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Post #535189

Author
Jacen
Parent topic
Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!)
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Date created
12-Sep-2011, 8:37 PM

Gaffer Tape said:

Eh, I'm not sure if I'd call the guy "articulate." I mean, I guess he can string words together better than your average disgruntled, teenage nerd, but most of his points make no sense, or at least contradictory, and he seems to have ego bigger than Kansas. The entire thing was dripping (and even occasionally explicitly stated) with a smugness of, "If you agree with me, then you're brilliant and enlightened. If not, you're a terrible person not worth bothering with." But then again, maybe it does take a certain ability to be articulate in order to make an opinion piece sound so much like a plea to save the starving children. I particularly liked the part where he said, "His decision early on to support the blu-ray format during the HD wars was commendable." Commendable? Why? Because he backed the winning horse? Or because he happened to pick the same horse you were betting on? What the hell is 'commendable' about that?

However, after taking another glance at the article just now, I'd say the argument for articulation falls apart just at how many times he throws out the word "fanboy." Used in such abundance, it really does start to sound like your average disgruntled, teenage nerd.