Things Inconsequential....

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**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

So we are all going through a pretty stressful period of time. People are losing jobs, people are losing their homes. Relationships are strained, and there seems to be little spare cash to relieve the stress.

And despite this, I am constantly dumb founded at the petty little things people find to complain, bitch and whinge about. For example...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002ACP2QI/ref=s9_simz_gw_s0_p74_t1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=19BPBSJSA94048P08ZW2&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294

I was looking at this earlier today, as I intend to procure the complete SG-1, and then the complete Atlantis. Now the price might seem steep, but for my money, I'm getting quite a lot of entertainment there for my buck. So yay! But then I see it's one star review status. Uh oh I thinks, perhaps it is not as complete as billed? Perhaps an Episode has been inexplicably dropped? Go on, read the review.

Thats right. Apparently, despite the produce seemingly doing everything it says it does (which is contain every episode of Atlantis) the UK has been shafted, again because of........wait for it......the bloody Box Art.

Now perhaps I'm just a philistine when it comes to such things, but I really don't give much of a toss how pretty the box is. I ceased finding the box more entertaining than the contents circa Christmas 1984. The box, alongside it's contents, is going to get stuck on a shelf in my room, left to gather dust, whilst I plough through the discs contained therein. It is not going to sit on a plinth in a museum, held up as some profound statement of modern interpretative art.

Surely, surely this person has something better to do with their time than post up negative reviews based on the artwork on a box of decent value DVDs?

And this about brings me to this thread. I need to know if my fellow Dakkaites have found a similarly inconsequential complaint about something largely inconsequential? Please note, for the purposes of this, price etc don't count, as that sort of thing very much is consequential to some!

**whatwhat**

I have seen someone complain in a restaurant because they got served too much food.

**garret**

whadda ya mean the worlds great
jan and kate are divorcing,britney spears is still crazy and miley cyrus is heading the way of paris hilton.

**Jin**

whatwhat wrote:I have seen someone complain in a restaurant because they got served too much food.

I used to work at an ice cream shop where we were known (and instructed) to give big scoops of ice cream to customers.

I still can't believe how many people complained they were getting too much. Considering how little you get from most other places, I was shocked that people would complain.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Indeed. Served too much? Just don't eat it all. Simple enough.

I'm going to hunt for the most pointless review I can find. With any luck, Rotten Tomatoes can throw up something appropriately banal. Ideally, I'll be back with a mindlessly negatively review of a film which blatantly rocked Jebus Nads!

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Well, that was easy.

I found a review from Christopher Tookey, film bloke from the Daily Nazi. Sorry, Daily Mail about Transformers 2 : Revenge Of The Fallen.

Now, lets recap exactly what this film is.

1. It's a sequel to a wildly successful Hollywood blockbuster
2. It's a sequel to a wildly successful Hollywood blockbuster based on a popular CHILDRENS cartoon from the 1980's.
3. It's a sequel to a wildly successful Hollywood blockbuster based on a popular CHILDRENS cartoon from the 1980's which was primarily a series of extended adverts for Hasbro's toy range.
4. It's a sequel to a wildly successful Hollywood blockbuster based on a popular CHILDRENS cartoon from the 1980's which was primarily a series of extended adverts for Hasbro's toy range, directed by Michael Bay

Now, what do we expect from such a film? Big explosions, big robots knocking seven bells out of each other, and a whole load of fun. So lets read his review

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1194007/Transformers-Revenge-Of-The-Fallen-What-metal-racket.html

Finished digesting his little tirade? Well be careful, it's likely to repeat on you.

He complains about the very things I fully expected to see from the franchise and the director. What he single handedly fails to mention is that for those of us seeking to be entertained with a little mindless violence and silly banter, the film absolutely delivers. It appears that, yet again, he is complaining designed to be an out and out Hollywood Blockbuster isn't through provoking, risque or politically ground breaking.

What a dumbass. Sometimes I think he only got the job because he can label bad films 'Tookey's Turkey'.

Reminds me of the guy who reviewed The Incredible Hulk. The first words out of his mouth? 'Well, it's not War and Peace'.

Pretentious knobends. Arse off and watch your arthouse stuff. I'll stick with brain candy thank you very much!

**Frazzled**

If I feel like high art I see Ran, or crank up my Phantom of the Opera CD. If I want to see baysplosions, killer decipticons, and hawt cheekas I watch Transformers.

**Lordhat**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Indeed. Served too much? Just don't eat it all. Simple enough.

I'm going to hunt for the most pointless review I can find. With any luck, Rotten Tomatoes can throw up something appropriately banal. Ideally, I'll be back with a mindlessly negatively review of a film which blatantly rocked Jebus Nads!

Automatically Appended Next Post:
Well, that was easy.

I found a review from Christopher Tookey, film bloke from the Daily Nazi. Sorry, Daily Mail about Transformers 2 : Revenge Of The Fallen.

Now, lets recap exactly what this film is.

1. It's a sequel to a wildly successful Hollywood blockbuster
2. It's a sequel to a wildly successful Hollywood blockbuster based on a popular CHILDRENS cartoon from the 1980's.
3. It's a sequel to a wildly successful Hollywood blockbuster based on a popular CHILDRENS cartoon from the 1980's which was primarily a series of extended adverts for Hasbro's toy range.
4. It's a sequel to a wildly successful Hollywood blockbuster based on a popular CHILDRENS cartoon from the 1980's which was primarily a series of extended adverts for Hasbro's toy range, directed by Michael Bay

Now, what do we expect from such a film? Big explosions, big robots knocking seven bells out of each other, and a whole load of fun. So lets read his review

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1194007/Transformers-Revenge-Of-The-Fallen-What-metal-racket.html

Finished digesting his little tirade? Well be careful, it's likely to repeat on you.

He complains about the very things I fully expected to see from the franchise and the director. What he single handedly fails to mention is that for those of us seeking to be entertained with a little mindless violence and silly banter, the film absolutely delivers. It appears that, yet again, he is complaining designed to be an out and out Hollywood Blockbuster isn't through provoking, risque or politically ground breaking.

What a dumbass. Sometimes I think he only got the job because he can label bad films 'Tookey's Turkey'.

Reminds me of the guy who reviewed The Incredible Hulk. The first words out of his mouth? 'Well, it's not War and Peace'.

Pretentious knobends. Arse off and watch your arthouse stuff. I'll stick with brain candy thank you very much!

I agree, this man had no business writing a review of the new Transformers flick. I AM however a little worried about what he has to say about the dialogue being drowned out by the soundtrack. Being somewhat hard of hearing when there's a lot of background noise, spoken bits can be a BIG problem for me in movies. Watching the first movie was a major disappointment for me: the shapes of the 'bots and 'cons are too alien, and the action cut too quickly for me to comprehend what is happening 90% of the time. My eyes just can't 'see' it. Now I didn't mind this so much as I could follow the dialogue (Not that the story was high art) and could still enjoy the plot. This time around, if I can't even hear the speaking bits I'm afraid the whole movie will be a bust for me.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

He's talking out of his arse mate, or watching it on a crap system with crackly speakers.

I had no trouble discerning what was said, nor for once following the action. Either it's better shot, or my local Fleapit has invested in new equipment. And knowing what a bunch of cheapskates Odeon are, I'd plump for the former.

**Lordhat**

So, just so I can get an idea, did you have as hard a time 'seeing' the first movie, as I did?

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

I guess so.

Put it this way. There is a punch up at one point where Prime takes on Megatron, Starscream and Blackout all at once. I was able to make out every blow, and even better, who was hitting who with what and where. Massive upgrade.

Watched Fellowship Of The Ring in the same screen when it first came out. I didn't even realise Aragorn has Lurtz' arm until I watched the DVD! Hence my caveat that perhaps my Fleapit has invested in a better projector!

Go. See it. Enjoy it.

**Lordhat**

Cool. Thanks!

**Frazzled**

Advice. I had the same problem (ironically viewed it better at home on crapped out TV).

Sit towards the back. I'm better you'll get a better aggregate image.