Advantages: Discovery Channel production Disadvantages: a bit too short
...methods used to create the seven wonders of ancient Rome- the Pantheon, the aqueducts, the Via Appia, the baths of Caracalla, the markets of Trajan, the Circus Maximus and the Colosseum. It is really interesting especially for people who have had the chance to see these sights, it puts things into perspective. I was amazed when I visited the Colosseum and had some many questions about the way it was build around 2000years ago (89 AD) and that DVD ... ...uses superb CG graphics and 3D modelling to recreate brilliantly the key structures and architectual devices that made the Roman Empire famous.
The DVD can be purchased in pretty much every big store- Virgin, HMV etc. Online it can be bought from all the usual places- amazon, ebay and also it can be rented at amazon.co.uk DVD rental.
The only drawback is the lack of any interesting features.
It is a Discovery Channel productions and runs for 53minutes. ...
Advantages: Great classic time team with all the Team Disadvantages: Your favourite dig may not be in there
...Never seen it? Well heres the premise: Tony Robinson presents it, the Team do some research into a site which needs to be archaelogically dug then he acts like the layman and asks lots of questions about what they are digging and what they are finding and tries to get them to uncover the myseries of the site.
But the archaelogists really make this programme. Mick is the chief arch and he looks like a mad professor with long wispy hair and never ... ...on his bike looking at the geometry of the area. John is the geophysics guy who picks up all the electro magnetic activity and stuff to guide them to where they dig and lastly theres Phil, this guy has so much energy, hes a west country chap with just so much enthusaism for what he finds it just sucks you in.
Anyway, to the DVD! This DVD is a great one for getting into Time Team because it has all the interesting episodes on it! I mean, Time Team ...
Advantages: A must for any die hard Robbie fan Disadvantages: none
...I saw Robbie in September 2006 and thought he was excellent. I remember seeing him when he was still in Take That. Robbie has definately got better as he has got older. Its a 2 disc set, which also features his TV appearances. Hope you enjoy, as i have. ...
Advantages: Solo Videos, rare last Freddie interview, a lot of extras Disadvantages: Some of the extras are a bit long and boring
Freddie Mercury-Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs DVD
I had this DVD bought for me for my birthday in November 2006 when it had just come out. I also have the Freddie Mercury CD "Lover Of Life, Singer Of Songs, The Very Best Of Freddie Mercury Solo" being a big Queen and Freddie fan.
I love the name of the CD and DVD as I think it sums Freddie up perfectly, as it says on the back of the DVD booklet, it was Brian May's inscription for the Freddie Mercury ... ...with the boy who played Freddie as a child in the documentary.
Subtitles
DVD 2- Singer Of Songs...The Solo Videos
1. Barcelona
2. The Great Pretender
3. I Was Born To Love You
4. Time
5. How Can I Go On
6. Made In Heaven
7. Living On My Own
8. The Golden Boy
9. In My Defence
Bonus Video's
10. Barcelona (live version)
11. The Great Pretender (Extended version)
12. Living On My Own (1993 Remix)
Extra feautures: Rare interviews-including ...
Advantages: Superb historical performances and fascinating insights Disadvantages: Only that there are no bonus interviews this time
...the second volume of "The Art of Conducting". It is entitled "Legendary Conductors of a Golden Era" and concentrates on the work of 6 illustrious maestri from the past: Sergiu Celibidache; Wilhelm Furtwaengler; Erich Kleiber; Evgeny Mravinsky; Charles Munch and Willem Mengelberg. There are also rare archive film clips included of conductors Herbert von Karajan; Hermann Scherchen; Andre Cluytens and Vaclav Talich. Commentary on the work and personalities ... ...Andry; violinists Yehudi Menuhin, Walter Barylli (from Vienna Philharmonic) and Alexander Barantschik (Leningrad Philharmonic); conductors Daniel Barenboim, Bernard Haitink and Evgeny Mravinsky himself; renowned Boston Symphony timpanist Vic Firth and bass-baritone Otto Edelmann. So, quite a star-studded line-up, as there was in the first volume of this series. Music on the DVD:
Again, as on the first DVD of the series, there is a wide range of ...
