Yeah, too bad there is not a lot riding on those comments though.
Saying a movie has an impressive cast because it contains XY&Z that you've heard of, doen't justify REASONING behind preference and indifference.
So what made the cast impressive? Was there a deep, thought provoking soliloquy given by Charlize, that moved you to tears? Or was she just hot looking running around in her skimpy black vinyl suit?
"The aesthetic quality was down-right captivating"
But why? How?
Simply listing off a series of random observations does not make a good, sound review, my friend...
My first thought when reading this was: "Is this a joke?" Followed by the realization that this may only be a sad attempt at the lamest, and most unnecssary troll ever on/.
Irrelevant. Boring. Not very fun.
These are all things that come to mind when reading/. as of late.
I've never posted on here, and have been a long, long time reader- but I have to speak out when it gets so bad that a once reputable source of information and cutting edge techology is left to commenting on a fan boy's empty ramblings.
What makes die-hard readers leave for places like BoingBoing, and Metafilter? Could it be the simple fact that the other community blogs instill a sense of COMMUNITY, and a not a juvenile division of US vs. THEM?
"Is it just me or has slashdot been posting a lot more lame articles like this? I'm not sure but I get the opinion that the editors have changed tack and are going for a more inflammatory style. The rhetorical questions that they post at the end of their first posts are often poorly thought out and sometimes just plain illogical or indicative that they failed to read the article or pay attention when they read the article."
I couldn't agree more. Remember when/. had a little link on the side bar that directed to this?
http://www.filthycritic.com/filthy/
Those were better days, weren't they? (btw, the Filthy review of Aeon is aboultely hilarious, and dead-on).
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"Yeah... I have no idea why he liked it."
Yeah, too bad there is not a lot riding on those comments though.
Saying a movie has an impressive cast because it contains XY&Z that you've heard of, doen't justify REASONING behind preference and indifference.
So what made the cast impressive? Was there a deep, thought provoking soliloquy given by Charlize, that moved you to tears? Or was she just hot looking running around in her skimpy black vinyl suit?
"The aesthetic quality was down-right captivating"
But why? How?
Simply listing off a series of random observations does not make a good, sound review, my friend...
Irrelevant. Boring. Not very fun.
These are all things that come to mind when reading /. as of late.
I've never posted on here, and have been a long, long time reader- but I have to speak out when it gets so bad that a once reputable source of information and cutting edge techology is left to commenting on a fan boy's empty ramblings.
What makes die-hard readers leave for places like BoingBoing, and Metafilter? Could it be the simple fact that the other community blogs instill a sense of COMMUNITY, and a not a juvenile division of US vs. THEM?
"Is it just me or has slashdot been posting a lot more lame articles like this? I'm not sure but I get the opinion that the editors have changed tack and are going for a more inflammatory style. The rhetorical questions that they post at the end of their first posts are often poorly thought out and sometimes just plain illogical or indicative that they failed to read the article or pay attention when they read the article."
I couldn't agree more. Remember when /. had a little link on the side bar that directed to this?
http://www.filthycritic.com/filthy/
Those were better days, weren't they? (btw, the Filthy review of Aeon is aboultely hilarious, and dead-on).