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Superman: The Last Son of Krypton, a review by Tom

Title: Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
Year: 1996
Director: Dan Riba, Scott Jeralds, Curt Geda, Bruce Timm
Rating: U
Length: 58 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Surround, French: Dolby Digital Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital Stereo, Swedish: Dolby Digital Stereo, Danish: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Spanish, Swedish

Stars:
Tim Daly
Dana Delany
Clancy Brown
Malcolm McDowell
Christopher McDonald

Plot:
The Man Of Steel soars to new animated heights!

Join the world's most celebrated Super Hero for some high-flying adventures in this thrilling animated movie: SUPERMAN: The Last Son Of Krypton.

Follow the legendary Super Hero's life from his infancy on Krypton, to his rescue and boyhood in Smallville. The adventures continue in Metropolis when Clark Kent lands a job as reporter for the Daily Planet. Klark must discover the truth about who he is and on reaching adulthood he assumes his birthright as the Man of Steel. It's up to Kent's alter-ego SUPERMAN to battle against the evil Lex Luthor and unveil the mystery behind Lexo and its dealings with ruthless terrorists.

Extras:
Featurettes

This movie is put together from the first three episodes of the 90s animated series.
I like that like in "Lois & Clark", Clark Kent is the real person and Superman is the disguise. And that Clark Kent is shown to be a very capable reporter.
I remember when I first saw these episodes, I thought this is a good start to a series I might enjoy. But after watching a few episodes from the first season, I had stopped, as also this series suffered from something, because of which I do not watch animated Superhero TV series: They focused too much on Superman fighting robots, aliens,... instead of the characters. I now see, that this even the case with this pilot movie. This is the reason why I enjoyed the series Lois & Clark so much, because that one had Clark in the focus, not Superman.

Best line:
Martha Ken: "It wouldn't be bad if people knew more about Superman. I don't want anyone thinking you are like that nut from Gotham City."

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on July 1st, 2009)

Kenny, a review by Jon

Kenny
4 out of 5



Australian Kenny is a plumber. Of sorts! He installs and maintains portable toilets at corporate events, rock concerts, etc. This documentary follows him in his work as he deals with all types of customers and colleagues. We also meet his family; son, ex-wife, father and brother.

A sort of change of pace with this hilarious mockumentary with a few surprises up it's... pipe. It is bloody funny, there's no way around that. Kenny is a laid-back sort, with a one liner for every occasion. Ok, its normally something to do with "mud-biscuits", but still, he is a great companion in this strange world. I've got loads of new phrases now! I'm particularly fond of "we're gonna get flogged. We're gonna be busier than a one-armed brick layer in Baghdad."

I admit, I sat down to watch it thinking it was just going to be one joke after another about crap and crapping and the people who collect it. What I wasn't expecting was such an honest film that for the last half at least is actually quite moving.

After various escapades in his daily life culminating in a fantastic sequence at a race circuit, Kenny's boss sends him to an expo in Nashville. The whole sequence is wonderful. I'm not exaggerating. Seeing him take his first plane journey and then going out with one of the stewardesses is such fun and feels far more genuine than a dozen romantic comedies. Great little film!

I heard this quote about the character that sums him nicely: "eternally optimistic and always ready to put others before himself". He's content in his work and finds joy in the smallest things. Someone has to do the job, yet everyone seems to complain about Kenny and his toilets, but it has to go somewhere. All his customers think they're better than him simply because he cleans up after them. Bollocks. We could all learn something from him and that's the point.

Trailer



(From Kenny **** on January 22nd, 2009)

"Stargate SG-1" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Lt. Colonel Mitchell has taken over the command of SG-1. The problem is: There is no SG-1 anymore. Teal'c is council member on Dakara, Sam has been reassigned to Area 51 and Daniel is about to leave to Atlantis.
But then Vala Mal Doran comes to Earth and brings an enrycpted tablet, written in Ancient. It points to a secret location on Earth that is supposed to contain treasures. Vala binds Daniel to herself with a special set of "hand cuffs" and they go off on the search for Avalon, the resting place of King Arthur.

My Opinion: In an early episode of the eight season Sam asked how people like her are ever going to have a family. If she would become pregnant could she simply take maternity leave? The absence of Sam in this and the following episodes is exactly for this reason: Amanda Tapping is on maternity leave.
But the chemistry between Daniel and Vala works very well again. The attempts of Mitchell (Ben Browder, John Crichton in Farscape) "to bring the band back together" are honourable but (so far) in vain.
O'Neill was promoted to Major General and has turned the command over to Major General Landry (Beau Bridges). This marks the end of Richard Dean Anderson as regular cast.

Synopsis: After they've successfully solved the puzzles in the cave, Daniel discovers a device of the Ancient's that stands in relation to the stones Joe Spencer and Jack have been using for years. They suspect that it is a means of communication. Since Daniel and Vala are still "bound" to each other they try it together - and land in a remote place in foreign bodies. They don't find the Ancients there but worshippers of the Ori.
In the meantime the situation in the newly found Jaffa council develops differently than Bra'tac and Teal'c had hoped.

My Opinion: I liked the fact that they've established a permanent doctor again (Lexa Doig, "Rommie" in Andromeda). They haven't had one since the death of Dr. Frasier.
But I didn't understand how the First Prime of a backwater Goa'uld could gather that many followers. A Jaffa (it hadn't to be the First Prime) of a System Lord would have been more believable.

Synopsis: Daniel and Vala have been brought to the "City of the Gods" by the Prior. There he meets the leader of the Priors and he learns that the Ori are Ancients, too. But the Ori believe that the mortals should worship them. Anyone who doesn't follow the "path of enlightenment" will be destroyed. Through the arrival of Daniel and Vala the Ori have learned of our galaxy and they have sent their first Priors.

My Opinion: As if by magic a new enemy emerges that is more powerful than Anubis or the Replicators. The fact that the Ori cannot come here themselves makes this war winnable. In terms of Dragonball, we have reached the Buu Saga.

Synopsis: Although the "hand cuffs" have been removed, Daniel and Vala still cannot part without collapsing. They try to find out why that is and how to undo it. But for this they have to "retrieve" a few items.

My Opinion: The story and the looks of this episode felt like a mixture of Farscape and Firefly. This is no critizism, since Mitchell shouldn't be a simple copy of Jack and Vala isn't an ordinary SG team member. I liked it a lot.

(From "Stargate SG-1" Marathon on April 26th, 2008)