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post #51 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:20pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Scotty
Really? Grade A stupidity? Why is that? Im "stupid" because I am questioning why others are calling me "stupid" when I put together such a detailed review like I did? Do you think a stupid person can seriously write like this----I mean seriously....answer that for me, please.

1) I love that you mispell I'm. That's like icing on the cake.
2) "Omit needless words." See also: http://orwell.ru/library/others/style/index.htm
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post #52 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:20pm
Are you really that fat guy from Star Trek?
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post #53 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:21pm
I should've been clearer. By "call you on it" I meant the fact that you're an obvious attention whore.
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post #54 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:23pm
And it's astonishingly easy to get under his skin. I prefer a bit more challenge than this.
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post #55 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:29pm
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Originally Posted by DJScotty
You think a DUMB person could put together a review THAT LENGTHY?

The majority of your "review" is a LENGTHY summary of the film. Do we need a paragraph for every scene? Ridiculous. And lame.
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post #56 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:29pm
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All you computer nerds are making me laugh so hard.....thinking you are getting under my skin, thinking that Im dumb because I don't put "I'm" in its proper place when I am simply trying to type a bit faster than usual....all means I am "dumb" when if you really knew me, you would know that is simply and utterly untrue.....I'm an "attention whore"....right. Not true. But in your underwear sitting around with your six cats, like you losers are as internet trolls and predators looking to immediately "attack" new members of your precious board, I guess that is easy to do. Please, all of you, get a life and quick outside of harassing someone who wrote an online DVD review....Jesus...feed your six cats or something.

I did not put an "'" in I'm (because again I was typing quickly) so I am "dumb"....LMFAO. Right.
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post #57 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:31pm
Ellipses are not periods, you know.
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post #58 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:32pm
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Originally Posted by Neal
The majority of your "review" is a LENGTHY summary of the film. Do we need a paragraph for every scene? Ridiculous. And lame.
Yeah, and YOUR opinion, which really doesnt mean very much to me. In fact, it means dick. This was, incase you couldnt figure it out, a plot analysis which is the style in which I craft the reviews for other publications and sites and so I shared it here. It is not lame, but thats easy to swarth out towards someone from the comfort of your bedroom with your six cats next to you.

Write me one better, Neal.
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post #59 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:32pm
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Originally Posted by Brad Millette
Ellipses are not periods, you know.
Epilodhyeiwe1 for huffyf

MOOOOOGOOO!!!!
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post #60 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:33pm
[QUOTE=DJ Scotty] I poured hours into writing this for no money, compensation, anything
[QUOTE]

or

[QUOTE=DJ Scotty] I know who pays me on a freelance basis enjoys my work and they are aware of how many hours goes into writing them [QUOTE]

did you get paid or not?
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post #61 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:33pm
Three cats, actually.
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post #62 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:33pm
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Originally Posted by alobek
Three cats, actually.
Like I said. THAT'S lame.

And I am sure the skid marks in the froot of the looms. What else you have going on there today in the great cold north?
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post #63 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:34pm
You do realize that there's nothing more pathetic and computer nerd-ish than spending several hours writing in depth, thousands-of-words-long DVD reviews for zero money and spamming them across multiple message boards, right?

Welcoem to the party, pal.
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post #64 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:35pm
Guys, we should probably stop. He's obviously suffering from some kind of disorder here.
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post #65 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:35pm
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Originally Posted by Crow
You do realize that there's nothing more pathetic and computer nerd-ish than spending several hours writing in depth DVD reviews for message boards for zero money, right?

Welcoem to the party, pal.
No, even more pathetic are the people who write in and comment about it with nothing positive to say about it at all; honest, thats more pathetic.

Okay, let me make this clear because the real smart people in here are not getting it obviously: I am paid for freelance reviews from publications and supply them to discuss them on various sites, not for attention, not for any other purpose than to discuss the film with other fans who may want to pick up the DVD.
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post #66 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:36pm
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Originally Posted by Brad Millette
Guys, we should probably stop. He's obviously suffering from some kind of disorder here.
Can someone with a disorder continue to reply to your nonsense, Brad? Did you consider you have the disorder for continuing to harass someone?
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post #67 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:37pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Scotty
Can someone with a disorder continue to reply to your nonsense, Brad?
Yes, OCD.
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post #68 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:38pm
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Originally Posted by Andre Dellamorte
Yes, OCD.
It is not an indication of OCD when everyone else continues doing what they're doing, right? Okay. I got it now.

No, I do not have OCD.
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post #69 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:40pm
Alobek was kind enough to offer you some good advice on why you have been met with hostility, and how to address the situation. You've chosen to ignore that, and then seem confused on the continuation of harrasment you are receiving. When one person actually criticizes your review, you respond using the same grade school playground banter you have been chastizing others for directing at you.

Your case for not being "dumb" is suffering greatly.
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post #70 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:41pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Scotty
Okay, let me make this clear because the real smart people in here are not getting it obviously: I am paid for freelance reviews from publications and supply them to discuss them on various sites, not for attention, not for any other purpose than to discuss the film with other fans who may want to pick up the DVD.
If that's the case, then you post a link to the original site that actually pays you for the reviews, put it in Shameless Links and Self-Promotion, and let the attention come to you. No doubt, your employers would definitely welcome the higher hit count.
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post #71 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:41pm
This is like that psychology textbook stock photo of the sequence of paintings by an artist falling deeper and deeper into schizophrenia.

Except it's on a messageboard, and it's really dull.
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post #72 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:43pm
DJ Scotty - I'm not going to pile on with the insults like everyone else here but let me give you a piece of sincere constructive criticism. Sometimes less is more. Check out these reviews for an example: http://chud.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89581
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post #73 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:43pm
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Originally Posted by Death Surge
Alobek was kind enough to offer you some good advice on why you have been met with hostility, and how to address the situation. You've chosen to ignore that, and then seem confused on the continuation of harrasment you are receiving. When one person actually criticizes your review, you respond using the same grade school playground banter you have been chastizing others for directing at you.

Your case for not being "dumb" is suffering greatly.
This statement, sir, does not even deserve a reply. I am shaking my head in absolute amazement; the entire rhetoric you spill above is hypocritical on so many levels. In other words, I get attacked -- but am powerless to do anything about it, right? As soon as I defend myself it is categorized as "playground antics" or whatever you refered to it as? You're kidding, right?

I am far from dumb, once again. The level of the opposite with regard to the membership in here for continuing to harass someone is beginning to rear its very ugly head in retrospect.
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post #74 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:45pm
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Originally Posted by Crow
If that's the case, then you post a link to the original site that actually pays you for the reviews, put it in Shameless Links and Self-Promotion, and let the attention come to you. No doubt, your employers would definitely welcome the higher hit count.
The sites do not pay me for the reviews, the publications do, so there is no link to provide; I don't consider them to be "shameless links" even so, but my point here was to discuss Crimson Tide Extended Edition.
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post #75 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:46pm
hewlett, i salute you, sir.
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post #76 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:46pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Brad Millette
This is like that psychology textbook stock photo of the sequence of paintings by an artist falling deeper and deeper into schizophrenia.

Except it's on a messageboard, and it's really dull.
Brad....you have it wrong just a little....

You, sir, are dull.
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post #77 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:47pm
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Originally Posted by Hewlett
DJ Scotty - I'm not going to pile on with the insults like everyone else here but let me give you a piece of sincere constructive criticism. Sometimes less is more. Check out these reviews for an example: http://chud.com/forums/showthread.php?t=89581
I appreciate you not succumbing to the behavior of the other morons which populate this site, but excuse me sir, I have my own review style which is approved and applauded by those I work for, for years now. My point was to supply the thread with this review, which I wrote, and then discuss the film with fans of Crimson Tide.
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post #78 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:47pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Scotty
The sites do not pay me for the reviews, the publications do, so there is no link to provide; I don't consider them to be "shameless links" even so, but my point here was to discuss Crimson Tide Extended Edition.
Name some publications who have run your work, Scotty.
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post #79 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:48pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Scotty
Yeah, and YOUR opinion, which really doesnt mean very much to me. In fact, it means dick. This was, incase you couldnt figure it out, a plot analysis which is the style in which I craft the reviews for other publications and sites and so I shared it here. It is not lame, but thats easy to swarth out towards someone from the comfort of your bedroom with your six cats next to you.

Write me one better, Neal.
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Originally Posted by DJ Scotty
...lets discuss the DVD then, shall we? Im up for it.
Obviously not.
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post #80 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:49pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by devincf
Name some publications who have run your work, Scotty.
I have contributed to the "Top 100 DVDs of all time" section for Home Theater Magazine, as well as their latest "Build The Ultimate DVD Library" issue which came out a few months back and do reviews for them on a freelance basis; I am very good friends with Maureen Jensen, their editor, and also contribute to DVD ETC. on a bi monthly basis.
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post #81 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:50pm
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Originally Posted by BobClark
Obviously not.
Really? I know, Bob, this is your way to continue preying on membership here, as I can clearly see you are doing, because when I say "let's discuss it," YOU say "not...." or that I am not the one up for it.....but I am offering the beginnings of discussing the DVD and film itself, and still no one is willing to DISCUSS it, as I was told was the point of this board....

Willing to discuss it now?
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post #82 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:50pm
This has been fun, but the guy is obviously an SP troll. I think the last time he was here as JohnShade. Similar style.
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post #83 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:51pm
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Originally Posted by BobClark
This has been fun, but the guy is obviously an SP troll. I think the last time he was here as JohnShade. Similar style.
No, I was never anyone named "JohnShade" and I am NOT a troll.
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post #84 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:51pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Scotty
I have contributed to the "Top 100 DVDs of all time" section for Home Theater Magazine, as well as their latest "Build The Ultimate DVD Library" issue which came out a few months back and do reviews for them on a freelance basis; I am very good friends with Maureen Jensen, their editor, and also contribute to DVD ETC. on a bi monthly basis.
What's your real name? I'll call and ask them about you.
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post #85 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:53pm
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Originally Posted by devincf
What's your real name? I'll call and ask them about you.
You don't really think I would give a real name on this site with all the harassment that has been going on personally to me, do you? That's one, and two, you are going to call them and ask them what.....and you are actually sitting there at home right now willing to chase someone you met on the internet -- let me get this straight -- around to the extent of a phone call to a magazine because you really have NOTHING BETTER TO DO?? THAT summed up for me the mentality of the average person on this site.
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post #86 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:53pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Scotty
What else you have going on there today in the great cold north?
We fuck polar bears for warmth for it is a frozen, hostile wasteland.
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Originally Posted by DJ Scotty
No, even more pathetic are the people who write in and comment about it with nothing positive to say about it at all; honest, thats more pathetic.
It's clear you wanted a thread full of congratulations on your review. You're not going to get that here so why not cut your losses and go to whatever forums you're obviously very much loved in. If we're the losers you think we are, why do you care about our opinions in the first place?
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post #87 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:55pm
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Originally Posted by alobek
We fuck polar bears for warmth for it is a frozen, hostile wasteland.
It's clear you wanted a thread full of congratulations on your review. You're not going to get that here so why not cut your losses and go to whatever forums you're obviously very much loved in. If we're the losers you think we are, why do you care about our opinions in the first place?
Your first comment is blatantly clear and hysterical (I wondered what you did up there in dem dere igloos!).

And no, I did not want a thread full of congratulations on my review, pal. I figured someone would want to discuss whether or not this new version of the DVD was good/not so good/etc.
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post #88 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:57pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Scotty
I figured someone would want to discuss whether or not this new version of the DVD was good/not so good/etc.
The bitrate on this new release is a travesty.
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post #89 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:59pm
If your goal was to actual discuss the disc with us, you would've actually read the DVD forum first, and found this, and posted a COMMENT there, not a review.

Instead you started a new thread dedicated solely to your little dissertation, and you look like a spammer as a result. The End.
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post #90 of 129
6/5/06 at 4:59pm
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Hewlett, my boy, come on....that's not that funny....I mean it was a bit, but not what I was expecting....

Seriously, though, the new anamorphic transfer on this extended cut looks leaps and bounds better than the original bare bones disc; have you had the chance to compare them?
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post #91 of 129
6/5/06 at 5:01pm
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Originally Posted by Crow
If your goal was to actual discuss the disc with us, you would've actually read the DVD forum first, and found this, and posted a COMMENT there, not a review.

Instead you started a new thread dedicated solely to your little dissertation, and you look like a spammer as a result. The End.
No, no, that's not what I did crow....sorry. Indeed, I originally posted in the wrong place, which I stated I did, and would redirect it when I had a chance; however, my intention IS to discuss the disc with you guys. I reviewed it and posted it to discuss, that's all. If it is in the wrong place, again, my apologies. My intention was not to spam.
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post #92 of 129
6/5/06 at 5:03pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Scotty
Hewlett, my boy, come on....that's not that funny....I mean it was a bit, but not what I was expecting....

Seriously, though, the new anamorphic transfer on this extended cut looks leaps and bounds better than the original bare bones disc; have you had the chance to compare them?
Yes. There are a few scenes in the new release where you can see right through Gene Hackman. He's translucent. Unless Tony Scott intended for Capt. Frank Ramsey to be a ghost, then I'd say the transfer has some problems. And no, it's not my DVD player.
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post #93 of 129
6/5/06 at 5:06pm
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Originally Posted by Hewlett
Yes. There are a few scenes in the new release where you can see right through Gene Hackman. He's translucent. Unless Tony Scott intended for Capt. Frank Ramsey to be a ghost, then I'd say the transfer has some problems. And no, it's not my DVD player.
On my particular setup, ISF calibrated to the max (), I did not observe such problems; in terms of the color differences and the bleeding/pixelation problems that have been cleared up, this was a tremendous leap forward....look carefully during the scene with Viggo Mortensen when he says "What the hell are we waiting for?"....in the old release, the reds behind him were horribly digitally pixelated and near-bleeding....this new transfer has cleaned this up and the royal blues in the background are stunningly bright now. There have also been some audio cues that have been cleaned up in the Dolby 5.1 mix, but it's still not that hot of a track to my ears.

Do you agree?
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post #94 of 129
6/5/06 at 5:14pm
DJ Scotty - I'm pretty sure you're a jerk. And dumb. And a bigot. Insulting people who live in either Brooklyn or Los Angeles just proves all our points.

Have a nice day.
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post #95 of 129
6/5/06 at 5:16pm
Thread Starter 
No...

You ARE dumb for being from California. You people are BORN dumb.

Have a nice day, indeed.
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post #96 of 129
6/5/06 at 5:20pm
All we need now is someone to pull the Hitler card and we've gone through all the stages of arguing on the Internet.
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post #97 of 129
6/5/06 at 5:21pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Scotty
No...

You ARE dumb for being from California. You people are BORN dumb.

Have a nice day, indeed.
You're not even retarded in the fun way. You're just a dick. Who writes too-long, mediocre (at best) extremely unnecessarily wordy reviews.
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post #98 of 129
6/5/06 at 5:24pm
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Originally Posted by JGButler
You're not even retarded in the fun way. You're just a dick. Who writes too-long, mediocre (at best) extremely unnecessarily wordy reviews.
And you are too, my friend....the feeling is mutual....you too are a dick. And who gives a fuck what you think about my reviews? Your words are TEEMING with jealousy....mediocre at best....holy shit did that make me chuckle. But THIS is what I mean, administrators and those I talked to privately: I tried to bring the subject back to the DVD ITSELF, and a total asshole like this takes it off track again with these comments.....
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post #99 of 129
6/5/06 at 5:26pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Scotty
No...

You ARE dumb for being from California. You people are BORN dumb.

Have a nice day, indeed.

Hey dickhead, I was born in Chicago.
AND I work with the director of the film you "reviewed" on a regular basis.

But thanks for the awesome reply.
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post #100 of 129
6/5/06 at 5:29pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Scotty
And you are too, my friend....the feeling is mutual....you too are a dick. And who gives a fuck what you think about my reviews? Your words are TEEMING with jealousy....mediocre at best....holy shit did that make me chuckle. But THIS is what I mean, administrators and those I talked to privately: I tried to bring the subject back to the DVD ITSELF, and a total asshole like this takes it off track again with these comments.....
Hey man, you posted a thousand word DVD Review on a message board so I critiqued your review. You can't deal with that then don't post your reviews in a public forum. I hardly see how my critique of your review is off-track. The other stuff? Well that's just my critique of your personality (also proudly on display in a public forum).

Oh, and what exactly am I jealous of?
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