One thing is for certain when it comes to John Delorean....he went for the gold and you can't fault him for that. The trouble is, like with any race, some people are gonna lose. Instead of losing because you weren't good enough, a lot of people lost because they believed in the bad methods of a relatively bad person.
Like with any of these style of documentaries, the story tries really hard to build up the central figure into a god like status. So Delorean put fast cars and impressionable young men into one equation and somehow that made him a visionary. Yeesh, and we all thought modern day Boomers had no idea about the youth. Either way, with the gift of hindsight something that is incredibly obvious today turned a relatively overrated man into a superstar. It wasn't because of his ideas but because of the cultivated image that Delorean worked extremely hard to project. He liked expensive cars, food and trinkets. And because of this he convinced an air-headed model to marry him.
Anyway, the story's second and third parts are really where the meat and potatoes of the story rounds out. Delorean, like many other rich business men of any indistinguishable era, did everything he could to convince people to pay for his extravagant ideas. And people kept giving him money due to his sociopathic capability of putting on the charm while he stole your wallet. He did this to automobile dealers, an entire government body and even his friends and family. Even when he had the world at his feet, he fell for the age old problem of wanting more.
People like Delorean are dangerous, and it is unfortunate most people like him don't go down in flames more often. But it is satisfying to see the fall of a grifter, regardless of what great ideas he might have had. The end results will always tarnish the previous accomplishments, because it spells out the obvious in a lot of cases. A million dollar idea is usually a matter of luck, and it depends on whether you accept that fateful stroke of cosmic love or run it into the ground with your hubris and self aggrandizement.
And if anyone cares, the Delorean kinda sucks. And yes I have seen them up close. People were so gullible to think this was a good idea. Anyone, enough of this review.
Like with any of these style of documentaries, the story tries really hard to build up the central figure into a god like status. So Delorean put fast cars and impressionable young men into one equation and somehow that made him a visionary. Yeesh, and we all thought modern day Boomers had no idea about the youth. Either way, with the gift of hindsight something that is incredibly obvious today turned a relatively overrated man into a superstar. It wasn't because of his ideas but because of the cultivated image that Delorean worked extremely hard to project. He liked expensive cars, food and trinkets. And because of this he convinced an air-headed model to marry him.
Anyway, the story's second and third parts are really where the meat and potatoes of the story rounds out. Delorean, like many other rich business men of any indistinguishable era, did everything he could to convince people to pay for his extravagant ideas. And people kept giving him money due to his sociopathic capability of putting on the charm while he stole your wallet. He did this to automobile dealers, an entire government body and even his friends and family. Even when he had the world at his feet, he fell for the age old problem of wanting more.
People like Delorean are dangerous, and it is unfortunate most people like him don't go down in flames more often. But it is satisfying to see the fall of a grifter, regardless of what great ideas he might have had. The end results will always tarnish the previous accomplishments, because it spells out the obvious in a lot of cases. A million dollar idea is usually a matter of luck, and it depends on whether you accept that fateful stroke of cosmic love or run it into the ground with your hubris and self aggrandizement.
And if anyone cares, the Delorean kinda sucks. And yes I have seen them up close. People were so gullible to think this was a good idea. Anyone, enough of this review.