emilsebastian

The series 'Langt Fra Las Vegas' is really funny. At least seen from a Dane's viewpoint. I always laugh at the overly grossed and perverted Buckingham, the inexplainably stupid Robert Dølhus, the unfortunate but always charming Kenny Nickelmann and all the others. The show was made in Denmark, by Danes, to be viewed by Danes and naturally the humour would have to be Danish too. I've watched a long list of American stand-up comedy shows and I didn't at all find them funny. I've watched German shows and didn't really get to laugh much though that was probably the shows' intention. I've even watched Polish, Brittish and Turkish humour and neither of that really made me laugh the same way as Langt 'Fra Las Vegas' does. It's kinda the same as with 'Casper % Mandrillaftalen' or 'Banjos Likørstue'. It really isn't that funny if you're not Danish and don't get the twisted humour. In the same way Danes might not find it that interesting to laugh at David Letterman poking the same jokes night after night with his 'Will it Float'-girls and what have you. Therefore my conclusion is this. Since every nation has evolved individually so has the humour in every nation. And what might seem funny in some countries may be considered horrible in others. 'Langt Fra Las Vegas' is an excellent show seen from a Danish point of view.

I saw this movie as a kid back in 1994 when I was nine years old and I loved it. Sure it has some lame effects (The 'storm' fx) but that's understandable, seeing how it was shot in 1980. I love time travel movies and The Final Countdown (Or "U.S.S Nimitz, Forsvundet i Stillehavet" as it's called in Denmark) is no exception. As it is pointed out in almost every entry on this commentary-page, it is a classical "What if" movie. What if Captain Yelland really decided to change history? If he did then there would have been no reason to change history in the first place since the attack on Pearl Harbor never would have taken place. But then again... Perhaps it was part of history that they were supposed to change the events in 1941 and NOT doing it would be catastrophic. Or maybe they were supposed to not having been going to do it and... This gives me a headache... But I love making my own endings to the movie... In my head of course but still...