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Lost in Space (2018)
Both good and not so good
Half way through ... and hard to go further ... the good ... descent script including use of flashbacks to flesh out the story; the story line looks good in the beginning, and nice special effects ... and a number of the characters are acceptable ... but ... the not so good ... the kid, Will Robinson, his behavior at critical times is much too immature ... and Doctor Smith is a pathetic horror, the type of character one wishes is eliminated early on, just to make the story more rational ... and with the help of these two characters, and others, the script degenerates into worthless drivel. Netflix ... I like you a lot ... better luck next time.
Brainstorm (1983)
Arthur C. Clarke
The basic premise of this movie, the technology, is in sync with that of a short story by Arthur C. Clarke, published in 1954. Clarke's story, first published as "Patent Pending," and also published as "The Invention," appeared in his collection, Tales from the White Hart. The story within a story tells of a French scientist who successfully finds a way to record and play back brain waves, allowing experiences to be replayed by other people.
The Man in the High Castle (2015)
Excellent rendition of the P.K. Dick novel
The PK Dick novel was a Hugo winner. His first and definitely one of his very best. So many of Dick's works were translated to film. But that this great one was not filmed disappointed me. In January, 2015, I came across a broadcast for the pilot on Wikipedia and immediately checked it out on Amazon. My take ... the pilot does, to a trivial extent, take a somewhat different approach to the master's novel. But the work is a more than decent rendition of the great novel. The written work ultimately turns out to be vintage PK Dick, and we need to see Ridley Scott's interpretation of Dick's work. I'm certain that this project will be added to the top alternative reality works on World War II, and look so very forward to completion of the series. I'm also very pleased with Amazon ... a great start in the production field.
The Emerald Forest (1985)
A definite source Boorman used
A definite source for The Emerald Forest is the book, Wizard of the Upper Amazon, by F. Bruce Lamb. The story is a second hand account of Manuel Cordova's kidnapping when he was a teenager working for rubber cutters in the Amazon in the early 1900s. He was taken by a group of Indians to a very remote, primitive Indian village. These Indians were of a fierce independent disposition, and had fled into the interior because they refused to exist in the subservient situation imposed on them by the rubber barons of that time. Cordova was incorporated into their tribe and describes a life strikingly similar to the one depicted in The Emerald Forest. The similarities include the adversarial tribe, the reason The Invisible People moved further into the Jungle, and the tribal ceremony with the hallucinogenic.
Inside the NFL (1977)
It's worse now
The show, in the 2008/9 season, is terrible. I've watched it, on and off, since the beginning, with the Dawson and Company group. It was a great show back then, during the early years of cable. Even into the 90s, it had not lost that much. But these days, this season, no expertise...nothing. Dialogue is uninteresting. Game commentary is, quite frankly,adolescent at best. If the program's objective is to record the largest, most offensive idiot on the field, and play back his edited vulgarities, this excuse for a sports program succeeds. On the up-side, Inside the NFL does fit in nicely with a lot of the erosion prevalent today. Yes, it's a fitting show for today's youth ... that college educated group who believe the Battle of Gettysburg was fought in Baja California, during the Vietnamese conflict. Take a hike Inside the NFL.