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Stand Alone complex Disc 3 of 7

Advantages: Contains important plot information
Disadvantages: Has one very boring episode

...disc 1) http://dvd.ciao.co.uk/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplexAnimated5930574 ------------------------------------------------------------- Ghost in the Shell, Stand Alone Complex - Disc 3 of 7. Episodes included. 09.CHAT! CHAT! CHAT! 10.JUNGLE CRUISE 11.PORTRAITZ 12.ESCAPE FROM This disc is a bit of a mishmash of odd episodes, one is chronically boring but deadly important, another involves a giant blue tank bot pretending to be ...
...sub~episode thats about two minutes long including only the tachicoma's. 09.CHAT! CHAT! CHAT! Doesn't this title sound truly breathtaking? This could be one of the most exciting episodes ever seen on Japanese television. Though sadly in reality it's not, it is in fact the most boring episode from this series. There is another nut cracking example of such tedium but only in the next series. In this awful episode of mindless gibberish we have the ...

Jon_Farrimond 21.01.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Ghost In The Shell - Stand Alone Complex - Vol.3 (DVD)

Outstanding

Advantages: Amazing attention to detail in the game.
Disadvantages: n/a

...wouldn't even change those. The final epic fight between Cloud and a rememnent taking the form of sepheroth was absolutely outstanding. I was extatic throughout the entire movie. The storyline was wiked and closely follwed that of the game itself. Reno's appearence in the movie was one of a kind. This is a must watch film. ...

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Review of Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children (Animated) (DVD)

2001: A Space Odyssey review

Advantages: Fascinating, thought-provoking, fantastic use of music
Disadvantages: None

2001: A Space Odyssey is a sci-fi film made in 1968, directed by Stanley Kubrick and written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. One of the recurring themes in this film is evolution. The first 30 mins or so have no dialogue at all, and focus on a very distant point in our past, when a group of herbivore apes are attacked, and one is killed, by a leopard. They are also driven from their water hole by another tribe, so they sleep in a rock crater overnight. ...
...monolith has appeared in front of them. They are very curious as to what this is, and one of them touches it. Not long after, this particular ape remembers the monolith and realises he can use a bone as a weapon to defend himself. So they go back and kill the tribe that took over their water hole and, jubilant, the aforementioned ape throws his bone in the air. This leads to one of the best cuts I've ever seen, when we see the bone flying through ...

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Review of 2001 - A Space Odyssey (DVD)

Awesome starter to Torchwood.

Advantages: Amazing scripts, amazing performances and solid special features.
Disadvantages: Slow first episode and gore and sex can be quite OTT for young viewers.

...1 of the hit show Torchwood vary in stucture and content. The first episode "Everything Changes" is, in my opinion, a bit dodgy. It lacks the pace that the rest of the show picks up, and although it was just a starter episode to get it going, I feel it could have used a lot more oppurtunities for more pace rather than the heavy characterisation. However, it's a good episode - as long as you view it from a pre-season angle. The second episode "Day ...
...and turn in the ever-changing Torchwood universe and takes us into Ianto's past (an excellent performance by Gareth David Lloyd makes this believable), and the team confront a cyberwoman from Doctor Who - a truly gore-packed episode! The final installment in this collection is "Small Worlds", which again shocked me and left me stunned by the amount of emotion conveyed through the performance of Lara Phillipart, a young female actress - who, as a ...

oblivion252 01.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Torchwood - Series 1 Vol.1 (DVD)

Worth it for the first story alone.

Advantages: Countrycide, special features.
Disadvantages: Some weaker episodes (Random Shoes etc)

...and surreal viewing as the Torchwood team are stranded in the countryside - with evil people about. The performances are top notch in this episode, with everybody contributing fantastically and the emotion is shockingly solid. The script writing is also astonishing, and there are some exciting twists and turns. The rest of the volume, however, is let down by what seems to be a mid season blip - it's surprisingly weak compared to the rest of the ...
...performances are shaky, while "Greeks Bearing Gifts" - while holding some important themes of loss and lesbianism - is a letdown. However, "They Keep Killing Suzie" pulls the side up again, but since most of the episode takes place in a car, it may not attract to the people who prefer non stop action. The special features are also informative, lending helpful insights into the episodes villains and the script writing. Although they aren't on par ...

oblivion252 02.10.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Torchwood - Series 1 Vol.2 (DVD)