I was watching "The Godfather" for the first time, back before every scene had become a cultural cliché. My dad walked in and asked "Did you get to the part where they shoot up his oldest son yet?" "Ummm….no….". And then just to screw with me, when I was watching "Godfather II" a few days later (also for the first…

Don't forget the nurse also exposes the Jewish doctor on her own, without any coersion from above.

The series, as I saw it on German television, actually went beyond "just following orders". It shows the protagonists committing atrocities (or in the case of one of the female characters, betrayl) on their own initiative.

The film under review here does a nice job putting the final nail in that coffin (although the reviewer, strangely, seems to have misunderstood the underlying message). BTW, this debate died long ago in Germany. The debate now is not "who did it?", but "why did WE ALL do it?"

Not at all. It's more like "initially sane but vulnerable people being consumed by the madness and then openly contributing to it." I seriously wonder if the US cut completely changes the emphasis, because the reviewer almost seems to be describing a different movie from the series I saw on German TV.

That, to me, seemed to be the whole point of the series. Relatively normal people doing horrible things.

I saw this series when it aired on ZDF in Germany, so I'm wondering if either: a) the US theatrical cut vastly changes the emphasis of the story or b) the reviewer completely missed the point. "Doleful yet perversely optimistic,

Then you will probably like this series, because that's exactly what it shows- the Wehrmacht unambiguously committing atrocities of their own initiative (unless the edited re-cut for US audiences greatly changes the emphasis).

The nurse character definately has NSDAP sympathies, although she's not a card-carrying party member. The other female character isn't a member, but she definitely used the party system to advance her career (before it bites her hard). But as the other poster noted, the story is focused primarily on 5 characters who…

Teacher: "Kids, instead of having class today, we're going to watch a movie. It's about basketball, but it's also about life and the lessons we…"
Kids: Oh crap, do we have to watch "Hoosiers" again?

The only reason I saw that piece of garbage was because I worked in a movie theater and could watch every movie for free. But the Tom Jones version of "Are You Gonna Go My Way", almost made it worthwhile.

You're probably correct. But at the height of the Simpsons' satirical might, you can understand how easy it would be to think it was an intentional joke.

"Rudy*… *This is probably controversial but honestly f…" Hell, I went to Notre Dame and I couldn't even sit through that crap. Even worse is that when people learn where I got my degree, that stupid movie is inevitably where the conversation goes next… and I have to explain again why I won't watch it. EVER!

One thing this piece gets wrong. Hulk Hogan's stock had severely declined by 1993. If anything, Mr. Nanny was probably an act of desperation before the oblivion, not a mis-step of a star in his prime.

I have no idea if this was planned as an in-joke, or just a glorious coincidence… but on the original airing of the classic Simpons episode "Cape Feare", after the initial post-title sequence commercial break, the episode opened with Bart and Lisa watching "Up Late with McBain", to which they remarked "This is…

I'm going to sound like a complete nerd here… but I just realized how poorly translated "Burns verkaufen der Kraftwerk" is. As written, the closest it could mean in English would be "The power plant to sell Burns". Should have been "Burns verkauft das Kraftwerk".

My favorite line? "I hate you, Binky!"

Yeah, I saw this movie a few weeks ago for the first time. If there was anything anti-Semitic about the film, I missed it.

I don't recall this being scary at all as a kid, but I do remember being impressed with the back-lit ghosts, which was an effect you didn't see very often in TV animation at the time.

Yes, you're correct… I probably haven't seen that movie in 20 years. It seems that the same scene disturbed us, though… it's the one where the guy covers his face with a wet towel and tries to run through the flames, right?