Why You Should Watch 'Barb Wire' Before It's Removed From Netflix

Pamela Anderson was no Humphrey Bogart when she was offered a role that was, in theory, a lot to do with Rick from

, but in practice was a flimsy adaptation of a comic published by Dark Horse.

What milonga would her agent tell her to embark her on such nonsense.

I imagine something along the lines of what Elizabeth Berkeley must have been told about

.

Both movies (

and

) were to the movies what the

and the

were to sailing.

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From erotic myth to artistic icon: the reinvention of Pamela Anderson

But while

is justly vindicated,

slides through the Netflix catalog in the wake of the documentary about what was the most desired woman in the world and at the same time the most reviled: Pamela Anderson.

Recording a home porn isn't a crime (and shouldn't be seen as one), but making

is a bit.

As well as a synod of post-apocalyptic tropes, it's a fossil from a time when comic book adaptations were neither serious nor important:

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

,

and others that, if you remember them, will make you twist your nose.

's gestation

more people gave their opinion than necessary since the only two things they saw clearly were, excuse me, Pamela's two boobs.

Watching

in 2023, when the movie is set in 2017, is pure cognitive dissonance.

The future is always worse than what dystopias sell us, but without carding, without leather suits, without tuned cars and without Pamela Anderson.

Really: give this sadomaso-pop fantasy for teenagers a chance, it's sure to be better than that series that bores you to death, but you have to watch it because it's the one you have to comment on.

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