Right now I'm in the middle of Michael Crichton's new book, State of Fear. I couldn't say how, 'good' it is, considering my opinion isn't worth a shit, but it is definitly keeping my attention. Still, if that's any indication as to how well a book will do, then it should be about as popular as DaVinci Code. Yeah, I've been slacking on keeping up with what I read here, for the most part because I don't have the time, or when I do have the time don't feel like it. This book however, I decided to look at on Amazon.

Well, one thing led to another, and I'm at this web page on Amazon that talks about the first movie Crichton directed. It's called Westworld, and it came out back in 1973. I stumbled upon it after reading Amazon's 'history' of the author. I was looking at the reviews, and the very first one was by some guy that gave it really bad marks, didn't like it, said it.... here's what he said....

Stupid story, silly acting, BORING!, January 6, 2005

Reviewer: Gadgester (New York) - See all my reviews

Westworld is one of the most boring films I've ever seen. Can anyone explain how someone without any directorial experience got chosen to shoot this low-budget film? The story is totally stupid and completely lacks novelty even for the 1970s era, and the acting is so laughable -- probably everyone on the set was high on drugs or something. This is one of the most boring films ever made, and Yul's performance really does not do his name justice: just stare, shoot, and walk. Westworld sux big time! The sequel Futureworld actually has a better story but is equally poorly produced.

Hmmm. To me, EVERY movie I see from back then has got silly acting. But then after thinking about it, they may not have been silly back then. I wonder just how coherent this person was back in '73, or even if they were alive. We can't judge movies from back then by today's standards, hardly anything will stand up to today's technology and experience. So, I looked this guy up, who would review such a movie in such a way. He's done 704 reviews and has 8054 'helpful' votes. That seems a bit much, but what do I know about that stuff, I've never paid attention. So I decided I would go check some out, as I am writing this, as a matter of fact. It was the review that drove me to my blog, but I'm getting really deep into the shit now. So, I am checking out some others. The first number is the reviews written, the second is the helpful votes the reviews have recieved total.... 1776 - 7245, 6 - 18, 664 - 1404, 19 - 8, 84 - 514. Here's mine, though this is the first time I've checked cause I didn't know Amazon tracked shit like this... 5 - 13. Just five reviews. I only do a review if I think it will be helpful to others, when there is something about an item that isn't explained, but I think should be. Take the Zen for instance, the one my wife bought me. I reviewed it because they never explain all the features, and some are important if you are doing something like listening to audiobooks. So I mentioned that. I also updated it after the thing died less than a year after I recieved it. I don't care how much you pay for something like that, it should last a little longer I think.

Anyway, this guy loves to do reviews, and on his page at Amazon he asks for emails, and invites people to his blog. I'm the kind of person that could really care less about whether someone reads this shit or not. I would prefer people didn't, or at least I don't know about it, because it is supposed to be what I really think, unbiased by any audience. I also assume nobody wants to hear my opinion, one of the reasons I put the shit here, so I can get it out of my system and others don't have to endure it. But now I'm rambling, the point is supposed to be that this person probably watched the movie in the context of today, and did not consider how things were back in '73 when it was released before doing the review. Fuck, I sound like the fucking English professor!!! No offense intended to my previous professer, cause she was just doing her job, and had to be doing something right cause she gave me a B for the course. :)

Ok, I'm done with my rambling, mainly because I just received some new computer toys in the mail. MWave is fucking fast, it's no wonder they do such good business......