The story is quite silly in many respects, but still comic book fun. New York City, which, true to the comic book leaning of the film, contains various elements that are more fantasy than reality. Tim Curry's rendition of a particularly sleazy character is particularly amusing. The action is relatively slow for most of the first half of the film. After that, the tempo suddenly changes.
Action picks way up.
It's almost as if it were two separate films in this respect, spliced together in the middle. It's a picture that both appropriately aged children and adults who aren't expecting a deep emotional experience should enjoy. Once you've retrieved the appropriate audio file, you can play it on virtually any workstation, PC, Mac, or other computer equipped with even simple audio facilities. Unique audio clips from old films and trailers, bumpers, and other audio features permeate the shows, providing an entertaining program for the baby-boomers who grew up glued to their televisions and movie screens. The Internet version of the show is freely distributable via computer networks and BBS systems.