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Carolyn's thoughts: This was pretty funny, and an interesting twist on the Sherlock Holmes franchise. Instead of Holmes being the brilliant detective, Watson is the detective and just uses Holmes as a cover. It was funny throughout, and it kept us sufficiently entertained.

Clint's thoughts: I was definitely reminded of the recent Seth Rogan version of The Green Hornet: A "hero" who is pretty much useless, with a sidekick who does all the work, all the while during which the "hero" comically takes all the glory from the "sidekick", who is ignored and never given credit.

That's basically the same formula here... But with MUCH better actors!

It was a total win. It had all the comedic feel of some of the recent Sherlock Holmes films, yet it was nothing like them at all. Funny adventures indeed... These guys could have done a series. It would have basically been the British Moonlighting. Would have been awesome.

This could have been politically poignant and relevant, adding an extra layer of unique satire to the comedy. Instead, they totally missed the mark. On both the satire AND the comedy. Most of the jokes fell flat and it just wasn't enough to make it to a passing grade. It's like a bunch of has-beens are trying to make a movie, but they just couldn't get their groove on. Alan Thicke was kind of wooden, Corin Nemic (Parker Lewis) didn't have much going on. David Faustino (Bud Bundy) was good, but his character wasn't funny. They literally got Michael Winslow (Police Academy guy who makes funny sounds) and then only had him make one sound effect.

So the movie just ended up not living up to what it could have been. On any level. This is bad even for a National Lampoon film!

If anyone remembers the laser disc video games in the 1980s, this was one of them.

It was pretty much the first laser disc game after Dragon's Lair / Space Ace came out.

However, many forgot about this game, or never noticed it in the first place.

This used real photographs of real landscapes, which was completely groundbreaking.

They were black & white, since there was no way color photographs for all the land you went over could possibly be stored on a laser disc.

This game was awesome! You flew a jet around, and engaged in battles with other jets.

It was, obviously, based on the movie Firefox.

And has nothing to do with the browser! This was 1982!