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Ok, the 1999 film/mini-series “Noah’s Ark” – a film version of two famous stories from the Bible; Sodom and Gomorrah, and the building of Noah’s Ark – is great, in spite where it fails incredibly. A perfect blend of comedy and… what to call it? Action?

But there are unfortunately lots of mistakes, or changes from the original text – the Bible. The most obvious one is that Noah according to the film is in the story about Sodom and Gomorrah, which he is not. The Biblical person who has the role Noah has in the film is Abraham. Read more about the mistakes on this page.

George Carlin is a pretty good comedian, and even though this clip isn’t the funniest in the world, he really knows how to put the one simple fact: there is not one fact nor reason of there being a god. I don’t see why there would be a god. I’m an agnostic, and thus I’m not necessarily against any religion; I just think believing in a god because your parents told you so is like betting your life savings in Vegas because you have a feeling you’ll win.

 In 1982, Monty Python filmed a concert performed at the Hollywood Bowl, a concert with a perfect mix of their most famous sketches as well as new material written especially for the concert.It’s  a show with some of my absolute favorite sketches, including the Lumberjack Song, the Ministry of Silly Walks and Nudge Nudge, and some great new ones as well, for example the Crunchy Frog sketch, How Sweet to Be an Idiot and Comedy Lecture.The only thing avoiding it to receive 10 stars instead of eight is the non-includance of the Dirty Fork sketch and that it’s so damn short, 01:17 h.

 ********eight stars

I have heard a lot of the original “The Twilight Zone” series, running from 1959 – 1964, and I finally downloaded it entirely (24,1 GB, gah) yesterday and watched the first episode (“Where is Everybody”), and it was great.

 The Twilight Zone was a series of  free-standing episodes of horror, fantasy and science-fiction, and lots of the episodes are afterwards copied by film directors, authors etcetera, and are referenced for example by The Simpsons (where I actually heard of the show at first).What I love about my family is how I’ve been raised with all these classic films, shows, comics, etcetera; my mother has renewed on a monthly Donald Duck comic since the late 1960′s and still renews on it (although at first it was in her father’s name while she lived there, and now it’s in her name while she lives here), and she’s learned me to love the Monty Python gang, and movies from the 1970′s and 1980′s, such as Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Back to the Future etcetera. Thus, I’m surprised my mother hasn’t even mentioned The Twilight Zone earlier. However, when I first told her that I had downloaded and watched it, her respons was that she was happy for me, since it’s among the greatest series ever, that she followed when she was younger (even though it ended a year before her birth it started airing in Sweden several years later).Anyway, a great show, recommended to EVERYONE! Watch it! 

 * * * * * * *seven stars

Futurama is highly underrated and it’s a shame they were cancelled after only four seasons.

“Hey, isn’t this food a bit salty?”
“Don’t worry, I kept it 10 % under the lethal dose.”
“Oh no, I shouldn’t have eaten that 10 % salt for brunch… “