La Saga DeLorean: Destin d'un magnat de l'automobile

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.

The first 10-15 minutes were like a non-stop commercial for the series and very annoying. They teased the life out of the story without getting INTO the story. Part of the 10-15 minute hype portion was bragging about the documentary team who produced this series. Perhaps that was not needed except to fluff their egos.

As with 90% of the series on TV these days it's a 45 minute story stretched into 4 episodes. Lots of fluff and filler BUT the time from the drug bust to his death was covered in like 15 minutes - what? They glossed over so much at the end it was sad.

Interesting but incomplete. They leave out some very important facts that would have helped to understand this maniacal narcissist. First, he was married four times. His second marriage was to Kelly Harmon in 1969. She was 21. Her father was Tom Harmon, a former Heisman Trophy winner. Second, he was indicted for bankruptcy fraud in Detroit in the late 1980's and acquitted. Lastly, the son that is interviewed was adopted by Delorean when he was 14 months. There is no backstory to how and why he was adopted. Would have been interesting to know. And his New Jersey estate was later purchases by another celebrity/egomaniac/businessman, Donald Trump and converted into a golf course.

There are so many documentary's about Delorean floating around from the last 2 years, and this one just adds to that pile, offering very little new information that hasn't already been covered.

If anything, this one doesn't delve into all of his questionable deals like the others so it is a little softer.

The car while visionary, was fraught with mechanical problems, poor design, hastened testing, that hastened its demise. The early investors who got their first motors, realized then they had invested poorly.

DeLorean was no Musk, but had he delivered with a quality product, instead of trying to cut corners, then the automotive industry could have had another true maverick. He was so close to greatness, but without the structure and discipline of GM keeping him from doing harm, he couldn't achieve it.

I watch every DeLorean documentary like I do Buddy Holly movies - hoping that one he decides not to get in that final plane and somehow history is rewritten.