Thursday, March 18, 2010

Review for Jackson Ryland by King Krig

After reviewing Jackson’s posts the man clearly needs a “Hell Yeah” from the audience. There are many positive things to say about his blogs but to begin lets start with style. The best thing about his posts is that they are to the point and are not convoluted or enigmatic in any way. This is very nice considering the fact that a good deal of what we are reading usually is. The depth is very good as Jackson has repeatedly replied to other blogs and welcomes feedback on his own. His one on Disney was very good but the analogy that was made between Lax and Baudrillard's essay was very good. He has the ability to go very in depth into a topic like that but be able to explain it to a layman on the street that has no previous knowledge of the topic. He offers opinions when necessary but usually sticks to the facts and will interject his own ideas in there where he feels they need to. As mentioned the depth is good, it is not too deep or not enough so the reader does learn something. One interesting thing previously mentioned about his content is that he always offers some kind of real world connection that works really well. His one about Logorama and then abour Marconi as well show that not only does he have a grasp on the topic as well, but more importantly he has a grasp on pop culture and history and is making good references to them. Truth be told this assignment kinda scared me at first, but I have had no problems reading Jackson’s posts and have enjoyed doing so. It is very interesting to hear a different voice on the entire thing. I had read his previously but never really gone in depth to analyze them or have all of them on one sheet to look over. The only 2 things of constructive criticism I would have for Jackson would be that he adhere to the minimum of 300 words and that he interject a little more of his own opinions, maybe a funny joke or something. I think we all want to hear a little more of what he has to say, and that would definitely fill the extra 40+ that a few of his posts were missing. Overall good job man and I look forward to hearing more from ya.

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