dareshiranu Reviews

Lookin' to Get Out (1982)

I was the one who was "Lookin' to Get Out!"

[1/10 · 22 November 2017]

I saw this film in the theater when it was released.

For more than a decade I had jobs where I worked nights and saw virtually every movie that hit the theaters in my mid-sized town, sometimes two or three in a day - even driving to other nearby larger cities that got films we didn't. I watched videos quite a lot too.

This is the only movie in my entire life I've ever walked out on... ever! There was not one single character that had a single redeeming quality. They weren't just flawed, they were broken. I couldn't identify/connect with them, I couldn't relate to them, I couldn't dig up a single scrap of empathy for any of the lot of them.

John Voight's character was the worst as I recall, but dear Lord the monomaniacal self-absorption of those people was simply not entertaining.

And to give you an idea of what I AM willing to sit through, I've watched Blood Sucking Freaks and finished it.

But these characters were totally... repellent is the only word I can think begins to describe my response with any accuracy.

I watch movies to be entertained, not tortured.

The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007–2011)

Fun, but don't compare it to Dr. Who

[6/10 · 18 October 2009]

A fun show, no question. But what Dr. Who should have been? What the original focus of the old Dr. Who was? Really, did you drink the koolaid? Just because children can enjoy a show does not indicate that they are the target audience. It seems fairly obvious today that they are not the current demographic with the exception of TSJA. I actually enjoy all three shows, for a variety of reasons. But basically TSJA is a show at its heart aimed at children and perhaps tweens at best. Families are not a target audience, subsets of families are. It hasn't been the 50's for fifty years, too many people still act like the standards of behavior were graven in stone about then and any deviation from that perceived pinnacle of cultural development is somehow a degradation of that "perfection". The show is designed to entertain, be entertained. Or watch something else. Like Howdy Doody Reruns.