They were amateurish and puerile compared to the work of a decade before. It is ungainly, odd, and at times almost amateurish. Some of the meteorological and magnetic readings, however, were later criticised as amateurish and inaccurate. The school's website may look amateurish or unprofessionally made. "Joystiq" described them as "amateurish, garishly colorful, shaky, randomly zooming animation". Black characterized Whorf's ideas about metaphysics as demonstrating "amateurish crudity". Scherstuhl considered the documentary to be "amateurish" with weak visuals. Unfortunately, however, it suffers from amateurish execution. "Mickey Mouse" is a slang expression meaning small-time, amateurish or trivial. In the past, smuggling rings tended to be more obscure, amateurish, and limited. "senseless", and the acting "amateurish". He called the writing amateurish and the acting even worse. In her book "Tough Choices", she referred to board members' behavior as "amateurish and immature". Even so, Ichiro is still very amateurish with his abilities. However, production values were quite low with amateurish sets, lighting, costumes, and special effects.