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HP +
Author: Harry Berg
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(Added on Jul 12, 2003)
(This month 14614 readers) (Total 36412 readers) |
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Walter Hewlett's dream sequence about what he would like to do with Carla Fiorina, HP's CEO. Walter brings together laid off HP and Compaq employees at Madison Square Garden to witness his revenge. It is also Webcast. |
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Average (?):  (7.5/10) |
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| Reviewer:
mkemse
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Apr 10, 2004 |
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not much more to add (10/10)
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| Reviewer:
Curtis
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Jul 15, 2003 |
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Okay, what to say? As a faux documentary, this is excellent. It gives the impression of having been massively researched. Also, the technical aspect appears impeccable. Speaking as someone who cruises for the 'hard' stories, though, this nauseated me. I had actually supported Walter Hewlitt before this, but now I think Carla was right. In addition, the cops would have busted up the party long before the end and hauled all 30,000 of them of to jail. What, 100,000,000 people are watching this and none of them works in law enforcement? It would've taken them five minutes to identify the venue, then another half an hour to smother the place in cops. '10' for technique, '3' for content. (break) After reading Harry's reply, I'm adjusting my rating. Now '6' for content. (8/10)
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- Replied by:
HarryBerg01
(Edit) (Jul 14, 2003)
- Or can anyone imagine not one of 30,000 people from 5 continents and 42 countries going to the media or police before the event occurred. I can only say the story was approached as a "dream" and therefore the requirement for a realistic. well grounded and believable plot was not considered. I would think a "realistic" aproach would have been to kidnap Carly to a dungeon in the country where Walter and perhaps a pair of confederates would have taken their revenge; however that would have been a different story.
Thank you very much for taking the time to review and read "HP +".
- Replied by:
Curtis
(Edit) (Jul 15, 2003)
- This is actually a reply to the reply. Thank you for clarifying the fantasy/dream aspect of this story. I wish you had put that in the summary as it would have materially affected your 'grade'
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Emily
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Jul 14, 2003 |
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I simply love the predicament that our damsel is in. Distress, does that word come to mind? More like, what a mess she is in. Good story! (7/10)
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don11
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Jul 14, 2003 |
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Although the author tries to justify the actions I'm not convinced. (6/10)
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- Replied by:
HarryBerg01
(Edit) (Jul 14, 2003)
- I agree with you that the actions against Carly were quite unjustified. I approached this story as a "dream" or "fantasy" sequence in which aspects of realism and justification were not a concern.
Thank you for taking the time to read the story and provide your review.
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castle2001
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Jul 13, 2003 |
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Good, but not my kind of turn on. I'm afraid I feel that "revenge is a dish best served in some heat" (6/10)
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lex ludite
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Jul 12, 2003 |
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This one is written for all of us who have suffered real or imaginary injustice from management. Well done as usual, nicely paced, generates plenty of heat and doesn't take forever to get to where it's going. (8/10)
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- Replied by:
HarryBerg01
(Edit) (Jul 12, 2003)
- Thank you very much for your kind words.
Wouldn't we all like to see some rough justice for the CEO's who have driven their companies into bankruptcy causing thousands to lose their livelihood? Instead we watch them ride off into the sunset with multi-million dollar severance packages. I recently noted that the ex-CEO of Tyco had a $135million "golden parachute".
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