charmark_8 Reviews

The Case for a Creator (2006 TV Movie)

Total, unmitigated garbage

[1/10 · 14 December 2010]

The premise of this production is "life came about because of the conditions in the universe. These conditions are all a billion to one shot. Therefore, goddidit." One wonders if it ever occurred to the producers that life occurred in this universe because life had only the conditions here to work with. If there were different conditions, then life would have been different, and the creationists in that universe would be marveling at how the conditions were so precise as to allow life.

I am reminded of a quote by Douglas Adams: "...imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in. Fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!'"

Gorgasm (1990)

So was I Rik!

[10/10 · 13 September 2009]

I was in the film too (Max). It was a whole lot of fun to make the thing. I bet the folks of Hamel IL are still talking about the time we were there. Hugh really should have told them what was going on. :)

The whole thing felt like we were on a real movie set: it didn't have an air of cheapness about it at all. Hugh is a great guy: I wish I could have been involved in other projects of his.

Oh, I went back to Hamel IL to see what the town was like, many years later. Stan left that hotel: from what I was told, one day he just picked up and left. That rundown little restaurant is still there, as is that bar with the great fried cod. In other words, except for Stan, the town is unchanged.

Every once in a while I bug Hugh about doing a new film project. Hugh is doing all right with Draculina; I don't think he has any cash to throw away on another film. And that's a real shame.

You mean Hugh's films aren't on DVD? Considering how easy it is to do (even I know how to do it, and I have ten sets of thumbs), I'm surprised he hasn't.

At any event, Gorgasm was as fun to be in as it was to watch.

Biography (1961–1964)

great, but one unintentionally funny bit

[8/10 · 19 July 2007]

I enjoyed the Adolf Hitler biography, more for its unintentional humor than its content. The producers picked some royalty free stock music. I guess back then, before videotape and before fans of bad films came to the forefront, the music they picked seemed like a good choice.

Still, it's odd to see Hitler with the theme music from "Plan 9 From Outer Space" in the background. I wish I had taped it when it was on TV; it would be a riot to have that episode.

I rather liked how they presented the biographies: you got the sense that you were going to see something important. Having the show in black and white helped, mainly since the footage they got was also in black and white.