Heather, The Totality - Review

Heather, The Totality

This short Novella centers around three characters with a fourth lurking around. None of the characters have any appeal, not even Heather.

It's just a short weird little story of parental obsession over their daughter and each pathetically vying for the little Princess' attention.

I would never have reviewed the book if it were not for so many bad reviews. This Novella has certainly touched a nerve with many, so I had to see for myself if it was really that awful. In short, it's not. It's simply a little story of 134 pages clocking in at just over 22,000 words, and nothing more.

1. My criticisms of this little story would be that the author fails to develop any character in Heather...she's a mystery.
2. The story skips years of time in a blink of an eye.
3. There's really no dialog with the characters.
4. Reminiscent of old B/W movies where the story goes along and tension builds, then suddenly in the last three minutes, everything comes to an abrupt conclusion.
5. For a Novella, the book is overpriced.

If this Novella were written by an unknown author, I don't believe it would ever have been published. So, some of the negativity surrounding Max Weiner's first book is probably due to fans of Mad Max expecting more and feeling cheated in story length and price, seeing this effort as what some might call an outline or fleshed out storyboard of what might become a made for TV movie...yawn!

I would not say it's bad, and I differ in opinion with all of the harsh criticisms, but I would not recommend gifting it for someone, it's simply too short and not really all that memorable.

Instead, you might want to reserve yourself a copy through Overdrive or your local library.

Cheers

Top Albums of 2017

Looking back over this past year of 2017 there have been many new albums released that were over hyped and when we got them we were disappointed.

Then, there were many others that never got the hype, and some of these were actually better than anyone might have expected.

While there's still some time left before we ring in 2018 you may want to check out some of the best albums from this past year that maybe you were unaware of.

• Blondie – Pollinator featuring the #1single “Fun”
• Michelle Branch – Hopeless Romantic
• Lindsey Buckingham – Christine McVie
• Alice Cooper – Paranormal
• Tori Amos – Native Invader
• Chuck Berry – Chuck
• Beth Ditto – Fake Sugar
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd – Lay It On Down
• Mike Oldfield – Return to Ommadawn
• Zola Jesus – Okovi

Adding any of these to either your own collection or giving them as gifts you will surely NAIL IT as some would like to say.

Of course there were many more great albums released, but the above mentioned are the ones that flew under the radar, didn't chart well, and yet are among the best that have been released this year.

See for yourself, check 'em out and...

Rock On!

Stream The Crater Lake Monster Online or Download for FREE

The storyline revolves around a giant plesiosaur that emerges from Crater Lake. As people are attacked by the monster, the Sheriff investigates along with a group of scientists in order to stop the creature.

The story really begins when a meteor crashes into Northern California's Crater Lake, and unearths a dinosaur egg. The heat from the meteor causes the egg to hatch, and the Crater Lake Monster starts terrorizing everyone around the Lake.

With that said, let's just get real here. This movie is bad in every sense. It may well be one of the worst movies ever made. Everything about this is bad and yet I still recommend this as a good movie to watch.

It's not too realistic as it uses stop motion effects to show the monster and the characters are witless, dumb and silly. In other words this is a great flick for young kids to watch. It lacks the realistic gore of what is produced today.

The score is canned, and is often just ridiculously placed, the acting is bad, and this is what makes this Monster flick funny. It has an assortment of characters that are funny in what is supposed to be a scary flick.

The main character and co-writer Richard Cardella recounts: Crown International was part of the financing and they just screwed up everything. They pulled their support for some key scenes (that would have explained a lot and plugged some of the obvious holes), added a canned score that really sucked, and turned it over to some hack to edit. The asshole didn't even use a fade or dissolve in the whole freakin' picture!

No matter what anyone says this is a good movie to let your kids complain about...so, get your popcorn and hot chocolate and feast on this turkey. If you don't fall asleep during this film, maybe you'll be laughing and critiquing it along with your kids. They'll probably laugh at you and say where did you find this horrible movie? If you're laughing and having a fun evening, regardless of the movies quality then it's well worth the time.

* Side note - We also like to watch old Godzilla movies where the words spoken don't match the lip movements, we just laugh and think it's funny.

Don't get wrapped up in things that seem too real, you'll find yourself more engrossed and having less fun.

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Initial release: 1977

Director: William R. Stromberg

Box office: 3 million USD

Budget: 100,000 USD

Written by: William R. Stromberg and Richard Cardella

Cast:

• Sheriff Steve Hanson - Richard Cardella
• Arnie Chabot - Glenn Roberts
• Mitch Kowalski - Mark Siegel
• Richard Calkins - Bob Hyman
• Dan Turner - Richard Garrison
• Susan Patterson - Kacey Cobb
• Ross Conway - Michael Hoover
• Paula Conway - Suzanne Lewis
• Senator Jack Fuller - Marv Eliot
• Blackmailer - Garry Johnston
• Waitress - Susy Claycomb
• Villager - Jim Goeppinger

Despite being a critical flop, the film was a commercial success having made $3 million with a $100,000 budget. Since its release, the film, has been re-released on VHS, and then later again on DVD. More recently, it has also been released on Blu-ray disc. You'll likely find it in bargain bins or maybe a resell shop.