Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!scooper From: scooper@brl-tgr.ARPA (Stephan Cooper ) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Long Reviews Message-ID: <259@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 13:49:47 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.259 Posted: Mon Jul 29 13:49:47 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 31-Jul-85 04:19:04 EDT References: <1488@bbncca.ARPA> <344@ucdavis.UUCP> <365@uvaee.UUCP> <11671@brl-tgr.ARPA> <185@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: scooper@brl-tgr.ARPA (Stephan Cooper (CTAB) ) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 26 >>> ... No matter what the movie, I can't get interested in >>> anything that goes over a screenful ... > >> ... I could do without 80+ line reviews. One paragraph (maybe two) >> will suffice nicely, thank you. > >Ever heard of the `n' key? I like the long reviews since they give >me a chance to choose my viewing schedule without resorting to coin- >flipping. No one is forcing me to read them, though. > >One possibility is to keep a list of current movies on file with con- >densed (~10 lines) reviews and a summary of netpersons' reactions and >post it every week or so. Then we could all glance at it thursday >afternoon before calling someone for a date. > >Any of you fans of short reviews want to do that much work? > >I thought not ... How about a simple solution...kind of a courtesy to all. Stop trying to be Mr. Joe Movie Critic and give all of this great philosophical insight, when most of it is bull anyway. If it takes more than a screenful, you're probably repeating yourself anyway. Or is this too much work for you long reviewers? I thought so ...