choralone42-963-604644
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This is a great collection of music videos and short films all related to The KLF filmed from 1988-1992. I came to know them via the song 3AM Eternal when it blew up on MTV and the top 40 charts back in 1991. Little did I know then what I was getting myself into back then. Seriously, check out the Wikipedia pages on them, it's quite the rabbit hole.
After buying "The White Room" on CD back in 91 (along with searching for their related releases at the time) and learning there was supposed to be a film connected to that music I had wondered for nearly 35 years what that film would have looked like. Now I know and I'm so happy I could finally see it!
Most of the rest of the music videos in this collection I had previously seen and I'm glad they're all included as part of the very loose narrative.
The section with the short film "The Rites of Mu" was the only really tedious part of this collection. I think I understand the vision behind it, but it really dragged on. It should be included for completeness sake and it also shows that not everything The KLF did hit the mark.
I also wish it would have been easier to view this film in the US. I had to go to some lengths in order to find it.
For people who are fans of the KLF they'll probably love this film. For anyone not aware of their music & history it's probably going to all seem a bit insane.
After buying "The White Room" on CD back in 91 (along with searching for their related releases at the time) and learning there was supposed to be a film connected to that music I had wondered for nearly 35 years what that film would have looked like. Now I know and I'm so happy I could finally see it!
Most of the rest of the music videos in this collection I had previously seen and I'm glad they're all included as part of the very loose narrative.
The section with the short film "The Rites of Mu" was the only really tedious part of this collection. I think I understand the vision behind it, but it really dragged on. It should be included for completeness sake and it also shows that not everything The KLF did hit the mark.
I also wish it would have been easier to view this film in the US. I had to go to some lengths in order to find it.
For people who are fans of the KLF they'll probably love this film. For anyone not aware of their music & history it's probably going to all seem a bit insane.
The shows "Scrapheap Challenge" and "Junkyard Wars" really need to have separate IMDB entries.
Scrapheap Challenge ran for a total of 11 seasons or series in the UK from 1998 to 2010.
Junkyard Wars ran for a total of 5 seasons from 2001 to 2003 in the US and had 2 additional seasons as "Junkyard Mega-Wars" in 2002 and 2004.
Each show had different hosts, almost entirely different competing teams and only a few episodes of overlap. The biggest thing the 2 shows have in common is the theme of the show and the production company of RDF entertainment. Having both shows lumped all together into one IMDB entry is very confusing!
This review is about the UK show Scrapheap Challenge which is the original show.
Series 1-10 is excellent television! In particular Robert Llewellyn (S1-10) and Lisa Rogers (S5-10) really shine as the hosts of the show!
The machines the teams come up with are usually amazing and frequently hilarious for one reason or another. Not everything works properly but for me that makes the show feel a bit more like real life.
Unfortunately, season 11 is not good. The show changed production teams, had their budget cut significantly, lost their long established hosts, and lost their "home" junkyards which caused too much of a format change for me.
Watch seasons 1-10 and skip season 11. It's just too different for me to be really enjoyable.
Scrapheap Challenge ran for a total of 11 seasons or series in the UK from 1998 to 2010.
Junkyard Wars ran for a total of 5 seasons from 2001 to 2003 in the US and had 2 additional seasons as "Junkyard Mega-Wars" in 2002 and 2004.
Each show had different hosts, almost entirely different competing teams and only a few episodes of overlap. The biggest thing the 2 shows have in common is the theme of the show and the production company of RDF entertainment. Having both shows lumped all together into one IMDB entry is very confusing!
This review is about the UK show Scrapheap Challenge which is the original show.
Series 1-10 is excellent television! In particular Robert Llewellyn (S1-10) and Lisa Rogers (S5-10) really shine as the hosts of the show!
The machines the teams come up with are usually amazing and frequently hilarious for one reason or another. Not everything works properly but for me that makes the show feel a bit more like real life.
Unfortunately, season 11 is not good. The show changed production teams, had their budget cut significantly, lost their long established hosts, and lost their "home" junkyards which caused too much of a format change for me.
Watch seasons 1-10 and skip season 11. It's just too different for me to be really enjoyable.
I really wanted to enjoy this show. A lot of the principal characters were pretty good and funny. Any real corporation has it's fair share of incompetent employees so in many ways Payne motors reflected real life. Bonehead decisions, people in positions they're clearly not qualified for and so on.
With that in mind I absolutely could not stand the character of Wesley Payne. I understand he's "family" and all, but any corporation that's existed for more than a few months would know to do everything in their power to remove/silence him from said corporation. He was completely insufferable and I think it was a large reason why more people didn't watch the show. My own wife made it through 2 episodes and said she could not stand another second of his character. Me, I made it halfway through season 2 before I threw in the towel.
That's a shame because with a few tweaks I think this could have been a really good show that would have lasted for a lot longer!
With that in mind I absolutely could not stand the character of Wesley Payne. I understand he's "family" and all, but any corporation that's existed for more than a few months would know to do everything in their power to remove/silence him from said corporation. He was completely insufferable and I think it was a large reason why more people didn't watch the show. My own wife made it through 2 episodes and said she could not stand another second of his character. Me, I made it halfway through season 2 before I threw in the towel.
That's a shame because with a few tweaks I think this could have been a really good show that would have lasted for a lot longer!
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