10-13-2003, 08:34 PM
OK... I just took the time to read through all four of your reviews.
My first recommendation is for you to write your reviews in a word processor before posting them to the web site. You seem to go on a bit about how poor your grammar is and I believe you would benefit from seeing what changes the grammar checker suggests. This will boost your confidence as well as improve your writing over time. Cut and Paste is a wonderful feature.
The second thing is in regards to your reviews of the audio. Make sure to mention if you're watching the video with the English or Japanese dub. Also note if there is more than one dub track to watch (I just finished watching a title with four different English audio tracks on it). Listening to the different audio tracks will also give you some comparison as far as clarity and audio levels are concerned.
The third thing is that you'd be better off not posting any pictures at all rather than use the shots you've taken with your digital camera. Unless there is some horrible subtitle error or graphical mess up that you can't describe with words, wait until you have a DVD rom and a computer capable of doing screen captures. I started on a 350Mhz machine and got some decent screen shots with that.
As you watch more HK DVDs and write more reviews, you will learn your own style and what it is that people are looking for.
In addition to quality, I just learned that some people are very interested to know about opening and ending credits and on a title. On older releases, many would remove all the opening credits except for the first episode and the closing from all but the last episode. This means that they can fit more onto a disc but something also feels like it's missing.
My criticisms are meant to be constructive and I hope to see more reviews from you as time goes on. I'm sure that you will go back and see things differently as you get more experience in your reviews.
My first recommendation is for you to write your reviews in a word processor before posting them to the web site. You seem to go on a bit about how poor your grammar is and I believe you would benefit from seeing what changes the grammar checker suggests. This will boost your confidence as well as improve your writing over time. Cut and Paste is a wonderful feature.
The second thing is in regards to your reviews of the audio. Make sure to mention if you're watching the video with the English or Japanese dub. Also note if there is more than one dub track to watch (I just finished watching a title with four different English audio tracks on it). Listening to the different audio tracks will also give you some comparison as far as clarity and audio levels are concerned.
The third thing is that you'd be better off not posting any pictures at all rather than use the shots you've taken with your digital camera. Unless there is some horrible subtitle error or graphical mess up that you can't describe with words, wait until you have a DVD rom and a computer capable of doing screen captures. I started on a 350Mhz machine and got some decent screen shots with that.
As you watch more HK DVDs and write more reviews, you will learn your own style and what it is that people are looking for.
In addition to quality, I just learned that some people are very interested to know about opening and ending credits and on a title. On older releases, many would remove all the opening credits except for the first episode and the closing from all but the last episode. This means that they can fit more onto a disc but something also feels like it's missing.
My criticisms are meant to be constructive and I hope to see more reviews from you as time goes on. I'm sure that you will go back and see things differently as you get more experience in your reviews.
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.