I totally agree (which was in my reply) but the movie did a terrible job illustrating the relationship they had. It wasn’t a prey-predator situation but two consenting adults overall who both had feelings for each other after the fact but couldn’t be together bc of her probation. In real life, they would have still seen each other despite her probation and had a child by then.
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I’m not talking about the morality of the situation. I was speaking strictly of the way the law views it.
I would have to somewhat agree with you. The boy in THIS film in a m2f relationship wouldn’t have been damaged psychologically as hetero males use sex (esp with a “hot teacher”) as a trophy. If this would have been a m2m relationship then I could see some issues as the younger may have identity issues still. The ending was terrible. They both were consenting individuals who pursued each other. At age 17, he was legal by law. The only thing legally she did wrong was she was a teacher and the law sees that as being persuasive to young minds. A 17 yr old can drive and be accountable for manslaughter but can’t decide who to fck, right?? He was 2 months away or so from being legally able to vote, smoke, and held liable in contracts.
It’s not because of age issues that the law sees the situation as a problem , it’s the fact that she’s a teacher , and the law sees that situation as an adult using their position of power and influence over a person under 18 in their care as exploitation regardless of consent. Very simply, teachers can’t legally bang students.
The son, Adam is such a f*cking imbecile I’m starting to hope that he gets caught just so I can enjoy watching what Jimmy does to him. The Judge has made a few bloopers as well but just because he had to cover up the idiot Adam’s tracks. Gina is going to have a field day with Adam!!
I’m with you …sick of rich white boys/men getting away with what they’re guilty of on tv/film and in reality.
Willow passes the Bechdel test. Quite well, actually.
(In case you’re unfamiliar, the test is quite simple. Three criteria. First, there must be two female characters with names. Second, these two must speak to each other. Third, they must speak to each other about something other than a man. Sound easy? It’s not. Apparently! A shocking number of films fail spectacularly at the Bechdel test.)
But here’s my problem. It’s Sorsha. You wouldn’t think it would be Sorsha, but it’s Sorsha. Hear me out. Sorsha is the daughter of the evil Queen Bavmorda. Sorsha is a warrior, an excellent fighter. She dresses in the armor of a man and is not discovered by other characters to be female until she takes off her helmet and lets down that bright red hair. (We get it, Ron Howard, we get it.) It’s predicted at the very start of the film that she will betray her mother. So of course she does.
And what turns her? Well…
Madmartigan, another excellent fighter turned theif, is played by Val Kilmer as a medieval fantasy Indiana Jones. (Don’t believe me? Watch it again. That’s Indiana goddamn Jones right there.) And at one point Madmartigan is smacked in the face with some love dust by a Brownie. (The Brownies are another issue, don’t get me started.) The first lady type he sees while he’s all gakked up on goo-goo potion? Yeah. It’s Shorsha. A women who has, up until this point, fought him (and won), captured him, mocked him, and kicked him in the face. He’s drunk on fairy potion number 5, so he starts confessing an undying love for her. It’s sappy poetry and he can’t even remember it in the morning. She confronts him about it and he admits he can’t remember it. But that’s it. She’s turned. It takes her a little while yet, but all it took to turn a warrior princess away from her all powerful mother was a boy to tell her she’s puuuurdy.
Sure, it’s passes the Bechdel test, but the test paper is smeared in ketchup. Ew.
(I know that was a lot, but I remember this differently from watching it as a small child, and now I’m all worked up about it.)
The Bechdel test is definitely not a perfect system, I’ve found.
Here’s a sweet little fact for you all parts of episode one from series one was actually filmed both across the road and up the road from where I live.
That is interesting. I adore every aspect of this show and I mourn its passing.
for a crime syndicate family to fear i gotta say the boss is a total limp biscuit compared to his wife who is hard as nails
I think they made that very obvious for a reason. Both the judge and the mob boss are considered very powerful, but the judge’s complicity in covering his son’s guilt, and the boss’s complicity in giving his son the motorcycle which led to his getting killed (and forcing him to feel just as guilty over his son as the judge) weakens their individual power tremendously.
They really need to slap some putrid, meth-y teeth in Stewart’s mouth. I’m just not convinced.
Truly the most well-acted, true-to-the-book version of this tale.
Glad they killed off Rosanne, the other characters were always funnier. That racist boomer needed to be knocked down a peg
Damn skippy! Roseanne is a haggard, unfunny bag of hot air, even without her dumpster politics. Jackie, Dan, and Darlene forever.
ok ok, now you’ve convinced me to finally watch this. I’m about to be 43 and haven’t watch this once
Everyone forgets that this is a John Hughes film. I’ll never forget the experience of watching this at age 9, essentially the same age Macaulay Culkin was in the film.. I wanted Buck to be my uncle too!
This is essentially a story of the aftermath of a Jaycee Dugard-type kidnapping and the twists and turns of the case that comes of it. A younger Jodie Comer is very effective as the kidnappee, who is hiding many secrets about her captivity that might make her seem like less of a victim to the detectives assigned to her case. The acting and writing is very good, and I was compelled to watch the whole series in one sitting.
I used to love watching “Golden girls”. I still watch it here and there. But I knew nothing of this spinoff, back in the 90s. This is a good surprise, now. This pilot brought me right back in the world of the ladies. Sophia still kills me. Needless to say, that I will be watching all the episodes. Good watch.
ALSO: Lars von Trier’s intro-nuttiest role!
When my brain finally dies, as they keep promising me it will, the mix of euphoria and terror will not be foreign to me. An electrical imbalance between the cells will wade through neurons filling themselves with charged ions as the electromagnetic forces try to wipe clear the charge imbalance and maintain a hold on the ions. As the systems panic, the serotonin sets in. My eyes glaze.
And how is none of this entirely unfamiliar? Because I have already seen Too Many Cooks.
I sincerely hope the latent lifetime supply of organic DMT deep in your noggin takes over before any flashbacks of TMC.
Saving this for Saturday night. I love the Mads Mikk, and this has gotten high praise.
Pugh, Pugh, Pugh. And then library pr0n.
You got here first! Been looking forward to this one…especially since “The Laundromat”
Kaley Cuoco is a rubbish actress and horribly annoying with her pitched voice. The character she portrays here is poorly written, nobody can be this stupid/ignorant to their situation (alcoholism).
1st and 2nd episodes kept me interested because i wanted to know the reason to the murder, but i couldn’t keep watching this crap after 3rd episode any more.
Perhaps with a decent cast and a better written script this could have been a gem.
THANK YOU.So glad someone agrees with me. Couldn’t get past the first episode because of the suckage factor of Kaley Cuoco and company. Ugh. Talentless.
A masterpiece of Italian expressionist cinema. Giallo at its best. Possibly one of the best art direction and set design works in movie history.
When I first saw it in 2000, the sets and art production influenced my painting and drawing for years, and still do. How incredibly gorgeous is the art deco lobby? and how terrifying is the dark city square in the scene with the feral dog?
Yes, it is misogynist (tons of women get killed brutally, and the director himself admitted his misogynism outright). But the villains are also witches who are female, and there is no more exalted, gorgeous, operatic horror film in the world.
OK, guys, I put the rest of the links up earlier, but there were a few episodes in seasons 1 and 4 that I just couldn’t find available. Sorry about that.
Why do the mods mute people for innocent comments, yet allow troll-like, offensive comments like this one?
thanks for doing the work. i had totally forgotten this show ever existed until it popped up here. like the op, i saw there were no links and i got to go down a lovely, nostalgic internet rabbit hole. duckman leading, of course, to youtube suggesting other shows, which were memories of my youth…and 3 hours later. :)
I used to relish this show as a teenager when it was airing. Jason Alexander was born to voice this cartoon- for me, it’s as inexorably linked to him as George Costanza on Seinfeld. And Dweezil Zappa (Frank Zappa’s son, natch) playing Duckman’s fat, laid-back son, as well as composing the theme song, is just a genius choice.
I didn’t see anyone whining, Just a statement !!! And thank you for the additional links
When I seen this up I was COOL !!! used to watch it as a kid, At least the single link in season one works :) whats the point of the other seasons, Gotta be the same uploader that always posts but no links
Just so you know , I came here wanting to see some Duckman the other day and noticed there were no links, so I started hunting for some, and found a good slew of them on youtube, but it’s an incomplete collection. So I put the ones they had available for the first season up, intending to come back and put more in later. Instead of whining, why don’t you try looking for links yourself and contribute to the community once in a while.
One of the most blisteringly funny animated series ever made, with a selection of the most talented comedians doing voice work.
This season was so subpar - it’s as if they wrote it all 2 days before deadline and tried to stuff too many characters and plotlines into it.
A phenomenal film. I was a bit older than the protagonist at the time the film takes place, and watching/reliving it brings me to an exalted place. The unknown actors in the movie are quietly masterful and so so real.
This reminded me of the Reagans’ status as total and utter pieces of filth. They’re not busy cutting taxes for the rich and choosing a china pattern anymore. How’s the fire down there, fools?
Sad that this wasn’t renewed. great fun ride!
No renewal? The networks are tyrannical and must be stopped. It’s time the viewers not the executives voted what stays on and what doesn’t.
Mediocre piffle. Laughable acting; the premise is a trope-filled mess.
I really didn’t even suspect the son until half way through this episode, but even then a lot doesn’t add up if he was the killer. How come he left no bloody footprints? How come he has no dna at the scene? How did he avoid getting on camera going to and from the scene, even his father, who is quite familiar with the location couldn’t avoid the cameras, so how did the son? Does the son hide the hammer every time he needs to use the violin case? Why wouldn’t the son just get rid of the hammer? Does the husband know it was the son and came up with the story of leaving? Did the husband flee in order to protect his son and make himself the primary suspect? lots of questions need answers here.
Be prepared to have very few of them answered, especially since it’s just a TV show and you seem to want to superimpose realism upon it.
The writers of his show are throwing stinky red herrings left and right.
This is FANTASTIC! Great music, acting, costuming and everything! One of my all time favorites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
absolutely appauling how can anyone question this mans guilt ? oh I forgot the left can
Uh, I am radically liberal and I always maintained that he is guilty, so there goes your theory.
if chris rock dies i will happily start watching again from there -other than that i really dont care i stopped watching at ep 4 or 5 -worst Fargo ever and i was big fan of the franchise - WOW the IMDB REVIEWS ON SEASON 4 ARE NO HOLDS BARRED they are more scathing than me
I must agree on this front - this was one of my favorite shows, but this season is unmercifully dull and paradoxically also overwrought…maybe the season was rushed? Whatever the case may be, I will see it through but afterward I will never view this season again.
I’ve been bingeing this show since yesterday loving every second of it. Whoever wrote this thing has such a sick sense of humor. I love it! Rated 5/5
bill burr created it. the show is based on his dad and growing up in his family. check out bill burr’s stand-up and his podcast if you like this.
Ugh, I am trying to figure out a way to watch this show while cutting the scenes with the annoying little troll that is Amy. Her behavior in this show was disgusting and hypocritical. Thank GOD she is leaving the show this year.
I always forget that binge-watching a show can bring you dangerously close to hating every single character on it…time for a break.
I am SO proud of Jonah. Good decision on his part.
If you’re a DS fan, you should really watch him in 1970’s “Alex in Wonderland” directed by Paul Mazursky, if you haven’t seen it. I like Donald’s groovy hippie era.
Yep, still likin’ Kidman for the skull-bashing.
Another great episode…lots of disclosure in this one.
FWIW, Sutherland still does it for me…I think it’s the gravelly voice.
He’s one of the few great Hollywood voices left…RIP Sir Sean Connery!
As always, thanks Uploaders!
If you’re a DS fan, you should really watch him in 1970’s “Alex in Wonderland” directed by Paul Mazursky, if you haven’t seen it. I like Donald’s groovy hippie era.
This is great, but my god, Nicole Kidman’s face is so botoxed and blown-up, she can’t even make a convincing facial expression anymore. That is a pathetic thing for an actor to do to their face, their livelihood, as it is meant to convey so much information to the viewer. It really cuts down on my enjoyment of the show.
Linda Blair plays a whiny, mewling teenage lush. Things get broken and such.