Scientifically accurate ranting

[stephbg]

There's something special in the finality of a movie review of "no stars" or "zero stars". I particularly like the way David says in a voice of stone "No stars from me". Margaret tends to be more apologetic about it. The condemnation of a "nul points" score in the Eurovision Song Contest is to me a thing of beauty.

However, sometimes that's just not enough. 0/10 brings me no joy. 'Minus a zillion' lacks finesse. Where to from here?



I need a scale that's the opposite of stars. My working assumption is "black holes" but my cosmology is a bit thin. Is there a better alternative?

And, no I've not yet written that Traci Harding Dragon Queens review, but I'm sure you see where that's going. Frankly I may never get around to it, as I don't have the energy to create the massive wall chart required to keep track of all the bits. Nor did I when I was reading, and therein lies the problem.