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Series 3 starts to solidify in the middle

Advantages: Great acting and writing
Disadvantages: Episodes spoilt by the subplot context

...third series of the modern Doctor Who gives us 4 episodes, two of which are a double-episode tale involving the Doctor's long serving arch enemies, the Daleks. With the first three episodes having set the scene with the emergence of Martha Jones as the Doctor's new companion, I was read for some gritty episodes that the writers could get their teeth stuck into. The Episodes The first two episodes are Daleks in Manhattan and Evolution of the Daleks. ...
...but the second story. The Doctor and Martha return to the present, and they are on the verge of parting company when gets an invitation from her sister to the unveiling of Dr Lazarus' life changing experiment. Curious, the Doctor tags along, where the revelation of Lazarus' genetic modifier causes concern and unleashes a strange monstrosity. At the same time, someone has become curious about the Doctor, and has made contact with Martha's family for ...

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Review of Doctor Who - Series 3 Vol.2 (DVD)

Fantastically lags story wise

Advantages: Some good special effects and CGI
Disadvantages: Too slow, not enough of a story, lost interest before the end

...was one that featured a Fantastic 4 cartoon, so I was somewhat familiar with the characters and I do like a good fantasy type movie every now and then, so I thought I'd give this a watch. I'm glad I didn't purchase the DVD, it wouldn't have been worth it. - Main Credits (non-actors, which are mentioned further on in the review) - Source:- IMDB (see:-http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120667/fullcredits) Director - Tim Story Written by - Mark Frost and ...
...main acting cast) - Fantastic Four is a Hollywood live action movie based on the well known Marvel comic. The movie starts off with four astronauts who work with a scientist, Reed Richards (played by Ioan Gruffudd) to try and harness the power of a cloud of cosmic energy. However, this has some strange side effects for the astronaust as once they return home, it soon becomes clear that they have all suffered some kind of strange mutation, Reed can ...

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Review of Fantastic Four (DVD)

Bad science and even worse plot

Advantages: Great effects
Disadvantages: No plot at all really, HUGE science goofs.

There is no real plot in this movie as such, a group of 5 people go into space, aquire powers and 4 of them use them for good while the 5th uses them for evil until the other 4 decide to stop him. I know its a really short summation but thats the ENTIRE film in just that sentance! None of the main characters are really given any kind of introduction. At least in Spiderman and X-Men there is some kind of character outlining. Their powers are acquired ...
...They get into space too easily, the mission isn't explained. Why Victor Doom is aboard, no reason given. This is an excuse to put Jessica Alba into a low cut top to show us her cleavage. The scenes in the mountains where the powers are first shown like Human Torch's flame on. Totally pointless and there for thrill value only. Why each member gets the particular power they do, they were all hit by the same rays but all get different powers? The "cloud" ...

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Review of Fantastic Four (DVD)

A new companion emerges

Advantages: Great acting
Disadvantages: Some weak episodes

...first episode back in 1963, Doctor Who has wowed audiences with its capacity to create something new with extreme imagination. The rebirth of Doctor Who in 2005 with Chrostopher Eccleston as the title role paved the way for a regeneration in the form of David Tennant. Billie Piper played Rose, the Doctor's travelling companion through the first and second series, but at the end of the second, she and the Doctor were separated permanently when she ...
...is training to become a doctor in a London hospital when the building suddenly finds itself transported to the moon. Amongst the patients is a man known only as the Doctor, and he gives Martha instructions which, although they sound preposterous, he insists will save them all. With the air inside the hospital running and the feared space police, the Judoon, running riot, trying to find alien criminals inside the hospital, Martha must act quickly ...

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Review of Doctor Who - Series 3 Vol.1 (DVD)

Mulder's Crusade for the truth continues

Advantages: Good actors
Disadvantages: Could have improved how the scenes were set out

...you feel are pivotal to the entire plot but I have tried to include information that are not relevant to plot and which you would find out in the beginning anyway. = I love the X-files; it is one of the best science fiction TV shows I have seen, there are two main characters which are FBI agents, Mulder and Scully. Mulder's crusade to find the truth is rooted from his childhood in which he believed his sister was abducted by aliens and ...
...to control Mulder's findings into the paranormal cases. The conflict between Mulder and Scully makes for good TV, as she struggles to find scientific answers to explain the incidents and Mulder will insist that his paranormal answers are correct. They have an extraordinary chemistry between them which is what partly makes the TV show successful. But in this film, it was a bit of a letdown due to my high expectations; if the TV show was incredible, ...

Annallon 01.09.2008 · Read full review
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