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   Your Name to Barry Margolin   
   Re: [M] Jurassic World ignores 1 and 2,    
   16 Jun 15 13:54:58   
   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Barry Margolin  wrote:   
   > In article <160620150937154266%YourName@YourISP.com>,   
   >  Your Name  wrote:   
   > > In article ,   
   > > Barry Margolin  wrote:   
   > > > In article <150620151933134736%YourName@YourISP.com>,   
   > > >  Your Name  wrote:   
   > > > > In article <87zj4136v1.fsf@koala.therandymon.com>, RS Wood   
   > > > >  wrote:   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > Just heard a review of the new Jurassic Park movie on the BBC, who   
   > > > > > reports "Not only does this disaster have plot holes you could drive   
   a   
   > > > > > steam ship through, but the characters have huge plot holes in their   
   > > > > > development too.  So you have a dodgy plot with characters behaving   
   > > > > > illogically for reasons that remain unexplained."   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > Sounds like a good one to miss.  That it's a sequel should have made   
   > > > > > this obvious.  I'm trying to think of a single sequel that I have   
   > > > > > enjoyed, and can't think of a single one of them.   
   > > > >   
   > > > > I don't know about you in particular, but many people pick The Empire   
   > > > > Strikes Back as better than the original Star Wars.   
   > > >   
   > > > Aren't all the Godfathers considered classics?   
   > >   
   > > No idea, but "Classic" usually refers to a boring piece of garbage   
   > > nobody in their right mind wants to watch ... or read in the case of   
   > > garbage like Shakespeare.  :-)   
   >   
   > OK, I'll ask it differently. Isn't the concensus that all the Godfather   
   > movies are great?   
      
   No idea ... but bear in mind that the "general consensus" according to   
   network management is that people want "reality" TV, and yet nobody   
   actually likes it and few people admit to watching it.   
      
      
      
   > Although if you consider Shakespeare to be garbage, you may not be the   
   > best person to ask.   
      
   I've never seen any Godfather movies ... but judging by what I've read,   
   clips I've seen, etc., I no interest in seeing them either.   
      
   Shakespeare is garbage*. That's why the English literature nutters   
   force kids to read it in school, otherwise he'd have long ago been   
   forgotten about by any sane person.   
      
      
   * His Star Wars novels are better than the rest of his rubbish.  ;-)   
      
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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