roxy-100 Reviews

Bored of Education (1946)

Dazed and Confused

[7/10 · 9 November 2006]

My memory, if it serves me, is of a little girl, who always gets in trouble. I have an episode on VHS that i recorded ages ago and every time i fall upon it(always accidentally) i can't help but think how marvelous it was to have such imagination. I watch it and think whoever made this was clearly on acid but it was 1947, so not likely. Which makes the animation so much more potent. The colors... I wish i could get my hands on it. It's like people assume that the more technology we have access to the greater the potential for animated art, but when i look back to Little Lulu i can't help but be stunned by all they could do with only their minds and a pencil. I wish animation would take a few steps back rather than concentrate on feeding the split-second attention spans of today's youth.

Ghostwriter (1992–1995)

All good things...

[8/10 · 9 November 2006]

This show is all kinds of sentimental. It was the reason i wanted to be a detective. I used to carry a magnifying glass every where i went. It was also the bearer of my first crush: Alex (the Latino boy who worked in his father bodega). It was also how i learned the word bodega at age 7. Hun. I just calculated that. I can't believe how much i retained at age 7. You'll find the movies on my "My Movies" list are mainly those that conjure some kind of sentimentality in me, and that is mainly why i use this site to reconcile long lost memories via film and television.

P.S. It was a pretty good show, kids fighting, crime, monsters, together using any means their little minds could muster. It reeks of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. What a lovely stench.