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Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990–2000)

One of the Best

[10/10 · 29 June 2006]

Granted, I wasn't as old as most people in the 90's, but I was old enough to remember this show. Every Saturday night I'd turn on the TV in hopes that I wouldn't have missed it. This was in a time when Rugrats was still good, along with several other quality shows. Nick has fallen in the quality section, the only good shows now being Spongebob, and maybe The Fairly Odd Parents.

Finally, I got them on DVD, and my favorites are The Tale of the Lonely Ghost, and, of course, any episode with Dr. Vink (with a "V-V-V!") the last episodes were wonderful and I miss the show so much, and I curse the Goosebumps series for ever trying to re-make such an original TV show.

Despite the less-scary episodes, it wasn't filled with stupid jokes, and it scared the crud out of me and my brothers. This should be put on in re-runs, along with several other shows, because it would give Nick some of it's quality back.

Crossroads (1986)

Inspiring

[10/10 · 30 January 2006]

This movie was one of the first rated R movies I've seen. It was wonderful, and seeing as I was taking music lessons at the time, it got me into blues! Now, I've learned how to play a little, and it's something that I can watch over and over without my parents butting in and telling me to go to sleep, because technically, I'm learning something. I don't know what it is yet, but I'm learning, I think.

Anyway, I enjoyed Macchio's role a lot, just because he is one of my favorite actors. Crossroads was one of my all-time favorite movies, my other favorites being a little older than this film here, and when I heard Brittany Spears was making a movie called Crossroads, I was ashamed, just because this movie was great, and, no offence, but I loath Brittany with a passion.

This film is about Eugene Martone, who goes to a school where they don't tolerate the music he likes to play. After taking a job at a hospital/retirement home (can't remember which right now...), after meeting Willie Brown, they decide to break out of the place in search of a place that nobody else seems to know about. As they travel, they meet Frances, a runaway who leaves closer to the end. It ends with one kick-ass guitar solo (or, I liked it anyway) and a lot of dancing. Sure, this is just a vague outline, but it's the best I can do.

Anyway, if you want to see a movie with lots of music, then I suggest this one.