Learned Fool: Worst Comment In Bad Criticism

Learned Fool: Worst Comment In Bad Criticism:

ashowaday:

gailsimone:

pinja:

gailsimone:

“It added nothing to the story.”

ALWAYS cracks me up. :)

It’s a legitimate criticism if concentrating on something irrelevant means a lack of focus on something that needs the page time (Or screen time on TV).

Given the extremely limited page time and slow release of…

All of those complaints can be valid. Never have seen the original comment I mentioned be correct, ever.

I doubt “it added nothing to the story” is a comment that, by itself, could ever be correct. Obviously, if something is part of a story, then it’s adding something to the story. I think the problem is that people mean to say that they feel something didn’t add to their enjoyment of the story, or was distracting and unimportant to