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	101 Dalmatians (Widescreen) & 102 Dalmatians (Full Screen) - 2 Pack
	"a woof and a wimper"	2007-10-18
In recent decades a new technology was made. A technology to make animals talk. No, animals did not REALLY talk. Movie producers used computers to make their mouths move to make it SEEM like they were talking. Then, like cartoons, the actors would be the "voice" of the animal. What a fascinating technology! It was done in the movie "Babe". Babe the pig talked beautifully. It was done on "Incredible Journey". The technology made "Dr. Doolittle" with Eddie Murphy look so fine! Now we have the remake of 101 Dalmatians, a cartoon where the dogs were the stars of the movie. They all talked and all had wonderful unique characters all their own. .....So why the heck didn't Disney use the same technology in this movie as they used in all the others? Why did NOT want to make those dogs talk? Not only does this make the movie less interesting to watch but it mutilate the integrity of the movie as well. The dogs themselves were supposed to be the stars of the movie, not the humans. The animals THEMSELVES were supposed to rescue the puppies, not Scotland Yard. Talk about taking the ice cream out of the ice cream cone! Well, there IS one bright spot to the movie. Glenn Close DID do an excellent job as Cruella Di Vil. Although if the dogs only talked her character would have been even more funny she still stood out. She is the reason to see the movie. ... and it's nice to see Hugh Laurie again on the big screen.
	The Archies - The Archies
	"False advertising"	2006-06-01
At first glance you'd think that this CD is of the very first Archies record which came out in 1968, simply entitled "The Archies". The title is the same. The price is extremely high and the seller claims it is a rare CD. There is also no image of this product so it keeps you wondering. There is also no way to contact the seller unless you actually buy the product. Yes, this could very well be that one rare Archies CD that collectors are looking for. Wrong! Although the advertisement says "The Archies" this is NOT an Archies CD. There IS a difference between "The Archies" and "Los Archies"! "The Archies" is an American group headed by singer Ron Dante that acted as a "ghost group" behind the animated "Archies" on a Saturday morning cartoon. On the other hand, "Los Archies" is a Latin American singing group which is popular in various nations south of the border. This CD is that of "Los Archies", the Latin American group. The seller of this CD claims there is no difference because the word "los" means "the" in Spanish and he is not misleading the public when he advertises "Los Archies" as "The Archies". He also claims it is the responsibility of the customer to match the UPN numbers to know which group was the one he is advertising. These are pitiful excuses for this seller to justify false advertising. Customers do not shop by UPN number. They look at the singer's NAME, and yes, we ARE dealing with two very different singing groups. the words "los" and "the" are NOT the same in THIS case. The seller sells this CD at a very high price claiming it is a "rare" CD. This is also a very false statement for this CD is definitely in abundance at a cheaper price. Customers beware! If you want Ron Dante and the Archies, look elsewhere! Don't get misled by this pitiful excuse for a seller. If you want "Los Archies" you can get a CD of that group at a much cheaper price.
	Empire of the Ants
	"Empire of the Brainless"	2005-09-23
Perhaps the synopsis should be reversed. It should read, "Will the leaders of giant ant community succeed in enslaving these obnoxious human beings? Will the ants be able to eat the humans without having indigestion?" If one were to look up the word "stupid movie" in the dictionary, you'd see the words "Empire of the Ants" right underneath it as the definition. If you want good acting and a very suspenseful plot, watch something else! If you want to watch the dictionary definition of "stupid", watch this!
	House, M.D. - Season One
	"Human for a change!"	2005-09-16
At last!!! We have a TV doctor who is human for a change and not reminiscent of Marcus Welby or "Medical Center's" Joe Gannon, both of whom are so perfect, perfect, perfect, that if they were in heaven all the angels would be jealous. Great to watch!
	The 4th Tenor
	""Respect" for Rodney"	2005-06-29
The movie was made not that long after 9/11 and the beginning of the Iraq War. 9/11 was still on many people's minds and the classical "no respect" Rodney joke would have been viewed as "inappropriate" during that era. It is also interesting to note that before the Iraq War, France was considered the European nation of romance where all the romantic comedies were filmed, with Paris and the Eiffel tower as wonderful backgrounds. However, during the era when this movie was made, France decided not to support the US in the War and there was anti-France sentiment as a result. Well, guess what happened. Italy became the European nation of romance. Hence, now we have an Italian background for a romantic comedy The movie was a romantic comedy with a bit more slapstick. The very fact that the romance was between Dangerfield who was in his eighties and a thirty-something woman, young enough to be his granddaughter was in itself funny. It was so odd, it was hilarious. OK, the usual "no respect" jokes weren't in this movie but the jokes he DID have were a riot. This movie was a very odd classic, both in that it was hilarious even without Dangerfield's usual "no respect" jokes and for another important reason. It would be Dangerfield's last movie before he had his last heart surgery. Dangerfield would later die of complications due to that surgery which makes "The Fourth Tenor" his very last movie. One day this movie will be a collector's item.
	The 4th Tenor
	""Respect" for Rodney"	2005-06-29
The movie was made not that long after 9/11 and the beginning of the Iraq War. 9/11 was still on many people's minds and the classical "no respect" Rodney joke would have been viewed as "inappropriate" during that era. It is also interesting to note that before the Iraq War, France was considered the European nation of romance where all the romantic comedies were filmed, with Paris and the Eiffel tower as wonderful backgrounds. However, during the era when this movie was made, France decided not to support the US in the War and there was anti-France sentiment as a result. Well, guess what happened. Italy became the European nation of romance. Hence, now we have an Italian background for a romantic comedy The movie was a romantic comedy with a bit more slapstick. The very fact that the romance was between Dangerfield who was in his eighties and a thirty-something woman, young enough to be his granddaughter was in itself funny. It was so odd, it was hilarious. OK, the usual "no respect" jokes weren't in this movie but the jokes he DID have were a riot. This movie was a very odd classic, both in that it was hilarious even without Dangerfield's usual "no respect" jokes and for another important reason. It would be Dangerfield's last movie before he had his last heart surgery. Dangerfield would later die of complications due to that surgery which makes "The Fourth Tenor" his very last movie. One day this movie will be a collector's item.
	John Lennon - Rock 'n' Roll [Bonus Tracks]
	"Stumbling on a Rock On the Way Down Memory Lane"	2005-06-21
It is said that people who live in the past are people who have no future. Perhaps so many musicians wanting to live in the past was a sign of the times. Jimmy Carter definitely sent a message to the people that America's best days are over and I guess many musicians thought that their best days were over too. I don't know if this was the case with John Lennon since he was able to produce "Double Fantasy" five years later which was an excellent album. Still, living in the past is simply not living. It is just existing. In addition, there are no tracks written by John Lennon on this album which is a terrible disappointment. Lennon went from "Wall and Bridges" which was one of the most heartfelt albums he ever did to a record in which he did not even write his own music. Some of the tracks are good and even some of the lyrics are a bit different but the original artists did a far better job of writing and singing them. Let's say if Fats Domino were to try to sing "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" from the Beatles, it may sound good but the Beatles can do it better. Or let's say Little Richard was to sing "Imagine" originally done by Lennon, surely Lennon could sing that song better. Musicians do best when they stay in their own backyard. If Lennon wanted to live in the 50s so badly, the best thing for him to do was to write original songs with a 50s style beat. That would have taken care of the nostalgia part. Doing an album of noting but cover songs in order to reminisce...."and pocketing the profits" along with it.. is a sign of an artist who's career is going down the sewer pipe. If you want Buddy Holly, buy a Buddy Holly record. If you want Fats Domino, buy Fats Domino. If you want John Lennon, buy "Walls and Bridges", "Double Fantasy", "Imagine" or one of the other classics that Lennon himself wrote. . . . .If you want to waste your hard earned money, buy this album.
	George Harrison - Dark Horse
	"Bright Music from a Dark "Hoarse""	2005-06-16
Definitely not the sleeping pill "Extra Texture" was to turn out to be. Despite Harrison's hoarseness due to his throat surgery most of the tunes are very catchy and were fun to listen to. George was going through a divorce with Patti Boyd at the time and was in emotional pain. . . But you know what? That's one of the ingredients to great music: emotional pain. Emotional pain is what made Fleetwood Mac and Abba number one bands. The singers were themselves the subject of the tunes. They were in terrible marriages and when they expressed their own emotional pain the listener can actually feel it. It was truly their pain. Other singers, including the early Beatles, put disgraceful cover songs on their albums which sounded to the listener like the singers were doing multiplication problems. On the other hand, when a singer puts his or her own life in the music and expresses pain, the music becomes a true art form. No, this was NOT Harrison's greatest. The greatest was by far, "All Things Must Pass" and far better music would come later during the "Dark Horse" (record label) years. It was a little less perfect than "Living in the Material World" but definitely a number one compared to the disgraceful embarrassment that would come next: "Extra Texture".
	Buddy Holly - The Buddy Holly Collection
	"The True King of Rock and Roll"	2005-06-15
History chooses its heroes strangely. Elvis was classified as the "King of Rock and Roll" whereas Buddy Holly is an unknown to many people. The truth is, Elvis was a puppet owned by the big corporations. He did very little writing, if he did any at all. He wasn't that great an actor but was in the movies primarily to promote his music. The actual "King of Rock and Roll", or rather, I would say, the king of modern music was Buddy Holly. His songwriting was so inspirational, there were very few, if any popular rock singers who did not use at least one of Buddy Holly's songs as a cover song. Even hard rock groups like the Rolling Stones and the Knack had a Buddy Holly song. Its hard to think of the 1950 as a sophisticated decade but if you listen to some of Buddy Holly's material you can be truly moved. Holly could truly stir the emotions. He does not just sing of the joy of romance but he also takes you directly into the pain of losing that romantic partner. You can actually feel the pain. Your average nonsophisticated fifties "hip hop" or "doo wop" singer would never come close to stirring the emotions this well. Buddy Holly was very ahead of his time. He sang sophistication during a time when most singers sang "shake it baby". He was like a graduate student in a Kindergarten class. . . .and American music at that time truly needed one.
	Monkees - Pisces Aquarius Capricorn & Jones Ltd
	"NOT Milli Vanilli phony baloney fakes"	2005-03-18
The Monkees have always had a very unfair rap about not being original and having everyone else writing their songs. First of all, Mike Nesmith was an original member of the Monkees wasn't he? And unless my eyes are deceiving me, whenever I look at a Monkee album I see that Mike always wrote a very large number of songs, if not half of them on each album. I would consider THESE songs to be Monkee originals. Yes, there were cover songs, but what artist didn't have them? Can even the Beatles make the claim they didn't have cover songs in their first several albums? ... And considering the disgraceful quality of some of the Beatles' cover material such as "Slow Down" and "Matchbox", I can actually say that unlike the Monkees, the Beatles' choice of cover material wasn't quite the greatest choice in the world. And yes the Monkees DID play their own instruments, even on the early albums. They may not have played ALL of them but wasn't Davy Jones considered one of the most talented tambourine player in his day, just like John Lennon was known for his harmonica playing? I say let's finally put credit where credit is due. The Monkees were true artists and NOT the Milli Vanilli phony baloney fakes the critics like to say they are. This album is truly their absolute peak of performance. With the exception of the song "Words" which sounded a bit ridiculous and a bit of rambling on the second part of "Star Collector" I can't find a single problem with any of the tracks. I only wish "Daydream Believer" could have been on the album. This is as good as an album gets! If you never heard the Monkees before and would like to buy an album to sample their music, this is the one to get!
	Monkees - More of the Monkees
	"Not too terrible but no day at Disneyland!"	2005-03-18
"More of the Monkees" is definitely an album in paradox. We have the absolute greatest hit the Monkees ever did: "I'm a Believer" on just about the most mediocre album the Monkees did during the early period. Well, don't get me wrong. The album is not totally bad. There are some very good highlights, the best being "I'm a Believer", "Look Out, Here Comes Tomorrow", "Mary Mary", and "I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone". Then there is the filler material which make the album so-so. Then... then.. there are those tracks that make the album ... well, a little less than so-so. The track "Your Auntie Grazelda" is a case in point. Mike Nesmith is definitely one, if not the most talented member of the group and is capable of writing and singing superb material. The track "Your Auntie Grazelda" is not quite part of that superb material. The lyrics are neither humorous nor serious. They're just stupid. The song closes with Mike doing absurd noises such as buzzing his lips and making gargle sounds. If I personally wanted to listen to gargle sounds, all I would have to do is listen to someone gargle with Listerine in the morning. I wouldn't have to pay money to by an album. I don't think the world would have ended if Mike left the lip buzzing and gargle sounds out of the track. The worst track of all is "The Day We Fall in Love" with Davy Jones as the lead vocal. If Davy were to do that track live on stage today with the political climate the way it is, I'm sure the women in the audience would either sue Davy for sexual harassment or the authorities would haul him into a mental hospital. Anyhow he's too corny on the song to make it a love song. The song is NOT romantic. The song is too slow to be a rock song. It is too unfunny to be a humorous song. It is too embarrassing to listen to in order to make it worthy of a Monkee album. What's left that's good about the song? Well, I can't figure it out but I'm sure someone can. I cannot help but notice that there were too wonderful tracks during that period that were left off and thrown into the can. They were "All the King's Horses" and "You Don't Know Me At All". If those two were included on the record, "More of the Monkees" would have been hailed as one of the greatest albums of that period. OK, now that the album has been released on CD, one of the tracks, "You Don't Know Me At All" was included as an extra, which certainly helps. Those two tracks should have been included on the original album in the 60s. The OTHER two, "Your Auntie Grazelda" and "The Day We Fall in Love", should have been the ones thrown into the can. However, it is said that "people choose their heroes strangely". I guess that applies to music producers. They choose their album material very, VERY "strangley". I give this record three stars. This album was not truly terrible, but was no day at Disneyland either.
	Star Wars - Episode I, The Phantom Menace (Widescreen Edition)
	"parallel universe"	2005-03-15
OK, this was not "The Empire Strikes Back" or "Return of the Jedi". The reason people had so much trouble with this movie was they were looking for Luke and Lea, Han Solo, and the characters they were familiar with. What George Lucas is doing is practicing a brand new concept in the movies known as "art imitates life". Star Wars is a generational film in a sense that it is giving us an image of the same family in different times in history. No, you will not the swaggering Han Solo making his wonderful one liners, or Luke saving the day with his light saber. The characters weren't born yet. Darth Vader was only a child at this time. A wonderful analogy is a family tree. Let's say you can travel back in time to the 1940s. You will not find yourself there or the people you know. You will find your grandparents or parents as teenagers or as young children along with a population that would be totally unrecognizable. The political situations would be totally different, the villains would be different, and even the general way of thinking among the people would be different. It is your world, but it would not be your world. This situation, when viewed on the movie screen, would bother many, many people which would make the movie hard to adjust to. OK! Some things on the movie could have been better. Jar Jar Binks could have been a LOT less aggravating than he was. Yes, there could have been just a bit LESS talk at the political conferences and more action. Still, there were wonderful highlights. It was very refreshing to see Jabba the Hutt again along with the great race. The creatures who were to be the competitors were hilarious. Ian McDiarmid was back, playing a dual role as both Darth Sidius and Palpatine, the human would LATER become the evil emporer. Although McDiarmid looked too human this time he still had the wonderful wit of the emperor and was enjoyable to see. All in all, it is a wonderful movie to see to look for memorable characters and to view the Star Wars' parallel universe that we wanted to know about in the original trilogy.
	The Beatles - With the Beatles
	"The Beatles do best when they do Beatle music!"	2005-03-12
In general the British Beatle albums are of better quality. There are more tracks as compared to American albums and the quality of the tracks are usually better. The British "Hard Day's Night" as opposed to the American "Something New" is a definite example. "Something New" is a disgrace! The British "Help" as opposed to the American "Help" is another example. Of course, there are a few exceptions. The American Magical Mystery Tour was actually an album in the U.S. which included five extra tracks--and EXCELLENT ones at that, and the U.K. only had a VERY mediocre E.P. Another exception is this one. The British "With the Beatles" does not quite stand up to the American "Meet the Beatles". Oh yes, there are more tracks on the British album but in this case, quantity does not replace quality. The American "Meet the Beatles" has the tracks "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "This Boy" which were never released on any album in the U.K. (only recently did "Past Masters" show up). In addition the American "Meet the Beatles" has all Beatle written tracks. There is no cover garbage to use as filler. Let's be honest about another fact! When it comes to Motown music, the Beatles were like porcupines in a balloon factory. If a Motown singer were to sing Beatle music, obviously, the Beatles could do it better. Consequently when the Beatles sang Motown, the Motown artists could do that better. In this it would have made far more sense for the artists to stay in their own backyard!
	Lost in Space - Season 2, Vol. 2
	"The fun of the film"	2004-10-29
Many people need to realize that what they regard as the utter stupidity of this show is actually the entire fun of the show. One of the reasons to watch old movies and TV shows is to see the differnt ways that actors of the past used to act. What we would regard today as stupidity was not regarded as such 20 or 30 years ago. About 20 years from NOW, our children and grandchildren will be watching the movies and shows we regard today as serious and think THEY are stupid. It is the very fact that Dr. Smith the Robot DO look ridiculous to us that is the very reason to watch the show. They are hilarious! It is not uncommon for a series to have it's most serious episodes on season one and the lighter episodes on seasons two and three. This is a tradition that goes way back. Even orchestra symphanies follow this pattern. The first part of a symphany is very serious business. The second is a little lighter. The third part is called the "minuette" which is the lightest part of the symphany. Then the fourth part is the finale. Star Trek TOS was very, VERY serious its first season. The second and third were far lighter with more comedy. That is the normal pattern of things. The second and third seasons of Lost in Space are wonderful. I certainly hope FOX decides to release the third season
	Star Trek The Original Series - The Complete Third Season
	"just for the fun of it"	2004-09-21
OK! There are some sticks-in-the-mud who would say that this season is corny or boring compared with the first two seasons, however, it is my favorite season, probably BECAUSE of some of the corny episodes which make the season fun to watch. The episode, "Turnabout Intruder" actually required MORE acting skills on Shatner's part than fewer skills since he had to convince the audience he was actually an evil woman inhabiting Kirk's body. I think Shatner did such a good job behaving like an evil woman he was almost embarrassing to watch. This is definitely the best laugh-out-loud episode of this season. The episode "For The World is Hollow and I Hath Touched The Sky" has the most poetic title of any episode and was a wonderful story on how governments can keep the masses in darkness and live a lie. The episode "The Paradise Syndrome" was one of the best love stories on the entire series and was extremely sad in the end. The episode "The Tholian Web" was one of the greatest episodes of all time which not only had great special effects but was the best one in terms of the usual verbal battle between Dr. McCoy and Spock. All in all, it is the best season to watch if you watch just for the fun of it. You don't watch for deep hidden meaning and moral messages - that's in the first two seasons - you watch it just to sit back and enjoy yourself.