Inappropriate reviews

Atkingani wrote: The Miracle wrote: There was a whole dabate over this, Raffaella Check this page out: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3317&PN=94 That guy first posted a completely crap review bashing In Rock for plagiarism so it got deleted and he wrote this instead... Guigo saw it Unfair is it is, it's staying   Ansen, the discussion above took place on April 18th, after deletion of his review. The review Rafaella spotted is dated April, 23rd. They aren't the same!   Probably we should have discussed this second review too but we didn't. IMO it's an issue to be firstly discussed in the forums - however, he has the right to give a 1-star rating if this rating is followed by a well shaped review. Apparently we didn't see this second review or at the time we considered it to be appropriate even by a narrow margin.   If we are here discussing reviews done in 2004 I think that there's always time to discuss another made recently.

I know it's not, the first one was deleted. But remember this? I think it's inappropriate enough to be deleted. Giving the whole album 1* because the inro, first 2 minutes, of one song is supposedly plagiarism is unfair to say in the least. Plus he doesn't talk about musick on the album aside from thse damned 2 minutes.

The Miracle wrote: Atkingani wrote: The Miracle wrote: There was a whole dabate over this, Raffaella Check this page out: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3317&PN=94 That guy first posted a completely crap review bashing In Rock for plagiarism so it got deleted and he wrote this instead... Guigo saw it Unfair is it is, it's staying   Ansen, the discussion above took place on April 18th, after deletion of his review. The review Rafaella spotted is dated April, 23rd. They aren't the same!   Probably we should have discussed this second review too but we didn't. IMO it's an issue to be firstly discussed in the forums - however, he has the right to give a 1-star rating if this rating is followed by a well shaped review. Apparently we didn't see this second review or at the time we considered it to be appropriate even by a narrow margin.   If we are here discussing reviews done in 2004 I think that there's always time to discuss another made recently.     I know it's not, the first one was deleted. But remember this? I think it's inappropriate enough to be deleted. Giving the whole album 1* because the inro, first 2 minutes, of one song is supposedly plagiarism is unfair to say in the least. Plus he doesn't talk about musick on the album aside from thse damned 2 minutes.

HAWKWIND — This is Hawkwind - Do Not Panic
Review by robynsalmon

Somehow, the focus in this band never fluctuates far from "Why am I alive at all?" and "Since I am alive, what can I do to make sure I help others become more awake, as well?" (naturally, this is after their own fashion) Hawkwind is one band who can frequently, even upon relistening, give me chills...

I dunno......

I was under the assumption that in a DVD review, a lot of it has to do with what a DVD offers, as compared to say, a CD would. People would know what the songs are based on the CD.

On a DVD there is more than just the music, its a visual aspect, not just a listening aspect. That is what I was focusing on. The visual aspect of the DVD. We know what the songs sound like from the albums.

I hate DT? I guess that's why I gave I&W and Awake 4 stars. I like those albums

I think you are just angry perhaps because I don't like all their works and am not an obssessed fanboy.

Either way, welcome to Prog Archives, seeing as you just looked like you started posting.

EDIT: Seems like you aren't new, my mistake.

EDIT 2: And if anyone is displeased with my reviews(not rating an album high enough or too high, w/e), you are more than welcome to PM me about them. AtLossForWords took this approach and it worked out well. I will get to them when I can, and attempt to explain myself better.

Sorry buddy, but I am not going to just rate everything 5 stars. I'm also attempting to provide legitimate reasons other than "I just don't like the sound".

I'm critical on every band, regardless of who they are. For example, I loved Deloused by TMV, but I thought Frances The Mute was basically a failure.


Edited by OpethGuitarist - August 03 2006 at 05:05

Ricochet wrote: then again as I notice you're a person of concise explanation and unilateral focus...

Ricochet wrote: NutterAlert wrote: Ricochet wrote: then again as I notice you're a person of concise explanation and unilateral focus...   Nicely put Rico...how much Borges, et al, have you been reading?   well I don't what Borges has to do with the subject, but, casual answer, around 14 volumes.

Toccata wrote: DREAM THEATER — Live at BudokanReview by [COLOR=#606420">OpethGuitarist[/COLOR"> (Joey Kelley) <P style="COLOR: #333"> Better than average DVD highlighting what Dream Theater does best, run away with the notes. The "instrumedley" is proof of this more or less. The DVD is recorded very well, and the concert is well organized, with a good mixture of songs from their albums.However, this almost serves better as an instructional DVD than a concert DVD, with the camera works constantly zoomed in on the fretboards. Just Look at all DT reviews by OpethGuitarist. This guy simply hates DT. Maybe he's sick. At least he's biased. In this last review he don't even has much to say about album and music. Nevertheless, he finds whom to blame - cameraman. That's why 3 stars. Don't you think it's getting ridiculous? This IMHO doesn't contribute much to Progarchives's credibility. I thing PA staff should recommend this guy (and the likes) to hold back from reviewing some of bands.

    You are mistaken my friend.

Is this Rico ?

OpethGuitarist wrote: Generally, I try to cut as much "Bs" as I can out of my reviews. They get to the point quickly, or try to anyway. Personally I'm not interested in writing a 7 page explanation on why an album is aweseom or horrible. I'm not going to use any more words than necessary.

I actually think I was meaning to write another couple sentences for that review, now that I look at it more closely, I must have hit post by accident cause I had a phone call I took or something.