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Absolutely Rose Street (1994)
A Sega 32X/Sega CD Infomercial disguised as a TV show
Way back in the early 90's, the video game systems to own were either the super Nintendo or the Sega genesis...both 16 bit systems dominated the market and were hot to own. As the 16 bit era began to die out, bigger system with more power began to hit the market and with the new and more power systems such as "The playstation" , Sega of America began to develop some updates to the quickly aging sega genesis. Their first attempt was the sega cd system, although it was still a 16 bit system, the cd-rom improved sound and graphics abit, and shortly after only months before the Sega was to release their newest high tech system "the sega saturn", the sega 32x was released as a cheap alternative to the higher priced systems. Although the system was doomed from the start, it did manage to release a few good titles ..Mortal kombat 2, Doom..etc.. As a way of advertising this failed system, Sega created an Infomercial to advertise it in a very odd way....disguised as a "Beverly hills 90210" type show, with games as the plot. The Infomercial/show was called "Absolutely rose street" and feature 5 good looking teen-somethings who had their own show called "game beat" where they were to advertise systems and games for the Sega. Threaten by the "big" boss in charge with closure to their show, they must come up with an new episode and feature something exciting and new to show and that's were the sega 32x steps in. It was a cheesy commercial that had the time frame of 28 minutes, and feature actually very little games the 32x was going to release...mostly just screen shots of a racing game and star wars. The production value was as hammy as it gets, set in the sunny beaches of California with the styles of the times...if anything, watching it now brings back more of a nostalgic feel for those who were 90's teens. My first viewing of this long forgotten Sega Infomercial was only this year (2016) and that's due to youtube, but I am sure as a teen i may have jumped up and down waiting for this new system to arrive. To this day, I still own my seg/cd/32x and still play it once and awhile to bring back some old memories. I'd say, if your a sega fan of old times, look it up, check it out, roll your eyes and move on...if anything, you might get a flash back from old times.
La llorona del río (2001)
A short Ghost story
****Spoiler in review**** It is late, and being the night owl I am, was kinda just sitting around and watching the channel "Plex". I had just finished watching "My bodyguard" and was about to play some video games until I saw on the cable guide the "The weeping woman of the river" was on next. Well i am always up for a good ghost story, I mean the title interested me right away, I was surprised to see it was only a half an hour and in Spanish with English subtitles, so I was not sure how I'd feel about it, so i jumped on here as I began watching it, to see if it had been reviewed...No review, so what the heck, i gave it a shot and here's what it is about. The story starts with two young boys in present day playing with a ball, well the ball gets kicked over into a stream. As one of the young boys goes down to fetch it, the other hollers to him to be careful or the weeping woman will get him. It is from this point a flashback occurs bringing us to past (i'd say early 1900's maybe older.. To a party being held for a young beautiful Spanish girl named Esperanza. Her parents are a proud mild class family that are trying to reserve their name as well as their daughters innocence. During the party, an old hag crashes the party to steal some food, she is chased off and runs into the woods. Esperanza waits awhile and then wonders into the woods ( probably had some curiosity as to where the old woman lived), To her surprise, her hansom secret lover Ricardo jumps out to greet her. He tells her that he will be away for awhile (I am not exactly sure why...military perhaps?). They make love, and Ricardo disappears into the night with the promise of return in a years time. Soon afterwords, Esperanze starts getting morning sickness, her mother finds out as does her father, and needless to say they are NOT happy with her. They send her away to live with her aunt Lupita. Her aunt Lupe, is a recluse that lives deep out in the woods away from other people and it is a lonely place, the way her aunt Lupe likes it. Alone and sad, Esperanza tries writing to her lover Ricardo to inform him of her situation, but receives no replies. Months go by and Esperanza finally gives birth to a baby,and has her aunt send for her parents and Ricardo. Her aunt Lupe informs Esperanza that her parents are on the way, but Ricardo will not be coming for he is getting married. Esperanza is devastated by this news, and later that night goes out into the woods with her child and drown it in a near by stream. As morning approaches, poor Esperanza walks back to her aunts house, only to find Ricardo getting off a wagon. He greets her with a big smile and loving kiss and tells her he has come for her and the baby, that it was a lie, he was never getting married to someone else. Esperanza turns and runs back walk into the woods, screaming "where's my child..where's my child".... Back to present time, the young boy by the river is still trying to get his ball out other the water and both him and his playmate suddenly hear the wailing and ghostly cry... "where's my child, where's my child", they run off.. and the story ends. I'd say it was an interesting short tale, and supposedly based on a real ghost in Spain. anyways, check it out, the scene with her drowning her baby is heartbreaking, as is the story behind it. 5 out of 10 stars, good enough for a Independent film!