Interleague Play is Stupid and Not Good for Baseball

No, I'm not just writing this because I'm an Oakland Athletics fan as opposed to being a San Francisco Giants fan.

First things first, congrats to all Giant fans and their team for recently sweeping the A's. The Giants are the team to beat for sure, the best team in baseball right now. You can argue all you want, but there is no better Major League team then the Giants right now, they've won three out of the last five World Series, including last years World Series victory over the Kansas City Royals.

Interleague play was first introduced to professional baseball in 1997, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleague_play) and it's still incredibly lame. Yes, I understand certain fans and maybe players liking cross town / city rivalries, but those fans opinions are lame to me. I still understand their misguided reasoning for liking interleague play, but once I heard the late great Bill King criticizing Interleague play, I immediately agreed with his thoughts and infinite wisdom on the subject. Bill King, rest his soul, was the greatest Oakland sports announcer, if not the greatest sports broadcaster of all time.

King, like myself because of his opinions hates interleague play.  Interleague play is for the World Series King said, and I agree. To give an example, the Giants just whooped the Athletics; great fun for the team and their fans, but If I were a Giant fan, especially now, I would have rather seen a series between them and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

As of today, the Dodgers have a half game lead in the Nation Leagues West, and the Giants could have taken the division lead or perhaps gotten swept, and be down by four and a half games, maybe have swept the Dodgers and been up by four and a half games?

Stupid interleague play cuts into real baseball and blinds the minds of some fans. King would not even announce A's games when it was interleague play time. King's whole point was that it's not real baseball and seriously; what real Giant's fan in their right mind wants to see them playing the last place American League Milwaukee Brewers the next three games. If it weren't for interleague play, the Giants might be playing their current set against the Dodgers, or perhaps the first place team in the National League East , the Washington Nationals (conference rivals).

While the Giants are currently playing a meaningless series against the Brewers, they could  be playing the first place NL central leaders, a team in their conference, the St. Louis Cardinals, which would make for much better baseball.

What if you're a New York Yankee fan, the winiest team (currently leading AL East) in the history of baseball and had to suffer through them playing the hapless Philadelphia Phillies in June, a team more than 20 games under .500 and not even in the Yankees league; in essence, a preseason game nearly midway into the season, pointless.

While the Yankee's cross town rivals, the New York Mets are making noise and only two games out of first in their division; what pure baseball fan in their right mind wants to see the Mets vs. Yankees in the regular season?

This year in particular, the Mets instead of playing the Yankees at home and away could be playing a three or four game set against their first place division foes, the Nationals who lead them by 2 games. Think about it, the Mets and Nationals vying for first place in their division or playing meaningless games against AL teams in the regular season, again, ridiculous.

Granted the first place AL West  leaders, the Los Angeles Angels have a three game set with the NL Dodgers starting on the 31st of this month, a potential look at this years World Series rivals, but that's just blind luck on the morons who created interleague play, but if I was one of those morons now, I'd be promoting the upcoming three game series between the Dodgers and Angles like there is no tomorrow. I still hate interleague play.    

Before My Bloodline is Gone Forever, I'll Bask in Rock 'N' Roll

Since venturing back to my roots, into "The Last Record Store," I have have a constant stream of CD's I can acquire at will to blast while driving.

Recently I just purchased the 23-year-old CD "Countdown to Extinction," a Megadeth masterpiece. Seventy percent of the songs are gripping, both musically and lyrically. Lead vocalist, lyricist and guitarist Dave Mustaine illustrates profound and simple facts about a vast array of human endeavors.

If you're not a hard rock music fan, "Countdown to Extinction" is certainly not for you, but if you are, the words are equally as vital to the songs as the music itself, just like music of Rush.
The song "Architecture of Aggression" is a powerful anti-war / world power song.

'To eliminate your enemy, hit them in their them in their sleep and when all is won and lost the spoils of wars are yours to keep'...

If our president and the other world leaders had a conscience, the above lyrics might make them think twice about committing mass murder. How President Obama can sleep at night is a mystery to me, but then again, world leaders are soulless and greedy. Why should our president  care? He's getting laid and paid. His two daughters are safe while he sends other peoples children to die in the deserts in the Middle East.

The above lyrics also make me think about the true evils of combat in the thick of any war. I'm talking about soldiers in every part of the world who are physically OK after coming back to civilization from the exposure of real combat. Combat in which brutal death is a common as corruption in politics.

The soldiers who come back from war zones with Shell Shock. F-word the current gently euphemism term for Shell Shock; post-traumatic stress disorder. PTSD, Shell Shock is when the nervous system has already snapped or is on the cusp of snapping. PTSD from combat zones may happen to soldiers who witness gang rapes and the killing of innocents on a daily basis across the seas, or from the actual sites and sounds of war, complete with visible brain and other fresh and rotting flesh from the aftermath of bombings and combat fire.

Might makes right is the theme of "Architecture of Aggression." The U.S. like any other world power was founded on mass murder, genocide and thrusting its beliefs and lifestyles on the weaker people. With each drone strike, the U.S. is creating more and more enemies. Drone strikes created ISIS. When you start killing other peoples children, they tend to retaliate.

'Great nations  built from the bones of the dead,' another verse from "Architecture of Aggression."

Even the Bible condones war and genocide;

Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, man, woman, infant... Exact words from the Bible's Old Testament, Samuel 1, chapter 15; 3.

How nice, Jesus Himself condones war and the mass murder of children and infants;

"For Nation shall rise against nation," Jesus said. Matthew 24;7.

Not all of Mustaine's words provoke such deep thoughts, the song "High Speed Dirt" is about dying from parachuting because the chute does not open.

Do it if you dare, leaping from the sky...exhilarating high...energy of the God's, adrenaline surge...taste the high speed dirt.

"Captive Honour" is about the harsh realities of prison rape. If I was a criminal or potential one, the words to "Captive Honour" would certainly make me think twice before committing a federal crime;

About prison life; 'Where evil lives and evil rules...before he got there, his man-pussy was sold, black blanket welcome, this tough guys now a bitch...

Many people say metal music is angry music, and the metal I listen to is anger toward war and too many things wrong in the world. The human race has advanced so much technology wise, but our hearts and minds are barley above the primitives from thousands of years ago.

"Countdown to Extinction" are three words that suit me well. I'm the youngest direct spawn of my deceased father. My sister Linda and brother Eddie are the other two, and like myself neither one of them has children. At most our immediate family is just a few short decades away from being extinct. Farewell everyone and enjoy your music.

Which Generation Will Be the Last to Destroy Civilization?

For those of you who don't me, I'm not a republican and pride myself on the timeless quote;

"He's a nice guy until you talk about politics, religion or work."

Again, from the achieves of my "Dead Poems."

         Government

  Liquid lunacy fills the goblet of greed and wets

  the lips of the unethical which bleeds across the

  world. World leaders are the  harbingers of havoc,

apprentices of apathy, creators of chaos, and

distributors of destruction.

Soul destroyers and mindless material builders.

Thrust into their lies and bred to consume.

I completely understand why many people  are in an uproar of the killing of the four Marines killed in Chattanooga, Tenn. on Thursday. Twenty-four-year-old Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez was shot and killed by police after his murders.  (http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/17/us/tennessee-shooter-mohammad-youssuf-abdulazeez/index.html) The war in Afghanistan has officially hit home, the U.S.

Years before this tragic event, Abdulazeez was an American citizen who was popular and well received in high school according to the article; "Chattanooga Shooter Changed After Mideast Visit, Friend Says," from the above website.

Maybe  Abdulazeez personally saw and heard first hand what American news is trying so hard to cover up. Yes, the Middle Eastern government is just as evil as any government. One of the Middle Eastern evils is the way men dominate women on that side of the sea. Some women get acid thrown in their face for acquiring an education.( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation)

Middle Eastern women also have their clitoris forcefully removed which is aptly named Female genital mutilation.  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation)

George Carlin said the primary reason for this is that women will be less likely to cheat on their husbands.

The U.S. government is just as evil in a different way.  Our government is motivated solely on money and power. Much like the mighty Roman empire back in the day, the U.S. wants to be  world police to every country and have them channel their money into our pockets.  

British Petroleum and its employees have given more than $3.5 million to federal candidates over the past 20 years, with the largest chunk of their money going to President Obama. (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0510/36783.html#ixzz3gJXlUj5t)

The current Afghanistan War, or so gently called "Operation Enduring Freedom," is all about oil. It's a greedy war; "Operation Enduring Freedom" is a euphemism used to mask the realities of war.
While I most certainly don't condone the Abdulazeez killings of the four marines, I do understand his reasoning, I think? It's war, remember. "Operation Enduring Freedom," what joke of name, it's war.

War; armed hostilities esp. between nations according to the Oxford dictionary.

Every nations leaders dupe its people into war by brainwashing them in the early years of grade school. When I was in grade school back in the early 70s, Russia was evil, now it's the Iraqis and North Koreans who are evil, or so our government says. Winston Churchill and our then president, FDR duped the American youth into World War II.  Do the research and not just listen or read what's on the main stream media.

All wars are about money for the few running the world, wake up people!

To see how evil the North Koreans are, just go to YouTube and type in; 5-year-old North Korean girl playing the guitar, and if your still comfortable with bombing and killing every last North Korean, than you love the fact that war is for ever.

"It's all bull shit folks," George Carlin said, and I agree.

 U.S. drones are killing Middle Eastern children all the time, so yes, I understand Abdulazeez reasoning for his killing of the marines in Tennessee. War is about death and destruction and the making of big money for the one or five percent of the way too rich soulless who are ruling the world. Abdulazeez may have over reacted to the U.S. murdering of innocent children in the Middle East just as Geronimo and his tribe killing white women and children, but both had their arguable reasons for doing so.

Imagine if a 176 U.S. children were killed in the blink of an eye by a missile strike on an elementary school by another country's leaders orders. Controlled  by Big Oil, President Obama  and his soulless comrades are doing this to Middle Eastern children on a regular basis, so yes, I get it, they (Middle Easterns) hate America. (http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/24/-sp-us-drone-strikes-kill-1147)

Myself, like other dreamers of the world would love to see U.S. and Afghanistan soldiers, laughing together on the battle field and telling its world leaders to Fuck off! The same could be said for the others fighting in the worlds 50 or more wars. Yes, there are at least 50 wars currently happening, only there not called wars, there called "Conflict in the Congo," or "Operation Inherent Resolve," the lame name for the war against ISIS. For every U.S. drone strike, our country is creating more enemies for itself. The U.S. with its drone strikes created ISIS, now it's a war against them, what a sadistic joke.   (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/23/yemen-drones_n_4152159.html )

The Movies "Ex Machina" and "It Follows" Were Double Disasters

"It Follows" is advertised as a horror movie, but a horrible movie is more accurate and "It Flops" is a much better title.

High school teenagers engaging in sex and getting viciously killed by a never explained entity is the premises for "It Follows." The thing that kills the teens comes in the shape of friends and strangers, and it's creepy slow walk toward its victim immediately alerts them  to do their best track star imitation.

The strange being does not cease until it kills it's prey. One way to get rid of the thing that is chasing you is to pass it on to another person. The focal character Jay, (Maika Monroe) a 19-year-old female who has consensual sex with Hugh / Jeff (Jake Weary) and shortly after their coitus encounter, Jeff renders her unconscious, ties her to a wheel chair and takes her to an abandoned building in the outskirts of nowhere to pass on the murderous deity to her.

After untying her and letting her go, Jeff says to Jay that she can pass it on to someone else to get rid of it, and kindly tells her not to get killed or it will come after him again. Jay doesn't even get mad at this guy, nor do her group of friends which include a couple of young men. Personally I wanted to see Jay's two guy friends beat Jeff to a pulp. Maybe it's just me, but if someone thrust an evil demon upon someone close to me, I'd at least be mad at the person.

Even when the lame thing shows itself from time to time with its slow walk, its just like watching a bad zombie movie. Zero stars for this waste of a thing called a movie.

"Ex Machina" was a snooze fest which really took me three times to watch, thank the powers that be for scene selections on DVDs.

At least the writers and directors of "Ex Machina" tried to make a good science-fiction movie, they just failed miserably. I did like the fact that story-line steered away from bombastic special effects, but there was no action at all, none noteworthy anyway, nor was there any intensity.

As a heterosexual man flesh and blood I give this movie two stars, because Alicia Vikander who was the AI being in this movie has a perfect gluteus max. The movie is on it's last few minutes by the time her bear butt appears, but it was well worth the stare.

Ava, the AI (Vikander) was created by Nathan (Oscar Isaac) who is the CEO of the world's largest Internet company. Nathan who lives in a beautiful secluded place abundant with beautiful water falls has one of his employees spend some time at his place to question and observe Ava.
Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), the employee comes up with a plan to escape with Ava once he learns Nathan is going to erase her memory for an upgraded AI AP. The story is too slow and it's lack of intensity when it does start to take shape is as intriguing as looking at dead weeds in a debris box.

The ending was senseless and there was no rhyme or reason to its conclussion.  

"Goodbye to All That," A Sexy Smart Flick, or Just Another Barrage of Boring?

In "Goodbye to All That," Otto Wall (Paul Schneider) is blindsided when his wife files for divorce with no prior signs of leaving him.

After 10 years of marriage, Wall, in his 30s is suddenly living by himself with joint-custody of his charming daughter Edie, nicely portrayed by Audrey Scott. As the plot thickens, Wall is faced with spending little or no time with his young daughter or having wild sex with numerous hot women.

The movie illustrates how easy it is for the good looking socially adjusted people of the world to meet and satisfy their wanton desires. Whether the eye pleasing entities of the world meet via Facebook or other dating sites, it's clear lust and love are as parallel as evil and good. "Goodbye to All That" is a marvelously modern look into the cerebral and physical aspects of dating and marriage.

Stephanie who is characterized by Heather Graham looks amazing in her black dress and is the perfect women for lascivious acts. She won't fall in love and is easy to talk to.  Mildred (Ashley Hinshaw) is the same type of women, extremely sexy who wants nothing from a man but his... The completely wild Debbie Spangler (Anna Camp) is as mentally whacked as she is sexually adventurous. In spite of her incredible looks and sexual awesomeness, it's not the wisest move for Wall to continue seeing her.

In spite of Wall's incredible and strange licentious fantasies turned real, he's still yearning for romance and stability in a woman. Lara, (Heather Lawless) is one of his old high school friends who is also recently divorced with a child, and just me be Wall's true love.  

Just when it seems Wall may possess true love, he may miss out on his daughters entire childhood. Easly a three and a half star must see.

A Modern Moron Memoir

As I swift through the sands of uncertainty one thing remains clear, I'm an innocuous freak of nature.

Innocuous is a cool word for harmless incidentally. I'm the type of person who would be perfectly content as a sole entity on a warm island somewhere. I would need frequent access to a motor boat to get to civilization to buy food and water, because if I had to live like Tom Hanks in the movie "Cast Way,"  I would not live for more than a week.

I'm addicted to the Internet now, thanks to going back to college recently. As long as my boat was reliable and I still had 100 percent Internet access and the ability to acquire books for the rest of my life, I'd be a happy soul. I really could live alone reading and writing book reviews for the rest of my life. Having the latest in still and moving picture photography equipment to film and edit band footage of The Feud would fuel my other interest.

My lack of success and appearance deficit has completely stripped away my confidence with women. Once upon a time in my life I often day dreamed of being with a sweet, soulful and  pretty wife. Bearing five girls and coaching them to a division I NCAA and a WNBA title would have been a nice milestone in my otherwise frivolous life, but so be it, I sincerely enjoy solitude.

The few, and I emphasize few women I've dated have been the ones who approached me to begin the relationship. In the end I ruined it because I'm a terrible lover and even worse verbal communicator.
Accepting my more than half over life of nothingness, I still embrace happiness. Despite being nothing more than a full time grave yard janitor, I still find joy in life. Thus far once a year I venture to Hawaii with my friends Phil and Gina. It warms my heart that their children and grand children call me uncle Mark while still enjoying my presence.

If it weren't for Phil and Gina I might have killed myself or ended up as a drunken homeless person long ago. Phil and Gina are such genuine and nice people who don't judge, and when they do fuel the words of truth, it's not to hurt, persecute or preach, but to instill a motivational incentive to become a better person. Maybe someday I will get my head out of my butt, but for now I reside in the emotional love and laughter of friends and family.

Scientist Bear the Torch of Discovery In Our Quest for Knowledge

"The Grand Design" book by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow is less than two months away from being 5-years-old. 

This book deals with the beginning of time itself, states fascinating facts about religion and science, while presenting the three big questions; 'Why is there something rather than nothing'?  'Why do we exist'? 'Why this particular set of laws and not some other'?

To find out definitively if there is a God or Gods, The Master Theory must be solved. More on the M-theory in just a moment. Was the universe and human kind designed by a benevolent creator or does science offer another explanation? In the 1600s a person named Rene' Descartes believed God set the world in motion, then left it entirely alone. That's not an unreasonable explanation. After all, evil is as old as the human race itself, yet Christians claim there will one day be no evil. How many more 1000s of years do we have to put up with the Christian answer;

"God works in mysterious ways."    

As we all know, the world is both kind and cruel, yet many religions claim it will only be kind some day. 

Hungry child in the dessert and the flies that cloud her eyes, I get this feeling...why are little ones born only to suffer? Powerful lyrics by the drummer and word bearer for Rush, Neil Peart. It's things like this happening forever that have turned me away from God. 

The ignorance of nature led the ancients to invent Gods to lords. These words come from "The Grand Design." People of the world still believed the Earth was flat when the Bible was first written. The U.S. constitution prohibits religious teaching in school, it's called 'intelligent design.' 

Perhaps the human race exists by an intricate plan of science, God(s) or a total random act of God(s) or the Big Bang Theory. The M-theory if figured out will provide all the answers. "The Grand Design" states that the M-theory is the ultimate theory of everything. It's a whole family of different theories. It's the only theory that has all the properties we think the final theory ought to have Hawking or Mlodinow said. The M may also stand for Miracle or Mystery.  The M-theory is indeed the ultimate mathematical equation. Mathematical machinery is one aspect of figuring out the universe Albert Einstein said. 

Although Hawking like myself does not believe in God, Hawking makes a strong case for the Almighty, Bumba, Odin, Zeus, Gaia, Allah, Muhammad, Zoroaster, The Maker and the many other infinite names for our loving / wrathful Watchmaker. If we (humans) started out as infants we would not be here, hence Bumba, my favorite name for God had to create adult males and females. Ah, the timeless question; Which came first, the chicken or the egg? There is known documentation that humans have been arguing over science and religion for more than 3,000 years. Also, people have existed for about a 190,000 years, yet there is only about 7,000 years of recorded history.  

Regardless of whether you believe in a bombastic creator or science, one thing is certain. As we all know from our reading, the human race is the only one in the "Goldilocks Zone," aka the "Habitable Zone," a zone in which planetary temperatures are 'just right' for our existence. Earth being the third planet from the sun has the ideal obit of the sun. Life is indeed in 3's; Man, woman, child, birth, life, death, pitcher, hitter, catcher...  

Touching on every aspect of "The Grand Design" would require way too many words, but it's indeed a fascinating book and not just because what is written in it, but how it spurns the imagination and quest for infinite knowledge. 

Delving Into Decades of Movies, A Few Recommendations From the 1920s-2002

In 1917 America entered World War I and for several years, Hollywood had already solidified itself as the entertainment capital of the world.

Mary Pickford, aka 'America's Sweetheart was the female icon of that era while Charlie Chaplin was the male entertainment icon. Both Pickford and Chaplin were also writers as well as established screen actors. With the advent of sound; dialogue in the movies, their fame withered away for what ever powers that be. Although silent movies existed in the 40S, by 1930, it was clear, sound on motion was the best combination.

From about 1910-1929 Two Reelers were the equivalent of today's sitcoms. Before the age of digital, movies were massed produced on mostly 35 mm film. One reel lasts about ten minutes. Many silent films, particularly comedies were about 20-22 minutes long, hence the term 'Two Reelers.' So begins my review of one movie from the decade of the roaring 20s, the  1930s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and one from the 21st century.

Laurel and Hardy's Two Reeler  "Two Tars," released in 1928 is a must see comedy classic. Laurel and Hardy were comic genius and ruled the comedy screen in the 1920s and 30s in my mind, while others may argue it was perhaps Pickford, Chaplin, Buster Keaton, W.C. Fields or the beautiful Thelma Todd.

Regardless of the augments and discussions of opinions, "Two Tars" is still hilarious today, even though it's a silent film. Watching Laurel and Hardy, who always used their real names in the more than 100 films they made together had flawless and timeless humor. In "Two Tars" the two portray sailors on a furlough. While they are driving in town in their rented Model T,  they meet two pretty women and watching them flirt with these women is a laugh riot. I laugh just as loud and longer every time I watch the duo flirting with the women. As my dad said;

"It's so ridiculous, and only these two can get away with it."

Stan (Laurel) and Oliver (Hardy) take the girls for a drive and there is a huge traffic jam on the free way because of construction. Timeless tales. The cars are literally stopped on the free way and the drivers begin arguing with each other. A comic, and very good humored look at 'road rage' starts. Each driver, including Laurel and Hardy begin vandalizing each others vehicles into  shambles. No words can describe this 20 or so minute comedy, but I'd recommend this flick to anyone.

For the 1930s I'm going with another Laurel and Hardy Two Reeler. In this 1932 full on sound film, "Helpmates," Oliver Hardy's house is completely trashed after a raucous party he threw while his wife was out of town, 'timeless humor'. While extremely hung-over, in the wee hours of the morning, he gets notification that his wife is coming home that very same day. Of course it's a surprise early coming back home. Oliver calls upon his pal Stan to help clean up the house. Again, no words can describe how funny this flick is, but it's too funny watching Oliver picking up handfuls of empty booze bottles for the trash pick-up.

Whatever comedy sitcom(s) harbor in your favorites, I'd pit "Helpmates" with any episode of my particular favorites from "Sanford and Son," to "Two and a half Men" episodes. "Helpmates" indeed has withstood the ultimate test, the one of time itself.

For the 1940s, I'm recommending the 1941 feature length film "The Maltese Falcon" starring Humphrey Bogart. In this drama, detective motion picture, Bogart is private eye, Sam Spade. When his partner Miles Archer is killed, it becomes Spade's quest to find Archer's killer. While on this journey,  he encounters the shady folks Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre) and Kasper Gutman (Sydney Greenstreet).

Gutman and Cairo hire Spade to help find the coveted Maltese Falcon which is a known treasure since 1539. The Falcon is claimed to have been encrusted with the rarest of jewels from beak to  claw, seized by pirates hundreds of years ago from Charles the V of Spain, and its where a bouts currently unknown. The Falcon is worth millions, which translates into billions in our current modern times.

People are murdered in the quest for the Falcon and Spade is a major suspect and needs a fall guy for the police. Greenstreet delivers a classic line in movie history as far as I'm concerned. Before I quote that line, a quick explanation is in order. The fall guy is one of Greenstreets henchmen who's  practically a son to him.

"One can always get another son, but there is only one Maltese Falcon," Greenstreet said in his boisterous classic accent.

For the 1950s I'm going with the 1957 war movie, "The Bridge on The River Kwai." Derived from Pierre Boullle's novel, screen writers Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson formed a marvelous true story into a Hollywood gem.

This is a tale of British  Prisoners of war in a Japanese concentration camp during World War II. The prisoners commander, brilliantly portrayed by Alec Guinness, aka Obi Wan Kenobi is possessed by British pride to lead the construction in a railroad bridge which would aide the Japaneses in getting more troops and combat supplies faster to their troops. The other British prisoners are not sharing the same pride as their commander, nor do they want any part in aiding the enemy in combat. Indeed and excellent conflict for a movie and the character development is awesome while the conclusion fits the flick.

The year I was born was when the Beatles came to America and the civil rights act was passed. 1964's "A Shot in The Dark" was a hit comedy that has stood the test of time. If you like the original Pink Panther movies written by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers, "A Shot in The Dark" is a must see comedy.

In this color classic, the beautiful blond, Elke Sommer plays Maria Gambrelli, a widow whose rich husband was murdered. She is the prime suspect in his death and along the way, others get killed, and again she is the targeted suspect. Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Sellers) is the only one convinced of her innocence. In his rumbling stumbling and bumbling comic way, Clouseau proves her innocence and finds the real criminals. "A Shot in The Dark is a farce that works well with the funny bone.

For the 70s, the hockey comedy "Slap Shot" is an adult comedy that is no good unless it's dirty. In other words, it's meant to be viewed in it's original uncut version, not meant for regular TV.

In "Slap Shot" Paul Newman plays and ageing hockey caption of his semi pro team the Charles town Chiefs. Much like the 90s "Major League", the owner of the Chiefs wants the team to fail, as it's more profitable for all business hands. The three men who play the Hanson Brothers are a key factor in making "Slap Shot" a comedy classic.

The movie deals with romance and lust in an intelligent and very funny manner. Even if you don't understand or like the sport of hockey and don't mind the F-word, some female nudity and comic violence, this movie is right up your alley of laughter.

"The Hidden," a science fiction drama / comedy released in 1987. "The Hidden" is about unseen aliens, both good and evil that harbor in human bodies. Both the good and naughty aliens have a thirst for sleek and fast cars. The evil alien however has no regard for human innocence, the well being of the young or old, much like the world leaders of yesteryear, today and forever. The evil alien only seems to care about loud heavy rock music and fast cars, and has no conscience when it comes to killing someone over money or music.

"The Hidden" is a bizarre blitzkrieg into the realms of weirdness, but despite all the questions the first time viewer has while watching, all the answers are fulfilled in a smart and interesting manner.

My 90s must see is "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels." Written and directed by Guy Ritchie, it's clear why he received the MTV Movie Awards best new film maker award.This off the wall film that inspired Ritchie's latter  movie "Snatch" with Brad Pitt. "Snatch" is great, but "Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" is way better.

My brother Eddie once said to me, just because you think it's better, it is for everyone else? At the time he was talking to me, he was referring to many of my various 'opinion' blogs I propel upon the Internet. I seriously thought about what he was saying to me, and after serious thought to what he was asking me and what other people's opinions might be, I replied 'yes' to his question.

"If I think something sucks or is fantastic, or anywhere in between, I'm 100 percent right all the time," I said.

"Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" in a nutshell is a tale of four men who devise a way to steal a massive amount of cash from some harden criminals. Their plan is clever and if it fails they risk being tortured to death by hard core thieves or going to federal pound me in the butt prison. This is a movie that has to be viewed from start to finish with no interruption or intrical parts of the plot will be lost. The end leaves the viewer with an interesting 'what if' thought for the mind.

If your still reading, wow, I'm flattered, and thank you. Regardless, I'm only reviewing one more movie for this way too wordy blog. "Chicago" released in 2002 is a musical that has been done several times by the movie industry since the 1920s or 30s. The 2002 version with Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah and Richard Gere is truly awesome. I say this because I hate musicals, but I love this movie.

"Chicago" really deserves credit to the many writers of this Hollywood extravaganza. Bill Condon wrote the 2002 screenplay, but his phenomenal feats were because of Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb who wrote the book of this musical probably before Condon was even born. The 2002 version of "Chicago" is also derived from a stage play written by Maurie Dallas Watkins whose writing genius should not go unnoticed.

"Chicago" is about women on death row for killing their beaus. Roxy Hart (Renee Zellweger) is one of these women who also has dreams of becoming an iconic singer on the big stage. Catherine Zeta-Jones is Hart's idol. Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones) is an established singer and is the first to get arrested for killing her man. Richard Gere is the shady high priced lawyer Billy Flynn who for the right price can get any women acquitted from murder.

Queen Latifah is the prison guard who can help with acquiring Billy Flynn as Harts defense lawyer and also a very talented singer. For the most part, the best picture of the year award is wrong, but the Academy Awards got it right for "Chicago." This movie is a very funny and a tastefully twisted look at women getting the ultimate revenge on cheating boyfriends or husbands. The musical performances are a fantastic journey into 20s and 30s music.