kinglerch

So much of the beginning of the show was spent telling us how unapologetic, how edgy, how if you are offended you are the problem...that I was expecting more creative comedy. But it turns out that there was no there there.

"Hey, don't get offended...really, I'm not P. C. here, I don't care about your feelings...you ready? Here's the joke: You can't build a wall between the US and Mexico because you couldn't get anyone to do the work...BAM! Did you get it?! I'm so edgy!"

Please...it wasn't awful, but I just couldn't make it through. Stop setting up the "jokes" with all the anti-PC claims and work on just being funny. The anti-PC hook wasn't strong enough to even hang a hat on.

This is a great history of pedals and the love of pedals, the manufacturers as well as the players. They also touch on how some players are more of pedal players or technology players, rather than guitar players. (If The Edge has no effects, does he make a sound?)

There was also a wealth of information on the various pedal manufacturers, technologies, circuits, and mystique. However, on the whole it never focused and went on far too long.

In the process, only a very brief mention was given to DSP "pedals". Or even effects built into newer amps. The limiting factor of pedals (other than the cost and singular focus) is that you can not effectively change settings mid-concert or mid-song.

DSP based pedal solutions can save endless "patches" and settings, opening up a world of freedom, while incorporating many (though of course not all) features from the pedals they were based on.

In the end it could have been an amazing hour-long documentary, or possibly extending it to cover other subjects. As it was, I had to watch it in many pieces to be able to make it all the way thru. Still it is worth a watch for guitar players, and will likely have you going to check out some new pedals!

This movie is a great review of 80s horror with many movies discussed and many interviews. Someone actually reviewed this as a 3/10, essentially complaining that there weren't enough interviews with big name actors/directors, and too much time on big name movies.... that it simultaneously had too much behind the scenes info but horror fans know all of it??!...you can't please some people.

I felt the production was great, the interviews were interesting, and even as an 80s horror fan I didn't know most of it before. Some movies were my favorites and others I missed at the time.

The only issue is that it is not cohesive. It is 4.5 hours! I wouldn't say it dragged necessarily, but it could be been an amazing 2 hour overview, remove some of the parts that aren't quite as interesting, or parts that aren't saying something that different, and sum it up.

It's still great, and I think if watched in segments like a series it would be even better. Any horror fan or just 80s movie fan could watch any portion and be fully entertained, but the entire portion could be too much for some to swallow.