robin-lange Reviews

The Save-Ums! (2003–2006)

The "Save-Ums" are wonderful actually

[8/10 · 16 September 2007]

My kids love this show. It makes them happy, and when they are happy, so am I. It is a great piece of work, and there is usually a message in there for kids, such as "buckle up for safety", and the characters give reasons for the ways things are, all done in a language that children usually understand and enjoy. The artwork is also very good, and check out the vehicles they have. So for moms and dads who just want their kids to watch something clean, entertaining, and informative, "The Save-Ums" is it. Believe me, you might actually enjoy it. It's good. It's a real shame it only lasted two seasons..... should have been more...

We Can Keep You Forever (1988 TV Movie)

They did indeed keep them forever

[8/10 · 21 June 2006]

"The content of this movie is nothing more than a series of prevarications." This sounds like an off-the-cuff remark by someone who cannot appreciate the real issues. Please refer to the various books written upon the subject, ie: "Kiss the Boys Goodbye" by Monica Jensen Stevenson, "The Men We Left Behind," discussing this issue from a Kissinger perspective, and a host of other sources, and then come to a well-supported conclusion. Time-Life also dwelt on the subject back in 1987, and there was a flood of reports, etc. of Caucasian held in captivity claiming to be POWs during the early 1990s that should have resulted in some form of action or demand. But nothing happened, and the issue, sadly, just died. Sadly for the men, indeed, if any were alive then.

Thanks.

Cabin Fever (2002)

...and I paid good money for this crap????!!!!

[23 October 2003]

Be afraid, be very afraid.... of spending good money on crap like this. Poor acting, poor story, poor everything! Looks like it was made by high school kids for high school kids. I can't believe I paid good money for this......... Well, I guess there's one born every minute.

Uncommon Valor (1983)

It's really worth a watch. Really.

[23 October 2003]

This is probably one of the best movies I have watched. Period. I'm not gonna dwell into the plot (a bunch of other guys here already did). So what I will say is that it is indeed as realistic - in terms of the actors who played the veterans called upon to settle some "unfinished business", the fears that viet vets harbor even after all these years, and the realistic nature of the POWs (who I must say performed really well, one not being able to speak English, another can't leave the garden he is forced to tend to). Even to the point of the senator not wanting to see "that old MIA colonel again." From what I have read on the issue over the last 20 years, the film (to me at least) hits it "right on the nail." And who can forget French restaurant owner with his parrot. The directors made it look to seem that he has been around since the French were in Vietnam, and who managed to crave a little business for himself, gun dealing. And the introduction! Awesome! Awesome! (Marines under fire dashing across the field being pursued by NVA as choppers hover overhead; all in slow motion with haunting music). It's a great movie.

None of that nonsense like what was featured in Missing in Action and Rambo II; now those are bad comedies. They are just an example of a good story that's mishandled to turn into complete garbage.

My thanks to all who were involved in the research and making of the film. You've done a great job, Ted, Gene, Reb, and all you others.