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From: jcc@uvaee.UUCP (Jay Colognori)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Long Reviews
Message-ID: <383@uvaee.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 28-Jul-85 12:39:55 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 28 12:39:55 1985
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Reply-To: jcc@uvaee.UUCP (Jay Colognori)
Organization: EE Dept., U of Virginia, Charlottesville
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Summary: 

In article <185@brl-tgr.ARPA> jeffh@brl-tgr.ARPA (the Shadow) writes:
>>> ...  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. 

	The problem with using the 'n' key is that you don't know
what you've missed. Listen, if a person wants to write a long review,
fine. All I(we) are asking is that there be a synopsis somewhere in
the article that can be read instead of spending the time to read 100+
lines to get the reveiwer's drift. O.K.? If the synopsis says anything
interesting, then I(we) will read on. If not, I(we) will not have 
wasted our time reading 2 or 3 screenfuls for nothing.

						- Jay C.