Captain Valedor versus the Spider Queen

While I have not watched any of the serials of decades ago, I "got" this. It's difficult to find a lot to say about four minutes, but it's much more so to find anything to complain about in this... *that* is truly elusive. Even more so than Robert Denby. But I digress. The plot is marvelous. The writing in general *really* hits the nerve, with surgical precision, of the quality and many, many flaws of television writing in days of yore. The technical quality is intentionally worsened(don't believe me? Watch anything else done by Guy in his Basement Productions), with great effect(they even put in a section or two of completely black screen!). The comedy is really, really good. The acting is spot-on. As far as pacing goes... the short moves fast, and definitely doesn't overstay its welcome. Better to quit while you're ahead, and this doesn't come off as just firing off what material they had and then stopping dead in their tracks(or worse still, going on beyond that point). Direction is flawless. I recommend this to any fan of parodies, and a basic idea of what the old serials were is of great help. 8/10