rmyers1968 Reviews

Trackdown: The End of the World (1958) Season 1, Episode 30

Funny how Prophetic...

[8/10 · 7 January 2017]

There are spoilers in this review

I could not resist writing a review of this after watching it today.

The flimflam man is called Mr. Trump. He makes statements like "The world is coming to an end and only I can save you." and "Only I have the answer." Essentially, Mr. Trump misleads a whole community into buying into his lies. To add to things, it appears the law enforcement of the area appear to be in league with Mr. Trump to help him get his way... (Sort of like what the FBI did for the real Mr. Trump for the elections).

The parallels to this episode and the 2016 presidential elections are pretty funny. The episode was pretty good on its own, but the way it nearly predicts what was to come is pretty funny... Oh one last thing, the Hero of the story who is actually trying to save the town from themselves ends up being Bonked on the head and knocked out (like the democrats that got knocked out of the race)... Just makes me smile when Life imitates art and wanted to share it.

The Last Days on Mars (2013)

Unfairly underrated SF movie.

[9/10 · 13 December 2013]

I would usually score this an 8, but at the time of my posting it scored a 5.5 which makes no sense to me.

You would never know by watching it, but this is a low budget movie (about 10% of what Oblivion cost to make). I stumble by accident on this movie and given the quality of most SF stories today I was not expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised.

The special effects are impressive for low budget movie, although they are not essential to the story line. It is a dark SF story (like Alien), but does not follow your typical Hollywood ending (which I always like), but is my guess why it gets panned in the reviews.

I story line is strong, I didn't find myself say "come on!" during this movie once (which is rare for me in SF pictures), that is not to say there are no moments, that are a little bit of a stretch, but all in all a good ride.

Just so you know, I also Ejoyed Moon, Sunshine and Prometheus (I would only give Oblivion a 7, it was okay but very predictable, and about 8 "come on!" moments)

As for this, if you haven't enjoyed a SF horror in a while, I think you will be entertained by this...

Hidden Hills (2002–2003)

Another fine show cancelled.

[10/10 · 10 May 2006]

Okay so I always fall in love with shows that get cancelled...

Here is my list "Arrested Development", "Firefly", "Hidden Hills", "Coupling (BBC)", "Pig Sty", "Oliver Bean", "Family Guy" (but that one came back...).

I don't get it lots of crap on TV makes it and goes on for a long time. Then these smart shows (excuse Family Guy, not so smart but makes me laugh) get canned.

I think the mass population is not ready for Comedies without laugh tracks. They need to be told when something is funny.

What really kills me is that this shows can not be found on DVD. I think when a network decides to can a show they should make it downloadable of the NET (they could be lower grade quality). If it turns out that X thousand downloads are observed, either package the show for DVD and/or bring the show back in repeats and if it does well, pick it back up.

It strikes me that those of us who aren't into Reality shows have few show to enjoy today. I cant wait for a TV channel that picks up all these well written shows and airs only that kinda programming...

Don't get me wrong I like successful sitcoms too(Seinfeld, Friends, Frasier, Cheers, etc.) So NBC and FOX, please give your smart sitcoms a second chance...