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I have to admit, I wasn't really all that stoked to see The Human Centipede. I had heard about it when it first came out, and while it sounded interesting, it really didn't strike me as my cup of tea. Several months later I found myself snowbound with my two best friends over winter break, with all of us sick with the flu. To slow the insanity, one of them proposed watching Human Centipede after hearing about it from his Dad that morning. Being exceptionally sick & blazed as hell, my other friend and I decided it was a better option then moving downstairs. That was when things started to get weird.

The film itself was definitely worth sitting through from start to finish. While I normally don't think much about the jokes that my friends and I make during films, this movie in particular sticks out in my head for some of the odd remarks that you really could not use in any other situation ("Dude, $50 says that she is going to be in the middle!" among others). Tom Six did a good job of constructing the perfect twin horror-film-straw-women-that-you-have-to-hate. The movie also did a great job of burning into my head what has to be the greatest one liner of all time: "FEED HER!" All in all I would describe this as a okay movie that I personally would never want to see again. But it was fairly well done, and I have to admit that I've never seen anything remotely like it before.

I think it's worth pointing out that The Human Centipede does the same thing as Texas Chainsaw Massacre, in that while people remember it as being a disgusting and violent film, it's practically bloodless. Honestly if you can get past the fact that this is a movie about a mad scientist that sews people together mouth-to-anus, then you can watch it. The premise is the hardest thing you have to swallow.

I know I can't be the only person out there that sees through this show's god-awful cheesiness! For crying out loud every character is completely unoriginal cop cliché: an old bitter chauvinist leader, an asshat trigger-happy tough guy, a noobish rookie, a jaded female cop always trying to show that she's man enough for the job, and nerdy techie that knows everything, yet manages to remain 'cool' at the same time. Every episode begins with Gibbs saying "We've got a dead Marine!" and ends with the team stopping Al-Quada's latest plot to blow up Washington DC.

If you can get around the obnoxious character and episode clichés then there is still the element of realism: real NCIS agents don't hunt terrorists in (US) city streets. At least 97% of the events that happens in this show are things they would never be involved in at all in real life.

But who am I kidding, mindless patriotic action shows are the hot thing these days, and people eat it up like hungry pigs.

Frisky Dingo (along with Metalocalypse) is easily the best show that Adult Swim has put out since Aqua Teen! The show is about the rivalries between a supervillain and superhero, who are probably the most incompetent pair of idiots in the history of television. The 'villain' is Killface; an anthrogendered guy that never wears clothes, has a rather passive friendly attitude and is really a nice loving father, despite his occasional tendency to kill people in front of their friends and make puppets out of their corpses. The 'hero' is Xander Cruz; a self centered billionaire playboy that is a tad bit promiscuous, and pretty much gets his way with everything, especially when it comes to his girlfriend.

The two are constantly trying to outwit the other's ambitions for raising enough money to run a promotion for destroying the world, market a successful toy line, defeat the other in the Presidential Elections, or pay off hookers not to revel one's identity, to name a few.

Whether it's the brilliant one-liners, the constant awkward silences, the humorous social commentary on American lifestyles, or the hilarious cultural references; Frisky Dingo is just an amazingly funny show that is a non-stop laugh fest from start to finish. Also, unlike most adult swim programs, the show actually does have a organized plot to it, although it's not necessary to follow, it does add a great deal to the show's enjoyment.

10/10