If I had points, I'd mod this up...not because I believe it without proof, but because if the allegations are true, we should know and be able to make our decisions based on that.
I agree, and even more so...if this is going to be the case, perhaps./ should be paying $$ to the people who submit stories. After all, every other media outlet type pays its writers and creative staff for their work.
Or perhaps we could tkae this further...if your submission gets posted, then $5 is credited to your account. The more you participate, the more you help./, and the more you help yourself. Sounds like a win-win to me.
Stupid comment system logged me out for no reason. I wrote the above.
Once again Katz, you speak from a dark orifice
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Review: Kung Pow
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Sure, the movie was no LOTR. It was childish, pretty dumb, and had a number of cliches.
However, the cliches were obviously intentional, there were a few jokes that really were quite funny and original, and there even was a (very rare) bit of brilliance there.
They did one hell of a job melding two old martial arts movies together with a fair bit of greenscreen and CGI to make it a reasonably cohesive whole. The thing is, if you are going to go see this, don't expect a standard movie with typical cut scenes, soundtracks and characterisations. Take it as it is and you'll probably enjoy it.
However, take it seriously and expect to come out of it with some sort of sense of purpose and you'll be disappointed. Go see it with Katz' typical pap of a review in mind and you'll be annoyed at the movie and at Katz.
In my last job I spent more than 20 hours on hold (doing other stuff with my neck holding the phone at an odd angle) to try and get repair for the flimsy covers to the CDRW and DVD drives for a Sony Vaio, which broke off almost immediately after we bought it (brand new). In fact, the user of the laptop (our head of sales) left the company in the mean time. I was passed back and forth between countries (US and Canada), departments (Sales, Customer Service, regular repair, laptop repair, warranty division), and phone numbers so many times that I gave up trying to take notes.
In the end, we gave up. Sony sucks, their customer service sucks, their product (at least the Vaio) sucks, and I for one will NEVER buy another Sony product as long as I live.
Slashdot Mirror
If I had points, I'd mod this up...not because I believe it without proof, but because if the allegations are true, we should know and be able to make our decisions based on that.
Kickstart
I agree, and even more so...if this is going to be the case, perhaps ./ should be paying $$ to the people who submit stories. After all, every other media outlet type pays its writers and creative staff for their work.
./, and the more you help yourself. Sounds like a win-win to me.
Or perhaps we could tkae this further...if your submission gets posted, then $5 is credited to your account. The more you participate, the more you help
Kickstart
Stupid comment system logged me out for no reason. I wrote the above.
Sure, the movie was no LOTR. It was childish, pretty dumb, and had a number of cliches.
However, the cliches were obviously intentional, there were a few jokes that really were quite funny and original, and there even was a (very rare) bit of brilliance there.
They did one hell of a job melding two old martial arts movies together with a fair bit of greenscreen and CGI to make it a reasonably cohesive whole. The thing is, if you are going to go see this, don't expect a standard movie with typical cut scenes, soundtracks and characterisations. Take it as it is and you'll probably enjoy it.
However, take it seriously and expect to come out of it with some sort of sense of purpose and you'll be disappointed. Go see it with Katz' typical pap of a review in mind and you'll be annoyed at the movie and at Katz.
TheGeek
In the end, we gave up. Sony sucks, their customer service sucks, their product (at least the Vaio) sucks, and I for one will NEVER buy another Sony product as long as I live.
Kickstart