tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16999778.post6730762627339147784..comments2023-11-02T03:53:18.552-04:00Comments on My Playground: Outback or the Outhouse?Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01865360850631885272noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16999778.post-40575359859112498522008-12-08T10:14:00.000-05:002008-12-08T10:14:00.000-05:00You also gain from knowing what is bad, so you can...You also gain from knowing what is bad, so you can avoid it, and if the reviewer has fun skewering the bad, you may get a little enjoyment from that as you are being given a logical argument to make an informed decision about whether to see a movie or not.<BR/><BR/>Before you see a movie, you don't know whether it is good or bad, so you may read reviews (good and bad) to discover whether the movie is worth seeing. A bad review (with logical argument) fulfills the role of saving you precious time by not seeing a bad movie.<BR/><BR/>For the person writing a bad review, poking fun allows him to make fun of the metaphysically unimportant as he logically dissects the ridiculous and irrational.<BR/><BR/>As we go through life enjoying the good things mostly, there's nothing wrong with stopping on occasion to put the bad in its place. In fact, it is justice.<BR/><BR/>If you want to read a positive review on my blog of a terrific movie, then go here http://beerandmind.blogspot.com/2008/08/tell-nobody.html#links.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01865360850631885272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16999778.post-85521532782542974832008-12-08T09:43:00.000-05:002008-12-08T09:43:00.000-05:00> "Usually in reviewing a movie that disap...> "Usually in reviewing a movie that disappoints me, I like to poke a lot of fun."<BR/><BR/>As a reader, I look for reviews of books and movies I would like to read or see--not those I don't want to read or see.<BR/><BR/>The advantage of positive reviews is that they promote the good, which is in short supply, rather than castigate the bad, which is in a state of oversupply. I gain from the good, not the bad.Burgess Laughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865479709475171678noreply@blogger.com