The greatest movie ever made..!

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

I love the fact that I am going to be able to watch Kenny & Vic whenever i want now. this show is by far one of the funniest reality shows on TV. i mean it is real, right? those boulders looks so scary when they are coming at the competitors. for what ever reason, the show puts me on the floor whenever i watch it. I'm not sure if I have ever even seen any of the episodes from the first season. i was told that they are much different than current ones that air on spikeTV. not sure if the show had the amount of money to put into each episode like they do now. From what i know the show started in Asia in like the early 90's and we here in the states are only getting the remains of what is left from restored episodes that aired over their so many years ago.

The wonder of this show (in my reckoning) is trying to figure out what the heck was happening in the Japanese original. I'm not a huge fan of the 'added' hosts and overdubbed commentary, but I get a certain weird fascination (probably related to the peculiar attraction that highway accidents have) in trying to figure out just what the contestants in the original "Takeshi's Castle" were trying to accomplish. People are doing bizarre and pretty dangerous things here -- I don't think you could do this in North America, and if you did, you'd attract personal injury lawyers like a magnet attracts iron filings.It did give me my own entertainment concept -- the idea of taking American Reality shows (I'm thinking here of "The Apprentice", but it would work for almost any of them), and overdubbing the audio (just like Most Extreme Elimination Challenge) for overseas broadcast in non-English speaking countries. Foreign broadcast rights for TV shows are cheap, as is vocal talent. In the right hands, it could probably be a moneymaker. I'd relish writing lines for Donald Trump...

If your sense of humor runs along the lines of ridiculous, unbelievably silly, and downright immature (like mine!) then you will absolutely LOVE this show! The Japanese "sports" challenges themselves are very goofy and quite creative. My favorite challenges involve jumping off a trampoline and trying to stick to a Velcro wall and running across huge spinning foam logs above a muddy water pit. Just watching the show on mute could make me erupt in helpless giggles, but what really sends me over the edge is the outrageous comments made by the voice-overs. The combination of the two is unmatched in television, as far as I'm concerned.Unfortunately, as far as I know, you can only see it on TV, since it hasn't released to DVD yet. I am fervently hoping it comes out on DVD soon.

*May contain spoilers... Sort of.* An interesting show comprised of extremely difficult and often painful games. It's Japanese, originated from another show, forgot the name. The two hosts are Vic Romano and Kenny Blankenship, who are very odd hosts to say the least. Their often said... Sayings are: "Indeed" and "Right you are, Ken". Examples are "Sinkers and Floaters", a game comprised of running across floating rocks. The amusing thing is, of course, when they trip and possibly receive a spot in the infamous hall of fame of MXC. I am talking about "Most Painful Elimintation Of the Day"! And often, they are quite painful. Overall, the show is extremely comical, and quite possibly, the best show on Comedy Central. I give it a 10/10 (Can you rate a TV show?)