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Heroes series1

Advantages: Fast action original series
Disadvantages: none

Heroes hit our screens in a shot of fast action and special effects, telling about a group of normal people who have developed special powers its like a modern day marvel comic in real life.With a very scary villan and most o the normal people hating them this colletion of great charecters battle there way through to prevent the city being blown up. The super powers range from flying to being able to heal themselves and some scenes are very graphic ...
...a much longer indepth plot. Heroes 1 is avalible as a complete box set or 2 different part boxsets,in my opinion this commplete box set is better value for money and is avalible on amazon starting around £21.99 its rated as a 15 and there are some gory scenes ,this boxset is well worth the money and i highly recommend it,its a refreshing new series thats truley compelling to watch. ...

daxus100 30.09.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Heroes - Series 1 - Complete (DVD)

I CAN BE YOUR HERO, BABY

Advantages: Another show to second and guess
Disadvantages: Not quite as unmissable as others

...begin with the word 'Lost'. Heroes was billed as the Lost-beater, that would finally kill the show off, and by attracting an average audiance of 14.3 million throughout the run of the entire first season, it accomplished the goal of reaching the heights that no sci-fi drama had since the opening of the show it was in direct competition with. Dizzy heights such as these were only inspired by the use of special effects, mystery, and catchy taglines ...
...this all mean? What makes Heroes any different to all the other superheroes you see on the big screen, rather than weekly on television? There is a gulf of differences. HOW TO STOP AN EXPLODING MAN Originally the show opened on our shores on the Sci-Fi television channel, which lead to record breaking ratings for that channel, but with all the hype around it I could not bring myself to tune in. I began to hear that whilst it was good, it ...

nathaninnit 11.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Heroes - Series 1 - Complete (DVD)

Sometimes, Ignorance is bliss

Advantages: clever thriller, good story, well acted
Disadvantages: bit depressing?

Dont misunderstand my review title, this is a cracking film. You can nearly always say that about Nicolas Cage films, but this one really is! The premise is simple. There are many disasters happening on earth, for some reason, aliens decide to warn mankind about the upcoming disasters by "whispering" them to a little girl in the 1950's. Unfortuneately, that girl does nothing with the information other than write it down on a bit of paper and allow ...
...capsule. The capsule is dug up in the current day and discovered by Nicolas Cage's character. He soon discovers the code in the series of numbers written on the page and works out that the code tells of impending disasters, when they will happen, how many will die and the location. The story continues on along this path, with a worrying fortelling of the end of days. We don't know what will happen right until the end. I wont ruin it for you either, ...

AgeUK 28.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Knowing (Blu-ray)

Return To Form!

Advantages: Classy return to form, set in the future! very well done!
Disadvantages: should have been an 18 to be its best!

...is I am a big Terminator fan. I loved Terminator 1 and 2. With Terminator 3, they ruined the franchise, it was rubbish on many levels. Terminator salvation is literally the saviour of the fanchise. In the same way that Casino Royale, Batman Begins and others have saved other franchises, the same has happened here. The most thrilling thing is that Terminator Salvation is the first film set in the future. During the war against the Terminators and ...
...as you'd expect from a Terminator film. Sure, Arnie wasn't in it, but perhaps that was a good thing. You can have too much of a good thing after all. Christian Bale does a very good job of being bad-ass and insipiring at the same time. The way its set in the not too distant future, featuring current human weaponry being used against the machines in a nice touch. The picture and sound on the blu ray edition is first rate and makes the scenes with ...

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Review of Terminator - Salvation (Blu-ray)

Science defying Madness!

Advantages: easy to watch, reasonably priced, good picture
Disadvantages: very unrealistic

...I remembered her saying she wanted to see it at the cinema, but we never got round to going. I admit, i was a little uninterested as the whole concept seemed a bit ridiculous. If you haven't seen the trailer, then it wont be spoiling it too much that the premise of the film is action orientated and there's physics defying gun play where the main characters make bullets travel in circles and bends in order to kill people they shouldn't be able too. ...
...will be most disappointed. The story line centres around a young chap doing 9-5 in an office job. He's not happy in his work or his life. One day he bumps into Angelina Jolie's character ("Fox") in a chemist she is apparently there to save his life from an assassin, who also killed his father. He is then recruited into "the fraternity" a group of assassins who have been around since ancient times. Killing people according to the interpretations ...

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Review of Wanted (Blu-ray)