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It is driving me crazy that every U.S. magazine is comparing Coupling to Friends now that there is a U.S. version of Coupling coming out. Coupling more like Seinfeld, but with a constant theme of sex underlying every episode. On Friends, the characters don't have sex in common, they are "Friends". The only thing that Coupling has in common with Friends is that there are 6 white people on the show. And I have definitely seen that before.

I love Coupling. On every episode there is something that makes you laugh out loud. I can't say that about many other shows that are on, and certainly if a show does that consistently in America, it is then cancelled. I am happy that we do get some British shows, though, I can admit that I hadn't seen Cold Feet until they did an American version. That version was cancelled after 3 or so episodes, but it definitely whet my appetite to see the rest. I'll watch the American version of Coupling, but the British version will probably be superior. Thank God for BBC America!

This series is currently being rerun on the Trio network as part of their "Brilliant, but Cancelled" theme. I have no idea on what planet this series is considered "brilliant", but it was most definitely "cancelled". They are running a show on this theme, plus their show "Perfect Pitch" which attempts to describe the best way to pitch a new series and have it be made into a pilot. I'm guessing that "Gun" connects to this theme in that it had the perfect pitch -- "It's 'Twilight Zone' meets 'The Outer Limits' -- but wait, they are all linked by the same gun!" I've seen this theme so many times, most notably in that movie (whose name escapes me) where they follow the same twenty dollar bill around to different owners. The links to that twenty dollar bill were much more plausible than the links to this gun. I would only recommend watching this show if a) you are bored or b) you happen to like one of the guest stars, of which there are plenty. The episode with Kirsten Dunst and Carrie Fisher was my favorite, but I probably could have found better use of an hour of my time.

So on what planet does an action movie deserve two oscar nominations? I guess the planet where many of the crap movies that have won in the past [read: Shakespeare in Love] were able to win. This movie was pretty good, a standard action flick with a few twists and turns, but nothing I haven't seen before. If the academy felt that Denzel Washington deserved an oscar, couldn't they have picked a better vehicle? I'm sure he's done better. Or perhaps a better actor for the oscar entirely -- what about Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, or even Will Smith?

This movie is definitely worth seeing, it has many interesting plot twists and is entertaining, but not better than the thousands of other [action] movies that were out last year.