I Read Current Releases And So Should You!

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angel opportunity: Sep 7, 2004; Total Eclipse of the Heart

While I'm into Current Releases, I'm more interested in the culture around it and the reviewers' personalities, are there any good Twitters I should be following to keep up?

# ¿ Oct 3, 2014 00:25

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 01:51

angel opportunity: Sep 7, 2004; Total Eclipse of the Heart

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I am obviously not a good enough writer

Agreed

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for the front page,

Not sure

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nor do I even want to be.

How can you be sure?

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I will strive to post better here on the forums though.

Please don't

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I was defending the front page because

Don't defend stuff just for the hell of it, your "defense" is making things worse!

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I enjoy it a lot for the most part, and I think that most of the criticisms being offered in this thread are weak.

Your opinion...

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This

What is 'this?'

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does not mean that the front page writers shouldn't be criticized

Then stfu and let people crit them!

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anymore than those criticisms cannot be criticized.

deep poo poo

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Most of the complaints

Whose complaints?

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are saying

According to you

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that CR is mostly bad

correct

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but it's actually mostly good.

incorrect

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And that's honestly

Head to the resume and interviewing thread to learn why you shouldn't use "honestly" to argue

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how I truly feel,

no one gives a poo poo

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just like I'm 99.9%

jesus dude

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sure that when the writers say something

how can you know this?

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it is their actual opinion being expressed.

it's their opinion but it's contrived and forced either way

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To assume that they don't really mean it, but are just pandering for "upvotes" or "pre-approved applause",

i'm 99.9% sure they are doing this

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well, that seems weird and paranoid.

this is a common thing on the internet by this point, it's not paranoid to think

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Even if it's true,

it's true

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it's pretty irrelevant as a criticism.

it's not, this forced outrage is not fun to read and no one likes it but people who are poo poo like you

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Just deal with the opinion,

you just deal with the criticism

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it shouldn't be very hard,

again, no one is saying it's hard, just you

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especially if it's a bad one.

a bad what?

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I am implying

just state your implication don't say you're going to imply it, again see the interviewing megathread

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that some of the criticisms

which ones? whose?

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have been paranoid

again lol

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not that there is an organized subterfuge going on behind them

subterfuge

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The "they can't really mean it" nonsense.

they mean it, it's just forced, "how hard is it' to loving read?

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Meant seriously or in jest

which one?

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that's weak

'that' refers to what here?

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As are variations if "it's dumb your dumb" etc.

if what is dumb?

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Yeah, the Gone Girl review was poor analysis, but

this does not strengthen the coming argument

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I think CR is generally better.

better than what?

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Maybe the in-character format played a part too.

again admitting small concessions does not strengthen your lovely argument

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A good criticism of that specific review would be to

going subjunctive on us now...

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post something like that Time review as comparison - that was really good!

I quote you here that you shouldn't just say 'it's good' or 'it's bad'

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The CR one really wasn't hard to figure out though

Which CR one?

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, and I really don't understand the anger it caused.

because you're an idiot

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I do aim for playful, since this is the internet,

yeah the internet is just a playful place

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but I am definitely trying to confront what I think are bad posts.

hold a mirror up to your monitor LMAO!!!

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Sorry if that comes across as smug,

you're not sorry at all

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I'm working on it.

on what? getting more smug?

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edit:
Here's the Time review, in case anyone missed it

you seriously edited this post?

# ¿ Oct 8, 2014 13:48

angel opportunity: Sep 7, 2004; Total Eclipse of the Heart

can someone ban or probate black bones?

# ¿ Oct 10, 2014 21:18

angel opportunity: Sep 7, 2004; Total Eclipse of the Heart

Black Bones posted:

When determining how good-bad a movie is, it's important to remember that awards are even deader than authors.

After you said you'd stop posting in this thread if I did, I stopped posting. Since then you have posted three or four times. I am not going to post here, but you are free to break your word like a big baby.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2014 13:54

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