![]() To sum it all up: If you're an eighties kid like me, this show is a must. ![]() The biggest shout-out, however, has to go to the ensemble of actors, especially the kids who play the protagonists: their charming performances are the key to why the show works as well as it does. I won't give away the plot here (I guess you get a pretty good picture what it's about from what I wrote above), but I would like to mention that it's beautifully shot, the effects and generally the production values are top-notch, and the period-inspired music is fantastic. The show emulates the themes and a certain style from those eighties treasures, and while it is a (for me) very welcome callback to some of the favorite stories from my youth, it's also very much its own thing. And it's not a rip-off, it's a love letter. Now if you've seen 'Stranger Things', that should sound pretty familiar, right? Of course it does: because 'Stranger Things' deliberately pays homage to all those stories - and it does it very, very well. Those were stories where the young protagonists encountered aliens and monsters or where they themselves had supernatural powers - or where they just went on an adventure (to find a body or a long lost treasure) with grown-ups largely out of the picture. King wrote 'Firestarter', 'It' and 'Stand By Me', and Spielberg either directed or produced (via his company Amblin) 'E.T.', 'The Goonies' and 'Gremlins'. The main factor why I loved their movies and books was that kids roughly my own age figured so prominently in many of them. I guess it isn't an overstatement to say "The Two Steves" probably influenced and shaped the imagination - the dreams AND the nightmares - of an entire generation. While Israeli public policy has made open space preservation a higher priority, as population density rises, the demand for land promises make open space preservation an ongoing national challenge.There were two dominating forces in the eighties that had a lasting effect on my cinematic taste for ever after and also resulted in my undying love for fantasy, sci-fi and horror stories: Steven Spielberg and Stephen King. The article closes with a review of present challenges to open spaces including illegal construction in the agricultural and Bedouin sectors as well as the isolated settlement program. ![]() Relentless activism across the country has produced a litany of achievements for open space preservation advocates. Economic analysis, previously unexploited, is also increasingly quantifying the benefits of open spaces. While not without its flaws, the plan constitutes an important formal open space for Israel. The first is a new masterplan for Israel (number 35) that was approved by the government in 2005. Three encouraging recent developments are considered. While present frameworks ensure that reserves and forests remain well-protected, there has been significant erosion in the normative protection of agricultural lands, reflected in their steady decline. The primary modes for protecting open spaces are assessed: nature reserves, forests, and agriculturally designated lands. The article considers the history of open space preservation in Israel from the inception of the state until the present.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |