Originally Posted By Dabob2 He didn't say it was a failure. Or anything close to it. He said the isolation didn't work for him. It does work for you. That's what makes the world go 'round.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 It was you who put "failure" in quotations, as though you were quoting the author. He did not use that word, or anything close to it.
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara You don't have to use the word "failure" in order to describe it.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Hey, here's your sentence - <There's no way anyone is going to explain this to me as a "failure."> When you put the word in quotes like that, it implies that the author used that word. You might not have meant to, but that's what happens when you use quotes in that way.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney <<He didn't say it was a failure. Or anything close to it.>> When the title of the article is called "Lost at Sea", how else would you take it? Again, its FINE if that's what they think it is, but I again, I ask, how could they say a park like TDS got it soooo wrong in their eyes and DCA somehow got it RIGHT??? Ultimately, that's what getting a lot of people's panties in a bunch .
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara Correct: if the title "Lost at Sea" doesn't carry a connotation of failure, then the writer doesn't understand the use of the English language. At the very least, the writer is implying that the park fails for him.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Fails for him is much different than fails in general. The LOTR films failed for me in that they didn't engage me on any sort of emotional level, just an admiration for the craft sort of level. Most didn't feel that way, and I wouldn't say the films failed. In fact, I'd say they were probably the best films that could be made from that source material. The basic thesis of the article in fact was pretty much "with so much here done so well, why am *I* feeling "lost at sea?" Why am I not responding when so many other people seem to?" Lost at Sea pretty much by definition refers to the author - a place can't be Lost at Sea, but a person can. But I do agree, WD, that if this author said even semi-complimentary things about DCA, that probably is what's sticking in the craw of a lot of people.
