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Mind you I still think "The Sentinel" and "Smackdown" and "Malcolm & Eddie" were better show but only because of Jeri Ryan ruining this show with her Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating presence. Anyways, this episode is also proof that "Voyager" knew how to chill when it came to the futuristic, at the expense of the old, beliefs. In this episode, the Borg try one final attempt to silence Voyager and capture Earth and the Federation. It's a brutal cat and mouse. Unfortunately (in something that doesn't detract from my rating), "Voyager" has already done irrepairable damage to the once threatening superpower. They have a leader and she resorts to threats and pettiness, and even compared to the renegades in "Descent," they come off as harmless. Nevertheless this is a hard-hitting episode that bought big ratings for UPN, and is testimony to my UPN/Warner Bros./WB flagship. :) And another reason why UPN consistently stomped non-Warner Bros.ish The WB left and right all 11 years in the ratings, and even in accolades. "The Sentinel" was critically acclaimed but given the TV Academy's bias towards CBS and (sorry I know Disney changed them but they still have the stigma from the pre-Disney days) ABC and The WB, as well as the Academy's bias towards Universal and Columbia Pictures, they got snubbed. Establishment "Friends"-watching fatcats

Still, this was a hard-hitting episode, and yes I prefer "Barney" over "Seasame Street" anyday, and "Barney" also aired in syndication on UPN (as opposed to Tribune favorite "Seasame Street.")

I don't wanna be harsh towards the Wu-Tang altogether, which is why I'm being merciful and giving it something instead of my original desire to give it only 1 star, especially because Gravediggaz is a hard-hitting act. But they are codeless and love "Xena." For me Boss, the hard-hitting, also bragging, combined with gangsta and hardcore rapper, from Michigan (also on the East Coast) would have done this movie far more justice. "Catch a Bad One" describes the NC-17 nature of this movie far better than this song, which is tainted by "Xena"-loving. Plus I felt like the song was too pretentious for my liking. It's no wonder why this song wasn't super popular when it came out. And it aired on unpopular The WB (the video that is) as well as its affiliates.

A song that is uncharacteristic of a powerhouse critically acclaimed flagship like my UPN/Warner Bros./WB flagship. And a great movie like "Fresh."

Unlike the disasters that followed the first 3, this one truly hits it hard. It's a well-done movie from start to finish. Acclaimed British child actor, in what appears to be one of his first big roles, Archie Yats is the main star, Max Mercer, a somewhat rugrat of a kid, who has an attitude. He sees a doll of value and takes it from the main cast. The beautiful Irish actress Aisling Bea is his gorgeous mom, Carol Mercer. She has a sultriness to her that makes her a knockout.

They go to the house of our other protagonists. It's the house of the main patriarch Jeff McKenzie (played by Rob Delaney, who feels like a throwback to every borderline mean 80s movie protagonist) who's doing everything to avoid selling their home, and his wife is Pam McKenzie (played by the equally stunning Ellie Kemper). They organize a plan to take back their doll.

The movie is fuzzy, and there's a shocking twist, which I may have hinted it, for anyone who can get it right away. A nice movie and like "3," much better than the first and "2," but then again Chris Columbus's somewhat establishment comments about this movie makes him on my list of people I find questionable to begin with.

First the good, this is the true superior of the first two movies because of superior structure, and a likable main character (and it's not Sarah Connor, but John Connor, the one everyone dismisses as a delinquent). This movie really showed the tension between Arnold/Edward and Linda/James. Because no one on set liked Cameron except for Linda, who is the most unlikable actress and is Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating just like the director who made this movie.

What made this movie was, like the first movie, the other writer - just like Gale Ann Hurd's hard hitting vision for the first, William Wisher deserves the credit for giving us the crafted story. Because had either of them been James's story - it would have been a dark episode of "Mary Tyler Moore"/"Three's Company" and "Dream On" respectively. Two lame unpopular racist shows. Thankfully it wasn't. Instead we got the hard-hitting story that made this a great movie. The story starts off with two machines coming from the future. What makes it brilliant is that Wisher makes the story so ambigious. You don't know for sure what's gonna happen or who's bad. Robert Patrick's T-1000 makes you think he's the good guy and you're somewhat conditioned into believing Arnold is the bad guy again. And unlike what some idiots say, the bar scene in the opening is menacing. And the use of "Bad to the Bone" is a menacing choice for song.

But there are subtle hints that give way that, at the risk of giving it out, but given Arnold's insistances after the first "Terminator", I think it's safe to say it was common knowledge the Terminator would be good. At first, the Terminator, even before his hilariously awkward bow to avoid violence, doesn't kill anyone at the bar, and only hurts those who get in the way of his objective. The T1000, before we even know that he kills, does very similar things to show he's a murderer. And his pursuit of John is downright creepy from the very beginning. Then there's the fact that when he goes to John's foster parents (who are arrogant) he says, "I wouldn't worry about him," as though indirectly warning us that he's the bad guy. The Terminator, though he's brute force, avoids killing anyone, an indication he's good. But the way it's shown is suspenseful. And masterly done. It's too bad James had to be the one to ruin it against Wisher's desire to keep it ambigous until the 30 mark. Eventually the Terminator reveals he's the good and protects John. The story is enormous. We see the mental hospital oppressing Sarah (that is if you can separate fiction from the actors, because with Linda it's very hard, and with "Friends" and "Three's Company" it's very hard, they are they unlikable). The story is a tour de force. UPN stations aired this one for sure. UPN/Warner Bros./WB flagship classic. And a WWOR classic. That got nominations for Best Pictures, but I would not have given Best Director to that s-stain.

James Cameron deliberately ruined the "Terminator" movies with "Dark Fate," and there's evidence he doesn't care about the first two movies. It was prophet. Again Ann Gail Hurd and William Wisher deserve the credit for giving us the two foundations of the franchise - the first and second. I appreciate them, and I appreciate them for giving the finger to Cameron, who appeared on "Friends"'s sister show, "Mad About You," another Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating shame s*itshow.

Who hates Taylor Swift. This hard-hitting feature is about a team who goes stop the bad guys. Haven't seen it yet, HOWEVER, one aspect of this movie serves as inspiration for my own expeditionary film. Shyrley Rodriguez and her bond with the younger Cailee :). That broish black haired "bro"-saying Latina (who's anything but a Rodriguez, and is likely Roman, not Spaniard) coached her little powerpuff baby in a role (given one training video). That to me is the essence of big sis and her bros/their little sis, which is demonstrated in this movie. It's "Seinfeld"ian. I plan to have those two in my own movie, with Annabella Sciorra too.

This movie is already kickbutt, but Cailee adds a cuteness to the scenes.

One of the hit movies that had to have aired on WWOR (when it was WOR) in 1974 and 1975 (I don't for one second buy that their library was lineup was limited to just classic RKO and WB movies from the 50s, they did air reruns of current sitcoms of that time, as well as their own programming, including a famous kids show in the 70s).

WWOR was the top-rated station (and would become the flagship to the main top rated network in 1999, UPN, that would stomp The WB, a network which never succeeded to overcome being the lowest rated network along with CBS). That being said the movie: Buddy Russo is back. And this time he's formed an elite squad of the NYPD known as the Seven Ups. The Mafia is threatening to take over. This is when parts New York was truly terrorized by a force that could buy off cops (particularly Queens and some parts of Manhattan).

Buddy Russo is investigating several murders. There is a dangerous twist to this though, and someone among his own is setting him up. It's a story with vicious twists and turns that will leave you shocked at the end. One of the highlights of the movie is a nasty 20-mile chase that spans from the Upper East Side (although the garage scene was shot in the nearby city of Brooklyn, not New York) to likely the border of NJ and NY, on the Pallisades Parkway.

The movie shows the grit of 1970s New York. For all my highway Latinos and -lovers, who love highway trips, high mast lighting was beginning to be built at select locations of the Interstates (and the Interstate Highway System was with its last decade and a half of building, with I-80's end in NJ, connecting with I-95 before the GWB, being the final link). For the most part Westinghouse was mostly a city thing (thankfully). But most highways were by the classic Westinghouse (not the street lights New York already, but the classic highway and street lights that graced the city, and most America, before the 1960s).

Having lived in Brooklyn, I do remember the Fort Washington housing community there having had them until recently, when they replaced by the car-looking lights. NEMA heads were also common in most of the North and South, on many highways, although many still had the classics. I prefer the classics and high-mast lighting, but I do love NEMA heads too (the car lights are not true highway lights). You'll get highway scenary in this movie. Bet on it.

A true (regarding the main girl and the daughter and mother, since I'm a manly man and I'm not gay) cute story. A little girl befriends a seal, but it's really the big sis and mom story that really is fuzzy. As well as the entire family. It's a family story full of love. Set in Maine, in the 1960s, based on a true story, it's about one girl's triumphant against every naysayer who thought Andre was a dangerous seal, and threatens to send it away for killing (although the movie is euphemistic, appropriately so, about that since this is family movie) With fuzzy performance from everyone this is a true family classic for the whole family to enjoy. With acclaimable story and acting worthy of a Disney or RKO movie, this is a cherishable story for all generations and generations to come. A very fuzzy movie with lots of warmth and hugs, unlike lukewarm "Flicka". A true Dixie movie, despite being set in Maine. 100% Allied-, Tribune-, The WB-, CBS-, "Friends"-, "Flicka"-, and "Xena"-free.

Too bad it was on CBS, and not UPN, an award-winning network that was more popular than this network or The WB. Anyways this is a brutal documentary about the realities of 9/11 as told by two French brothers who were the firefighting precinct that is displayed in the film. It is the most gritty and realistic documentary, as presented by Robert De Niro, who is the documentary's narrarator. It's a classic documentary that deserved the accolades it got, and is far more realistic than many of the 9/11 movies, and it's better than that crap movie that came some 4 years later, with Maria Bello, of "Flicka." See it.

Not a classic movie, but decent and good enough. Having seen the theatrical trailer on Youtube, I had to see the movie. Although I probably did see this movie on WABC or WNBC or WNYW or WWOR in the day, before UPN of course (which I know this movie aired on). Norman D. Golden stars as Devon Butler, a child with a very active imagination and aspirations to become a cop.

BTW, a warning to parents: this movie is not a family movie. It comes from a time when PG movies still had PG-13 level and sometimes borderline moderate R content ("The Seven Ups" which goes back to when PG really wasn't a family rating at all, is an example, two F-words).

Devon Butler gets himself into trouble because he's too prideful. He shoots water guns at teachers, gets himself bullied, so much that his grandma has to call him out. His big opportunity to ride with the big dogs comes later: when he accidently witnesses a Mafia killing. Talking to the police, Burt Reynold's character, Nick McKenna, an easily angered, jaded cop who hates running (LOL), asks him about the details. Devon secures an opportunity and agrees to cooperate, on the condition that Nick allows him to ride with him through the streets as a young honorary cop.

What follows is a funny hilarious ride through Tampa (which this movie is set in). Ironically, this movie portrays Tampa as it has become or at least predicted. Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating smugness runs in the veins of these people. One mistake I didn't like, which was a tiny troll compared to the nonsense I've seen is one scene with Spaniards. Yes they were portrayed as white with a somewhat divergent accent (Nuyoricans and Italians are non-white, Hispanic, Latin with Latin English accent), but they had them say "nada" (in the form of saying, "it don't matter nothing" - Spaniards are very proper, they do not use ebonics, and many are truly racist people; no I don't mean what peopel say about Hispanics, which means Nuyoricans and Italians, who are non-white, Hispanic, Latin, with Latin English accents, as opposed to Spaniards - that they are racist but use black slang, no Spaniards can be TRULY racist - and emulating black people is not something a racist would do). That being said accurate portrayals.

Like others, I was pleasantly surprised. This was not an action thriller with lots of revenge and tension, in the likes of "Ransom" (nothing wrong with that movie it's a favorite). I was not surprised at what happened. Without giving it away, or at least at the risk of maybe giving it away, Gavin Baneck really isn't what he appears to be. The movie makes him out to be a bad guy that Samuel L Jackson will end up winning. It's a lot more complex than that, and he's far from being a downright villain. And Samuel L Jackson is far from being a downright good guy as well.

What starts as a regular day for our man, who has it all, Gavin, ends up becoming a dark and dreary day. And this movie does a good job of calling out and exposing the worst people (not that the arrogant Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating element isn't there in some of the characters, including two street toughs who harass Doyle Gibson - Samuel's character) that we learn later on, without giving it out. Gavin is on a way to a settlement hearing in court. On FDR he gets into a fender bender with Doyle, bumping into his car by accident. Gavin is in such a rush, and he's blinded by being power-hungry, because his character is not innocent, but as you see, it's more of him being pressured by the family he's married into, and we see start to seem him struggle with what he's doing. Essentially, he's lied a rival family's member patriarch into giving him $350000000 (or something to that effect).

Without that slip, he doesn't inherent a kingdom, figuratively. And he can go to jail. Doyle is in a messy divorce, and he's trying to at least give his sons (and hopefully his future again-wife) a new home in Queens (not a spoiler *laughs* but it's a goof because the house is clearly in Brooklyn, right next to the Williamsburg Bridge). What promises to boil into all-out war is susprisingly calm (without giving it out). What we get is a complex tale of the disparities between the rich (Gavin and his family) and the common man (Doyle, his family, his friends). It's a movie that will have you wanting to shed a tear at the end. All I can say is this movie is not what you're expecting, and Paramount did real well by not insulting the audience's intelligence. One of those rare movies that respects the intelligence of the viewer. And deserved the accolades it got.

I will say I love how all of the West is portrayed as being a potential ringer to the Antichrist. I personally believe Denmark might be the home of the Antichrist because they've done too many bad things in their history, and their liberalism is mind-sickening.

That being said, the Roman Church is not shown in a good way, and the movie shows the West in general as opening the door (I don't mean America, as America's founding was pure and was based on religious liberty and freedom). A true UPN/Warner Bros./WB worthy title. Arnold Schwarzeneger hits it hard as the main character - fighting evil. I haven't seen the whole movie but I'm very impressed by it.

And this should have been Jaleel White's main show, not that weird "Family Matters." A show about a fam with a strong father figure. When you want a comedy that showed black people living the way black people wanted to see themselves live (high, wealthy, educated), this show was groundbreaking just like "The Cosby Show."

The mom is a teacher and the father is a construction worker. What I loved about this show was it was rougher and working-class. "Cosby" gets boring after a while for that reason. As a working-class kid, this show is closer to my life. Too bad that this aired on CBS, however. This should have been on ABC, Fox, or NBC.

Even though it was not a worldly movie like that, this movie was far more fuzzy than that hateful smug movie. A movie with a heart. The premise is simple: a football coach is about to be kicked off the school team by those who deem him unable (Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating types). Having a major epiphany he helps his team find Christ. There's nothing but love-dubby in this one. Unlike Tim McGraw and his self-righteous self who is a joke to everything Dixie, and the hatefulness of that family, this is a story about facing your fears, or your Goliaths. A movie that hits it hard and is UPN/Warner Bros./WB flagship FTW! This movie was good just like "Andre" from 12 years earlier (1994).

Talia Shire and their bros' tough mother(expletive usually said in a non-good or hood way, but in this case Talia would use it because Selma perserved against MS - multiple sclerosis)... well that's Selma Blair, but Scarlett definitely applies to that title to some decree. She's feisty and hits it hard just like her wolves Talia and her bros. The Latina's baby. She's adorable in this one. Which goes on top of the next thing. A lovable family, and while the bro and sis of our main pick on Alex, and maybe a little hard on him throughout the movie, being hard on someone is not hateful. The McCallisters are all slimy WASP (and they are Protestant not Roman Catholic, likely Presybterians).

This family is a loving family. Alex is a young boy with a loving mother, played the beautiful Haviland Morris <3 <3. While the stakes are a little higher, because this time our main boy is up against some Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating (much like the two villains of the first film) hi-tech terrorists, the movie is not dark as we don't really see their activities, and when we do it's cyberhacking. Interestingly enough, Marv and Harry are far more sinister and evil in the way they are presented than the characters here. The antagonists are true comic foils. The violence they could have employed it not shown. They mostly are there to annoy Alex and, without giving too much, let's just say you won't really sense he is in mortal danger throughout the movie. Whereas there are moments when Harry and Marv are going to hurt Kevin throughout the first two movies, and they terrorize him repeatedly, you don't sense that this group is going to terrorize Alex. It's like "TNG"'s Rascals (it's one of the reasons the Ferengi were chosen as the episode's antagonists rather than the Cardassians, as they were deemed too deadly to be around children).

It's a warm fuzzy film. Where the fam stick together and when thick and thin happens, Scarlett stands by her little bro throughout the movie (and I bet Talia and her bros saw this on UPN or on ABC - whichever aired it, cause unlike the first two, this didn't even as much as air on an unpopular Tribune station, much less non-Warner Bros.ish The WB, the way the first two movies did - WPIX notably, although to be fair it was on WWOR too).

I'm not bashing the first two, they're classics, but in my bias, I prefer this one only because the warmth in this movie is cooler. This is a warm movie, and lacks all the darkness and hatred of the first two movies. This is a wholesome strong fam, that doesn't have hate. The fact that they couldn't get Kevin McCallister for a 3rd movie is a blessing. I prefer this one all the way.

This is the first movie and it's a well-estasblished classic. But it's like the "Trek" franchise (for instance I will never consider that Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating Rodenberry joint true "Trek" - although much like this movie, there are redeeming qualities, Spock and Uhara hit it hard, and unlike "TNG" - the equivilent being "Home Alone 3," this show was a CBS fair which Tribune's stations shoved down America's throat in post-run, and just could not shut up about, Howard Stern was probably very proud - I mean his show was on WPIX as well)

But with all that, let's get into the movie: first the negatives. The family is incredible hostile (not old-fashioned Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating hostile). No, instead, more smug self-righteous know-it-all liberal arrogance. They won't hit Kevin, but instead they're psychologically torture him in open arrogance. I don't know how I put up with this movie knowing that they're, on one hand portrayed, as protagonists, and on the other, that they're portrayed as abusive. But this does set the way for the story. Kevin and the family have dinner. And it goes very badly, without giving it out. Kevin is punished, and blamed for it, when it wasn't his fault. He's sent to the attic. Because of their negligence, as the title shows, they forget Kevin, and leave him home.

This leads to a wild ride, that is pretty dark and violent, as the movie progresses. We see Marv and Harry (played by Joe Pesci). They are evil villains, who want to rob houses. And, as a hint, given what they do to Kevin in the movie, at the risk of giving it out, let's just say they are cruel people to be around, to say the least. Kevin hits it hard and lives it up, until he has an epiphany and realizes that no matter how bad his family may be, they're still better than nothing. A nonsense epiphany. But anyways, the climax is a terrific build. The only bad thing about this, it's Tribuneish. The movie aired on WPIX a year later. Like unpopular The WB, like unpopular their stations. But it's a good movie.

But "3" was for me real "Home Alone."

Don't get me wrong I'm not disrespecting the classics that the first 2 are. But I'm not gonna go far to give them an outright praise of glory either.

The fact that his family is openly abusive (although, and maybe it's just more that we see Catherine O'Hara, and her hostility seems more manufactured in this movie for the plot rather than genuine in the first movie, and it seems, even then, she's not really trying to be mean, she's the lone exception and, perhaps, feeling guilty for the way she treated him in the first movie) to him still makes this an uncomfortable watch (no one "Harry Potter" seemed to have portrayed the Dursleys well; I mean are they not a non-white extention pretty much of the fam from this movie?) Anyways the Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating nature of this fam seems to be in full circle. Buzz and the rest of them, abuse him. This is not a spoiler. It's well-known (you don't have to see the first two to know it). This isn't bashing, though, because it's part of the story at least.

Kevin has a Christmas show at his show, which the fam watch. Without giving it out, if you've seen "Home Alone," you know how that's gonna end. All things aside, this leads to the events that cause Kevin to be separated. But unlike the first movie, this is a far more exciting prospect. He's in New York this time, while his fam are in Florida (and to be honest, perhaps it's God's punishment to them that their vacation is far more stinkier, without giving it out, than their original 1990 vacation in Paris, where at least they had good food, and were in a nice hotel, and got to see the Eiffel Tower backdrop). The exciting backdrop is Kevin arrive in NY, in Queens. But it's a little unrealistic, lol, because it's LaGuardia, but it's positioned as though it's right next to the East River, when it's like 20 minutes away from Manhattan. His adventures takes him to Manhattan, where he says at the Plaza Hotel. As you can guess, to add to the hatred and smugness Kevin already deals with, he deals with some smug punks.

I won't say too much more. Let's just say it's a thrill ride for the masses (my only complaint is that this movie, along with the first, aired on WPIX - whether they later aired on The WB or, more recently, The CW itself, I don't know, but it's not surprising that much considering that this is flavored like something that Tribune would fund for, if not make, but it did air on WWOR, much like the first movie, as well). The two evil villains, Marv and Harry, will keep you on the edge of your seat. This movie is far deadlier, and the stakes are higher. Along with a mysterious old woman, you are in for an adventure, if you get past the somewhat WPIXish/Tribuneish/The WBish nature of this feature.

This show on the other hand is Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating crap. One episode glorifies the Allies in WW2, when it was the Allies who provoked Italy and Germany into being the way they were. And that ties into the who the characters are as people. Arrogant smug punks.

Let's get to the root issue. This show didn't even deserve the coveted network, UPN, which actually at this time had just finished its reign at number 1 (2000 or 1999 was the year they were a top-rated network, beating the other networks, even its predecesor, Fox). Everything about this show is cultureless (I can't even say it's CBSish, this feels The WBish, Tribuneish, and mass-produced, non-Warner Bros.-like). The crew is unlikable. You have you the British character who is completely so uptight and stuck-up, culturally. You got Charles Tucker, who is another Yankee, and is rude and mean, and just a Hell to be around. And of course, yes the main captain himself, Johnathan Archer, who is just so bleeding heart and slimy, which Kirk wasn't (Kirk was old-fashioned arrogance, which I can tolerate a little better, and made no bones about it at least). Everything he does is underhanded. And then the one episode, which was a lame attempt to remake the "Voyager" episode "One" in their own image, had them exagerrating their unredeemable selves into torturing Phlox. At least with Seven of Nine, as unlikable as Janeway was, there was nothing real about the hallucinations. They were more like demons, not literal people exagerrating their worst in some twisted sense of pleasure at seeing someone suffer. Everything about this show is The WBish crap that UPN no doubt wanted nothing to do with.

Editing the stars.

And Chakotay, you are the father. Richard Bey (whose show was de-facto on the network much like "Voyager," although he wasn't a UPN show in reality, but a syndicated show) would be proud.

I say that joke because someone said that the crew acted stupid because they essentially abandoned ship because Chakotay had child support payments. Jokes aside, the show is interesting. Basically put the crew battle a few Kazon, who are manipulated by Seska (of the more advanced Cardassian race), although in reality she really is truly part of the Kazon tribe, that she married into as isn't manipulative, but is opportunistic, as she and the Kazon hate Voyager). The entire episode is a vicious thrill ride. And I also want for those who think "Voyager" had the reset button, this was a prototype to "Year of Hell." Voyager gets bombed in this episode very badly. And the crew have to abandon ship. Plus, as part of the show, replicator rations were common.

And a predecesor to "Stargate SGI". When you want pure sci-fi and interraction with alien cultures, this is the show to do, not "Star Trek" (which is great but borderline is more about the humanness of the creatures portrayed; mind you all alien species on every sci-fi show will represent a race). Mind you without "TNG" there wouldn't be the great scientific knowledge.

It was one of PTEN (and arguably UPN, since unlike The WB, which was an unpopular and poor attempt to be CBS, and a poor attempt by Tribune to remake WB in their own image, they were actually a true Warner Bros. Network in style, if not officially, but they did have WB blood, and UPN was born of PTEN)'s finest shows, along with "Time Trax" and "Ku Fung: The Legend Continues.

I haven't seen every episode but from the ones I have, this is perfection. You get the see the intracle workings of good guys - their form of Starfleet, whatever that may be called, and their weapons systems and ships. It focuses on aliens purely. "Star Trek" did but there wasn't as much a futuristic tone, and it has nothing to do with the time because "TNG" premiered in 1987 and seemed to reject the futuristic elements and they had all the finest gadgets. Great battles. This is a show not to be missed.

I'm going to diverge on the opinion said here. I give it a 10 (borderline with a 9). It's not an indictment on UPN's greatness. The show was a little weaker at times (but I disagree with the idea of it being weaker as a show). The show was experimental. The premise was strong. Janeway and her crew are taken by the Array into the Delta Quadrant, where a seven year journey home takes on. Catherine Janeway, a young captain fresh from the heartlands of Minnesota, takes command of Voyager, and they dock from Deep Space Nine. The main thing about this show is it started the alien nature of the show for real. One thing this show introduced us was to alien species that were truly alien ("TNG" gets credit with the Borg however, but they were only shown sparingly; inversely, this show is one that really started the wimpifying of the once threatening superpower). The show was futuristic. "DS9" becomes this show somewhat during the Dominion War. "Voyager" is purely sci-fi heavy (and "Stargate SG1" is its equivilent). The aliens truly are alien to us.

"Voyager" focused more on the Cardassians in heavy stories, whereas "DS9" focused more on the Bajorans. But that being said, it wasn't UPN or this show's fault. The Borg had to be depowered for use on this show. It was a bit of a shortcut, as they could have just kept the Borg at distance. And made other aliens, but this show wouldn't be the same. This show was one of the many that was the reason UPN stomped The WB.

The futuristic elements give us the cool gadgets. As for the Intrepid, the ship is powerful, and can even maybe take on a Galaxy Class, or at least hold its own against one. The reason is ships had to be built with modernization, and fighting, or at least evading, the Borg in mind. The ship has a strong array as well as faster warp. What begins is a 7-year trip home. One thing I love about Sisko and what I can give credit to even an unlikable character like Janeway, is that they're more realistic. They're the everyday captains. Janeway gets grumpy without her coffee. She has her personal demons. Sisko has his personal demons. He didn't want to even station a post on the outskirts of Federation space. Picard is a representation of what we strive to be. Sisko and Janeway are what we are. Trying to be better, but we have our realistic moments. The show was one of UPN's best. Bested only by "The Sentinel" and "Malcolm & Eddie." And that's because Jeri Ryan ruins the show when she appears. And this was not UPN or the show's fault. It was Jeri Ryan's stubbornness. And John Aniston appearing in an episode from the last season almost made it "Enterprise"-like and believe me that's not a compliment. A good show though.

Mind you, on the surface, Popeye Doyle comes off as an Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating punk, but in real life, he's an equal opportunist. He gives it to everyone. And from one of his scenes, it's clear that some of this postering is an act. The worst is he's just not PC. The movie is based on the true story of Nuyorican Kings, Mafia and the French gangsters working together to bring in a marijuana and heroin shipment of major proportions. Alain Charnier is the main villain. And the villainaries of this gritty movie begin from the very beginning.

Popeye and his partner Buddy Russo (Roy Schneider) hit it hard as they chase a suspect with connections to the bad guys. The story is a gripping cat and mouse chase for our two leading men. One important scene has Popeye learning of the plans, and the two guys go back and forth between New York City and Brooklyn to find the criminals in the crew. Tony LoBianco is Salvatore Boca. My only complaint is why couldn't they use a more Roman name for our two like Giovanni or Mario. Salvator is Spaniard and Germanic. Anyways. The two drive around. An important scene then follows. And at the risk of giving it away, it's basically a car chase from Stillwell to New Utrecht. I figure, since it's shown in the trailer people know of the scene even if they haven't seen it. But I won't give away what or who, only that Popeye is the one leading the pursuit to find one of the bad guys!

But, and I want to say, all shows were excellent. The 60s show was not the beginning of "Trek." That Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating nonsense (which aired on CBS in the 60s) was not true "Trek." Although I will give my hats off to Spock and Uhara. They made that show what it is and were the cause of any redeemable qualities in that show. Anyways this show: a show that hits it hard. Now there are some who I don't like in this show. I don't like Wil Wheaton cause he hates "Seinfeld" and is stuck up about it (but to be fair they hated him on the show just as equally). I also hate Gates McFadden, who is the same as Wheaton, as she insulted autistics.

But enough with the bad stuff. I'm iffy about Frakes too btw. Patrick Stewart is somewhat iffy, but he's not completely unlikable as a person compared to the others, and his friendship with Ben Kingsley wins some points with me. So he can't be bad if he's friends with the guy. Either way, Patrick Stewart is Captain Jean Luc Picard, a Frenchman with an English accent (and believe me there is nothing wrong with that, being a linguistic, the show's portrayal is spot on, and given the history between France and England it's not unrealistic). The show starts off as Farpoint, and his new XO, Mr. William T Riker, joins the crew. Along with Tasha Yar (who was a unbeatable and hot as a security officer), Lt Worf, Lt Commander Geordi Laforge, Second Officer Data (and I hate Brent Spiner, and the fact that he's a robot in this one who's not human is the only reason I can stand to look at his face), Counselor Deanna Troi, and the other 2 I won't bother to mention, start their adventures.

As the show progresses and is part of my UPN/Warner Bros./WB flagship, this classic syndicated show (WWOR in New York) broke barriers and was the true "Trek" show. Make no mistake. I love Spock and Uhara. And Spock is a prototype Picard of sorts. And he was the real joy of the 60s show. And the movies got more Spock-centered and less Kirk-centered. But this was the true "Trek" of the 80s. We start off with familiar foes, including, importantly the Klingons (who were originally white Russians in the 60s show, but became black people), whose culture went a retcon. Then we see the Romulans (who are pretty much the same as the 60s show, evil, but honorable when given the chance). Later on, we see new more advanced enemies, the Borg, being the most obvious, and later the Cardassians (YES, the Cardassians, unlike what morons say, are more advanced than the major 3), all of whom are symbols of Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hatingdom.

The show's charisma is important. Although all 3 of the "Trek" era are great shows, this one is best in not being futuristic, and also in escapism. The Romulans provide good escapism, as they're not very realistic as villains, and so do the Klingons. One episode which has Wesley on a planet being detained, shows that the planet has high mast lighting. Which is to show that even on other planets, people have their equivilent of our (Earth's) cars and highways. "DS9" also played with a little. To be fair even "Voyager" in the end sort of got a little loose (maybe it was a product of George Bush jr taking office in the last few months of the show, a president I love very much - liberals who don't like what I'm saying, deal with it) "DS9" and "Voyager" showed purely futuristic Earth on the other hand. An important show that hits it hard. And some nice sex scenes with girls for the guys too, in some episodes.

An impressive picture quality and sound design by Lucasfilm Ltd.. Imagine a world where you can replicate anything you need. Now mind you, nothing beats mom's cooking (chef's cooking as the other thing it can't beat; as well as food from a casual dining or fancy restaurant - with the first being the definition of a gluttonous enjoyment; and good fast food of the likes of Backyard Burgers, Mooby's from "Clerks 2," Five Guys, Wawa) but you can now get a meal from the replicator. A home cooked meal. "TNG" was a masterpiece.

Neil Patrick Harris of Allied Nordicist Yankee "Friends"-watching "Seinfeld"-hating "How I met your Mother" is in it. This movie has no juice of the original. It's a stupid movie from the looks of it. And I have no interest in watching the rest of it at all. Stick with the first 3 movies and that's it. I mean what were they thinking putting that loser in this movie? I guess it's a good thing Lawrence Fishburne hated that movie, and this ruined the franchise. Everything about the movie is different and unrecognizable to the actual franchise in itself. A truly awful movie in every respect of the word.

I haven't really seen the movie but it looks good from the looks of it, and Bobbie Phillips is a great actress and a queen of the art. If Annabella Sciorra and her bros, and Miley Cyrus and her bros are the epitome of hitting it hard in all they do, then Bishop is thee female equivilent. This, btw, was released by Village Roadhshow Pictures, and while not Warner Bros., it primarily distributes WB movies overseas. And to those morons who think Tribune and The WB are truly Warner Bros., UPN was airinging Warner Bros. stuff far more than The WB, and it was more popular too. And this is a gold mine.

UPN/Warner Bros./WB flagship, FTW.

PS, this is very similar to a female revenge story, from 1992, that was Australian, also released, in Australia, by WB. Possibly via Village Roadshow.

It showed that black people were intelligent and hard-working, and it showcased the powerful debates black families had about the conditions of the black plight in America. It's too bad, and even though I'm a little iffy about John Amos, that the show went in the direction it did, because the show to some decree was perpetrating the worst stereotypes of black people, in the most unintentional and innocent way. JJ Walker became the star. This show set the stage for important classics like "Charlie and Co" and "The Cosby Show," which showed that black people were prosperous and a power to be recknoed with it.

And it was more Eric Monte not Norman Lear's production. An important show.