiting for the real plot till the last page and was utterly disappointed."
] |
1 | Water Damage | These cups are terrible. Every time my baby drops them, they start to leak from the loosening caused by the often minor jolt (I removed the handles, but still have the same result). When he drinks out of them, they squirt water up his nose, he doesn't like this. They leak in the diaper bag from loosening when lightly jostled. I have sections of floor that have been damaged by huge puddles left by these cups when I didn't notice a slow leak after baby left them on the floor. A fine product in the upright position for babies who do not drop or throw things and who do not mind water squirted into eyes and up the nose.Just to clarify, the leaking is not at the sippy spout, it is at the point where the cup is screwed together, the spout works fine (I also have 6 of them, all of them leak). I have replaced all of my Avent sippy cups with Tommee Tippee and we really like those. I bought Avent because they are made in England and we liked their pacifiers, but this product is awful. | 988 | [
"These cups are terrible.",
"Every time my baby drops them, they start to leak from the loosening caused by the often minor jolt (I removed the handles, but still have the same result).",
"When he drinks out of them, they squirt water up his nose, he doesn't like this.",
"They leak in the diaper bag from loosening when lightly jostled.",
"I have sections of floor that have been damaged by huge puddles left by these cups when I didn't notice a slow leak after baby left them on the floor.",
"A fine product in the upright position for babies who do not drop or throw things and who do not mind water squirted into eyes and up the nose.Just to clarify, the leaking is not at the sippy spout, it is at the point where the cup is screwed together, the spout works fine (I also have 6 of them, all of them leak).",
"I have replaced all of my Avent sippy cups with Tommee Tippee and we really like those.",
"I bought Avent because they are made in England and we liked their pacifiers, but this product is awful."
] |
1 | Got a Match? | Somebody once asked James Garner's character on "The Rockford Files" TV show if there was nothing he wouldn't do for money. He wouldn't kill for it and he wouldn't marry for it, he said, other than that he was pretty much open to suggestions. Paul Newman and Steve McQueen must have been open to suggestions when they ok'd this turkey, and I wish they had said no. The world's tallest skyscraper is burning due to shoddy construction work, and architect Newman and fireman McQueen would like to put it out before the entire cast is incinerated. On top of the building are a million gallons of water in reserve Newman forgot about in all the excitement. Why this 2500 ton weight hasn't gone crashing into the basement we are not informed but the daring duo manage to blow up the tanks and there's your happy ending. O J Simpson rescues a cat and Fred Astaire, after a lifetime of giving the American movies some of their greatest moments, was awarded an Oscar for enduring this production. | 988 | [
"Somebody once asked James Garner's character on \"The Rockford Files\" TV show if there was nothing he wouldn't do for money.",
"He wouldn't kill for it and he wouldn't marry for it, he said, other than that he was pretty much open to suggestions.",
"Paul Newman and Steve McQueen must have been open to suggestions when they ok'd this turkey, and I wish they had said no.",
"The world's tallest skyscraper is burning due to shoddy construction work, and architect Newman and fireman McQueen would like to put it out before the entire cast is incinerated.",
"On top of the building are a million gallons of water in reserve Newman forgot about in all the excitement.",
"Why this 2500 ton weight hasn't gone crashing into the basement we are not informed but the daring duo manage to blow up the tanks and there's your happy ending.",
"O J Simpson rescues a cat and Fred Astaire, after a lifetime of giving the American movies some of their greatest moments, was awarded an Oscar for enduring this production."
] |
1 | Back to the drawing board | If you're looking to dress chubby dolls or big baby dolls, this isn't the book for you. If you're looking for simple, direct, and reliable, don't look here either.If you're looking to dress your Bleuette from the patterns for 11" dolls this book supposedly contains, look elsewhere, unless you wish to dress her in a nappy and a bunny suit, because that's all you'll find for your 11" kids.The book is laid out in a complicated and frustrating way. There are photographs of wonderful outfits, line drawings of outfits, and paragraph after paragraph about the history of each variation, but you have to search for the page that tells exactly WHICH pattern pieces to use to get the same look. Only after one such frustrating search did I discover collars and cuffs in their own separate chapter.The pattern pieces are way too small unless you're dressing very slim dolls. And don't take anything on faith - measure everything, including your doll and all the pattern pieces you plan to use. | 988 | [
"If you're looking to dress chubby dolls or big baby dolls, this isn't the book for you.",
"If you're looking for simple, direct, and reliable, don't look here either.If you're looking to dress your Bleuette from the patterns for 11\" dolls this book supposedly contains, look elsewhere, unless you wish to dress her in a nappy and a bunny suit, because that's all you'll find for your 11\" kids.The book is laid out in a complicated and frustrating way.",
"There are photographs of wonderful outfits, line drawings of outfits, and paragraph after paragraph about the history of each variation, but you have to search for the page that tells exactly WHICH pattern pieces to use to get the same look.",
"Only after one such frustrating search did I discover collars and cuffs in their own separate chapter.The pattern pieces are way too small unless you're dressing very slim dolls.",
"And don't take anything on faith - measure everything, including your doll and all the pattern pieces you plan to use."
] |
1 | I am a Pro Gamer.... | I am a Pro Gamer, current earnings to date for the year of 2004 are $18,000. I compete in several leagues, Just recently my clan took 3rd in the CPL Extreme Summer World Championships in UT2K4, & I am currently ranked as the 7th best player in the world for FPS games (as reported by the GGL, WCG, CPL,& iON Gamers) & will be @ the WCG in San Francisco in Oct.So this is an abomination, it cannot even come close to replacing the mouse & keyboard. If you are serious about FPS games, do not waste your money!!!I does take awhile to learn, & overall you are left with something that only functions @ half the level of a keyboard. I tried hard to like this product & devoted near a month of my time mastering it. But if you need a quick reaction time, this is not the tool. May I recomend the Zboard Crossfire, besides the good old keyboard this is the only product that can compete!!!( & I belive that the Logitech Wireless Keyboard & mouse w/ fresh batteries is the best out there!)Dra8er | 988 | [
"I am a Pro Gamer, current earnings to date for the year of 2004 are $18,000.",
"I compete in several leagues, Just recently my clan took 3rd in the CPL Extreme Summer World Championships in UT2K4, & I am currently ranked as the 7th best player in the world for FPS games (as reported by the GGL, WCG, CPL,& iON Gamers) & will be @ the WCG in San Francisco in Oct.So this is an abomination, it cannot even come close to replacing the mouse & keyboard.",
"If you are serious about FPS games, do not waste your money!!!",
"I does take awhile to learn, & overall you are left with something that only functions @ half the level of a keyboard.",
"I tried hard to like this product & devoted near a month of my time mastering it.",
"But if you need a quick reaction time, this is not the tool.",
"May I recomend the Zboard Crossfire, besides the good old keyboard this is the only product that can compete!!!",
"( & I belive that the Logitech Wireless Keyboard & mouse w/ fresh batteries is the best out there!",
")Dra8er"
] |
1 | lets be more broadminded | reading some of the other reviews of this book,you can already say that they have been brainwashed by this book and others like it.All of them pleading that 'it is true',all it takes is one book and the gullible will hang on to any belief you put into their minds.I think we have a choice,don't we,you can believe whatever you want,who knows what the truth is.Someone will say that i saw hell in a vision,so believe me and someone else will say that hell is a myth,and they have a right to say what they want.we are 'what we think',so remember that you have the power to choose what you believe in.so don't let somebody scare you by saying things like 'believe in hell and do so and so be4 it's too late',becoz quite honestly nobody can claim to be an authority on these subjects no matter how much they insist that they are right,so the word of a skeptic is just as good as the word of someone who has claimed to visit hell.Lets keep an open mind on the subject instead of taking stands. | 988 | [
"reading some of the other reviews of this book,you can already say that they have been brainwashed by this book and others like it.All of them pleading that 'it is true',all it takes is one book and the gullible will hang on to any belief you put into their minds.I think we have a choice,don't we,you can believe whatever you want,who knows what the truth is.Someone will say that i saw hell in a vision,so believe me and someone else will say that hell is a myth,and they have a right to say what they want.we are 'what we think',so remember that you have the power to choose what you believe in.so don't let somebody scare you by saying things like 'believe in hell and do so and so be4 it's too late',becoz quite honestly nobody can claim to be an authority on these subjects no matter how much they insist that they are right,so the word of a skeptic is just as good as the word of someone who has claimed to visit hell.Lets keep an open mind on the subject instead of taking stands."
] |
1 | Where's the plot? | I thought A Stroke of Midnight would be a continuation of the previous Merry Gentry novel, Seduced by Moonlight; however, the two days Merry had to heal, ally herself with the sluagh and goblins, and then appear at a banquet at the Seelie court (see the penultimate chapter in Midnight) vanish. Plot continuation from A Stroke of Midnight seems to be discarded; a continual orgy ensues. I enjoy well-developed romance and a soupcon (or more) of sex. I appreciate that Laurell avoids euphemisms for sex and makes it real, but this book just degenetres into (disgusting) sex scene after sex scene. The characters could almost be interchanged with those from the last Anita Blake novel, Incubus Dreams (although that may have been a bit worse), without altering the story.I've been a devoted Laurell K. Hamilton fan for years and am sorry to see her novels devolve so drastically. Her first novel, Nightseer, (a stand-alone) was a gem. Now, sadly, I don't think I'll buy another book by LKH. | 988 | [
"I thought A Stroke of Midnight would be a continuation of the previous Merry Gentry novel, Seduced by Moonlight; however, the two days Merry had to heal, ally herself with the sluagh and goblins, and then appear at a banquet at the Seelie court (see the penultimate chapter in Midnight) vanish.",
"Plot continuation from A Stroke of Midnight seems to be discarded; a continual orgy ensues.",
"I enjoy well-developed romance and a soupcon (or more) of sex.",
"I appreciate that Laurell avoids euphemisms for sex and makes it real, but this book just degenetres into (disgusting) sex scene after sex scene.",
"The characters could almost be interchanged with those from the last Anita Blake novel, Incubus Dreams (although that may have been a bit worse), without altering the story.I've been a devoted Laurell K.",
"Hamilton fan for years and am sorry to see her novels devolve so drastically.",
"Her first novel, Nightseer, (a stand-alone) was a gem.",
"Now, sadly, I don't think I'll buy another book by LKH."
] |
1 | can't hear anything | I bought this because I had just bought a Motorola RAZR phone and had trouble hearing the phone. I had intended to buy a Jabra headset, but when my wife was shopping at cartoys, the people there said that a motorola product would work so well with the phone, since it's motorola. In a quiet room, the headset is fine. The instant that there is any background noise, such as a bus, walking down the street, etc., the headset is useless because you can't hear anything. I tried to take the headset back to cartoys, but they wouldn't accept the return without the manual.Summary:1) Don't buy motorola. The headsets are useless and the phones are too quiet. If you want an expensive toy that doesn't work well as a phone, the RAZR is the one for you.2) don't buy wireless plans or products from cartoys. Even though Cingular gave us 30 days to try the phone out, cartoys only gives 14 days, so we weren't able to cancel and switch back to Verizon without having to pay cartoys $300 per phone. | 988 | [
"I bought this because I had just bought a Motorola RAZR phone and had trouble hearing the phone.",
"I had intended to buy a Jabra headset, but when my wife was shopping at cartoys, the people there said that a motorola product would work so well with the phone, since it's motorola.",
"In a quiet room, the headset is fine.",
"The instant that there is any background noise, such as a bus, walking down the street, etc., the headset is useless because you can't hear anything.",
"I tried to take the headset back to cartoys, but they wouldn't accept the return without the manual.Summary:1) Don't buy motorola.",
"The headsets are useless and the phones are too quiet.",
"If you want an expensive toy that doesn't work well as a phone, the RAZR is the one for you.2) don't buy wireless plans or products from cartoys.",
"Even though Cingular gave us 30 days to try the phone out, cartoys only gives 14 days, so we weren't able to cancel and switch back to Verizon without having to pay cartoys $300 per phone."
] |
1 | Love is the answer | Well, I hate this book. I think the logic in it is deeply flawed and narrow. I think that even when she has good historical points she's privy to 20-20 hindsight and is unable (or refuses) to digest the many external variables that effected historical events.But more importantly, I'm very concerned about the corrosive nature of this kind of book on the country. I'm worried that there is a growing group on the far-right of the spectrum, perhaps 10 million people, who read this like gospel and thus live in a sort of dream-reality. It's a very unhealthy trend.She constantly says that her adversary is 'evil'. I believe Evil exists. Stalin was evil. To say that it's a common trait is an irresponsible and incendiary practice.I don't think she can be discredited, because I'm not sure she is able to feel any shame at being proven wrong. She'll refuse to accept it and just keep on going. And of course she has her right to freedom of speech. I only hope the country can withstand her. | 988 | [
"Well, I hate this book.",
"I think the logic in it is deeply flawed and narrow.",
"I think that even when she has good historical points she's privy to 20-20 hindsight and is unable (or refuses) to digest the many external variables that effected historical events.But more importantly, I'm very concerned about the corrosive nature of this kind of book on the country.",
"I'm worried that there is a growing group on the far-right of the spectrum, perhaps 10 million people, who read this like gospel and thus live in a sort of dream-reality.",
"It's a very unhealthy trend.She constantly says that her adversary is 'evil'.",
"I believe Evil exists.",
"Stalin was evil.",
"To say that it's a common trait is an irresponsible and incendiary practice.I don't think she can be discredited, because I'm not sure she is able to feel any shame at being proven wrong.",
"She'll refuse to accept it and just keep on going.",
"And of course she has her right to freedom of speech.",
"I only hope the country can withstand her."
] |
1 | Horrible | Don't bother with this book, thankfully I only borrowed it from the library intending to use it as a source for an MBA paper on the online book industry. I ended up using zero material in my paper. Most of the sentences aren't complete sentences ... factual errors abound. If Jeff Bezos chose Seattle because Ingram Book Company is there (as Saunders claims) he made a mistake because they're not ... Amazon.com was NOT the first bookseller on the web ... bol.com is not Borders ... the dates for B&N's planned takeover of Ingram are wrong. Who knows what other mistakes there are because I put it down at that point so I didn't mistakenly use any of her "facts" in my paper. Saunders should have done at least some research to make the book factual and interesting and her editor should have caught the fact that she was clueless. If your 6th grader or below is writing a paper, it could be ok because the book because is at that reading level ... if you're older than that don't bother. | 988 | [
"Don't bother with this book, thankfully I only borrowed it from the library intending to use it as a source for an MBA paper on the online book industry.",
"I ended up using zero material in my paper.",
"Most of the sentences aren't complete sentences ... factual errors abound.",
"If Jeff Bezos chose Seattle because Ingram Book Company is there (as Saunders claims) he made a mistake because they're not ... Amazon.com was NOT the first bookseller on the web ... bol.com is not Borders ... the dates for B&N's planned takeover of Ingram are wrong.",
"Who knows what other mistakes there are because I put it down at that point so I didn't mistakenly use any of her \"facts\" in my paper.",
"Saunders should have done at least some research to make the book factual and interesting and her editor should have caught the fact that she was clueless.",
"If your 6th grader or below is writing a paper, it could be ok because the book because is at that reading level ... if you're older than that don't bother."
] |
1 | Sends the wrong message | In this story, Danielle is afraid of the photographer, Ralph, who comes to take the class picture. The photographer is a stranger to Danielle. He is also loud and boisterous. When Danielle refuses to have her picture taken by Ralph, he decides to approach her wearing a puppet. Ralph says, "You don't have to talk to me, but how about talking to my puppet?" The message that the author is trying to convey is that a person can be loud, yet still friendly. The message I got was "don't trust your instincts, and even if you don't want to talk to a stranger, it's okay to talk to the stranger's puppet". My husband also read the book. Halfway through it, without my saying anything, he said, "This Ralph is a creep!" As a teacher of elementary students and a mother of a young child, I am always teaching children to trust their instincts when it comes to a stranger. This book confuses that issue when the "creepy stranger" wears a puppet and Danielle decides it's now okay to talk to him. | 988 | [
"In this story, Danielle is afraid of the photographer, Ralph, who comes to take the class picture.",
"The photographer is a stranger to Danielle.",
"He is also loud and boisterous.",
"When Danielle refuses to have her picture taken by Ralph, he decides to approach her wearing a puppet.",
"Ralph says, \"You don't have to talk to me, but how about talking to my puppet?",
"\" The message that the author is trying to convey is that a person can be loud, yet still friendly.",
"The message I got was \"don't trust your instincts, and even if you don't want to talk to a stranger, it's okay to talk to the stranger's puppet\".",
"My husband also read the book.",
"Halfway through it, without my saying anything, he said, \"This Ralph is a creep!",
"\" As a teacher of elementary students and a mother of a young child, I am always teaching children to trust their instincts when it comes to a stranger.",
"This book confuses that issue when the \"creepy stranger\" wears a puppet and Danielle decides it's now okay to talk to him."
] |
1 | A subpar Blu-ray transfer | I agree with the reviewers who say this transfer is no better than a standard DVD. I purchased this disc because the 1080p trailer available on the PS3 online store looked interesting and was very sharp. The transfer on this disc is inferior to the downloadable PS3 trailer. I disagree with the other reviewer who stated that the transfer was sharp and who disparages the negative reviewers for having inferior tv's.I have a 67" DLP 1080p television that is ISF calibrated. The other blu-rays discs I've watched (Underworld Evolution, Devil Wears Prada; even the single-layer Talledega Nights freebie that came with the PS3 - which has a worse transfer than the retail double-layer unrated version) exhibited much better sharpness and clarity. The transfer on this disc is closer to a good upscaled standard DVD than a good Blu-ray or HD-DVD (which I also own).I give this movie a one-star because its the transfer is not worth the premium paid over the standard DVD version of the movie. | 988 | [
"I agree with the reviewers who say this transfer is no better than a standard DVD.",
"I purchased this disc because the 1080p trailer available on the PS3 online store looked interesting and was very sharp.",
"The transfer on this disc is inferior to the downloadable PS3 trailer.",
"I disagree with the other reviewer who stated that the transfer was sharp and who disparages the negative reviewers for having inferior tv's.I have a 67\" DLP 1080p television that is ISF calibrated.",
"The other blu-rays discs I've watched (Underworld Evolution, Devil Wears Prada; even the single-layer Talledega Nights freebie that came with the PS3 - which has a worse transfer than the retail double-layer unrated version) exhibited much better sharpness and clarity.",
"The transfer on this disc is closer to a good upscaled standard DVD than a good Blu-ray or HD-DVD (which I also own).I give this movie a one-star because its the transfer is not worth the premium paid over the standard DVD version of the movie."
] |
1 | Stay away from KEURIG | Our first Keurig was the CUISINART SS-700, the machine work well for 2 months and then the problem with the water pump started, a lot of humming but no water goes to the unit. We when trough all the cleaning steps. It works for 2-3 coffee and then started again. We dumped the machine and purchase the Keurig special edition B-60. Everything worked ok for two weeks and then the same problem stated with the pump. This time the message would say "PRIME" and the blue light in the water tank was blinking, we primed, and after 3-4 cups, the "PRIME" message was back. We had to turn of the machine unplug the machine then I was working for another 3-4 cups. We called Customer Service and they took us trough a cleaning step and it was working again for 3-4 cups. We called again Customer Service and after a long discussion and refusing to go through another cleaning step the finally agreed the replace the machine. We received the new machine 2 weeks ago and now we have the same problem | 988 | [
"Our first Keurig was the CUISINART SS-700, the machine work well for 2 months and then the problem with the water pump started, a lot of humming but no water goes to the unit.",
"We when trough all the cleaning steps.",
"It works for 2-3 coffee and then started again.",
"We dumped the machine and purchase the Keurig special edition B-60.",
"Everything worked ok for two weeks and then the same problem stated with the pump.",
"This time the message would say \"PRIME\" and the blue light in the water tank was blinking, we primed, and after 3-4 cups, the \"PRIME\" message was back.",
"We had to turn of the machine unplug the machine then I was working for another 3-4 cups.",
"We called Customer Service and they took us trough a cleaning step and it was working again for 3-4 cups.",
"We called again Customer Service and after a long discussion and refusing to go through another cleaning step the finally agreed the replace the machine.",
"We received the new machine 2 weeks ago and now we have the same problem"
] |
1 | Worthless | Ignorance is not a point of view. Superstition is ignorance. Ergo, this is worthless.The video features an array of self-styled experts telling us about the Mayans, the allignment of the heavens, and doomsday. But there is nothing that remotely passes for empirical evidence. The Mayans were a primitive people without knowledge of the wheel. a primitive people who sacrificed humans to please a series of angry gods. And then the Mayans abandoned their cities in the jungle of Yucatan. And we are supposed to believe their doomsday prediction that "scientists" have interpreted to be coming on December 21, 2012. It reminds me of the Y2K nonsense, the warnings that computers would fail and airplanes fall from the sky when January 1, 2000 arrived.I watched this video to the end, so don't tell me that I didn't see it. I'm not boasting, just stating a simple fact. Which is more than this video does. So save an hour of your life. Sort your paper clips of something else that is useful. | 988 | [
"Ignorance is not a point of view.",
"Superstition is ignorance.",
"Ergo, this is worthless.The video features an array of self-styled experts telling us about the Mayans, the allignment of the heavens, and doomsday.",
"But there is nothing that remotely passes for empirical evidence.",
"The Mayans were a primitive people without knowledge of the wheel.",
"a primitive people who sacrificed humans to please a series of angry gods.",
"And then the Mayans abandoned their cities in the jungle of Yucatan.",
"And we are supposed to believe their doomsday prediction that \"scientists\" have interpreted to be coming on December 21, 2012.",
"It reminds me of the Y2K nonsense, the warnings that computers would fail and airplanes fall from the sky when January 1, 2000 arrived.I watched this video to the end, so don't tell me that I didn't see it.",
"I'm not boasting, just stating a simple fact.",
"Which is more than this video does.",
"So save an hour of your life.",
"Sort your paper clips of something else that is useful."
] |
1 | I hate the hero too | oh my gosh, I seriously hate the hero too. He's lame and a loser. He's not sorry for anything he's done to the heroine. Spoiler. He's just like oh I cheated, I'm not going to apologize for any of that because it's in the past and I can't change it (of course that would mean everything bad he did is fine in his mind because it's happened already and thus is in the past and unchangeable). He's actually like a real life cheating husband except worse because after he tries to tell her that all those other women didn't mean anything to him and that it was all just S-E-X he mentions that he only really cared about or had a deep relationship with one of the women he cheated on her with. I wish she could have gotten a divorce from him because I could see her a lot happier with some other guy than forever stuck raising her idiot husband and his mistress's son. The hero never see's things from her point of view. He's like a tiger woods except with a wife that can't legally leave him. | 988 | [
"oh my gosh, I seriously hate the hero too.",
"He's lame and a loser.",
"He's not sorry for anything he's done to the heroine.",
"Spoiler.",
"He's just like oh I cheated, I'm not going to apologize for any of that because it's in the past and I can't change it (of course that would mean everything bad he did is fine in his mind because it's happened already and thus is in the past and unchangeable).",
"He's actually like a real life cheating husband except worse because after he tries to tell her that all those other women didn't mean anything to him and that it was all just S-E-X he mentions that he only really cared about or had a deep relationship with one of the women he cheated on her with.",
"I wish she could have gotten a divorce from him because I could see her a lot happier with some other guy than forever stuck raising her idiot husband and his mistress's son.",
"The hero never see's things from her point of view.",
"He's like a tiger woods except with a wife that can't legally leave him."
] |
1 | not what is advertised | I returned the first package because it was missing half the parts and the tube of lube.... The replacement Amazon sent was missing parts & the lube too. Only enough parts for one wheel & no lube.Sent the second package back for a refund.The product photo clearly shows enough parts for two wheels & a tube of brake lube, and states it is a "kit". (Nothing saying you must purchase TWO "kits" per vehicle, at 2x the cost.)Maybe someone in the packing room dosen't understand that, or has even looked inside the Raybestos box to see what they are shipping? Or is it false advertising? .... Anyway it would certainly upset anyone waiting on these parts to complete a brake job to only get half the parts needed!Thank you to Amazon to making it super easy for their returns, (first time was a replacement, which came super fast!... 2nd time I've asked for a refund)....Now to see how the refund goes... hopefully they will handle that as smoothly as they do the rest of their operation!!!:). | 988 | [
"I returned the first package because it was missing half the parts and the tube of lube.... The replacement Amazon sent was missing parts & the lube too.",
"Only enough parts for one wheel & no lube.Sent the second package back for a refund.The product photo clearly shows enough parts for two wheels & a tube of brake lube, and states it is a \"kit\".",
"(Nothing saying you must purchase TWO \"kits\" per vehicle, at 2x the cost.)Maybe someone in the packing room dosen't understand that, or has even looked inside the Raybestos box to see what they are shipping?",
"Or is it false advertising?",
".... Anyway it would certainly upset anyone waiting on these parts to complete a brake job to only get half the parts needed!",
"Thank you to Amazon to making it super easy for their returns, (first time was a replacement, which came super fast!",
"... 2nd time I've asked for a refund)....Now to see how the refund goes... hopefully they will handle that as smoothly as they do the rest of their operation!!!",
":)."
] |
1 | Pathetic. | I am surprised that Celtic legends can be lowered to such a horridly low point when they start to look like Power Rangers. Just like Power Rangers, "Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog" features plenty of problems coupled with witless plots and senseless acting. The realism is nearly non-existent - the dragons look like they were taken from a low-grade science fiction featurette ( they don't breath gouts of flame - they shoot projectiles! ), the weaponry, armor, and barding is completely loose and looks like it's ready to fall off (especially the helm on the Knightess of Air, which is several sizes too large), and the characters are simply laughable ( one of the Knights is black. I see the point of preventing all racism, but, come on! , these are supposed to be Celts! ). The acting is simply idiotic, the scripts have gaping holes and uniteresting lines, and, best of all, only half of the characters can speak with a half-way proper Irish accent.I beg of you, please DO NOT buy this! | 988 | [
"I am surprised that Celtic legends can be lowered to such a horridly low point when they start to look like Power Rangers.",
"Just like Power Rangers, \"Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog\" features plenty of problems coupled with witless plots and senseless acting.",
"The realism is nearly non-existent - the dragons look like they were taken from a low-grade science fiction featurette ( they don't breath gouts of flame - they shoot projectiles!",
"), the weaponry, armor, and barding is completely loose and looks like it's ready to fall off (especially the helm on the Knightess of Air, which is several sizes too large), and the characters are simply laughable ( one of the Knights is black.",
"I see the point of preventing all racism, but, come on!",
", these are supposed to be Celts!",
").",
"The acting is simply idiotic, the scripts have gaping holes and uniteresting lines, and, best of all, only half of the characters can speak with a half-way proper Irish accent.I beg of you, please DO NOT buy this!"
] |
1 | Almost junk | Never advertise a product that isn't what it is. Not a non-stick. After only a week of use, my eggs (sunny side up or scrambled) are sticking and I have used many types of oils and preheated the pan to different levels in the hopes of having them not stick. How can such an expensive pan work like a regular pan when it's supposed to be non-stick?I never have to use Scotch-Brite pads to clean any of my cookware. And yet, I have to on this pan in order to get everything off of its surface. Even pasta sauce sticks to this pan after I let it cool before cleaning.If you want a regular pan that looks like a non-stick, then this pan is for you. If you want a non-stick pan, buy a quality non-stick that only cost 1/3 the price. I'd go as far as saying never buy Calphalon. This is the second anodized "non-stick" I have bought from them that is anything but non-stick. I was hoping this new infused technology is an improvement over my previous anodized stirfry. It is not. Same old junk. | 988 | [
"Never advertise a product that isn't what it is.",
"Not a non-stick.",
"After only a week of use, my eggs (sunny side up or scrambled) are sticking and I have used many types of oils and preheated the pan to different levels in the hopes of having them not stick.",
"How can such an expensive pan work like a regular pan when it's supposed to be non-stick?",
"I never have to use Scotch-Brite pads to clean any of my cookware.",
"And yet, I have to on this pan in order to get everything off of its surface.",
"Even pasta sauce sticks to this pan after I let it cool before cleaning.If you want a regular pan that looks like a non-stick, then this pan is for you.",
"If you want a non-stick pan, buy a quality non-stick that only cost 1/3 the price.",
"I'd go as far as saying never buy Calphalon.",
"This is the second anodized \"non-stick\" I have bought from them that is anything but non-stick.",
"I was hoping this new infused technology is an improvement over my previous anodized stirfry.",
"It is not.",
"Same old junk."
] |
1 | Greatly Disappointed | I picked up this book when I saw emblazoned on the cover "Epic Fantasy of the Year". Now that's saying something. But I have to say I was greatly disappointed in this first book by a seemingly promising author. He has taken the all of the fun and wonder out of epic fantasy, and made it into a dark and dreary realm where I doubt many people will want to linger. I thought the setup, where the sorceresses were exiled, had promise, but it quickly degenerated into a war between the sexes, and a very nasty one at that. The scene where the sorceresses' army invades our hero's homeland is gratuitious, far beyond what I feel had to be there to get the point across. And the connection that was made between the coven's lust for violence and their sexuality was just too much. So much could have been done with this novel, it certainly had potential and other people may find it complusively readable, but it wallows in depravity, and it is not something I'll be reading again anytime soon. | 988 | [
"I picked up this book when I saw emblazoned on the cover \"Epic Fantasy of the Year\".",
"Now that's saying something.",
"But I have to say I was greatly disappointed in this first book by a seemingly promising author.",
"He has taken the all of the fun and wonder out of epic fantasy, and made it into a dark and dreary realm where I doubt many people will want to linger.",
"I thought the setup, where the sorceresses were exiled, had promise, but it quickly degenerated into a war between the sexes, and a very nasty one at that.",
"The scene where the sorceresses' army invades our hero's homeland is gratuitious, far beyond what I feel had to be there to get the point across.",
"And the connection that was made between the coven's lust for violence and their sexuality was just too much.",
"So much could have been done with this novel, it certainly had potential and other people may find it complusively readable, but it wallows in depravity, and it is not something I'll be reading again anytime soon."
] |
1 | A bad joke. | It is a good thing I didn't bother with the 15 reviews preceeding mine before I read through this book. As of this date the majority of those who have read these reviews and bothered to vote on them have not found any of them helpful even though the book has received a perfect, stellar, rating. And it is also a rather good thing that I am able to get this "mystery" series in the paperback swap section of my local library. It certainly isn't worth spending good money on. Rita is the only mystery author I know of who has the audacity and mendacity to give a sales pitch for merchanise tie-ins at the end of every book in her series. Bad form.Just exactly who is dear Rita trying to kid with the likes of Jody Miller? Jody's behavior is at the very least outragious and nobody bothers to find out why. Nor is there any indication that serious efforts were made to find out who really gave her that shiner. It must really be nice being a juvenile delinquent in Rita's version of Crozet. | 988 | [
"It is a good thing I didn't bother with the 15 reviews preceeding mine before I read through this book.",
"As of this date the majority of those who have read these reviews and bothered to vote on them have not found any of them helpful even though the book has received a perfect, stellar, rating.",
"And it is also a rather good thing that I am able to get this \"mystery\" series in the paperback swap section of my local library.",
"It certainly isn't worth spending good money on.",
"Rita is the only mystery author I know of who has the audacity and mendacity to give a sales pitch for merchanise tie-ins at the end of every book in her series.",
"Bad form.Just exactly who is dear Rita trying to kid with the likes of Jody Miller?",
"Jody's behavior is at the very least outragious and nobody bothers to find out why.",
"Nor is there any indication that serious efforts were made to find out who really gave her that shiner.",
"It must really be nice being a juvenile delinquent in Rita's version of Crozet."
] |
1 | Waste of time and $ | I bought one to send to my brother who is serving in Iraq so he could have a portable photo album of his grandkids. The first one I bought would not load the software. In fact it seems like my computer began having speed and crashing problems after I tried the process. I returned the device and used my laptop to run the software on the second one. Although I charged the device for 7 hours as directed, (it already had the green light when it was first hooked up)and had no problem loading pictures this time, it will not work when disconnected from the computer. The power button does not turn anything off when it is connected, and will not turn anything on when not connected. Since the button works for changing screens when hooked up, I don't think it is the button, I think it has no battery! It shows pictures when hooked up but unfortunately is going to the garbage because it will not serve the purpose. As someone else said, I can't have a computer dangling from the keychain! | 988 | [
"I bought one to send to my brother who is serving in Iraq so he could have a portable photo album of his grandkids.",
"The first one I bought would not load the software.",
"In fact it seems like my computer began having speed and crashing problems after I tried the process.",
"I returned the device and used my laptop to run the software on the second one.",
"Although I charged the device for 7 hours as directed, (it already had the green light when it was first hooked up)and had no problem loading pictures this time, it will not work when disconnected from the computer.",
"The power button does not turn anything off when it is connected, and will not turn anything on when not connected.",
"Since the button works for changing screens when hooked up, I don't think it is the button, I think it has no battery!",
"It shows pictures when hooked up but unfortunately is going to the garbage because it will not serve the purpose.",
"As someone else said, I can't have a computer dangling from the keychain!"
] |
1 | Master Piece of Sh#t | Just look at the titles of people who like this: they can't even speak proper english and they think that's cool! Amazing! Snoop used to have skills and brought something to the table, but now he's just coasting on his rep, fans' ignorance, and because somehow people find 'shizzle' and other words cool. And his misogyny is really sickening! Snoop should stick to acting, even though he pretty much plays the same character in each film. Mr. 'Dizzle' is one of the main reasons why there is so much contempt towards rap music, along with a few choice others. This kind of rap is shallow, and offers nothing! If you can't play an instrument, they say, at least perform lyrics that are worthwhile! C'mon folks, wake the hell up and ignore rap music like this, it's giving those who are dedicated to the Kulture a bad name! Oh nevermind, you should pick this one up and while you're at it buy the new ones from Chingy, Lil' Jon, Fabolous, and Ja Rule. Yes! That would be a great investment. | 988 | [
"Just look at the titles of people who like this: they can't even speak proper english and they think that's cool!",
"Amazing!",
"Snoop used to have skills and brought something to the table, but now he's just coasting on his rep, fans' ignorance, and because somehow people find 'shizzle' and other words cool.",
"And his misogyny is really sickening!",
"Snoop should stick to acting, even though he pretty much plays the same character in each film.",
"Mr.",
"'Dizzle' is one of the main reasons why there is so much contempt towards rap music, along with a few choice others.",
"This kind of rap is shallow, and offers nothing!",
"If you can't play an instrument, they say, at least perform lyrics that are worthwhile!",
"C'mon folks, wake the hell up and ignore rap music like this, it's giving those who are dedicated to the Kulture a bad name!",
"Oh nevermind, you should pick this one up and while you're at it buy the new ones from Chingy, Lil' Jon, Fabolous, and Ja Rule.",
"Yes!",
"That would be a great investment."
] |
1 | Wally is King! | Wally George is an absolute genius. The only thing better than this book is his toupee. He is the only man I know who wears two or three different hair pieces at the same time. And the colors never match. But I digress. This book is the monument Wally deserves. It is as sharp, intelligent and bitingly funny as he is (or isn't). It also manages to capture the complex human being who is Wally George. Is he really a master performance artists who lowers himself to the level of his audience? Or is he the borderline retard who doesn't know anything about politics or humor? You decide. All I can tell you is that watching Wally's show on Saturday nights is a bit like taking mushrooms: nothing makes sense. (For the really bold, try doing them both at the same time; it will scar you forever). Anyway, this book sucks just like Wally does. But his stupidity and awfulness is so great that he actually becomes funny and entertaining. Hard to believe, but true. Just like his hairpiece(s). | 988 | [
"Wally George is an absolute genius.",
"The only thing better than this book is his toupee.",
"He is the only man I know who wears two or three different hair pieces at the same time.",
"And the colors never match.",
"But I digress.",
"This book is the monument Wally deserves.",
"It is as sharp, intelligent and bitingly funny as he is (or isn't).",
"It also manages to capture the complex human being who is Wally George.",
"Is he really a master performance artists who lowers himself to the level of his audience?",
"Or is he the borderline retard who doesn't know anything about politics or humor?",
"You decide.",
"All I can tell you is that watching Wally's show on Saturday nights is a bit like taking mushrooms: nothing makes sense.",
"(For the really bold, try doing them both at the same time; it will scar you forever).",
"Anyway, this book sucks just like Wally does.",
"But his stupidity and awfulness is so great that he actually becomes funny and entertaining.",
"Hard to believe, but true.",
"Just like his hairpiece(s)."
] |
1 | The irony is unbearable | How handy! Having bought for my daughter the book that practically destroyed our family (A Courage to Heal)on the recommendation of her inept therapist, now that my daughter is waking up from her nightmare of starvation and drug-induced hallucinations and recanting the horrifying, bizarre and provably false accusations she made under the influence of her therapist and a lesbian-feminist-incest-survivor support group, we can now buy the book that will put us all together again - from the same author. One stop shopping! One thing I'll say for Laura Davis - she sure is entrepreneurial.I picked up this book in the bookstore, began reading through it and wanted to rip it apart. In this book Laura Davis almost suggests that she is prepared to admit her memories of her own incest may not be entirely accurate. Wow. That's just great. The person I feel truly sorry for (other than all the people damaged by idiot therapists using Courage to Heal as their manual)is Laura Davis' mother. | 988 | [
"How handy!",
"Having bought for my daughter the book that practically destroyed our family (A Courage to Heal)on the recommendation of her inept therapist, now that my daughter is waking up from her nightmare of starvation and drug-induced hallucinations and recanting the horrifying, bizarre and provably false accusations she made under the influence of her therapist and a lesbian-feminist-incest-survivor support group, we can now buy the book that will put us all together again - from the same author.",
"One stop shopping!",
"One thing I'll say for Laura Davis - she sure is entrepreneurial.I picked up this book in the bookstore, began reading through it and wanted to rip it apart.",
"In this book Laura Davis almost suggests that she is prepared to admit her memories of her own incest may not be entirely accurate.",
"Wow.",
"That's just great.",
"The person I feel truly sorry for (other than all the people damaged by idiot therapists using Courage to Heal as their manual)is Laura Davis' mother."
] |
1 | choose another | this book is not for those who want to learn vb by doing but by reading. visual basicis code,pure and simple. if you want to learn what happens when you press a button orenter your name in a textbox you have to not only learn the coding but also have topractice the coding several times. having an exercise or two at the end of a lengthy chapter with tons of coding to memorize is impractical, insufficient, and educationallydeficient. for those who know calculus it's like reading a chapter on derivatives andhaving to learn 30 rules before doing any exercises. that's why good math books todayare broken up into small sections with problems to do at the end of each section.bradley tries hard to teach the reader about vb using lengthy passages about coding but doesn'texplain in detail after the code is written what each line in the code actually does.my recommendation for those wanting to learn vb- get a different book.diane zak's is a 1000 times better-lots of hands-on exercises. | 988 | [
"this book is not for those who want to learn vb by doing but by reading.",
"visual basicis code,pure and simple.",
"if you want to learn what happens when you press a button orenter your name in a textbox you have to not only learn the coding but also have topractice the coding several times.",
"having an exercise or two at the end of a lengthy chapter with tons of coding to memorize is impractical, insufficient, and educationallydeficient.",
"for those who know calculus it's like reading a chapter on derivatives andhaving to learn 30 rules before doing any exercises.",
"that's why good math books todayare broken up into small sections with problems to do at the end of each section.bradley tries hard to teach the reader about vb using lengthy passages about coding but doesn'texplain in detail after the code is written what each line in the code actually does.my recommendation for those wanting to learn vb- get a different book.diane zak's is a 1000 times better-lots of hands-on exercises."
] |
1 | An Unfair Review | This is a completely unfair review to make. I'm not a Ayn Rand fan, and I usually try to avoid reviewing books about whose authors I am more or less ignorant and uninterested. That said--and all readers having been warned--this is one of the few books I have ever read in my life that I completely and utterly and absolutely loathed. If I ever had the slightest inclination to read The Fountainhead, this book squashed that interest to ant-like proportions. I found it narcissistic, chauvinistic (even by my relaxed "Hey, patriarchy has some good points" standards) and bovinely incompetent in its logic. The hero's solution to his anti-individualist society by creating an "I'm the only individual that counts" society (in other words, ANOTHER anti-individualist society) plumbs the depths of idiocy. I've been told that Ayn Rand did better than this, but I can't bring myself to find out.To play fair, other reviews are much more positive so keep reading if I've thoroughly annoyed you. | 988 | [
"This is a completely unfair review to make.",
"I'm not a Ayn Rand fan, and I usually try to avoid reviewing books about whose authors I am more or less ignorant and uninterested.",
"That said--and all readers having been warned--this is one of the few books I have ever read in my life that I completely and utterly and absolutely loathed.",
"If I ever had the slightest inclination to read The Fountainhead, this book squashed that interest to ant-like proportions.",
"I found it narcissistic, chauvinistic (even by my relaxed \"Hey, patriarchy has some good points\" standards) and bovinely incompetent in its logic.",
"The hero's solution to his anti-individualist society by creating an \"I'm the only individual that counts\" society (in other words, ANOTHER anti-individualist society) plumbs the depths of idiocy.",
"I've been told that Ayn Rand did better than this, but I can't bring myself to find out.To play fair, other reviews are much more positive so keep reading if I've thoroughly annoyed you."
] |
1 | WORST BOOK EVER!!!!!! | My God!!!! Where do I begin? This book had a seedy plot, horrible, stupid, imcompetent, characters, and no style at all! I had to read this year in English. It looked okay, but then I read it, and I had to restrain myself from throwing it straight into a trashcan. The ending was just plain awful. It was stupid!This guy is running around in the desert being chased by a psychopath with a rifle intent on killing him because this guy being chased saw the other dude kill someone with his rifle, of which you never find if it is intentional or not. The guy being chased is running around [...] naked in the scorching desert! Ewwww! How is that for being sick? Ughhh.If I could, I would give this book negitative infinity stars! Unfortunately, I can't, so I must contend with one star that it doesn't deserve. I was so disgusted with it a can't even explain. The ending I can't even guess what went on that man's mind to end it that way. So this book was horrible. That's all I have to say. | 988 | [
"My God!!!",
"!",
"Where do I begin?",
"This book had a seedy plot, horrible, stupid, imcompetent, characters, and no style at all!",
"I had to read this year in English.",
"It looked okay, but then I read it, and I had to restrain myself from throwing it straight into a trashcan.",
"The ending was just plain awful.",
"It was stupid!",
"This guy is running around in the desert being chased by a psychopath with a rifle intent on killing him because this guy being chased saw the other dude kill someone with his rifle, of which you never find if it is intentional or not.",
"The guy being chased is running around [...] naked in the scorching desert!",
"Ewwww!",
"How is that for being sick?",
"Ughhh.If I could, I would give this book negitative infinity stars!",
"Unfortunately, I can't, so I must contend with one star that it doesn't deserve.",
"I was so disgusted with it a can't even explain.",
"The ending I can't even guess what went on that man's mind to end it that way.",
"So this book was horrible.",
"That's all I have to say."
] |
1 | prophecy for fools | I started reading this book with a very open mind. I mean, doesn't anyone want to be told what the true meaning of life is; why we are all here? And I must admit, although skeptical of the first insight, I was quite impressed by the second and even started telling people about the book. But it went all the way downhill from there. In trying to reconcile science and religion, Redfield has completely taken away the complexities of the world and stereotyped and categorized anything and everything. Sorry mister - it doesn't work that way. Are you truly trying to make us believe that all of mankind fits into only 4 groups of control drama? And is it so easy to define one based on the groups of your parents? come on - who are we trying to kid? The protagonist might fit easily into one of your molds but the rest of us like to think we have more depth. I'm all for a new world culture but the one offered in the Celestine Prophecy just isn't the way. Stay away from this book please!! | 988 | [
"I started reading this book with a very open mind.",
"I mean, doesn't anyone want to be told what the true meaning of life is; why we are all here?",
"And I must admit, although skeptical of the first insight, I was quite impressed by the second and even started telling people about the book.",
"But it went all the way downhill from there.",
"In trying to reconcile science and religion, Redfield has completely taken away the complexities of the world and stereotyped and categorized anything and everything.",
"Sorry mister - it doesn't work that way.",
"Are you truly trying to make us believe that all of mankind fits into only 4 groups of control drama?",
"And is it so easy to define one based on the groups of your parents?",
"come on - who are we trying to kid?",
"The protagonist might fit easily into one of your molds but the rest of us like to think we have more depth.",
"I'm all for a new world culture but the one offered in the Celestine Prophecy just isn't the way.",
"Stay away from this book please!!"
] |
1 | Uh oh! | Ooooooooh dear... To date, in my opinion, Red Dwarf has never been better than in series' 5 and 6. And here's the proof. Whereas in those earlier series, the jokes were side-splitting, well thought through and generally really funny, here we have nothing but some daft lines and silly characters. The humour is just so goofy now - just watch the "hilarious" meetings between Rimmer, Lister and the Captain. Just silly. Captain Hollister has also been reduced to plain daft, and Doug Naylor seems to think that having the Captain get angry and shout is hilarious. No. Kryten and Cat are also treated badly, and the whole setting of the crew in prison is just annoying (they have done what excactly? Steal some information...that's a court martial offence?!?). The special effects are quite good, but on the whole this is a dreadful reminder of how much Red Dwarf desperately needs Rob Grant to come to the rescue. Doug Naylor, either give up or get some other writers to help. You're crap. | 988 | [
"Ooooooooh dear... To date, in my opinion, Red Dwarf has never been better than in series' 5 and 6.",
"And here's the proof.",
"Whereas in those earlier series, the jokes were side-splitting, well thought through and generally really funny, here we have nothing but some daft lines and silly characters.",
"The humour is just so goofy now - just watch the \"hilarious\" meetings between Rimmer, Lister and the Captain.",
"Just silly.",
"Captain Hollister has also been reduced to plain daft, and Doug Naylor seems to think that having the Captain get angry and shout is hilarious.",
"No.",
"Kryten and Cat are also treated badly, and the whole setting of the crew in prison is just annoying (they have done what excactly?",
"Steal some information...that's a court martial offence?!?",
").",
"The special effects are quite good, but on the whole this is a dreadful reminder of how much Red Dwarf desperately needs Rob Grant to come to the rescue.",
"Doug Naylor, either give up or get some other writers to help.",
"You're crap."
] |
1 | gutter nonsense | The Halloween series is one of the worst film franchises in celluloid. Sreaminggg ohhhhhh ooohhhh SCREAMMM SCREECH aawwwwww SCREAM, broad screams OHH NOOOOO screams, hes alive again, oh no i killed him, he's a live again ohhhh no hes dead, no he's aliveOHHHHH GOSHHHHHHHH I'm gonna die, cue scary music, oh no he's reappeared....oh dear...more screeches and screams, horrible if any dialog, meandering incoherent babble for Donald; the score is good, and that's it and even that is well, redundant.ohh no more screams, oh the girls are screaming, the ones you hope get killed by a guy in a mask that moves slowly with a knife but somehow gets from California to lets say Boston in a few momentsI know little lemmings, little Halloween Series worshipers, it's ok, I know you think the Halloween series is terrifyingly good. I'll never see it, I see it as a joke and laughable and its gutter horror to me.Only Halloween that was good was the third one, why? Because Mike Myers wasn't in it. | 988 | [
"The Halloween series is one of the worst film franchises in celluloid.",
"Sreaminggg ohhhhhh ooohhhh SCREAMMM SCREECH aawwwwww SCREAM, broad screams OHH NOOOOO screams, hes alive again, oh no i killed him, he's a live again ohhhh no hes dead, no he's aliveOHHHHH GOSHHHHHHHH I'm gonna die, cue scary music, oh no he's reappeared....oh dear...more screeches and screams, horrible if any dialog, meandering incoherent babble for Donald; the score is good, and that's it and even that is well, redundant.ohh no more screams, oh the girls are screaming, the ones you hope get killed by a guy in a mask that moves slowly with a knife but somehow gets from California to lets say Boston in a few momentsI know little lemmings, little Halloween Series worshipers, it's ok, I know you think the Halloween series is terrifyingly good.",
"I'll never see it, I see it as a joke and laughable and its gutter horror to me.Only Halloween that was good was the third one, why?",
"Because Mike Myers wasn't in it."
] |
1 | Not durable. | The sound is decent. A bit bright on the treble, nice bass. I'm not very much of an audiophile, but they sounded fine for my purposes.The problem is the durability. They were treated gently, as what would be expected of casual use. I use them during my commute to the city, nothing that would put atypical strain of them. Only 3 months after buying the ear buds they started to cut and eventually stop working on the right ear, the cause being a wire loose at the plug. Customer service was decent, and when I sent back the faulty buds they sent me a new pair back.Now, only 8 days after the 1 year warranty expires, on these "repaired" earphones, the right ear is cutting on and off again, this time sensitive to movement at the ear piece. When counting the days it took to ship it, and the 10 days or so in between sending them back the first time and waiting for the replacement to arrive, I got considerably less than a year's use out of them, and now they're basically dead.Not cool. | 988 | [
"The sound is decent.",
"A bit bright on the treble, nice bass.",
"I'm not very much of an audiophile, but they sounded fine for my purposes.The problem is the durability.",
"They were treated gently, as what would be expected of casual use.",
"I use them during my commute to the city, nothing that would put atypical strain of them.",
"Only 3 months after buying the ear buds they started to cut and eventually stop working on the right ear, the cause being a wire loose at the plug.",
"Customer service was decent, and when I sent back the faulty buds they sent me a new pair back.Now, only 8 days after the 1 year warranty expires, on these \"repaired\" earphones, the right ear is cutting on and off again, this time sensitive to movement at the ear piece.",
"When counting the days it took to ship it, and the 10 days or so in between sending them back the first time and waiting for the replacement to arrive, I got considerably less than a year's use out of them, and now they're basically dead.Not cool."
] |
1 | TERRIBLE BUY | I got my brand new white macbook and I wanted it to be protected from wear and tear. I bought the Speck case, thinking it would help protect my laptop, but it definitely did a lot more damage than protection.Before buying, I thought it was expensive, but figured it was worth it. I was SO wrong! This case is a piece of junk. Like other users, the rubber feet fell off, which left nasty sticky stuff on the plastic which accumulated dust, hair, and dirt. Disgusting. Also, the dirt that got between the case and my laptop scratched it up. When I first put the case on, I thought it looked cool. It scratches so easily that now I just want to rip the thing off, which is nearly impossible. So far, I've only been able to get the bottom off, and I'm scared I will hurt my computer trying to get the top off. This product is a complete rip-off; it was probably made in some foreign country and is worth a couple bucks, though it is sold for nearly $50.Take my advice: DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY! | 988 | [
"I got my brand new white macbook and I wanted it to be protected from wear and tear.",
"I bought the Speck case, thinking it would help protect my laptop, but it definitely did a lot more damage than protection.Before buying, I thought it was expensive, but figured it was worth it.",
"I was SO wrong!",
"This case is a piece of junk.",
"Like other users, the rubber feet fell off, which left nasty sticky stuff on the plastic which accumulated dust, hair, and dirt.",
"Disgusting.",
"Also, the dirt that got between the case and my laptop scratched it up.",
"When I first put the case on, I thought it looked cool.",
"It scratches so easily that now I just want to rip the thing off, which is nearly impossible.",
"So far, I've only been able to get the bottom off, and I'm scared I will hurt my computer trying to get the top off.",
"This product is a complete rip-off; it was probably made in some foreign country and is worth a couple bucks, though it is sold for nearly $50.Take my advice: DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!"
] |
1 | Buyer, beware! | I have been using the CD Stomper Pro for several years and have been very pleased with the results. BUT, when I needed refill labels, out of habit, I grabbed the familiar purple package with "CD Stomper" written on it without looking closely enough to realize that these weren't the labels I was used to using.These weren't the peel-off labels that I used with my CD Stomper Pro; these had perferations in the center and perferated tabs on the edges. "Fine," I thought, "I'll just use these." Ugh... they ripped, they tore, they were garbage. I lost count of how many labels I ended up wasting.Please, people, don't make the same mistake I did. If you see the little icon in the lower left side that shows the Stomper with a label with the tabs on the edges, stop, drop the package, and find some other labels pronto. I don't know if these things replaced the labels I used before or if they are just a cheaper product line. Either way, they're garbage and should be avoided at all costs. | 988 | [
"I have been using the CD Stomper Pro for several years and have been very pleased with the results.",
"BUT, when I needed refill labels, out of habit, I grabbed the familiar purple package with \"CD Stomper\" written on it without looking closely enough to realize that these weren't the labels I was used to using.These weren't the peel-off labels that I used with my CD Stomper Pro; these had perferations in the center and perferated tabs on the edges.",
"\"Fine,\" I thought, \"I'll just use these.\" Ugh... they ripped, they tore, they were garbage.",
"I lost count of how many labels I ended up wasting.Please, people, don't make the same mistake I did.",
"If you see the little icon in the lower left side that shows the Stomper with a label with the tabs on the edges, stop, drop the package, and find some other labels pronto.",
"I don't know if these things replaced the labels I used before or if they are just a cheaper product line.",
"Either way, they're garbage and should be avoided at all costs."
] |
1 | Low Quality | Do yourself a favor and buy a Yamaha recorder or similar. This recorder is badly designed. The hole for low C is difficult to reach because the bulky lower joint gets in the way. The recorder sounds okay in the first octave (Though F is weak), but the second octave... I can barely get it past high G, and it is very shrill. It also is not particularly attractive. It's actually a rather ugly simplification: I like the ordinary baroque design better. In any case, if you are buying for a child, I have had good results with the YRS24B (a school level Soprano Recorder). For an adult, I would recomend starting with the 300 series: resonably priced and very high quality. Also consider an alto recorder rather than a soprano -- it's somewhat bigger for adult hands, and has a pretty sound. I really haven't had experience with the other brands, but a quick google search should help you there. Make sure to stick with companies that have experience in instrument making -- not toy making. | 988 | [
"Do yourself a favor and buy a Yamaha recorder or similar.",
"This recorder is badly designed.",
"The hole for low C is difficult to reach because the bulky lower joint gets in the way.",
"The recorder sounds okay in the first octave (Though F is weak), but the second octave... I can barely get it past high G, and it is very shrill.",
"It also is not particularly attractive.",
"It's actually a rather ugly simplification: I like the ordinary baroque design better.",
"In any case, if you are buying for a child, I have had good results with the YRS24B (a school level Soprano Recorder).",
"For an adult, I would recomend starting with the 300 series: resonably priced and very high quality.",
"Also consider an alto recorder rather than a soprano -- it's somewhat bigger for adult hands, and has a pretty sound.",
"I really haven't had experience with the other brands, but a quick google search should help you there.",
"Make sure to stick with companies that have experience in instrument making -- not toy making."
] |
1 | Horrible waste of Time | I should have known better when the Expelled theater consisted only of me, my girlfriend, and my friend on a busy Saturday night. Well, in all fairness there was another couple who walked out in the first 20 minutes, no doubt to get their money back and salvage the rest of their evening. Let me be brief because I already see many others have made very succinct arguments why you shouldn't part with your money to buy this tripe. First of all, you WILL be amazed at how bad the arguments are against evolution and how they use a red herring approach to claim all of society's ills on this theory. Second, you will find yourself bored as it drags on with each odd tanget it decides to pursue (maybe you should also order a book with this purchase to keep you entertained while watching the dvd). Third, you will want your money back. We got ours back after complaining at the theater. The manager just laughed and said how he had to do this more times than most for this particular movie. | 988 | [
"I should have known better when the Expelled theater consisted only of me, my girlfriend, and my friend on a busy Saturday night.",
"Well, in all fairness there was another couple who walked out in the first 20 minutes, no doubt to get their money back and salvage the rest of their evening.",
"Let me be brief because I already see many others have made very succinct arguments why you shouldn't part with your money to buy this tripe.",
"First of all, you WILL be amazed at how bad the arguments are against evolution and how they use a red herring approach to claim all of society's ills on this theory.",
"Second, you will find yourself bored as it drags on with each odd tanget it decides to pursue (maybe you should also order a book with this purchase to keep you entertained while watching the dvd).",
"Third, you will want your money back.",
"We got ours back after complaining at the theater.",
"The manager just laughed and said how he had to do this more times than most for this particular movie."
] |
1 | Not Complete Broadcasts | I just finished watching the Super Bowl XI game and it is very disappointing. The video is fine (Curt Gowdy & Don Meredith) and the fades to and from commercials are much better than previous releases, but the NFL still refuses to put out complete games. This particular game has roughly 14 plays missing from it (I lost count).One of the trickiest edits they put in was with 5:40 left in the game, the Vikings brought in their backup QB, Bob Lee. They showed Lee throwing a pass, then cut to the sidelines, then they showed Lee throwing another pass. The problem is that the second pass came with less than 2 minutes remaining in the game. They cut out about 3.5 minutes of game time in between the two passes, which included an entire series by the Raiders. Obviously, they tried to make this unnoticeable. Give me a break!If Major League Baseball can release full games that take up over 2 hours, why can't the NFL? The SB XI game is scrunched down and amazingly lasts an even 2 hours. | 988 | [
"I just finished watching the Super Bowl XI game and it is very disappointing.",
"The video is fine (Curt Gowdy & Don Meredith) and the fades to and from commercials are much better than previous releases, but the NFL still refuses to put out complete games.",
"This particular game has roughly 14 plays missing from it (I lost count).One of the trickiest edits they put in was with 5:40 left in the game, the Vikings brought in their backup QB, Bob Lee.",
"They showed Lee throwing a pass, then cut to the sidelines, then they showed Lee throwing another pass.",
"The problem is that the second pass came with less than 2 minutes remaining in the game.",
"They cut out about 3.5 minutes of game time in between the two passes, which included an entire series by the Raiders.",
"Obviously, they tried to make this unnoticeable.",
"Give me a break!",
"If Major League Baseball can release full games that take up over 2 hours, why can't the NFL?",
"The SB XI game is scrunched down and amazingly lasts an even 2 hours."
] |
1 | Good for Kidz -- NOT! | Many of the songs on this CD sucked to begin with, but some of them were actually pretty good.I bet when the original singers see/hear what these retarded children have done with their once-upon-a-time "music" they scream and want a lawsuit.What I want to know is: who the hell came up with the idea to take these so-called kid-appropriate songs and then sentence them to death by idiotic four-year-olds who don't even understand the words?If you're going to let your little kid listen to a teen's music choices, with only the inappropriate words edited (not the suggestive content) then you might as well let them listen to the real thing...Kidz Bop is beyond horrible... Reading these reviews has made me laugh awfully hard, but it's so sickly true that it's (almost) not funny.And to everyone who bought this for their kid (or kids who bought it for themselves): Go have your heads examined... Or possibly just allow yourself to be run over by a dumptruck to spare you this HEINOUS CD. | 988 | [
"Many of the songs on this CD sucked to begin with, but some of them were actually pretty good.I bet when the original singers see/hear what these retarded children have done with their once-upon-a-time \"music\" they scream and want a lawsuit.What I want to know is: who the hell came up with the idea to take these so-called kid-appropriate songs and then sentence them to death by idiotic four-year-olds who don't even understand the words?",
"If you're going to let your little kid listen to a teen's music choices, with only the inappropriate words edited (not the suggestive content) then you might as well let them listen to the real thing...Kidz Bop is beyond horrible... Reading these reviews has made me laugh awfully hard, but it's so sickly true that it's (almost) not funny.And to everyone who bought this for their kid (or kids who bought it for themselves): Go have your heads examined... Or possibly just allow yourself to be run over by a dumptruck to spare you this HEINOUS CD."
] |
1 | I'm down $500 | Everything started out fine, except, I couldn't quite turn it off. I'd have to unplug it in order for the screen to go dark. So I just left it to the screensaver and paid it no worry.Needless to say, it's burnt out--under a year.HP's customer service took my information (name/email/phone number) and said they'd do some research. This was the most disgusting part of the whole ordeal. I did not hear back from them. I emailed them a second time, and they gave me some tips. One of them worked, and my monitor was on. Problem was, it only worked because the monitor had been inoperative and disconnected for a month and had cooled down a bit.Long story short, I'm over the warranty and they want me to pay in order to fix a problem that came with the monitor. Between this and the other HP products that have broken down on me, I'm never going to buy anything by Hewlett Packard again. Now that I'm five-hundred dollars down with a monitor that'll work for a little while every leap year. | 988 | [
"Everything started out fine, except, I couldn't quite turn it off.",
"I'd have to unplug it in order for the screen to go dark.",
"So I just left it to the screensaver and paid it no worry.Needless to say, it's burnt out--under a year.HP's customer service took my information (name/email/phone number) and said they'd do some research.",
"This was the most disgusting part of the whole ordeal.",
"I did not hear back from them.",
"I emailed them a second time, and they gave me some tips.",
"One of them worked, and my monitor was on.",
"Problem was, it only worked because the monitor had been inoperative and disconnected for a month and had cooled down a bit.Long story short, I'm over the warranty and they want me to pay in order to fix a problem that came with the monitor.",
"Between this and the other HP products that have broken down on me, I'm never going to buy anything by Hewlett Packard again.",
"Now that I'm five-hundred dollars down with a monitor that'll work for a little while every leap year."
] |
1 | Ugggghhh | Everyone is hyped up on that stupid song freek a leek. That song is sooo lame, stupid, and dumb....just like every other pop music in tha radio station. I never bought thiz album but i heard a couple of trackz from my boyz cd and then gave up listenin cuz it soundz so pop. Now Mr. Petey has joined the bubblegum rap club and will make money from theze brainless teenz. Seriously mane...I cant believe most people are not realizin that rap haz changed into pop or R&B.;To tell yall sumthin...when you look for a so call new rap album (like nelly, ludacris, lil jon...etc) at amazon...what is alwayz related to that item is that Usher cd and Usher aint a rapper and that album your lookin at aint rap muzik...lol!!! Inna couple months...Justin Timberlake will be related to every bubblegum (or you teenz can call it..."gangsta") rap album...You brainless teenz make me laugh!!! :-))Helpful votez are gonna be 0 out of 1,286,532 cuz teenz wont get it thru their thick stupid headz...lmao!!! | 988 | [
"Everyone is hyped up on that stupid song freek a leek.",
"That song is sooo lame, stupid, and dumb....just like every other pop music in tha radio station.",
"I never bought thiz album but i heard a couple of trackz from my boyz cd and then gave up listenin cuz it soundz so pop.",
"Now Mr.",
"Petey has joined the bubblegum rap club and will make money from theze brainless teenz.",
"Seriously mane...I cant believe most people are not realizin that rap haz changed into pop or R&B.;To tell yall sumthin...when you look for a so call new rap album (like nelly, ludacris, lil jon...etc) at amazon...what is alwayz related to that item is that Usher cd and Usher aint a rapper and that album your lookin at aint rap muzik...lol!!!",
"Inna couple months...Justin Timberlake will be related to every bubblegum (or you teenz can call it...\"gangsta\") rap album...You brainless teenz make me laugh!!!",
":-))Helpful votez are gonna be 0 out of 1,286,532 cuz teenz wont get it thru their thick stupid headz...lmao!!!"
] |
1 | Far from good | With the apparent intention of setting up a new and very original paradigm in the world of animal esoteric meanings, the author tries with no success to describe what he calls, a revolution in the knowledge of allies.According to his vision, spiders and snakes are bad and jaguars and dolphins are good.... I think this kind of thought is quite infantile and yes, it is new and original, because no author ever dared to state something so ridiculous.Suryavan Solar usually calls privately that women who are too beautiful and talented, snakes, as if this would be the worst. All this kind of beleifs and superstitions, doesn't have anything to do with real native knowledge and wisdom.If this book pretends to be of some interest, maybe the author, should take new ideas of other books, such as Animal-Speak: The Spiritual & Magic Powers of Creatures Great & Small, of Ted Andrews, who with much sincerity and little pretense, shows a world where animals belong to a kingdom of awareness. | 988 | [
"With the apparent intention of setting up a new and very original paradigm in the world of animal esoteric meanings, the author tries with no success to describe what he calls, a revolution in the knowledge of allies.According to his vision, spiders and snakes are bad and jaguars and dolphins are good.... I think this kind of thought is quite infantile and yes, it is new and original, because no author ever dared to state something so ridiculous.Suryavan Solar usually calls privately that women who are too beautiful and talented, snakes, as if this would be the worst.",
"All this kind of beleifs and superstitions, doesn't have anything to do with real native knowledge and wisdom.If this book pretends to be of some interest, maybe the author, should take new ideas of other books, such as Animal-Speak: The Spiritual & Magic Powers of Creatures Great & Small, of Ted Andrews, who with much sincerity and little pretense, shows a world where animals belong to a kingdom of awareness."
] |
1 | Make him stop | The ego of M. Night has really started to affect his work. Maybe if he let someone else either write, direct, or produce part of the film he might create a higher quality product. My theory is that Signs and The Sixth Sense were good because he didn't have the arrogance (or the power) to take credit and control literally and nominally for the whole project. He used to collaborate with talented people and was able to optimize the product based on his personal skill set. Now The Happening is just a real-life nightmare of film-making that we're all going to have to live with (hopefully as many of us will be able to steer clear of it as possible).Now would be a good time to mention that my nephew also writes, produces, and directs his own films and is putting out stuff of about the same quality as The Happening.I've never been so appalled at the lack of quality of a film before. I didn't know where to go for relief / justice--I figured Amazon was the place. Man, this was awful. | 988 | [
"The ego of M.",
"Night has really started to affect his work.",
"Maybe if he let someone else either write, direct, or produce part of the film he might create a higher quality product.",
"My theory is that Signs and The Sixth Sense were good because he didn't have the arrogance (or the power) to take credit and control literally and nominally for the whole project.",
"He used to collaborate with talented people and was able to optimize the product based on his personal skill set.",
"Now The Happening is just a real-life nightmare of film-making that we're all going to have to live with (hopefully as many of us will be able to steer clear of it as possible).Now would be a good time to mention that my nephew also writes, produces, and directs his own films and is putting out stuff of about the same quality as The Happening.I've never been so appalled at the lack of quality of a film before.",
"I didn't know where to go for relief / justice--I figured Amazon was the place.",
"Man, this was awful."
] |
1 | only looks good | Olympia CDP 24206 2 line phone.The design is great, neat and compact. Unfortunately from there on its down hill all the way. Far too complicated to set up, menu driven screens, so at times its impossible to dial or even answer the phone if in the wrong screen.Range and sound quality is good, but echo on one line. Screen is far too small to read, and dial pad also too small on both base station and hand set. More complicated than any cell phone I have used and less intuitive.Within first day had to phone the customer service line 3 times for help for functions that would not work or difficult to set up. Wave Industries provide excellent online support, but not enough to make up for a very disappointing system.To sum up, far too many features, far too complicated and makes even the most simplest tasks like phoning out, receiving calls and redialing a mission.After 3 days of trials, I'm reinstalling my old single line cordless phones and returning the Olympia CDP to the store. | 988 | [
"Olympia CDP 24206 2 line phone.The design is great, neat and compact.",
"Unfortunately from there on its down hill all the way.",
"Far too complicated to set up, menu driven screens, so at times its impossible to dial or even answer the phone if in the wrong screen.Range and sound quality is good, but echo on one line.",
"Screen is far too small to read, and dial pad also too small on both base station and hand set.",
"More complicated than any cell phone I have used and less intuitive.Within first day had to phone the customer service line 3 times for help for functions that would not work or difficult to set up.",
"Wave Industries provide excellent online support, but not enough to make up for a very disappointing system.To sum up, far too many features, far too complicated and makes even the most simplest tasks like phoning out, receiving calls and redialing a mission.After 3 days of trials, I'm reinstalling my old single line cordless phones and returning the Olympia CDP to the store."
] |
1 | Like spinach and kids | While the bluebirds did not hang around this spring, I do have quite a few Baltimore Orioles. The orioles love 2 things- live mealworms and grape jelly. When feeding live mealworms the orioles would eat as many as 12-19 worms per visit. Most likely feeding the new hatchlings. The large, fresh mealworms can cost as much as 10 cents a piece at our local Wildbirds Unlimited. Or I would purchase the smaller size live mealworms at $2.75 per 100.In any case the local feed store recommended trying dried mealworms. Whether I feed them dried or rehydrated, the orioles won't have anything to do with them. They will spit them out of the feeder as they search for "real, live" mealworms.And nobody likes change so I tried repeatedly serving the dried mealworms (rehydrated according to package directions)hoping the orioles would come around to liking them and no luck. I cannot recommend this product at all. I have 26 different bird species here and none appear to like the dried mealworms. | 988 | [
"While the bluebirds did not hang around this spring, I do have quite a few Baltimore Orioles.",
"The orioles love 2 things- live mealworms and grape jelly.",
"When feeding live mealworms the orioles would eat as many as 12-19 worms per visit.",
"Most likely feeding the new hatchlings.",
"The large, fresh mealworms can cost as much as 10 cents a piece at our local Wildbirds Unlimited.",
"Or I would purchase the smaller size live mealworms at $2.75 per 100.In any case the local feed store recommended trying dried mealworms.",
"Whether I feed them dried or rehydrated, the orioles won't have anything to do with them.",
"They will spit them out of the feeder as they search for \"real, live\" mealworms.And nobody likes change so I tried repeatedly serving the dried mealworms (rehydrated according to package directions)hoping the orioles would come around to liking them and no luck.",
"I cannot recommend this product at all.",
"I have 26 different bird species here and none appear to like the dried mealworms."
] |
1 | Lousy copy cat | A book like this should tell tales and name names.It does, in some way. But it name more victims' names than the predators' names. And I found that disturbing. There are too many chapters that are copied from Michael Gross's "Beautiful women and ugly business". Mr. Gross's book is a good read. "Shut up and smile" is not. It is a waste of time, many references other than the copy from Gross's book are public informations.It is said that you can't judge a book by its appearance. But for this book, you can. Most pictures of the cover as well as inside the book are not of right proportion. And if an author and publisher are serious about a book, they will take good care of the looks. It may not be glamorous book cover but you can at least get the picture right! Also, the author is supposed to be under-cover. Why bother showing his pictures in the books? ( twice)This is not a book worth your time. Read "Beautiful women and ugly business". "Shut up and smile" should have shut up. | 988 | [
"A book like this should tell tales and name names.It does, in some way.",
"But it name more victims' names than the predators' names.",
"And I found that disturbing.",
"There are too many chapters that are copied from Michael Gross's \"Beautiful women and ugly business\".",
"Mr.",
"Gross's book is a good read.",
"\"Shut up and smile\" is not.",
"It is a waste of time, many references other than the copy from Gross's book are public informations.It is said that you can't judge a book by its appearance.",
"But for this book, you can.",
"Most pictures of the cover as well as inside the book are not of right proportion.",
"And if an author and publisher are serious about a book, they will take good care of the looks.",
"It may not be glamorous book cover but you can at least get the picture right!",
"Also, the author is supposed to be under-cover.",
"Why bother showing his pictures in the books?",
"( twice)This is not a book worth your time.",
"Read \"Beautiful women and ugly business\".",
"\"Shut up and smile\" should have shut up."
] |
1 | Do not buy this smoker | I bought a Great Outdoors gas grill several years ago and like it. I thought the smoker would be the same quality. It is not. First, the smoker came damaged in several places, enough so that the door would not close. Second, it is not made of heavy gauge steel, it is more like the steel around air conditioning ducting in your attic. Never used it, and have been trying to return it ever since. The only thing worse than the smoker is Amazon's customer service. I have not been able to get it retuned, they are not responding. The smoker is made in China, they used to be made here. Evidently Great Outdoors has been sold a couple of times, and now is a big supplier to Wal-Mart which explains how they have gone from high quality to tin metal. I researched this smoker and found mostly good reviews on barbeque sites. But they are a couple of years old, from when these things were made here. Overall, this has been a very bad experience. I will not be continuing as an Amazon customer. | 988 | [
"I bought a Great Outdoors gas grill several years ago and like it.",
"I thought the smoker would be the same quality.",
"It is not.",
"First, the smoker came damaged in several places, enough so that the door would not close.",
"Second, it is not made of heavy gauge steel, it is more like the steel around air conditioning ducting in your attic.",
"Never used it, and have been trying to return it ever since.",
"The only thing worse than the smoker is Amazon's customer service.",
"I have not been able to get it retuned, they are not responding.",
"The smoker is made in China, they used to be made here.",
"Evidently Great Outdoors has been sold a couple of times, and now is a big supplier to Wal-Mart which explains how they have gone from high quality to tin metal.",
"I researched this smoker and found mostly good reviews on barbeque sites.",
"But they are a couple of years old, from when these things were made here.",
"Overall, this has been a very bad experience.",
"I will not be continuing as an Amazon customer."
] |
1 | Save your money | If you want to get dark and grainy videos with unsynchronized sound, then by all means go ahead and buy this camera. Even on a bright sunny day the captured footage leaves a lot to be desired. The angle of view is tiny. The resolution is tiny and the frame rate is extremely low. If you are doing any activity that involves a lot of movement (why else would you buy this camera?) you will end up with a very jumpy and confusing video.This camera is promoted as a great bargain, but unfortunately in this case you get exactly what you paid for - a novelty store item that will end up collecting dust in the back of the same drawer that you dump your obsolete cell phones in.If you really want to get decent quality first person videos, you will have to shell out upwards of $100-$150 for an Oregon Scientific or Tachyon XC. If you try to do it on the cheap with this camera, you will still end up with an Oregon Scientific or Tachyon XC except it will cost you an extra $30 plush shipping. | 988 | [
"If you want to get dark and grainy videos with unsynchronized sound, then by all means go ahead and buy this camera.",
"Even on a bright sunny day the captured footage leaves a lot to be desired.",
"The angle of view is tiny.",
"The resolution is tiny and the frame rate is extremely low.",
"If you are doing any activity that involves a lot of movement (why else would you buy this camera?",
") you will end up with a very jumpy and confusing video.This camera is promoted as a great bargain, but unfortunately in this case you get exactly what you paid for - a novelty store item that will end up collecting dust in the back of the same drawer that you dump your obsolete cell phones in.If you really want to get decent quality first person videos, you will have to shell out upwards of $100-$150 for an Oregon Scientific or Tachyon XC.",
"If you try to do it on the cheap with this camera, you will still end up with an Oregon Scientific or Tachyon XC except it will cost you an extra $30 plush shipping."
] |
1 | Short Lived | I bought the Dirt Devil 15.6v cordless EXTREME Power. The power was great, the unit looked great, the suction was great all for about a total of one month. After each charge the battery in my unit got weaker and weaker. Finally the entire unit just died. I could understand this unit expiring if I used the vacuum everyday for several minutes at a time however I only used this unit about twice a month and only for 1 or 2 minutes. I've only had to empty the canister once since I have owned it. The unit and the filter still look brand new but I have EXTREME disappointment in the longevity of this product. It is possible that I purchased a LEMON and it is possible that this is the exception not the rule. However I have notified Dirt Devil Customer Service about my problem and if they do make things right(which I doubt) I will be happy to write another review to at least let everyone know that they stick by their products and take care of their disappointed customers. The Colonel | 988 | [
"I bought the Dirt Devil 15.6v cordless EXTREME Power.",
"The power was great, the unit looked great, the suction was great all for about a total of one month.",
"After each charge the battery in my unit got weaker and weaker.",
"Finally the entire unit just died.",
"I could understand this unit expiring if I used the vacuum everyday for several minutes at a time however I only used this unit about twice a month and only for 1 or 2 minutes.",
"I've only had to empty the canister once since I have owned it.",
"The unit and the filter still look brand new but I have EXTREME disappointment in the longevity of this product.",
"It is possible that I purchased a LEMON and it is possible that this is the exception not the rule.",
"However I have notified Dirt Devil Customer Service about my problem and if they do make things right(which I doubt) I will be happy to write another review to at least let everyone know that they stick by their products and take care of their disappointed customers.",
"The Colonel"
] |
1 | horrible rip off | My friend bought this player creative zen vision M 30 GB player as a gift for me after exhaustive comparison and reading hundreds of reviews between Ipod 30 GB and creative zen vision M 30 GB. It worked great for the few occasionally times I used. After not being used for a month, the battery completely drained and has never been able to charge ever since. I have tried charging it overnight through a computer. I have tried charging overnight with an AC adapter. Nothing works. I can only access its interface when its connected to a power supply. As soon as its taken out, instantaneously it dies out. I have even tried resetting it. No luck. I called the Creative customer service and they would not replace it as I do not have a proof of purchase as it was gift and my friend apparently did not care to save the receipt. I went online on Amazon and realized it costs over $250. I feel miserable that Creative refuses to fix a faulty product of theirs which is very much in warranty. | 988 | [
"My friend bought this player creative zen vision M 30 GB player as a gift for me after exhaustive comparison and reading hundreds of reviews between Ipod 30 GB and creative zen vision M 30 GB.",
"It worked great for the few occasionally times I used.",
"After not being used for a month, the battery completely drained and has never been able to charge ever since.",
"I have tried charging it overnight through a computer.",
"I have tried charging overnight with an AC adapter.",
"Nothing works.",
"I can only access its interface when its connected to a power supply.",
"As soon as its taken out, instantaneously it dies out.",
"I have even tried resetting it.",
"No luck.",
"I called the Creative customer service and they would not replace it as I do not have a proof of purchase as it was gift and my friend apparently did not care to save the receipt.",
"I went online on Amazon and realized it costs over $250.",
"I feel miserable that Creative refuses to fix a faulty product of theirs which is very much in warranty."
] |
1 | Very Disappointing | My son, who has just turned 4, has just started to learn to read. After completing his first book at school, we went and purhcased this book as it had many of the simple short words that he is learning. Given the level of the book, it never occured to me to review it first and imagine my surprise when I read "The rat hates the cat" and "You think I am stupid" and "My dear little brat". My 4 year old is aware of words like "hate" and "stupid" but he also knows that those are not kind words and they don't have a place in our house. I am returning the book and now question Harper Collin's ability to review books and give their opinion.I agree with a previous reviewer in that the book is very rude and does not teach good behavior. I want my son to learn to read, but not at the expense of his manners!I strongly encourage those considering this book to re-consider. There's enough rudeness and harsh words in this world without having to introduce them in a small child's book.[...] | 988 | [
"My son, who has just turned 4, has just started to learn to read.",
"After completing his first book at school, we went and purhcased this book as it had many of the simple short words that he is learning.",
"Given the level of the book, it never occured to me to review it first and imagine my surprise when I read \"The rat hates the cat\" and \"You think I am stupid\" and \"My dear little brat\".",
"My 4 year old is aware of words like \"hate\" and \"stupid\" but he also knows that those are not kind words and they don't have a place in our house.",
"I am returning the book and now question Harper Collin's ability to review books and give their opinion.I agree with a previous reviewer in that the book is very rude and does not teach good behavior.",
"I want my son to learn to read, but not at the expense of his manners!",
"I strongly encourage those considering this book to re-consider.",
"There's enough rudeness and harsh words in this world without having to introduce them in a small child's book.[...]"
] |
1 | Disappointing | I have recently moved to Greece and purchased this book and audio tape set to help me learn Greek.The main problem is the layout of the book. It looks like each page has been typed on a manual typewriter then photocopied. The print is poor and at times, impossible to read and there are also spelling mistakes.It is not an easy book to follow and doesn't make learning the language an easy task. The English language used is complex and not in laymans terms for the average indiviual, making learning the language a chore.The Greek vocabulary lists contain words that are not translated into English alongside and when shown to a native, they weren't even sure of some of the words themselves! The speed of the conversation on the audio tapes is also very fast and difficult to follow with no symbols in the book to advise when the tape should be usedI needed an easy to follow, step by step course in basic Greek, but unfortunatley this package did not suit my needs. Very disappointing. | 988 | [
"I have recently moved to Greece and purchased this book and audio tape set to help me learn Greek.The main problem is the layout of the book.",
"It looks like each page has been typed on a manual typewriter then photocopied.",
"The print is poor and at times, impossible to read and there are also spelling mistakes.It is not an easy book to follow and doesn't make learning the language an easy task.",
"The English language used is complex and not in laymans terms for the average indiviual, making learning the language a chore.The Greek vocabulary lists contain words that are not translated into English alongside and when shown to a native, they weren't even sure of some of the words themselves!",
"The speed of the conversation on the audio tapes is also very fast and difficult to follow with no symbols in the book to advise when the tape should be usedI needed an easy to follow, step by step course in basic Greek, but unfortunatley this package did not suit my needs.",
"Very disappointing."
] |
1 | Worst RPG ever | I can't believe I wasted 50 bucks on this piece of crap. The plot, what little there is, is laughable at best. Switching main characters all the time and then having characters you worked on die is just plain annoying. The story is linear, and the knacks and skill plates add nothing special to the game. The voice acting is horrible, and the graphics are average. I have been playing RPGs since my Super NES days and I would rather play Chrono Trigger or Breath of Fire than spend more than 5 minutes playing this game. I expect more from Atlus and the Growlanser franchise than this shoddy game. Even the limited edition extras weren't all that great. Does anyone collect lenticular cards anymore? The keychain I received was scratched. Overall, I would recommend something from the Disgaea series or the Shin Megami Tensei series. I kept playing this game trying to get my 50 dollars worth but gave up shortly after reaching the "main" story when I realized that it would never happen. | 988 | [
"I can't believe I wasted 50 bucks on this piece of crap.",
"The plot, what little there is, is laughable at best.",
"Switching main characters all the time and then having characters you worked on die is just plain annoying.",
"The story is linear, and the knacks and skill plates add nothing special to the game.",
"The voice acting is horrible, and the graphics are average.",
"I have been playing RPGs since my Super NES days and I would rather play Chrono Trigger or Breath of Fire than spend more than 5 minutes playing this game.",
"I expect more from Atlus and the Growlanser franchise than this shoddy game.",
"Even the limited edition extras weren't all that great.",
"Does anyone collect lenticular cards anymore?",
"The keychain I received was scratched.",
"Overall, I would recommend something from the Disgaea series or the Shin Megami Tensei series.",
"I kept playing this game trying to get my 50 dollars worth but gave up shortly after reaching the \"main\" story when I realized that it would never happen."
] |
1 | This thing is a POS | I have used this filter for a full year now. The filtering capabilities of it is quite good. The water tastes great. The problem is that this is short lived. Each filter is supposed to last 100 gallons, I barely get 30 gallons out of each filter.This particular unit started to spring a leak at the back of it where there is a small hole for air pressure, this started almost exactly as the 1 year warranty expired. Then there was a crack along the plastic between the arm piece and the part that actually holds the filter. This got worse as each day passed. No I am getting water spraying from the filter from that crack and from the top where you screw the filters in place. This pile of junk fell apart in only a years time. I have now had it for 1 year and 3 weeks, it is beyond warranty. Pur refuses to replace the product and I have an extra filter from a 6-pack I bought that is not going to be used. Stay away from this model at all costs. In fact, stay away from Pur if possible. | 988 | [
"I have used this filter for a full year now.",
"The filtering capabilities of it is quite good.",
"The water tastes great.",
"The problem is that this is short lived.",
"Each filter is supposed to last 100 gallons, I barely get 30 gallons out of each filter.This particular unit started to spring a leak at the back of it where there is a small hole for air pressure, this started almost exactly as the 1 year warranty expired.",
"Then there was a crack along the plastic between the arm piece and the part that actually holds the filter.",
"This got worse as each day passed.",
"No I am getting water spraying from the filter from that crack and from the top where you screw the filters in place.",
"This pile of junk fell apart in only a years time.",
"I have now had it for 1 year and 3 weeks, it is beyond warranty.",
"Pur refuses to replace the product and I have an extra filter from a 6-pack I bought that is not going to be used.",
"Stay away from this model at all costs.",
"In fact, stay away from Pur if possible."
] |
1 | Do Not Buy This! | Like everyone else, I loved this vaccuum at first, after the first few times I used it, it was horrible! The little brush attachement for furniture doesn't spin as soon as I put it on my couch to use it. I have to empty the bagless canisters after every cleaning, to do this I get dirt all over the garbage can and floor. Plus I have to stick my hand up in it to get all the hair and whatnot that has twisted around the spinning things.Now to be fair, I do have 3 dogs. So I realize I have more hair/fur in my carpet than most people. BUT... I only use this vaccuum to clean the area rug in my living room and the bedrooms. That is it. The rest is hardwood that I sweep (I have to because if I try to use this vaccuum on the bare floor, it spits out everything behind it onto my feet)I think DirtDevil should be ashamed at selling this product. It's horrible. And I'm not even mentioning the hard to find expensive filters that need to be replaced on a regular basis (kind of like a BAG). | 988 | [
"Like everyone else, I loved this vaccuum at first, after the first few times I used it, it was horrible!",
"The little brush attachement for furniture doesn't spin as soon as I put it on my couch to use it.",
"I have to empty the bagless canisters after every cleaning, to do this I get dirt all over the garbage can and floor.",
"Plus I have to stick my hand up in it to get all the hair and whatnot that has twisted around the spinning things.Now to be fair, I do have 3 dogs.",
"So I realize I have more hair/fur in my carpet than most people.",
"BUT... I only use this vaccuum to clean the area rug in my living room and the bedrooms.",
"That is it.",
"The rest is hardwood that I sweep (I have to because if I try to use this vaccuum on the bare floor, it spits out everything behind it onto my feet)I think DirtDevil should be ashamed at selling this product.",
"It's horrible.",
"And I'm not even mentioning the hard to find expensive filters that need to be replaced on a regular basis (kind of like a BAG)."
] |
1 | My name is Jake... | ...and in this TV series, I have been reduced to a jock with a really gay looking haircut. Remember my cool friend Marco? Remember how in the books he always had the coolest sounding lines, a la Cancer Man from The X Files? Well here, his one liners put Mr. Freeze to shame. All of my friends have been messed around with in the worst sense too- Remember that uber villain Visser Three? He's a bald idiot who also looks really gay, putting Rob Halford to shame. Remember Rachel and my beautiful girlfriend Cassie? Remember how both of them were smart, stand-up girls in the books? Well now they've been converted to bimbos by the idiot writers. Oh, and Ax, the very odd but cool alien dude? Well now he's been reduced to a bumbling idiot whom between him and I, has a homoerotic banter going on.Nevermind what the books tell you, this show is the real truth about us! Just beware of Scholastic, who has the ability to take your book series and turn it into a bad show. You've been warned. | 988 | [
"...and in this TV series, I have been reduced to a jock with a really gay looking haircut.",
"Remember my cool friend Marco?",
"Remember how in the books he always had the coolest sounding lines, a la Cancer Man from The X Files?",
"Well here, his one liners put Mr.",
"Freeze to shame.",
"All of my friends have been messed around with in the worst sense too- Remember that uber villain Visser Three?",
"He's a bald idiot who also looks really gay, putting Rob Halford to shame.",
"Remember Rachel and my beautiful girlfriend Cassie?",
"Remember how both of them were smart, stand-up girls in the books?",
"Well now they've been converted to bimbos by the idiot writers.",
"Oh, and Ax, the very odd but cool alien dude?",
"Well now he's been reduced to a bumbling idiot whom between him and I, has a homoerotic banter going on.Nevermind what the books tell you, this show is the real truth about us!",
"Just beware of Scholastic, who has the ability to take your book series and turn it into a bad show.",
"You've been warned."
] |
1 | Musical Bomb | No wonder the HOllywood musical has been in the doldrums until the recent rebirth of "Chicago" and "Moulin Rouge." This dismal, embarassing mess set the musical back ten years. The mob of "newsies" all look like California surfin' dudes who were called in to jump and leap around and do Kenny Ortega's trademark Flashdance routines. All the news boys are fresh faced, clean and neat. Even though they live in a flophouse, they act like they've never missed a meal. And then the great Ann-Margaret is brought in for a brief cameo before promptly vanishing from sight. Most embarassing is the movie's attempt to be multicultural by placing a young black kid smack in the middle of all the scenes featuring the historically all-white news boys at the turn of the century. It'd be interesting if this was remade by a real musical talent with some real talented youngsters. And at least make the scenery look like it wasn't just thrown up and freshly painted moments before the scene was shot. | 988 | [
"No wonder the HOllywood musical has been in the doldrums until the recent rebirth of \"Chicago\" and \"Moulin Rouge.\" This dismal, embarassing mess set the musical back ten years.",
"The mob of \"newsies\" all look like California surfin' dudes who were called in to jump and leap around and do Kenny Ortega's trademark Flashdance routines.",
"All the news boys are fresh faced, clean and neat.",
"Even though they live in a flophouse, they act like they've never missed a meal.",
"And then the great Ann-Margaret is brought in for a brief cameo before promptly vanishing from sight.",
"Most embarassing is the movie's attempt to be multicultural by placing a young black kid smack in the middle of all the scenes featuring the historically all-white news boys at the turn of the century.",
"It'd be interesting if this was remade by a real musical talent with some real talented youngsters.",
"And at least make the scenery look like it wasn't just thrown up and freshly painted moments before the scene was shot."
] |
1 | Lacking quality | I ordered this on a Monday and received it 16 days later. It should not have taken that long.The packaging was terrible. The two largest sizes were stacked; everything else was thrown on top. There was yellowish glue on the outside of many of the boxes, making them unusable. I tried to clean it off, but it is permanently stuck. The dimensions of the inner and outer shells do not work well with each other. Some are hard to open and some fall apart. I had to sort through them and pick out the ones I could use. Here are statistics for which ones were NOT USABLE:Long ...... 45% damagedBig ........ 30% damagedRegular .. 15% damagedSmall ..... 40% damagedTiny ...... 75% damaged (!)Only 59 out of the 100 were usable. I am very disappointed with the quality, especially since I purchased these based on the good reviews.I attached pictures of two major problems with the boxes. One shows a rip that they obviously tried to fix, unsuccessfully, and the other shows the dimension problem. | 988 | [
"I ordered this on a Monday and received it 16 days later.",
"It should not have taken that long.The packaging was terrible.",
"The two largest sizes were stacked; everything else was thrown on top.",
"There was yellowish glue on the outside of many of the boxes, making them unusable.",
"I tried to clean it off, but it is permanently stuck.",
"The dimensions of the inner and outer shells do not work well with each other.",
"Some are hard to open and some fall apart.",
"I had to sort through them and pick out the ones I could use.",
"Here are statistics for which ones were NOT USABLE:Long ...... 45% damagedBig ........ 30% damagedRegular ..",
"15% damagedSmall ..... 40% damagedTiny ...... 75% damaged (!",
")Only 59 out of the 100 were usable.",
"I am very disappointed with the quality, especially since I purchased these based on the good reviews.I attached pictures of two major problems with the boxes.",
"One shows a rip that they obviously tried to fix, unsuccessfully, and the other shows the dimension problem."
] |
1 | an anti-woman book | Of the 20 books on pregnancy that I read during mine, this was the worst one. It's obvious intent is to scare women into unquestioning submission to their doctors rather than give them accurate and empowering information to make wise pregnancy and birth choices for themselves. Giving ample information on very rare and serious complications, Curtis ignores the very real dangers of the common interventions he is so fond of. For instance, the only mention of fetal monitors is that they will be used in labor, but he fails to mention that studies show no improvement in maternal or fetal morbididy and a 25% increase in c-sections when monitors are used! He gives scant attention to prepared childbirth, and his only definition of pain management is drugs. I was most disgusted with his discussion on episiotomy, a normally unnecessary and universally-loathed surgery. I wouldn't recommend this book to any 1st time mom. Better to choose a more realistic book, like one by Sears & Sears. | 988 | [
"Of the 20 books on pregnancy that I read during mine, this was the worst one.",
"It's obvious intent is to scare women into unquestioning submission to their doctors rather than give them accurate and empowering information to make wise pregnancy and birth choices for themselves.",
"Giving ample information on very rare and serious complications, Curtis ignores the very real dangers of the common interventions he is so fond of.",
"For instance, the only mention of fetal monitors is that they will be used in labor, but he fails to mention that studies show no improvement in maternal or fetal morbididy and a 25% increase in c-sections when monitors are used!",
"He gives scant attention to prepared childbirth, and his only definition of pain management is drugs.",
"I was most disgusted with his discussion on episiotomy, a normally unnecessary and universally-loathed surgery.",
"I wouldn't recommend this book to any 1st time mom.",
"Better to choose a more realistic book, like one by Sears & Sears."
] |
1 | Terrible resolution! | I saw a display model at the store, but I was surprised upon turning it on, that the demo one had a higher resolution than the one I had bought.If you are going to buy a digital photo frame, do not settle for anything lower than 800x600 (or 480, if you're into widescreen) This frame seemed to be less than half of that resolution, and all the pictures came out terribly pixelized. Definitely not worth the money-if you put in a few more bucks, you can pick up ones with much higher quality. I am returning mine as soon as I can for a new one.+Easy plug and play-Limited menu functions. My older, smaller frame had more options with easier navigation.-Low screen brightness (Low adjustment sensitivity as well). Very hard to see the pictures in low to adequate lighting in a room.-Narrow viewing angle- you pretty much have to be in a very specific position in order to see the photos.-Screen off-center from frame (.5cm too high)-Low resolution-Choppy photo transitions-The list goes on. | 988 | [
"I saw a display model at the store, but I was surprised upon turning it on, that the demo one had a higher resolution than the one I had bought.If you are going to buy a digital photo frame, do not settle for anything lower than 800x600 (or 480, if you're into widescreen) This frame seemed to be less than half of that resolution, and all the pictures came out terribly pixelized.",
"Definitely not worth the money-if you put in a few more bucks, you can pick up ones with much higher quality.",
"I am returning mine as soon as I can for a new one.+Easy plug and play-Limited menu functions.",
"My older, smaller frame had more options with easier navigation.-Low screen brightness (Low adjustment sensitivity as well).",
"Very hard to see the pictures in low to adequate lighting in a room.-Narrow viewing angle- you pretty much have to be in a very specific position in order to see the photos.-Screen off-center from frame (.5cm too high)-Low resolution-Choppy photo transitions-The list goes on."
] |
1 | unsafe | I'd avoid this product for now. I've gone through two of these in the last year. I love the idea and the ease with which you can slide it on and off, but therin lies the problem. The saddle attachment mechanism is made of very thin, weak plastic. I've had two bags break in exactly the same manner: the thin plastic on the locking mechanism attached to the bag breaks, the bag falls off the fixer attached to the saddle rail, and dangles precariously by the velco strap that wraps around the seat post, bouncing off your rear wheel. NOT what you want to have happen on a screaming descent in the Italian Alps, as happened to me.This bag may be fine for those who ride couple hundred miles a year on smooth pavement (good luck finding it). But for serious bikers who have to contend with the rough and tumble of pot-holed roads, as we have in New England, try something else.I do love the bag, but will not be buying a third one unless Topeak does some R&D; and strengthens the attachment. | 988 | [
"I'd avoid this product for now.",
"I've gone through two of these in the last year.",
"I love the idea and the ease with which you can slide it on and off, but therin lies the problem.",
"The saddle attachment mechanism is made of very thin, weak plastic.",
"I've had two bags break in exactly the same manner: the thin plastic on the locking mechanism attached to the bag breaks, the bag falls off the fixer attached to the saddle rail, and dangles precariously by the velco strap that wraps around the seat post, bouncing off your rear wheel.",
"NOT what you want to have happen on a screaming descent in the Italian Alps, as happened to me.This bag may be fine for those who ride couple hundred miles a year on smooth pavement (good luck finding it).",
"But for serious bikers who have to contend with the rough and tumble of pot-holed roads, as we have in New England, try something else.I do love the bag, but will not be buying a third one unless Topeak does some R&D; and strengthens the attachment."
] |
1 | this is very unfair | first i read some of the reviews, but since i had good luck with the first 100 dvd's i purchase from amazon, well you can imagen what happend, i bought another 100 and im very sorry, so far y have a defect ratio of 50%, this means i burn 8 disc and got 4 costers, stay away from this product, also the real manufacturer of my batch is "DAXON", wich i dont know if whe can sue somebody, i tought i bought tdk, but not, im very disopointed, also amazon should so something about this, in other countries, they put the name of the manufacturer also, you actually know what your getting, for example, the brand states Verbatim but the are manufacturer by Taiyo, and you know this before you make the purchase, this kind of poor management is what kills companys.fallow up: testing at diferent speeds i found out they work great at half speed (8x) and it takes arround 6 or 7 minutes to burn, wich is not badjust in case somebody else has the same problem, you can try burning at a lower speed | 988 | [
"first i read some of the reviews, but since i had good luck with the first 100 dvd's i purchase from amazon, well you can imagen what happend, i bought another 100 and im very sorry, so far y have a defect ratio of 50%, this means i burn 8 disc and got 4 costers, stay away from this product, also the real manufacturer of my batch is \"DAXON\", wich i dont know if whe can sue somebody, i tought i bought tdk, but not, im very disopointed, also amazon should so something about this, in other countries, they put the name of the manufacturer also, you actually know what your getting, for example, the brand states Verbatim but the are manufacturer by Taiyo, and you know this before you make the purchase, this kind of poor management is what kills companys.fallow up: testing at diferent speeds i found out they work great at half speed (8x) and it takes arround 6 or 7 minutes to burn, wich is not badjust in case somebody else has the same problem, you can try burning at a lower speed"
] |
1 | theme park roller coaster | After seeing theme park roller coaster on playstation2 , i thought it would be alot of fun , after buying the game and playing it i was very dissapointed. All parks are basically the same and all parks have similar attractions and the same shops over and over for all parks. Probably the most fun in this game , would be building and riding rollercoasters and eventually the ultimate rollercoaster ,which is very hard to build and even this becomes boring after a short period of time. Do yourself a favour people , if your after a good theme park game you cant go past Roller Coaster Tycoon on P.C it has more themes and is a very enjoyable game to play, add the expansion pack its basicaly unlimited with so much to do. My choice is easy , roller coaster tycoon , is the best theme park game available , compared to all the rest.Dont even bother buying Theme park roller coaster, consider renting before buying , that way you wont waste $$$ on a game that becomes boring within an hour. | 988 | [
"After seeing theme park roller coaster on playstation2 , i thought it would be alot of fun , after buying the game and playing it i was very dissapointed.",
"All parks are basically the same and all parks have similar attractions and the same shops over and over for all parks.",
"Probably the most fun in this game , would be building and riding rollercoasters and eventually the ultimate rollercoaster ,which is very hard to build and even this becomes boring after a short period of time.",
"Do yourself a favour people , if your after a good theme park game you cant go past Roller Coaster Tycoon on P.C it has more themes and is a very enjoyable game to play, add the expansion pack its basicaly unlimited with so much to do.",
"My choice is easy , roller coaster tycoon , is the best theme park game available , compared to all the rest.Dont even bother buying Theme park roller coaster, consider renting before buying , that way you wont waste $$$ on a game that becomes boring within an hour."
] |
1 | THE OUTHOUSE STINKS | I've taken a crap more interesting than this. The best part of it was the nude scene of Violante Placido, and that wasn't worth the money. Whatever he got paid for this wasn't enough to put his name on it let alone be in it. Sometimes even big name stars can't carry a movie, and this one is a back breaker. I'm not saying don't watch it, just don't buy it if you don't have to, cause even at the used prices it's not worth it. They should have taken the money it cost to make this movie and flushed it down the drain. I've seen a lot of boring movies, but I can't remember any being this slow and boring. You find yourself wondering who's going to get shot, so you can shoot them yourself just to get this thing over with. I've seen documentaries faster than this, and I'm not much on watching documentaries cause there usually slow, but I finished watching this and I can't remember why, what I do know is that I didn't get my monies worth. ONE STAR FOR NUDITY, mostly because I had to. | 988 | [
"I've taken a crap more interesting than this.",
"The best part of it was the nude scene of Violante Placido, and that wasn't worth the money.",
"Whatever he got paid for this wasn't enough to put his name on it let alone be in it.",
"Sometimes even big name stars can't carry a movie, and this one is a back breaker.",
"I'm not saying don't watch it, just don't buy it if you don't have to, cause even at the used prices it's not worth it.",
"They should have taken the money it cost to make this movie and flushed it down the drain.",
"I've seen a lot of boring movies, but I can't remember any being this slow and boring.",
"You find yourself wondering who's going to get shot, so you can shoot them yourself just to get this thing over with.",
"I've seen documentaries faster than this, and I'm not much on watching documentaries cause there usually slow, but I finished watching this and I can't remember why, what I do know is that I didn't get my monies worth.",
"ONE STAR FOR NUDITY, mostly because I had to."
] |
1 | NO RAW format support! | The following review is only interesting for photographer:The main reason for me to buy the product was to backup and store photos from my Canon to a harddisk and have a fast viewer for the photos. I shoot the photos in .jpg and .raw format.I upgraded my Archos 504 from the former AV 420 which did support .jpg and .raw backup from my Canon, but the photo viewer was incredible slow.You don't find any Information about storing the .raw format on your Archos... I bought the product in the believe that an upgrade can't mean a step back in the development... which was an error... it really DONT support .raw ... I asked the helpdesk if they plan to support the .raw file in future... their answer was NO, they decided against raw format.Nevertheless the picture viewer and the video things work fine, just for those who want to store .raw files as in the past, forget it...Thanks Archos, so you make it easy for photographer to change the backup system to other companies like Creative. | 988 | [
"The following review is only interesting for photographer:The main reason for me to buy the product was to backup and store photos from my Canon to a harddisk and have a fast viewer for the photos.",
"I shoot the photos in .jpg and .raw format.I upgraded my Archos 504 from the former AV 420 which did support .jpg and .raw backup from my Canon, but the photo viewer was incredible slow.You don't find any Information about storing the .raw format on your Archos... I bought the product in the believe that an upgrade can't mean a step back in the development... which was an error... it really DONT support .raw ... I asked the helpdesk if they plan to support the .raw file in future... their answer was NO, they decided against raw format.Nevertheless the picture viewer and the video things work fine, just for those who want to store .raw files as in the past, forget it...Thanks Archos, so you make it easy for photographer to change the backup system to other companies like Creative."
] |
1 | Unreliable. | I am very sorry I previously wrote a favorable review of this product. I have had nothing but troubles with mine, and I have had mine replaced by JVC TWICE, each AFTER they were sent in for repairs, but were not really repaired. My brother's also has troubles, but he has decided to live with it, given the fact that JVC has not been able to give me one that actually works properly. Yes, it plays the CDs, but most of the time, when I turn it on, the door opens on its own, and the carousel turns, and then the door closes again. During that time, it will not accept any commands. The second one had a more serious problem with the disc exchange feature. I WILL NEVER BUY A JVC PRODUCT AGAIN. Given my experience with 4 new, factory sealed players, ALL of which were defective, and given the fact that they were unable to actually repair anything when they attempted to do so, I think they must be the worst company I have ever had the misfortune of doing business with. Do not buy this. | 988 | [
"I am very sorry I previously wrote a favorable review of this product.",
"I have had nothing but troubles with mine, and I have had mine replaced by JVC TWICE, each AFTER they were sent in for repairs, but were not really repaired.",
"My brother's also has troubles, but he has decided to live with it, given the fact that JVC has not been able to give me one that actually works properly.",
"Yes, it plays the CDs, but most of the time, when I turn it on, the door opens on its own, and the carousel turns, and then the door closes again.",
"During that time, it will not accept any commands.",
"The second one had a more serious problem with the disc exchange feature.",
"I WILL NEVER BUY A JVC PRODUCT AGAIN.",
"Given my experience with 4 new, factory sealed players, ALL of which were defective, and given the fact that they were unable to actually repair anything when they attempted to do so, I think they must be the worst company I have ever had the misfortune of doing business with.",
"Do not buy this."
] |
1 | Star junk | I got this movie a few years ago because I collect Joe Lara movies. He was best in Gunsmoke Last Apache and American Cyborg. Star Fire Mutiny was a complete bomb. It was utter space junk.I had to watch this movie several times to get the point and to be honest, I never really quite got it other than the usual psycho wanting something. There was wooden acting, no recognizable script, and Joe was mercifully 'unconscous' during most of it. Now that really rubbed me the wrong way. Joe looks so tough but he got knocked out for the most of the film so there was no point because I got it to see him. I also wasn't too thrilled seeing him for a second movie with short hair. Joe looks his best in his trademark long hair and thank goodness since this movie was made he's grown his hair back.The end intrigued me where Joe has that blond as his wife and a kid on that planet that they're starting over on. Gee, really wish Joe would get married and have kids. They would be so good looking. | 988 | [
"I got this movie a few years ago because I collect Joe Lara movies.",
"He was best in Gunsmoke Last Apache and American Cyborg.",
"Star Fire Mutiny was a complete bomb.",
"It was utter space junk.I had to watch this movie several times to get the point and to be honest, I never really quite got it other than the usual psycho wanting something.",
"There was wooden acting, no recognizable script, and Joe was mercifully 'unconscous' during most of it.",
"Now that really rubbed me the wrong way.",
"Joe looks so tough but he got knocked out for the most of the film so there was no point because I got it to see him.",
"I also wasn't too thrilled seeing him for a second movie with short hair.",
"Joe looks his best in his trademark long hair and thank goodness since this movie was made he's grown his hair back.The end intrigued me where Joe has that blond as his wife and a kid on that planet that they're starting over on.",
"Gee, really wish Joe would get married and have kids.",
"They would be so good looking."
] |
1 | What was that? | Seriously, what was that? I felt this movie was more an Opera than a descent into madness, and it was so reserved and suggestive that I felt unsatisfied in more ways than one. When I see a film I want to either escape reality and enter a world I'll never reach or see a side so dark and real that is strikes paraboles within my soul. However Black Swan delivered on none of these. This film was so concentrated on the actual Ballet that the story never delivered, it just kind of whimpered out like the last slow breath of a dying rat. Unfortunately this should have delivered on what I beleive should be a new Academy Award Category: Most Overhyped Letdown Film of the Year. I would have rather listened to Natalie Portman deliver those android like lines from Star Wars than have to endure this promotion for mind manure once more. Thank you again for pushing me toward writing a real script Aronofsky, I am one bad movie closer to being compelled toward writing something Oscar Worthy. | 988 | [
"Seriously, what was that?",
"I felt this movie was more an Opera than a descent into madness, and it was so reserved and suggestive that I felt unsatisfied in more ways than one.",
"When I see a film I want to either escape reality and enter a world I'll never reach or see a side so dark and real that is strikes paraboles within my soul.",
"However Black Swan delivered on none of these.",
"This film was so concentrated on the actual Ballet that the story never delivered, it just kind of whimpered out like the last slow breath of a dying rat.",
"Unfortunately this should have delivered on what I beleive should be a new Academy Award Category: Most Overhyped Letdown Film of the Year.",
"I would have rather listened to Natalie Portman deliver those android like lines from Star Wars than have to endure this promotion for mind manure once more.",
"Thank you again for pushing me toward writing a real script Aronofsky, I am one bad movie closer to being compelled toward writing something Oscar Worthy."
] |
1 | Breaks very quickly | I bought this at a Walgreen's pharmacy. They were 3 for $10 to be used for party favors for my daughter's 9th birthday party. The problem is not with the fan part: that spins fine. It's with the LED letters. I've had 2 so far for my daughter. The first one had leaky batteries, so I assumed that was the probelem, and I returned it. The second worked for a few hours, then the lettering got all messed up. I removed and replaced the batteries per the directions, but that doesn't help. I'll return it for a 3rd devices, but my hopes aren't high. I don't know how the others worked, as we gave them to the girls in their gift bags as they were leaving.I just found out how to fix it. You pull off the fan part, and bend the two very little metal contacts forward. Then push the fan on well, This seems to have helped, although I've had to do it a few times. With this fix, I'd increase the rating to 2 or 3 stars ( I can't see how to change the rating) as it is very cool when it's working | 988 | [
"I bought this at a Walgreen's pharmacy.",
"They were 3 for $10 to be used for party favors for my daughter's 9th birthday party.",
"The problem is not with the fan part: that spins fine.",
"It's with the LED letters.",
"I've had 2 so far for my daughter.",
"The first one had leaky batteries, so I assumed that was the probelem, and I returned it.",
"The second worked for a few hours, then the lettering got all messed up.",
"I removed and replaced the batteries per the directions, but that doesn't help.",
"I'll return it for a 3rd devices, but my hopes aren't high.",
"I don't know how the others worked, as we gave them to the girls in their gift bags as they were leaving.I just found out how to fix it.",
"You pull off the fan part, and bend the two very little metal contacts forward.",
"Then push the fan on well, This seems to have helped, although I've had to do it a few times.",
"With this fix, I'd increase the rating to 2 or 3 stars ( I can't see how to change the rating) as it is very cool when it's working"
] |
1 | Not about the music | Gaines is a muckraker. If you're interested in The Beach Boys incredible musical contribution to modern pop music don't read this book. If you want to read about drugs,sex,and the general mayhem that forms the backdrop of most of the rock groups that we know and love then this is the book for you. Back in the late 1980's when Gaines was touring the country promoting this book, I was fortunate enough to get into the audience of a local talk show here in Baltimore called "People Are Talking". Gaines was one of the guests that day, and the host of the show allowed me, book in hand, to confront Gaines with a number of mistakes and inaccurate details. Gaines's reply to me was that it was no different than getting dressed in the morning and forgetting to button a button or putting on mismatched socks.After the show Gaines came up to me offering to sign my book which I let him do, I think he respected my love for The Beach Boys. Never-the-less it felt great calling him out on T.V. | 988 | [
"Gaines is a muckraker.",
"If you're interested in The Beach Boys incredible musical contribution to modern pop music don't read this book.",
"If you want to read about drugs,sex,and the general mayhem that forms the backdrop of most of the rock groups that we know and love then this is the book for you.",
"Back in the late 1980's when Gaines was touring the country promoting this book, I was fortunate enough to get into the audience of a local talk show here in Baltimore called \"People Are Talking\".",
"Gaines was one of the guests that day, and the host of the show allowed me, book in hand, to confront Gaines with a number of mistakes and inaccurate details.",
"Gaines's reply to me was that it was no different than getting dressed in the morning and forgetting to button a button or putting on mismatched socks.After the show Gaines came up to me offering to sign my book which I let him do, I think he respected my love for The Beach Boys.",
"Never-the-less it felt great calling him out on T.V."
] |
1 | For MEN only | maybe they are clever enough to figure out why these actresses,directors, producers, etc. are still in circulation.This film is not only BORING BORING BORING but also an INSULT to everyone ... except perhaps the Far Eastern looking "actress" who gets to play the "friend" of the protagonist, and who fairly deliberately ruins what was supposed to be a one night-stand (one-night lay to be more precise) anyway, on the part of the slow, but dark-looking Italian HOD (hunk of the day, my abbreviation, he-he). Don't worry, a bearded, rugged looking American is going to fill the Italian's rubber shoes ... Sorry for italianizing and americanizing but there is more than enough of that going on in the film, at least on the DVD version.The film forgot to elaborate on the potential dangers of adult owls snatching kittens though, as it's a romantic, and not a realistic view of the world, and it was definitely not meant to be a horror flick. Then again, some of the scenes are pure horror. | 987 | [
"maybe they are clever enough to figure out why these actresses,directors, producers, etc.",
"are still in circulation.This film is not only BORING BORING BORING but also an INSULT to everyone ... except perhaps the Far Eastern looking \"actress\" who gets to play the \"friend\" of the protagonist, and who fairly deliberately ruins what was supposed to be a one night-stand (one-night lay to be more precise) anyway, on the part of the slow, but dark-looking Italian HOD (hunk of the day, my abbreviation, he-he).",
"Don't worry, a bearded, rugged looking American is going to fill the Italian's rubber shoes ... Sorry for italianizing and americanizing but there is more than enough of that going on in the film, at least on the DVD version.The film forgot to elaborate on the potential dangers of adult owls snatching kittens though, as it's a romantic, and not a realistic view of the world, and it was definitely not meant to be a horror flick.",
"Then again, some of the scenes are pure horror."
] |
1 | Cali iz inactive | Dont get it twisted. I used to love Dogg Pound when they dropped their best work DOGG FOOD. But ever since then Kurupt changed his style around and Daz has been slacking on the production. The only standout tracks are CALI IZ ACTIVE and KEEP IT GANGSTA(featuring Lady Of Rage) where Lady of Rage delivers a verse that makes these female rappers we have out now sound like pigeons cooing. Its all hood(featuring Ice Cube) might have been a standout track if it wasnt for the weak beat and the even weaker rhymes coming from the Dogg Pound. Filler: Its craccin all night(who the f*** in their right mind makes a song with PeeDoody?)Heavyweights(more like lightweights), Slow your roll, Make that p***y pop, She likes that and the rest of this album. Bottom Line: One of the lowlights of 2006 without question. Bland production and sophomoric lyrics and pathetic guest appearances describe this album in a nutshell. Pick up the classic Dogg Food and stay away from this tragedy of an album. | 987 | [
"Dont get it twisted.",
"I used to love Dogg Pound when they dropped their best work DOGG FOOD.",
"But ever since then Kurupt changed his style around and Daz has been slacking on the production.",
"The only standout tracks are CALI IZ ACTIVE and KEEP IT GANGSTA(featuring Lady Of Rage) where Lady of Rage delivers a verse that makes these female rappers we have out now sound like pigeons cooing.",
"Its all hood(featuring Ice Cube) might have been a standout track if it wasnt for the weak beat and the even weaker rhymes coming from the Dogg Pound.",
"Filler: Its craccin all night(who the f*** in their right mind makes a song with PeeDoody?",
")Heavyweights(more like lightweights), Slow your roll, Make that p***y pop, She likes that and the rest of this album.",
"Bottom Line: One of the lowlights of 2006 without question.",
"Bland production and sophomoric lyrics and pathetic guest appearances describe this album in a nutshell.",
"Pick up the classic Dogg Food and stay away from this tragedy of an album."
] |
1 | Lousy unreliable tool | I bought this tool in June 2008 it worked fine. Then recently it stopped working properly. The tool would give me the angle measurement, but not the miter, bevel or spring. I thought it might be the batteries, so I put new ones in. This did not solve the problem. It was the electronics in the tool it self. Every time I pressed the button to get these measurements the tool would display three dashes on the screen. So finally I decided to pack up the tool and send it to Bosch. It was still under warranty, but it was a hassle just the same. Bosch told me they could not fix it and would send me a new one, fine. I finally get the tool back and want to use it to finish my project, press the button to get the miter angle and again it is doing the same thing as before, what a lousy tool. This tool was not cheap, and I expect it to work when I need it to. I thought Bosch was known for quality, now the only thing I think they stand for is unreliability and aggravation. Buyer beware! | 987 | [
"I bought this tool in June 2008 it worked fine.",
"Then recently it stopped working properly.",
"The tool would give me the angle measurement, but not the miter, bevel or spring.",
"I thought it might be the batteries, so I put new ones in.",
"This did not solve the problem.",
"It was the electronics in the tool it self.",
"Every time I pressed the button to get these measurements the tool would display three dashes on the screen.",
"So finally I decided to pack up the tool and send it to Bosch.",
"It was still under warranty, but it was a hassle just the same.",
"Bosch told me they could not fix it and would send me a new one, fine.",
"I finally get the tool back and want to use it to finish my project, press the button to get the miter angle and again it is doing the same thing as before, what a lousy tool.",
"This tool was not cheap, and I expect it to work when I need it to.",
"I thought Bosch was known for quality, now the only thing I think they stand for is unreliability and aggravation.",
"Buyer beware!"
] |
1 | Tramatic | What a tragic waste of talent. When I ordered this I thought it was a comedy. A comedy about a guy who travels the world and has two beautiful wmen after him. There is not way that it could possibly be boring,right? Except it is. It's slow and pointless. Everyone, including the dog, is clinically depressed and is in desperate need of therapy with the possible exception of Geena's character who is very unbalanced and stalks the male lead like Pepe la Pew throughout the entire movie. I suppose that she was supposed to be the breath of fresh air, but I found her delusions terrifying. The ending was unsatisfying, there was a strong clue that he was ready to change his mind again within minutes. I did get one really good belly laugh from this DVD when I went to the deleted scenes and saw that there were three screens of them. I'd been betting that they hadn't cut a frame. On this theme of traveling disfunctionals in love I vastly prefer the newer film "The Very Thought of You." | 987 | [
"What a tragic waste of talent.",
"When I ordered this I thought it was a comedy.",
"A comedy about a guy who travels the world and has two beautiful wmen after him.",
"There is not way that it could possibly be boring,right?",
"Except it is.",
"It's slow and pointless.",
"Everyone, including the dog, is clinically depressed and is in desperate need of therapy with the possible exception of Geena's character who is very unbalanced and stalks the male lead like Pepe la Pew throughout the entire movie.",
"I suppose that she was supposed to be the breath of fresh air, but I found her delusions terrifying.",
"The ending was unsatisfying, there was a strong clue that he was ready to change his mind again within minutes.",
"I did get one really good belly laugh from this DVD when I went to the deleted scenes and saw that there were three screens of them.",
"I'd been betting that they hadn't cut a frame.",
"On this theme of traveling disfunctionals in love I vastly prefer the newer film \"The Very Thought of You.\""
] |
1 | Pure Tripe | I think it's pretty well established that Nixon himself ordered the Watergate break-ins, in order to get pre-election dirt on Hugh O'Brien and the Democratic party. He had learned that Howard Hughes was giving money to the Democratic Party. Hughes, the paranoid, demented billionaire in Nevada who dropped his support of Nixon after Nixon authorized Nuclear testing in Nevada, had been an albatross on Nixon during the California governor's race, and Nixon figured he could use the same angle in his "dirty tricks" campaign against McGovern.So, hence the slow, painful unraveling of a Presidency. This book is an after-the-fact attack piece on one of the few men who developed a conscience and told the truth in the Watergate hearings. It is a clear attempt by the neo-cons to rewrite history and cast the "good guy" as the bad guy. Don't waste your money on this book. It's pure tripe.P.S. -- read John Dean's "Conservatives Without Conscience" to see his reaction to these allegations. | 987 | [
"I think it's pretty well established that Nixon himself ordered the Watergate break-ins, in order to get pre-election dirt on Hugh O'Brien and the Democratic party.",
"He had learned that Howard Hughes was giving money to the Democratic Party.",
"Hughes, the paranoid, demented billionaire in Nevada who dropped his support of Nixon after Nixon authorized Nuclear testing in Nevada, had been an albatross on Nixon during the California governor's race, and Nixon figured he could use the same angle in his \"dirty tricks\" campaign against McGovern.So, hence the slow, painful unraveling of a Presidency.",
"This book is an after-the-fact attack piece on one of the few men who developed a conscience and told the truth in the Watergate hearings.",
"It is a clear attempt by the neo-cons to rewrite history and cast the \"good guy\" as the bad guy.",
"Don't waste your money on this book.",
"It's pure tripe.P.S. -- read John Dean's \"Conservatives Without Conscience\" to see his reaction to these allegations."
] |
1 | Hilarious | This is truly hilarious. Anyone who doubted Mr. Hancock's grip on reality should check this out. Of course his cult following will believe anything he says or writes, but this book is DE BOMB for his ideas. He uses the same claptrap "methods" (basically, pattern recognition as solid evidence) he has used for his other books on the supposed lost civilization of earth and comes to similarly laughable conclusions: Mars had a civilization once. When closer photos of the Cydonia region revealed his monuments to be natural features (some of them actually shifted out of position), he reacts by concocting a NASA conspiratorial mentality founded in Cold War attitudes. For those who place great stock in pattern recognition, isn't this a pattern? When Egyptologists counter his terrestrial claims with hard evidence, he accuses them of conspiracy too!For any thinking reader, this is the last word on Hancock and how far he is prepared to go to justify his increasingly ridiculous claims. | 987 | [
"This is truly hilarious.",
"Anyone who doubted Mr.",
"Hancock's grip on reality should check this out.",
"Of course his cult following will believe anything he says or writes, but this book is DE BOMB for his ideas.",
"He uses the same claptrap \"methods\" (basically, pattern recognition as solid evidence) he has used for his other books on the supposed lost civilization of earth and comes to similarly laughable conclusions: Mars had a civilization once.",
"When closer photos of the Cydonia region revealed his monuments to be natural features (some of them actually shifted out of position), he reacts by concocting a NASA conspiratorial mentality founded in Cold War attitudes.",
"For those who place great stock in pattern recognition, isn't this a pattern?",
"When Egyptologists counter his terrestrial claims with hard evidence, he accuses them of conspiracy too!",
"For any thinking reader, this is the last word on Hancock and how far he is prepared to go to justify his increasingly ridiculous claims."
] |
1 | Horrible, Horrible Game | I am a HUGE fan of the pre-Magna Cum Laude LSL series. If you've ever played any of the old games, you know that there's a bit of thinking involved in winning the game.Cum Laude, on the other hand, pathetically attempts to pose itself as an adventure game. Realistically, the producers/dorks behind the game obviously have little to no imagination or creative talent.The absolute worst part of the game takes place during the dialogue sequenses between Larry and other characters. Every time you have a conversation with someone, Larry talks while you navigate a sperm through an obstacle course of dookie (metaphorically speaking). In order to have a positive interaction with the other character, you have to navigate the sperm smoothly & not hit items along the way. It's funny at first, but then it's like, man, this is so dumb! What ever happened to picking out your character's dialogue from a list of possible statements?I gave the game one star, b/c the Quarters game is amusing. | 987 | [
"I am a HUGE fan of the pre-Magna Cum Laude LSL series.",
"If you've ever played any of the old games, you know that there's a bit of thinking involved in winning the game.Cum Laude, on the other hand, pathetically attempts to pose itself as an adventure game.",
"Realistically, the producers/dorks behind the game obviously have little to no imagination or creative talent.The absolute worst part of the game takes place during the dialogue sequenses between Larry and other characters.",
"Every time you have a conversation with someone, Larry talks while you navigate a sperm through an obstacle course of dookie (metaphorically speaking).",
"In order to have a positive interaction with the other character, you have to navigate the sperm smoothly & not hit items along the way.",
"It's funny at first, but then it's like, man, this is so dumb!",
"What ever happened to picking out your character's dialogue from a list of possible statements?",
"I gave the game one star, b/c the Quarters game is amusing."
] |
1 | Listen First | I have all the crows ablums in my collection. I bought this one without listening to it first.VERY BAD MOVE!!!I would say that they have soldout, but then again, they have always fit into the center of mainstream pop. But, my attraction to them came with the soulfulness and truth of the music. I liked them in spite of their popularity.Like them no more. This disc is overproduced, overwrought garbage. It takes some particularly pungent aspects of eighties music and forms it into a CD of concentrated trash. I can't understand why so many people rate this ablum highly.The big struggle here is that I can't even respect their direction. It's one thing to be experiemental (a la Kid A of Radiohead or even Zooropa for U2). But this is just a big ole' sell out. There I said it. It's sellout. It is one of the most poppy bands in America selling what's left of their musical dignity to sell more ablums.I guess the Crows have grown up. They have a mature sound in all of the worst ways. | 987 | [
"I have all the crows ablums in my collection.",
"I bought this one without listening to it first.VERY BAD MOVE!!!",
"I would say that they have soldout, but then again, they have always fit into the center of mainstream pop.",
"But, my attraction to them came with the soulfulness and truth of the music.",
"I liked them in spite of their popularity.Like them no more.",
"This disc is overproduced, overwrought garbage.",
"It takes some particularly pungent aspects of eighties music and forms it into a CD of concentrated trash.",
"I can't understand why so many people rate this ablum highly.The big struggle here is that I can't even respect their direction.",
"It's one thing to be experiemental (a la Kid A of Radiohead or even Zooropa for U2).",
"But this is just a big ole' sell out.",
"There I said it.",
"It's sellout.",
"It is one of the most poppy bands in America selling what's left of their musical dignity to sell more ablums.I guess the Crows have grown up.",
"They have a mature sound in all of the worst ways."
] |
1 | The greatest threat? | Weapons of mass destruction are a matter of great concern, yes. The fact that seems to escape the esteemed Mr Butler ... is that the U.S. possesses more of them than any other nation on earth and seems willing to use at the proverbial drop of a hat. ...Richard Butler (who I am ashamed to say comes from my own country) was almost fired by the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan for his disgusting behaviour in Iraq on more than one occasion. He was repeatedly called before his superiors for his lack of restraint and professionalism. Evidence is mounting to support claims that Butler was a U.S./Israeli spy.His total lack of respect for the culture and desire to be in control of UNSCOM teams made him blind to the need to relax/remove sanctions on Iraq. He thus prolonged the misery of a population and should be held partly accountable (along with Clinton, Bush, inter alia) for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis. This book is drivel. Propaganda of the worst kind. | 987 | [
"Weapons of mass destruction are a matter of great concern, yes.",
"The fact that seems to escape the esteemed Mr Butler ... is that the U.S. possesses more of them than any other nation on earth and seems willing to use at the proverbial drop of a hat.",
"...Richard Butler (who I am ashamed to say comes from my own country) was almost fired by the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan for his disgusting behaviour in Iraq on more than one occasion.",
"He was repeatedly called before his superiors for his lack of restraint and professionalism.",
"Evidence is mounting to support claims that Butler was a U.S./Israeli spy.His total lack of respect for the culture and desire to be in control of UNSCOM teams made him blind to the need to relax/remove sanctions on Iraq.",
"He thus prolonged the misery of a population and should be held partly accountable (along with Clinton, Bush, inter alia) for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis.",
"This book is drivel.",
"Propaganda of the worst kind."
] |
1 | Caveat Lector | I don't usually write negative reviews for literature, since a large part of what you enjoy about the written word is subjective. However, I take travel writing as an exception.Sub-par travel literature is inherently dangerous to read, especially for the novice globetrotter. Whittell's books on Central Asia have been a great way to get yourself hurt far away from home. Please do yourself a favor and DO NOT pick this book up when you see it.The Library Journal mentions something about this area of the world being previously inaccessible to western travelers. They must've gotten this mixed up with East Germany, because I've had several absent-minded professors meander their way through the same locations as Whittell (in the early 90's) with half the trouble and none of the bad advice. Find yourself something better to read, even if you're an "armchair traveler."There is one positive lesson to take from this book. Don't stop writing. If this guy can get published, anyone can. | 987 | [
"I don't usually write negative reviews for literature, since a large part of what you enjoy about the written word is subjective.",
"However, I take travel writing as an exception.Sub-par travel literature is inherently dangerous to read, especially for the novice globetrotter.",
"Whittell's books on Central Asia have been a great way to get yourself hurt far away from home.",
"Please do yourself a favor and DO NOT pick this book up when you see it.The Library Journal mentions something about this area of the world being previously inaccessible to western travelers.",
"They must've gotten this mixed up with East Germany, because I've had several absent-minded professors meander their way through the same locations as Whittell (in the early 90's) with half the trouble and none of the bad advice.",
"Find yourself something better to read, even if you're an \"armchair traveler.\"There is one positive lesson to take from this book.",
"Don't stop writing.",
"If this guy can get published, anyone can."
] |
1 | Nothing Like Quicken | Beware Quicken users!I've been using Quicken since 1991 but thought it was time for a change. I've read some good reviews of Money and have never had a problem learning new software, so I took the plunge and bought Money 2004.What a mistake! Here is what I liked least:1. The interface is absolutely nothing like Quicken. Figure on spending hours to acheive a basic familiarity.2. It's a typical Microsoft product. That means the software tries to outsmart you rather than letting you work the way you want to.3. The interface is way too cluttered. At every turn Microsoft is trying to sell you something - insurance, mortgages, baked apples, whatever. It's like working on a billboard.4. To use Money you have to sign up for various external services, like Net Passport or whatever it's called - a real pain.5. There's no Quicken.com where you can put your accounts on the Web.All in all, a tremendous disappointment. Under no circumstances would I advise anyone to switch from Quicken. | 987 | [
"Beware Quicken users!",
"I've been using Quicken since 1991 but thought it was time for a change.",
"I've read some good reviews of Money and have never had a problem learning new software, so I took the plunge and bought Money 2004.What a mistake!",
"Here is what I liked least:1.",
"The interface is absolutely nothing like Quicken.",
"Figure on spending hours to acheive a basic familiarity.2. It's a typical Microsoft product.",
"That means the software tries to outsmart you rather than letting you work the way you want to.3. The interface is way too cluttered.",
"At every turn Microsoft is trying to sell you something - insurance, mortgages, baked apples, whatever.",
"It's like working on a billboard.4. To use Money you have to sign up for various external services, like Net Passport or whatever it's called - a real pain.5. There's no Quicken.com where you can put your accounts on the Web.All in all, a tremendous disappointment.",
"Under no circumstances would I advise anyone to switch from Quicken."
] |
1 | DASHED HOPES | Expecting a worthy sequel of such a cinematic tour de force as Jack Frost 1, I was horribly disappointed with this creation. We, the viewers, hardly get to see Jack in action and when we do, he manifests himself as a poorly-done computer-generated snowman. I must admit, the paper mache costume in Jack Frost was infinitely better than this digital creation. I also wasn't a fan of the medium used in the filming of Jack Frost 2. Whereas Jack Frost 1 used real film as a medium, the use of video cameras in the sequel gave more of a feel of a soap opera than a horror movie. I also missed Jack's sharp-tongued one-liners that were so wonderfully prevalent in the first movie. All in all, Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer snowman was one of the biggest cinematic disappointments I have seen. It had such potential. My advice, immediately buy the original Jack Frost and pray that if there is a 3rd edition to the Jack Frost series, it will stay true to the form of the original. | 987 | [
"Expecting a worthy sequel of such a cinematic tour de force as Jack Frost 1, I was horribly disappointed with this creation.",
"We, the viewers, hardly get to see Jack in action and when we do, he manifests himself as a poorly-done computer-generated snowman.",
"I must admit, the paper mache costume in Jack Frost was infinitely better than this digital creation.",
"I also wasn't a fan of the medium used in the filming of Jack Frost 2.",
"Whereas Jack Frost 1 used real film as a medium, the use of video cameras in the sequel gave more of a feel of a soap opera than a horror movie.",
"I also missed Jack's sharp-tongued one-liners that were so wonderfully prevalent in the first movie.",
"All in all, Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer snowman was one of the biggest cinematic disappointments I have seen.",
"It had such potential.",
"My advice, immediately buy the original Jack Frost and pray that if there is a 3rd edition to the Jack Frost series, it will stay true to the form of the original."
] |
1 | this band truly sucks!!!!! | Linkin Park is soo hardcore I can't believe it. Bands like Slipknot, Cannibal Corpse, Metallica, Dimmu Borgir and Killswitch Engage are really wimpy compared to this stuff! The rapper and frontman in this band blow Corey Taylor away! The guitar players are so much more skilled than Kirk Hammet!</sarcasm>This is basically mainstram crap that makes me look like a great guitar player and I just started 4 years ago! I've probably been playing 3 years and 11 months longer than the guys in this band, and it really shows.This isn't rock, it has RAP lyrics which ruins it. This is not rap/hiphop, it has really pathetic guitar playing accompanying the rapper, this is not metal or nu-metal, it's way too wimpy to be even Nu-Metal, and this isn't punk, it's too poser.Listen to real rock (blur) real rap (eminem) real metal (Metallica) real "Nu-Metal" (KoRn), or Death Metal (Dimmu Borgir) or real punk (NOFX). this is totally pathetic, I can't even describe it.You posers know I'm right... | 987 | [
"Linkin Park is soo hardcore I can't believe it.",
"Bands like Slipknot, Cannibal Corpse, Metallica, Dimmu Borgir and Killswitch Engage are really wimpy compared to this stuff!",
"The rapper and frontman in this band blow Corey Taylor away!",
"The guitar players are so much more skilled than Kirk Hammet!",
"</sarcasm>This is basically mainstram crap that makes me look like a great guitar player and I just started 4 years ago!",
"I've probably been playing 3 years and 11 months longer than the guys in this band, and it really shows.This isn't rock, it has RAP lyrics which ruins it.",
"This is not rap/hiphop, it has really pathetic guitar playing accompanying the rapper, this is not metal or nu-metal, it's way too wimpy to be even Nu-Metal, and this isn't punk, it's too poser.Listen to real rock (blur) real rap (eminem) real metal (Metallica) real \"Nu-Metal\" (KoRn), or Death Metal (Dimmu Borgir) or real punk (NOFX).",
"this is totally pathetic, I can't even describe it.You posers know I'm right..."
] |
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