nicardo

The fact that people who claim to hate the show and say they

never found it funny have to post messages about it shows how

much of an important impact the series continues to have. Please.

I think they doth protest too much. It's just an opinion that will

always remain in the minority. I guess they'll never get it, but the

characters being so shallow and absurdly selfish, doing such

ridiculous things was the whole point! The concept was not really

new and fresh, but was executed with such abandon that the

approach has been blatantly copied by countless other sitcoms for

the past 12 years. I don't think you make #1 in TV Guide's Greatest

Shows of All Time simply by being "over-rated." I remember all the

furor when the final episode aired. Like it, don't like it, no need to

get your panties in a bunch. Like a wise person once said, "Hey,

it's just TV."

Jerry Seinfeld "a loser"? Well, if you could created the number one

TV show of all time based on your life, and made about a billion

dollars in the process, some little dorks online calling you "a

loser" would probably mean less than nothing.

I can't believe that I have to tell you to go see this movie because of Mel and Helen. Their past work should be enough to get you in the seat. No, this isn't a milestone in film. No, this isn't a grand statement on the Mars/Venus theory. Good grief, it's escapist fantasy. Man reads women's minds, hilarity ensues. Women want Mel, men want Helen, end of story. All I expect from a movie is to get my money's worth. My view is that I did. I actually went to see Helen and Tom, but it was sold out and I saw Helen and Mel instead. (I always still think of Helen and Paul) I was much more satisfied that when I saw Helen and Kevin, but not as much as when I saw Helen and Jack. No awards will be won here, but that's not my problem. Those who wish to argue some battle of the sexes point, or bring up Freud, need to get a grip and a life. Movie, people. Just a movie. The deepest thought that occurred to me during the two hours was something about why men and women are such a mystery to each other. If you want to know something, ask. End of mystery? Ha. We are hard wired differently, so we think differently. I guess that's bad, and it's also good. Viva la difference, I suppose.

The Main Thing by nicardo@bigfoot.com Review of Shanghai Noon

I liked this movie. It is entertaining. It will make you laugh. It does not matter that it is a remake, of sorts, of `Rush Hour,' another Jackie Chan movie from two years ago. Instead of the annoying Chris Tucker, Jackie is paired with Owen Wilson, and the story is set in `The Olde West.' You got cowboys and Indians, robbers and sheriffs, physical comedy, and predictable plot lines, misadventures, and lots of humor and craziness. Everything you could want. Compared to MI2, this is a work of art. I would have to list it with Blazing Saddles, Little Big Man, and Cat Ballou as far as having fun watching a western. You might feel that way too, when you see a saloon brawl fought to the music of ZZ Top.

Let's see... Next time Jackie will play an Imperial Guard who travels to Rome in 87 A.D. on an impossible mission to rescue a kidnapped princess, and becomes a gladiator, fighting his way out of the coliseum, and through the matrix of time, back to the present to make many more enjoyable movies, which is, the main thing.Comments and e-mail welcome.