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Reviews
Lexx: I Worship His Shadow (1996)
Mystery reviews and the votes?
Although this is not the first occasion on which I have perused the pages concerned with The Lexx science fiction TV series this IS the first occasion on which I have paid attention (to this, the first episode) to what has been written and the voting. I am a little mystified by a number of things.
Firstly, for how long have the Lexx pages been available in the current form at IMDb? Have they been available since almost the time of the release of this episode?
Secondly, when did the voting commence? Has it too, been available since almost the same time?
Thirdly, if the Lexx pages have been available since approximately, the time of release of each episode is/are there discrepancies in the number of votes in regard to the number of reviews? Whilst it is not my intention to denigrate any reviewer, nor anyone else for that matter, what prompted Mr Small to suddenly come forth with his revelations? Here, for this particular episode there are 104 votes, one apparently genuine review, and another review which is really a claim by someone to have performed in the first episode and not a review (in my opinion).
I am interested in discovering what has happened in the past 12-18 months to make two people write "reviews" more than 10 years after the episode was released? While there are more than 100 votes over an unknown time, but also, possibly more than 10 year period.
Scorched (2008)
Critical Criticisms
I have just read the reviews of this show by a number of alleged viewers & I am at a loss as to what they think they actually viewed. It was convenient, in hindsight, that the date of the supposed action was "5 years in the future". This makes the date irrelevant with regard to it referring to any particular year, 2012, 2013, 2025 or any other year as obviously if I watch it now (2011) it becomes 2016. In any case the film should have been released in 2007 to be "5 years" in the future of 2012. Some reviewers were unable to figure out how long the drought was. One, was unable to use the automatic spell checker & obviously did not read his review - how long has anyone lived in "Sidney, New Soth Wales". The same person also doesn't understand that the abbreviation PM means Prime Minister when the reference should have been State Premier (or just Premier), and since when have we "brung" anything.
Unfortunately, some reviewers also may have spoken in 'tongues'. I have lived in Australia for more than 60 years & I still don't know what the AIIMS... is, incidentally the ABC might mean American Broadcasting Corporation (or Company, or .....). Please, space out acronyms as full words at least once in your review as not everyone knows what they mean.
Thanks to those members of the Australian Rural Fire Service for their input on how it actually related to the Service Aussies are very proud of these people who volunteer their time (mostly FREE) to help others. It should be appreciated that real fire-fighters thought enough of the film to even make comments, it also shows how seriously Aussies take the danger of bush-fires & willingness of everyone to chip in. Of course the actual supposition that there is 'absolutely no water anywhere' to use to fight bush-fires does stretch the imagination, just a l i t t l e {LOL}. There are so many creeks & dams around Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (and all Australia) that the drought would have to have been a lot, lot (many lots) longer than 200 or so days of the film. Even when the film was made some localities in Australia were in areas declared drought for a lot longer than that.
Well, after all that my review of the film is that while it is definitely not in same league as 'Armageddon', 'The Day After' or other similar disaster movies, it was a film worth watching, especially for those who like the nitty-gritty of the interaction between persons who could be 'you' (or/and maybe 'me').
(NOTE: LOL = laughing out loud)