Did anyone ever read a lousy review?

[CgarDan]

I reviewed for Smoke Magazine a few times. I gave several less than favorable reviews on some cigars. Well...They changed the wording on them to shed a better light on them.

Guess what...I found some of the ones I gave a less than favorable rating to had purchased ad space in the magazine. It's all about money in the magazine ratings IMHO.

I really enjoyed rating cigars for them...I just wish they would have used my origioinal wording.

do you remmember which issues I would look them up out of curiosity

[cigarsarge]

do you remmember which issues I would look them up out of curiosity

Let me dig around and find em...

Found em...I'm in the Winter 2003-2004 with Jimmy Smits on the cover and Spring 2004 with Melinda Clarke on the cover.

On the reviewers page I'm the charming looking guy in the Cohiba T-shirt.

[JHarri31]

Generally I don't have any faith in the objectiveness of reviewers, but they tend to be semi-accurate with regards to the construction and "flavor" of the cigar. The problem I find is that they can't seem to give a cigar a bad score. I just find descriptions that align with my tastes and if it's a POS then I just won't be a repeat customer.

[brian]

Not sure if this link has been posted anywhere else on the board, but here it is if you haven't been there.
Unbiased reviews on MANY cigars.

http://www.top25cigar.com/reviewdata...rod=yes&pkID=7

[Dru Lee Parsec]

I wonder if part of the issue is just that print space is so rare and expensive that maybe CA doesn't want to waste it on a review of a poor cigar?

Also, I think that with all reviews you just have to search until you find a reviewer that has the same taste as you and then go with that. In San Diego there's a film reviewer named Duncan Shepard. He pretty much hates everything that's being put out on film today. People are constantly writing in complaning about his reviews. But then again, let's admit it, how much social contribution can a movie like X-Men 2 really make? It's mindless fluff and Duncan says so.

In any case, I tend to agree with Duncan. I think most movies lately are a waste of film stock. So when I read his reviews I tend to like what he likes. I bet it's the same thing with cigar reviewers. You find one sho likes the same type of things that you do and then let him guide you to new things.