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The Mole (2000)
A history of "the Mole"
"The Mole" is an original concept that came from the Dutch speaking side of Belgium! Premiered in 1999, the Belgian show called "De Mol" was an instant hit, won a prestige "Golden Rose" in Montreaux and was sold to a lot of countries including the Netherlands, Germany, Australia and of course the US.
Some guy mentioned that this was a total ripoff of "Survivor". But perhaps this guy should get his facts straight. Survivor premiered in 2000, the Belgian "De Mol" premiered in 1999! Almost every reallife show is not originally from the States! Like Big Brother and the new show The Phone are originally Dutch TV-shows.
Anyway, "The Mole" is a terrific show, where audiences and viewers worldwide are challenged to think along with the show, to anticipate with what is coming next and therefore The Mole is a fantastic TV-show. In The Netherlands we've had 4 seasons with unknown competitors and 4 seasons with famous Dutch people. It is my opinion that the best "The Mole" seasons are always with famous persons.
The Mummy (1999)
Exciting, but not special
The Mummy is a big box-office hit and it will be too in Holland, but is it a good movie? Say about the first 45 minutes are so bad, that they qualify to be ranked in the worst movies ever list. But when Brendan Fraser and crew unleash the mummy, action begins and you'll get a sort of an Indy Jones feeling. Then the movie turns to a action-pic with horror-effects. And then the movie really begins to be exciting. The end with a lot of mummies is actually really funny and good. So it is an exciting last hour but the movie is certainly not special and so isn't Brendan Fraser or the rest of the crew; the only one with a really good part is the South-African that plays the Mummy. He is really good. But I give The Mummy not more and none less than a 6. For comments: r_jvw@hotmail.com. Thank you.