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Old 11-06-2009, 04:08 PM
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Emanuel Levy is a hack who copies production notes

Seriously this guy is pathetic. He copied production notes word for word in almost every single one of his reviews. How does this guy still have a job and not get sued? Did he cheat in high school too? What a hack.

Read his review for 2012 and then read the first paragraph of the production notes. You will be amazed.
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Old 11-06-2009, 04:14 PM
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Here is a portion of his 2012 review: "Centuries ago, the Maya left their calendar with a clear end date, 2012, with all its implications and ramifications. Since then, astrologists have discovered it, numerologists have found patterns that predict it, geologists say the earth is overdue for it, and even government scientists cannot deny the cataclysm of epic proportions that awaits the earth in 2012."


Here are the production notes: "Centuries ago, the Maya left us their calendar, with a clear end date and all that it implies. Since then, astrologists have discovered it, numerologists have found patterns that predict it, geologists say the earth is overdue for it, and even government scientists cannot deny the cataclysm of epic proportions that awaits the earth in 2012.


There's more but I hope you get the idea.
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Old 11-09-2009, 05:06 PM
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wow. Seems a bit lazy doesn't it? You think at lesat he'd cite it.
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Old 11-11-2009, 06:57 AM
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Here is a portion of his 2012 review: "Centuries ago, the Maya left their calendar with a clear end date, 2012, with all its implications and ramifications. Since then, astrologists have discovered it, numerologists have found patterns that predict it, geologists say the earth is overdue for it, and even government scientists cannot deny the cataclysm of epic proportions that awaits the earth in 2012."


Here are the production notes: "Centuries ago, the Maya left us their calendar, with a clear end date and all that it implies. Since then, astrologists have discovered it, numerologists have found patterns that predict it, geologists say the earth is overdue for it, and even government scientists cannot deny the cataclysm of epic proportions that awaits the earth in 2012.


There's more but I hope you get the idea.
That is pretty awful. Can't say I've read many of his reviews though, since I always thought he had this tendency to talk on and on about stuff that was irrelevant, adding nothing to the discussion.
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Old 11-27-2009, 12:35 PM
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Have you thought about contacting him about this?
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I've noticed it as well. I'm finally glad someone else is saying something about this.
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Well, to be fair... the excerpt was just one of twenty-four paragraphs in his review.
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Well, to be fair... the excerpt was just one of twenty-four paragraphs in his review.
That Peter guy just showed one example. I'm sure more of the 24-paragraph review was plagiarized. Read any one of his reviews and then google the production notes for that film. You will be shocked at how much he copies stuff.
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Old 12-12-2009, 01:18 PM
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Well, to be fair... the excerpt was just one of twenty-four paragraphs in his review.
I don't get how your logic is fair. So, would you say the same thing if someone set off a bomb, and only killed one person out of 24. What he is doing is lazy and he should be embarrased. Either that or sued. I will never read any of his reviews again now that I know what a hack he is. He was never a good writer anyway. Now this takes the cake.
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