Obkenoby Reviews

A Christmas Kiss II (2014 TV Movie)

Rich stalker forces himself on employee at the company he own, gaslights her to marriage.

[1/10 · 27 November 2023]

The main male protagonist, cheating on his girlfriend, creates a situation to put himself alone with an employee, then kisses her without consent, and despite her repeatedly asking him to leave her alone continues to stalk her over the next approximately 10 days. The movie presents the cheated on girlfriend as a villain for being sad that she was cheated on while the main character "hero" continues to follow an assistant to the point of even threatening her employment if she doesn't go on a date with him, and then proposes after knowing her less than 20 days. He exhibits all the behaviors of a serial killer.

In the Dark (2019–2022)

It's strength is that it shows weakness

[9/10 · 5 April 2019]

In the pilot, the main character is a drunk sex addict. It shows her as a real person and tries to delve into why she is rough and not willing to let others get close to her, including her roommate and family. Other reviewers get offended that they dare show her like this, as an addict. They say it's a bad representation of blind people. But she's not meant to be all blind people, she's meant to be her. Why does any disabled person on television have to be a shining example for all people with that disability? Answer: they don't. There are many blind people in the real world that aren't always polite and I'm sure most of them are tired of people asking why they're blind. The show goes to extremes trying to give viewers a glimpse into the life of a blind person without sugar coating it with a world of encouragement and trying so hard. It starts off well letting you know the blind character is a real person and not just included in the show for the sake of inclusion. It lets you know the character sees herself as excluded. The start of the series has a lot of potential specifically because it shows people aren't all perfect, that being blind isn't the only flaw blind people can have, and it shows a desire for change. That's the start of a good story. Identify how things actually are, identify how the character wants to change and how they will try to change. No she's not the Wonder Woman of blind people, but she is not supposed to be either. This isn't a buddy-buddy sitcom, or a teen romance, it's a dark drama.