Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Most. Boring. Movie. Ever.

There's not a whole lot of positive things I can say about the Natalee Holloway case other than that I think the way it was treated by the media was completely, totally, and infinitely ridiculous.

So before I say anything incendiary, let me state that I think Lifetime* doing a made-for-TV movie about the young woman's disappearance from Aruba** was inevitable, yet ultimately boring. They never found her body, and nobody was ever "officially" taken in for any crime. Thus removing all conflict from the story except "People try to find her. They reach a dead end in the case. They continue trying to find her. They do not find her."

What makes it even better is that
The network will be "working closely" with Holloway’s mother, Beth Twitty, said LMN senior veep in charge of original movies, Tanya Lopez, "to raise awareness of how to keep our children safe at all times."
I imagine this involves chains, cattle-prods, and razor-wire fences. I'm not sure these people are aware, but children seek out unsafe things. It has to due with an incomplete development in the prefrontal cortex of their brain. And also them being dumb.

So let me summarize the message of the film: No matter where you are, don't get drunk and wander off alone with strangers. The End.

Most. Boring. Movie. Ever.


Photo from NY Times.

-RoboNixon

*DUH.
**One of the SAFEST islands you can vacation to

2 comments:

Unknown said...

No matter where you are, don't get drunk and wander off alone with strangers. The End.

Are you TRYING to keep me from getting laid ever again?

RoboNixon said...

Murderporn'd.

I'm trying to keep you from getting murderporn'd.

After discovering it was a genre of porn, was anyone else disturbed that one of the most famous series of video games ever is named FINAL FANTASY?

I'm just sayin'...