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07 February 2007
2005 Honda Odyssey Touring with Navigation/DVD
20 of 24 found this helpful This is my first minivan. End of an era of "cool cars" for me, or is it?
Needing plenty of hauling capacity (newborn twin girls) and wanting the most new van I could get, I started my research with two top selling minivans in mind: Honda Odyssey and Toyota Sienna.
After test driving both, and checking out web sites/forums for research and opinions there was a clear winner: The Odyssey with Touring trim -- and navigation and DVD.
Sure, it cost way more than all others, but it was more responsive to drive. It also offered other features not on the Toyota such as run-flat tires ("who wants to change tires in the rain? Not me. Sold."), cylinder deactivation (more MPG), roll down windows with shades built-in the door. It was a done deal.
Now that we've had it for just over 2 years, the navigation really pays off (no need to print out Google Maps, and you can even look up destinations on the way like restaurants or hotels), the DVD player is the "backseat parent", and the seating flexibility has been very handy. Plus, no mechanical issues.
Now, if I could only find some chrome spinners for the run-flats...
27 September 2005
The "Citizen Kane" of infertility-based kidnap films
5 of 5 found this helpful If you enjoyed the new TV show "My Name is Earl" (NBC Fall 2005), then you must experience the stylistic (but not plot-based) inspiration: Raising Arizona.
Directed and written with originality, cast with future Oscar winners, this comedy defies easy explanation -- but delivers the laughs. The plot allows you to explore the deeper meanings of parenthood, recidivism, and infertility -- but it is the slapstick humor and writing that are the real payoffs. And, repeated viewings only reveals the dialogue to be more clever (and quotable).
Okay then.
27 September 2005
Exciting movie with an important lesson
4 of 4 found this helpful Once you get past all the state-of-the-art special effects, Spielberg-top-of-his-game direction, the Jeff Goldblum "X" factor, and broader social-scientific implications of Crichton original story, you have a simple morality lesson:
"Pay your engineers enough, and you'll avoid a collosal disaster of scientific proportions"
Intrigued? Check out this film on DVD.