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The definitive Alien collection

Advantages: Original and director's cut edition, flawless transfer, every extra you could want
Disadvantages: None

Of all movie monsters, the Alien has to be my favourite and this box set is an esential for anyone who has seen and loved any or all of the four pure Alien movies (dsicounting the Alien/ Predator crossover genre). Having been old enough to have seen the original Alien at the cinema I was pleased that the box set includes the original as well as the new updated and reditied versions of all four of the movies. There are also extras beyond belief and ...
...movies fear not. The redited Alien for example was lovingly crafted by original director Ridley Scott who correctly recognised that a modern cinema audience would find the original somewhat slow paced in places. He has also skillfully added back scenes removed from the original release which, on viewing, are essential to the plot and reveal new charater nuances and tensions that seemed strange and unexplained previously. This set was expensive when ...

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Review of Alien Quadrilogy (Box Set) (DVD)

Be afraid...yet again!

Advantages: A brilliant scene underwater
Disadvantages: The CGI aliens are a poor relation to the costumes

The fourth installment in the Alien saga and in many ways a change from the original format. The original two films in particular had the air of suspense about them...you knew that aliens would be there....but we knew so little about them that we let our imaginations run wild! In this film the Aliens are bred on purpose, cloned from a resurrected Ripley (brilliantly played by Sigourney Weaver). The film uses the traditional costume for the Alien, ...
...resurrect her, they want the Alien and the technological and biological advances it will obviously bring. Lots of people I know didnt enjoy this film as it was such a step away from the tense suspense thriller elements of the first two and in some respects the third too. Me, I enjoyed it a lot. I like the pacey action feel to it and I loved what they had done with Ripley! The supporting cast are well chosen, especially Winona Ryder who plays the ...

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Review of Alien Resurrection (DVD)

Don't Panic

Advantages: Story, book
Disadvantages: none

...in "The answer to life, the universe and everything" Quite strange the result, right? Don't panic, read on :). BASIC INFORMATION Released by 29 April, 2005 (USA), rank in IMDB 6.6/10 Direct by Garth Jennings Based on the book of Douglas Adams, who also wrote the screenplay. Cast: Anna Chancellor as Questular Rontok Warwick Davis as Marvin Mos Def as Ford Prefect Zooey Deschanel as Trillian Su Elliot as Pub Customer (as Su Eliott) ...
...Stephen Fry as Narrator / The Guide (voice) PLOT SUMMARY Arthur Dent becomes the only survivor of human after a clearance of galaxy path construction. He is saved by his alien friend - Ford Prefect, a hitchhiker of galaxy. Ford gives Dent two things to calm him down. One is a towel with lots of nutrients in it, the other is a book named The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with the big word in the front - Don't Panic. But what to be panic, ...

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Review of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (DVD)

Let's See What This Purple Passage Has to Offer...

Advantages: An entertaining and darkly humorous adventure.
Disadvantages: Some weak characterisation and reliance on luck.

...garishly costumed incarnation of the Doctor was one that had thus far passed me by, entirely by choice. I had nothing against the actor (how could I if I'd avoided his episodes like the Cybermen plague?), but wasn't too keen on seeing yet another actor struggling to work his way through increasingly disappointing scripts and being forced to wear a ridiculous multi-coloured jacket complete with sickening corporate branding of the question mark motif, ...
...low cost. As usual the Doctor arrives to sort this dastardly situation out, along with his well-endowed companion Peri, as his time-travelling TARDIS stalls in space and requires Varos' unique product. This era of the series was broadcast as extended forty-five minute episodes, similar to American shows, and this two-parter works much better in this format than as a more traditional four-parter that would have severely stretched the concept and ...

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Review of Doctor Who - Vengeance On Varos (DVD)

I said "empathise", not "be silly"!

Advantages: Great story, plentiful special features, good sound and picture quality AND Peter Davison!
Disadvantages: Not quite as good as Pyramids of Mars!

Peter Davison is my favourite Doctor Who so far. With the new TV series looming fast, I thought it was time to review one of my favourite stories and favourite Doctors in celebration of this event. The DVD I will be reviewing is The Visitation ~ our copy came from www.sendit.com at the bargain price of £9.99, a saving of a tenner on the recommended retail price of £19.99 (it was £14.99 on Amazon). Released by the BBC, this DVD was released on 19th ...
...This story sees the fifth Doctor (played by Peter Davison) and his companions, Nyssa, Tegan and Adric, landing in seventeenth century England during the time of the Plague. They are actually aiming for 20th Century Heathrow…but that’s another story! Faced with what at first glance is a typical rural historical scene (complete with villagers with pitchforks), it soon becomes apparent that something else is lurking in the woodshed (and there actually ...

tange 18.03.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Doctor Who - The Visitation (DVD)