cathryn
Joined May 1999
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Why can't American TV make shows like this? Michael Palin traps around the Sahara, always charming, never condescending and always fun to watch. He floats gently from 'moderately amused' to 'mildly irritated' as the train is 10 hours late, but he never stays down too long. Palin seems genuinely at peace with the strangeness of these places, and goes to learn, and not to fix anything, which is so refreshing. The show lightly touches on the Polisario/Morocco Western Sahara conflict, but doesn't stay there too long.
Nice to see Muslim countries on TV, away from the whole 'terrorism, Al Qaeda, whatever' debate. Quite a few discussions on the Polygamy issue -- which looks like a way to stir up a lively opinion from women in that part of the world.
Small warning: 'where meat comes from' is revealed in this show. In case you are trying to keep the kids ignorant of this.
Nice to see Muslim countries on TV, away from the whole 'terrorism, Al Qaeda, whatever' debate. Quite a few discussions on the Polygamy issue -- which looks like a way to stir up a lively opinion from women in that part of the world.
Small warning: 'where meat comes from' is revealed in this show. In case you are trying to keep the kids ignorant of this.
What can I say? FF got the the over-the-top, slightly pompous plot side of the Anime equation together fine. But, what they missed out completely was the humor side of Anime. So many scenes of characters being so serious, and so self-important. But all the attempts at character-based humor consistenly came over like a lead balloon. So, there's no moment where you get a breath of fresh air in this film. It is just exhausting to watch.
If this film had just had a few characters as stupid and cliche'd as Mole or that Father Guido Sarduchi guy in Atlantis, it'd have been way easier to swallow, but as it is, I'm afraid this movie falls in that special category of films which would be just as entertaining if ran in reverse. Lots of pretty pictures, but like, okay, so?
Also gets the 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' honorary acting award for a performance by a benevelent, but mis-understood, amorphous blob.
If this film had just had a few characters as stupid and cliche'd as Mole or that Father Guido Sarduchi guy in Atlantis, it'd have been way easier to swallow, but as it is, I'm afraid this movie falls in that special category of films which would be just as entertaining if ran in reverse. Lots of pretty pictures, but like, okay, so?
Also gets the 'Star Trek: The Motion Picture' honorary acting award for a performance by a benevelent, but mis-understood, amorphous blob.
Sigh, sigh, sigh.
What happened? Interesting art direction, and an eccentric performance, but like, ugh, not too many funny moments in this film. And, no touching or sweet moments, like in the original cartoon. Watching this movie is an experience not unlike getting my teeth cleaned. Not exactly painful, but I did just sit there, in an uncomfortable position, and count the minutes until it was all over.
What happened? Interesting art direction, and an eccentric performance, but like, ugh, not too many funny moments in this film. And, no touching or sweet moments, like in the original cartoon. Watching this movie is an experience not unlike getting my teeth cleaned. Not exactly painful, but I did just sit there, in an uncomfortable position, and count the minutes until it was all over.