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BilligerVogel
Right now I'm a freshman in my fourth year at UCLA, but my goal is to become a veterinarian, 'cause I love children.
Reviews
Laugh Trax (1982)
Laugh Trax... One of the great little shows of the early eighties...
If you liked "Kids in the Hall" you'd probably like this. It had irreverent humor while refraining from vulgarity. It reminded me of Ernie Kovaks mixed with National Lampoon. Used to came on late at night in my area, 12:30 or so. I wish I could remember half the skits from that show, but alas it was too long ago for my feeble memory! One I do remember was the now-PC-unfriendly "My Boyfriend's Black" segment based on the old sixties "My Boyfriend's Back" song, while Jim Stahl & co did what was essentially a 1950s video for it. And Howie Mandel was just a scream in those days. It made a half-hour seem like fifteen minutes. Shame it's gone really. Wish someone would put it on DVD.
And to the reviewer before me, thanks, I was starting to think maybe I had dreamed it all...
Nightfall (1988)
Watching paint dry captures your attention more than this film...
Oh, the humanity!
There must've been a budget for this, but it must've been used for advertising! The sets are boring, akin to filming in someone's backyard with no attention to detail. The acting? Well, it's just not really. Continuity of story? Must've taken a vacation that day. Were the filmmakers ambitious? Maybe, but it was a heartless attempt to tell a story with film.
It's not Asimov's fault, rather these film-makers lacked vision.
The other reviews here I can truly say are valid, since I sat through this turkey in the theater, hoping desperately for it to get better. I mean, it had to didn't it? Alas, it never did...
Skip it, go watch the Georgio Moroder version of Metropolis again instead... Or read Issac's story, either way you'll be happier, trust me.