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‘Timecop’ was on TV last night with a surprisingly similar scenario, which somehow detracted from the originality of this piece.

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I felt elements of dodgy punctuation detracted from a smooth reading and the dialogue needed to be a bit snappier. rumjhum Says:

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Ninja AssAssin a disappointment, VforVendetta was okay, but too much lesbo storyline detracted from the core principles of the story.

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And when the monster was finally revealed towards the end, which was wholly unnecessary I felt and detracted from the story, the director saw fit to give him a five second origin flashback.

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The human heads which ornamented the arms of the chair were obtrusive, and detracted from the dignity which the artist succeeded in gaining in the figure.

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Of the six glasses before us, each added or detracted from the wine in a different fashion.

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However, when congress turned it into a long-weekend, many felt that it detracted from the spirit of the holiday.

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It would have detracted from the movie itself, in my opinion.

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However, I was fully under the impression that he had memorised every word, not that this in any way detracted from the presentation.

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But this also detracted from the story by forcing the reader to put the book down to check out the short video, disengaging the reader from the story they were reading on the page to watch the same story on a different medium; coupled with the short chapters with little development ... well, you can infer your own conclusions.

2009 October 18 « The BookBanter Blog