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All That (1994)
Used To Be Good, Now It Sucks
I know I'm beating a dead horse when I say that, but it's true. When All That premiered, I was a 9-year-old kid, and that first season was fantastic. Who can forget the following sketches:
"Everyday French With Pierre Escargot"! That was great. It was Kenan Thompson in a bathtub with a rain suit on, as a french guy. He would say some french gibberish, and the translation would always be some silly sentence (IE: "Please take your chipmunk out of my peanut butter!"). "Vital Information With Lori Beth Denburg"! This was just her giving odd advice. But it was still funny. "Good Burger". The defining All That sketch, featuring this stoner (or so I'm assuming) fast food clerk Ed (Kel Mitchell), always saying "Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger, can I take your order?" in a dazed tone, then always proceeding to find ways to infuriate the customer. Priceless.
Of course, then again, they always had some stupid rap or r&b artist perform at the end, at which point I always turned it off.
Then, season 2 came along, and there was Amanda Bynes. This was the first step towards ruin. She was just annoying, not funny at all. Then Nick Cannon came along... bleeccchhhhh. Soon, Kenan and Kel left and did their funny and underrated spinoff, "Kenan And Kel". And then, little Pete from Pete & Pete replaced Lori Beth when she left on Vital Information, and just tried too hard and ruined it.
Now, we have Britney Spear's little sister on the cast. 'Nuff said. Well, maybe not. Let me say something: IT SUCKS NOW!!! The kids are annoying, and they all suck. BRING BACK OLD EPISODES!!! Thank you.
Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003)
2/5 Stars: Why? **SPOILERS**
First things first, let me just say: I LOVE Christmas Vacation. I have it on DVD, and it is not christmas at my house until I've seen it at least 50 times. In fact, I could quote it until everybody who reads this is green in the face.
But all this movie did was two things: take two hours of my life which I will never get back, and teach me that Cousin Eddie only works as a SUPPORTING CHARACTER.
The movie starts off pretty good. That's what's sad. It misleads you. **SPOILERS** Right around when they get shipwrecked on the island is when it starts to fall apart like a chinese motorcycle. From there on it is: too long, predictable, not funny, and did I mention it drags on too long? In case I didn't: IT DRAGS ON TOO LONG.
Sorry, I really wanted to like it, but my whole family agreed that it's just lousy. (I gave it 2 stars because, like I said, the beginning part was funny.) I still think they should do at least one more Vacation movie, however: STARRING CHEVY CHASE AND BEVERLY D'ANGELO!!!! (well, not if it's gonna be like this one was.) Oh yeah and Randy Quaid SHOULD return in that one as Cousin Eddie, because like I said, he is an EXCELLENT supporting character, but you just can't watch him for two hours.
**/*****
Pretty in Pink (1986)
I feel you, Duckie *SPOILERS*
Overall, as far as movies go, this movie is okay. Nothing spectacular, but it holds your interest. But let's face facts: if it weren't for Duckie, the movie would be damn boring, and not worth watching.
And that's why I (along with many, many others) felt robbed by the ending. I mean, come on. *HERE COME THE SPOILERS!!! DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU!!!* Why, oh why did Hughesyboy make it so Molly Ringwald ended up with that stupid rich preppy who she knew for about two weeks, instead of Duckie, a fun, lovable (to a girl) guy who loved and cared about her, and she knew all her life? That is not cool in any way, shape or form. I mean, come on. You could show this movie to every single person in America, ages 10-150, and who would 99% of them want to get Molly? That's right. Duckie. No one wants to see that stupid rich snob get her. You see, I really can relate to Duckie. In a sense, I AM Duckie. But unfortunately, I too got the shaft from the girl I liked for (surprise, surprise) some rich jerk (I'm being kind, trust me), so I thought, hey, if Duckie got her, then maybe, just maybe, the good guys CAN win. But oh, how the mighty are fallen. She instead goes out with that rich loser. When Duckie found out and gave her hell for it, I found myself shouting at the TV, "YEAH! YOU TELL HER, DUCKIE!" and wished I had had enough [courage] to tell the girl I liked that dumped me off like that in ninth grade. But oh well, c'est la vie. And oh yeah, those scenes where Molly just kept kissing him and they made the ep] out and that final scene with that big, long, overdrawn, vomit-inducing kiss, I actually almost got sick. How could you not? How could ANYONE not? Honestly, if that scene didn't at least dissapoint you a little, you are a superficial, heartless, cruel human being and I wish not to know you.
Anyway, I give it 3/5 stars. OK movie, but the ending bites. DUCKIE RULES!!!!!!!!
I Love the '80s (2002)
I love the 80's too
I had a blast watching every episode of I Love The 80's. I was born in 1986 so naturally I didn't remember most of the stuff, but I did remember Alf, The Ninja Turtles, Don't Worry Be Happy, Child's Play, Transformers, and a few other things that I can't remember right this very instant. I thought Hal Sparks was the best, he was funny without crossing over to annoying (like Rain Pryor) or obnoxious (Michael Ian Black -- Ninja Turtles are like N'Sync? Come on!). See it if you get the chance!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
Cowabunga! (for lack of a better one line summary)
I was recently watching the "I Love 1988" special on VH1, when what show should they cover, but good old TMNT. Instantly, I was like, hey yeah, I remember this!
I loved this show as a kid. I had t-shirts, action figures, videos, movies, etc. (I have pictures to prove it!) My favorite was Mikey, although I had the Donnatello action figure (with missing nunchucks, no less). As you may have guessed, the show is about four turtles in NYC, kickin' [butt], eatin' pizza, and teaching good lessons to kids everywhere. It even has one of the coolest, most recognizable theme songs of all time. I watched the new show they put out. It is okay, but it's on too early, so I never get a chance to watch it. Naturally, it can't top the original series. (God, I sound old.)
TURTLE POWER!!!!
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990)
Ah yes, the specials of my youth...
I am almost 17 years of age, which means, yes, I not only watched this way back when, but I still have it taped. Of course, back then, I didn't care about the anti-drug message, I just cared about seeing all my TV heroes: The Ninja Turtles, Garfield, Kermit, The Chipmunks, etc. Of course, now I actually sort of UNDERSTAND what's going on there. In retrospect, it seems kinda silly that they'd give a big anti-drug message aimed at 4-7 year olds, but they did, and I don't do drugs, so I guess they did something right.
TMNT FOREVER!!!
The Smokers (2000)
worst movie ever
this is a good movie...if you want to do the equivalent of burning 4 bucks for a crappy dvd. my god, this was bad. i only got 10 min into the movie before the picture went and i just shut it off. here are the bad points:
1.) The plot does seem interesting, but it doesn't work the least bit. If you can relate to even one character, you need help. 2.) What the hell is up with the makeup? Was this filmed on halloween? 3.) What bad acting. Were they stoned for real? 4.) Bad quality. this isn't low-budget, its NO-budget. 5.) No plot. At all. 6.) Impossible to follow. 7.) The most unrealistic ANYTHING i've ever seen.
My all time worst movie. Do NOT rent unless insane.
Seinfeld (1989)
This was too good
Everybody loves this show! It's so funny, it's a shame Jerry stopped it. My favorite episode was the Soup Nazi episode. (If you watch Austin Powers, the first one, and watch the scene at the blackjack table, you'll notice the dealer is the same guy who played Soup Nazi)If you like this show, I recommend Everybody Loves Raymond.