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Compelling Anime

Advantages: Good storyline, deep and thought-provoking, everything!
Disadvantages: Not Much!

...- setting the scene... ----------------------------------------- Ergo Proxy (or for those hardcore anime-fans, エルゴプラクシー) is based in a fictional futuristic city named Romdo, which is a supposed utopia, built by its citizens after a universal ecological disaster. In this 'bubble', humans and androids (called AutoReivs, or AutoRaves) live together in harmony under a totalitarian management. ...
...The good stuff... ---------------------- Ergo Proxy is the futuristic sci-fi and the high-class creation of Ghost in the Shell with the feel of George Orwell's '1984' all gathered into one. The mood of the entire anime is grungy and dark, and sometimes ambiguous, which leads to the viewers being totally hooked to try and unravel and mysteries of the clues being found. There were times that I needed to rewatch parts of it, with the amount of information ...

daftks 17.09.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Ergo Proxy Vol.2 (DVD)

ERGO PROXY series review

Advantages: Best series ive seen in a long while
Disadvantages: Its only 23 episodes

...time it even compares or even betters witch hunter robin. But there are so many genres in this from time to time which make it suitable for anyone who enjoys a more interlectual and psycological anime. ERGO PROXY is one of my favourite animes its just great in every way. ...

narutogoku 13.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Ergo Proxy Vol.1 (DVD)

Love... Which Makes The Worlds Go 'Round

Advantages: wonderfully entertaining, detailed enough for enjoyable repeat viewings
Disadvantages: sad endings!

...home for Christmas, but The Doctor is still recovering from his latest regeneration and looks to spending this holiday in a coma. It's up to Rose, Jackie, and Mickey to keep him safe until he recovers. Any easy task... until the Sycorax arrive on earth and hold one third of the world's population hostage! It's a "Christmas Invasion", but will the Doctor recover in time to act once more as the Earth's Champion? Favorite quote: "Ahh, not bad for a ...
...a nice man." ~ The Doctor Season two of Doctor Who unwraps itself with like a Christmas cracker... a bit of noise and flash to celebrate some simple fun. Throughout the season, we see Rose coming to terms with some of the less pleasant aspects of time traveling with the Doctor, and their friendship strengthen. This incarnation of the Doctor seems generally happier than the one we were originally introduced to in the first season, and we get the sense ...

Entwife 18.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Doctor Who - Series 2 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)

More like a moth than a butterfly

Advantages: Some decent acting, occasional special effects
Disadvantages: Forced plot, disappointing

...that mess with your mind, The Butterfly Effect was right up there with the best of them. This sequel, however, tried to emulate the concept that had made the previous film so powerful, yet it fails to do so. Nick loses his girlfriend and best friends in a car accident. As he struggles to come to terms with the loss, he starts to lose focus at work. Juts when everything seems to be going from bad to worse, he has what seems like a mental attack, ...
...is no way of knowing the chain of events you set in motion. Ultimately, it relies on the success of the previous film. The acting is decent enough, Eric Lively giving a convincing performance as Nick, with some strong support from the rest of the cast. However, it's the film's lack of believability and almost forced plot that makes ut a disappointment. The sequence of events that Nick finds himself in doesn't always make sense, and is nowhere near ...

pmcds 20.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Butterfly Effect 2 (DVD)

weird idea

Advantages: it looks different
Disadvantages: very hard to follow

...fact there isn't much of a review of this movie. its because i found it very hard to follow but here goes. I haven't read the book/story this i based on & the film is a bit difficult to follow but still very good. the whole filmed then drawn thing is brilliant. Keanu Reeves was pretty good, I loved Winona Ryder. Robert Downey Junior was brilliant as the paranoid doctor. Woody Harrelson equally brilliant as the stoner friend. this is a society blighted ...
...are done in a hand drawn style over the prefilmed content, it gives the film a very unique look that makes recognising some of the actors not an easy thing to do at certain times. all in all, it was a very hard plot to follow but looked great. ...

atytyut2434 02.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of A Scanner Darkly (DVD)