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I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that "I Love Lucy" is the best and funniest television comedy ever made. Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance and William Frawley were an ingenious quartet on screen, bringing out the best in each other's performance. The show combined all the elements that are missing from most of today's tv comedy without being vulgar or embarrassing. Lucy, and most of the time Ethel too were always getting into some kind of trouble or cooking up a scheme. Ricky and Fred were always one step ahead or one step behind their wives. The show was simple and that's what made it fun. Ricky and Lucy were a married couple renting an apartment in the building ran by Fred and his wife Ethel. Of course, Lucy and Ethel were the best of friends and were always getting themselves in trouble... this is where most of the show's appeal came from. Anyone who hasn't watched I Love Lucy is missing a true gem of a comedy. Black and white may be a turn off to a lot of today's young digital audience, but put aside modern technology, sit down and get ready to laugh yourself silly!

This is one of those movies that I'm glad I waited for on DVD. When I first saw the previews for it, I thought it was some kind of action/adventure flick... whoa, buddy... was I wrong! The actual film is confusing from the start, with no obvious direction until you get about half way into it. There's a sense up to that point that you want something -- ANYTHING -- to happen, and when it doesn't you want to give up on it. But, if you sit through it... it just seems to get worse. Leonardo DiCaprio's monotonous narrative quickly gets annoying. And, without giving anything away, Leo's character seems to cause an awful lot of problems for the people around him without ever accepting any responsibility for being a lame, whining, loser! A good premise, but a bad film. Watch it though and try to figure out just where the writers took a detour into someone's hemped-up nightmare!

This installment in the Trek feature series annoyed me. It should have been produced for the small screen, as it was nothing but a bloated tv episode with suggestions of sitcom humor. The story was okay, but not something I'd suggest wasting money to see in a theater. Should have waited for the video/dvd release, or better yet... waited til it hit broadcast television. Nothing will be edited, because there is nothing to edit out! The plot revolves around Picard and crew trying to protect the inhabitants of a world where life is pleasant and a ring of radiation around the planet keeps them young and content. But someone in the Federation wants to change things... Like I said, wait for it on tv.