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Before watching this doco, I did not know who or what made up the voting for the Golden Globes. I just assumed it was a bunch of movie people who knew what the hell they were talking about. After watching this clearly that perception was wrong, or at least disjointed.

Vikram Jayanti's doco is a fascinating look into the truth about the Golden Globes and what they are really about. The awards seem so revered today yet many do not question why, they just go with the flow like I did. The interviews with producers and journalists do provide some interesting insights, and stories (like Pia Zadora's win for 'Butterfly') are humorous. It might not be as interesting to those who already know the secret but for newcomers its a fascinating look into the Hollywood hype machine.

In the whole scheme of things does Hollywood's dirty secret really matter? Nope. Not really. There are far more important issues to worry about in the world than some over-hyped awards show. Sure, seeing a film ad in the paper stating that so-and-so movie won 3 Golden Globes might annoy slightly but at least after viewing this doco you are a little more educated on the matter.

Besides, next time you are caught watching the fiasco on TV, you can just point and laugh at the A-Grade celebrities who accept their shiny little toy with glee and declare how much the useless golden orb on a stick means to them. Its moments like that which show if an actor really has talent!

Owww, man. This movie is funny. The villain Dante is probably one of the funniest villains I've ever seen in film. He can beat up anyone, he doesn't move his mouth when he speaks, makes feeble attempts to show emotion, has cheesy and hilarious lines. What more could you ask for? Probably a better movie, but we're looking at this one, right? Don "The Dragon" Wilson can take down almost anyone in this film, showing his energetic martial art skills but when it comes to the sex scene he provides the biggest laugh of them all. After taking down all sorts of evil punks, he sleeps with a beautiful woman he barely knows for 10 minutes, but lays there completely lifeless as she does all the work! Come on, Dragon, show a little energy next time! For a serious sci-fi movie, look elsewhere. For some laughs, you could do worse.

As someone else has stated, this is a low budget cross between Terminator and Die Hard only without the massive appeal of either.

Its hard to believe the motive for hijacking a hospital in order to kidnap the president's daughter. Especially in one part where there is an opportunity to kidnap the president himself, the terrorists prefer to continue using the daughter instead.... yeah, she'll be worth more...

Martin Kove is cheesy but okay. Meg Foster's part seems like it was originally written with a teenage girl in mind. Frank Zagarino is amusing as the robot. And the rest of the cast go through the motions.

Another thing, this movie probably has the worst example of movie editing I've ever seen. In one scene, the cyborg seemingly has the two main characters trapped in the overhead vents, the next, the two leads are running away, without any explanation on how they escaped! There's other confusing scenes but if you watch the movie you'll see for yourself.

One of Kove's last lines in the picture reminds me of Eddie Murphy's character in Bowfinger when he yells out 'Got you, suckers!' I got a laugh out of that.

It kills some time but don't expect to get anything out of it.

I watched this from the beginning and it was easy to relate to. Most of the questions dealt with what kids/teens were interested in at the time including certain music, movies, TV, etc while also retaining a sense of maturity with educational questions. The puzzles were interesting too. Compared to a lot of kids game shows here in Australia that was a major shift from the norm. Most kids game shows (even now) are based around schools competing against each other in tasks and questions that are down right silly.

By law, most TV channels here are required to show a certain amount of children programming and the commercial channels usually try to make it as cheap as possible while pretending to entertain their intended audience. The ABC however appeared to care when they made this show. It was just great.

What also made Vidiot stand out were the prizes. They weren't some useless school books or cheapo sports gear donated to your school, they were actual prizes. TVs, VCRs, video game machines, and you could keep them for yourself! You weren't representing a school, you were competing as an individual.

The hosts were great. The show also had celebrity guests and they would ask questions in the middle of the game. Usually there to promote something but who cares right? It was better than the other young audience game shows. Don't know why they got rid of it. Probably ABC cutbacks...

Overall one of the best teen game shows I've seen. Look out for another great ABC kids game show of the time in Big Square Eye

Bioware were forced to finish the series quickly because they were apparently about to get bought out and feared they would never have the chance under their new owners.

The Throne of Bhaal extension is not too bad though. Its not as extensive in story line or sub-plots but it still concludes the main story in a satisfactory way. I always imagined the last chapter concluding at Baldur's Gate again but we can't always have what we desire. The NPCs are the same (except one new playable one) and the Bhaalspawn you have to face are tough, some more than others.

The music in this is top notch and would say the best in the series, if nothing else, this is superior to its predecessors.

I used to like the old Country Practice on Channel 7, even recently they showed old repeats during the mornings.

When 7 decided to dump the show, channel 10 took it up and moved location from NSW to Victoria. Of course this resulted in many actors from the 7 production not returning for the 10 version and much of what made the original great was missing too. They must have thought that it worked when they bought Neighbors, why not this? They were also struggling with finding another hit soapie at the time.

I can barely remember any of the story lines, hell, I only watched a couple of episodes, but it was clear this was not going to last. The old favorites like Esme Watson, Dr. Harry Morrison and Matron Sloan returned while new unmemorable characters filled the void. Dr. Elliott and Sergeant Gilroy were missing though and that would have been fatal for this show's success even before it began. Whatever lenses they used with the cameras just made it worse. The whole show seemed so grainy compared to the original.

They even tried to sex it up a bit, if I remember correctly, with Claudia Black's character and the new cop, which is just hilarious. Putting sex in A Country Practice is like putting sex in Star Wars or Play School, and you could imagine the uproar if that happened!

If you ever chance finding a copy of 10's version, I suggest you do humanity a favour by burning it. Stick to the original and pretend the continuation never happened.