Meteor (DVD)

Advantages: 8 pints, a bag of chips, your mates...it'll be fun
Disadvantages: everything ever

...of this abomination. A meteor is on a collision course with Earth, and all the world's most highly paid actors have to settle their differences in order to collaborate and find a way of destroying it. Well, kind of, the twist being that the US and Russia have to admit to having nuclear defences in space, and then combine those weapons and team up against that bad rock. You can tell it's bad because it has a laughter inducing 'theme' whenever it ...
...turkey. Well, after the great runaround 'The First Great Train Robbery', Sean Connery was obviously feeling quite confident about his career, and decided that this was probably the one to get him back into the big league. Who could doubt him, after all the supporting cast boasted Karl Malden, Henry Fonda, Martin Landau, Natalie Wood and Brian Keith. Do any of them bring anything of note to the film? Well, Sean always brings something to a film, and ... Read review

Advantages: Good to watch while chilling out with a beer
Disadvantages: Slow film and a bit cheesey

...turn his platform towards the meteor and use it to save the world. As luck would have the military are not too pleased with this and the animosity between scientist and military shows through. This only gets worse when Dr Bradley works out that there is not enough power in the platform's nuclear missiles to destroy the meteor and he suggests that the US contacts Russia so their platform called " Peter The Great" can also be used. What makes the ...
...have stated that they don't have any missiles in space. Needless to say both governments finally agree ( as if they wouldn't ) to work together so along comes the love interest in the form of russian translator Tatiana Nikolaevna Donskaya ((Natalie Wood) had to look up that name in the credits) who translates for Dr Bradley's russian counterpart Dr. Alexei Dubov. Well now we have a race against time to get both platforms pointing the right way and ... Read review

Advantages: Funny unfortunately, good for star watchers
Disadvantages: Badly made, poor effects.

...ones who ought to have known better. Anyway it provides plenty of unintentional laughs along the way and Sean Connery looks annoyed at having to be in it. By the end you're hoping that the meteor will infact be a full extinction event! Good tsunami sequence though. ... Read review

Advantages: Great programme, very informative
Disadvantages: None

...The Meteor, The Ultimare Profile, is a very well produced programme. It tells the full story of how the Gloster Meteor came about and how it was created. The Gloster Meteor was proposed in the summer of 1940 and it was the very first jet aircraft that was flown by the Allied air forces during World War 2. Surprising though this might seem, this video was the first video to be made about this extremely important military aircraft. It follows the story of the Gloster Meteor from the very first days on the drawing board (literally, in this instance) through testing and through to the first test flights and the years of service with the RAF as a front line fighter plane. The creation of this video led to an important discovery, some extensive colour footage of Sir Frank Writtle, Britain's very own pioneer of jet planes... Read review

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Advantages: try and catch all the cameos
Disadvantages: not funny, weak story

...I'm not quite sure what Meteor Man is supposed to be. Is it a spoof on the likes of Superman or is it a serious attempt to create a black hero based on the likes of Superman? The basic plot follows a hapless teacher who is naive to the point of no return. He works in one of the worst areas of the city - controlled by a drug pushing gang. One night whilst tring to protect a woman from being raped he is chased by the gang. Having managed to avoid them he somehow manages not to avoid a large meteorite which implants itself within him. When he wakes up in hospital he slowly discovers he has super powers and sets about putting the world - or at least the neighbourhood to rights. The cast - nearly all black - are all stereotypical of what you would expect a black ghetto to be like. There are lots of famous faces including James... Read review

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Advantages: Great fun packed entertainment for kids
Disadvantages: It will take over your TV!

...mischief and mayhem. he only speaks in rhyme! - Zippity - there is not much to say about Zippity except that he is the space Post man! ------------------------------------------ This DVD was released 18 months ago so it has now gone down in proce - I paid £18.99 for it, but I have now seen it sell in places such as Amazon for £7!! This DVD is great fun for kids - it follows the same antics as the Lunar Jim TV series and involves all the same characters getting involved in mayhem and mischief on their missions. The DVD contains 10 fun packed episodes for children to watch time and time again. There is a real sense of energy and fun with this childrens program and it never fails to excite my son, who has now declared that he wants to be a space man! The Episodes on this DVD are: - Meteor Mystery - That's Odd... Where's the Pod... Read review

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