"How I Met Your Mother" is, as they say, a love story in reverse. It begins with Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) in the year 2030 sitting his son and daughter down to tell the the story of how he met their mother (narration by Bob Saget).At first, his children are irritated to be bothered, after all they have important teenage things to do, but slowly as he shared his life experiences--good, bad, and hilarious--they get immersed in the story of a man desperate to find someone he can love and make a family with.
The story also follows the exploits of his friends Barney Stinson (skillfully played by Neil Patrick Harris) a hilarious womanizer and writer of the "Bro Code," Marshall Erikesen (Jason Segal) a lovable giant and college roommate of Ted's, Lily Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan) the sweet and quirky artist girlfriend of Marshall, and Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders) the Canadian newscaster who is friend to all and occasional love interest of Ted.
Much of the sitcom's comedy comes from the roommatehood of Ted, Marshall and Lily and many of Ted's life lessons can also be related to this as well. I have never be a lover of television, and nor have I been able to find a show I loved more than "The Twilight Zone" or "Tour of Duty," then "How I Met Your Mother" came along. It is a solid, heartwarming, laugh-your-ass off show that I'd give ten thumbs up if I had so many thumbs...
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You watched Tour of Duty? That was one of the best shows of its time (as I recall the spin-off China Beach, with Dana Delaney, wasn't bad either).
Hmm, I wouldn't have picked you for a Tour of Duty fan Kai. But then again, I'm only starting to get to know you. I'm sure you're full of surprises.
Barry
Haha, I LOVE "Tour of Duty." I have never had trouble separating fantasy from reality, but those characters were so real to me. I haven't seen the spin-off, so I'll have to check it out. The original "Miami Vice" had it's good moments, but nothing could compare to TOD, at least in my opinion. Heh, and here I am anti-war. What a paradox.
"..and here I am anti-war. What a paradox."
I don't see it that way Kai. What drew you to the show, was it the blood and guts, the violence of war? Or was it the human element? Because when soldiers are removed from the front lines they are still people. They love and hurt and feel like you and I. And I think that's what you related to in TOD; that after all the horror there is still the hope that those involved and those of us on the sidelines will still care about and feel for what happens.
You've touched on something I still struggle with. (As if I haven't already been introspective enough since my accident, I'm coming up with more questions now that I'm reading you)!
My struggle is, is it still possible to support the troops if you don't support the cause? We all have different answers to that, I'm not 100% certain what my answer is. But although I don't support war I have tremendous respect for our troops and wish them all safe passage home.
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Miami Vice was awesome, I always used to watch it when it ran. 'Course, I was younger than you are now. Milk cost a nickel back then and we had to walk thirty miles to school in our wooden shoes, picking out termites as we went.
But I digress. Yeah, Miami Vice was good, doesn't hold up as well today as TOD. I'm just glad I didn't buy that pastel-coloured jacket like Crockett and Tubbs wore. That would have been a MAJOR fashion blunder (although it would have taken some attention away from my thin leather tie).
If only Eighties fashion was as good as Eighties music. :)
B
I'm writing this comment just to prove that I can say something less than a thousand words long.
:)
B
Haha, I should try that sometime. Wait! I just did =]
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