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Rugrats (1991)
a great show it once was, but not anymore....
Rugrats, aside from Doug, was the first Nicktoon I liked in the early 90s, when I was about 8 or 9. It instantly became one of my all time favorites, everything from what the babies interpreted stuff as, to the adventures they went on.. including an old episode called "My Friend Barney" where Chuckie creates an imaginary friend named "Barney" who is the alter-ego of everything he wished he was, which in my opinion had a very eerily similar resemblance to "Fight Club", and of course the classic endless battles between Stu and Drew pickles, including one hilarious black & white flashback episode..
And then, Rugrats was cancelled around 1994 or so, with nothing but reruns.. The only new ones that came out were a few holiday episodes... a hilarious Passover episode and a just as hilarious Hanukkah episode, and a very touching Mother's Day episode which revelaed the reason why Chuckie doesn't have a mom, and might I say, the ending of that episode actually got me to shed a few tears..., but those episodes just weren't enough.. I wanted new ones, but little did I know that wanting new episodes of this would be my biggest regret.
Finally in 1997, new episodes were made, aand they weren't as good. Episode titles appeared in black letters instead of red, the animation was slightly different, Grandpa had a new voice(the original voice of him died), and the show just, wasn't as funny.. And then in 1998, came the official demise, with the arrival of the horribly annoying "Baby Dill" character... and as if that wasn't it, then came the horrid "All Grown Up" RIP Rugrats, 1991-1994
Home Room (2002)
Fabulous, and RIDICULOUSLY underrated!!!!
Why a stupid, boring, crappy overrated film series like "Star Wars" gets all the hype, and a truly amazing film like this one goes completely un-noticed.. is beyond me... This movie will really open your eyes to the dark, disturbing, sad, and scary world we live in...
Unlike the boring "Elephant", this movie isn't one of those "just a typical day until someome pulls the trigger" movies.. this movie focuses more on what happens AFTER the event...
Deana, played by the very hot and very talented Erika Christensen, is a happy and healthy straight-A student with great friends and a great life... until... she is injured on the day of the shooting, by being shot in the head.. Luckily she is not killed, but is severely injured and has to be in the hospital for a while, causing her to be in a lot of emotional pain, in addition to the physical...
Meanwhile, Alicia, played by the also very gorgeous and talented Busy Phillips, is a nasty, cold-hearted, rebellious, anti-social goth girl who doesn't have a single positive trait on her... and she is unharmed when the shooting happens.. because it turns out, she was FRIENDS with the shooter and knew he was going to do what he did... which causes her to be brought into the police station and be asked some questions.. When she refuses to tell the cops if she knew the shooting was going to happen, they constantly come by her house to try to convince her to say something... and she still doesn't, so the principal of the school makes her attend a funeral of one of the dead students, and after she walks out on that... the principal decides enough is enough, and forces her to go visit Deana in the hospital.. Of course she refuses this too, but the principal says that if Alicia doesn't do this, the cops are going to continue to try to get her to say something.. and so she actually goes to see her...
The lonely, traumatized, and both physically and emotionally wounded Deana is more than happy to have someone visit her, but of course, Alicia is anything BUT happy to be seeing her.. Deana attempts to give her a friendly welcome, but of course, Alicia responds with nothing but harsh and hurtful comments and a harsh statement on how she is only here because she is being forced, and has no intention of being friendly with her at all. But sooner or later, that intention will change... (and that's all I'll say :) This is truly one of the most moving movies ever, as well as one of the most dark and disturbing.. Actually, I think I would tie this with "American History X" as equally disturbing and moving at the same time...
WARNING: Watch this movie at your own risk!! It contains VERY graphic scenes and images! EXCELLENT and criminally under-appreciated movie! I feel so ashamed that I'm pretty much the only one that knows about it!