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1 | BEWARE! Not all movies are USA DVD Player Compatible! | I have ordered movies from other vendors on Amazon and all over and I have NEVER heard that some movies are not for the North American region. Why sell them on our Amazon then? Sell on Amazon.uk or some other such place. Yes, after I received it, and when they told me to relook at the listing page, it does state at the bottom of the listing that this movie may not play on all DVD players. I had NO IDEA to even look for such a thing. So now I have a movie that I cannot watch as it states "Region Code Error." In addition, before mentioning the error code, I let them know that the DVD was unsecured in the case, just floating around and it has several scratches on it. Who knows if I had been able to play it in my regular NORTH AMERICAN DVD PLAYER, if it would have played all the way through. Very frustrated and not happy with this vendor. Will never order from them again. Thank God I am only out $4. :( | 12 | [
"I have ordered movies from other vendors on Amazon and all over and I have NEVER heard that some movies are not for the North American region.",
"Why sell them on our Amazon then?",
"Sell on Amazon.uk or some other such place.",
"Yes, after I received it, and when they told me to relook at the listing page, it does state at the bottom of the listing that this movie may not play on all DVD players.",
"I had NO IDEA to even look for such a thing.",
"So now I have a movie that I cannot watch as it states \"Region Code Error.\" In addition, before mentioning the error code, I let them know that the DVD was unsecured in the case, just floating around and it has several scratches on it.",
"Who knows if I had been able to play it in my regular NORTH AMERICAN DVD PLAYER, if it would have played all the way through.",
"Very frustrated and not happy with this vendor.",
"Will never order from them again.",
"Thank God I am only out $4.",
":("
] |
1 | What a waste of cash | He claims to reveal the SECRETS of serak. Then, he shows us techniques that are literal intepretations of the forms. No pressure point stuff. No physics. No jing. Nothing. That's like saying the secret color of the sky is blue. Sure didn't seem very secretive to me.Furthermore, despite Joey's claim of breaking from tradition (isn't that the new popular battle-cry?), he never studied the art. At least when Bruce Lee did it, he studied Wing Chun for a number of years BEFORE going formless.I'd highly recommend you buy the silat tape from Steven Plinck or Steve Gartin instead. At least that has some material on there that's worth the money. | 11 | [
"He claims to reveal the SECRETS of serak.",
"Then, he shows us techniques that are literal intepretations of the forms.",
"No pressure point stuff.",
"No physics.",
"No jing.",
"Nothing.",
"That's like saying the secret color of the sky is blue.",
"Sure didn't seem very secretive to me.Furthermore, despite Joey's claim of breaking from tradition (isn't that the new popular battle-cry?",
"), he never studied the art.",
"At least when Bruce Lee did it, he studied Wing Chun for a number of years BEFORE going formless.I'd highly recommend you buy the silat tape from Steven Plinck or Steve Gartin instead.",
"At least that has some material on there that's worth the money."
] |
2 | A Touching Story | I like the 2-set DVD, I have watched a few times, and I would watch more. I have to admit that I bought this DVD because I want to see Michael Jackson, now I found the story is touching and great.There's a small booklet to give you the brief of the story, and some small stories, here's one very touching:7:30P.M.:Lionel Richie's house. Lionel has been sleeping since 10:00a.m. The phone rings. It's Steve Perry, calling from his L.A. hotel room. Perry says he just had to call somebody. Lionel asks him what's wrong. Perry says that he slept well. He got up and ordered room service. They brought him breakfast. he sat down. He pulled the silver cover off the food. And then he started crying.OMG, tears come from my eyes...Still miss Michael. | 14 | [
"I like the 2-set DVD, I have watched a few times, and I would watch more.",
"I have to admit that I bought this DVD because I want to see Michael Jackson, now I found the story is touching and great.There's a small booklet to give you the brief of the story, and some small stories, here's one very touching:7:30P.M.:Lionel Richie's house.",
"Lionel has been sleeping since 10:00a.m. The phone rings.",
"It's Steve Perry, calling from his L.A. hotel room.",
"Perry says he just had to call somebody.",
"Lionel asks him what's wrong.",
"Perry says that he slept well.",
"He got up and ordered room service.",
"They brought him breakfast.",
"he sat down.",
"He pulled the silver cover off the food.",
"And then he started crying.OMG, tears come from my eyes...Still miss Michael."
] |
2 | A superb effort for VH | This cd has the depth and meaning that most artists never seem to reach in their careers. Their style and sound is somehow similar to R.E.M. But somehow it leaves you more inspired than R.E.M.The Explosive entry of We Are, sets the cd off right. Then the frustration of You're A God hooks you and makes you want more. That leads right into Everything You Want. If you haven't heard it by now, then you are probably very lucky. It was overplayed, like most songs, but if you look past that then it is a great song about failed romance. The real gem of this cd is next. Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning). The slow sad melodic voice of Matt Scannel. You Say is another great song. Finding Me is another great song that catches the mood. Another favorite of mine is All Of You. It seems to almost catch you off guard but it sounds great.Overall, A great cd that merits a good listen | 14 | [
"This cd has the depth and meaning that most artists never seem to reach in their careers.",
"Their style and sound is somehow similar to R.E.M. But somehow it leaves you more inspired than R.E.M.The Explosive entry of We Are, sets the cd off right.",
"Then the frustration of You're A God hooks you and makes you want more.",
"That leads right into Everything You Want.",
"If you haven't heard it by now, then you are probably very lucky.",
"It was overplayed, like most songs, but if you look past that then it is a great song about failed romance.",
"The real gem of this cd is next.",
"Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning).",
"The slow sad melodic voice of Matt Scannel.",
"You Say is another great song.",
"Finding Me is another great song that catches the mood.",
"Another favorite of mine is All Of You.",
"It seems to almost catch you off guard but it sounds great.Overall, A great cd that merits a good listen"
] |
2 | Well sized and sturdy | These bowls are great. I almost got the set with 4 bowls, but I'm glad I didn't as I think the smallest bowl would have potentially been too small. These bowls are very nicely sized.I like that it is very easy to store these. Simply put the lids on each bowl and next them inside each other. Do make sure they are dry though if you do this as the lids seal extremely well. I've had covered mixing bowls before and they've always sealed like crap. I'm very pleased with how these seal.These are of course easy to clean. They are easy to use a hand mixer in. They have a variety of very useful sizes for your needs.I'm very pleased with these items. I don't think I'd recommend putting the lids in the dishwasher in the long term though as I think it could screw up how well the lids seal. The bowls themselves could easily go into the dishwasher though. | 11 | [
"These bowls are great.",
"I almost got the set with 4 bowls, but I'm glad I didn't as I think the smallest bowl would have potentially been too small.",
"These bowls are very nicely sized.I like that it is very easy to store these.",
"Simply put the lids on each bowl and next them inside each other.",
"Do make sure they are dry though if you do this as the lids seal extremely well.",
"I've had covered mixing bowls before and they've always sealed like crap.",
"I'm very pleased with how these seal.These are of course easy to clean.",
"They are easy to use a hand mixer in.",
"They have a variety of very useful sizes for your needs.I'm very pleased with these items.",
"I don't think I'd recommend putting the lids in the dishwasher in the long term though as I think it could screw up how well the lids seal.",
"The bowls themselves could easily go into the dishwasher though."
] |
2 | incandescent bulbs are kind of annoying | I have had this light about 2 years. I have 2 other Surefires, and had one other that got stolen. I think they are great flashlights. They are all bright and feel really well made.The only problem I have had with this light, and other Surefire lights is sometimes the bulbs don't last long. Surefire says the bulbs should last about 30 hours depending on how they are used. The 225 lumen bulb on my M3 lasted through about 2 or 3 sets of batteries over the course of a year. Batteries last about 20 minutes with that bulb, so I guess I got maybe an hour of use out of it? That bulb is about $30. I was kind of annoyed about that. With one of my other Surefires, the bulb went out after being dropped. These bulbs are expensive. My next Surefire will be LED. | 12 | [
"I have had this light about 2 years.",
"I have 2 other Surefires, and had one other that got stolen.",
"I think they are great flashlights.",
"They are all bright and feel really well made.The only problem I have had with this light, and other Surefire lights is sometimes the bulbs don't last long.",
"Surefire says the bulbs should last about 30 hours depending on how they are used.",
"The 225 lumen bulb on my M3 lasted through about 2 or 3 sets of batteries over the course of a year.",
"Batteries last about 20 minutes with that bulb, so I guess I got maybe an hour of use out of it?",
"That bulb is about $30.",
"I was kind of annoyed about that.",
"With one of my other Surefires, the bulb went out after being dropped.",
"These bulbs are expensive.",
"My next Surefire will be LED."
] |
2 | PURELY UNDERRATED!!!! | Okay, it's been 4 years since the last review was posted on here. But I'm gonna resurrect this one. It's been 15 years since this release, and for me it was right up there with the rest of those other cats out at the time. It's too bad these cats didn't get the love they deserved for this effort, but we all know how fickle the music business can be...regardless of your relation to 1/2 of the duo responsible for the birth of Philly-Soul. This album, was and is definitely a contender. From East and Westcoast Hip-Hop bangers like Shaniqua and Forget I was a G to bedroom pleasers for the ladies like 187, Turn U out, and Sex on the Beach. I hate using the term "Fell Off" cause again I'm fully aware of how things can go in this business. But I look forward hearing something new from cats again. In the meantime, this is definitely a "must-have" to add to your collection. You won't be sorry. 5.0 rating all the way | 11 | [
"Okay, it's been 4 years since the last review was posted on here.",
"But I'm gonna resurrect this one.",
"It's been 15 years since this release, and for me it was right up there with the rest of those other cats out at the time.",
"It's too bad these cats didn't get the love they deserved for this effort, but we all know how fickle the music business can be...regardless of your relation to 1/2 of the duo responsible for the birth of Philly-Soul.",
"This album, was and is definitely a contender.",
"From East and Westcoast Hip-Hop bangers like Shaniqua and Forget I was a G to bedroom pleasers for the ladies like 187, Turn U out, and Sex on the Beach.",
"I hate using the term \"Fell Off\" cause again I'm fully aware of how things can go in this business.",
"But I look forward hearing something new from cats again.",
"In the meantime, this is definitely a \"must-have\" to add to your collection.",
"You won't be sorry.",
"5.0 rating all the way"
] |
2 | Binary Star - Masters Of The Universe | These guys got a pretty ill style. One of my other Hip Hop head friends gave me the word on these cats and I checked this album out. They got a pretty unique style. The production on this album, some people dont like it, but why shouldnt you? It goes perfectly along with these guys styles. They way they flow goes perfectly with the beats they got on the album. Bottom line, these guys can spit! I was shocked, this is true hiphop. This kind of music gives hiphop a name. I like there kinda style, because they can spit complex lyrics and real rhymes. Respect for that. No bubblegum sh**. On the real. Since I heard that this album is out of print, meaning you can buy it, to find it on ebay, but seriously, go buy it! Its well worth it. Support real hiphop forever.My Top 5 Songs1.Reality Check2.Solar Powered3.Fellowship4.Masters Of The Universe5.One Man Army | 16 | [
"These guys got a pretty ill style.",
"One of my other Hip Hop head friends gave me the word on these cats and I checked this album out.",
"They got a pretty unique style.",
"The production on this album, some people dont like it, but why shouldnt you?",
"It goes perfectly along with these guys styles.",
"They way they flow goes perfectly with the beats they got on the album.",
"Bottom line, these guys can spit!",
"I was shocked, this is true hiphop.",
"This kind of music gives hiphop a name.",
"I like there kinda style, because they can spit complex lyrics and real rhymes.",
"Respect for that.",
"No bubblegum sh**.",
"On the real.",
"Since I heard that this album is out of print, meaning you can buy it, to find it on ebay, but seriously, go buy it!",
"Its well worth it.",
"Support real hiphop forever.My Top 5 Songs1.Reality Check2.Solar Powered3.Fellowship4.Masters Of The Universe5.One Man Army"
] |
2 | It actually works! | In the past year I think people have been using my Honda Ridgeline for target practice with carts at the supermarket. For some reason I have collected a large assortment of small dents in a short period of time. So after seeing a commercial for a similar product on TV, I went to trusty Amazon and decided to look at reviews for products like this. I really didn't think it was going to work and bought one just to try. Well, it took several months before I got around to using it since I fully expected it to be a waste of time, and to my amazement it works! It is fast and easy. I tried it on the first dent and when I peeled away the adhesive, there was no longer a dent. So I went to the second dent..same results. Same for the third, forth and fifth. Only one dent can still be noticed when the light is right, but I don't think I would notice it if I didn't know where to look. I was very happy with this item. | 11 | [
"In the past year I think people have been using my Honda Ridgeline for target practice with carts at the supermarket.",
"For some reason I have collected a large assortment of small dents in a short period of time.",
"So after seeing a commercial for a similar product on TV, I went to trusty Amazon and decided to look at reviews for products like this.",
"I really didn't think it was going to work and bought one just to try.",
"Well, it took several months before I got around to using it since I fully expected it to be a waste of time, and to my amazement it works!",
"It is fast and easy.",
"I tried it on the first dent and when I peeled away the adhesive, there was no longer a dent.",
"So I went to the second dent..same results.",
"Same for the third, forth and fifth.",
"Only one dent can still be noticed when the light is right, but I don't think I would notice it if I didn't know where to look.",
"I was very happy with this item."
] |
1 | Worst rap album i have ever bought. | Puff daddy sucks. When I first bought this album, I was kind of excited to open to it and listen. I thought if he was affiliated with biggie, he must be good. WHOOPS!!! worst waste of 15 dollars! Puff daddy has no talent at all. He is the worst rapper i have ever heard. He needs to stop leeching off off the death of B.I.G. and quit rapping. His producing was alright, but he cannnot rhyme for his life. PUFFY, IF YOU ARE READING THIS, STOP RAPPING. sure, he's getting good business from the 12 year old girl consumers(i'm sure that's who most of the people who wrote the positive reviews are), but when it comes to being decent, he can't. This album sucks. Don't buy this. It is absolutely horrible. Puffy, stay with nickelodeon, you'll always have fans there, but for the real fans, FORGET IT!!! puff daddy is horrible. | 17 | [
"Puff daddy sucks.",
"When I first bought this album, I was kind of excited to open to it and listen.",
"I thought if he was affiliated with biggie, he must be good.",
"WHOOPS!!!",
"worst waste of 15 dollars!",
"Puff daddy has no talent at all.",
"He is the worst rapper i have ever heard.",
"He needs to stop leeching off off the death of B.I.G. and quit rapping.",
"His producing was alright, but he cannnot rhyme for his life.",
"PUFFY, IF YOU ARE READING THIS, STOP RAPPING.",
"sure, he's getting good business from the 12 year old girl consumers(i'm sure that's who most of the people who wrote the positive reviews are), but when it comes to being decent, he can't.",
"This album sucks.",
"Don't buy this.",
"It is absolutely horrible.",
"Puffy, stay with nickelodeon, you'll always have fans there, but for the real fans, FORGET IT!!!",
"puff daddy is horrible."
] |
1 | A pathetic excuse for an advanced book | I have nothing good to say about this book and recommend you avoid wasting your money on it. It's not an advanced book, it would really only work for beginners. Then again, I don't think beginners should use it, either, becuase the Delphi techiques it shows are error-prone and amateurish. The author doesn't seem to be a very good Delphi developer. Also, the book doesn't read well. It's hard to follow. I didn't find the author's prose to be an easy read. His explanations often left me wondering what the heck he just said. Last, the examples don't work. Most of them seem to be geared toward DirectX 2.0 and don't work consistently on the later versions. I tried them on DirectX 5 and 7 and had mixed results. Get Jon Jacobs' book instead. It's much better. | 13 | [
"I have nothing good to say about this book and recommend you avoid wasting your money on it.",
"It's not an advanced book, it would really only work for beginners.",
"Then again, I don't think beginners should use it, either, becuase the Delphi techiques it shows are error-prone and amateurish.",
"The author doesn't seem to be a very good Delphi developer.",
"Also, the book doesn't read well.",
"It's hard to follow.",
"I didn't find the author's prose to be an easy read.",
"His explanations often left me wondering what the heck he just said.",
"Last, the examples don't work.",
"Most of them seem to be geared toward DirectX 2.0 and don't work consistently on the later versions.",
"I tried them on DirectX 5 and 7 and had mixed results.",
"Get Jon Jacobs' book instead.",
"It's much better."
] |
1 | Ann was right - we are ALL guilty of treason and slander | Ann Coulter intelligently points out in this book that we are ALL just guilty of treason and slander. Why pick on Senator Joseph McCarthy, she asks? Granted, she points out, McCarthy was evil and embarrassing. But who sanctioned him? Ann correctly points out that it was you and I. What I like about Ann is her ability to see subtleties. Whereas you or I might think, "liberal" or "conservative", Ann sees through the soundbite simplification and sees the complexities. Ann knows what a tough world it is that we live in, and that if we want to get anywhere we had best toss our silly "liberal" vs. "conservative" absolutism out the window. After all, Ann writes, paraphrasing the bible, "let he who is free of sin cast the first stone". "Let's start seeing problems for what they are!!!" Ann says, "instead of letting our preformed hackneyed ideologies lead us to a fake truth." | 11 | [
"Ann Coulter intelligently points out in this book that we are ALL just guilty of treason and slander.",
"Why pick on Senator Joseph McCarthy, she asks?",
"Granted, she points out, McCarthy was evil and embarrassing.",
"But who sanctioned him?",
"Ann correctly points out that it was you and I.",
"What I like about Ann is her ability to see subtleties.",
"Whereas you or I might think, \"liberal\" or \"conservative\", Ann sees through the soundbite simplification and sees the complexities.",
"Ann knows what a tough world it is that we live in, and that if we want to get anywhere we had best toss our silly \"liberal\" vs.",
"\"conservative\" absolutism out the window.",
"After all, Ann writes, paraphrasing the bible, \"let he who is free of sin cast the first stone\".",
"\"Let's start seeing problems for what they are!!!",
"\" Ann says, \"instead of letting our preformed hackneyed ideologies lead us to a fake truth.\""
] |
1 | Bad | 1. Inconsistency. The problem is beyond what one of the review said, that the author want you to remember every detail he had said. He himself forgot what he had said or not in the previous Hours. 2. Topics not well chosen. Some topics, like Font or Tree View in my opinion, do not deserve one of the precious first 24 hours. 3. Improper detail. For example, so many pages of the lists of every property of almost every control. A much heavy book won't do so. I guess the author was probably more serious with the first couple of Hours. Read all the reviews and you know what I mean. Anyway, if you want to get some rough idea of Visual C++ and sure will go to some more serious books later, you can spend a little time and money on this one. | 14 | [
"1.",
"Inconsistency.",
"The problem is beyond what one of the review said, that the author want you to remember every detail he had said.",
"He himself forgot what he had said or not in the previous Hours.",
"2.",
"Topics not well chosen.",
"Some topics, like Font or Tree View in my opinion, do not deserve one of the precious first 24 hours.",
"3.",
"Improper detail.",
"For example, so many pages of the lists of every property of almost every control.",
"A much heavy book won't do so.",
"I guess the author was probably more serious with the first couple of Hours.",
"Read all the reviews and you know what I mean.",
"Anyway, if you want to get some rough idea of Visual C++ and sure will go to some more serious books later, you can spend a little time and money on this one."
] |
2 | Great Film! | This is a very well done film. Judge once again puts out a well done piece that dosen't seem to make much impact with critics and audiences. Office Space and Idiocracy are so much fun, and Extract continues that. Bateman is simply excellent in the lead role, perfect. Mila has really grown on me, she was "cute" for the 70's show, but I'm glad to see her moving up. One little nitpick I had with this was the "stoner" character. Don't know who played him, but he was too much like a skin head meth dealer, loud, obnoxious, violent, etc. Didn't seem like your friendly pot dealer dude. Good to see Affleck trying this role out, I like the job he did. So, overall, excellent film, the writing, acting, all very good. cheers. | 11 | [
"This is a very well done film.",
"Judge once again puts out a well done piece that dosen't seem to make much impact with critics and audiences.",
"Office Space and Idiocracy are so much fun, and Extract continues that.",
"Bateman is simply excellent in the lead role, perfect.",
"Mila has really grown on me, she was \"cute\" for the 70's show, but I'm glad to see her moving up.",
"One little nitpick I had with this was the \"stoner\" character.",
"Don't know who played him, but he was too much like a skin head meth dealer, loud, obnoxious, violent, etc.",
"Didn't seem like your friendly pot dealer dude.",
"Good to see Affleck trying this role out, I like the job he did.",
"So, overall, excellent film, the writing, acting, all very good.",
"cheers."
] |
1 | WORST PRODUCT EVER--IN EVERY ASPECT!!! | WHERE DO I BEGIN?? The ink catridges dried up after a few weeks of not using it and now it also says the device is not recognized by windows, so it is now offically inoperative. From a scale of 1-10 (10 being an expert) I am like 9.5 when it comes to computers. So I've done everything possible to reinstall this printer and fix its issues to make it functional again and have made no progress. Windows recognizes the device being connected but is useless because it doesn't have a driver; when I try to install the driver, the setup program says the device is not connected. What is its recommendations?? (This is the best part) Check to make sure the cable is plugged in and the power light is on. TERRIBLE!!!!!!! I contacted their Tech. support and their response had nothing to do with my problem I inquired about. PATHETIC!! I'm also considering developing a website just to demote anything with the name LEXMARK on it. I hope this review saves a lot of people... | 13 | [
"WHERE DO I BEGIN??",
"The ink catridges dried up after a few weeks of not using it and now it also says the device is not recognized by windows, so it is now offically inoperative.",
"From a scale of 1-10 (10 being an expert) I am like 9.5 when it comes to computers.",
"So I've done everything possible to reinstall this printer and fix its issues to make it functional again and have made no progress.",
"Windows recognizes the device being connected but is useless because it doesn't have a driver; when I try to install the driver, the setup program says the device is not connected.",
"What is its recommendations??",
"(This is the best part) Check to make sure the cable is plugged in and the power light is on.",
"TERRIBLE!!!",
"!!!",
"!",
"I contacted their Tech.",
"support and their response had nothing to do with my problem I inquired about.",
"PATHETIC!!",
"I'm also considering developing a website just to demote anything with the name LEXMARK on it.",
"I hope this review saves a lot of people..."
] |
1 | Works okay, but not what I was looking for... | I wanted to replace an older GDO receiver that is not Homelink compatible. I wanted a receiver that would work with my Homelink-equipped cars. I bought this receiver, but discovered that it also is not Homelink-compatible. My fault: I didn't research it properly. Second problem: this receiver has a built-in AC plug on the back side. You must have an AC outlet that you can plug it into. The outlet next to my GDO is too close to the GDO motor unit to allow this receiver to be plugged into the outlet. So I had to install it on the garage wall about 15 feet away and string the cable (provided) to the GDO motor unit. That works, but is not a very neat way to install the receiver. So I bought a Homelink-compatible receiver elsewhere. Wasted my money on this one. Someday maybe I'll figure out a use for this one... | 12 | [
"I wanted to replace an older GDO receiver that is not Homelink compatible.",
"I wanted a receiver that would work with my Homelink-equipped cars.",
"I bought this receiver, but discovered that it also is not Homelink-compatible.",
"My fault: I didn't research it properly.",
"Second problem: this receiver has a built-in AC plug on the back side.",
"You must have an AC outlet that you can plug it into.",
"The outlet next to my GDO is too close to the GDO motor unit to allow this receiver to be plugged into the outlet.",
"So I had to install it on the garage wall about 15 feet away and string the cable (provided) to the GDO motor unit.",
"That works, but is not a very neat way to install the receiver.",
"So I bought a Homelink-compatible receiver elsewhere.",
"Wasted my money on this one.",
"Someday maybe I'll figure out a use for this one..."
] |
1 | I just don't get it | I bought these based on the reviews but let me tell you that these suck big time. I am a dude and I bought these for my wife because she needed one. She said they sucked so I tried them out myself just in case she was wrong. Nope, they really do suck. I have rough feet because I am a dude and I was expecting my feet to be like a baby's butt after using the smoother. They still felt like sandpaper. This is how I did it. I went and showered, waited a few minutes for my feet to soak up the water, then I started using this smoother. Nothing. Just crap. What a let down. I was planning on playing footsies with my wife without cutting her. | 12 | [
"I bought these based on the reviews but let me tell you that these suck big time.",
"I am a dude and I bought these for my wife because she needed one.",
"She said they sucked so I tried them out myself just in case she was wrong.",
"Nope, they really do suck.",
"I have rough feet because I am a dude and I was expecting my feet to be like a baby's butt after using the smoother.",
"They still felt like sandpaper.",
"This is how I did it.",
"I went and showered, waited a few minutes for my feet to soak up the water, then I started using this smoother.",
"Nothing.",
"Just crap.",
"What a let down.",
"I was planning on playing footsies with my wife without cutting her."
] |
2 | Review after 3 years | Well, I have had this radio for over 3 years and it has held up well. But, then again, I don't work in a construction site environment. I use it at home and the office. Yes the sound is better through the headphones, but the speaker is good for background. I mostly use this for am talk radio and I am satisfied with the quality of sound and the build.However, a few weeks ago I dropped this radio on the floor and it hit the power button on it's way down. This broke the micro-switch under the power button cover from the main circuit board. I opened up the case and found the micro-switch. Very small, but I was able to carefully solder the tiny switch to the circuit board. I assembled it back together and it works great. Most of you should not try this at home unless you are familiar with electronics as there are no user serviceable parts inside (HA!).Yes, I would recommend this radio and would buy another one if it was lost or stolen. | 11 | [
"Well, I have had this radio for over 3 years and it has held up well.",
"But, then again, I don't work in a construction site environment.",
"I use it at home and the office.",
"Yes the sound is better through the headphones, but the speaker is good for background.",
"I mostly use this for am talk radio and I am satisfied with the quality of sound and the build.However, a few weeks ago I dropped this radio on the floor and it hit the power button on it's way down.",
"This broke the micro-switch under the power button cover from the main circuit board.",
"I opened up the case and found the micro-switch.",
"Very small, but I was able to carefully solder the tiny switch to the circuit board.",
"I assembled it back together and it works great.",
"Most of you should not try this at home unless you are familiar with electronics as there are no user serviceable parts inside (HA!",
").Yes, I would recommend this radio and would buy another one if it was lost or stolen."
] |
2 | This disturbs me | Disturbed sucks. They really really suck. Nobody sucks quite like them. They are the definition on wannabe corporate sell outs. They need to listen to metal before trying to create it. Like Korn, Greenday and many others, they just lack substance and meaning. What are they disturbed about? Making a lot of money and being on MTV? Please. Listen to Animosity, Black Dahlia Murder, Taste of Blood, Origin, TOOL, Pantera, Lamb of God, Meshuggah, God Forbid for starters. Real bands that really have cause to be angry. That'll kick you into shape. | 12 | [
"Disturbed sucks.",
"They really really suck.",
"Nobody sucks quite like them.",
"They are the definition on wannabe corporate sell outs.",
"They need to listen to metal before trying to create it.",
"Like Korn, Greenday and many others, they just lack substance and meaning.",
"What are they disturbed about?",
"Making a lot of money and being on MTV?",
"Please.",
"Listen to Animosity, Black Dahlia Murder, Taste of Blood, Origin, TOOL, Pantera, Lamb of God, Meshuggah, God Forbid for starters.",
"Real bands that really have cause to be angry.",
"That'll kick you into shape."
] |
1 | A good book | "Al Capone Does my Shirts" is about a boy named Moose Flannagan, who just moved from Santa Monica. His father works at Alcatraz so his family had to move there. His sister Natalie has to go to a spacial school but on second day, the people from the school call the family and tell the Flannagan family to come pick her up. They said they were having problems with Natalie. When Natalie comes back to Alcatraz, Moose's mom tells Moose to let Natalie hang around Moose and his friends. The part that stood out was when Natalie had fits, or counted her buttons. Moose is a 13 year old boy. He likes to play baseball and doesn't really talk to his mom. Natalie is Moose's supposedly younger sister. She counts buttons and reads math books. Natalie turns ten every year but she is really sixteen. I recommend this book to people, who like books that are set in the older times or baseball and jails. | 12 | [
"\"Al Capone Does my Shirts\" is about a boy named Moose Flannagan, who just moved from Santa Monica.",
"His father works at Alcatraz so his family had to move there.",
"His sister Natalie has to go to a spacial school but on second day, the people from the school call the family and tell the Flannagan family to come pick her up.",
"They said they were having problems with Natalie.",
"When Natalie comes back to Alcatraz, Moose's mom tells Moose to let Natalie hang around Moose and his friends.",
"The part that stood out was when Natalie had fits, or counted her buttons.",
"Moose is a 13 year old boy.",
"He likes to play baseball and doesn't really talk to his mom.",
"Natalie is Moose's supposedly younger sister.",
"She counts buttons and reads math books.",
"Natalie turns ten every year but she is really sixteen.",
"I recommend this book to people, who like books that are set in the older times or baseball and jails."
] |
2 | Creates good food, takes some getting use to... smokey | This grill works great, especially when it is cold outside. You really have to keep an eye on it however. Once you heat it up it will take a long time to cool down. If you get it too hot you are in danger of burning. I keep one side cooler than the other. I have done breakfast, lunch and diner. I have done beef, chicken, veg burgers, vegetables, eggs, pancakes, eggs, potatoes, bacon, ham, no fish yet. Don't over-crowd it. You will have to plan for larger groups. You may want to stick with your Teflon. That is easier, but less fun/ satisfying. If you get it too hot and it will smoke you out. I think it should have a little more tilt to the reservoir. Have some dedicated clothe rags and scrubbers to clean. Difficult cleaning is a negative on this and it is very heavy. | 15 | [
"This grill works great, especially when it is cold outside.",
"You really have to keep an eye on it however.",
"Once you heat it up it will take a long time to cool down.",
"If you get it too hot you are in danger of burning.",
"I keep one side cooler than the other.",
"I have done breakfast, lunch and diner.",
"I have done beef, chicken, veg burgers, vegetables, eggs, pancakes, eggs, potatoes, bacon, ham, no fish yet.",
"Don't over-crowd it.",
"You will have to plan for larger groups.",
"You may want to stick with your Teflon.",
"That is easier, but less fun/ satisfying.",
"If you get it too hot and it will smoke you out.",
"I think it should have a little more tilt to the reservoir.",
"Have some dedicated clothe rags and scrubbers to clean.",
"Difficult cleaning is a negative on this and it is very heavy."
] |
1 | OH WHAT A BAD GAME! | This game is horrible! All you do is sit there and throw out your line and reel it in. Throw out an reel it. Throw it out and reel it in.... you cant reel in a fish either because the always start shaking and get away. I have been stuck at the yamemme trout level forever and not caught a single fish there yet! This game makes the real sport of fishing look horrible. REAL fishermen like me prefer games that you can actually move around in a boat and try to find the fish. This game is horrible. Just do me a favor and don't buy it. Also, don't get action bass either. It is better than this game anyways, at least you can see your lure move under water..... But however if you have to get one of the two, get Action Bass. | 12 | [
"This game is horrible!",
"All you do is sit there and throw out your line and reel it in.",
"Throw out an reel it.",
"Throw it out and reel it in.... you cant reel in a fish either because the always start shaking and get away.",
"I have been stuck at the yamemme trout level forever and not caught a single fish there yet!",
"This game makes the real sport of fishing look horrible.",
"REAL fishermen like me prefer games that you can actually move around in a boat and try to find the fish.",
"This game is horrible.",
"Just do me a favor and don't buy it.",
"Also, don't get action bass either.",
"It is better than this game anyways, at least you can see your lure move under water..... But however if you have to get one of the two, get Action Bass."
] |
1 | cloverfield | I just saw the movie. I donot like this movie. The camera angels where bad. It was not anywhere near as good as Godzilla. Not much action just a lot of running and seeing threw the eyes of the camera. You did not see the monster destroy buildings. You did see a little bit of the monster now and than. I think this movie was made to see just how bad a movie can be made. If I could give a negitive in the stars I would. If the movie was shown buy the Army or Monster point of view it would have been a lot better. Poor writing, Poor Camera angels. One long boring Movie. Save your money and get a real action dvd. Like anything else. | 14 | [
"I just saw the movie.",
"I donot like this movie.",
"The camera angels where bad.",
"It was not anywhere near as good as Godzilla.",
"Not much action just a lot of running and seeing threw the eyes of the camera.",
"You did not see the monster destroy buildings.",
"You did see a little bit of the monster now and than.",
"I think this movie was made to see just how bad a movie can be made.",
"If I could give a negitive in the stars I would.",
"If the movie was shown buy the Army or Monster point of view it would have been a lot better.",
"Poor writing, Poor Camera angels.",
"One long boring Movie.",
"Save your money and get a real action dvd.",
"Like anything else."
] |
2 | Foreigner fans, never mind the bad reviews, get this DVD | Most of you people should probably get a new tv, dvd player and sound system.... this DVD is very enjoyable !!! There are no problems with the audio or the video on this DVD. Yes some of the stuff might be a bit cheezy, but that's how dvd's from the early 90's look like. I think the worst thing on this DVD is the stage design. But nothing we can do about that.....And to the person who collects and owns 35 DVD's...well you're not in a position to criticize any DVD. When you get to the major leagues of collecting DVD's and have at least 500 and up, you can comment !!! What a joke this is !!! | 11 | [
"Most of you people should probably get a new tv, dvd player and sound system.... this DVD is very enjoyable!!!",
"There are no problems with the audio or the video on this DVD.",
"Yes some of the stuff might be a bit cheezy, but that's how dvd's from the early 90's look like.",
"I think the worst thing on this DVD is the stage design.",
"But nothing we can do about that.....And to the person who collects and owns 35 DVD's...well you're not in a position to criticize any DVD.",
"When you get to the major leagues of collecting DVD's and have at least 500 and up, you can comment!!!",
"What a joke this is!!!"
] |
1 | A big disappointment | I had previously read, and definitely recommend, a book by the same authors "Yes, You Can Still Retire Comfortably!". It was straightforward, practical, to the point. And in that book, they referred many times to this earlier book of theirs. I thought ... wow! ... if these guys can make market timing as simple as they made retirement planning, the world is a wonderful place.I was wrong. Simple? Yes. Totally simple. But, let me save you the time. While making a convincing case, they "prove" that only a fool (and I do not mean that with a capital F) would have bought stocks since about 1984. If you believe that, buy this book.In short ... buy their retirement book. Skip this one. | 12 | [
"I had previously read, and definitely recommend, a book by the same authors \"Yes, You Can Still Retire Comfortably!",
"\".",
"It was straightforward, practical, to the point.",
"And in that book, they referred many times to this earlier book of theirs.",
"I thought ... wow!",
"... if these guys can make market timing as simple as they made retirement planning, the world is a wonderful place.I was wrong.",
"Simple?",
"Yes.",
"Totally simple.",
"But, let me save you the time.",
"While making a convincing case, they \"prove\" that only a fool (and I do not mean that with a capital F) would have bought stocks since about 1984.",
"If you believe that, buy this book.In short ... buy their retirement book.",
"Skip this one."
] |
2 | Some good, a little bad. | The chairs are as advertised. They have a nice big comfortable seat and seem sturdy. Maybe they will last a lifetime.On the bad side, you're supposed to be able to use them outside. I am using one to sit on while I moderate my dogs' eating since they get snippy if I don't supervise. I notice the seats are getting stained from the rain, etc. I have not scrubbed them but I'm pretty sure some of it is not coming out. But what I find most troubling is ants. Apparently there are small openings in the seat and an ant colony has taken up residence. They use the seat as their patio and the inside as their colony home. So inside the seat is probably all kinds of ant debris. I wish there were no holes in the plastic that allowed this. That is my only problem with this product. | 12 | [
"The chairs are as advertised.",
"They have a nice big comfortable seat and seem sturdy.",
"Maybe they will last a lifetime.On the bad side, you're supposed to be able to use them outside.",
"I am using one to sit on while I moderate my dogs' eating since they get snippy if I don't supervise.",
"I notice the seats are getting stained from the rain, etc.",
"I have not scrubbed them but I'm pretty sure some of it is not coming out.",
"But what I find most troubling is ants.",
"Apparently there are small openings in the seat and an ant colony has taken up residence.",
"They use the seat as their patio and the inside as their colony home.",
"So inside the seat is probably all kinds of ant debris.",
"I wish there were no holes in the plastic that allowed this.",
"That is my only problem with this product."
] |
2 | best album of the 1990's | This is Mascis's best work. Not to say it overshadows his earlier or later work. This album is the best album of the 90's because it's brillently written, produced, emotionally moving, and far more orginial than anything Kurt Cobain could have done. It saddens me that during our now "Best Of-ing" of the 90's J Mascis is always overlooked. Mascis is the one of the greatest songwriters of all time. He is in Tom Waits league. The song Get Me is one the of the greatest songs ever. Period. Where you been should be in everyone's collection. Mascis's music personifies what deep self-closure is all about. Amazing. | 11 | [
"This is Mascis's best work.",
"Not to say it overshadows his earlier or later work.",
"This album is the best album of the 90's because it's brillently written, produced, emotionally moving, and far more orginial than anything Kurt Cobain could have done.",
"It saddens me that during our now \"Best Of-ing\" of the 90's J Mascis is always overlooked.",
"Mascis is the one of the greatest songwriters of all time.",
"He is in Tom Waits league.",
"The song Get Me is one the of the greatest songs ever.",
"Period.",
"Where you been should be in everyone's collection.",
"Mascis's music personifies what deep self-closure is all about.",
"Amazing."
] |
2 | Timeless Masterpiece | Wow, first couple of listens and I thought oh no, mistake. Oh well. Then it revealed itself like the most beatiful ton of bricks. One may not think Detroit techno could posess such a quality. Plus so many musical ideas. Now I know where Theo parrish gets his reputation from. Tempo is the usual speed of contempory minimal. The sound is not dated. Can't say enough, and I like all of the minimal stuff from the last few years or more yet this, it has to be said is way more advanced than most of that stuff(this record is from 2000 I believe). There are notable exceptions - villalobos, hawtin/minus etc. Omar S's fabric CD i also highly recommend, more stripped back than this but no less brilliant in its simplicity. Theo Parrishs Parallel Dimensions is great. How did I miss this. | 13 | [
"Wow, first couple of listens and I thought oh no, mistake.",
"Oh well.",
"Then it revealed itself like the most beatiful ton of bricks.",
"One may not think Detroit techno could posess such a quality.",
"Plus so many musical ideas.",
"Now I know where Theo parrish gets his reputation from.",
"Tempo is the usual speed of contempory minimal.",
"The sound is not dated.",
"Can't say enough, and I like all of the minimal stuff from the last few years or more yet this, it has to be said is way more advanced than most of that stuff(this record is from 2000 I believe).",
"There are notable exceptions - villalobos, hawtin/minus etc.",
"Omar S's fabric CD i also highly recommend, more stripped back than this but no less brilliant in its simplicity.",
"Theo Parrishs Parallel Dimensions is great.",
"How did I miss this."
] |
1 | don't waste your money | A ridiculous over-priced piece of fluff. This "book" is less than 40 pages. On each page, a single "mystery" is printed. (Most of us would call it a "riddle" based on a double meaning of a word or phrase). Answers are provided in the back of the book. Example: "Although she was not an unusually large woman, people were always surprised at Livia weighed. What was it?"Answer: "Anchors" (i.e. Livia worked in a harbor and weighed anchors).The author tries to dress up the book by providing a process of "critical questioning" for "solving the mystery".Save your money, especially you homeschoolers and teachers. Instead, go to your local library and check out a book of riddles and jokes. You'll get the same benefit by reading that with your children. After all, the point of riddles is getting you to consider something carefully and look at it in a different way, or what this book would call "critical thinking skills". | 12 | [
"A ridiculous over-priced piece of fluff.",
"This \"book\" is less than 40 pages.",
"On each page, a single \"mystery\" is printed.",
"(Most of us would call it a \"riddle\" based on a double meaning of a word or phrase).",
"Answers are provided in the back of the book.",
"Example: \"Although she was not an unusually large woman, people were always surprised at Livia weighed.",
"What was it?",
"\"Answer: \"Anchors\" (i.e. Livia worked in a harbor and weighed anchors).The author tries to dress up the book by providing a process of \"critical questioning\" for \"solving the mystery\".Save your money, especially you homeschoolers and teachers.",
"Instead, go to your local library and check out a book of riddles and jokes.",
"You'll get the same benefit by reading that with your children.",
"After all, the point of riddles is getting you to consider something carefully and look at it in a different way, or what this book would call \"critical thinking skills\"."
] |
1 | WHERE IS THE STUPID GAME ALL-READY? | I loved this game on SNES, so when I found out it was becoming available for GBA, I jumped at the chance to pre-order it. I pre-ordered it late October 2003, with a release date in early December 2003.As the date came for it to ship, the release date moved to January 2004. OK, a month delay, I can live with that. Again, the date drew near, and then moved to around Valentine's Day. A few days ago it was March. Today it is September 2004!I have contacted CapCom, and voiced my displeasure with them. I will be shocked if I get a reply. Anyway, if I decide to stick it out, I will have had $36 tied up for a year, for a video game! I could have done other things with that money. What is the "incentive" to stick it out and let Amazon and CapCom keep my money?I understand production and shipping delays, but there is no excuse for this. If the product was not even close to being ready, they should have not announced a date in the first place. | 11 | [
"I loved this game on SNES, so when I found out it was becoming available for GBA, I jumped at the chance to pre-order it.",
"I pre-ordered it late October 2003, with a release date in early December 2003.As the date came for it to ship, the release date moved to January 2004.",
"OK, a month delay, I can live with that.",
"Again, the date drew near, and then moved to around Valentine's Day.",
"A few days ago it was March.",
"Today it is September 2004!",
"I have contacted CapCom, and voiced my displeasure with them.",
"I will be shocked if I get a reply.",
"Anyway, if I decide to stick it out, I will have had $36 tied up for a year, for a video game!",
"I could have done other things with that money.",
"What is the \"incentive\" to stick it out and let Amazon and CapCom keep my money?",
"I understand production and shipping delays, but there is no excuse for this.",
"If the product was not even close to being ready, they should have not announced a date in the first place."
] |
1 | FILMED IN SCENIC SCRANTON | This is another indie flick with a sad lame soundtrack. The movie was filmed during the winter in Scranton, Pa. It is in color, but might as well have been in black and white. This gives the movie a constant sad and despair feel by design.Manny Perez gets out of prison. He is an ex-con who killed his son's mother. He wants to go straight, but circumstances prevents him from doing so. Meanwhile his son is living in a junk yard making a living performing tricks. He meets up with Manny and wants to kill him, but doesn't.Manny wants to help his son and ends up stealing from the mob...I think you get the idea where this is going. I kept waiting for the movie to shift gears and the next thing I knew, it was over.The movie boasts a bad sound track, flashbacks, and an attempt to create art out of junk. The acting was sound, but the movie was too slow.F-bomb, quick sex scene. 1 1/2 stars. | 11 | [
"This is another indie flick with a sad lame soundtrack.",
"The movie was filmed during the winter in Scranton, Pa.",
"It is in color, but might as well have been in black and white.",
"This gives the movie a constant sad and despair feel by design.Manny Perez gets out of prison.",
"He is an ex-con who killed his son's mother.",
"He wants to go straight, but circumstances prevents him from doing so.",
"Meanwhile his son is living in a junk yard making a living performing tricks.",
"He meets up with Manny and wants to kill him, but doesn't.Manny wants to help his son and ends up stealing from the mob...I think you get the idea where this is going.",
"I kept waiting for the movie to shift gears and the next thing I knew, it was over.The movie boasts a bad sound track, flashbacks, and an attempt to create art out of junk.",
"The acting was sound, but the movie was too slow.F-bomb, quick sex scene.",
"1 1/2 stars."
] |
1 | Dont waste your time | I watched this crap about 40 minutes and couldnt take any more. I own all the Preditor and Alien disks and I cant figure out how this made the platform. First of all, the movie must have been done on the night shift. No light at all. I didnt see anything but dark things or whatever. Even the somewhat lit sceens were dark and dim. The coryogrophy or whatever may have been fine but I couldnt see it so I dont know. The 40 minutes I seen of it sucked, so what ever. The actors did there job. Too bad I couldnt see them. Common guys, light, depth of field, contrast, animation, simulation but not this.The sad thing is they have most likely made $40 mill on this crap alredy.ED | 11 | [
"I watched this crap about 40 minutes and couldnt take any more.",
"I own all the Preditor and Alien disks and I cant figure out how this made the platform.",
"First of all, the movie must have been done on the night shift.",
"No light at all.",
"I didnt see anything but dark things or whatever.",
"Even the somewhat lit sceens were dark and dim.",
"The coryogrophy or whatever may have been fine but I couldnt see it so I dont know.",
"The 40 minutes I seen of it sucked, so what ever.",
"The actors did there job.",
"Too bad I couldnt see them.",
"Common guys, light, depth of field, contrast, animation, simulation but not this.The sad thing is they have most likely made $40 mill on this crap alredy.ED"
] |
1 | A Book with Good Characters, but an Uninteresting Plot | Redcoat is a novel depicting the consequences of war on a country and a family. It's full of (not necessarily interesting) detailed war scenes, and a variety of characters. Of all the characters, Martha Crowl is by far the most interesting. She's an independent widow who develops her own opinions and views based on her observations, and hers alone. This quality gets her into trouble later in the book. Jonathan Abel is another interesting character. He shows what it's like to live in a cruel, ridiculing world. I, personally, enjoyed the characters and life scenes in the book, but not the war settings or battles. They were often too detailed and lacked interesting appeal. If you're a war book junkie and enjoy battles and fighting, this is an excellent book for you. But, if you're more into reading about the positive aspects of the world, keep looking. | 11 | [
"Redcoat is a novel depicting the consequences of war on a country and a family.",
"It's full of (not necessarily interesting) detailed war scenes, and a variety of characters.",
"Of all the characters, Martha Crowl is by far the most interesting.",
"She's an independent widow who develops her own opinions and views based on her observations, and hers alone.",
"This quality gets her into trouble later in the book.",
"Jonathan Abel is another interesting character.",
"He shows what it's like to live in a cruel, ridiculing world.",
"I, personally, enjoyed the characters and life scenes in the book, but not the war settings or battles.",
"They were often too detailed and lacked interesting appeal.",
"If you're a war book junkie and enjoy battles and fighting, this is an excellent book for you.",
"But, if you're more into reading about the positive aspects of the world, keep looking."
] |
1 | Intamates Through Time | This book was a terrible dissapointment. The author claims to have been anvisor to Pharoh, Tribal Chief and beloved leader in many of his past lives. I find his delusions of granduer in poor form. I was so disgusted with the author that I chose not to finish reading this book. The writing techinque was poor, The infromation given was scattered and hard to follow. The author must think his audience a fool who will beleive anything he writes. It is like he didn't even try to produce a quality book, just adding another title to his list. Have you ever met someone who would lie to make friends? That is the impressinn I got from Jess Stern. Don't buy this book . It is a waste of your time and money. | 11 | [
"This book was a terrible dissapointment.",
"The author claims to have been anvisor to Pharoh, Tribal Chief and beloved leader in many of his past lives.",
"I find his delusions of granduer in poor form.",
"I was so disgusted with the author that I chose not to finish reading this book.",
"The writing techinque was poor, The infromation given was scattered and hard to follow.",
"The author must think his audience a fool who will beleive anything he writes.",
"It is like he didn't even try to produce a quality book, just adding another title to his list.",
"Have you ever met someone who would lie to make friends?",
"That is the impressinn I got from Jess Stern.",
"Don't buy this book.",
"It is a waste of your time and money."
] |
1 | Terrible | Cusinart appliances are generally great, and my kitchen has several. When I saw this one, I bought it due to the Cuisinart name. I wanted a top-of-the-line rice cooker. I am returning it today after three months of use. It cooks great rice, but the clean-up is ridiculous. The lid just rests on the top, and it doesn't stop spewing steam and rice goo all down the side of the machine, as well as the kitchen counter. It's got to the point where we cook something other than rice because we canot stand the clean-up. I get this same result whether I cook one cup, or six. I've tried difference rices. Always the same. So, it's going back today and I will get a rice cooker that has a clamp-shut lid like my old Zojirushi, which gave me ten years ol great service. | 11 | [
"Cusinart appliances are generally great, and my kitchen has several.",
"When I saw this one, I bought it due to the Cuisinart name.",
"I wanted a top-of-the-line rice cooker.",
"I am returning it today after three months of use.",
"It cooks great rice, but the clean-up is ridiculous.",
"The lid just rests on the top, and it doesn't stop spewing steam and rice goo all down the side of the machine, as well as the kitchen counter.",
"It's got to the point where we cook something other than rice because we canot stand the clean-up.",
"I get this same result whether I cook one cup, or six.",
"I've tried difference rices.",
"Always the same.",
"So, it's going back today and I will get a rice cooker that has a clamp-shut lid like my old Zojirushi, which gave me ten years ol great service."
] |
1 | Broke after 2 months! | I purchased this coffeemaker based on the great reviews. However, it is terrible:1. When the water is placed in the machine the night before (programmed to go on in the morning), the coffee is barely warm. I know you can pour warmer water in the coffeemaker right before making it, but what is the point of programming it for morning use if it can't prepare hot coffee?2. It is tall, bulky and cumbersome.3. After being used about 5 times per week, it broke after 2 months of use. Just stopped making coffee, I followed the manual, and used it according to directions.4. The coffee is not very good.5. It is expensive. Why waste your money on this?Don't waste your money! I rarely write reviews, unless I wish someone had told me re the problems w/a product in advance. Unfortunately, that is the case w/this machine. | 12 | [
"I purchased this coffeemaker based on the great reviews.",
"However, it is terrible:1.",
"When the water is placed in the machine the night before (programmed to go on in the morning), the coffee is barely warm.",
"I know you can pour warmer water in the coffeemaker right before making it, but what is the point of programming it for morning use if it can't prepare hot coffee?",
"2.",
"It is tall, bulky and cumbersome.3. After being used about 5 times per week, it broke after 2 months of use.",
"Just stopped making coffee, I followed the manual, and used it according to directions.4. The coffee is not very good.5. It is expensive.",
"Why waste your money on this?",
"Don't waste your money!",
"I rarely write reviews, unless I wish someone had told me re the problems w/a product in advance.",
"Unfortunately, that is the case w/this machine."
] |
2 | First of many readings by Author Kelly Kenyatta | After reading the intros of "Red Hot Halle" and "Aaliyah" on Kelly Kenyatta's site, my appetite grew to learn more of the two stars. I was excited when my book order arrived. I tore into the package and started reading Halle until my eyes couldn't stay open any longer because I couldn't stop reading. I'm almost through reading it and I'm enjoying every bit of it. I felt like I was there.............. When I picked the book up the next day to finish reading it, I found out there were only two pages left, but I was yearning for more, more............. I like Kelly Kenyatta's style. Her explanations of the other people in her stories are informative. It brings people like me, who don't know them, up to date and put me/us in a familiar time and a place. I couldn't wait to start reading Aaliyah. I have become a fan of Author Kelly Kenyatta. | 11 | [
"After reading the intros of \"Red Hot Halle\" and \"Aaliyah\" on Kelly Kenyatta's site, my appetite grew to learn more of the two stars.",
"I was excited when my book order arrived.",
"I tore into the package and started reading Halle until my eyes couldn't stay open any longer because I couldn't stop reading.",
"I'm almost through reading it and I'm enjoying every bit of it.",
"I felt like I was there.............. When I picked the book up the next day to finish reading it, I found out there were only two pages left, but I was yearning for more, more............. I like Kelly Kenyatta's style.",
"Her explanations of the other people in her stories are informative.",
"It brings people like me, who don't know them, up to date and put me/us in a familiar time and a place.",
"I couldn't wait to start reading Aaliyah.",
"I have become a fan of Author Kelly Kenyatta."
] |
1 | Disappointing | I loved and still love the o.c. but the third season was disappointing. very. first season was hands down the best. second season was almost as good as first but this third season is just full of crap. it's fine that they made it more dramatic, but it just didn't fit the o.c. concept of the tv show. they changed up way too much things in one season. ridiculous that marissa is never coming back, the MAIN CHARACTER! and this season had way too many antagonists. way way way too many. far from fun and exciting seasons 1 and 2, just a disappointing drama filled season set out for higher ratings but they fell and failed hard and their ratings declined like crazy back then when it was on air. if you have seasons 1 and 2 dvd set, of course you'll need this in your collection but be aware it will be disappointing to all the the o.c. fans out there. | 14 | [
"I loved and still love the o.c. but the third season was disappointing.",
"very.",
"first season was hands down the best.",
"second season was almost as good as first but this third season is just full of crap.",
"it's fine that they made it more dramatic, but it just didn't fit the o.c. concept of the tv show.",
"they changed up way too much things in one season.",
"ridiculous that marissa is never coming back, the MAIN CHARACTER!",
"and this season had way too many antagonists.",
"way way way too many.",
"far from fun and exciting seasons 1 and 2, just a disappointing drama filled season set out for higher ratings but they fell and failed hard and their ratings declined like crazy back then when it was on air.",
"if you have seasons 1 and 2 dvd set, of course you'll need this in your collection but be aware it will be disappointing to all the the o.c. fans out there."
] |
2 | First Jason movie seen, Sweet as Hell! | This movie was great, even by tv standards. One funny thing was the old guy sayin' "He's coming, Jason Voorhees is coming." And then there's the end of the film which is cool. His body's all mutilated by rot and the Toxic Waste. His mask burns and cripples. He is then turned back into a child, apparently in an attempt to have a second chance at life. But old habits die hard as Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X and Freddy vs. Jason proved. Anyway, the overall movie was amazing. My favorite part, if you're wondering, is in NYC, when he sees the hockey billboard. He looks at the goalie mask and I thought that was funny and good. Overall a great movie. | 11 | [
"This movie was great, even by tv standards.",
"One funny thing was the old guy sayin' \"He's coming, Jason Voorhees is coming.\" And then there's the end of the film which is cool.",
"His body's all mutilated by rot and the Toxic Waste.",
"His mask burns and cripples.",
"He is then turned back into a child, apparently in an attempt to have a second chance at life.",
"But old habits die hard as Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X and Freddy vs.",
"Jason proved.",
"Anyway, the overall movie was amazing.",
"My favorite part, if you're wondering, is in NYC, when he sees the hockey billboard.",
"He looks at the goalie mask and I thought that was funny and good.",
"Overall a great movie."
] |
2 | 4.5 Stars. | It's finally happened. A Zombie tv show. And get this they are actually slow!!! Amazing, with all those miraculously fast zombies that keep popping up. How is that possible? You are dead and decomposing? Right?Anyway, this is a must see for anyone who like the zombie genre. I would also suggest this to someone who is new to the genre. As we have seen from the history of zombie film, humans are more dangerous to each other than zombie to human. Once again the zombies exist here as a catalyst to let the tensions between the humans escalate.Cinematic...and beautiful. Eerily quite as well as some good credit sequence songs.It all fell into place with one quote "Hey Dumba$$ in the Tank"...From that point forth it was gonna be fun. | 11 | [
"It's finally happened.",
"A Zombie tv show.",
"And get this they are actually slow!!!",
"Amazing, with all those miraculously fast zombies that keep popping up.",
"How is that possible?",
"You are dead and decomposing?",
"Right?",
"Anyway, this is a must see for anyone who like the zombie genre.",
"I would also suggest this to someone who is new to the genre.",
"As we have seen from the history of zombie film, humans are more dangerous to each other than zombie to human.",
"Once again the zombies exist here as a catalyst to let the tensions between the humans escalate.Cinematic...and beautiful.",
"Eerily quite as well as some good credit sequence songs.It all fell into place with one quote \"Hey Dumba$$ in the Tank\"...From that point forth it was gonna be fun."
] |
1 | A predictable BORING album | In 1987 everyone got excited because Fleetwood Mac (FM) had returned to the music scene. People thought it was their first album since Rumours. But any FM fan knows that MIRAGE was their first 80's album (aside from FM LIVE in 1980),and MIRAGE is a much better album, but sadly overlooked by many. Now back to TANGO. What's wrong with it? All songs are predictable commercial sounding tracks that lack the charm and appeal of their previous work. If any McVie songs annoyed me, it was the ones on this album. Weak choruses and songs that seemed to have been written in 5 minutes - 'Little Lies' & 'Everywhere'. There's also the bland Buckingham tracks 'Family Man' & 'Big Love'. Nick's 'Seven Wonders' is semi-passable, but like all the reviews said back in 1987 "this album is boring". Avoid this album at all costs. | 11 | [
"In 1987 everyone got excited because Fleetwood Mac (FM) had returned to the music scene.",
"People thought it was their first album since Rumours.",
"But any FM fan knows that MIRAGE was their first 80's album (aside from FM LIVE in 1980),and MIRAGE is a much better album, but sadly overlooked by many.",
"Now back to TANGO.",
"What's wrong with it?",
"All songs are predictable commercial sounding tracks that lack the charm and appeal of their previous work.",
"If any McVie songs annoyed me, it was the ones on this album.",
"Weak choruses and songs that seemed to have been written in 5 minutes - 'Little Lies' & 'Everywhere'.",
"There's also the bland Buckingham tracks 'Family Man' & 'Big Love'.",
"Nick's 'Seven Wonders' is semi-passable, but like all the reviews said back in 1987 \"this album is boring\".",
"Avoid this album at all costs."
] |
1 | A film that never goes anywhere? | The acting in this movie was good. The problem with the movie is....well the movie itself. Eric Roberts is featured prominently on the cover, yet his total on screen time is maybe 3 or 4 minutes. The story is about the rapture and the events of what happens to the main character afterwards. He relives the same day over and over again (think Groundhog Day), and finally accepts Jesus Christ and is "taken" with his friends. I find this irresponsible, because we do not get "do-overs" in life. If you make the wrong choice regarding your salvation, then it is game over with the coming of the rapture. You will be "Left Behind". there is also another plot in this movie of a singer who is kidnapped, and then by implcation, it is found to maybe be her boyfriend. This story line never goes anywhere, and is only a further hinderance to the main plot of the movie. If you are looking for a movie with a message, then I would steer clear from this one. | 11 | [
"The acting in this movie was good.",
"The problem with the movie is....well the movie itself.",
"Eric Roberts is featured prominently on the cover, yet his total on screen time is maybe 3 or 4 minutes.",
"The story is about the rapture and the events of what happens to the main character afterwards.",
"He relives the same day over and over again (think Groundhog Day), and finally accepts Jesus Christ and is \"taken\" with his friends.",
"I find this irresponsible, because we do not get \"do-overs\" in life.",
"If you make the wrong choice regarding your salvation, then it is game over with the coming of the rapture.",
"You will be \"Left Behind\".",
"there is also another plot in this movie of a singer who is kidnapped, and then by implcation, it is found to maybe be her boyfriend.",
"This story line never goes anywhere, and is only a further hinderance to the main plot of the movie.",
"If you are looking for a movie with a message, then I would steer clear from this one."
] |
2 | Great Anime By Master Go Nagai | Go Nagai is one of the best animator's alive, and Cutey Honey is one of his most fun series to watch. Honey is a beautiful android who is able to change into many forms. She reminds me of Naomi Armitage in that she feels very deeply for other humans. Her nemesis is Dolmeck, ruler of the dark world. He controls various demonic creatures that pose as normal humans, and Honey must battle these demons in pretty much every episode. Beautifully done, with a great sense of humor. If you enjoy Cutey Honey, then check out Kekko Kamen or Hanappe Bazooka. If you want more serious anime, then buy the Devilman DVD! He is also responsible for Mazinger and Getter Robo, for you fans of Robotech, Macross and Gundam. I would highly recommend getting as many of his videos and DVDs as possible. They are all very different and unique with great storytelling and animation!! | 12 | [
"Go Nagai is one of the best animator's alive, and Cutey Honey is one of his most fun series to watch.",
"Honey is a beautiful android who is able to change into many forms.",
"She reminds me of Naomi Armitage in that she feels very deeply for other humans.",
"Her nemesis is Dolmeck, ruler of the dark world.",
"He controls various demonic creatures that pose as normal humans, and Honey must battle these demons in pretty much every episode.",
"Beautifully done, with a great sense of humor.",
"If you enjoy Cutey Honey, then check out Kekko Kamen or Hanappe Bazooka.",
"If you want more serious anime, then buy the Devilman DVD!",
"He is also responsible for Mazinger and Getter Robo, for you fans of Robotech, Macross and Gundam.",
"I would highly recommend getting as many of his videos and DVDs as possible.",
"They are all very different and unique with great storytelling and animation!!"
] |
2 | Excellent Cot - large and comfy | After a few years of sleeping on the ground while camping I vowed last year that we would buy cots the next time we camped.I searched for quite a while before settling on this cot. Just slept on them last night and both campers give this cot a thumbs ups. It is sturdy and firm and the instructions for set up are a breeze. They are high off the ground so easy to get in and out. A very convenient multi-pocket storage on the side is the prefect place for glasses or your book.Two important notes. First, this cot is heavy. It is definitely for your car camper type and not for carrying around. I wouldn't want to lug this very far. Second, this cot is long. When it arrived I had to pull out our tent to be sure two would fit. The dominate our Coleman four person tent. Fortunately only two of sleep in that four person tent.If the size and weight work for you then I would get this very affordable cot. | 12 | [
"After a few years of sleeping on the ground while camping I vowed last year that we would buy cots the next time we camped.I searched for quite a while before settling on this cot.",
"Just slept on them last night and both campers give this cot a thumbs ups.",
"It is sturdy and firm and the instructions for set up are a breeze.",
"They are high off the ground so easy to get in and out.",
"A very convenient multi-pocket storage on the side is the prefect place for glasses or your book.Two important notes.",
"First, this cot is heavy.",
"It is definitely for your car camper type and not for carrying around.",
"I wouldn't want to lug this very far.",
"Second, this cot is long.",
"When it arrived I had to pull out our tent to be sure two would fit.",
"The dominate our Coleman four person tent.",
"Fortunately only two of sleep in that four person tent.If the size and weight work for you then I would get this very affordable cot."
] |
2 | Now I don't have to squint like Clint. | I received this from Amazon the day before its release. Yay USPS! It looks really good on my PS3. I immediately noticed a difference from the TV version, aside from the sharper image; there's letterboxing (2.4:1) that was removed from the Cartoon Network presentation of the show. It now has a more cinematic feel on the Blu-ray (as well as a bit more image on the left and the right). The packaging is similar to the first season, though the book can now be removed from a sleeve. Strangely, the cover of the book reads: "le GUERRE dei CLONI". I thought for a moment that I had the Italian version of the book, but the cover art and the artist's note inside the front cover made it clear that it was an homage to the spaghetti western. Thankfully, there are no games among the extras. There are several different language options, but no commentaries that I could find. Good package overall. | 11 | [
"I received this from Amazon the day before its release.",
"Yay USPS!",
"It looks really good on my PS3.",
"I immediately noticed a difference from the TV version, aside from the sharper image; there's letterboxing (2.4:1) that was removed from the Cartoon Network presentation of the show.",
"It now has a more cinematic feel on the Blu-ray (as well as a bit more image on the left and the right).",
"The packaging is similar to the first season, though the book can now be removed from a sleeve.",
"Strangely, the cover of the book reads: \"le GUERRE dei CLONI\".",
"I thought for a moment that I had the Italian version of the book, but the cover art and the artist's note inside the front cover made it clear that it was an homage to the spaghetti western.",
"Thankfully, there are no games among the extras.",
"There are several different language options, but no commentaries that I could find.",
"Good package overall."
] |
1 | It doesn't do what it claims | I bought this product because I want an oven can cook frozen meat or fix something quick. I saw it on TV, it got my attention. So I came to amazon.com and checked its reviews, it has very good reviews. I decided to buy one. The first day I tried to cook 1.85 pounds beef roast, it didn't cook. I stricktly followed instructions, When I finsihed cooking , outsize of the roast looks pretty nice, however, inside was still fozen. I didn't have a chocie, I had to cut them to small picese and recook, it became hard rocks. Then second time I tried to use it to cook defrosted beef (0.8 pound), it didn't turn out as I expected. I wanted it well done, after follow insturction suggested time and power, it still raw, I have to add cooking minutes. Then I got it over cooked. Anyway, a big dissapoinment! If you want to cook forzen meat, this is not a good oven. If you fixing something quick, it is better to use stove top! | 13 | [
"I bought this product because I want an oven can cook frozen meat or fix something quick.",
"I saw it on TV, it got my attention.",
"So I came to amazon.com and checked its reviews, it has very good reviews.",
"I decided to buy one.",
"The first day I tried to cook 1.85 pounds beef roast, it didn't cook.",
"I stricktly followed instructions, When I finsihed cooking , outsize of the roast looks pretty nice, however, inside was still fozen.",
"I didn't have a chocie, I had to cut them to small picese and recook, it became hard rocks.",
"Then second time I tried to use it to cook defrosted beef (0.8 pound), it didn't turn out as I expected.",
"I wanted it well done, after follow insturction suggested time and power, it still raw, I have to add cooking minutes.",
"Then I got it over cooked.",
"Anyway, a big dissapoinment!",
"If you want to cook forzen meat, this is not a good oven.",
"If you fixing something quick, it is better to use stove top!"
] |
2 | HOLY @#*@!!!!! | A good friend of mine told me I should check out this band. I did not know what I was getting myself into. I have not even listened to the whole album yet... I cannot seem to get through the first 5 songs, I just keep playing it over and over and over. Simply amazing. This is a very raw album. Not alot of mixing or studio polish here. And that is a good thing. The band is open to express and boy do they ever. Bursting at the seams with passion and expression. This is some of the most emotionally intense music I have heard in a long time.Electric guitars strummed by masterfull fingers, it has almost a latin quality to it, very exotic riffs, with excellent drums and a lead singer who gets his point accross. I can barely understand the lyrics to the songs but I feel him anyway, its not the words but the sound of his voice. Alot of the songs merge into each other beautifully. If this album does not touch your spirit, nothing will. | 14 | [
"A good friend of mine told me I should check out this band.",
"I did not know what I was getting myself into.",
"I have not even listened to the whole album yet... I cannot seem to get through the first 5 songs, I just keep playing it over and over and over.",
"Simply amazing.",
"This is a very raw album.",
"Not alot of mixing or studio polish here.",
"And that is a good thing.",
"The band is open to express and boy do they ever.",
"Bursting at the seams with passion and expression.",
"This is some of the most emotionally intense music I have heard in a long time.Electric guitars strummed by masterfull fingers, it has almost a latin quality to it, very exotic riffs, with excellent drums and a lead singer who gets his point accross.",
"I can barely understand the lyrics to the songs but I feel him anyway, its not the words but the sound of his voice.",
"Alot of the songs merge into each other beautifully.",
"If this album does not touch your spirit, nothing will."
] |
1 | Very, Very Bad Album | Janet is no longer daring. If doing porn is daring then maybe. She just has nothing to talk about and what's worse, her music is bland and boring. So sad to see the woman who used to create great albums, keep churning out the same dud more than twice now. She just doesn't get it. Her image is awful, her fanbase is gone. None of this had to happen, she let it happen. Her albums sound souless and pure fluff. Janet needs another Rhythm Nation or Velvet Rope. Something that expands her as an artist again. I doubt she'll wise up though. She end up like the rest of the Jacksons, in their own little world, and over the hill clowns. She was the normal Jackson. Now she turned out like all the rest of them. She retreats into her own little sex world while not dealing with reality. Sad. | 16 | [
"Janet is no longer daring.",
"If doing porn is daring then maybe.",
"She just has nothing to talk about and what's worse, her music is bland and boring.",
"So sad to see the woman who used to create great albums, keep churning out the same dud more than twice now.",
"She just doesn't get it.",
"Her image is awful, her fanbase is gone.",
"None of this had to happen, she let it happen.",
"Her albums sound souless and pure fluff.",
"Janet needs another Rhythm Nation or Velvet Rope.",
"Something that expands her as an artist again.",
"I doubt she'll wise up though.",
"She end up like the rest of the Jacksons, in their own little world, and over the hill clowns.",
"She was the normal Jackson.",
"Now she turned out like all the rest of them.",
"She retreats into her own little sex world while not dealing with reality.",
"Sad."
] |
1 | An Award For What? Babble? | This was definitely NOT my type of book. I thought several times of just giving it up. I can not, for the life of me, figure out how this book could possibly be up for an award. How hard is it to babble on paper? That is exactly what this author did. There were very few complete thoughts. Sometimes I felt like the author had written this book after drinking 15 cups of coffee. I find no talent in expressing yourself in a continuous stream of unorganized thoughts. I think the book was about a dysfunctional family who is invaded by an odd character named Amber. Why anyone would let a stranger stay with them for as long as they did is beyond me. Maybe a sign of how dysfunctional they really were. Amber does influence their lives in both good and bad ways. It's just so hard to understand the story line and the conclusion with the way it was written. | 13 | [
"This was definitely NOT my type of book.",
"I thought several times of just giving it up.",
"I can not, for the life of me, figure out how this book could possibly be up for an award.",
"How hard is it to babble on paper?",
"That is exactly what this author did.",
"There were very few complete thoughts.",
"Sometimes I felt like the author had written this book after drinking 15 cups of coffee.",
"I find no talent in expressing yourself in a continuous stream of unorganized thoughts.",
"I think the book was about a dysfunctional family who is invaded by an odd character named Amber.",
"Why anyone would let a stranger stay with them for as long as they did is beyond me.",
"Maybe a sign of how dysfunctional they really were.",
"Amber does influence their lives in both good and bad ways.",
"It's just so hard to understand the story line and the conclusion with the way it was written."
] |
1 | Not up to par. | I had an older Melissa and Doug puzzle Knob farm puzzle. It was great! Solid wood, nicely cut out. My son loved it. We lost a couple pieces so I ordered a new one. I was very disappointed. The workmanship was shoddy, the pieces were poorly cut out. NOT solid wood, when my 11 month old son chewed on the piece it was like cardboard and puffed up. The old puzzle was painted. This new one has a cheap looking sticker on it that peels off. He has more fun playing with the pieces of the old one, than the new one. | 11 | [
"I had an older Melissa and Doug puzzle Knob farm puzzle.",
"It was great!",
"Solid wood, nicely cut out.",
"My son loved it.",
"We lost a couple pieces so I ordered a new one.",
"I was very disappointed.",
"The workmanship was shoddy, the pieces were poorly cut out.",
"NOT solid wood, when my 11 month old son chewed on the piece it was like cardboard and puffed up.",
"The old puzzle was painted.",
"This new one has a cheap looking sticker on it that peels off.",
"He has more fun playing with the pieces of the old one, than the new one."
] |
2 | another gifted singer takes the torch from old blue eyes | you sit up in your chair in disbelief when the first bars of lyrics emanate from the stereo. chills go up your spine, then you realize this is not quite sinatra, but boy is it close! civiscas swinging style and phrasing is divine, his voice as strong as franks was in his prime. the backup as smooth and as precise as frank ever demanded. the cd opens with 3 swinging numbers. mary stahl joins in on too young in a french styled version which brings it 180 degrees from donny osmonds version (which i like till today). there are a few average cuts but what a voice he has! just listening to it during the bad cuts makes the cd worth buying. truly a great cd even if you dont like frank. i heard this at borders and bought it at list price. im not sorry! i cant wait till his next cd to arrive! | 12 | [
"you sit up in your chair in disbelief when the first bars of lyrics emanate from the stereo.",
"chills go up your spine, then you realize this is not quite sinatra, but boy is it close!",
"civiscas swinging style and phrasing is divine, his voice as strong as franks was in his prime.",
"the backup as smooth and as precise as frank ever demanded.",
"the cd opens with 3 swinging numbers.",
"mary stahl joins in on too young in a french styled version which brings it 180 degrees from donny osmonds version (which i like till today).",
"there are a few average cuts but what a voice he has!",
"just listening to it during the bad cuts makes the cd worth buying.",
"truly a great cd even if you dont like frank.",
"i heard this at borders and bought it at list price.",
"im not sorry!",
"i cant wait till his next cd to arrive!"
] |
2 | A Lot of Fun! | I originally bought this program back in September of 2003, got frustrated with it, and then never picked it up again. That is, until yesterday, when I was looking for an economical way to send out sixty customized announcements. I wasn't crazy about going to a print shop, so I thought I'd give Greeting Card Factory one more try. I was surprised! It's very easy to use, just by tinkering around with it on my own. There are so many cards and projects; I was having so much fun that after I designed my announcements I made yard sale signs! I give it four stars because the manual is almost worthless. That's why I was so frustrated at first. I thought I should read over the manual because I had never used a greeting card program before; I thought it would help. Fortunately this program is really easy to pick up. So, overall I would say this is a great product, but don't expect the manual be of any real help. Other than that, buy it! It's great! | 13 | [
"I originally bought this program back in September of 2003, got frustrated with it, and then never picked it up again.",
"That is, until yesterday, when I was looking for an economical way to send out sixty customized announcements.",
"I wasn't crazy about going to a print shop, so I thought I'd give Greeting Card Factory one more try.",
"I was surprised!",
"It's very easy to use, just by tinkering around with it on my own.",
"There are so many cards and projects; I was having so much fun that after I designed my announcements I made yard sale signs!",
"I give it four stars because the manual is almost worthless.",
"That's why I was so frustrated at first.",
"I thought I should read over the manual because I had never used a greeting card program before; I thought it would help.",
"Fortunately this program is really easy to pick up.",
"So, overall I would say this is a great product, but don't expect the manual be of any real help.",
"Other than that, buy it!",
"It's great!"
] |
2 | You Can telekinesis, but will he listen? | I originally saw the movie with George Hamilton and Suzanne Pleshette. They still show it periodically on Turner Classic Movies. Of course, I had to read the book to find out what is always missing and implied in the movie. Naturally, the book was out of print. However, I found a copy. I was right the book was better. Of course I was disappointed to find that Suzanne (Margery Lansing) was written into many seines.While looking for his new book I found to my amazement that "The Power" has been re-issued. However upon reading the book, I found dates and places changed. The changes were not significant. I just wished that he did not do it. Arthur Nordlund was in the Korean Campaign and that was before me. Now he was in the Gulf War and that was after me. Luckily, I know if I had met him, he would have been from the Vietnam War. I would have named this book "You've got to have Hart"The Dark Beyond the Stars: A Novel | 14 | [
"I originally saw the movie with George Hamilton and Suzanne Pleshette.",
"They still show it periodically on Turner Classic Movies.",
"Of course, I had to read the book to find out what is always missing and implied in the movie.",
"Naturally, the book was out of print.",
"However, I found a copy.",
"I was right the book was better.",
"Of course I was disappointed to find that Suzanne (Margery Lansing) was written into many seines.While looking for his new book I found to my amazement that \"The Power\" has been re-issued.",
"However upon reading the book, I found dates and places changed.",
"The changes were not significant.",
"I just wished that he did not do it.",
"Arthur Nordlund was in the Korean Campaign and that was before me.",
"Now he was in the Gulf War and that was after me.",
"Luckily, I know if I had met him, he would have been from the Vietnam War.",
"I would have named this book \"You've got to have Hart\"The Dark Beyond the Stars: A Novel"
] |
2 | For the Message, Not the Acting | I tried to rent this movie but couldn't find it anywhere. I finally decided to take a risk a purchase a copy of it. I'm so glad I did. If you are into critiquing movies then you will completely miss the point of this one. This piece was produced by amateur filmmakers from a church. I think they actually did quite well. But beyond that, the message is literally life-altering. I'm so glad they decided to do another, Facing the Giants. It was from this second movie I learned about the first. I liked Facing the Giants so much I wanted to see what else they did. I hope they do another. | 11 | [
"I tried to rent this movie but couldn't find it anywhere.",
"I finally decided to take a risk a purchase a copy of it.",
"I'm so glad I did.",
"If you are into critiquing movies then you will completely miss the point of this one.",
"This piece was produced by amateur filmmakers from a church.",
"I think they actually did quite well.",
"But beyond that, the message is literally life-altering.",
"I'm so glad they decided to do another, Facing the Giants.",
"It was from this second movie I learned about the first.",
"I liked Facing the Giants so much I wanted to see what else they did.",
"I hope they do another."
] |
2 | AMAZING! | SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO very good!!! I love the ending. :3 It was wonderful! Had me wanting too watch it over and over again. I am a BIG Black Butler fan. The 1st season was amazing as well. 2nd season made Black Butler 10 times better. :) I really hope they make another season, but by the ending of the 2nd one I don't think they will. We can always hope. :)I say you should get this! Its amazing. :3 | 12 | [
"SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO very good!!!",
"I love the ending.",
":3 It was wonderful!",
"Had me wanting too watch it over and over again.",
"I am a BIG Black Butler fan.",
"The 1st season was amazing as well.",
"2nd season made Black Butler 10 times better.",
":) I really hope they make another season, but by the ending of the 2nd one I don't think they will.",
"We can always hope.",
":)I say you should get this!",
"Its amazing.",
":3"
] |
1 | don't do it! | i couldn't be more disapointed. the first one failed. wouldn't start. this newest one failed this morning. it didn't grind evenly ever. finely at 2 above the fine setting it was getting ok for cone filter. tossed the box after i sent the first one back as i wrongly thought, what are the odds that i can get two pieces of junk in a row. on the plus side, it was, for it's too short life, neat as far as grounds on the counter is concerned. i liked that. and amazon was great, as always. nothing else to say about this waste of time and money except don't bother. | 11 | [
"i couldn't be more disapointed.",
"the first one failed.",
"wouldn't start.",
"this newest one failed this morning.",
"it didn't grind evenly ever.",
"finely at 2 above the fine setting it was getting ok for cone filter.",
"tossed the box after i sent the first one back as i wrongly thought, what are the odds that i can get two pieces of junk in a row.",
"on the plus side, it was, for it's too short life, neat as far as grounds on the counter is concerned.",
"i liked that.",
"and amazon was great, as always.",
"nothing else to say about this waste of time and money except don't bother."
] |
1 | There's well written chicklit, and then there's this... | I picked this up in a bookshop, read a page or so and thought it seemed ok. I was desparate for something to while away the hours on a long distance flight. I read a lot of chicklit, and have been very impressed by some of it. And I've been unimpressed but still enjoyed most of it. And then there's this book. It's terrible. The story is poorly plotted, the character seems to be a Bridget Jones rip-off but without having the courage to go the whole hog. But my biggest complaint is that it is so appallingly badly written. In many places I had to read sentences three or four times just to see if it was me or if it was really this badly written. Who knows what the editor was doing.Don't waste your money. Go buy something by Jennifer Weiner, or Wendy Holden if you must. But this isn't going to fill your craving. | 12 | [
"I picked this up in a bookshop, read a page or so and thought it seemed ok.",
"I was desparate for something to while away the hours on a long distance flight.",
"I read a lot of chicklit, and have been very impressed by some of it.",
"And I've been unimpressed but still enjoyed most of it.",
"And then there's this book.",
"It's terrible.",
"The story is poorly plotted, the character seems to be a Bridget Jones rip-off but without having the courage to go the whole hog.",
"But my biggest complaint is that it is so appallingly badly written.",
"In many places I had to read sentences three or four times just to see if it was me or if it was really this badly written.",
"Who knows what the editor was doing.Don't waste your money.",
"Go buy something by Jennifer Weiner, or Wendy Holden if you must.",
"But this isn't going to fill your craving."
] |
2 | Pellet Gun | I replaced a pump action pellet gun with this brake barrel version and there is no comparison. At 1000 fps, this rifle drills varmits. I dialed in the sights and this thing is now a tack driver. I'm using hollow point pellets and they have gone through everything I've shot so far. I wouldn't hesitate to use this on coyote size game. With one pump, this has more power than my old pump action having pumped it twenty times. This rifle definitely has some heft. It feels like a real rifle. At $100 from Amazon, this is a great value. I would expect to pay $3-400 for a rifle like this. The first few shots were really loud. After about 20 rounds, it is getting quieter. Good thing, I live in the burbs. | 13 | [
"I replaced a pump action pellet gun with this brake barrel version and there is no comparison.",
"At 1000 fps, this rifle drills varmits.",
"I dialed in the sights and this thing is now a tack driver.",
"I'm using hollow point pellets and they have gone through everything I've shot so far.",
"I wouldn't hesitate to use this on coyote size game.",
"With one pump, this has more power than my old pump action having pumped it twenty times.",
"This rifle definitely has some heft.",
"It feels like a real rifle.",
"At $100 from Amazon, this is a great value.",
"I would expect to pay $3-400 for a rifle like this.",
"The first few shots were really loud.",
"After about 20 rounds, it is getting quieter.",
"Good thing, I live in the burbs."
] |
2 | Poldark | I was 18 when this series first appeared on Masterpiece Theatre in 1977. We didn't have VCR's back then, but so many of the scenes from this program were so firmly etched in my mind I could never forget them. I also never forgot the name Demelza, and have used it as a screen name wherever I register, like on Amazon!I can't be objective writing a review for this show because I love it so much. But I had not seen it for 30 years and now my local PBS station has started to reshow it. Believing it may not have aged as well as I remembered, I started watching with trepidation. I was absolutely amazed at the first episode. The characters were just as charming as I remembered. The dialogue just as crisp, and the anticipation of the next episode just as excruciating as I remember. I finally did it, I bought a used copy of the series. I devoured it in just a few days. Now I await the second series coming to my doorstep.If you like period dramas at all, you will be swept away with this one. | 11 | [
"I was 18 when this series first appeared on Masterpiece Theatre in 1977.",
"We didn't have VCR's back then, but so many of the scenes from this program were so firmly etched in my mind I could never forget them.",
"I also never forgot the name Demelza, and have used it as a screen name wherever I register, like on Amazon!",
"I can't be objective writing a review for this show because I love it so much.",
"But I had not seen it for 30 years and now my local PBS station has started to reshow it.",
"Believing it may not have aged as well as I remembered, I started watching with trepidation.",
"I was absolutely amazed at the first episode.",
"The characters were just as charming as I remembered.",
"The dialogue just as crisp, and the anticipation of the next episode just as excruciating as I remember.",
"I finally did it, I bought a used copy of the series.",
"I devoured it in just a few days.",
"Now I await the second series coming to my doorstep.If you like period dramas at all, you will be swept away with this one."
] |
1 | YUCK! | This was my first book i ever read that Susan Johnson had every wrote. And it will probably be my last! I literally only got to about 30, 40 pages before i stopped! I felt like Beatrix was acting the like a whore. I skimmed through the rest of the book, and was disgusted. Jumping in bed with other men and her continous love making with Pashsa even though she didn't love him then. If you read it, you would understand what i mean. It's a disgusting and not even a romance story. It's more of an erotic story with a big plot. I recommend Catherine Coulter! She's a magnificent romance writer! | 11 | [
"This was my first book i ever read that Susan Johnson had every wrote.",
"And it will probably be my last!",
"I literally only got to about 30, 40 pages before i stopped!",
"I felt like Beatrix was acting the like a whore.",
"I skimmed through the rest of the book, and was disgusted.",
"Jumping in bed with other men and her continous love making with Pashsa even though she didn't love him then.",
"If you read it, you would understand what i mean.",
"It's a disgusting and not even a romance story.",
"It's more of an erotic story with a big plot.",
"I recommend Catherine Coulter!",
"She's a magnificent romance writer!"
] |
2 | Great Authentic Recipes | This is an excellent cookbook. I had borrowed one from a friend of mine and decided that she couldn't have it back. I had to buy a new copy to get one back to her. The recipes are a good sampling of and introduction to authentic Chinese Dim Sum. A beginner can follow these recipes and get authentic results. ... some recipes could/should have been included, but I feel that a book like this is an introductory level and stands well on its own. I also felt that the recipes were not very Americanized. The Chinese restaurants near here (O.K. It IS Vermont) typically have steak teriaki and egg rolls as appetisers and nothing that even comes close to the recipes in this book. The ingredients are relatively easy to obtain in an American market or in an Asian market in American cities. The beginning of the book shows a great lesson in some of the techniques and some ingredients. As an American trying to learn more authentic Chinese recipes, I found this book most useful. | 12 | [
"This is an excellent cookbook.",
"I had borrowed one from a friend of mine and decided that she couldn't have it back.",
"I had to buy a new copy to get one back to her.",
"The recipes are a good sampling of and introduction to authentic Chinese Dim Sum.",
"A beginner can follow these recipes and get authentic results.",
"... some recipes could/should have been included, but I feel that a book like this is an introductory level and stands well on its own.",
"I also felt that the recipes were not very Americanized.",
"The Chinese restaurants near here (O.K. It IS Vermont) typically have steak teriaki and egg rolls as appetisers and nothing that even comes close to the recipes in this book.",
"The ingredients are relatively easy to obtain in an American market or in an Asian market in American cities.",
"The beginning of the book shows a great lesson in some of the techniques and some ingredients.",
"As an American trying to learn more authentic Chinese recipes, I found this book most useful."
] |
2 | I still use it thirty years after purchase | OK, I admit it. I was not the best Greek Student in Bible College and Seminary. In fact, I barely squeaked by. Lets see, was that a nominative, singular, masculine, participle, present middle? or a nominative , plural, masculine, participle, present middle? I do not have the foggiest idea. All those years of learning wasted!Well, not really. The test of a technical book is whether or not you still use it thirty years after your bought it. Too many of my Greek reference books gather dust in my library shelf- other than making you look smart, they do not serve much of a purpose. But Moultons Analytical Greek Lexicon is one reference book I still occasionally use.So if your Greek skills are rusty, or if they were not very good in the first place, this book is for you. By the way, if you do not have a working knowledge of Greek, save you money. Youngs Analytical Lexicon would serve you much better. | 12 | [
"OK, I admit it.",
"I was not the best Greek Student in Bible College and Seminary.",
"In fact, I barely squeaked by.",
"Lets see, was that a nominative, singular, masculine, participle, present middle?",
"or a nominative , plural, masculine, participle, present middle?",
"I do not have the foggiest idea.",
"All those years of learning wasted!",
"Well, not really.",
"The test of a technical book is whether or not you still use it thirty years after your bought it.",
"Too many of my Greek reference books gather dust in my library shelf- other than making you look smart, they do not serve much of a purpose.",
"But Moultons Analytical Greek Lexicon is one reference book I still occasionally use.So if your Greek skills are rusty, or if they were not very good in the first place, this book is for you.",
"By the way, if you do not have a working knowledge of Greek, save you money.",
"Youngs Analytical Lexicon would serve you much better."
] |
1 | Peeeeeee-YOOOOUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | WOW! Where the Aitch, Eee, double hockey sticks do I start? I've never heard of Craig Sheffer, and I count that as a good thing. For a man to play a cartoon male like this is tantamount to Spike Lee doing a turn as Stephin Fetchit. I can understand Bassinger needing to exorcize some demons, after her time with Alec Bald One, but, JEEEE-ZUSSS, did she have to take it out on us? Supposedly, she was also involved as producer, in some way. Sheffer, I hope she was INCREDIBLY "nice" to you, cause you're gonna smoke a you-know-what, you-know-where for the hatchet job you did on your fellow males. 'Hope it was worth the price. Dittos with the lady director. She's clearly got issues of her own, but hey, she DIDN'T need to dump them on us. If a picture on a screen could gag a buzzard, this'd be the one to do it. Save your money and your LUNCH!Norm | 12 | [
"WOW!",
"Where the Aitch, Eee, double hockey sticks do I start?",
"I've never heard of Craig Sheffer, and I count that as a good thing.",
"For a man to play a cartoon male like this is tantamount to Spike Lee doing a turn as Stephin Fetchit.",
"I can understand Bassinger needing to exorcize some demons, after her time with Alec Bald One, but, JEEEE-ZUSSS, did she have to take it out on us?",
"Supposedly, she was also involved as producer, in some way.",
"Sheffer, I hope she was INCREDIBLY \"nice\" to you, cause you're gonna smoke a you-know-what, you-know-where for the hatchet job you did on your fellow males.",
"'Hope it was worth the price.",
"Dittos with the lady director.",
"She's clearly got issues of her own, but hey, she DIDN'T need to dump them on us.",
"If a picture on a screen could gag a buzzard, this'd be the one to do it.",
"Save your money and your LUNCH!",
"Norm"
] |
1 | Lacked scholarship | I differ from most of the other reviewers. I read this book as part of a requirement for a doctoral seminar. I think the book had much potential, but fell short. Dr. Roberts failed to articulate who her audience was intended to be or what she hoped to accomplish. She clearly was biased against whites. Notably, she always capitalized "black" but never white or any other race. She uses data, but never frames it in any type of context. Data that cannot be compared is of no value. Further, she did not use good scholarship in some of her statements. Early in the book, she states that Thomas Jefferson and others were racists and footnotes it by referring to what someone else said about Jefferson. In good scholarship, if you want to know what someone thought, you go to the primary source, not what someone else said about what they thought. The book could have been very good, but I couldn't tell where she intended to go, so I will never know if she arrived. | 12 | [
"I differ from most of the other reviewers.",
"I read this book as part of a requirement for a doctoral seminar.",
"I think the book had much potential, but fell short.",
"Dr.",
"Roberts failed to articulate who her audience was intended to be or what she hoped to accomplish.",
"She clearly was biased against whites.",
"Notably, she always capitalized \"black\" but never white or any other race.",
"She uses data, but never frames it in any type of context.",
"Data that cannot be compared is of no value.",
"Further, she did not use good scholarship in some of her statements.",
"Early in the book, she states that Thomas Jefferson and others were racists and footnotes it by referring to what someone else said about Jefferson.",
"In good scholarship, if you want to know what someone thought, you go to the primary source, not what someone else said about what they thought.",
"The book could have been very good, but I couldn't tell where she intended to go, so I will never know if she arrived."
] |
2 | AWESOME!!! | I remember when I started flight school in the Navy. I knew little about the politics of the Department, and was a big fan of John Lehman. I grew to despise him over the years. He never earned his Naval Flight Officer's Wings. He is the only citizen that I know of who was ever authorized to wear such an insignia and joy ride in the right seat of an A-6. His vision for a 600 ship Navy, and the information provived to Congress to get it, was based on lies. John Lehman ultimately weakened the United States. As a result of John Lehman, tens of billions were spent on worthless weapons systems. We are still paying for it. Vistica's book is right on target. In the 1980s, the U.S. Navy was an authority unto itself. Its real mission had little to do with national security, but rather advancing its own selfish interests. Our leaders were a bunch of gutless, and spineless self promoters who would stab their mothers in the back rather than take personal responsibility for their disasters. | 13 | [
"I remember when I started flight school in the Navy.",
"I knew little about the politics of the Department, and was a big fan of John Lehman.",
"I grew to despise him over the years.",
"He never earned his Naval Flight Officer's Wings.",
"He is the only citizen that I know of who was ever authorized to wear such an insignia and joy ride in the right seat of an A-6.",
"His vision for a 600 ship Navy, and the information provived to Congress to get it, was based on lies.",
"John Lehman ultimately weakened the United States.",
"As a result of John Lehman, tens of billions were spent on worthless weapons systems.",
"We are still paying for it.",
"Vistica's book is right on target.",
"In the 1980s, the U.S. Navy was an authority unto itself.",
"Its real mission had little to do with national security, but rather advancing its own selfish interests.",
"Our leaders were a bunch of gutless, and spineless self promoters who would stab their mothers in the back rather than take personal responsibility for their disasters."
] |
1 | Griffin dropped the ball with the iTalk | I owned the belkin voice recorder then somehow lost it and then I saw ads for the iTalk. Since I owned the iTrip and was happy with it, I thought this was a blessing in disguise. I'm a college student and record my lectures, for the most part the Belkin voice recorder worked well but the iTalk claimed to have auto gain control etc. I'm buying another Belkin. I've recorder a week of lectures already and not a single one has come out with the iTalk. I know it's not the lecture halls because the Belkin voice recorder worked just fine. I don't know where to even begin about how bad the iTalk has worked so far. All my lectures sound like the beach. I cannot hear any voices at all. Just hours and hours of horrible background noise. It obviously does not work for lectures as claimed. Go with Belkin for once | 12 | [
"I owned the belkin voice recorder then somehow lost it and then I saw ads for the iTalk.",
"Since I owned the iTrip and was happy with it, I thought this was a blessing in disguise.",
"I'm a college student and record my lectures, for the most part the Belkin voice recorder worked well but the iTalk claimed to have auto gain control etc.",
"I'm buying another Belkin.",
"I've recorder a week of lectures already and not a single one has come out with the iTalk.",
"I know it's not the lecture halls because the Belkin voice recorder worked just fine.",
"I don't know where to even begin about how bad the iTalk has worked so far.",
"All my lectures sound like the beach.",
"I cannot hear any voices at all.",
"Just hours and hours of horrible background noise.",
"It obviously does not work for lectures as claimed.",
"Go with Belkin for once"
] |
1 | The Painted House | The Painted House is a diappointment. This book is one of the worst books I have ever read. If I didn't pay good money for it, I would have just thrown it away.. This book is set in the '50's, through the eyes of a seven year old. Nothing happens in this book towards any kind of drama. The book plods alone like a plow horse in the mid-day sun. I felt this book was written to keep the author in print. If I had one good thing to say about this book, No matter what you condition is, this book reminds us that people are worst off then yourself. However, I can read the daily news and figure that out. I literally had to drag myself through this book. I kept reading it just for the hope that something would happen, nothing ever did. From the begining to the end, this book reads at sea level, just barely keeping itself from nose diving into the earth and buring to death, which is what I really wanted this book to do. | 12 | [
"The Painted House is a diappointment.",
"This book is one of the worst books I have ever read.",
"If I didn't pay good money for it, I would have just thrown it away..",
"This book is set in the '50's, through the eyes of a seven year old.",
"Nothing happens in this book towards any kind of drama.",
"The book plods alone like a plow horse in the mid-day sun.",
"I felt this book was written to keep the author in print.",
"If I had one good thing to say about this book, No matter what you condition is, this book reminds us that people are worst off then yourself.",
"However, I can read the daily news and figure that out.",
"I literally had to drag myself through this book.",
"I kept reading it just for the hope that something would happen, nothing ever did.",
"From the begining to the end, this book reads at sea level, just barely keeping itself from nose diving into the earth and buring to death, which is what I really wanted this book to do."
] |
2 | U GOTTA BUY STILL NOT GETTING ANY!!!!!!!!!! | Simple Plan's newest album "Still Not Getting Any" came out October 26 and in the first week, it nearly sold 140,000 copies in the US!!! "Welcome to My Life" is their new single. Which I can relate to in many ways. Ever feel like some one's constantly putting you down? Listen to "Shut up". Ever had a best friend who betrayed you? Listen to "Thank you". Don't you feel like the world and everyone in it has become materialistic?-"Crazy". I can relate to every single one of Simple Plan's song and they write songs that are exactly what i'm going through and thinkin. Everyone, show ur support and get out there and buy a MILLION COPIES of Simple Plan's new CD- Still Not Getting Any!!!!!!!!!! | 11 | [
"Simple Plan's newest album \"Still Not Getting Any\" came out October 26 and in the first week, it nearly sold 140,000 copies in the US!!!",
"\"Welcome to My Life\" is their new single.",
"Which I can relate to in many ways.",
"Ever feel like some one's constantly putting you down?",
"Listen to \"Shut up\".",
"Ever had a best friend who betrayed you?",
"Listen to \"Thank you\".",
"Don't you feel like the world and everyone in it has become materialistic?",
"-\"Crazy\".",
"I can relate to every single one of Simple Plan's song and they write songs that are exactly what i'm going through and thinkin.",
"Everyone, show ur support and get out there and buy a MILLION COPIES of Simple Plan's new CD- Still Not Getting Any!!!",
"!!!",
"!!!",
"!"
] |
2 | This toy is the best | This is one of my sons favorite toys. It comes with 5 balls. It makes great sounds. He loves to press the buttons and then dance to the groovy music. There isn't an on off switch so you can't turn the music off. Also this is hard to assemble. Fisher price could have done better with the instructions. It doesn't tip over very easly. It will tip with enough force applied but it is sturdier then many toys I've seen. The decals are a pain in the back to aplly as well. In spite all of this I would buy this toy for any yound children I know. | 11 | [
"This is one of my sons favorite toys.",
"It comes with 5 balls.",
"It makes great sounds.",
"He loves to press the buttons and then dance to the groovy music.",
"There isn't an on off switch so you can't turn the music off.",
"Also this is hard to assemble.",
"Fisher price could have done better with the instructions.",
"It doesn't tip over very easly.",
"It will tip with enough force applied but it is sturdier then many toys I've seen.",
"The decals are a pain in the back to aplly as well.",
"In spite all of this I would buy this toy for any yound children I know."
] |
1 | 1/2 hour's worth | Read reviews and decided to order. Easy to put together. Worked well for two rooms of carpet. refilled and changed container twice. Then I decided to use clean water in container to remove any soap residue and suction stopped working. Removed, cleaned and replaced everything. Still nothing. Called customer service and waited twice about 20 minutes on hold. Went through all the steps again with them, nothing happened. Finally, the rep perhaps it needed to 'rest' even though it had not been on for over an hour now. Two days later there is still no suction and I tried customer service again. We went through the same troubleshooting process and still did not work. So I am returning cleaner to Amazon. | 13 | [
"Read reviews and decided to order.",
"Easy to put together.",
"Worked well for two rooms of carpet.",
"refilled and changed container twice.",
"Then I decided to use clean water in container to remove any soap residue and suction stopped working.",
"Removed, cleaned and replaced everything.",
"Still nothing.",
"Called customer service and waited twice about 20 minutes on hold.",
"Went through all the steps again with them, nothing happened.",
"Finally, the rep perhaps it needed to 'rest' even though it had not been on for over an hour now.",
"Two days later there is still no suction and I tried customer service again.",
"We went through the same troubleshooting process and still did not work.",
"So I am returning cleaner to Amazon."
] |
2 | Some fine moments... | Gay cinema certainly has a place in film history, and I came across the "Boys Briefs" series via Netflix. I've seen all but the first, and it's often refreshing to have a narrator to give a glimpse. In #4, "Ricky" was only annoying. Just because it was about street hustlers, he pretended to be "badder" than any of the characters portrayed. It was a misgiuded build-up for some sweet stories, and fine films. "Gold" was well done, with the most graphic street stuff. "Boy" was OK, but there was some bizarre approach that ultimately rang true and satisfying. "Into the Night" was fine; the best was "Build", written, directed and starring the very attractive Greg Atkins. All of these films are about deception, and, getting past that, the gay life may survive. "Into the Night" may be the best depiction of it all. Recommended for the film purists, and, happily, doesn't include the horrors that real street hustlers face on a daily basis. | 11 | [
"Gay cinema certainly has a place in film history, and I came across the \"Boys Briefs\" series via Netflix.",
"I've seen all but the first, and it's often refreshing to have a narrator to give a glimpse.",
"In #4, \"Ricky\" was only annoying.",
"Just because it was about street hustlers, he pretended to be \"badder\" than any of the characters portrayed.",
"It was a misgiuded build-up for some sweet stories, and fine films.",
"\"Gold\" was well done, with the most graphic street stuff.",
"\"Boy\" was OK, but there was some bizarre approach that ultimately rang true and satisfying.",
"\"Into the Night\" was fine; the best was \"Build\", written, directed and starring the very attractive Greg Atkins.",
"All of these films are about deception, and, getting past that, the gay life may survive.",
"\"Into the Night\" may be the best depiction of it all.",
"Recommended for the film purists, and, happily, doesn't include the horrors that real street hustlers face on a daily basis."
] |
2 | Absolutely fantastic | I was looking at receivers for months trying to make sense of it all. I was set on one of the similarly priced Onkyos when an AV friend of mine came out of nowhere and recommended this Yamaha V661.I love it. Everything was very easy to use and setup, and there are tons of customization options. I couple this with some Klipsch Quintet IIIs and a custom sub, sound is fantastic. I love the fact that I was able to program my own customized input names. I have each input labeled "Wii" "Xbox" "PS2" "Cable Box" etc accordingly. Furthermore, with the use of the buttons on the bottom of the remote (can't remember the name but they let you preprogram inputs/settings for devices) you can program full names like "Nintendo Wii" or my other longer one "Xbox Media Center."The auto setup was a dream, and the sound quality is fantastic. I love the amount of inputs, it even includes HDMI. What more could I ask for!?!?!?Highly recommended. | 11 | [
"I was looking at receivers for months trying to make sense of it all.",
"I was set on one of the similarly priced Onkyos when an AV friend of mine came out of nowhere and recommended this Yamaha V661.I love it.",
"Everything was very easy to use and setup, and there are tons of customization options.",
"I couple this with some Klipsch Quintet IIIs and a custom sub, sound is fantastic.",
"I love the fact that I was able to program my own customized input names.",
"I have each input labeled \"Wii\" \"Xbox\" \"PS2\" \"Cable Box\" etc accordingly.",
"Furthermore, with the use of the buttons on the bottom of the remote (can't remember the name but they let you preprogram inputs/settings for devices) you can program full names like \"Nintendo Wii\" or my other longer one \"Xbox Media Center.\"The auto setup was a dream, and the sound quality is fantastic.",
"I love the amount of inputs, it even includes HDMI.",
"What more could I ask for!?!",
"?!?",
"Highly recommended."
] |
2 | moon tycoon | I first bought this without looking at the reveiws at amazon, but i found i thoroughly enjoyed it. It was the first tycoon game that was in 3d which was why i bought it. I really like tycoon games. This one was great! The missions are clearly possible, the graphics are great, the gameplay is great and the structures look really cool. Even the inflatable houses look neat. There are some cons though. Such as: The screen movement is choppy and it's VERY hard to keep your budget in tact. In the reagular version you start out with 50000 dollars to build your entire colony. When you finally finish you can look back at your work and enjoy it because the layout they made is beautiful, a real eye opener. I too wished when i was playing this game that i could just settle in one of my colonys. It is clear how any sim would want to settle in on someone's colony.Recommendations: I would recommend this to anyone who is good at keeping good budget at these games.Not recemmended to: Gray Davis | 12 | [
"I first bought this without looking at the reveiws at amazon, but i found i thoroughly enjoyed it.",
"It was the first tycoon game that was in 3d which was why i bought it.",
"I really like tycoon games.",
"This one was great!",
"The missions are clearly possible, the graphics are great, the gameplay is great and the structures look really cool.",
"Even the inflatable houses look neat.",
"There are some cons though.",
"Such as: The screen movement is choppy and it's VERY hard to keep your budget in tact.",
"In the reagular version you start out with 50000 dollars to build your entire colony.",
"When you finally finish you can look back at your work and enjoy it because the layout they made is beautiful, a real eye opener.",
"I too wished when i was playing this game that i could just settle in one of my colonys.",
"It is clear how any sim would want to settle in on someone's colony.Recommendations: I would recommend this to anyone who is good at keeping good budget at these games.Not recemmended to: Gray Davis"
] |
2 | Never going without this again | This micelle/cleansing water is the jam. It removes my makeup with out burning or stinging. I can take off my eyeliner and mascara and my eyes are not irritated at all, even if I've still got my contacts in. It isn't oily like many makeup removers can be, its consistency really is like water. This is not a toner, or something you use after you wash your face. This is your facewash. All you need is a cotton pad and you are good to go. No soap, no water, no lather just Bioderma. This is also great if you don't wear makeup but just want to get the daily grime off. I'd recommend it for anybody, men, women, teens, any age really. I bought this one because I'd been having some breakouts from other products and wanted something for sensitive skin. The brand also makes formulas for dry, oily/acne prone, and normal skin as well. I've used the YSL micelle water and prefer this hands down. | 13 | [
"This micelle/cleansing water is the jam.",
"It removes my makeup with out burning or stinging.",
"I can take off my eyeliner and mascara and my eyes are not irritated at all, even if I've still got my contacts in.",
"It isn't oily like many makeup removers can be, its consistency really is like water.",
"This is not a toner, or something you use after you wash your face.",
"This is your facewash.",
"All you need is a cotton pad and you are good to go.",
"No soap, no water, no lather just Bioderma.",
"This is also great if you don't wear makeup but just want to get the daily grime off.",
"I'd recommend it for anybody, men, women, teens, any age really.",
"I bought this one because I'd been having some breakouts from other products and wanted something for sensitive skin.",
"The brand also makes formulas for dry, oily/acne prone, and normal skin as well.",
"I've used the YSL micelle water and prefer this hands down."
] |
1 | Pitiful | I've had the VCR copy of this movie for many years and wanted a DVD copy. Reading all the reviews was kind of split as to quality with a slight edge to bad rather than good. So I decided to take a chance. Without question the movie itself is a classic and one that can be watched over and over. But....this DVD copy is so bad it is unbelievable. The color is washed out with a red tint and very blurry as if it was recorded with a camera that was out of focus, at least that's the case of the copy I got. However, all is not lost. I discovered the VCR version that I have is not copy protected. So if you have one of those duel DVD/VCR player recorders, then I suggest you buy the VCR copy and record you own private movie. Quality will be the same as the VCR but it is still a good copy that you can enjoy. Don't waste your money on the DVD version. | 11 | [
"I've had the VCR copy of this movie for many years and wanted a DVD copy.",
"Reading all the reviews was kind of split as to quality with a slight edge to bad rather than good.",
"So I decided to take a chance.",
"Without question the movie itself is a classic and one that can be watched over and over.",
"But....this DVD copy is so bad it is unbelievable.",
"The color is washed out with a red tint and very blurry as if it was recorded with a camera that was out of focus, at least that's the case of the copy I got.",
"However, all is not lost.",
"I discovered the VCR version that I have is not copy protected.",
"So if you have one of those duel DVD/VCR player recorders, then I suggest you buy the VCR copy and record you own private movie.",
"Quality will be the same as the VCR but it is still a good copy that you can enjoy.",
"Don't waste your money on the DVD version."
] |
2 | Nobody Knows the Left Better. | This is an essential book for young conservatives. It's slight, distilled and commanding. David Horowitz may well be one of the most underrated writers of our time. I find his prose to be excelsior. His style renders a sober political analysis, like The Politics of Bad Faith, into a page turner. This work is a collection of essays and they are all worth reading. The Marxist roots of today's political correctness is fully investigated and the attempt to substitute the proletariat as the dogs of the world with race, class, and gender is well-developed. Horowitz's essay on AIDS is entitled, "A Radical Holocaust" and it is inspiring. One sees the ways in which the radical, revolutionary idea have sabotaged our public safety. He also does a wonderful job explaining how today's liberals are anti-liberals and are the forces of censure and oppression rather than freedom and liberty. I loved this book and heartily recommend it. | 11 | [
"This is an essential book for young conservatives.",
"It's slight, distilled and commanding.",
"David Horowitz may well be one of the most underrated writers of our time.",
"I find his prose to be excelsior.",
"His style renders a sober political analysis, like The Politics of Bad Faith, into a page turner.",
"This work is a collection of essays and they are all worth reading.",
"The Marxist roots of today's political correctness is fully investigated and the attempt to substitute the proletariat as the dogs of the world with race, class, and gender is well-developed.",
"Horowitz's essay on AIDS is entitled, \"A Radical Holocaust\" and it is inspiring.",
"One sees the ways in which the radical, revolutionary idea have sabotaged our public safety.",
"He also does a wonderful job explaining how today's liberals are anti-liberals and are the forces of censure and oppression rather than freedom and liberty.",
"I loved this book and heartily recommend it."
] |
1 | Cheaply made for the money | Husband ordered this for kids for Christmas. Amazon had a fair price on it, but the Lionel quality was sorely lacking. The observation platform would NOT attach to the back of the final car. The adults tried very patiently for a couple of hours and never got it on. After so many attempts, one of the plastic attachments disappeared. It must have fallen off, but we never even saw it happen. Also the plastic whistle on top of the engine fell off after I simply touched it. Hugely disappointed. We were hoping this would start a family tradition and we could add to the set each year. Instead, I sent it back. Hope we can find a better quality replacement for a good price next year. | 11 | [
"Husband ordered this for kids for Christmas.",
"Amazon had a fair price on it, but the Lionel quality was sorely lacking.",
"The observation platform would NOT attach to the back of the final car.",
"The adults tried very patiently for a couple of hours and never got it on.",
"After so many attempts, one of the plastic attachments disappeared.",
"It must have fallen off, but we never even saw it happen.",
"Also the plastic whistle on top of the engine fell off after I simply touched it.",
"Hugely disappointed.",
"We were hoping this would start a family tradition and we could add to the set each year.",
"Instead, I sent it back.",
"Hope we can find a better quality replacement for a good price next year."
] |
2 | Nice. Works well. Be sure to check functionality..... | We bought ours and set it aside for several months upon receipt. When we finally got around to checking functionality, fortunately before we really needed it, it didn't work. Something was wrong and water was spewing from inside the handle and elsewhere. We read the instructions incessantly thinking we were doing something wrong. Upon contacted the seller they wouldn't bother with our issue because so much time had passed - 3 months or so. That was not cool for sure. But dealing with the manufacturer was great. Good customer service. They first tried sending us a replacement handle, to no avail. We then had to send the whole unit in and received a new one that worked just fine. A hassle for sure. But now we have a functioning unit that works quite well, as intended and designed. If this fits your needs regarding volume and portability, we certainly recommend it. Just confirm functionality of the unit when you receive it and don't wait. :) | 15 | [
"We bought ours and set it aside for several months upon receipt.",
"When we finally got around to checking functionality, fortunately before we really needed it, it didn't work.",
"Something was wrong and water was spewing from inside the handle and elsewhere.",
"We read the instructions incessantly thinking we were doing something wrong.",
"Upon contacted the seller they wouldn't bother with our issue because so much time had passed - 3 months or so.",
"That was not cool for sure.",
"But dealing with the manufacturer was great.",
"Good customer service.",
"They first tried sending us a replacement handle, to no avail.",
"We then had to send the whole unit in and received a new one that worked just fine.",
"A hassle for sure.",
"But now we have a functioning unit that works quite well, as intended and designed.",
"If this fits your needs regarding volume and portability, we certainly recommend it.",
"Just confirm functionality of the unit when you receive it and don't wait.",
":)"
] |
2 | for bellydancers with an open mind to creativity | I could not wait to get this dvd. I am a big fan of Jehan's. She is an amazing dancer and singer. So when I saw this coming out,I put in my order and waited. I even held a get together for a few friends to watch it. When we watched it, there were alot of different views on each artist. But the point of this dvd is to be able to see creative dancers. If you get tired of seeing the same old thing, then this is for you. Although, it was a different performance from Jehan. I always admire her for pushing the envelope on her artistic freedom. I love all kinds of Belly dance, but it is great to see something different. So open your mind and ENJOY!! this is a great dvd... | 13 | [
"I could not wait to get this dvd.",
"I am a big fan of Jehan's.",
"She is an amazing dancer and singer.",
"So when I saw this coming out,I put in my order and waited.",
"I even held a get together for a few friends to watch it.",
"When we watched it, there were alot of different views on each artist.",
"But the point of this dvd is to be able to see creative dancers.",
"If you get tired of seeing the same old thing, then this is for you.",
"Although, it was a different performance from Jehan.",
"I always admire her for pushing the envelope on her artistic freedom.",
"I love all kinds of Belly dance, but it is great to see something different.",
"So open your mind and ENJOY!!",
"this is a great dvd..."
] |
1 | WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! | WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!!The Item displayed as a result of my search is 5 mg Melatonin, which is what I want, but when I click on it only 1 mg or 3 mg bottles of Melatonin are available to ad to my cart!WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! WRONG ITEM!!! | 17 | [
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] |
2 | Do they make this swing for adults!?! | I love, love, love this swing! We registered for the regular kind of swing and wish we had gotten this one from the get go. It's great! Cushy, quiet, nice music, dancing fish....it even has water and rain noise if music is too stimulating. I love that we can opt to swing him sideways instead of the usual forward/backward. I'm going to hate giving the swing up whe my son out grows it. It's been a life saver. If he 's crying or fussy he stops the minute we put him in it.Well worth the money. One draw back: the width of the legs. Going thru doorways is a problem but we deal with it. I guess to be stable for swinging like a cradle it needs a wide stance. | 11 | [
"I love, love, love this swing!",
"We registered for the regular kind of swing and wish we had gotten this one from the get go.",
"It's great!",
"Cushy, quiet, nice music, dancing fish....it even has water and rain noise if music is too stimulating.",
"I love that we can opt to swing him sideways instead of the usual forward/backward.",
"I'm going to hate giving the swing up whe my son out grows it.",
"It's been a life saver.",
"If he 's crying or fussy he stops the minute we put him in it.Well worth the money.",
"One draw back: the width of the legs.",
"Going thru doorways is a problem but we deal with it.",
"I guess to be stable for swinging like a cradle it needs a wide stance."
] |
2 | No aggravation with second unit! | Update of early March review. Returned one unit since it started giving error messages every time you breathed on it. This replacement works perfectly. Even the remote buttons have a different response. Have had no problems at all, transferring my vhs-c and vhs family tapes to dvds, old vh-1 special programs, recording from cable and network tv. I used it for about 4 hours a day so far, some days 11 hours, trying to transfer the family videos before machine started to act like the one I returned. I usually use the hq setting as I want the best possible results for archiving videos. I did not do any firmware updates or anything else. I made sure to buy at another branch of store so I didnt get one from same batch as the first one. Hopefully this will last for a while. Have been using this one for 4 weeks, with Maxell,Memorex,CompUSA and Kypermedia blanks. All work fine. | 12 | [
"Update of early March review.",
"Returned one unit since it started giving error messages every time you breathed on it.",
"This replacement works perfectly.",
"Even the remote buttons have a different response.",
"Have had no problems at all, transferring my vhs-c and vhs family tapes to dvds, old vh-1 special programs, recording from cable and network tv.",
"I used it for about 4 hours a day so far, some days 11 hours, trying to transfer the family videos before machine started to act like the one I returned.",
"I usually use the hq setting as I want the best possible results for archiving videos.",
"I did not do any firmware updates or anything else.",
"I made sure to buy at another branch of store so I didnt get one from same batch as the first one.",
"Hopefully this will last for a while.",
"Have been using this one for 4 weeks, with Maxell,Memorex,CompUSA and Kypermedia blanks.",
"All work fine."
] |
1 | DVD a big disappointment... | First of all, let me start by saying that I love this film. A true classic: very funny, great songs and wonderful characters. But the DVD looks terrible. Scratches, and even awkward skips in the transfer. Picture is often blurry and sound is muffled. I wish I could say that they had restored it, but it looks more like a bootleg transfer than a legitimate release. The old, out-of-print VHS version had a much better film transfer on it. At least that one didn't frame-skip in the middle of the dialogue like this DVD transfer does! Maybe someday this film will get the DVD treatment it so richly deserves. Oh, by the way--for those who care, there are NO extras to speak of on it.EDIT: Please see my comment below about the new Shout! Factory release. It's much better! | 12 | [
"First of all, let me start by saying that I love this film.",
"A true classic: very funny, great songs and wonderful characters.",
"But the DVD looks terrible.",
"Scratches, and even awkward skips in the transfer.",
"Picture is often blurry and sound is muffled.",
"I wish I could say that they had restored it, but it looks more like a bootleg transfer than a legitimate release.",
"The old, out-of-print VHS version had a much better film transfer on it.",
"At least that one didn't frame-skip in the middle of the dialogue like this DVD transfer does!",
"Maybe someday this film will get the DVD treatment it so richly deserves.",
"Oh, by the way--for those who care, there are NO extras to speak of on it.EDIT: Please see my comment below about the new Shout!",
"Factory release.",
"It's much better!"
] |
2 | Makita 18 Volt Drill and saw review | This is a great buy. The drill has more power than most corded ones. It also outlasts most cordless drills. The battery packs last a long time. The nice thing is that the drill and saw have interchabgeable battery packs. If one dies you can use the other while it is charging. The saw isn't anything to write home and brag about. what you have to realize is that it isn't made to do the same jobs as a 7 1/2 inch circular saw. this saw is meant for small jobs. The batteries die out on this saw rather quickly too. But, overall it is a great product. I never regretted getting mine. | 12 | [
"This is a great buy.",
"The drill has more power than most corded ones.",
"It also outlasts most cordless drills.",
"The battery packs last a long time.",
"The nice thing is that the drill and saw have interchabgeable battery packs.",
"If one dies you can use the other while it is charging.",
"The saw isn't anything to write home and brag about.",
"what you have to realize is that it isn't made to do the same jobs as a 7 1/2 inch circular saw.",
"this saw is meant for small jobs.",
"The batteries die out on this saw rather quickly too.",
"But, overall it is a great product.",
"I never regretted getting mine."
] |
2 | Another witty and fun read from author Susan Elizabeth Phillips. | Although I preferred the first three Chicago Stars football books to this one, I still rank this one with 4 stars as a good read. The first three books which I felt were great are: It Had to be You, Heaven, Texas, and Nobody's Baby But Mine. In this book, I didn't enjoy the two main characters as much as I enjoyed the characters in her other books. I'm not sure why. They both sought entertainment through risk taking. Molly was supposed to be very smart, so I couldn't understand why she would give away all her inherited money. This book did have me laughing out loud several times and it was a nice romance story.DATA:Sexual language: moderate. Number of sex scenes: about eight. Setting: current day Chicago, Door County, Wisc and Northern Michigan. Copyright: 2001. Genre: contemporary romance with comedy.OTHER BOOKS:For a list of my reviews of other Susan Elizabeth Phillips books, see my 5 star review of "Glitter Baby" posted 1/15/09. | 11 | [
"Although I preferred the first three Chicago Stars football books to this one, I still rank this one with 4 stars as a good read.",
"The first three books which I felt were great are: It Had to be You, Heaven, Texas, and Nobody's Baby But Mine.",
"In this book, I didn't enjoy the two main characters as much as I enjoyed the characters in her other books.",
"I'm not sure why.",
"They both sought entertainment through risk taking.",
"Molly was supposed to be very smart, so I couldn't understand why she would give away all her inherited money.",
"This book did have me laughing out loud several times and it was a nice romance story.DATA:Sexual language: moderate.",
"Number of sex scenes: about eight.",
"Setting: current day Chicago, Door County, Wisc and Northern Michigan.",
"Copyright: 2001.",
"Genre: contemporary romance with comedy.OTHER BOOKS:For a list of my reviews of other Susan Elizabeth Phillips books, see my 5 star review of \"Glitter Baby\" posted 1/15/09."
] |
1 | 'Should've Never' bought this... | Jennifer Lopez is a decent actress, but J.Lo is a joke.The only song on this album worthy of listening to is `All I Have' featuring LL Cool J., because the vocals don't sound anything like Jennifer Lopez. This is a great example of what goes down in the editing room. J.Lo doesn't write a single word she utters on this album, not even the overly melodramatic track, `Dear Ben', a disgustingly sappy song dedicated to her current boy toy Ben Affleck. In fact this entire album seems to be inspired by her undying love [sarcasm] for Ben. This is what makes this album so obnoxious and unbearable to listen to. Because in the back of your mind, you know it aint gonna last. This album is a joke. It unveils the foolishness and absurdity that is "J.Lo". And with that said I have some advice for the queen: stick to acting. Please Jenny, please.Bottom line: ...If you actually like music then stay away from this trash. If you're a fan of mediocrity then I recommend this album! | 11 | [
"Jennifer Lopez is a decent actress, but J.Lo is a joke.The only song on this album worthy of listening to is `All I Have' featuring LL Cool J., because the vocals don't sound anything like Jennifer Lopez.",
"This is a great example of what goes down in the editing room.",
"J.Lo doesn't write a single word she utters on this album, not even the overly melodramatic track, `Dear Ben', a disgustingly sappy song dedicated to her current boy toy Ben Affleck.",
"In fact this entire album seems to be inspired by her undying love [sarcasm] for Ben.",
"This is what makes this album so obnoxious and unbearable to listen to.",
"Because in the back of your mind, you know it aint gonna last.",
"This album is a joke.",
"It unveils the foolishness and absurdity that is \"J.Lo\".",
"And with that said I have some advice for the queen: stick to acting.",
"Please Jenny, please.Bottom line: ...If you actually like music then stay away from this trash.",
"If you're a fan of mediocrity then I recommend this album!"
] |
1 | What Happened? | I'm a big fan of the Drawn Together series. I own all three dvd seasons as well. So when I heard there was a movie coming out I was stoked. I'm very sad to say though that the movie is just completely terrible. My wife and I both hated it. To make matters worse they had to change their animation for budget reasons so the movie looks like a glorified internet flash cartoon. That might not bother some,and I know that was the best they could do, but it bugged me the whole way through.Lastly...I figured that if the story wasn't that great there would at least be great jokes throughout that saved the film. Well there wasn't. I actually didn't laugh much at anything. Somehow it even managed to not be funny. After it was over we were both literally depressed at how bad it was.That's just our opinion though. Hopefully there's more people that like it. Once more I loved the series. Literally every episode was great. But...I don't know what happened to the movie... | 15 | [
"I'm a big fan of the Drawn Together series.",
"I own all three dvd seasons as well.",
"So when I heard there was a movie coming out I was stoked.",
"I'm very sad to say though that the movie is just completely terrible.",
"My wife and I both hated it.",
"To make matters worse they had to change their animation for budget reasons so the movie looks like a glorified internet flash cartoon.",
"That might not bother some,and I know that was the best they could do, but it bugged me the whole way through.Lastly...I figured that if the story wasn't that great there would at least be great jokes throughout that saved the film.",
"Well there wasn't.",
"I actually didn't laugh much at anything.",
"Somehow it even managed to not be funny.",
"After it was over we were both literally depressed at how bad it was.That's just our opinion though.",
"Hopefully there's more people that like it.",
"Once more I loved the series.",
"Literally every episode was great.",
"But...I don't know what happened to the movie..."
] |
2 | A Cool Sci-fi/fantasy Vision! | I must have been 8 years old when I first saw this movie (strangley enough, the same age as at least two other reviewers.) I was stunned. It was the first violent, crude, and "badass" cartoon I had seen. I must have watched it at least 3 or 4 times again. I admire this movie mostly for its edge, panache, artisrty, and setting. There isn't anything quite like it. It has an enjoyable fantasy setting (Technology vs. Magic) and fairly eerie tone throughout, considering it roughly falls into the "post-apocolypse" genre. The only down side to Wizards? The sound track. C'mon, why do we have to listen to 70's disco music during battle scenes? Oh well, this movie is pop corn to me. I wonder where I can find it . . . | 14 | [
"I must have been 8 years old when I first saw this movie (strangley enough, the same age as at least two other reviewers.) I was stunned.",
"It was the first violent, crude, and \"badass\" cartoon I had seen.",
"I must have watched it at least 3 or 4 times again.",
"I admire this movie mostly for its edge, panache, artisrty, and setting.",
"There isn't anything quite like it.",
"It has an enjoyable fantasy setting (Technology vs.",
"Magic) and fairly eerie tone throughout, considering it roughly falls into the \"post-apocolypse\" genre.",
"The only down side to Wizards?",
"The sound track.",
"C'mon, why do we have to listen to 70's disco music during battle scenes?",
"Oh well, this movie is pop corn to me.",
"I wonder where I can find it.",
".",
"."
] |
1 | Apparently he knows the secrets of the universe. | I am so pissed off right now. I can't believe this bigot is calling himself a wiccan. I just hope that no aspiring homosexual witch reads this. Obviously he doesn't know that the rede was written in the far back ancient times of the 1970's by Lady Gwen Thompson. And no that was not in the book. Also he is denounced by the founder of his own tradition. As far as the universal life church goes...big deal, anyone can become a minister through there [...]. So obviously he doesn't know anywthing about wicca or the rede. On top of that he is a biggot. He claims that it is a law against nature. Well homosexual activity is in nature. There is homosexual behavior in many animal species. So it looks like the author doesn't know about the nature that he is supposedly worshiping. Aspiring wiccans please run away and get another book. A good one is Gay Witchcraft by Christopher Penzack. Biggotry has no place in wicca. | 16 | [
"I am so pissed off right now.",
"I can't believe this bigot is calling himself a wiccan.",
"I just hope that no aspiring homosexual witch reads this.",
"Obviously he doesn't know that the rede was written in the far back ancient times of the 1970's by Lady Gwen Thompson.",
"And no that was not in the book.",
"Also he is denounced by the founder of his own tradition.",
"As far as the universal life church goes...big deal, anyone can become a minister through there [...].",
"So obviously he doesn't know anywthing about wicca or the rede.",
"On top of that he is a biggot.",
"He claims that it is a law against nature.",
"Well homosexual activity is in nature.",
"There is homosexual behavior in many animal species.",
"So it looks like the author doesn't know about the nature that he is supposedly worshiping.",
"Aspiring wiccans please run away and get another book.",
"A good one is Gay Witchcraft by Christopher Penzack.",
"Biggotry has no place in wicca."
] |
2 | This game is too hot to handle | Man this game is just spectacular (no pun intended). The way they have Spider-Man move in this game is just so......great. I was speechless when I played this game for the first time. The combos are great and my favorite levels are the ones where you are swinging out in the wide open in the city. The costume design was on point, the FMV's are great, especially the opening one, that's the best one. A lot of reviews mention how the camera angle is not so good, if you've played the other two Spider-Man Games then you should expect the same kind of camera movement. You'll get use to it and you'll master moving Spidey in one direction with having to wait for the camera angle to change. My favorite webswing feature in this game is the Webswing kick, that's hot. Oh and when fighting the Goblin you can land on his glider with him and beat the snot out of the side of his head. All in all this game is a must-have, Spider-Man rulz all. Get it while it's hot!!! | 12 | [
"Man this game is just spectacular (no pun intended).",
"The way they have Spider-Man move in this game is just so......great.",
"I was speechless when I played this game for the first time.",
"The combos are great and my favorite levels are the ones where you are swinging out in the wide open in the city.",
"The costume design was on point, the FMV's are great, especially the opening one, that's the best one.",
"A lot of reviews mention how the camera angle is not so good, if you've played the other two Spider-Man Games then you should expect the same kind of camera movement.",
"You'll get use to it and you'll master moving Spidey in one direction with having to wait for the camera angle to change.",
"My favorite webswing feature in this game is the Webswing kick, that's hot.",
"Oh and when fighting the Goblin you can land on his glider with him and beat the snot out of the side of his head.",
"All in all this game is a must-have, Spider-Man rulz all.",
"Get it while it's hot!!!"
] |
2 | Only thing I've been listening to for 2 months | Until "Praise & Blame" I only had a passing appreciation for TJ's powerful voice and kind of a disdain for his former sexy image. Then I saw him on Letterman singing "Burning Hell". The opening guitar riff intrigued me, the still powerful voice impressed me, and when he belted out the first "No" and then "Yeah-hey" I was hooked. The performance totally blew me away! Got the album the next day and have been listening to it ever since.Don't look for any slick production here. It's the TJ Voice and everything else is there to support, enhance and flavor it. And what a voice it is! At 70, the Voice is a fine musical instrument: crafted and aged to perfection, well-tuned, effective in both the quiet and loud passages, and played by a master.There are a few albums that one simply must have if you appreciate music. This is one of them. Get it. Listen to it. You'll be glad you did. | 12 | [
"Until \"Praise & Blame\" I only had a passing appreciation for TJ's powerful voice and kind of a disdain for his former sexy image.",
"Then I saw him on Letterman singing \"Burning Hell\".",
"The opening guitar riff intrigued me, the still powerful voice impressed me, and when he belted out the first \"No\" and then \"Yeah-hey\" I was hooked.",
"The performance totally blew me away!",
"Got the album the next day and have been listening to it ever since.Don't look for any slick production here.",
"It's the TJ Voice and everything else is there to support, enhance and flavor it.",
"And what a voice it is!",
"At 70, the Voice is a fine musical instrument: crafted and aged to perfection, well-tuned, effective in both the quiet and loud passages, and played by a master.There are a few albums that one simply must have if you appreciate music.",
"This is one of them.",
"Get it.",
"Listen to it.",
"You'll be glad you did."
] |
1 | Very disappointed | This book had it's moments, but overall it was slow. There was just to much of Peter and his new girlfriend's son that didn't add much to the story. Also, the ending just made me go "what?"I was VERY disappointed in the end. There was a great build up to the mystery, however nada was ever fully explained. None of the questions are really answered. I really wanted to know what happened to his ex-wife & son. How did they disappear??? I was just so disappointed w/ this book & after the ending I donated book to local library.The storyline w/ Pomeroy was the most interesting. He was a great character, however we never learned about the Linda he mentioned. Someone he stalked before????If you want to read this book go to your local library. | 12 | [
"This book had it's moments, but overall it was slow.",
"There was just to much of Peter and his new girlfriend's son that didn't add much to the story.",
"Also, the ending just made me go \"what?",
"\"I was VERY disappointed in the end.",
"There was a great build up to the mystery, however nada was ever fully explained.",
"None of the questions are really answered.",
"I really wanted to know what happened to his ex-wife & son.",
"How did they disappear???",
"I was just so disappointed w/ this book & after the ending I donated book to local library.The storyline w/ Pomeroy was the most interesting.",
"He was a great character, however we never learned about the Linda he mentioned.",
"Someone he stalked before???",
"?",
"If you want to read this book go to your local library."
] |
2 | Framed! | Nobody has ever known how exactly Harry's parents died in the hands of Voldemort. This book, however, gives us some insight about what happened on that fateful night. Sirius Black, a "murderer" who escaped from Azkaban, the wizarding prison, and was on the run. Rumours were flying around that Sirius was after Harry because he, who was Harry's parents' best friend, had betrayed them and given them away to Voldemort. What was the real truth behind it actually? The story has so many twists, including Ron finding out that his rat Scabbers isn't a rat! In fact, it was a man by the name of Peter Pettigrew, servant of the Dark Lord and was an animagi. What is an animagi? Read the book to find out. Sirius Black was one too and he was able to transform into a great black dog. Time-turners, Marauder's Map, Hippogriffs, Dementors and not to mention the fever-pitch excitment of the Quidditch Final at Hogwarts, this book is one that you will never forget and will never put down. | 11 | [
"Nobody has ever known how exactly Harry's parents died in the hands of Voldemort.",
"This book, however, gives us some insight about what happened on that fateful night.",
"Sirius Black, a \"murderer\" who escaped from Azkaban, the wizarding prison, and was on the run.",
"Rumours were flying around that Sirius was after Harry because he, who was Harry's parents' best friend, had betrayed them and given them away to Voldemort.",
"What was the real truth behind it actually?",
"The story has so many twists, including Ron finding out that his rat Scabbers isn't a rat!",
"In fact, it was a man by the name of Peter Pettigrew, servant of the Dark Lord and was an animagi.",
"What is an animagi?",
"Read the book to find out.",
"Sirius Black was one too and he was able to transform into a great black dog.",
"Time-turners, Marauder's Map, Hippogriffs, Dementors and not to mention the fever-pitch excitment of the Quidditch Final at Hogwarts, this book is one that you will never forget and will never put down."
] |
2 | Definitely Earned Its Best-Picture Oscar!! | Good story. Excellent character development. Nice photography. First-rate music. And a brilliantly controlled performance by Dustin Hoffman. ..... This is "Rain Man", 1988's Best Picture Winner. And rightly so. This script plays out very nicely, as we are drawn into the world of Raymond and Charlie Babbitt and their cross-country adventure. This is a film to watch and enjoy over and over again! It MUST be viewed more than just once! And remember to fly Qantas whenever possible.....because "Qantas never crashed." :) | 13 | [
"Good story.",
"Excellent character development.",
"Nice photography.",
"First-rate music.",
"And a brilliantly controlled performance by Dustin Hoffman.",
"..... This is \"Rain Man\", 1988's Best Picture Winner.",
"And rightly so.",
"This script plays out very nicely, as we are drawn into the world of Raymond and Charlie Babbitt and their cross-country adventure.",
"This is a film to watch and enjoy over and over again!",
"It MUST be viewed more than just once!",
"And remember to fly Qantas whenever possible.....because \"Qantas never crashed.\" :)"
] |
1 | Full of Features... When It Doesn't Skip... | I've had this DVD player for more than a year now. So far, I've been pretty happy with it as far as its features and etc. for its price range. But it still doesn't make up for all the skipping that it likes to do - with old and BRAND NEW DVDs!!! Sometimes it works perfectly and sometimes it would just skip around for no apparent reason. I'm yet to figure out why. I'm going to replace this with a PS2. This model was one of Samsung's earliest DVD players and that might be why it skips so much. Maybe there was some bug that they hadn't taken care of. Normally I'm extremely happy with Samsung's products but this one surely changed my mind about Samsung. If you're considering a budget DVD player with a choke full of features, you can't beat this one - if you can stand all the skipping, that is. For the love of God, don't buy this model. | 12 | [
"I've had this DVD player for more than a year now.",
"So far, I've been pretty happy with it as far as its features and etc.",
"for its price range.",
"But it still doesn't make up for all the skipping that it likes to do - with old and BRAND NEW DVDs!!!",
"Sometimes it works perfectly and sometimes it would just skip around for no apparent reason.",
"I'm yet to figure out why.",
"I'm going to replace this with a PS2.",
"This model was one of Samsung's earliest DVD players and that might be why it skips so much.",
"Maybe there was some bug that they hadn't taken care of.",
"Normally I'm extremely happy with Samsung's products but this one surely changed my mind about Samsung.",
"If you're considering a budget DVD player with a choke full of features, you can't beat this one - if you can stand all the skipping, that is.",
"For the love of God, don't buy this model."
] |
2 | WWF Armageddon was a shocker | The best match of this PPV is hands down the No Holds Barred match between Triple H and Vince McMahon. It was really exciting and had that great surprise twist at the end. The 16 man tag-team elimination match was also cool. A great WWF moment was after the Four Corners Evening Match between Ms. Kitty, Jacqueline, Ivory, and B.B. for the WWF Women's Championship. The WWF Title Match was a joke. Boss Man didn't last three minutes in the ring with the Big Show, and neither did Prince Albert. The Superheavyweight Match between Rikishi & Viscera and the Hollys was kinda boring. The IC Title Match was really good. Val Venis, D'Lo Brown, and the British Bulldog did great in the Triple-Threat European Title Match. The Steel Cage match with kane and X-Pac was a little too predictable. The Rock 'n' Sock Connection was so close to winning the Tag Team Belts. Buy this one. | 13 | [
"The best match of this PPV is hands down the No Holds Barred match between Triple H and Vince McMahon.",
"It was really exciting and had that great surprise twist at the end.",
"The 16 man tag-team elimination match was also cool.",
"A great WWF moment was after the Four Corners Evening Match between Ms.",
"Kitty, Jacqueline, Ivory, and B.B. for the WWF Women's Championship.",
"The WWF Title Match was a joke.",
"Boss Man didn't last three minutes in the ring with the Big Show, and neither did Prince Albert.",
"The Superheavyweight Match between Rikishi & Viscera and the Hollys was kinda boring.",
"The IC Title Match was really good.",
"Val Venis, D'Lo Brown, and the British Bulldog did great in the Triple-Threat European Title Match.",
"The Steel Cage match with kane and X-Pac was a little too predictable.",
"The Rock 'n' Sock Connection was so close to winning the Tag Team Belts.",
"Buy this one."
] |
1 | Blah! | Good God! What kind of morons would a movie about passing a dead guy around? These morons! This thing is dumb! This is the worst movie in the history of the motion picture! I have seen droppings better than this movie! Terrible! Terrible! Terrible! Why,this thing isn't even worthy of negative numbers! It makes me sick! ... that's all. Good bye. | 13 | [
"Good God!",
"What kind of morons would a movie about passing a dead guy around?",
"These morons!",
"This thing is dumb!",
"This is the worst movie in the history of the motion picture!",
"I have seen droppings better than this movie!",
"Terrible!",
"Terrible!",
"Terrible!",
"Why,this thing isn't even worthy of negative numbers!",
"It makes me sick!",
"... that's all.",
"Good bye."
] |
1 | I'm perplexed by the positive reviews | I bought this book because of all the positive reviews. What a mistake.It has almost 1000 pages, and yet has nothing. Simply amazing. There's not a single useful chapter in this book. All the code snippets are pathetically simple. Not only that, they have no context - i.e. they won't compile if you copy them because they're incomplete. The MSDN Help gives you much more than this book. And the author has the nerve to call them "No Toy Code". On top of that, that phrase is actually trademarked. What a joke! I don't understand the positive reviews at all. The apps these people build have got to be simple if they find this book useful. I hardly ever buy technical books because the MSDN Help is usually plenty for me, so I was counting on the reviewers to know what they're talking about. But this now puts some serious doubts in my mind about the book reviews here. I'm leery of them now. | 16 | [
"I bought this book because of all the positive reviews.",
"What a mistake.It has almost 1000 pages, and yet has nothing.",
"Simply amazing.",
"There's not a single useful chapter in this book.",
"All the code snippets are pathetically simple.",
"Not only that, they have no context - i.e. they won't compile if you copy them because they're incomplete.",
"The MSDN Help gives you much more than this book.",
"And the author has the nerve to call them \"No Toy Code\".",
"On top of that, that phrase is actually trademarked.",
"What a joke!",
"I don't understand the positive reviews at all.",
"The apps these people build have got to be simple if they find this book useful.",
"I hardly ever buy technical books because the MSDN Help is usually plenty for me, so I was counting on the reviewers to know what they're talking about.",
"But this now puts some serious doubts in my mind about the book reviews here.",
"I'm leery of them now."
] |
1 | Anything this bad should be banned in most countries | What a Blitz wanna-be this is. And it fails miserably at attempting to be one.1. Graphics. Ok, these are laughable. I'm reminded of Atari 2600 games when watching this.2.Sound. Har Har. A 10cent Pc Speaker has a wider range of sounds than this.3. Terrain. You're kidding right ? Everything looks flat and lifeless.4. Plays. Plenty of 'em. And if I could stand to look at this game, I'd probably try 'em all. It's very confusing, however, to try and pick a play.5. Gameplay. Slow, clunky, laughable.Don't buy this. You'll waste your money and time. Glad I rented it first. | 18 | [
"What a Blitz wanna-be this is.",
"And it fails miserably at attempting to be one.1. Graphics.",
"Ok, these are laughable.",
"I'm reminded of Atari 2600 games when watching this.2.Sound.",
"Har Har.",
"A 10cent Pc Speaker has a wider range of sounds than this.3. Terrain.",
"You're kidding right?",
"Everything looks flat and lifeless.4. Plays.",
"Plenty of 'em.",
"And if I could stand to look at this game, I'd probably try 'em all.",
"It's very confusing, however, to try and pick a play.5. Gameplay.",
"Slow, clunky, laughable.Don't buy this.",
"You'll waste your money and time.",
"Glad I rented it first."
] |
2 | May Have Saved My Life | Found this gem in the library. A great addition to "Facing Codependence" tape by Pia Mellody (the famous one)but this book was just as wonderful. Although Ms Castine does not have a psych degree, she has the PHD of life.This is the book I asked God for. I have never read a book this wonderful and life changing. Her experience with her drug addicted son was extremely valuable to me, as I have been struggling with my own child. Don't be put off by the fact it was written in 1989 either. I am honored to write the first review here. If you have reached the end of your rope, read this book. For the rescuers, codependents, even children of dysfunctional families. More help here with constructive recovery rather than tons os psych jargon describing symptoms. Ten stars | 11 | [
"Found this gem in the library.",
"A great addition to \"Facing Codependence\" tape by Pia Mellody (the famous one)but this book was just as wonderful.",
"Although Ms Castine does not have a psych degree, she has the PHD of life.This is the book I asked God for.",
"I have never read a book this wonderful and life changing.",
"Her experience with her drug addicted son was extremely valuable to me, as I have been struggling with my own child.",
"Don't be put off by the fact it was written in 1989 either.",
"I am honored to write the first review here.",
"If you have reached the end of your rope, read this book.",
"For the rescuers, codependents, even children of dysfunctional families.",
"More help here with constructive recovery rather than tons os psych jargon describing symptoms.",
"Ten stars"
] |
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