Almost as much fun as the reviewers who slagged off Anne Rice for doing a poor job of copying Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series. 
Bad reviews because people don't read descriptions isn't just for indies
So, hubby and I watched the remake of Total Recall yesterday. For those wondering, we enjoyed it. It's different enough from the Arnie movie that you don't feel like your watching the same movie. Anyway, as some of you may know, it's based upon the short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick. I went to Amazon to see if they had it for the Kindle, and a couple of things I found:
1) No, they don't have WCRIfYW in the Kindle version, at least not as titled. They have it listed as Total Recall. I had to look at Philip K. Dick's author page because the Kindle version didn't even come up in a search of the original title. I thought that was a poor decision on the part of the publisher - even the movie credits say it's based on the short story, WCRIfYW. If it were me, I'd have done a subtitle or something - Total Recall: We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, maybe? Then I'd be makin' the big bucks LOL
2) The purpose of my thread, here - I chuckled when I saw this wonderful 1-star review:
I would have thought that the bolded bits (bolded by me) would make it clear that
a) The movie is based on the book, not vice versa
and
b) It's a short story
So, yeah - it's not just indies that are on the receiving end of that
Merry Christmas
1) No, they don't have WCRIfYW in the Kindle version, at least not as titled. They have it listed as Total Recall. I had to look at Philip K. Dick's author page because the Kindle version didn't even come up in a search of the original title. I thought that was a poor decision on the part of the publisher - even the movie credits say it's based on the short story, WCRIfYW. If it were me, I'd have done a subtitle or something - Total Recall: We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, maybe? Then I'd be makin' the big bucks LOL
2) The purpose of my thread, here - I chuckled when I saw this wonderful 1-star review:
Never mind that the description says:
/facepalm
I would have thought that the bolded bits (bolded by me) would make it clear that
a) The movie is based on the book, not vice versa
and
b) It's a short story
So, yeah - it's not just indies that are on the receiving end of that
Merry Christmas
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Wow, I can't believe that's real. How sad, but I'm sure Anne had a good laugh.PeggyI said:Almost as much fun as the reviewers who slagged off Anne Rice for doing a poor job of copying Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series.
Please say that's a joke. Oh, apparently it's not.PeggyI said:Almost as much fun as the reviewers who slagged off Anne Rice for doing a poor job of copying Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series.
PeggyI said:Almost as much fun as the reviewers who slagged off Anne Rice for doing a poor job of copying Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series.
Bram Stoker gets hammered for writing in an obscure manner and using words that are not popular today. Oh, and for the action not being as good as Sookie's and where are the love sceens?Lisa J. Yarde said:
Not really seeing the analogy..but whatever.DDark said:
If your math teacher was a lip smacker then you have my sympathies
This doesn't surprise me at all. I used to have huge arguments with a bunch of Southern Vampire fans because they thought 'based on the books by Charlaine Harris' meant that the True Blood folks had to follow her plots down to the letter (this bunch were really POed that TB wasn't a carbon copy of the books).Arkali said:So, hubby and I watched the remake of Total Recall yesterday. For those wondering, we enjoyed it. It's different enough from the Arnie movie that you don't feel like your watching the same movie. Anyway, as some of you may know, it's based upon the short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale by Philip K. Dick. I went to Amazon to see if they had it for the Kindle, and a couple of things I found:
1) No, they don't have WCRIfYW in the Kindle version, at least not as titled. They have it listed as Total Recall. I had to look at Philip K. Dick's author page because the Kindle version didn't even come up in a search of the original title. I thought that was a poor decision on the part of the publisher - even the movie credits say it's based on the short story, WCRIfYW. If it were me, I'd have done a subtitle or something - Total Recall: We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, maybe? Then I'd be makin' the big bucks LOL
2) The purpose of my thread, here - I chuckled when I saw this wonderful 1-star review:
Never mind that the description says:
/facepalm
I would have thought that the bolded bits (bolded by me) would make it clear that
a) The movie is based on the book, not vice versa
and
b) It's a short story
So, yeah - it's not just indies that are on the receiving end of that
Merry Christmas
I'm so sorry to hear this, Cherise. I lost my Dad many years back, and it was quite a hard time.Cherise Kelley said:
Sounds like your father had a clear-eyed perception of the world.
Sorry about your daddy, Cherise. He was absolutely correct, sorry to say.
And some of the examples being offered up - hilarious
And some of the examples being offered up - hilarious
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