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Critics Pan Nemesis
Reader NCC1701E submitted a short write-up on the movie:
"First, the executive summary: wait for the video. Now, the Gory Details, in all their splendor. I somehow received an email invitation to an advance screening to the Paramount Theater in Times Square, here in NYC. I had to wait in line for 30 minutes, and there was some confusion in swapping my email print out for a pass. But they didn't even check names against a list; it was basically first-come, first served among those who had been inveigled there through various means. In the end, there were even some empty seats. The movie itself? Basically disappointing. IMHO, the weakest entry yet in the series. Production values and special effects were excellent. And it was great to see the movie in a big theater with Dolby sound. But NEMESIS is little more than a Western type "shoot out" movie. The bad guys attack. The good guys fight back, Then, there's more attacking and more fighting back. Then it happens again. And again. You get the idea. I'm a sucker for the hokey humanism that was the hallmark of Star Trek at its best. There was very little of that on display here. In fact, there was very little in the way of a plot. Just some mildly amusing cutesy scenes, plus some murky musings about the nature vs. nuture debate re: a Picard clone. So I didn't much care for the movie. And judging by the subdued response in the theater, neither did the audience. BTW, NY audiences can be cruel. This one snickered at corny lines that weren't supposed to be funny. The phrase "derisive laughter" leaps to mind. I predict NEMESIS will be a huge box office hit. But long-time fans may be as disappointed as I was."
That blows the snot out of the old "even episodes good", "odd episodes bad" theorem. Or was that the other way around? I can never remember....
He would have installed Linux on the Borg Collective, and when they tried to install Interstellar Explorer, they'd set off a Blue Screen of Death and earth would have been safe!
yeah, I think that Tycho said something like this yesterday, sans the Nemesis wording. He was talking about Equilibrium. At least give the author credit when stealing his work. You fucking cut and paste karma whore.
This is my sig. Its pathetic.
As others have pointed out, this is a blatent cut-and-paste plagiarizing from a rant Gabe at PA had about Equilibrium this past week. Please moderate accordingly.
The problem is that most people who review things are the very people who seem to have the most hang ups about that thing. This makes their reviews worthless to the rest of us who simply enjoy watching movies or reading books. So Mr. Moviereviewerman, you think Equilibrium had a "derivative, punch-the-keyboard plot." You think it was "crude, but occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, merely for its sheer ridiculousness." You think that a movie like Equilibrium is just too far below your standards. Well I bet you twenty bucks you have a painting in your house that you bought because it matched your couch, how fucking pedestrian.
That little blurb was taken from here. Mod this lamer down, please.
Quoting Penny Arcade much? Three cheers for plagiarism! You could have at least gave them credit... Here is original text (at bottom).
1. Bad Guys make new secret weapon and use it on Good Guys (robeast)
2. Good Guys attack and get asses kicked (attack as lions)
3. Good Guys Regroup (form voltron)
4. Good Guys attack again and get asses kicked
5. Good Guys use their own secret weapon to destroy their enemy (form blazing sword, cut in two or four)
6. Profit!
--paul
-- Every time you kill a kitten, God masturbates.
Here.