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Wow. Quite possibly the worst tv review I've ever read.
Of Battlestar Galactica, in The Guardian.
The reviewer starts off by saying he doesn't watch, like, or understand sci-fi... then watches Season 4 Episode 1 without watching any of the other episodes of finding a detailed synopsis (he, er, rang up some mates and asked them to explain the plot so far. Yeah. And The Guardian are *paying* this man?)... and then it gets worse, pretty much.
Inaccurate, opinionated, boring, half-hearted... did he write it on the train into work as well?... and mostly just wrong!
These are the only lines I agreed with in the whole piece:
"So all of the above is nonsense. Most probably all of the below, too." Well, quite. Well said.
and "I do realise that after one episode I'm not really qualified to judge. And that I don't understand half the complexities." Thank you, got it in one. Please pick up your pink slip on the way out.
Maybe Mr Wollaston should stick to technical writing? I may not like a particular genre, but if I was, say, hired to write a review on something I would: a) do my homework, and b) try and write an interesting impartial review discussing its merits and demerits. Call me crazy.
' So, um, err, I didn't like it before I watched it, I didn't understand what I was watching, and I still don't like it. And where are all the toilets in space anyway?' seems to be what he is saying... and the extent of this reviewer's capabilities. It's hardly rocket science, is it? (ho ho, wink wink)
Flush him out an airlock. Please.
Of Battlestar Galactica, in The Guardian.
The reviewer starts off by saying he doesn't watch, like, or understand sci-fi... then watches Season 4 Episode 1 without watching any of the other episodes of finding a detailed synopsis (he, er, rang up some mates and asked them to explain the plot so far. Yeah. And The Guardian are *paying* this man?)... and then it gets worse, pretty much.
Inaccurate, opinionated, boring, half-hearted... did he write it on the train into work as well?... and mostly just wrong!
These are the only lines I agreed with in the whole piece:
"So all of the above is nonsense. Most probably all of the below, too." Well, quite. Well said.
and "I do realise that after one episode I'm not really qualified to judge. And that I don't understand half the complexities." Thank you, got it in one. Please pick up your pink slip on the way out.
Maybe Mr Wollaston should stick to technical writing? I may not like a particular genre, but if I was, say, hired to write a review on something I would: a) do my homework, and b) try and write an interesting impartial review discussing its merits and demerits. Call me crazy.
' So, um, err, I didn't like it before I watched it, I didn't understand what I was watching, and I still don't like it. And where are all the toilets in space anyway?' seems to be what he is saying... and the extent of this reviewer's capabilities. It's hardly rocket science, is it? (ho ho, wink wink)
Flush him out an airlock. Please.
