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Smallville: Pilot, a review by Tom

Smallville: Pilot (2001/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United States) Director: David Nutter, Philip Sgriccia, Michael W. Watkins Writing: Joe Shuster (Original Characters By), Jerry Siegel (Original Characters By), Alfred Gough (Writer), Miles Millar (Writer) Length: 91 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Portuguese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Bahasa, Chinese, Commentary, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai

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Stars:
Tom Welling as Clark Kent/ Kal-El
Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum as Alexander Joseph 'Lex' Luthor
Eric Johnson as Whitney Fordman
Sam Jones III as Pete Ross

Plot:Smallville. Tom Welling plays Clark Kent, the adolescent whose hoped-for romance with Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) is frustrated by the kryptonite in her necklace. Michael Rosenbaum is Clark's self-proclaimed steadfast friend Lex Luthor. Inside the idyllic community of Smallville, the intertwined destinies of these three begin to take shape while an imminent danger emerges: a high-school prank has spawned a vengeful villain who has acquired super powers of his own.

Awards:
Won:

Saturn (2001)		Best Supporting Actor (Michael Rosenbaum)
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		TV - Choice Breakout Star, Male (Tom Welling)

Nominated:

Saturn (2001)		Best Actor (Tom Welling)
Saturn (2003)		Best Actor - Television Series (Tom Welling)
Saturn (2001)		Best Actress (Kristin Kreuk)
Saturn (2003)		Best Actress - Television Series (Kristin Kreuk)
Saturn (2001)		Best Network Television Series
Saturn (2002)		Best Network Television Series
Saturn (2003)		Best Network Television Series
Saturn (2003)		Best Supporting Actor - Television Series (John Glover)
Saturn (2003)		Best Supporting Actor - Television Series (Michael Rosenbaum)
Saturn (2002)		Best Television Actor (Tom Welling)
Saturn (2002)		Best Television Actress (Kristin Kreuk)
Saturn (2002)		Best Television Supporting Actor (John Glover)
Saturn (2002)		Best Television Supporting Actor (Michael Rosenbaum)
Saturn (2001)		Cinescape Genre Face of the Future - Female (Kristin Kreuk)
Saturn (2001)		Cinescape Genre Face of the Future - Male (Michael Rosenbaum)
Teen Choice Awards (2003)		Choice TV - Drama/Action Adventure
Teen Choice Awards (2003)		Choice TV Actor - Drama/Action Adventure (Tom Welling)
Teen Choice Awards (2003)		Choice TV Actress - Drama/Action Adventure (Kristin Kreuk)
Teen Choice Awards (2003)		Choice TV Sidekick (Allison Mack, Michael Rosenbaum)
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		TV - Choice Actor, Drama (Tom Welling)
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		TV - Choice Drama/Action Adventure
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		TV - Choice Sidekick (Allison Mack, Michael Rosenbaum)

Extras:

• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Interactive Map of Smallville Storyboard to Screen
• Scene Access
• Trailers

This pilot movie presentation is cut together from the first two Smallville episodes. Especially the first half is a good introduction. Sadly the second half is a typical freak of the week story, for which the first season was known for.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on July 6th, 2012)

Enemy Mine, a review by addicted2dvd

Enemy Mine
In this visually stunning sci-fi adventure, two warriors engaged in a savage, futuristic war between Earth and the planet Dracon, crash-land on a desolate, fiery planet. At first, the human (Dennis Quaid) and his reptilian, alien opponent (Louis Gossett, Jr.) are intent on destroying each other. But after battling the elements and each other, the two stranded pilots gradually realize that the only way either of them will survive is to overcome their undying hatred.

My Thoughts:
This is another movie I have not seen since it originally came out. Another movie that I did remember enjoying... but did not remember much else about it. My memory served me well as this is a great movie. A movie with a message. There was some slow parts... yes... but they were few and far between. This is much more then a Sci-Fi Adventure... it is a really good story of friendship. Unfortunately there is not much here for extras... but they do give us the Theatrical Trailer.

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 7/4 - 7/6 on July 5th, 2008)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

2.05 The Promise (1996-01-11)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), Michael Teversham (Writer)
Director: George Bloomfield
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), David Marciano (Detective Ray Vecchio), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Daniel Kash (Detective Louis Gardino), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Camilla Scott (Inspector Margaret Thatcher), Amy Stewart (Andy), Shawn Mathieson (Sid), Sherry Miller (Commander Sherry O'Neil), Todd William Shcroeder (Cobb), Diane Douglass (Celia), Julian Richings (Miles), Warren Sulatycky (Child Welfare Agent), Barbara Law (Sunny), Nicole Crozier (Sung Lee), Rena Polley (Campaign Manager), Adriana Galic (Ms. Downing)

A rather boring episode with an uninteresting main plot. I would have liked to see more of the B-story with Fraser's new boss Inspector Thatcher.

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on August 11th, 2009)