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Get Backers

Advantages: Great Storyline from the manga
Disadvantages: Nothing bad :)

Based on the popular manga, this is the animated version still carrying the legacy of the famed manga. It's about two men with the simple wish of being rich. Midou Ban can make people hallucinate and has the gripping power of 200kg, while his partner Amano Ginji can generate electricity throughout his body. The story is all about their escapades while retrieving the objective of their mission. Throughout their mission, they encounter new and old ...
...in one way or another. The amazing aspect of this anime are the transitions of the story. Although short, you can quickly go with the flow. One more great feature is the amazing abilities that each character possesses, some of them are even superhuman. An example is Dr. Jackal Akabane Kuroudo, who's fond of killing and has an intense thirst for blood which he relates to Midou who he says is just the same as him. As for the sounds, the BGM is always ...

losedude 30.04.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Get Backers Vol.1 (DVD)

TRY SIGNS YOU'LL BECOME A SCI FI GEEK AFTER THIS AMAZING THRILLER

Advantages: Amazing storyline
Disadvantages: none to mention

Signs is a science fiction/thriller movie. Directed by the amazing M. Night shyamalan who has done many of my favorite movies. . e.g. 'The Happening' 'Lady in the water' 'The Sixth Sense'. It was released in the UK september 13 2002, by Touchstone Home Video. The Storyline: Graham Hess (Mel Gibson) and his family had been living in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. After a night of a confusing event they are told it was a possibility of an attempted burglary, ...
...are told extra-terrestrials are responsible. Signs is about a family who come together more than ever and forget their losses to try to survive through this wordly phenomenom. The mains actors/actresses: Mel Gibson (Rev. Graham Hess), Joaquin Phoenix (Merrill Hess), Rory Culkin (Morgan Hess) and Abigail Breslin (Bo Hess), The director himself also plays a small part like he does in all his films. Signs has won 2 awards and been nominated 15 times. ...

Emilyy 03.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Signs (DVD)

The System is Perfect...Until it comes after you

Advantages: Good cast and storyline
Disadvantages: A tad too long

I'd caught sections of Minority Report when it had been on television - numerous times - but until last week I'd never actually seen it the whole way through. There were a couple of reasons for this with the firs being that normally I find the film is on late at night when I really want to settle down to sleep and two that the idea for the film isn't one that would normally interest me. I did think however it was probably about time I saw it and ...
...it a go. Minority Report like I have already mentioned stars Tom Cruise and is a sci-fi type film that was released in 2002. The year is 2054 and the base for the story is Washington DC which thanks to an outstanding technology that can identify killers before they even commit their crimes, has been free of murder for six-years. This technology and the unit that houses it is known as Precrime and is able to complete the job it does because of three ...

MI9to5 08.03.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Minority Report (DVD)

Firefly: The Show That Could Have Been

Advantages: One of the best shows by Joss Whedon...
Disadvantages: ...cancelled before it can get "bigger"

...Ballad of Serenity" FIREFLY The Show That Could Have Been Joss Whedon is one of the few geniuses in the industry right now, and this show, Firefly, was the TV series that got me hooked on all of Joss Whedon's creations. Firefly seamlessly fused the swashbuckling action of the western genre with the intricate mythos of science-fiction. As always, I've read about all the hype around the web first before finally deciding to watch it. I ...
...Anyway, I'm here to review Firefly and not to mope and feel angry for the canned shows. THE DVD Worth every buck I've bought three copies of this DVD when I found them on sale in a Philippine eBay-like website. I bought one for myself, another for my friend who loved Battlestar Galactica so much and wanted a "filler series" when that show was on a hiatus, and the last one was a gift to my sister who wanted to watch a "different" kind ...

inkyuboz 09.04.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Firefly - The Complete Series (Box Set) (DVD)

Attack of the clones

Advantages: Seeing the Enterprise in more glory than before
Disadvantages: Saying goodbye to favourite characters

Nemisis, the tenth outing for Star Trek and the last for the 'Next Generation' crew and captain. The story centres around the takeover of the Romulan Empire by the Remuns.... a servile race to the Romulans who spend most of their lives underground working in mines or in slavery...all in the dark. They have proven to be formidable warriors however, as they have supported the ground war against the Dominion. This film is a great end to the Next generation ...
...in death or to other assignments. The wekest bit I felt in this film was Picard et al, driving around on a desert planet....seemed a bit silly to me, surely there was an easier way to find their precious cargo! The Jean Luc Picard centre piece to the story is great and it is interesting to see and note how Picard copes with addressing the demons in his character and also...how he acknowledges that he has become 'safe'. The battle scenes are great ...

excelsior81 31.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Star Trek - Nemesis (DVD)