Five Fingers DVD

Advantages: A great steam train DVD
Disadvantages: None

...was not only a real treat for he members of the paying public but also for the train crew. They were all former southern railwaymen who were eager to grasp the opportunity to work on the locomotive, said to be a real workhorse of a loco, capable of all types of mixed-traffic work. According to the notes accompanying this DVD, 842 of the black Five locomotives were built, a testimony to the design, construction and practicability of this design of locomotive. The opening scene is of the loco bursting with energy, her headlight shining through the gloomy April fog. Once again, the view can marvel at the very high production values in this Green Umbrella DVD. Not only can you see five startled rabbits bolting away form the railway line, what looks like a startled pheasant makes a dash in front of the loco. And why shouldn't they? After all, it... Read review

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Advantages: all the old doctors / monsters together
Disadvantages: too much to do - not enough focus

...The basic plot is that an unseen force is plucking the first five incarnations of the Doctor and their companions out of their respective time streams for reasons unknown. The Doctors find them selves in an abandoned area of Gallifrey (the Doctors home planet) called the Death Zone. They stumble across various monsters from their past and one new one before realising that they are being manipulated in an elaborate game but by whom...... The Five Doctors was the Twentieth anniversary special produced originally to go out during the BBC's Children In Needs telethon. As they had done on the 20th anniversary they had decided to bring the remaining Doctors together and a smattering of the old foes. The idea is a god one in principle, if not in practice. I do not envy Terrance Dicks trying to balance all the ego... Read review

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Advantages: fun story and characters; satire
Disadvantages: somewhat confusing; character development

...Billy's 'unstuck' perspective in his middle age, which Vonnegut was easily able to understand because he really was in Dresden when it was bombed. This gave Billy an endearing quality that drew me into the movie and made me care about him. It seems that the movie and book helped a generation through a time of senseless war, the Vietnam War, and maybe it could do the same today for this generation of Americans. No matter where you live, though, Slaughterhouse Five may speak to you with its dark humor for how you have suffered and still are. R-rated for violence and nudity, the movie is about two hours and looks wonderful on DVD with only the barest of special features (a trailer, scene selection and subtitles).... Read review

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