Mythos und Mogul: John DeLorean

One thing is for certain when it comes to John Delorean....he went for the gold and you can't fault him for that. The trouble is, like with any race, some people are gonna lose. Instead of losing because you weren't good enough, a lot of people lost because they believed in the bad methods of a relatively bad person.

Like with any of these style of documentaries, the story tries really hard to build up the central figure into a god like status. So Delorean put fast cars and impressionable young men into one equation and somehow that made him a visionary. Yeesh, and we all thought modern day Boomers had no idea about the youth. Either way, with the gift of hindsight something that is incredibly obvious today turned a relatively overrated man into a superstar. It wasn't because of his ideas but because of the cultivated image that Delorean worked extremely hard to project. He liked expensive cars, food and trinkets. And because of this he convinced an air-headed model to marry him.

Anyway, the story's second and third parts are really where the meat and potatoes of the story rounds out. Delorean, like many other rich business men of any indistinguishable era, did everything he could to convince people to pay for his extravagant ideas. And people kept giving him money due to his sociopathic capability of putting on the charm while he stole your wallet. He did this to automobile dealers, an entire government body and even his friends and family. Even when he had the world at his feet, he fell for the age old problem of wanting more.

People like Delorean are dangerous, and it is unfortunate most people like him don't go down in flames more often. But it is satisfying to see the fall of a grifter, regardless of what great ideas he might have had. The end results will always tarnish the previous accomplishments, because it spells out the obvious in a lot of cases. A million dollar idea is usually a matter of luck, and it depends on whether you accept that fateful stroke of cosmic love or run it into the ground with your hubris and self aggrandizement.

And if anyone cares, the Delorean kinda sucks. And yes I have seen them up close. People were so gullible to think this was a good idea. Anyone, enough of this review.

There is essentially nothing wrong with the information detailed in the series and of course it's an interesting story with some great old footage but oh my god, stop over-producing the darned thing - irritating music, overly stylised screen shots, it meanders meaninglessly between parts of the story. Jumping from shot to shot the whole thing becomes a confusing mess to watch. Constant artistic camera angle changes when interviewing someone, a stupid "old film" look applied to all the footage of DeLorean and no real structure become aggravating after just 15 or so minutes. Anything that has an intro that lasts over 5minutes is self indulgent nonsense. It's a great concept but just dreadfully produced - doesn't need all this artistic crap, the story is interesting enough not to need it.

A decent watch overall. The first Episode was pretty slow, I almost gave up on it, but the next two ones were good enough, giving a good look on who John DeLorean was as a Person.

I thought he was overrated as an Executive, he did well in a big Company like General Motors, but outside of it his weaknesses showed a lot. He looked too laid back to be a good Manager, he looked always a bit stand offish and out of touch.

He did have Charisma, but that was about it, and his corrupt nature coupled with extravagant lifestyle eventually led to his downfall.

If you remember DeLorean from the 70/80's or simply from the films that immortalized the car.

This is a truly superb documentary that provides a chilling insight into the motives and mind of a tycoon, mogul and narcissist. Truly gripping and moving. Must watch 10/10.

The two stars of this series, a stalker investigative journalist and woman who kept patting herself on the back for coining the term "midlife crisis" to describe men (which she clearly hates) who dare to reinvent themselves, were both narcissists.

I saw another review that mentioned "character assassination." Couldn't agree more.

I did give it a 5 because one part near the end with the stalker reporter made me laugh out loud.