Family Ties (TV Series) Rain Forests Keep Fallin' on My Head (1989) User Reviews

Liberal bias from 30 years ago

[Shhhtick · 1/10 · 13 April 2021]

We have been bumbared from Liberal bias propaganda for over 30 years now. This should show people, that crying wolf needs to stop and stop ruining people's lively hoods. He world is ending in 12 years - been saying that for 50+ years, it's not ending.

Environmentalist episodes suck, this is a thesis to why

[Channeleven · 1/10 · 23 October 2023]

Environmentalist episodes have always had the same problem. They are incredibly heavy-handed, obnoxious, and as a result characters tend to suffer, becoming utterly unlikable, but the writers expect us to immediately go to their side no matter what.

I'm not gonna act like Jennifer isn't left-leaning, that's the point behind her character, she takes after her parents. But how do we go from a situation that clearly affects her mental health to sudden validation? This isn't the first example of how environmentalism can ruin a character, and it certainly wasn't the last.

And that was the crux of the episode which is why I focus on it. There was nothing else to the episode to really go onto, especially for the lack of a b-plot. I'd say this no matter where my political views lie. The environment is important and the people should try to take better care of it, but there's a better way to get the message out, and you don't have to tear down other characters to do it.