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Suburban Secrets (2007)
Perverse
The tone of this show is completely disgusting. The show comes complete with a "Desperate Housewives"-style of voice over, which might fool you into thinking that it is an entertaining program along the same lines as that one. It comes complete with sweeping panoramas of suburban life and suggestions of intrigue in small communities where it is unthinkable that bad things could happen.
But don't be fooled: the murders documented on this show are all real. The tone the show adopts struck me as totally perverse. Making television entertainment out of bad crimes like murders is a very delicate balancing act, and this show just doesn't pull it off at all. If they toned down the Desperate Housewives emulation, it might be alright. I wonder how the families of the victims feel about their loved ones' stories getting turned into turgid stuff like this.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
What's the hype about?
Let me begin by saying that I have seen all the other currently released Star Wars movies. However, when I sat down to watch Episode 1, I was unable to sit all the way through it! It seemed so boring, and the inclusion of Jar Jar Binks did not help it, either. It was thoroughly uninspiring. Episode 2, however, was different...