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This blender arrived on Friday the 11th, and is being returned on Monday, the 14th. My first suspicion came as I unpacked the blender and I noticed the base was not chrome, but in fact, plastic. (which was not disclosed on the technical information). The cord was thin, and only had two prongs at the end, in comparison with my old Waring blender with a very thick black cord and 3 prongs at the end for heavy duty performance. My enthusiam dampened, I put an inch of freshly peeled and thinly sliced ginger in the blender, went first to puree, then to liquify, then with no decent results went through all of the different selections and barely got useable results. I then put in a half of bunch of parsely, (unchopped) read the instruction booklet, tried the selections for different speeds, and end up with chopped parsley flakes everywhere. Unwilling to give up in spite of failed attempts, I added my berries, and applesauce. Berries, sweet, soft berries, and soft applesauce. I pureed, I liquidfied, I went through all the speeds, and ended up with bits of berries, ginger, and tons of parsely flakes everywhere and produced the worst unblended drink in my blending career. Perhaps most people don't blend fresh ginger and parsely (so-o good for you and tasty too), but my old waring blender has been making this drink for me for years, giving me smooth pureed results each time. Hindsight being better than foresight, I realized I allowed myself to be seduced with the very nice new shape of the blender jar, thinking it would work much better than the old shape, and the new "touch pads" . Wrong on both counts. The wide shortened new shape looks great, but somehow doesn't work as well as the narrow original shape of the blending jars. The touch pads are a pain to use, and you have to be in the right light to see if you've turned the machine on or if it's off. I was very disappointed in the blender, but more in Cusinart, a brand I have trusted for years who makes the best food processor imaginable. So much for trusted brands. I'm refurbishing my Waring blender with new parts, at least I know it works well.	negative	[ "This blender arrived on Friday the 11th, and is being returned on Monday, the 14th.", "My first suspicion came as I unpacked the blender and I noticed the base was not chrome, but in fact, plastic.", "(which was not disclosed on the technical information).", "The cord was thin, and only had two prongs at the end, in comparison with my old Waring blender with a very thick black cord and 3 prongs at the end for heavy duty performance.", "My enthusiam dampened, I put an inch of freshly peeled and thinly sliced ginger in the blender, went first to\n\npuree, then to liquify, then with no decent results went through all of the different selections and barely got useable results.", "I then put in a half of bunch of parsely, (unchopped) read the instruction booklet, tried the selections for different speeds, and end up with chopped parsley flakes everywhere.", "Unwilling to give up in spite of failed attempts, I added my berries, and applesauce.", "Berries, sweet, soft berries, and soft applesauce.", "I pureed, I liquidfied, I went through all the speeds, and ended up with bits of berries, ginger, and tons of parsely flakes everywhere and produced the worst unblended drink in my blending career.", "Perhaps most people don't blend fresh ginger and parsely (so-o good for you and tasty too), but my old waring blender has been making this drink for me for years, giving me smooth pureed results each time.", "Hindsight being better than foresight, I realized I allowed myself to be seduced with the very nice new shape of the blender jar, thinking it would work much better than the old shape, and the new \"touch pads\".", "Wrong on both counts.", "The wide shortened new shape looks great, but somehow doesn't work as well as the narrow original shape of the blending jars.", "The touch pads are a pain to use, and you have to be in the right light to see if you've turned the machine on or if it's off.", "I was very disappointed in the blender, but more in Cusinart, a brand I have trusted for years who makes the best food processor imaginable.", "So much for trusted brands.", "I'm refurbishing my Waring blender with new parts, at least I know it works well." ]
There is nothing "campy" about this movie, it just STINKS. Only Robert Stigwood could take the greatest, most important album of the 1960s and turn it into the worst movie of all time. It was an embarassment to everyone involved. The Bee Gees refused to comment about SGT. PEPPER in interviews during the 1980's and Billy Preston filed a lawsuit to have his name removed from the video box. It wasn't just a bad movie, it killed careers. When I saw it in the theater with several friends during it's very short-lived general release, I was appalled at the movie's amauterishness. There is no plot, the dialogue would insult the intelligence of a typical 4th grader, and the acting is non-existent. The music is performed in some kind of mind-numbing daze with orchestration straight out of H.R. Puffenstuff. Towards the end of the film Peter Frampton stands on a roof top contemplating suicide. In the theater two or three people, myself included, began shouting "Jump! Jump!" It was the only time I've ever been in a movie theater when the audience booed as the final credits rolled. There are a few short seconds while Aerosmith performs "Come Together" that are kind of interesting. But all of the rest of the movie should have been torn to shreds, burned, and buried in a pit on the dark side of the moon. It is absolute unadulterated GARBAGE. I rank it 1 star because that's as low as the rating system goes. In reality it deserves negative 46 stars.	negative	[ "There is nothing \"campy\" about this movie, it just STINKS.", "Only Robert Stigwood could take the greatest, most important album of the 1960s and turn it into the worst movie of all time.", "It was an embarassment to everyone involved.", "The Bee Gees refused to comment about SGT.", "PEPPER in interviews during the 1980's and Billy Preston filed a lawsuit to have his name removed from the video box.", "It wasn't just a bad movie, it killed careers.", "When I saw it in the theater with several friends during it's very short-lived general release, I was appalled at the movie's amauterishness.", "There is no plot, the dialogue would insult the intelligence of a typical 4th grader, and the acting is non-existent.", "The music is performed in some kind of mind-numbing daze with orchestration straight out of H.", "R. Puffenstuff.", "Towards the end of the film Peter Frampton stands on a roof top contemplating suicide.", "In the theater two or three people, myself included, began shouting \"Jump!", "Jump!", "\"\nIt was the only time I've ever been in a movie theater when the audience booed as the final credits rolled.", "There are a few short seconds while Aerosmith performs \"Come Together\" that are kind of interesting.", "But all of the rest of the movie should have been torn to shreds, burned, and buried in a pit on the dark side of the moon.", "It is absolute unadulterated GARBAGE.", "I rank it 1 star because that's as low as the rating system goes.", "In reality it deserves negative 46 stars." ]
Bottom line: I carried around a Craftsman folding rule for over 18 YEARS !! without a problem. Occasional oiling of the joints and keeping it clean was all I did. I finally dropped it off a roof and broke it in two. Sad day. I replaced it with a Lufkin and it wasn't in service for two weeks before the non-slide end snapped off at the hinge. Thinking this was possibly due to me somehow, I replaced it with another one from the same source. THIS one developed a loose joint (probable broken spring) within two months of purchase; I can twirl it around, no grab whatever. Whatever quality Lufkin may once have had, it appears to be gone now. I won't be buying any more, that's for sure. I'm hoping Craftsman still makes 'em the way they used to.	negative	[ "Bottom line: I carried around a Craftsman folding rule for over 18 YEARS!!", "without a problem.", "Occasional oiling of the joints and keeping it clean was all I did.", "I finally dropped it off a roof and broke it in two.", "Sad day.", "I replaced it with a Lufkin and it wasn't in service for two weeks before the non-slide end snapped off at the hinge.", "Thinking this was possibly due to me somehow, I replaced it with another one from the same source.", "THIS one developed a loose joint (probable broken spring) within two months of purchase; I can twirl it around, no grab whatever.", "Whatever quality Lufkin may once have had, it appears to be gone now.", "I won't be buying any more, that's for sure.", "I'm hoping Craftsman still makes 'em the way they used to." ]
This very well constructed cooker has 5 safety devices. It needs them all for unlike other cookers, it is not vented at intermediate pressures. The venting starts at the highest pressure which means that if you need to cook at the medium pressure, you must be very mindful and delicate with the heat. The reason my Grandmother gave up the pressure cooker for food was that it was too much work to maintain the heat correctly. "Why work so hard to make baby food?" The pressure indicator has two thin lines that represent medium and high pressure. Kuhn-Rikon does give you the instructions that if it is too high turn the heat down or if it is too low, turn the heat up. This is exactly the same as the old gauge type cooker. The instructions also note that to really cool the unit down while cooking you should remove it from the electric heating element. These instructions are exactly the same that my grandmother used in the 30's with her antique cooker (she got it for her wedding in 1912). Other brands such as Fagor, offer a pressure control that vents steam at the intermediate pressure, which means that your food does not come out mush and that you need not watch the pot while it boils nearly as much as you do with the Kuhn Rikon. It is too bad that the quality construction is of a unit with an antique design. They call it the Mercedes of pressure cookers, but it must be a 1925 Mercedes. Update 2013.... Due to other problems I got rid of this thing. Problems were. Gasked failure (my Fagor gasket has never failed in the 6 years I've used it, Handle fell off because no inserts used. Self taping screws came loose) I still have the smaller KR unit but just don't use it much because of the operating costs (gaskets, handles, top piece that breaks). It will be on ebay soon. So I guess these are reliable only if one pays enough in maintenance to buy a new one every few years. Seems they could do better.	negative	[ "This very well constructed cooker has 5 safety devices.", "It needs them all for unlike other cookers, it is not vented at intermediate pressures.", "The venting starts at the highest pressure which means that if you need to cook at the medium pressure, you must be very mindful and delicate with the heat.", "The reason my Grandmother gave up the pressure cooker for food was that it was too much work to maintain the heat correctly.", "\"Why work so hard to make baby food?", "\"\n\nThe pressure indicator has two thin lines that represent medium and high pressure.", "Kuhn-Rikon does give you the instructions that if it is too high turn the heat down or if it is too low, turn the heat up.", "This is exactly the same as the old gauge type cooker.", "The instructions also note that to really cool the unit down while cooking you should remove it from the electric heating element.", "These instructions are exactly the same that my grandmother used in the 30's with her antique cooker (she got it for her wedding in 1912).", "Other brands such as Fagor, offer a pressure control that vents steam at the intermediate pressure, which means that your food does not come out mush and that you need not watch the pot while it boils nearly as much as you do with the Kuhn Rikon.", "It is too bad that the quality construction is of a unit with an antique design.", "They call it the Mercedes of pressure cookers, but it must be a 1925 Mercedes.", "Update 2013....", "Due to other problems I got rid of this thing.", "Problems were.", "Gasked failure (my Fagor gasket has never failed in the 6 years I've used it, Handle fell off because no inserts used.", "Self taping screws came loose) I still have the smaller KR unit but just don't use it much because of the operating costs (gaskets, handles, top piece that breaks).", "It will be on ebay soon.", "So I guess these are reliable only if one pays enough in maintenance to buy a new one every few years.", "Seems they could do better." ]
I'm like one of the other reviewers. I've owned the 3 cup, 6 cup, and when my husband constantly asked me to make another cup for him in the morning, I decided to buy the 12 cup so that I could save myself a few minutes. Well it didn't work out that way. The first couple of times it worked well and I was excited. But then it was a crap shoot. Sometimes it would brew the coffee, while other times it would not. Now it just won't push the steam through at all. After wasting pound of coffee on testing various ways and or amounts by which I could get a more consistent result, I have given it up. Not worth the head ache. I've gone back to using my trusty old 6 cup espresso maker.	negative	[ "I'm like one of the other reviewers.", "I've owned the 3 cup, 6 cup, and when my husband constantly asked me to make another cup for him in the morning, I decided to buy the 12 cup so that I could save myself a few minutes.", "Well it didn't work out that way.", "The first couple of times it worked well and I was excited.", "But then it was a crap shoot.", "Sometimes it would brew the coffee, while other times it would not.", "Now it just won't push the steam through at all.", "After wasting pound of coffee on testing various ways and or amounts by which I could get a more consistent result, I have given it up.", "Not worth the head ache.", "I've gone back to using my trusty old 6 cup espresso maker." ]
Midway through this book I could not help but think about the Emperor's New Clothes. The consenus of my book group was that this book was incredibly lazy and written with contempt for the reader. I truly am a constant reader with sons, who probably has read more sci-fi and fantasy than most readers of this book (trust me, I am pretty good with LOTR, Star Trek, Star Wars, and most super heroes) and I could not get the full meaning of all of the references. (Oops, perhaps I should say the LOTR is Lord of the Rings, before I do the same thing.) My only conclusion is that our author did not care if we did. The footnotes were self-indulgent and should not have made it past an editor. They were distracting and not appropriate here. Novels that are set in perilous political times are not unusual. His book and his Dominican history are no more important here and the reader is no more ignorant here. It is the author's job to assume ignorance and make his story work without footnotes. Take Mr. Pip, a brilliant work of fiction set in a time of real political crisis in a real south pacific island country. There were no footnotes. If you wanted to know more about the history, you went and looked it up. Everything you really needed to understand the people and care about them was on the page. The reader learned a lot about the conflict from its impact on the characters. This novel switches narrators from time to time and the voices are poorly developed. The life situations surrounding these characters are very dramatic, but it is very difficult to care about any of them. The themes of home, displacement and alienation are powerful themes that are not developed. Oscar's death should be tragic, but I wasn't weeping. As an aside, much of the book is in untranslated Spanish- mainly foul and rude language that was part of the characterization. No complaints here about the vulgarity since that was part of his story. But. Those of us who read the book in English with so much untranslated Spanish are clearly reading a different book from those who read the book in Spanish where I assume that the entire book was in the same language. Even when you got the gist of the Spanish, it was another level of distance placed between the reader and the characters. Perhaps, you say, that it just really could not be translated. To which I say baloney. That is just one more way to say that we are just not capable of seeing those new clothes. Much was made of his years of toil and the years of anticipation for this book, but the years do not show. It looks lazy, pretentious and self-indulgent. The Pulitzer Prize is very uneven. There is no way that this book is on a par with The Known World, Interpreter of Maladies, Empire Falls or even The Road. I do believe that there are stories in this novel that should be told and I am interested in reading them, but it looks to me that they need to be told by someone else.	negative	[ "Midway through this book I could not help but think about the Emperor's New Clothes.", "The consenus of my book group was that this book was incredibly lazy and written with contempt for the reader.", "I truly am a constant reader with sons, who probably has read more sci-fi and fantasy than most readers of this book (trust me, I am pretty good with LOTR, Star Trek, Star Wars, and most super heroes) and I could not get the full meaning of all of the references.", "(Oops, perhaps I should say the LOTR is Lord of the Rings, before I do the same thing.", ") My only conclusion is that our author did not care if we did.", "The footnotes were self-indulgent and should not have made it past an editor.", "They were distracting and not appropriate here.", "Novels that are set in perilous political times are not unusual.", "His book and his Dominican history are no more important here and the reader is no more ignorant here.", "It is the author's job to assume ignorance and make his story work without footnotes.", "Take Mr.", "Pip, a brilliant work of fiction set in a time of real political crisis in a real south pacific island country.", "There were no footnotes.", "If you wanted to know more about the history, you went and looked it up.", "Everything you really needed to understand the people and care about them was on the page.", "The reader learned a lot about the conflict from its impact on the characters.", "This novel switches narrators from time to time and the voices are poorly developed.", "The life situations surrounding these characters are very dramatic, but it is very difficult to care about any of them.", "The themes of home, displacement and alienation are powerful themes that are not developed.", "Oscar's death should be tragic, but I wasn't weeping.", "As an aside, much of the book is in untranslated Spanish- mainly foul and rude language that was part of the characterization.", "No complaints here about the vulgarity since that was part of his story.", "But.", "Those of us who read the book in English with so much untranslated Spanish are clearly reading a different book from those who read the book in Spanish where I assume that the entire book was in the same language.", "Even when you got the gist of the Spanish, it was another level of distance placed between the reader and the characters.", "Perhaps, you say, that it just really could not be translated.", "To which I say baloney.", "That is just one more way to say that we are just not capable of seeing those new clothes.", "Much was made of his years of toil and the years of anticipation for this book, but the years do not show.", "It looks lazy, pretentious and self-indulgent.", "The Pulitzer Prize is very uneven.", "There is no way that this book is on a par with The Known World, Interpreter of Maladies, Empire Falls or even The Road.", "I do believe that there are stories in this novel that should be told and I am interested in reading them, but it looks to me that they need to be told by someone else." ]
Something has really changed from the first time I bought this!! I believe it is counterfeit tape. DO NOT BUY. The new tape actually breaks just pulling on it slightly tight - not just once, but repeatedly!! It doesn't tear - it just breaks all across the tape at once. I've never experienced anything like this on any tape. I bought this tape a couple of months ago because I knew I would be running out soon. And last week, I finally ran out and started using the new tape. And to my amazement, the new tape broke repeatedly. I have an direct comparison because I was still using the old tape when I ran out and started using the new tape. Now I suppose I'm past the return date or I would return it. I will never buy this again! It is almost useless. And to make matters worse, it isn't even sticky - just falls off the box on its own. It won't even stick to a new cardboard box more than an hour. Better to buy unbranded tape than this garbage. Can't even believe this is Scotch brand. -------------------------------- Prior review: I finally used up my first set of four spools of tape. The tape has fairly good adhesive, although I think it should be sticker than it is. On very smooth surfaced cardboard boxes, it simply doesn't stick very well. It has even become unstuck on its own a few times even after pressing it on hard. I use the backside of my fingernails in a forward rubbing motion to force it into the smooth box surface better and that usually keeps it from falling off. But I don't trust it long term - will probably fall off.	negative	[ "Something has really changed from the first time I bought this!!", "I believe it is counterfeit tape.", "DO NOT BUY.", "The new tape actually breaks just pulling on it slightly tight - not just once, but repeatedly!!", "It doesn't tear - it just breaks all across the tape at once.", "I've never experienced anything like this on any tape.", "I bought this tape a couple of months ago because I knew I would be running out soon.", "And last week, I finally ran out and started using the new tape.", "And to my amazement, the new tape broke repeatedly.", "I have an direct comparison because I was still using the old tape when I ran out and started using the new tape.", "Now I suppose I'm past the return date or I would return it.", "I will never buy this again!", "It is almost useless.", "And to make matters worse, it isn't even sticky - just falls off the box on its own.", "It won't even stick to a new cardboard box more than an hour.", "Better to buy unbranded tape than this garbage.", "Can't even believe this is Scotch brand.", "--------------------------------\n\nPrior review: I finally used up my first set of four spools of tape.", "The tape has fairly good adhesive, although I think it should be sticker than it is.", "On very smooth surfaced cardboard boxes, it simply doesn't stick very well.", "It has even become unstuck on its own a few times even after pressing it on hard.", "I use the backside of my fingernails in a forward rubbing motion to force it into the smooth box surface better and that usually keeps it from falling off.", "But I don't trust it long term - will probably fall off." ]
I admit I like free stuff. I also admit I'm not entirely rational in my thought process. For example, I happily hand over my Bouchercon and Left Coast Crime Conference fees and feel like I've won the lottery when I receive a bag filled with books. Seriously, this ends up being one of the major highlights of these conferences. So in my continued pursuit of this high, minus the conference fees, I have decided to scour Amazon for the best free short stories and books available. With that being said, let's get to the review. This short story depressed the heck out of me. I felt like I needed prescription medication, a bottle of Bud, and an inspirational sports movie. I did watch Remember The Titans yesterday, so I suppose one out of three ain't bad. Spending the entire novel in a character's head, even at only 29 pages, is a challenge, and I'm not quite sure Lizzy Ford pulls it off effectively. The plethora of exclamation points ended up being a tad much for me, and I don't necessarily agree with the paranormal classification. I mean, I often dream of redheaded ghosts with rocking bodies who accost me, but that's not exactly the definition of paranormal activity. If you're looking for a free read, I'd be inclined to look elsewhere. MIND CAF might want to work on a better latte. Robert Downs Author of Falling Immortality: Casey Holden, Private Investigator	negative	[ "I admit I like free stuff.", "I also admit I'm not entirely rational in my thought process.", "For example, I happily hand over my Bouchercon and Left Coast Crime Conference fees and feel like I've won the lottery when I receive a bag filled with books.", "Seriously, this ends up being one of the major highlights of these conferences.", "So in my continued pursuit of this high, minus the conference fees, I have decided to scour Amazon for the best free short stories and books available.", "With that being said, let's get to the review.", "This short story depressed the heck out of me.", "I felt like I needed prescription medication, a bottle of Bud, and an inspirational sports movie.", "I did watch Remember The Titans yesterday, so I suppose one out of three ain't bad.", "Spending the entire novel in a character's head, even at only 29 pages, is a challenge, and I'm not quite sure Lizzy Ford pulls it off effectively.", "The plethora of exclamation points ended up being a tad much for me, and I don't necessarily agree with the paranormal classification.", "I mean, I often dream of redheaded ghosts with rocking bodies who accost me, but that's not exactly the definition of paranormal activity.", "If you're looking for a free read, I'd be inclined to look elsewhere.", "MIND CAF might want to work on a better latte.", "Robert Downs\nAuthor of Falling Immortality: Casey Holden, Private Investigator" ]
This slide was puchased for a 15 month old. My complaint with this slide is that it is virtually impossible for a small child to walk up and slide down this slide. An adult has to put them on the top of the slide and slide them down. This is due to the fact that the bottom step is located directly below the next step up. If you notice, all correctly engineered slides have graduated steps. The only step a child sees on this slide when walking up or trying to walk back down the steps is the top step, the bottom step is virtually invisible being completely underneath the top step (there are only two steps). So the child tries to lift their leg onto a step which is too high. Then the top side rails are very low and the slide is pitch waaaaay too steeply. Horrible engineering. And a cautionary note: if the child tries to slide down the slide with bare feet, their feet will stick to the slide and pitch them right off into the air. This actually happened, luckily while I was holding onto the toddler, but otherwise I'm sure she would have been hurt. I can't imagine that this has not happened many times to other children. I would never purchase this slide again. The child really enjoys sliding, but I would definitly purchase a different model. I'm getting pretty disgusted with Little Tikes toys.	negative	[ "This slide was puchased for a 15 month old.", "My complaint with this slide is that it is virtually impossible for a small child to walk up and slide down this slide.", "An adult has to put them on the top of the slide and slide them down.", "This is due to the fact that the bottom step is located directly below the next step up.", "If you notice, all correctly engineered slides have graduated steps.", "The only step a child sees on this slide when walking up or trying to walk back down the steps is the top step, the bottom step is virtually invisible being completely underneath the top step (there are only two steps).", "So the child tries to lift their leg onto a step which is too high.", "Then the top side rails are very low and the slide is pitch waaaaay too steeply.", "Horrible engineering.", "And a cautionary note: if the child tries to slide down the slide with bare feet, their feet will stick to the slide and pitch them right off into the air.", "This actually happened, luckily while I was holding onto the toddler, but otherwise I'm sure she would have been hurt.", "I can't imagine that this has not happened many times to other children.", "I would never purchase this slide again.", "The child really enjoys sliding, but I would definitly purchase a different model.", "I'm getting pretty disgusted with Little Tikes toys." ]
Two stars, hey this is a cheap tool. If you buy it and plan on doing any work with it, get ready to adjust then adjust the other way, they just when you think you have it, adjust again. And if that isn't enough, watch the belt dig into the plastic housing as it begins to fray. That's the only way it'll run steady. We had this machine at school and when the belt ran out against the dust housing too long it severed the plastic collector from together to part. I love having a stationary belt sander. I used to clamp my porter cable in my vise to have a sander, but bought the Delta 4 inch. We had motor failure at work on another, and belt problems on the plastic open gear drive. Well, now that I think of it, this really rates only one star. Buy a real machine, this is almost the toy variety, come on Delta, remodel this thing we don't mind paying a little more.	negative	[ "Two stars, hey this is a cheap tool.", "If you buy it and plan on doing any work with it, get ready to adjust then adjust the other way, they just when you think you have it, adjust again.", "And if that isn't enough, watch the belt dig into the plastic housing as it begins to fray.", "That's the only way it'll run steady.", "We had this machine at school and when the belt ran out against the dust housing too long it severed the plastic collector from together to part.", "I love having a stationary belt sander.", "I used to clamp my porter cable in my vise to have a sander, but bought the Delta 4 inch.", "We had motor failure at work on another, and belt problems on the plastic open gear drive.", "Well, now that I think of it, this really rates only one star.", "Buy a real machine, this is almost the toy variety, come on Delta, remodel this thing we don't mind paying a little more." ]
If I could have given zero stars to this, I would have. For this shameful perversion of what the true facts of the JFK Assassination are (which to put it bluntly, is that Oswald did it and Oswald acted alone) to advertise it with the title "The truth shall set you free" is the biggest joke imaginable. Oswald was seen by Howard Brennan firing his last shot. 19 of 20 forensic pathologists say unequivocably that JFK was shot only twice and from behind. The overwhelming majority of earwitnesses say only three shots were fired. All competent photo experts have authenticated JFK's x-rays and autopsy photos, and the three "tramps" were identified as nothing more than tramps when the original Dallas police records were released several years ago. Oswald murdered J.D. Tippit and was seen by eleven witnesses doing so. Oswald had no alibi, saying he was eating lunch at the time of the shooting with "Junior" except that "Junior Jarman" was on the fifth floor at the time of the assassination and was photographed in the fifth floor window. This video is only of value to those who want to see an amateur job of propaganda at its worst, not history.	negative	[ "If I could have given zero stars to this, I would have.", "For this shameful perversion of what the true facts of the JFK Assassination are (which to put it bluntly, is that Oswald did it and Oswald acted alone) to advertise it with the title \"The truth shall set you free\" is the biggest joke imaginable.", "Oswald was seen by Howard Brennan firing his last shot.", "19 of 20 forensic pathologists say unequivocably that JFK was shot only twice and from behind.", "The overwhelming majority of earwitnesses say only three shots were fired.", "All competent photo experts have authenticated JFK's x-rays and autopsy photos, and the three \"tramps\" were identified as nothing more than tramps when the original Dallas police records were released several years ago.", "Oswald murdered J.", "D. Tippit and was seen by eleven witnesses doing so.", "Oswald had no alibi, saying he was eating lunch at the time of the shooting with \"Junior\" except that \"Junior Jarman\" was on the fifth floor at the time of the assassination and was photographed in the fifth floor window.", "This video is only of value to those who want to see an amateur job of propaganda at its worst, not history." ]
I was reading this book again the other day and after initially being sucked in, I was vividly reminded of how much I disliked it. The history is accurate, the writing style is both gripping and crisp. What is it, then? I suppose the characterization really bothers me. Whether it is Mary Boleyn, Hannah the Fool, Amy Dudley, or the main character (can't remember his name) from Earthly joys, in several different Gregory books I have read, the central character is the Exact. Same. Person. Give them a different name, a different background, but the exact same personality/values/relation to the world and characters around them. The person is unusually honest, kind-hearted, and guileless amidst a sea of corrupt people who admire him/her. The main character is generous to a fault, cares deeply about either Mary Tudor or Katherine of Aragon (depending upon which of the two is in the book), and looks down upon the antics of Anne Boleyn or Elizabeth Tudor (depending upon which one is in the book). The main character is always recognized by the historical figures as uniquely honest and wonderful in that way only Gregory's protagonists are. The main character does something self-sacrificing and generous and Katherine/Mary (or in Earthly Joys, Cecil) stands in awe or admiration of that other person's nave and unique generosity. That characterization is TIRED. And I think she is capable of more; I wouldn't be so sick of it if she wasn't a good enough writer that I've read four of her books. For God's sake, Ms. Gregory, you have amazing talent-- take on a new protagonist! Stop inserting the exact same character in every single one of your novels! In this novel, she wants to have it all ways with Mary Boleyn. Gregory wants her to be a guileless and innocent sweetheart amidst all these corrupt people (guileless to the point of utter stupidity for a Tudor courtier-- questioning why her family would want her to cheat on her husband with the king? Come on! Short of a mental impairment, she would understand at least the basics of the ambitious world she inhabits!) Yet Gregory also wants Mary to be a calculating and clever courtier like all the rest... She just makes Mary clever/wily whenever it suits the plot, and innocent whenever she wants to prove to us how wonderful Mary is. You can't have it both ways. She wants readers to get an "insight into the psychology" of these people, yet she makes Anne Boleyn a cookie-cutter villain (to the point where her book presents as the truth anti-Anne Boleyn propaganda invented by Boleyn's CONTEMPORARY enemies in the 1500s) and she makes Katherine of Aragon a cookie-cutter saint. If you want psychological realism, give them -depth- or give up the pretense that your own personal likes/dislikes are not coloring your characterization of them. My complaints aside, I will tell you that I was pretty sucked into it even a second time around... She's a good writer. I plowed through the first half of the book before the characterizations really started to irritate me. I'd still take this novel any day over the abomination that is "The Virgin's Lover"... Good God, but that one makes me cringe. However, I'd recommend both Gregory's novel "The Queen's Fool" (same protagonist, as always, but a better novel) and the wonderful "Earthly Joys" before this (same protagonist, again, but so many unique things in that book to make up for it!) So, get "The Other Boleyn Girl" for a quick read, great historical accuracy, a blatant smear job on Anne Boleyn, glorification of Catherine of Aragon, and an annoying glance into the plot-shifting psychology of the exact same character who narrates every other Gregory novel (at least the ones I have read). But if you want a sublime Tudor era novel, go for Susan Kay's "Legacy".	negative	[ "I was reading this book again the other day and after initially being sucked in, I was vividly reminded of how much I disliked it.", "The history is accurate, the writing style is both gripping and crisp.", "What is it, then?", "I suppose the characterization really bothers me.", "Whether it is Mary Boleyn, Hannah the Fool, Amy Dudley, or the main character (can't remember his name) from Earthly joys, in several different Gregory books I have read, the central character is the Exact.", "Same.", "Person.", "Give them a different name, a different background, but the exact same personality/values/relation to the world and characters around them.", "The person is unusually honest, kind-hearted, and guileless amidst a sea of corrupt people who admire him/her.", "The main character is generous to a fault, cares deeply about either Mary Tudor or Katherine of Aragon (depending upon which of the two is in the book), and looks down upon the antics of Anne Boleyn or Elizabeth Tudor (depending upon which one is in the book).", "The main character is always recognized by the historical figures as uniquely honest and wonderful in that way only Gregory's protagonists are.", "The main character does something self-sacrificing and generous and Katherine/Mary (or in Earthly Joys, Cecil) stands in awe or admiration of that other person's nave and unique generosity.", "That characterization is TIRED.", "And I think she is capable of more; I wouldn't be so sick of it if she wasn't a good enough writer that I've read four of her books.", "For God's sake, Ms.", "Gregory, you have amazing talent-- take on a new protagonist!", "Stop inserting the exact same character in every single one of your novels!", "In this novel, she wants to have it all ways with Mary Boleyn.", "Gregory wants her to be a guileless and innocent sweetheart amidst all these corrupt people (guileless to the point of utter stupidity for a Tudor courtier-- questioning why her family would want her to cheat on her husband with the king?", "Come on!", "Short of a mental impairment, she would understand at least the basics of the ambitious world she inhabits!", ") Yet Gregory also wants Mary to be a calculating and clever courtier like all the rest...", "She just makes Mary clever/wily whenever it suits the plot, and innocent whenever she wants to prove to us how wonderful Mary is.", "You can't have it both ways.", "She wants readers to get an \"insight into the psychology\" of these people, yet she makes Anne Boleyn a cookie-cutter villain (to the point where her book presents as the truth anti-Anne Boleyn propaganda invented by Boleyn's CONTEMPORARY enemies in the 1500s) and she makes Katherine of Aragon a cookie-cutter saint.", "If you want psychological realism, give them -depth- or give up the pretense that your own personal likes/dislikes are not coloring your characterization of them.", "My complaints aside, I will tell you that I was pretty sucked into it even a second time around...", "She's a good writer.", "I plowed through the first half of the book before the characterizations really started to irritate me.", "I'd still take this novel any day over the abomination that is \"The Virgin's Lover\"...", "Good God, but that one makes me cringe.", "However, I'd recommend both Gregory's novel \"The Queen's Fool\" (same protagonist, as always, but a better novel) and the wonderful \"Earthly Joys\" before this (same protagonist, again, but so many unique things in that book to make up for it!", ")\n\nSo, get \"The Other Boleyn Girl\" for a quick read, great historical accuracy, a blatant smear job on Anne Boleyn, glorification of Catherine of Aragon, and an annoying glance into the plot-shifting psychology of the exact same character who narrates every other Gregory novel (at least the ones I have read).", "But if you want a sublime Tudor era novel, go for Susan Kay's \"Legacy\"." ]
I understand this is a glass carafe but, I swear, one little tap against the sink during a wash or pulling out of the washer near another item and it WILL chip or crack. I really like how the press works. the screen is tight and keeps out grounds. This is the reason I purchased a new one after the glass on the first one cracked. Was careful with the second one but ya know, during its lifetime, it will hit against something. It did, I bought a third and it cracked did again. NO MORE! My fault? Sure, but the glass is simply too thin for a daily use item. Finally switching to nissan stainless. BODUM, Spend $.15c on more glass. It'll do wonders for customer satisfaction.	negative	[ "I understand this is a glass carafe but, I swear, one little tap against the sink during a wash or pulling out of the washer near another item and it WILL chip or crack.", "I really like how the press works.", "the screen is tight and keeps out grounds.", "This is the reason I purchased a new one after the glass on the first one cracked.", "Was careful with the second one but ya know, during its lifetime, it will hit against something.", "It did, I bought a third and it cracked did again.", "NO MORE!", "My fault?", "Sure, but the glass is simply too thin for a daily use item.", "Finally switching to nissan stainless.", "BODUM, Spend $.", "15c on more glass.", "It'll do wonders for customer satisfaction." ]
<div id="video-block-R24PVDEYFV6EXU" class="a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block"></div><input type="hidden" name="" value="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/7179tUOP%2B2S.mp4" class="video-url"><input type="hidden" name="" value="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71A7CFb16cS.png" class="video-slate-img-url"> Korky is cheap but DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY. Their simple-minded flappers only stay up as long as you hold the flush handle down! Mine flops back down almost instantly, so even if you are flushing after a brief paperless urination, you'll have to push down again...or hear someone else complain later about whatever you left--um--behind. Look at the video. After one push of the flush handle, Korky is back down after flushing for 1.8 seconds, about one fifth of the tank. For most all of us who have spent our lives pushing the flush handle down once and expecting the toilet to do a tank-emptying flush, this simple-minded flapper is a big step backward to the 1920s or earlier. Yeah, the pink rubber may hold up longer in heavily chlorinated water than it used to, but you will hate it every time you have to flush a second or third time to finish the job.	negative	[ "<div id=\"video-block-R24PVDEYFV6EXU\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-mini video-block\"></div><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.", "ssl-images-amazon.", "com/images/I/7179tUOP%2B2S.", "mp4\" class=\"video-url\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"\" value=\"https://images-na.", "ssl-images-amazon.", "com/images/I/71A7CFb16cS.", "png\" class=\"video-slate-img-url\"> Korky is cheap but DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY.", "Their simple-minded flappers only stay up as long as you hold the flush handle down!", "Mine flops back down almost instantly, so even if you are flushing after a brief paperless urination, you'll have to push down again...", "or hear someone else complain later about whatever you left--um--behind.", "Look at the video.", "After one push of the flush handle, Korky is back down after flushing for 1.", "8 seconds, about one fifth of the tank.", "For most all of us who have spent our lives pushing the flush handle down once and expecting the toilet to do a tank-emptying flush, this simple-minded flapper is a big step backward to the 1920s or earlier.", "Yeah, the pink rubber may hold up longer in heavily chlorinated water than it used to, but you will hate it every time you have to flush a second or third time to finish the job." ]
This was my first kindle game. It's ok, and it keeps one occupied for a time if one does not want to read. However, the game itself is confusing. What is the object? How is it scored? If I erase or allow to be erased a "more advanced structure", do I still get the points for making that structure or did I lose them when I erased them? Often you cannot use your skills because the desired spot is not open. What is the purpose of the moving devils? What's the best strategy? It's fun to see the items appear and the animation when you compete a triplet or whatever. But I found that when the game ended, I had no idea how well I had scored or why...	negative	[ "This was my first kindle game.", "It's ok, and it keeps one occupied for a time if one does not want to read.", "However, the game itself is confusing.", "What is the object?", "How is it scored?", "If I erase or allow to be erased a \"more advanced structure\", do I still get the points for making that structure or did I lose them when I erased them?", "Often you cannot use your skills because the desired spot is not open.", "What is the purpose of the moving devils?", "What's the best strategy?", "It's fun to see the items appear and the animation when you compete a triplet or whatever.", "But I found that when the game ended, I had no idea how well I had scored or why..." ]
This game gets off to a good start: you wake up on a beach, everything looks animation-cel painted, and your feelings of disorientation are well done using some sort of camera-wobble/blur technique. The idea here was also to add comic-book stylings: certain game elements appear in break-away and pop-up panels seperate to the main action, and sound effects get their own animation (like the "Bam!" of a gun or the "Tok!" of footsteps). From here the problems are many. The savegame system mimics consoles: you must make it to the next checkpoint to save, and at least one level had no checkpoint throughout the entire first part. The gameplay is inconsistent: sometimes I can take down an opponent with one shotgun blast to the midsection, other times it takes a half-dozen head shots. There are times when a sequence starts you off surrounded by bad guys, and you end up standing there facing them, both of you plugging away at each other--no chance to duck behind cover or take them out strategically. Sometimes the comic-panel animations appear under my screen - I can see the edges of the animation poke up at the top. Sometimes the game locks up my hefty system. And every time I start the game, Disc 1 isn't good enough: it asks me to "please insert a XIII disc" until I give it Disc 2, 3, or 4. I would pay [less] for this game just to try it multiplayer, but at [the price] I was very disappointed. I'd much rather have bought Max Payne 2.	negative	[ "This game gets off to a good start: you wake up on a beach, everything looks animation-cel painted, and your feelings of disorientation are well done using some sort of camera-wobble/blur technique.", "The idea here was also to add comic-book stylings: certain game elements appear in break-away and pop-up panels seperate to the main action, and sound effects get their own animation (like the \"Bam!", "\" of a gun or the \"Tok!", "\" of footsteps).", "From here the problems are many.", "The savegame system mimics consoles: you must make it to the next checkpoint to save, and at least one level had no checkpoint throughout the entire first part.", "The gameplay is inconsistent: sometimes I can take down an opponent with one shotgun blast to the midsection, other times it takes a half-dozen head shots.", "There are times when a sequence starts you off surrounded by bad guys, and you end up standing there facing them, both of you plugging away at each other--no chance to duck behind cover or take them out strategically.", "Sometimes the comic-panel animations appear under my screen - I can see the edges of the animation poke up at the top.", "Sometimes the game locks up my hefty system.", "And every time I start the game, Disc 1 isn't good enough: it asks me to \"please insert a XIII disc\" until I give it Disc 2, 3, or 4.", "I would pay [less] for this game just to try it multiplayer, but at [the price] I was very disappointed.", "I'd much rather have bought Max Payne 2." ]
A year after Colin Kaepernick's first protest his absence looms larger than ever It's strange to look back on it now as the U.S. president scolds the NFL for a perceived lack of patriotism but when then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's decision not to stand for the national anthem first draw attention last year the football world wasn't impressed. Everyone from superstar quarterback Drew Brees to Kaepernick's old coach Jim Harbaugh to 49ers legend Jerry Rice clucked their tongues about his supposed disrespect for the flag. A report months after Kaepernick had opted into free agency claimed some team executives had come to "genuinely hate" him. A year after that first protest Kaepernick remains exiled from the league in what a growing pile of evidence suggests is a politically motivated blackballing. His absence loomed larger than ever across Sunday's games which were the first to follow Donald Trump's harsh misguided criticism of the NFL. After two days of sometimes-profane attacks from the nation's highest office aimed at high-profile black athletes dozens of players and team staff followed Kaepernick 's lead. An early London game started things off with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Baltimore Ravens both kneeling or linking arms during the pre-game national anthem. It was an act of protest that notably included Jags owner Shad Khan. Also NFL: Colin Kaepernick not employed. â Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 24 2017 The shifted attitude toward Kaepernick 's once-controversial act of protest is partially a testament to Trump's knack for escalating and inflaming culture battles to the point where even the most politics-averse institutions are forced to choose a side. But it could also mark a shift in the media narrative around Kaepernick . As a particularly mediocre class of starter quarterbacks bumbled through the preseason some league execs have engaged in a whisper campaign meant to sow the idea that Kaepernick 's unemployment is because he's a distraction he's lost interest in football he's a vegan â anything but the explanation that teams refuse to hire an objectively better player for political reasons. Meanwhile Kaepernick has spent his unemployment finishing out a million-dollar pledge to dozens of grass-roots charity groups around the country and running civil rights education events for kids in disadvantaged areas. He's also reportedly kept in shape for a professional-caliber job and his jersey remains among the league's top sellers. But more than anything else this Sunday's triumph of Kaepernick 's messages demonstrates how futile the NFL's efforts to stave off politics have become.	negative	[ "A year after Colin Kaepernick's first protest his absence looms larger than ever\nIt's strange to look back on it now as the U.", "S. president scolds the NFL for a perceived lack of patriotism but when then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's decision not to stand for the national anthem first draw attention last year the football world wasn't impressed.", "Everyone from superstar quarterback Drew Brees to Kaepernick's old coach Jim Harbaugh to 49ers legend Jerry Rice clucked their tongues about his supposed disrespect for the flag.", "A report months after Kaepernick had opted into free agency claimed some team executives had come to \"genuinely hate\" him.", "A year after that first protest Kaepernick remains exiled from the league in what a growing pile of evidence suggests is a politically motivated blackballing.", "His absence loomed larger than ever across Sunday's games which were the first to follow Donald Trump's harsh misguided criticism of the NFL.", "After two days of sometimes-profane attacks from the nation's highest office aimed at high-profile black athletes dozens of players and team staff followed Kaepernick 's lead.", "An early London game started things off with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Baltimore Ravens both kneeling or linking arms during the pre-game national anthem.", "It was an act of protest that notably included Jags owner Shad Khan.", "Also NFL: Colin Kaepernick not employed.", "â Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) September 24 2017\nThe shifted attitude toward Kaepernick 's once-controversial act of protest is partially a testament to Trump's knack for escalating and inflaming culture battles to the point where even the most politics-averse institutions are forced to choose a side.", "But it could also mark a shift in the media narrative around Kaepernick.", "As a particularly mediocre class of starter quarterbacks bumbled through the preseason some league execs have engaged in a whisper campaign meant to sow the idea that Kaepernick 's unemployment is because he's a distraction he's lost interest in football he's a vegan â anything but the explanation that teams refuse to hire an objectively better player for political reasons.", "Meanwhile Kaepernick has spent his unemployment finishing out a million-dollar pledge to dozens of grass-roots charity groups around the country and running civil rights education events for kids in disadvantaged areas.", "He's also reportedly kept in shape for a professional-caliber job and his jersey remains among the league's top sellers.", "But more than anything else this Sunday's triumph of Kaepernick 's messages demonstrates how futile the NFL's efforts to stave off politics have become." ]
I've read the three earlier books in this series, although I am getting a little tired of the constant grimness and lack of realistic world building. (Unlike the Lord of the Rings, to which this series is sometimes compared, there are no moments of transcendent beauty of redemption.) I looked forward to this fourth volume. But it is choppy, disconnected, and boring to read beyond belief. A few of the stories are compelling, and is is always fun to see nasty things happen to nasty people (I leave you to guess to whom I am are referring). Unlike reviewers who suggest Mr. Martin bowed to publisher pressure to release this book in its current form, I suspect that with Mr. Martin's fan base he could have shaped this book anyway he'd have liked. I don't really think he cares anymore, and I suspect (as the author bio suggests) he feels trapped. (..."[w]henever he's allowed to leave [the Seven Kingdoms (where A Feast for Crows takes place)]"). If the author doesn't want to be there, you probably don't either. I suggest you find something better to do with your time!	negative	[ "I've read the three earlier books in this series, although I am getting a little tired of the constant grimness and lack of realistic world building.", "(Unlike the Lord of the Rings, to which this series is sometimes compared, there are no moments of transcendent beauty of redemption.", ")\n\nI looked forward to this fourth volume.", "But it is choppy, disconnected, and boring to read beyond belief.", "A few of the stories are compelling, and is is always fun to see nasty things happen to nasty people (I leave you to guess to whom I am are referring).", "Unlike reviewers who suggest Mr.", "Martin bowed to publisher pressure to release this book in its current form, I suspect that with Mr.", "Martin's fan base he could have shaped this book anyway he'd have liked.", "I don't really think he cares anymore, and I suspect (as the author bio suggests) he feels trapped.", "(...", "\"[w]henever he's allowed to leave [the Seven Kingdoms (where A Feast for Crows takes place)]\").", "If the author doesn't want to be there, you probably don't either.", "I suggest you find something better to do with your time!" ]
I had this brush/canister set for two years and I have been unhappy with its performance. 1. You have to drain/dry the brush well before replacing it in the canister. If you don't, the water will overflow the drip tray and seep out onto the floor. Over time the metal hinges and spring become rusty, leading to rusty water leaking onto the floor. 2. The rusty hinges and spring cause the canister to eventually fail to open and close properly. You often have to open and close it with your hands, which kind of defeats the purpose of the thing, doesn't it? 3. The brush is rigid. It does not bend, so you can't get it under the rim of the bowl or along the sides of the bowl without hand and elbow gyrations that make cleaning the toilet somewhat challenging and less than effective.	negative	[ "I had this brush/canister set for two years and I have been unhappy with its performance.", "1.", "You have to drain/dry the brush well before replacing it in the canister.", "If you don't, the water will overflow the drip tray and seep out onto the floor.", "Over time the metal hinges and spring become rusty, leading to rusty water leaking onto the floor.", "2.", "The rusty hinges and spring cause the canister to eventually fail to open and close properly.", "You often have to open and close it with your hands, which kind of defeats the purpose of the thing, doesn't it?", "3.", "The brush is rigid.", "It does not bend, so you can't get it under the rim of the bowl or along the sides of the bowl without hand and elbow gyrations that make cleaning the toilet somewhat challenging and less than effective." ]
All great fan of Kurt Russell as I am, I still hated this film and I hardly managed to finish watching it. This review doesn't contain spoilers, as there is hardly anything to spoil in this disaster... In a near future an evil (of course!) militaristic US government, controlled (of course!) by evil greedy corporations willing (of course!) to deprive common people of everything they have, creates a military unit composed with abducted children, who are raised to become sociopathic killers - they are supposedly the best fighting force ever. This is an incredibly stupid idea by the way, NEVER tried by any armed forces in any country - little advice here to scenario writers: in reality sociopaths are unable to follow orders and cooperate and therefore make always the WORST possible soldiers! Then, at one moment, one of those soldiers becomes damaged, is declared obsolete and is dumped with other garbage on an enormous junkyard on a remote planet. There, he is taken in charge by a band of people hiding from authorities and scavenging for scraps amongst the military refuse... The initial idea of a battle scarred, emotionally damaged veteran receiving a second chance in life by joining a community of ultimate underdogs was really GREAT! Producers secured also a good cast for this film, by bringing on board Kurt Russell, Gary Busey, Connie Nielsen, to name just those three. The budget was also generous - in 1998 60 millions bucks was a lot of money... However, to direct the film somebody picked up Paul W.S. Anderson, a young man who at that time made only three films: "Shopping" (which nobody noticed), "Mortal Kombat", which was (for my personal taste) a huge disappointment (even if it made a lot of money) and finally "Event Horizon", one of the absolutely WORST SF films I ever saw... Therefore, it is not a big surprise, that "Soldier" was a disaster waiting to happen... And it happened - for once, a really BAD big budget movie lost also a lot of money, as few people went to see it, hearing the HORRIBLE word of mouth raging all around. Paul W.S. Anderson redeemed himself a little later, by making "Alien vs. Predator" (a film which certainly is not a masterpiece, but which I always kinda liked) and especially the very, very good "Pandorum" (see my reviews of both of those films); it seems also that "Resident Evil" franchise is not bad - but here I can not say, as I didn't see any of those films. But I digress... My problem with this film is the total absence of scenario - like in "Event Horizon", absolutely nothing makes sense. From the beginning to the end it is so boring that I had to fast forward parts of it. Dialogs are inexistent and actors as good as Kurt Russell, Connie Nielsen and Gary Busey are not allowed to act. At all. Action scenes are ridiculous, people keep doing stupid things without ever stopping to think and the ending is really just a lame opening to a possible sequel - which, thanks God, will never be made. So why two stars? Well, to be absolutely clear, this is a ONE STAR film, but by stretching my more merciful side to the maximum, I managed to scrap some small pieces to combine them together in a second star: - 1/2 of a star for presence of Connie Nielsen; she is not allowed to actually act in this film (nobody is) but her simple presence allowing us to contemplate her magnificent beauty (shining brightly even when she wears dirty rags) is certainly one of the very few positive things in this film - 1/4 of a star for Michael Chiklis - seeing the future Vic Mackey with some hair still attached is always a pleasure - and also honestly, how could I not like him playing a character named Jimmy Pig? (A huge LOL here...)))!) But his screen time is short - 1/4 of a star for ONE image from the film, figuring prominently on the DVD cover. Whoever decided to dump the mighty (albeit still conventionally propelled) aircraft-carrier USS "Franklin D. Roosevelt" (CV-42), usually referred to by her crew as "Swanky Franky" or "Rusty Rosie", on a military junkyard on another planet deserved definitely a rise and a cookie...))) That was really a great idea and I loved this picture instantly from the moment I saw it. Be advised however, that in the real life USS "Franklin D. Roosevelt", commissioned in 1945, was retired in 1977 and scrapped soon after, in 1978, by River Terminal Development Company in Kearny, New Jersey, a pretty alien destination by itself, if most of New Yorkers are to be believed...))) So bottom line, this is a VERY BAD movie, which had a great potential - but all of which was cruelly wasted. I hated this film, it bored me almost to death, I had to fast forward parts of it and I gave it away for a charity sale immediately after. Avoid it with an astronomical level of determination.	negative	[ "All great fan of Kurt Russell as I am, I still hated this film and I hardly managed to finish watching it.", "This review doesn't contain spoilers, as there is hardly anything to spoil in this disaster...", "In a near future an evil (of course!", ") militaristic US government, controlled (of course!", ") by evil greedy corporations willing (of course!", ") to deprive common people of everything they have, creates a military unit composed with abducted children, who are raised to become sociopathic killers - they are supposedly the best fighting force ever.", "This is an incredibly stupid idea by the way, NEVER tried by any armed forces in any country - little advice here to scenario writers: in reality sociopaths are unable to follow orders and cooperate and therefore make always the WORST possible soldiers!", "Then, at one moment, one of those soldiers becomes damaged, is declared obsolete and is dumped with other garbage on an enormous junkyard on a remote planet.", "There, he is taken in charge by a band of people hiding from authorities and scavenging for scraps amongst the military refuse...", "The initial idea of a battle scarred, emotionally damaged veteran receiving a second chance in life by joining a community of ultimate underdogs was really GREAT!", "Producers secured also a good cast for this film, by bringing on board Kurt Russell, Gary Busey, Connie Nielsen, to name just those three.", "The budget was also generous - in 1998 60 millions bucks was a lot of money...", "However, to direct the film somebody picked up Paul W.", "S. Anderson, a young man who at that time made only three films: \"Shopping\" (which nobody noticed), \"Mortal Kombat\", which was (for my personal taste) a huge disappointment (even if it made a lot of money) and finally \"Event Horizon\", one of the absolutely WORST SF films I ever saw...", "Therefore, it is not a big surprise, that \"Soldier\" was a disaster waiting to happen...", "And it happened - for once, a really BAD big budget movie lost also a lot of money, as few people went to see it, hearing the HORRIBLE word of mouth raging all around.", "Paul W.", "S. Anderson redeemed himself a little later, by making \"Alien vs.", "Predator\" (a film which certainly is not a masterpiece, but which I always kinda liked) and especially the very, very good \"Pandorum\" (see my reviews of both of those films); it seems also that \"Resident Evil\" franchise is not bad - but here I can not say, as I didn't see any of those films.", "But I digress...", "My problem with this film is the total absence of scenario - like in \"Event Horizon\", absolutely nothing makes sense.", "From the beginning to the end it is so boring that I had to fast forward parts of it.", "Dialogs are inexistent and actors as good as Kurt Russell, Connie Nielsen and Gary Busey are not allowed to act.", "At all.", "Action scenes are ridiculous, people keep doing stupid things without ever stopping to think and the ending is really just a lame opening to a possible sequel - which, thanks God, will never be made.", "So why two stars?", "Well, to be absolutely clear, this is a ONE STAR film, but by stretching my more merciful side to the maximum, I managed to scrap some small pieces to combine them together in a second star:\n\n- 1/2 of a star for presence of Connie Nielsen; she is not allowed to actually act in this film (nobody is) but her simple presence allowing us to contemplate her magnificent beauty (shining brightly even when she wears dirty rags) is certainly one of the very few positive things in this film\n\n- 1/4 of a star for Michael Chiklis - seeing the future Vic Mackey with some hair still attached is always a pleasure - and also honestly, how could I not like him playing a character named Jimmy Pig?", "(A huge LOL here...", ")))!", ") But his screen time is short\n\n- 1/4 of a star for ONE image from the film, figuring prominently on the DVD cover.", "Whoever decided to dump the mighty (albeit still conventionally propelled) aircraft-carrier USS \"Franklin D.", "Roosevelt\" (CV-42), usually referred to by her crew as \"Swanky Franky\" or \"Rusty Rosie\", on a military junkyard on another planet deserved definitely a rise and a cookie...", "))) That was really a great idea and I loved this picture instantly from the moment I saw it.", "Be advised however, that in the real life USS \"Franklin D.", "Roosevelt\", commissioned in 1945, was retired in 1977 and scrapped soon after, in 1978, by River Terminal Development Company in Kearny, New Jersey, a pretty alien destination by itself, if most of New Yorkers are to be believed...", ")))\n\nSo bottom line, this is a VERY BAD movie, which had a great potential - but all of which was cruelly wasted.", "I hated this film, it bored me almost to death, I had to fast forward parts of it and I gave it away for a charity sale immediately after.", "Avoid it with an astronomical level of determination." ]
I'm so frustrated right now, there are no instructions on how to attach it to my beach cruiser. the bottom brackets where self explanatory, they attached to the wheel axel. the front brackets? No clue. the company included some brackets and a bunch of screws, but no instructions on what to do with them? Have no idea how/where they attach? Seat, frame? Can't find any pictures. In fact, the picture on Amazon does even show the top/front brackets that would attach to the seat area? That's why I'm giving it two stars. The baskets themselves are nice, wish they were wider on the bottom so that a gallon of milk would sit flat. I'm going to take the basket and bike to the bike shop down the street and see if they can figure it out, if not, I'll have to return them.	negative	[ "I'm so frustrated right now, there are no instructions on how to attach it to my beach cruiser.", "the bottom brackets where self explanatory, they attached to the wheel axel.", "the front brackets?", "No clue.", "the company included some brackets and a bunch of screws, but no instructions on what to do with them?", "Have no idea how/where they attach?", "Seat, frame?", "Can't find any pictures.", "In fact, the picture on Amazon does even show the top/front brackets that would attach to the seat area?", "That's why I'm giving it two stars.", "The baskets themselves are nice, wish they were wider on the bottom so that a gallon of milk would sit flat.", "I'm going to take the basket and bike to the bike shop down the street and see if they can figure it out, if not, I'll have to return them." ]
This thing is a chunk of 3/8" or 7/16" steel rod bent into the shape of a Shepherd's hook. What it's lacking is the fork that most Shepherd's hooks used in landscaping have at the bottom to aid in stability. Without this fork, the thing will tilt forward if you put any significant load on it. If you try to string anything along it (i.e. multiple hooks and a string decoration from hook to hook), the lack of stability will cause them to twist. You end up with a sloppy amateur looking mess. I tried to use some of them to hang a lightweight string of C7 Christmas lights. These hooks turned out to be less than useless. They twisted, tilted, or flopped every which way. The decoration had to be abandoned and the hooks tossed in the attic for next year when I'll get out the welder and weld a fork onto the bottom of each one like the manufacturer should have done.	negative	[ "This thing is a chunk of 3/8\" or 7/16\" steel rod bent into the shape of a Shepherd's hook.", "What it's lacking is the fork that most Shepherd's hooks used in landscaping have at the bottom to aid in stability.", "Without this fork, the thing will tilt forward if you put any significant load on it.", "If you try to string anything along it (i.", "e. multiple hooks and a string decoration from hook to hook), the lack of stability will cause them to twist.", "You end up with a sloppy amateur looking mess.", "I tried to use some of them to hang a lightweight string of C7 Christmas lights.", "These hooks turned out to be less than useless.", "They twisted, tilted, or flopped every which way.", "The decoration had to be abandoned and the hooks tossed in the attic for next year when I'll get out the welder and weld a fork onto the bottom of each one like the manufacturer should have done." ]
Momma always said, "you learn more from your failures, than you do from your successes." I think Momma has a point. Sometimes failures can point the way to the future. The 80's were a good barometer for that, and no other movie has blazed the trail of failure quite like Willard Huyck colossal miscalculation HOWARD THE DUCK. A movie that is inept and pointless, and yet so full of innovative and yes even breathtaking special effects. HOWARD THE DUCK tells the story of a duck named Howard (voiced by Chip Zein, and played by a bunch of little people in a duck suit) who lives on a planet much like earth, except Duck's are the top of the food chain. He's a failed rock musician who's finally given up that dream and has settled into the mundane life of an advertising copywriter. On one particular day, he's just gets home from another day of the daily grind, when he's sucked into a giant laser beam and transported to Cleveland, Ohio on our earth. Let the comic hijinks begin...well okay let the less than stellar puns begin. Howard meets Beverly (Lean Thompson) a struggling rock musician and takes up "roost" in her apartment. After a day or so they fall in love. There's also a young Lab Assistant named Phil (Tim Robbins in a star-making performance) and Dr. Jennings (Jefferey Jones) whom want to help Howard get home, via the giant laser beam that brought him to earth in the first place. I stop there because the second half of the movie has to do with this wild alien and I'm not quite sure I can do that part of the story any real justice. Suffice to say there's an alien threat and Howard is here to stop it. Actually he kind of runs away from it as the alien menace and the cops try to stop him. HOWARD THE DUCK is based on a far more interesting and inventive comic book series created by Steve Gerber. This movie and that series have absolutely nothing in common but the name. In fact the movie ruined the comic book series that poor Steve Gerber sued Universal and George Lucas, and then killed off his Duck for a long time. How's that for fair. Wait a second you say, go back just a minute, did you just say George Lucas? Yes ladies and gentlemen. George Lucas was the executive producer of this film and it shows. His fingerprint is on everything and more importantly Industrial, Lights, and Magic have designed this film as their audition reel. They throw everything into the pot, creature effects, stop motion, animation effects, makeup effects, an elaborate chase sequence (that I'm convinced was shot for shot re-created for the freeway chase in the MATRIX RELOADED, well not really but It's nice to speculate.) involving a small personal aircraft, and all of it is breath taking. But why? Why did ILM and George Lucas waste all that time and energy? The only thing I can think is that they were doing tests for Lucas's next big project WILLOW. You're probably now asking why doesn't the film work? The biggest problem is there is absoulty no screenplay. The first 20 minutes of the film fly by, barely allowing the viewer to breathe. The characters have time to meet, time to fight, time to get back together, all before the story begins to take shape. By the time it does it shifts radically into a completely different movie involving giant space creatures. They started out with a promising idea; it's ET in the city. How does this duck adapt to his surroundings? That should have been the movie. But there's no room for special effects that way. So on comes Act 2, and so many effects shots you shake your head. I was also a little disgusted by the Human/Duck love scene of course you see nothing, but the implied relationship makes even less sense then the rest of the movie and is really there just to make a silly joke anyway. This is the key to why this film fails. It doesn't set its tone properly. Every other line is some comic zinger that falls flat because the movie doesn't know whether it's a comedy, or an action picture. There satire, and drama all thrown out there but it goes nowhere. This effects all the acting as well. The human characters are robbed of any humanity because the script is so disjointed. They overreact to everything and poor Tim Robbins is forced to mug for laughs when the audience already knows that there are none. The script by director Huyck and his writing partner Gloria Katz is so bad you forget that these are the people who hit just the right beats in their more successful film AMERICAN GRAFFITTI. The films biggest flaw is that it has no audience. It a tad bit vulgar for little kids, and if you reach the age of 8 you'll be far smarter than this movie is. As for adults there is nothing of substance in the movie for people to grab onto. But I guess in the end could HOWARD THE DUCK been a good picture? Maybe! There were definitely moments of light in the picture. Moments that seemed unforced. I especially loved the early scenes involving Howard and Beverly. An interesting story could have unfolded. But the films exciting visuals were more important to the bottom line. In fact the bulk of the film contains this huge chase scene involving airplanes, cars, 18-Wheelers and lots of destruction. Sure the scene is cool to look at but it's not worth the Journey. Stay away from Howard the Duck. ** Out of 5	negative	[ "Momma always said, \"you learn more from your failures, than you do from your successes.", "\" I think Momma has a point.", "Sometimes failures can point the way to the future.", "The 80's were a good barometer for that, and no other movie has blazed the trail of failure quite like Willard Huyck colossal miscalculation HOWARD THE DUCK.", "A movie that is inept and pointless, and yet so full of innovative and yes even breathtaking special effects.", "HOWARD THE DUCK tells the story of a duck named Howard (voiced by Chip Zein, and played by a bunch of little people in a duck suit) who lives on a planet much like earth, except Duck's are the top of the food chain.", "He's a failed rock musician who's finally given up that dream and has settled into the mundane life of an advertising copywriter.", "On one particular day, he's just gets home from another day of the daily grind, when he's sucked into a giant laser beam and transported to Cleveland, Ohio on our earth.", "Let the comic hijinks begin...", "well okay let the less than stellar puns begin.", "Howard meets Beverly (Lean Thompson) a struggling rock musician and takes up \"roost\" in her apartment.", "After a day or so they fall in love.", "There's also a young Lab Assistant named Phil (Tim Robbins in a star-making performance) and Dr.", "Jennings (Jefferey Jones) whom want to help Howard get home, via the giant laser beam that brought him to earth in the first place.", "I stop there because the second half of the movie has to do with this wild alien and I'm not quite sure I can do that part of the story any real justice.", "Suffice to say there's an alien threat and Howard is here to stop it.", "Actually he kind of runs away from it as the alien menace and the cops try to stop him.", "HOWARD THE DUCK is based on a far more interesting and inventive comic book series created by Steve Gerber.", "This movie and that series have absolutely nothing in common but the name.", "In fact the movie ruined the comic book series that poor Steve Gerber sued Universal and George Lucas, and then killed off his Duck for a long time.", "How's that for fair.", "Wait a second you say, go back just a minute, did you just say George Lucas?", "Yes ladies and gentlemen.", "George Lucas was the executive producer of this film and it shows.", "His fingerprint is on everything and more importantly Industrial, Lights, and Magic have designed this film as their audition reel.", "They throw everything into the pot, creature effects, stop motion, animation effects, makeup effects, an elaborate chase sequence (that I'm convinced was shot for shot re-created for the freeway chase in the MATRIX RELOADED, well not really but It's nice to speculate.", ") involving a small personal aircraft, and all of it is breath taking.", "But why?", "Why did ILM and George Lucas waste all that time and energy?", "The only thing I can think is that they were doing tests for Lucas's next big project WILLOW.", "You're probably now asking why doesn't the film work?", "The biggest problem is there is absoulty no screenplay.", "The first 20 minutes of the film fly by, barely allowing the viewer to breathe.", "The characters have time to meet, time to fight, time to get back together, all before the story begins to take shape.", "By the time it does it shifts radically into a completely different movie involving giant space creatures.", "They started out with a promising idea; it's ET in the city.", "How does this duck adapt to his surroundings?", "That should have been the movie.", "But there's no room for special effects that way.", "So on comes Act 2, and so many effects shots you shake your head.", "I was also a little disgusted by the Human/Duck love scene of course you see nothing, but the implied relationship makes even less sense then the rest of the movie and is really there just to make a silly joke anyway.", "This is the key to why this film fails.", "It doesn't set its tone properly.", "Every other line is some comic zinger that falls flat because the movie doesn't know whether it's a comedy, or an action picture.", "There satire, and drama all thrown out there but it goes nowhere.", "This effects all the acting as well.", "The human characters are robbed of any humanity because the script is so disjointed.", "They overreact to everything and poor Tim Robbins is forced to mug for laughs when the audience already knows that there are none.", "The script by director Huyck and his writing partner Gloria Katz is so bad you forget that these are the people who hit just the right beats in their more successful film AMERICAN GRAFFITTI.", "The films biggest flaw is that it has no audience.", "It a tad bit vulgar for little kids, and if you reach the age of 8 you'll be far smarter than this movie is.", "As for adults there is nothing of substance in the movie for people to grab onto.", "But I guess in the end could HOWARD THE DUCK been a good picture?", "Maybe!", "There were definitely moments of light in the picture.", "Moments that seemed unforced.", "I especially loved the early scenes involving Howard and Beverly.", "An interesting story could have unfolded.", "But the films exciting visuals were more important to the bottom line.", "In fact the bulk of the film contains this huge chase scene involving airplanes, cars, 18-Wheelers and lots of destruction.", "Sure the scene is cool to look at but it's not worth the Journey.", "Stay away from Howard the Duck.", "** Out of 5" ]
When I read the positve reviews on this product, I ordered it. It is definitely low sodium and if you have a medical condition that requires very low sodium, this soup would fit the bill. If you are just trying to cut back on salt, again this soup will work fine. I personally feel that most of our food has way too much salt and sugar in it so I thought I would give this product a try. I like the convenience of it being ready to serve but I must admit, it has very little flavor. It's almost like drinking water with a slight mushroom taste. Truthfully, I miss the salt. I think that soup, generally, needs salt but as I stated, most are much too salty, however, this soup is just too bland. When I added a little bit of salt, that made a big difference. Also, I noticed that the soup is very watery and thin. I like my mushroom soup a little more substantial. I do think this soup would work very well in casserole recipes. I probably will not purhase the low sodium variety of Campbell's Mushroom Soup but I do like many of their other products. However, and this is important, if it is an absolute necessity that you cut back on salt for health reason, then this soup would be perfect for you. Some non-salt seasoning could make it more flavorful. I give Campbell's credit for trying to make their products more health conscious. More companies should do the same. Salt and sugar must and should be reduced -- a little can go a long way.	negative	[ "When I read the positve reviews on this product, I ordered it.", "It is definitely low sodium and if you have a medical condition that requires very low sodium, this soup would fit the bill.", "If you are just trying to cut back on salt, again this soup will work fine.", "I personally feel that most of our food has way too much salt and sugar in it so I thought I would give this product a try.", "I like the convenience of it being ready to serve but I must admit, it has very little flavor.", "It's almost like drinking water with a slight mushroom taste.", "Truthfully, I miss the salt.", "I think that soup, generally, needs salt but as I stated, most are much too salty, however, this soup is just too bland.", "When I added a little bit of salt, that made a big difference.", "Also, I noticed that the soup is very watery and thin.", "I like my mushroom soup a little more substantial.", "I do think this soup would work very well in casserole recipes.", "I probably will not purhase the low sodium variety of Campbell's Mushroom Soup but I do like many of their other products.", "However, and this is important, if it is an absolute necessity that you cut back on salt for health reason, then this soup would be perfect for you.", "Some non-salt seasoning could make it more flavorful.", "I give Campbell's credit for trying to make their products more health conscious.", "More companies should do the same.", "Salt and sugar must and should be reduced -- a little can go a long way." ]
I purchased these headphones before traveling to Europe for a couple weeks and the headphones worked great. The sound quality of the phones was good quality and the comfort was very nice. The battery powered noise cancellation was also a bonus and it worked very well on the airplane as well as on trains. I used it on both flights with great relaxation and I also used it on the Chunnel and some subways with continued satisfaction. The weight, length of cord, and fold up feature all made these headphones ideal for traveling. Unfortunately they just are not sturdy or durable. They are made of plastic and feel very fragile. I was always very worried of breaking them in my bag or when putting them in the storage pouch. But worse than their structural durability is that the wiring used is exposed to stress when folded up. In other words the cord is pinched when the phones are folded up and this is a terrible design. After only about a month, one of the wires split and I lost the right headphone completely. And forget about trying to fix it as it is virtually impossible to remove and repair the wire without destroying the casing. I am very disappointed in the lifespan of these headphones and will not be buying from this company again. If not for the poor design these would have been great headphones for the price.	negative	[ "I purchased these headphones before traveling to Europe for a couple weeks and the headphones worked great.", "The sound quality of the phones was good quality and the comfort was very nice.", "The battery powered noise cancellation was also a bonus and it worked very well on the airplane as well as on trains.", "I used it on both flights with great relaxation and I also used it on the Chunnel and some subways with continued satisfaction.", "The weight, length of cord, and fold up feature all made these headphones ideal for traveling.", "Unfortunately they just are not sturdy or durable.", "They are made of plastic and feel very fragile.", "I was always very worried of breaking them in my bag or when putting them in the storage pouch.", "But worse than their structural durability is that the wiring used is exposed to stress when folded up.", "In other words the cord is pinched when the phones are folded up and this is a terrible design.", "After only about a month, one of the wires split and I lost the right headphone completely.", "And forget about trying to fix it as it is virtually impossible to remove and repair the wire without destroying the casing.", "I am very disappointed in the lifespan of these headphones and will not be buying from this company again.", "If not for the poor design these would have been great headphones for the price." ]
Why is it the Spotlight Reviews here usually heap praise on whatever they review? Could it be because they are more insightful than the other reviews? Nah...just look at the above reviews for The Grudge. Could it be because Amazon wants you to think the reviewed item is worthy, and you should buy it? Hmmm.... Anyway, The Grudge is worth viewing once, but it doesn't hold up much beyond that. There are no surprises here; the "secret" to the plot is given away in the very beginning. The scary moments are purely manipulative and stereotypical. You know, a loud noise here, a blast of suspenseful music there. The only thing I liked about this movie was the cast, which included some decent actors. KayDee Strickland in particular seems to have a career ahead of her. I'm a big Buffy fan, but Sarah Michelle Gellar pretty much sleepwalks through this movie. She doesn't really seem to care what is going on, and I felt the same. Rent it once if you must, but don't waste your money buying this film. It's unlikely you will watch it more than once.	negative	[ "Why is it the Spotlight Reviews here usually heap praise on whatever they review?", "Could it be because they are more insightful than the other reviews?", "Nah...", "just look at the above reviews for The Grudge.", "Could it be because Amazon wants you to think the reviewed item is worthy, and you should buy it?", "Hmmm....", "Anyway, The Grudge is worth viewing once, but it doesn't hold up much beyond that.", "There are no surprises here; the \"secret\" to the plot is given away in the very beginning.", "The scary moments are purely manipulative and stereotypical.", "You know, a loud noise here, a blast of suspenseful music there.", "The only thing I liked about this movie was the cast, which included some decent actors.", "KayDee Strickland in particular seems to have a career ahead of her.", "I'm a big Buffy fan, but Sarah Michelle Gellar pretty much sleepwalks through this movie.", "She doesn't really seem to care what is going on, and I felt the same.", "Rent it once if you must, but don't waste your money buying this film.", "It's unlikely you will watch it more than once." ]
<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Pride-and-Prejudice/dp/B008476HBM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Pride and Prejudice</a> mash-ups, retellings, sequels, and spin-offs are big business. This is a retelling of the classic set in a world where there are all sorts of were-creatures. Although multiple scenes from the original are incorporated into the text, you can really see where the seams are. One example would be grafting a "Three Company's"-worthy subplot to keep Elizabeth and Darcy apart. Instead of the wit, wordplay, and charm of the original, we've got Elizabeth turning down Darcy's proposal because she thinks he's gay. It isn't homophobic -- just witless. The plot, such as it is, is heavily reliant on action. I found myself missing the acidic and pragmatic Elizabeth and Darcy more with every page. Instead we've got these second-rate copies mooning over each other. I know that instant true love at first eyelock is the current paranormal trend . . . but there is something so amazing about how Elizabeth and Darcy come, in the original, to slowly realize their feelings for each other. There is a reason some books are classics and others are quickly forgotten.	negative	[ "<a data-hook=\"product-link-linked\" class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"/Pride-and-Prejudice/dp/B008476HBM/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?", "ie=UTF8\">Pride and Prejudice</a> mash-ups, retellings, sequels, and spin-offs are big business.", "This is a retelling of the classic set in a world where there are all sorts of were-creatures.", "Although multiple scenes from the original are incorporated into the text, you can really see where the seams are.", "One example would be grafting a \"Three Company's\"-worthy subplot to keep Elizabeth and Darcy apart.", "Instead of the wit, wordplay, and charm of the original, we've got Elizabeth turning down Darcy's proposal because she thinks he's gay.", "It isn't homophobic -- just witless.", "The plot, such as it is, is heavily reliant on action.", "I found myself missing the acidic and pragmatic Elizabeth and Darcy more with every page.", "Instead we've got these second-rate copies mooning over each other.", "I know that instant true love at first eyelock is the current paranormal trend.", ".", ".", "but there is something so amazing about how Elizabeth and Darcy come, in the original, to slowly realize their feelings for each other.", "There is a reason some books are classics and others are quickly forgotten." ]
Don't buy it. You will be sorry if you have to reformat your drive or re-install the operating system. You can't re-install Kaspersky a second time. so you just flushed the price of this questionable program. I had the program installed for 3 days. Due to a virus (that Kaspersky missed) I had to reload the OS (windows 8.1) to the factory settings. Which of course erases all the installed programs. So now I try to re-install Kaspersky. Nope, cannot be done. And search their web site, trouble shooting, forum and support,...nothing. It will not activate with the original activation code supplied. Well, you can still get some use out of the disk. It makes an excellent $40.00 Frisbee for your dog to chase around. Especially one that has the habit of eating poop.	negative	[ "Don't buy it.", "You will be sorry if you have to reformat your drive or re-install the operating system.", "You can't re-install Kaspersky a second time.", "so you just flushed the price of this questionable program.", "I had the program installed for 3 days.", "Due to a virus (that Kaspersky missed) I had to reload the OS (windows 8.", "1) to the factory settings.", "Which of course erases all the installed programs.", "So now I try to re-install Kaspersky.", "Nope, cannot be done.", "And search their web site, trouble shooting, forum and support,...", "nothing.", "It will not activate with the original activation code supplied.", "Well, you can still get some use out of the disk.", "It makes an excellent $40.", "00 Frisbee for your dog to chase around.", "Especially one that has the habit of eating poop." ]
Great price for this classic charger. I like the automatic feature. A must to keep from overcharging your battery. I hope is lasts longer than the past two off-brands that have burned out due to no fault of my own. I am editing my review. This thing lasted for about three 10A charges and one 50 rapid charge and then it quit. I don't know if it is me or the chargers I buy, but they all have died after a few uses. So now this one pollutes the landfill. I thought the name meant quality, but this and other brands probably all come out of the same factory in China. I don't know if I should try another or not, but I need a charger for all the automotive hobby stuff I do.	negative	[ "Great price for this classic charger.", "I like the automatic feature.", "A must to keep from overcharging your battery.", "I hope is lasts longer than the past two off-brands that have burned out due to no fault of my own.", "I am editing my review.", "This thing lasted for about three 10A charges and one 50 rapid charge and then it quit.", "I don't know if it is me or the chargers I buy, but they all have died after a few uses.", "So now this one pollutes the landfill.", "I thought the name meant quality, but this and other brands probably all come out of the same factory in China.", "I don't know if I should try another or not, but I need a charger for all the automotive hobby stuff I do." ]
The Video Dead (Robert Scott, 1987) Somewhat surprisingly, The Video Dead is not the dumbest movie I've seen this month. In fact, it's not even the dumbest movie I've seen all day, though it was in the running for quite a while. Once you've been immersed in this mess long enough, however, if you're old enough--forty or so, old enough to have been in high school when it appeared--it develops of sort of nostalgic, if masochist, charm. It really is that dumb, and it transcends dumb into a sort of odd cheesy glory. We open with a reclusive man getting a TV delivered. No word on why, as he's as confused as we are. Cut to that night, and a horrible scream. Fast forward three months, and a family is moving into the same house--well, actually, the advance guard of the family, consisting of college student Zoe Blair (Roxanna Augesen, who according to IMDB appeared onscreen only this once) and her high school aged brother Jeff (Rocky Duvall, who likewise never appeared onscreen again). While poking around in the house, Jeff discovers the TV from the first scene in the attic and brings it downstairs. Cue ominous music. We soon find out what happened to the guy from the first scene, as the TV, when activated, spews zombies. Yes, folks, zombies come out of the TV. While they didn't leave the house during the opening scene, they soon find themselves wandering around the neighborhood, killing the neighbors in amusing ways, while brother and sister try and figure out how to stay alive. If you've seen a few late eighties horror movies solidly in the B realm, you've probably got an idea of what to expect here. Really silly humor, average-at-best special effects, a script that attempts to tug at the heartstrings (and most often fails), but, especially when compared to today's microbudget horror movies, competent acting, direction, and especially lighting. No parts that aren't too dark to see. Hallelujah! Of course, there's not a great deal here you couldn't miss, but it's still kind of fun if you remember it from back in the day, or movies like it. **	negative	[ "The Video Dead (Robert Scott, 1987)\n\nSomewhat surprisingly, The Video Dead is not the dumbest movie I've seen this month.", "In fact, it's not even the dumbest movie I've seen all day, though it was in the running for quite a while.", "Once you've been immersed in this mess long enough, however, if you're old enough--forty or so, old enough to have been in high school when it appeared--it develops of sort of nostalgic, if masochist, charm.", "It really is that dumb, and it transcends dumb into a sort of odd cheesy glory.", "We open with a reclusive man getting a TV delivered.", "No word on why, as he's as confused as we are.", "Cut to that night, and a horrible scream.", "Fast forward three months, and a family is moving into the same house--well, actually, the advance guard of the family, consisting of college student Zoe Blair (Roxanna Augesen, who according to IMDB appeared onscreen only this once) and her high school aged brother Jeff (Rocky Duvall, who likewise never appeared onscreen again).", "While poking around in the house, Jeff discovers the TV from the first scene in the attic and brings it downstairs.", "Cue ominous music.", "We soon find out what happened to the guy from the first scene, as the TV, when activated, spews zombies.", "Yes, folks, zombies come out of the TV.", "While they didn't leave the house during the opening scene, they soon find themselves wandering around the neighborhood, killing the neighbors in amusing ways, while brother and sister try and figure out how to stay alive.", "If you've seen a few late eighties horror movies solidly in the B realm, you've probably got an idea of what to expect here.", "Really silly humor, average-at-best special effects, a script that attempts to tug at the heartstrings (and most often fails), but, especially when compared to today's microbudget horror movies, competent acting, direction, and especially lighting.", "No parts that aren't too dark to see.", "Hallelujah!", "Of course, there's not a great deal here you couldn't miss, but it's still kind of fun if you remember it from back in the day, or movies like it.", "**" ]
I used Atom Man as an example because if you have no idea who this guy is you realize he added nothing to the comic book world. The game XIII adds nothing to the video game world. The concept of comic book style with a video game is interesting though not a first. I'm sure I'm not the only one that wonders to myself,"Hey I bought an XBox to play ultra realistic, high graphic powered games. What's up with cell shades?" Well my friend, I have the answer... David Duchovny! They needed to pay this "high talent" actor so much money to make this game that they ran out of funds to produce a graphic masterpiece. And let us also ponder, how much talking does good ole Dave actually do? It makes you wonder how much they paid Eve or Mary J Blige or Missy Elliot or whoever plays the girl, who is no Jennifer Lopez when it comes to acting. That's not a compliment to either. Anyway, the concept of cell shading was different, but not great, and yes, I know that it fits with the comic book style. The story was terrible and I found myself just wanting to get to the end just to bring it back to the video store. I'm done with this one. Rent it if you can.	negative	[ "I used Atom Man as an example because if you have no idea who this guy is you realize he added nothing to the comic book world.", "The game XIII adds nothing to the video game world.", "The concept of comic book style with a video game is interesting though not a first.", "I'm sure I'm not the only one that wonders to myself,\"Hey I bought an XBox to play ultra realistic, high graphic powered games.", "What's up with cell shades?", "\" Well my friend, I have the answer...", "David Duchovny!", "They needed to pay this \"high talent\" actor so much money to make this game that they ran out of funds to produce a graphic masterpiece.", "And let us also ponder, how much talking does good ole Dave actually do?", "It makes you wonder how much they paid Eve or Mary J Blige or Missy Elliot or whoever plays the girl, who is no Jennifer Lopez when it comes to acting.", "That's not a compliment to either.", "Anyway, the concept of cell shading was different, but not great, and yes, I know that it fits with the comic book style.", "The story was terrible and I found myself just wanting to get to the end just to bring it back to the video store.", "I'm done with this one.", "Rent it if you can." ]
Kellogg's has been a mainstay throughout the years, including the little perforated boxes your could pour milk into... (long time ago). Now the box I received had 2 mini-wheat packs and 10 KRAVE. This horrible cereal is supposed to be a chocolate filled cereal. BUT it is like a large (little smaller than a Shredded Mini-wheat) Captain Crunch Puff pillow with a thin layer of dried out, burnt flavored, clay like substance that is supposed to be chocolate. I believe this cereal is now included to purge the supplies from Kellogg on people whom cannot/will not return the product. Also, they were on the bottom layer of the box. So by the time we got to them, most of the other cereals were already eaten. There is a warning that the packed cereal may not match the pictures or information. Heed it.	negative	[ "Kellogg's has been a mainstay throughout the years, including the little perforated boxes your could pour milk into...", "(long time ago).", "Now the box I received had 2 mini-wheat packs and 10 KRAVE.", "This horrible cereal is supposed to be a chocolate filled cereal.", "BUT it is like a large (little smaller than a Shredded Mini-wheat) Captain Crunch Puff pillow with a thin layer of dried out, burnt flavored, clay like substance that is supposed to be chocolate.", "I believe this cereal is now included to purge the supplies from Kellogg on people whom cannot/will not return the product.", "Also, they were on the bottom layer of the box.", "So by the time we got to them, most of the other cereals were already eaten.", "There is a warning that the packed cereal may not match the pictures or information.", "Heed it." ]
Ladies and gentlemen, I have some terrible news. Morrowind, the third chapter in the Elder Scrolls saga, has proven to be one of the biggest PC let-downs in history. The game is a definitive example of what happens when endless opportunities meet horrible gameplay. By endless opportunities I mean that our good friends at Bethesda Softworks spent countless hours developing an amazingly beautiful and immersive 3d world...one in which you can go anywhere and do almost anything.-Open ended, epic world and events. - Though I did also say horrible gameplay...and Morrowind suffers immeasurably from just that. The fighting system is agonizingly weak. Unless you have a great weapon and awesome abilities with that weapon, you're going to spend a great deal of time getting [beat] by some of the games lowliest creatures. Also - There are so many spells and enchantments to use that it gets overwhelming trying to remember what does what and how to use it. Not only are the spells too many, but the interface with which to use them is cumbersome and annoying as well. You get stuck in these skirmishes, and you're struggling to attack and switch spells at the same time while your enemy(impossible to outrun) beats you down with little effort. _ Like I said, the world is very beautiful and the characters are amazingly detailed, but all this is lost as the game tries to run before it can walk. I'm sure geeks with nothing to do with their lives will have a fun time modding this one to death and spending every hour playing it until their character can stand up to the game's foes. But for the rest of us, crap on that. - - In short, Morrowind's designers tried to stuff 5 pounds worth of greatness into an 11 ounce box.** Too much at once for any gamer who doesn't think an aggravation induced stroke should be part of epic fantasy gameplaying. - Buy at your own risk.	negative	[ "Ladies and gentlemen, I have some terrible news.", "Morrowind, the third chapter in the Elder Scrolls saga, has proven to be one of the biggest PC let-downs in history.", "The game is a definitive example of what happens when endless opportunities meet horrible gameplay.", "By endless opportunities I mean that our good friends at Bethesda Softworks spent countless hours developing an amazingly beautiful and immersive 3d world...", "one in which you can go anywhere and do almost anything.", "-Open ended, epic world and events.", "- Though I did also say horrible gameplay...", "and Morrowind suffers immeasurably from just that.", "The fighting system is agonizingly weak.", "Unless you have a great weapon and awesome abilities with that weapon, you're going to spend a great deal of time getting [beat] by some of the games lowliest creatures.", "Also - There are so many spells and enchantments to use that it gets overwhelming trying to remember what does what and how to use it.", "Not only are the spells too many, but the interface with which to use them is cumbersome and annoying as well.", "You get stuck in these skirmishes, and you're struggling to attack and switch spells at the same time while your enemy(impossible to outrun) beats you down with little effort.", "_ Like I said, the world is very beautiful and the characters are amazingly detailed, but all this is lost as the game tries to run before it can walk.", "I'm sure geeks with nothing to do with their lives will have a fun time modding this one to death and spending every hour playing it until their character can stand up to the game's foes.", "But for the rest of us, crap on that.", "- - In short, Morrowind's designers tried to stuff 5 pounds worth of greatness into an 11 ounce box.", "** Too much at once for any gamer who doesn't think an aggravation induced stroke should be part of epic fantasy gameplaying.", "- Buy at your own risk." ]
I really liked the first book in the series, so I read the second (Gamble on Engagement). It truly is a great disappointment for anybody at all familiar with England. The first book, Bridesmaid Lotto, was written by an American about America. The second book is written by an American largely about England and it is so full of inaccuracies and ridiculous assumptions as to really ruin the book except for those Americans who know little about Great Britain. So lets examine it: 1) The ONLY princes in England are members of the royal family. They are Prince Charles and his two sons. ALL other scions of various noble families, whilst being related to the royal family, are NOT princes. 1a) Thus Prince Leo was not a prince! 2) Other members of the royal family are Earls and Lords. Their sons are Viscounts etc and do not gain titles of Earl or Lord until their fathers die. (I'm not really up with this title stuff, so those Brits who know about it, please excuse my ignorance..) 3) Nobody in England goes out and buys a castle unless they are mega rich and basically nuts! Firstly there are VERY few (if any) castles for sale, secondly there are not that many of them, thirdly they are usually highly inefficient buildings costing a fortune in upkeep! And finally who keeps a gigantic building like that EMPTY? What's this business of 'wings' - 'his wing', 'her wing', good Lord, apart from princes from Saudi Arabia or Dhubai who has the loose money? 4) NO 'scion' of some noble family has access to any real money, unless he makes it himself. Most of these types either join the forces; sometimes ending up senior military figures; or enter some profession or if they're lucky, enter the family business. NOBODY 'buys a castle' because he likes 'his solitude'! LOL. 5) The idea that these guys are 'soft' or 'silly' as the story implies couldn't be farther from the truth. 6) The idea that the housekeeper would for a moment hope to be the love interest of the lord of the manor is another reason for a LOL! These employees are highly professional and would certainly be totally UNinterested in such an idea. Also, the very idea that an English nobleman would be interested in the help (beyond a quicky with some willing local girl behind the stables, in their 'teens..) is far from reality. (Sorry, I'm not a stuffy type, I just know the facts.) 6) NOBODY takes the best part of a 2-day train trip to Marbella! To save money they might drive in a large RV if they have a family, I guess. Otherwise they FLY! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Rachel Astor obviously did absolutely NO research whatever. However, even if she HAD done any she would still have been unable to write such a story without serious help from an English co-writer, if only for the sake of realism. It's a pity because her first book was such fun, AND realistic and made this book even more irritating to me. For goodness sake, can you imagine a woman from Manchester (in England) writing a book about the deep south, such as New Orleans, or the midwest? Now THAT would be a laugh, right? I might read the third in the series if the story is placed in the US, otherwise I'll probably give it a miss. Regretfully I think Ms Astor isn't good with foreign country research.	negative	[ "I really liked the first book in the series, so I read the second (Gamble on Engagement).", "It truly is a great disappointment for anybody at all familiar with England.", "The first book, Bridesmaid Lotto, was written by an American about America.", "The second book is written by an American largely about England and it is so full of inaccuracies and ridiculous assumptions as to really ruin the book except for those Americans who know little about Great Britain.", "So lets examine it:\n1) The ONLY princes in England are members of the royal family.", "They are Prince Charles and his two sons.", "ALL other scions of various noble families, whilst being related to the royal family, are NOT princes.", "1a) Thus Prince Leo was not a prince!", "2) Other members of the royal family are Earls and Lords.", "Their sons are Viscounts etc and do not gain titles of Earl or Lord until their fathers die.", "(I'm not really up with this title stuff, so those Brits who know about it, please excuse my ignorance..", ")\n3) Nobody in England goes out and buys a castle unless they are mega rich and basically nuts!", "Firstly there are VERY few (if any) castles for sale, secondly there are not that many of them, thirdly they are usually highly inefficient buildings costing a fortune in upkeep!", "And finally who keeps a gigantic building like that EMPTY?", "What's this business of 'wings' - 'his wing', 'her wing', good Lord, apart from princes from Saudi Arabia or Dhubai who has the loose money?", "4) NO 'scion' of some noble family has access to any real money, unless he makes it himself.", "Most of these types either join the forces; sometimes ending up senior military figures; or enter some profession or if they're lucky, enter the family business.", "NOBODY 'buys a castle' because he likes 'his solitude'!", "LOL.", "5) The idea that these guys are 'soft' or 'silly' as the story implies couldn't be farther from the truth.", "6) The idea that the housekeeper would for a moment hope to be the love interest of the lord of the manor is another reason for a LOL!", "These employees are highly professional and would certainly be totally UNinterested in such an idea.", "Also, the very idea that an English nobleman would be interested in the help (beyond a quicky with some willing local girl behind the stables, in their 'teens..", ") is far from reality.", "(Sorry, I'm not a stuffy type, I just know the facts.", ")\n6) NOBODY takes the best part of a 2-day train trip to Marbella!", "To save money they might drive in a large RV if they have a family, I guess.", "Otherwise they FLY!", "~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~\nRachel Astor obviously did absolutely NO research whatever.", "However, even if she HAD done any she would still have been unable to write such a story without serious help from an English co-writer, if only for the sake of realism.", "It's a pity because her first book was such fun, AND realistic and made this book even more irritating to me.", "For goodness sake, can you imagine a woman from Manchester (in England) writing a book about the deep south, such as New Orleans, or the midwest?", "Now THAT would be a laugh, right?", "I might read the third in the series if the story is placed in the US, otherwise I'll probably give it a miss.", "Regretfully I think Ms Astor isn't good with foreign country research." ]
I'm a fan of Ms. R.G Alexander's work. Ms. R.G Alexander is a talented author with a fruitful imagination. I purchased this book shortly after reading her "Children of the Goddess" series. Although i didn't have many reviews available to me before purchasing this book, I expected great things. Unfortunately i felt this book was a waste of time. I was less then impressed on the character development in this book. They just felt "flat". I kept reading it expecting it to get better. The plot also left much to be desired. I was uninvolved as a reader and didn't care one way or another about Charli and her men. I would characterize this book as trash. The only reason i gave it 2(1.5 not available) stars was because i like the amazing race idea. It's a shame the potential was never reached.	negative	[ "I'm a fan of Ms.", "R.", "G Alexander's work.", "Ms.", "R.", "G Alexander is a talented author with a fruitful imagination.", "I purchased this book shortly after reading her \"Children of the Goddess\" series.", "Although i didn't have many reviews available to me before purchasing this book, I expected great things.", "Unfortunately i felt this book was a waste of time.", "I was less then impressed on the character development in this book.", "They just felt \"flat\".", "I kept reading it expecting it to get better.", "The plot also left much to be desired.", "I was uninvolved as a reader and didn't care one way or another about Charli and her men.", "I would characterize this book as trash.", "The only reason i gave it 2(1.", "5 not available) stars was because i like the amazing race idea.", "It's a shame the potential was never reached." ]
Buyer Beware!!! Although the OLD formula item is pictured, the NEW formula item is what was sent to me! I want the OLD formula because the NEW formula does a terrible job of covering gray. I have previously ordered several times from this seller, and each time, I received the OLD formula, which is exactly what I wanted. Yay! But THIS time, they sent me the NEW formula. And--get this!--it is not returnable! So now I'm stuck with SIX kits of the NEW formula, which SUCKS! I'm beyond annoyed! The picture on the description is of the OLD formula--so how is it fair that they sent me the NEW formula and I can't return it???!!! Ugh!!!	negative	[ "Buyer Beware!!!", "Although the OLD formula item is pictured, the NEW formula item is what was sent to me!", "I want the OLD formula because the NEW formula does a terrible job of covering gray.", "I have previously ordered several times from this seller, and each time, I received the OLD formula, which is exactly what I wanted.", "Yay!", "But THIS time, they sent me the NEW formula.", "And--get this!", "--it is not returnable!", "So now I'm stuck with SIX kits of the NEW formula, which SUCKS!", "I'm beyond annoyed!", "The picture on the description is of the OLD formula--so how is it fair that they sent me the NEW formula and I can't return it???", "!!!", "Ugh!!!" ]
I bought this phone 4 months ago and liked it initially. But over those 4 months I have grown to like it less and less. This phone has a serious memory shortage. Sure you can download Android apps. But don't get more than 3 or 4 or your memory will be full. There is so much bloatware that can't be moved to an SD card or removed unless you root the phone (something most non-techies wouldn't consider doing). Then even if you only download 3 or 4 apps after a few days you'll start to get low memory warnings. You can run the little procedure to correct the problem but within 12-24 hours it will show up again. Eventually the apps will need to do an upgrade but won't be able to because of insufficient memory. The fix is to uninstall previous updates for each app to free up memory Then you can do the update for a specific app. Then all the other apps will need to be updated again as well. All of this will eliminate the low memory warnings for a few days, maybe a week at the outside. After that the low memory warning will reappear and the process will start again. The other weak point is the battery. Connecting through wi-fi and sending only few text messages, NO phone calls, the battery would last for 10 to 12 hours. Turn on Bluetooth and it drops below 8 hours. Make a few phone calls and it drops even farther. Sure there are apps for battery power management. But remember this phone has ridiculously low memory capacity so you only get a very few apps. Why should one of them have to be burned to support the poor design of the power system of phone? An extended life battery helps some. But still much use at all and the battery is toast in less than 10 hours. I don't know about you but I don't want a cell phone that keeps me tied to charger cable. I might as well use a land line. The final straw came when I was notified of a firmware upgrade. Aha! I thought - perhaps this will address the memory or battery issues. But I discovered in order to do the firmware install I was forced to uninstall all the apps I had installed and delete the updates on most of bloatware apps even before the firmware update had the space to install. It is beyond comprehension that their bloatware should take up so much space that a firmware update can't be performed without all that rigamarole. And of course after I completed the firmware update and reinstalled the few apps I could the low memory warning again reappeared. This phone would be fine if you use it to play games, and make one or two brief phone calls a day. But as a serious cell phone this is sadly lacking.	negative	[ "I bought this phone 4 months ago and liked it initially.", "But over those 4 months I have grown to like it less and less.", "This phone has a serious memory shortage.", "Sure you can download Android apps.", "But don't get more than 3 or 4 or your memory will be full.", "There is so much bloatware that can't be moved to an SD card or removed unless you root the phone (something most non-techies wouldn't consider doing).", "Then even if you only download 3 or 4 apps after a few days you'll start to get low memory warnings.", "You can run the little procedure to correct the problem but within 12-24 hours it will show up again.", "Eventually the apps will need to do an upgrade but won't be able to because of insufficient memory.", "The fix is to uninstall previous updates for each app to free up memory Then you can do the update for a specific app.", "Then all the other apps will need to be updated again as well.", "All of this will eliminate the low memory warnings for a few days, maybe a week at the outside.", "After that the low memory warning will reappear and the process will start again.", "The other weak point is the battery.", "Connecting through wi-fi and sending only few text messages, NO phone calls, the battery would last for 10 to 12 hours.", "Turn on Bluetooth and it drops below 8 hours.", "Make a few phone calls and it drops even farther.", "Sure there are apps for battery power management.", "But remember this phone has ridiculously low memory capacity so you only get a very few apps.", "Why should one of them have to be burned to support the poor design of the power system of phone?", "An extended life battery helps some.", "But still much use at all and the battery is toast in less than 10 hours.", "I don't know about you but I don't want a cell phone that keeps me tied to charger cable.", "I might as well use a land line.", "The final straw came when I was notified of a firmware upgrade.", "Aha!", "I thought - perhaps this will address the memory or battery issues.", "But I discovered in order to do the firmware install I was forced to uninstall all the apps I had installed and delete the updates on most of bloatware apps even before the firmware update had the space to install.", "It is beyond comprehension that their bloatware should take up so much space that a firmware update can't be performed without all that rigamarole.", "And of course after I completed the firmware update and reinstalled the few apps I could the low memory warning again reappeared.", "This phone would be fine if you use it to play games, and make one or two brief phone calls a day.", "But as a serious cell phone this is sadly lacking." ]
Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a gargantuan bomb of a movie and why do you ask is beacause it is just plain horrible. Bad writing, acting and the action set pieces are mind numbingly crappy and non exciting. This sequel takes place right after the original in the desolate town of Racoon City where the virus has spread even more and the inhabitants become zombies. Just like the first one this suffers but the first one was a notch better in my mind. Starring Mill Jovovich (Resident Evil, The Fifth Element), Oded Fehr (The Mummy and The Mummy Returns), Mike Epps (Next Friday, Friday After Next), Jared Harris (I Shot Andy Warhol, Igby Goes Down) and Alan Tudyk (28 Days, Tv's Firefly). I hated everything about this movie and the Nemesis creature was laugh out loud funny. This bored the hell out of me. I gotta say this goes down the line for being so retarded like Van Helsing was. The chick who played Jill Valentine and the others sprouted some awful dialouge. "im good but not that good" please. For die hard fans of Resident Evil but beware, these people don't know how to make a good movie if it bit them in the ass. I don't really care what other's say..hey, at least I got some taste. This movie is for no-brainers.	negative	[ "Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a gargantuan bomb of a movie and why do you ask is beacause it is just plain horrible.", "Bad writing, acting and the action set pieces are mind numbingly crappy and non exciting.", "This sequel takes place right after the original in the desolate town of Racoon City where the virus has spread even more and the inhabitants become zombies.", "Just like the first one this suffers but the first one was a notch better in my mind.", "Starring Mill Jovovich (Resident Evil, The Fifth Element), Oded Fehr (The Mummy and The Mummy Returns), Mike Epps (Next Friday, Friday After Next), Jared Harris (I Shot Andy Warhol, Igby Goes Down) and Alan Tudyk (28 Days, Tv's Firefly).", "I hated everything about this movie and the Nemesis creature was laugh out loud funny.", "This bored the hell out of me.", "I gotta say this goes down the line for being so retarded like Van Helsing was.", "The chick who played Jill Valentine and the others sprouted some awful dialouge.", "\"im good but not that good\" please.", "For die hard fans of Resident Evil but beware, these people don't know how to make a good movie if it bit them in the ass.", "I don't really care what other's say..", "hey, at least I got some taste.", "This movie is for no-brainers." ]
A mess. Unreadable except by devoted followers of GRRM's series. I read it only because I wanted to see how the books differ from the series on TV. They do, in substantial ways, which makes it fun :) Structurally, however, the last two books... GAH. For example (spoiler alert) at the end of Feast of Crows, Sam has already left The Wall and had many adventures on the road. At the beginning of Dance of Dragons, Sam is, confusingly, still at The Wall. The book is very poorly edited. All writers seem to fall in love with one word or another. In this book it's "jape", used instead of "joke." A few times is okay, but when a word sticks out in a reader's mind because of overuse, that's bad--it distracts from the story. Same with "leal". It's worth reading but only because it's part of the series.	negative	[ "A mess.", "Unreadable except by devoted followers of GRRM's series.", "I read it only because I wanted to see how the books differ from the series on TV.", "They do, in substantial ways, which makes it fun :) Structurally, however, the last two books...", "GAH.", "For example (spoiler alert) at the end of Feast of Crows, Sam has already left The Wall and had many adventures on the road.", "At the beginning of Dance of Dragons, Sam is, confusingly, still at The Wall.", "The book is very poorly edited.", "All writers seem to fall in love with one word or another.", "In this book it's \"jape\", used instead of \"joke.", "\" A few times is okay, but when a word sticks out in a reader's mind because of overuse, that's bad--it distracts from the story.", "Same with \"leal\".", "It's worth reading but only because it's part of the series." ]
I LOVE this design. I can just flip the boom and I don't have to worry about my headset calling anyone. The previous bluetooths I owned called people from my purse, which I hated. With the H710 not only does is not call people accidentally but it also saves the battery. I could go a few days without charging it which, is great in my opinion. As soon as I open the boom the phone recognizes it and I could use it again. There were a few times I had to manually sync the bluetooth but that is a minor set back. The clarity on my end was great; I can hear the person clearly with no problem and I have the option to turn the volume up or down. I was able to find this bluetooth elsewhere for only $22 so I decided to buy 2. I have had the cheap bluetooth where you have to have the phone next to the bluetooth in order to prevent from hearing it crackle, which also did not have volume control and uncomfortable. I have also had the bluetooth that would reconnect and disconnect on its own in the middle of a call. The only reason why I bought the H710 is because it had great reviews and I lost the crappy cheap ones. In other words, I was devastated when it stopped working. The problem started when the people I was talking to couldn't hear me. Only 4 months of use and the microphone already stopped working. Since I had bought two I figured I would be fine, I would just use the second one while I search for another bluetooth. Unfortunately, the second bluetooth didn't work. I didn't even get the opportunity to use it once. I could hear the person clearly but they could not hear me at all. I tested to see if the bluetooth was on mute and that wasn't the case. I noticed for the other motorola bluetooth reviews (h17, h20, h21, h500 etc) the complaint is the same, the microphone doesn't last long or doesn't work at all. I think it is terrible that such a great design could have such a major flaw. There is no point to a bluetooth if the person cannot hear you. Pro: Comfortable Great design Battery life Size Clarity Clear even with distance Con: Person cannot hear you Microphone life span very short	negative	[ "I LOVE this design.", "I can just flip the boom and I don't have to worry about my headset calling anyone.", "The previous bluetooths I owned called people from my purse, which I hated.", "With the H710 not only does is not call people accidentally but it also saves the battery.", "I could go a few days without charging it which, is great in my opinion.", "As soon as I open the boom the phone recognizes it and I could use it again.", "There were a few times I had to manually sync the bluetooth but that is a minor set back.", "The clarity on my end was great; I can hear the person clearly with no problem and I have the option to turn the volume up or down.", "I was able to find this bluetooth elsewhere for only $22 so I decided to buy 2.", "I have had the cheap bluetooth where you have to have the phone next to the bluetooth in order to prevent from hearing it crackle, which also did not have volume control and uncomfortable.", "I have also had the bluetooth that would reconnect and disconnect on its own in the middle of a call.", "The only reason why I bought the H710 is because it had great reviews and I lost the crappy cheap ones.", "In other words, I was devastated when it stopped working.", "The problem started when the people I was talking to couldn't hear me.", "Only 4 months of use and the microphone already stopped working.", "Since I had bought two I figured I would be fine, I would just use the second one while I search for another bluetooth.", "Unfortunately, the second bluetooth didn't work.", "I didn't even get the opportunity to use it once.", "I could hear the person clearly but they could not hear me at all.", "I tested to see if the bluetooth was on mute and that wasn't the case.", "I noticed for the other motorola bluetooth reviews (h17, h20, h21, h500 etc) the complaint is the same, the microphone doesn't last long or doesn't work at all.", "I think it is terrible that such a great design could have such a major flaw.", "There is no point to a bluetooth if the person cannot hear you.", "Pro:\nComfortable\nGreat design\nBattery life\nSize\nClarity\nClear even with distance\n\nCon:\nPerson cannot hear you\nMicrophone life span very short" ]