Video Game Reviews: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask/Naughty Bear
http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/06/30/naughty-bear-review
http://www.ign.com/games/the-legend-of-zelda-majoras-mask/n64-1933
-Gives a history of the franchise (if it exists)
-Lets in on backstory of development
-Avoids spoilers
-If it's bad, it let's you know the reviewer doesn't like it in the first paragraph
-Lets you in on the gameplay
-Tells you the story first.
Album reviews: Catacombs of the Black Vatican- Black Label Society/ Painkiller-Judas Priest
http://loudwire.com/black-label-society-catacombs-of-the-black-vatican-album-review/
http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Judas_Priest/Painkiller/465/
-Compares this to previous work
-Doesn't talk about all the songs
-Gives back-story of the record
-Fits the guitar style into some music genre other than metal (blues, jazz)
-Lets us in on an overall tone of the album
-Lets us know what kind of effects are used in it
-Keeps away from talking about the best or worst track
Restaurant reviews: Chef's Kitchen/ Kanpai
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g37835-d1100726-Reviews-Chef_s_Kitchen-Des_Moines_Iowa.html#REVIEWS
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60814-d437169-Reviews-Kanpai-Savannah_Georgia.html
-Talks about the service
-Talks about wait time
-Talks about food prices
-Mentions food taste
-Mentions how quick food came
2 Television series: Trailer Park Boys/ Soul Eater
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290988/reviews
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1214085/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
-Address other people who watched the show, regardless of how they felt of it
-Talk about the strongest characters
-On cartoon reviews people use many exclamations points AND ALL CAPS! and smiles (:
-For cartoons the art style is always commented on
2 Technology Reviews: Gibson Les Paul Studio 2014/ Charvel So Cal HH
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/gibson-2014-les-paul-studio-electric-guitar
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/charvel/so-cal
-Mention how it was straight out of the box
-Go into detail about how versatile the guitar is
-Always mention how the guitar feels
-Compares it to predecessors or owner's previous guitars
-Always try to fit in a CON somewhere
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Friday, December 12, 2014
Reviews of a Movie I Like
Positive Reviews:
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20419668,00.html
http://www.7mpictures.com/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-the-collectors-edition-blu-ray-review/
Major points in both of these reviews were that Jack Nicholson casted as the main character is and example of perfect casting. He's cunning, crazy, and likeable. All the characters in this film do a very good job of conveying their emotions through the movie, and that really expresses the cruel tone of the movie. Another thing that was pointed out was the insane amount of rewatch value this movie has. Despite its long time, this movie is said to have an absence of boring or dull scenes, keeping its engagement through the whole film.
Negative Reviews:
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,913797,00.html?iid=chix-sphere
http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=EE05E7DF1739E76CBC4851DFB767838E669EDE&partner=Rotten%2520Tomatoes
From the reviews I just read, I withdrew their thoughts in which they believed the story didn't really capture the essence of the time period. One reviewer expressed that the directer, and even writer, didn't understand the concept of revolution, or revolutionary period of the 60s. These reviewers felt that with the failures to grasp these concepts, the film seriously failed in being serious and just looked dumb. It was also felt that the portrayal of the mental institutions were poor in the way that they didn't perform and procedures in the way the movie showed.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20419668,00.html
http://www.7mpictures.com/one-flew-over-the-cuckoos-nest-the-collectors-edition-blu-ray-review/
Major points in both of these reviews were that Jack Nicholson casted as the main character is and example of perfect casting. He's cunning, crazy, and likeable. All the characters in this film do a very good job of conveying their emotions through the movie, and that really expresses the cruel tone of the movie. Another thing that was pointed out was the insane amount of rewatch value this movie has. Despite its long time, this movie is said to have an absence of boring or dull scenes, keeping its engagement through the whole film.
Negative Reviews:
http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,913797,00.html?iid=chix-sphere
http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=EE05E7DF1739E76CBC4851DFB767838E669EDE&partner=Rotten%2520Tomatoes
From the reviews I just read, I withdrew their thoughts in which they believed the story didn't really capture the essence of the time period. One reviewer expressed that the directer, and even writer, didn't understand the concept of revolution, or revolutionary period of the 60s. These reviewers felt that with the failures to grasp these concepts, the film seriously failed in being serious and just looked dumb. It was also felt that the portrayal of the mental institutions were poor in the way that they didn't perform and procedures in the way the movie showed.
Monday, December 8, 2014
Failures of Fabrication: Stephen Glass and Ken Dilanian
Stephen Glass and Ken Dilanian both committed the crimes of doing a major DON'T in journalism. For years Glass had written false articles for major magazine The New Republic while Dilanian had only created one false story with the help of the C.I.A.
Over the course of 4 years Stephen Glass had written 27 false stories before he was fired. Ken Dilanian had written a considerably more sinister story, in which he the C.I.A contacted him and got him to lie about the U.S killing Yemen innocents while trying to get to an Al Qaeda leader.
The U.S conducted airstrikes in Yemen to take out Abu Yahya al-Libi. While he was killed, the airstrike killed 20 others and injured 7 (some of which were terrorists).
Unlike Glass' fame gathering stories, Dilanian wrote a cover-up. Ken Dilanian's C.I.A edited article in the LA Times covered up the fact that the U.S airstrike killed civilians and wrote that only terrorists were hurt in the attack.
Dilanian's lies caught up to him when the International Bureau of Investigation exposed letters between him and the C.I.A. It turns out unlike Glass, he wasn't fired, he quit and joined the Associated Press because it turns out many journalists edit their stories to the C.I.A's liking.
The story that brought Stephen Glass' false articles to everyone's attention was a piece called, "Hack Heaven". Here's a link to the article: http://www.ep.tc/realist/140/11.html
Glass wouldn't just bend the truth, he would completely make something up out of nothing such as this article. Many of the sources he uses in this story aren't even true, Jukt Micronics and Ian Restil don't even exist.
If this was one of his last stories before he was caught, why did it take so long? Here are a few reasons.
Most people loved his stories, the magazine publishing them wanted to post them because they were great. The editors just wanted to take his word for them being real because they were hilarious.
Many of the things were easy for Stephen to cover up as well. In a lot of them he "experienced" some of these situations first hand, so he was often his own source.
It took completely different companies to catch these two reporters on their own lies, so that goes to show you how lazy some publisher can get. Something great we can take away from these two are that we shouldn't EVER assume or make things up in journalism.
The U.S conducted airstrikes in Yemen to take out Abu Yahya al-Libi. While he was killed, the airstrike killed 20 others and injured 7 (some of which were terrorists).
Unlike Glass' fame gathering stories, Dilanian wrote a cover-up. Ken Dilanian's C.I.A edited article in the LA Times covered up the fact that the U.S airstrike killed civilians and wrote that only terrorists were hurt in the attack.
Dilanian's lies caught up to him when the International Bureau of Investigation exposed letters between him and the C.I.A. It turns out unlike Glass, he wasn't fired, he quit and joined the Associated Press because it turns out many journalists edit their stories to the C.I.A's liking.
The story that brought Stephen Glass' false articles to everyone's attention was a piece called, "Hack Heaven". Here's a link to the article: http://www.ep.tc/realist/140/11.html
Glass wouldn't just bend the truth, he would completely make something up out of nothing such as this article. Many of the sources he uses in this story aren't even true, Jukt Micronics and Ian Restil don't even exist.
If this was one of his last stories before he was caught, why did it take so long? Here are a few reasons.
Most people loved his stories, the magazine publishing them wanted to post them because they were great. The editors just wanted to take his word for them being real because they were hilarious.
Many of the things were easy for Stephen to cover up as well. In a lot of them he "experienced" some of these situations first hand, so he was often his own source.
It took completely different companies to catch these two reporters on their own lies, so that goes to show you how lazy some publisher can get. Something great we can take away from these two are that we shouldn't EVER assume or make things up in journalism.
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