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Reviews
Doctor Who: Utopia (2007)
Excellent toppings on a cardboard pizza
Doing a slow binge of the entire show in 2017, I knew nothing about this episode going in, and about halfway through I was bored and watching it mainly on momentum. The story was junk sci-fi, sloppy and poorly explained, evoking a concept as mind-bending as "the end of time" and then filling it with mugging Road Warrior extras and the cast of Les Miserables. What does it even mean that it's the end of time? It really felt like another "Lazarus Experiment" or "Idiot Lantern".
Which is not to deny the greatness of parts of it -- the performances of the main cast, the brilliant setup for the 3-parter, etc. -- which were fine and tasty, but stuck onto an underlying premise as uninvolving as a cardboard pizza crust
Ghostbusters (2016)
Might as well get mad at a donut
Yeah, whatever. It's a special effects popcorn movie. If you like the actors -- and I was pretty entertained by McKinnon and Helmsworth -- then it's enjoyable. I'd pay to see a sequel because I think it would be fun.
There's nothing here to merit a 10 star review. And nothing to merit a 1 star review. And yet, look at all those 1 star reviews. I wonder if it's possible that maybe they are all getting all worked up over a donut. Yeah, I think that's it. Bad donut. Bad.
Saul of the Mole Men (2007)
Unique and sometimes amazing (and occasionally dumb)
Sometimes a show comes along that's so different from anything else, so warped in all of its details, that it only finds a niche audience and is rejected out of hand by a lot of people who just don't get it. Invader Zim was one such show, and Saul of the Mole Men is another.
The intentional low-budget cheesiness is a huge part of the show's charm and humor. It may take a while to get used to the blue-screen, computer background style, but once you get used to it, it's gorgeous -- the scenes with the fire people, and the flood scene, are amazing.
The plot clips along at a fast pace, the weirdness is unrelenting, and most of all, it's not just the same old tired jokes and routines. Yeah, there's a certain level of lowbrow humor, but everything else more than makes up for it. I hope this gets released on DVD, or better yet, brought back for a new season. For everyone who says it's just stupid and that no one should like it, go back to watching Everyone Loves Raymond or something equally as tired and predictable, and leave Saul alone.