Moonstreams

I wanted to like this movie. I'm a dog lover and brought my friends to see it. From the beginning, the language of non-stop f-bombs and m-f's was a distraction. There's scenes and references to masturbation, and dog poop galore. I was embarrassed much of the time, instead of being entertained. What's weird is that it's R-rated. The entire movie seems to be aimed at an adolescent audience - who else appreciates the humor in dogs cursing, butt-smelling, and performing other crude acts, for over an hour? Because it is completely "dubbed" (of course), the real live dogs could be saying anything. To save this movie, I recommend "redubbing" it with G or PG-13 appropriate language, and market it to the kids. As it is now, it's a dirty joke that goes on way too long.

Everything is wrong here. Viewers will go from blushing at the near pornographic poses in the sex scenes, to cringing at the dumbed-down dialog throughout all the episodes. There's an uncomfortable mission to demonstrate diversity, equity and inclusiveness in every scene. All the original ladies are now shown to be silly and self-absorbed. The men are mostly reduced to boy toys. Wise are the actors who avoided joining this mess. One star for the guest stars sprinkled in occasionally. One star for the fashions that are always a part of the show. 2 stars overall is actually generous. Most will be disappointed, as am I.

This was my introduction to the genius of Boris Karloff. I first saw it screened on a local, late Friday night, tv horror program. It was already over 25 years old by then. You know, it was the kind of show kids stayed up til midnight to watch and often fell asleep soon after it started. This one was no snoozer. The leading lady and the other characters are all very good, but it's Boris Karloff who brings out the sweetness and good and the mean and nasty in his character(s). I saw it 2 or 3 times in a year on that late-night Shock Theater. Then it just disappeared. If you've not seen it grab some popcorn, turn off the phones, kick back and enjoy this one.