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  1. I thought it was spectacular. I really loved that they changed the story and added new characters, I never wanted a copy/paste of the 1992 movie because… we’ve already seen that. It makes it its own movie. The actress playing Jasmine in particular was simply perfection. In regards to the costumes, I remember back in the day when I watched 1992 Aladdin for the first time, my only complaint was the clothes. No Arab princess dresses like 1992 Jasmine. She clearly looked like a woman from India, not Arabia. Arab women, even pre-Islam, dressed very modestly. The only women who would show off their bellies were belly dancers. Aladdin was clearly a mix of three cultures: Arabia, Persia and India. I remember that Agrabah was supposed to be Baghdad (the capital city of Iraq and where Sinbad is from) but due to the gulf war in 1990-1991, the name was changed to Agrabah (which means “female spider” in Arabic.) The Sultan in the 1992 movie mentioned Allah a few times in the movie, so that means that those characters are Muslims. It doesn’t necessarily make them Arabs, though. ‘Cause lots of people in Persia and India are Muslims, too. The new Aladdin movie fixed the clothes problem because the women in the movie do dress like ancient Arabs. Kinda. But I don’t think it makes them necessarily Arabs, either, because the dance numbers are clearly Bollywood. I do like including Arab actors! Marwan Kenzari (Jafar) pronounced the name “Hakim” correctly. I also loved Jasmine’s “baba” referring to her father, though she didn’t pronounce it right. It isn’t pronounced like the French Papa, but more like when little babies call their fathers “Dada.” I liked the change from “Sunday Salaam” to “Friday Salaam” because Friday is the Muslim’s holy day.
  2. Was little Leonard listening to the Nobel announcements, too? I love how he and Sheldon have so much in common even though they wouldn't admit it.
  3. I just finished watching the very last episode of the Big Bang Theory and cried big fat tears at Sheldon's speech. Especially when he said "Astronaut Howard Wolowitz."
  4. But what's wrong if the audience are adults? What should matter is that the show has audience, right?
  5. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! This is my favorite show at the moment. The children act like real children. The parents are so real and not at all phony like every other parent in every other show. And more importantly, it's FUNNY! I need a way to get this show renewed in any other network!
  6. My favorite part was the Disney princesses rescue mission! They were all amazing.
  7. I'm with Calvin. Mothers should not be disrespected no matter what stupid things they say.
  8. I kept waiting for them to reference Parker from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and how awful he was for playing Buffy and mistreating her after he got what he wanted from her (sex).
  9. Just watched two episodes of this show and I like it. I wish there was no laugh track, though.
  10. I loved the Amy/Sayid subplot. Though it bothered me that they didn't get the praying part right. Sayid is clearly Shia Muslim because of the small stone he placed at the top of his praying carpet. But both Sunni and Shia Muslims start praying standing up. Never have I seen a Muslim start their prayer sitting down unless they have knee problems, but even then, they pray sitting on a chair.
  11. Isn't it supposed to be 1999 this season? Last season had the Titanic episode, wasn't that in 1998? If I remember correctly, Britney's video "Baby One More Time" was a huge hit since its release. I was 14 years old when it first aired in 1998 and every girl in my school wore her hair like Britney in the video - and I'm not even from America. She was instantly known and popular everywhere around the world. This I agree with. I never heard of Harry Potter in the 90s. It was after the first movie that it became so popular.
  12. The third time Howard said "iiiiiiinteresting" I snorted out my milk laughing!
  13. I loved how Sheldon tried not to laugh at that.
  14. IMO Selfless was the best thing out of S7! I also liked Anya's hair in it.
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