While "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" is usually cited as one of the worse films ever made, this Mexican-made film from 1959 is so bad it makes "SCCM" look like "It's a Wonderful Life." You have to wonder what the people who made this film were thinking; perhaps they meant it as a third-world allegory about capitalist greed and conspicuous consumption. Nah . . . They just weren't very good. The same production company made an even more disturbing version of "Little Red Riding Hood" in which the wolf's obsession with our heroine has unmistakable hints of pedophilia. (Perhaps this was the inspiration for "Freeway.") Back to "Santa Claus": instead of the North Pole, Jolly Old Saint Nicholas resides in a satellite in geosynchronous earth orbit (shades of "MST3K"); instead of elves his toys are made by children chosen from around the world; and he had sophisticated spy equipment to check just which kids are naughty and nice. The result is like an Orwellian outer space sweat shop. It's enough to turn you off Christmas forever. This and other low-rent Mexican children's' films were dubbed in English and widely distributed in the U.S. in the early 1960s; no wonder the sixties became such a turbulent period in American history. The baby boomers who were forced to endure these "family" films as children would be all too eager to turn revolutionary.

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Medan "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" oftast citeras som en av de sämre filmer som någonsin gjorts, är denna mexikansk-gjorda film från 1959 så dålig att "SCCM" ser ut som "It's a Wonderful Life." Man måste undra vad människorna som gjorde denna film tänkte; kanske menade de det som en tredje värld allegori om kapitalistisk girighet och iögonfallande konsumtion. Nä. . . De var bara inte så bra. Samma produktionsbolag gjorde en ännu mer störande version av "Lilla Rödluvan" där vargens besatthet av vår hjältinna har omisskännliga antydningar om pedofili. (Kanske var detta inspirationen till "Frivägen.") Tillbaka till "Santa Claus": istället för Nordpolen, bor Jolly Old Saint Nicholas i en satellit i geosynkron jordbana (skuggor av "MST3K"); istället för alver hans leksaker är tillverkade av barn utvalda från hela världen; och han hade sofistikerad spionutrustning för att kontrollera precis vilka barn är stygga och trevliga. Resultatet är som en Orwellsk svettaffär. Det räcker för att stänga av julen för alltid. Denna och andra låghyrda mexikanska barnfilmer dubbades på engelska och fick stor spridning i USA i början av 1960-talet; inte undra på att sextiotalet blev en så turbulent period i amerikansk historia. De babyboomare som tvingades uthärda dessa "familjefilmer" som barn skulle vara alltför ivriga att bli revolutionära. Är den här recensionen positiv eller negativ? ALTERNATIV: - negativ - positiv
While "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" is usually cited as one of the worse films ever made, this 1959 Mexican-made film is so bad that "SCCM" looks like "It's a Wonderful Life." One must wonder what the people who made this film thought; perhaps they meant it as a third world allegory about capitalist greed and conspicuous consumption. Nah. . . . . . . They just weren't that good. The same production company made an even more disturbing version of "Little Red Hood" where the wolf's obsession with our heroine has unmistakable hints of paedophilia. (Perhaps this was the inspiration for "Freeway.") Back to "Santa Claus": instead of the North Pole, Jolly Old Saint Nicholas lives in a satellite in geosynchronous earth orbit (shadows of "MST3K"); instead of elves his toys are made by children selected from all over the world; and he had sophisticated spy equipment to control just which children are naughty and pleasant. The result is like an Orwellian sweat shop. That's enough to turn off Christmas forever. This and other low-rent Mexican children's films were dubbed in English and widely spread in the United States in the early 1960s; no wonder the sixties became such a turbulent period in American history. The baby boomers who were forced to endure these "family films" as children would be too eager to become revolutionary. Is this review positive or negative? ALTERNATIVE: - negative - positive
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