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Dear reviewers,
When writing a review about a television show, please be sure to have the plot details clear in your mind. When you write "x happened, then y happened" be sure it happened in that order. This is what Tivos and VCRs are for. Watch the show more than once if you happen to be unable to remember things clearly. It really makes me doubt your ability to review a show when I, having only seen the show once many months ago, can clearly remember the correct sequence of events as they really happened.
It is especially annoying when you wrongly state the sequence of event and then complain that they happened that way. Yeah, it would have really sucked if that happened the way you described it, but it didn't.
Also, since you have already clearly demonstrated an inability to remember things, do NOT try to quote dialog. I understand not everyone has my obsession with getting the exactly wording and cadence of a particular piece of dialog, so I will cut you some slack if you some slack if you miss a preposition, mix up words or even substitute a phrase here and there. What I will not excuse is attributing dialog to the wrong person or changing the meaning of the dialog altogether.
So, remember:
When writing reviews, recording devices are our friends, watch the show more than once, be sure things happened the way you say they did, and before you quote dialog, make sure you know the meaning of the word quote
Thank you.
When writing a review about a television show, please be sure to have the plot details clear in your mind. When you write "x happened, then y happened" be sure it happened in that order. This is what Tivos and VCRs are for. Watch the show more than once if you happen to be unable to remember things clearly. It really makes me doubt your ability to review a show when I, having only seen the show once many months ago, can clearly remember the correct sequence of events as they really happened.
It is especially annoying when you wrongly state the sequence of event and then complain that they happened that way. Yeah, it would have really sucked if that happened the way you described it, but it didn't.
Also, since you have already clearly demonstrated an inability to remember things, do NOT try to quote dialog. I understand not everyone has my obsession with getting the exactly wording and cadence of a particular piece of dialog, so I will cut you some slack if you some slack if you miss a preposition, mix up words or even substitute a phrase here and there. What I will not excuse is attributing dialog to the wrong person or changing the meaning of the dialog altogether.
So, remember:
When writing reviews, recording devices are our friends, watch the show more than once, be sure things happened the way you say they did, and before you quote dialog, make sure you know the meaning of the word quote
Thank you.
