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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)

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 ...

petet66 06.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Alien Quadrilogy (Box Set) (DVD)

It's not an error to watch Eragon

Advantages: Good family film
Disadvantages: None for me

... Synopsis Eragon is a farm boy, who lives with his cousin and his uncle, one day whilst out hunting he come across a strange rock (or more accurately a strange rock is almost dropped in his lap). Later that day whilst he's working in the barn, Eragon notices the rock begin to move, and within moments a baby dragon is born. When Eragon goes to touch the dragon a light blind him, and a searing pain goes through his hand. At the same moment, the ...
...of the dragon. Eragon is soon to realise that his destiny has been changed forever, and he has been entrusted with the job of defeating King Galbatorix and the shade Durza. Cast Ed Speleers as Eragon Jeremy Irons as Brom Sienna Guillory as Arya Robert Carlyle as Durza John Malkovich as Galbatorix Rachel Weisz as Saphira (voice of the dragon) My Thoughts I really enjoyed this film, at first I thought it was going to be a really slow film, ...

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Review of Eragon (DVD)

Our worst fears are true, It's back!

Advantages: New Technology, New Looks, New Film
Disadvantages: Worst one out of the lot

...drop my opinion of the Alien saga which they have done with this film. This film starts off with the ending of Aliens, seeing Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) escaping an Alien along with Newt and Hicks. Unfortunately, Newt and Hicks characters die off straight away, which if they kept them on their it may have made the film a bit better by the fact that, not just Ripley survived from the alien. Anyway, Ripley crashes onto a planet full of prisoners ...
...So while the alien was killing off the prisoners one by one, the people who were in charge of the island were trying to get Ripley out of there as she didn't belong there. Soon Ripley discovers theres an alien around the planet murdering prisoners from right under her nose, but that danger wasn't the one that Ripley should be caring about, as the real danger is closer than she really thinks. I found the acting in the film to be mediocre as they ...

TommiG 05.09.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Alien 3 (DVD)

The Force is weak in this one

Advantages: Characters, ships look good
Disadvantages: Only 3 original voice actors in it?

...this as either a new Star Wars movie or a Star Wars movie in its own right, what it is turns out to be nothing more than a pilot for the next animated Clone Wars series. The characters themselves are pretty well drawn on the whole and do accurately reflect their movie counterparts but you are left to wonder how much money George Lucas squandered in trying to get this into movie theatres merely to attract attention for a new tv series that most Star ...
...known and beloved to most Star Wars fans, instead it is replaced by a Flash Gordon style Narrator explaining what the current Star Wars universe situation is. Jabba The Hutts son is kidnapped by pirates so Mace Windu sends Anakin & Obi Wan to go and rescue him. If you aren't a huge fan you probably won't notice the tiny differences in the voice portrayals of roles like Anakin, Obi Wan, Yoda & Palpatine although the characterizations of them (as well ...

atytyut2434 06.02.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Star Wars - The Clone Wars (DVD)