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Posted by Frank Sereno on 10/04/12 11:29
Justin wrote:
> Frank Sereno wrote on [Sun, 16 Oct 2005 03:14:26 GMT]:
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>>DVD Verdict wrote:
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>>>Today, DVD Verdict posted reviews of AFTERMATH: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
>>>FROM 9/11, BIG ALLIGATOR RIVER, CLEVELAND IN MY DREAMS, FEMI KUTI: LIVE
>>>AT THE SHRINE: DELUXE EDITION DVD + LIVE CD, GIRLS NITE OUT, JACK
>>>O'LANTERN, LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIM'S UNIT: THE SECOND YEAR,
>>>MIDNIGHT, NIP/TUCK: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON, PINOCCHIO'S REVENGE, and
>>>THE WORK OF DIRECTOR STEPHANE SEDNAOUI:
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>>>NIP/TUCK: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (reviewed by David Gutierrez,
>>>overall score 80/100):
>>>"Don't expect Shakespeare. Nip/Tuck is at its best when it motors off,
>>>never stopping to breath. It's a soap opera on speed, plain and simple.
>>>It's excessive, fantastic, and engaging."
>>>
>>>FULL REVIEW: http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/niptuckseason2.php
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>>I don't know about other folks, but if something receives an 80 out of
>>100 score, that should mean that the show is fairly good in the view of
>>the reviewer. But when you read the full review, he didn't like the
>>series all that much, giving the story a score of 60.
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>>I think the score for the meat of a DVD, the actual show or movie,
>>should make up the bulk of its review score. Rating extras, video
>>transfer, etc., is good, but are less important than the show itself.
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> So, if you rate the DVD with 80% based on the show, and the reviewer
> loves the show so much he gives it an 79, and the transfer is so poor
> that there is parts where you can't even make out what's happening...
So if the reviewer says the transfer is less than stellar but you
definitely want a copy in your library, what are your choices other than
buying what has been made available to the public for purchase? I
suppose you can wait for the HD-DVD version or the Tenth Anniversary
Edition to come out eventually.
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