I seriously don’t get how they come up with recommendations. They’re supposed to be based on what you’ve said you liked/owned, but I keep getting odd ones like:
Friends- the complete 5th season and The Three Stooges - Funniest Moments II
…because you were interested in:
Titan AE
My Neighbor Totoro
Um…
Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete First Season
…because you were interested in:
The Unwanted by John Saul
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Yes of course! A classic and a horror novel are intuitively linked to some comedy show I’ve never seen before. It’s suddenly so clear now…
South Park - The Complete 3rd season
…because you were interested in:
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl
All the books (it lists them seperately) in the The Belgariad by David and Leigh Eddings
I’ve seen some early South Park episodes, but the swords&wizardry angle must have been introduced after I stopped watching.
On The Town (Gene Kelly)
…because you were interested in:
Jasc Paint Shop Pro 8
WWE Wrestlemania XX
…because you were interested in:
Sapphire Rose David and Leigh Eddings
There ain’t any wrestling in the book, so WTF? I mean, there’s a fight with a troll, but…
SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete 1st Season
…because you were interested in:
Magician’s Gambit by Davidand Leigh Eddings
Really?
Check your own recommendations, and post the least sensical ones you got.
My Life by Bill Clinton
because I was interested in (or have owned): Feels Like Home - Norah Jones
**Sim City 2000 Special Edition (Jewel Case) Michael Buble - Michael Buble
Shrek
Grim Fandango
Super Monkey Ball :eek:
True Lies starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
because I was interested in Ice Age starring John Leguizamo
Yoga Fitness for Kids aged 7 - 12
because I was interested in Microsoft Zoo Tycoon Microsoft Zoo Tycoon Expansion Pack - Marine Mania
El Rey Leon (Spanish edition of the Lion King)
when I click on Why was I recommended this?, it doesn’t tell me. It just asks me to rate similar items, and gives me these options Dinosaurio (Dinosaur - Spanish dubbed edition)
Latino Kids Songs Video Vol 1 In Spanish and English
Sesame Street - Fiesta!
Very bizarre! I don’t speak Spanish, and being Australian, I have no need to learn it, nor any children to teach it to.
Finally
Sexual Intrigue (Unrated Edition)
because I own Grim Fandango
Weird!
But most of my book recommendations were spot on. I had to go to about the 80th or 90th recommendations to find some weird ones.
The Graduate because I bought Chinatown (?!)
LotR-RotK because I bought Blazing Saddles (?!)
Schindler’s List because of Amadeus, Dr Strangelove, some classical music, Platoon, 2001 A Space Oddysey, and Lawerence of Arabia
An Elegant Universe because I bought Koyanisqatsi (?!)
Death Cab For Cutie because I was interested in Modest Mouse, Iron and Wine, and Yo La Tengo (?!)
Fabric of the Cosmos because I own A Silver Mount Zion
The Scarlet Letter cause I bought A Narrative in the Life of Fredrick Douglass
Master and Commander because, and I am serious, classical music, Gregorian chants, Blazing Saddles, and obviously “Why Things Break”
Kill Bill Vol. 1 because of Dark City, Blazing Saddles, Clockwork Orange, Hyperspace, Why Things Break, and most importantly CVB’s Cigarettes and Carrot Juice
And I will add one more: Big Fish because I own CVB’s CaCJ and Time Bandits!
Odd stuff but I bet they link them on things customers also look at rather than content. Then, for some that they are really trying to unload, they just give up as recomendations for everything. Just a WAG and all.
I never even noticed the music recommendations before.
Here’s a good one:
Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below by Outkast
…because you were interested in: Fallen by Evanescence
The Belgariad, Vol. 1 by David Eddings
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
And another
** Boogie Woogie Christmas** Brian Setzer Orchestra
…because you were interested in:
JASC Paint Shop Power Suite 8 Photo Edition
Oxymornica because I bought mental_floss Presents Condensed Knowledge and Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation.
Makes sense to me.
I have a lot of CDs recommended based on the purchase of “Stay Awake”, a various-artists collection of classic Disney tunes. Many of the recommendations are other various-artists collections, but other recommendations are kind of strange, such as “Leadbelly Sings for Children” (I guess because of the Disney angle), and also CDs by Lou Reed and Dr John (neither of which appears on “Stay Awake”).
Both The Manchurian Candidate and *The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King * were recommended because I rated Blazing Saddles. ???
*My Life * was released today; We thought you’d be interested because you bought Daytona : From the Birth of Speed to the Death of the Man in Black. The redneck association?
The Recommendations page is much more accurate, as I’ve rated a bunch of stuff previously.
