Commenters say the darndest things!
It’s been a few months since we implemented the comment feature on EricDSnider.com, and you readers have certainly gone all interactive and comment-y on us! We’re up to 1,300 total comments (not including the blog, which is counted separately), which is like 11 comments a day. Not bad, considering we only have about 12 visitors a day.
Anyway, while I welcome any and all comments, and am grateful to have any readers at all, please don’t think this means that if you post something really, really stupid I will just overlook it. I will do no such thing. Rather, I will copy and paste it into a file on my desktop called “dumb comments,” and at a later date, I will take several such comments and reprint them here so everyone can look at them. These are mostly from movie reviews, except as noted.
“The Grudge 2″:
Unfortuantely,what other considers as “horror” does not relly on “gimicks” or suspense rather it rellies on slasher movies and opening people up w/ all the blood and gore.I disagree I think the movie was great not as great as the original japanese version but it’s nice that it tackle some of the loose ends. And like other great stories it does not rely on spoon feeding the audience to the true nature of the plot and leaves us to make our own conclusions. I do however not recommend it to those who doe not like to use their brain and imagination that often.
[This isn't too bad, but I do like how the commenter suddenly learns how to spell "rely" midway through.]
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“The Grudge 2″:
i think the movie was wonderfull and funny even when the girl peed on herself
[Even when, or especially when?]
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“Snide Remarks” column “Oh, Deer”:
I am a hunter and I always have been and I do enjoy killing deer. I also love fishing and i go either huntin or fishin everyday in the winter. I think you folks that don’t know anything about it and have never experienced the thrill of killing animals should try it instead of critisize it. Have a good day
[Actually referring to the sports, in writing, as huntin' and fishin' rather than hunting and fishing: excellent.]
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“Borat”:
This movie is not so funny as is saying. No one makes for the comments when joke or if for real!
[Borat? Is that you?]
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“Snide Remarks” column “Comfy KOSY Are We,” about a Utah radio station’s round-the-clock Christmas music in December:
i will have to chane stations to easy listening for 2 mo. xmas music for me is very depressing this time of year as i have had many losses at this time so i will have to pass with much sadness as your station is high spot every day.
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“A Walk to Remember”:
wooahh first of all its called a walk to remember bcuz that when they were walkin she told him he was sick..duhh! and it is my all time fave movie so dont talk [swear word] about it
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“A Walk to Remember”:
i loved the movies i can watch it ova and ova….movie i have seen the most…
well it does have meanings into it…like nothing lasts forever so enjoy life while u still can….by urself dont let anyone change u…no matter how bad they are and fall in love with someone who u r….not what u r…
mandy moore preety much rocks lol
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Review of a theater production of “Grease”:
this is the best movie ever!!!!!!!!!!! we r even making are making are down stairs a 50’s dinner in honner of it. it will be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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“The Covenant”:
You know, it might help if you actually did some research on witchcraft. Although you may have a good point about a slight drug refrence, energy is in no way super natural. here’s a quick run down for you. frist of all they are real. Second there is some truth to the explaination that Caleb gives about when and how you experance the power. for most it starts a pubrity. As far as it being addictive that depends on how the power is used and when. Now about your little remark about the sons of ipswich not sticking together. If you watched the movie closely you would have figured out that they are high school kids and were going to prom. look the general is not always on the field fighting with his men. Sometimes we have to confront a threat on our own. Being aquanted with theatre life myself I thought the movie was more realistic then the craft. Do any of you ever say anything good about a film that chalenges you to form a differnt persective on the way movies are done. I’m sure you didn’t say that the maxrix seemed too supernatural and unreal. or is it because you still can’t get the image of a hag out of your head?
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Review of a theater production of “Noises Off”:
i am doing a play callled noises off my adge 9
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“Jackass Number Two”:
omg bams sooo hot i luv him!!! jackass boyz was mean to him yep.. dont pik on bam hes mad,. he h8s snakes thats mean!! luv lisz
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“Rent” (movie):
This is for whoever wrote the movie review on Rent.
[Whoever? Like maybe the guy whose name is at the top of the review? Or whose name is in the URL of the Web site where you read it? That guy?]
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“The Marine”:
i wont cena take world heavy wighted chgampion
[Professional-wrestling fans, ladies and gentlemen.]
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“Love and Basketball”:
i love dis movie i watch it everyday n everynight
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“Apocalypto”:
WHATEVER U CARZY LUNATIC.I LOVE THIS MOVIE AND IF YOU HATE MEL OR THE MOVIE KEEP IT TO YOURSELF CUZ NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR IT.I THINK IT HAS BEEN THE BEST OF THE YEAR AND I GIVE IT AN A+++++++++++++ SO 4GET YOU!!! I LOVE THIS MOVIE AND DONT EVEN THINK ABVOUT TALKIN BAD ABOUT RUDY CUZ I LOVE HIM AND ILL FIGHT ANYONE IF I HAVE TO SOOOO JUST SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND GO TALK BOUT SOMETHING ELSE!!!!
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“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”:
Hey Pal, You dont know nothing about what kids like do you? I was a big TMNT fan when i was a kid and my son now is to. Kid’s love TMNT,and the new movie is gonna kick but.Just cause you didnt like them doesnt mean the movies sucked,Anyway why dont you do some research and see just how much the first TMNT movie made in theaters.
[Did you catch the two alarming things about this comment? First, it was not written by a child! Second, it was written by someone who himself HAS children!]
February 6th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Please don’t take that response to The Marine to be representative of all wrestling fans. I’m a fan, and while I won’t get into a whole diatribe about how fans are smarter than everyone thinks and all that, I will say that most of John Cena’s fans are kids and women.
And I hate it when people try to defend a movie by pointing out how much money it makes. Like you said seven months ago, Eric, An Inconvenient Truth was more successful than most wide-release movies playing at the same time, despite making considerably less money.
February 7th, 2007 at 4:03 am
Hmm, I liked TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES.
And I was in my early-20s when it came out…
February 7th, 2007 at 8:29 am
At the top of this post, after I read that Eric would be re-posting dumb comments, I thought to myself “Oo-kay, I’m done commenting on this site,” especially after I recently made a lame typo that I didn’t notice until after my comment posted.
Then I read some of the actual dumb comments and realized that I probably don’t have anything to be worried about.
February 7th, 2007 at 8:55 am
*resists urge to fabricating and posting stupid comments*
February 7th, 2007 at 9:59 am
These comments make me feel smart every time.
February 7th, 2007 at 11:33 am
I always enjoy your comments about the posts even more than the posts themselves, so I was a bit disapointed that most of these posts don’t include your comments.
February 7th, 2007 at 11:53 am
This post is one of the most horrifying things I’ve ever read.
Houston, we have a literacy problem…
February 7th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
I agree, Eric’s comments about dumb comments are the best part. Also, I wonder if the huntin’ and fishin’ guy was trying to sound like a dumb hick instead of being one. I can’t imagine someone being serious about the “thrill of killing”. Yes, people love the thrill of hunting, or they use other words more agreeable to the public. It read like someone writing a dumb response expecting it to be quoted rather than actually writing what they feel.
February 7th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
I’m really curious as to what would be involved in a “50s dinner” I can only imagine jell-o salad and canned vegetables prepared in a pressure-cooker.
February 8th, 2007 at 9:18 am
50’s dinner? I thought they were making a 50’s DINER downstairs (in honner of it!). Else why would they have used so many exclamation points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hilarious. I now know why I’m certifying to become an English teacher: I must do my part to save people from their lack of knowledge.