If you think about it, it doesn't sound any worse than what the movie studios do. I was looking at a poster for a movie that had a rave review from a Fox station. The movie was made by Fox.
I know everyone probably already knows about it, but I like to use Rotten Tomatoes instead of/in addition to IMDb. IMDb is great for finding out information and how popular a movie was, but the ratings and the reviews can just be written by anybody so they're more often than not very unintelligent. Rotten Tomatoes tallies up professional critics' responses. I also listen to Ebert and Roeper's audio reviews every week. Sometimes they're way off, but they're fairly reasonable most of the time. Still, I give Rotten Tomatoes more weight. I recently found out about m o v i e l e n s, which uses an algorithm to guess what you'd rate movies based on previous ratings. You have to spend a lot of time rating initially for the ratings to be accurate. I find it pretty accurate, though occasionally it will be way off with movies you hate or love for weird reasons. It gave Antitrust a low rating for me, but I gave it five stars based just on how much I enjoyed the fantasy of taking down Microsoft (*sigh*), and it gave a high rating for Atarnajuat: The Fast Runner, which I absolutely abhorred due to the terrible amateurish filming and editing.
I've never really been as into SF/Fantasy as most geeks are, though I can definitely enjoy those types of stories. Anything by Stephen King is good for me, though most other horror authors are kind of bad, IMHO.
The Internet Book List, which was mentioned in a story a while ago, is a pretty good place for finding good books, especially right now for SF/F.
[off_topic]WTF? is this? Somebody sure went to a lot of trouble just to put a bunch of links to goatse.cx! This person must have less of a life than me![/off_topic]
[redundant]Jeeze! The reviewer really was a moron! A review really is supposed to contain some editorializing! I guess I'll have to read it and do a REAL review![/redundant]
Couldn't you just whip out your DV camcorder and make some recordings like snuff movies and porn (or just some goofy movie you made) and then post the DV files? That would fill up a lot of space quickly. I would've thought this would be obvioius.
They can't ban IPs?
Anyway, I really wouldn't want to spend all the money and I could use the exercise, so I don't see me getting this for quite awhile...
I too thought they meant the Boy Scouts of America. They're certainly one of my enemies, but I don't really see how they'd rank up with the RIAA and such here on/.
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If you think about it, it doesn't sound any worse than what the movie studios do. I was looking at a poster for a movie that had a rave review from a Fox station. The movie was made by Fox.
The department for this article, "yukkuri hanashite kudasai," is Japanese for "Please speak slowly."
I stayed up all night last night and the world's first completely silent drape runners! We're going to be so rich!
I know everyone probably already knows about it, but I like to use Rotten Tomatoes instead of/in addition to IMDb. IMDb is great for finding out information and how popular a movie was, but the ratings and the reviews can just be written by anybody so they're more often than not very unintelligent. Rotten Tomatoes tallies up professional critics' responses. I also listen to Ebert and Roeper's audio reviews every week. Sometimes they're way off, but they're fairly reasonable most of the time. Still, I give Rotten Tomatoes more weight. I recently found out about m o v i e l e n s, which uses an algorithm to guess what you'd rate movies based on previous ratings. You have to spend a lot of time rating initially for the ratings to be accurate. I find it pretty accurate, though occasionally it will be way off with movies you hate or love for weird reasons. It gave Antitrust a low rating for me, but I gave it five stars based just on how much I enjoyed the fantasy of taking down Microsoft (*sigh*), and it gave a high rating for Atarnajuat: The Fast Runner, which I absolutely abhorred due to the terrible amateurish filming and editing.
Oh no! They got into the blue diamond-powered lasers! Run!
I've never really been as into SF/Fantasy as most geeks are, though I can definitely enjoy those types of stories. Anything by Stephen King is good for me, though most other horror authors are kind of bad, IMHO.
The Internet Book List, which was mentioned in a story a while ago, is a pretty good place for finding good books, especially right now for SF/F.
Parasite Eve taught me some interesting biology back in my youth.
The House is part of Congress. You're just being more specific.
[off_topic]WTF? is this? Somebody sure went to a lot of trouble just to put a bunch of links to goatse.cx! This person must have less of a life than me![/off_topic]
[redundant]Jeeze! The reviewer really was a moron! A review really is supposed to contain some editorializing! I guess I'll have to read it and do a REAL review![/redundant]
Couldn't you just whip out your DV camcorder and make some recordings like snuff movies and porn (or just some goofy movie you made) and then post the DV files? That would fill up a lot of space quickly. I would've thought this would be obvioius.
Isn't this how all the weird/dangerous stuff in the anime Serial Experiments Lain got started? Cool.
They can't ban IPs? Anyway, I really wouldn't want to spend all the money and I could use the exercise, so I don't see me getting this for quite awhile...
I too thought they meant the Boy Scouts of America. They're certainly one of my enemies, but I don't really see how they'd rank up with the RIAA and such here on /.