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I Am Number Four, a review by Tom

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I Am Number Four (2011/United States/India) IMDb | Wikipedia Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Touchstone Home Entertainment (Germany) Director: D.J. Caruso Writing: Alfred Gough (Screenwriter), Miles Millar (Screenwriter), Marti Noxon (Screenwriter), Pittacus Lore (Original Material By) Length: 110 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, German: DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1, French: DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1 Subtitles: Danish, English, French, German, Finnish, Norwegian, Dutch, Swedish, Icelandic

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Stars:
Alex Pettyfer as John
Timothy Olyphant as Henri
Teresa Palmer as Number 6
Dianna Agron as Sarah
Callan McAuliffe as Sam

Plot:
Aliens and their Guardians are hiding on Earth from intergalactic bounty hunters. They can only be killed in numerical order, and Number Four is next on the list. This is his story.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Outtakes
• Bonus Trailers

I became curious about this movie when I saw Dianna Agron on the cover. I didn't hear about it before. I enjoyed this movie. The screenplay is by the creators of Smallville (and a writer/producer of Buffy), and this movie had very much a Smallville kind of vibe to it.
Seems this is based on a series of books. But sadly the movie didn't fair too well and it looks like there will be no sequel. Which is a shame. I would have liked to see more of it.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on December 22nd, 2012)

The Revenge of Doctor X, a review by RossRoy

WHAT THEY SAY

A NASA scientist is ordered to take a vacation due to showing signs of stress while working on his latest missile project. Traveling to Japan, the scientist decides to indulge in his botany hobby and begins experimenting on a venus flytrap he brought along on his trip. Using radical techniques and falling into madness, the scientist eventually creates a plant creature that feeds on flesh and blood, wich then sets off to find food in the form of the people of a nearby community.

MY THOUGHTS

I can sum this movie up very easily: Tooooooooooo ... Daaaaaaammmmnnnnn ... Looooooooonnnng ... Nothing happens! The "Doctor" just keeps on babbling and babbling and babbling. Then a guy in a suit humanoid plant appears and goes on a rampage .... or not. It basically just stands there rocking left to right. Oooooh scary!

RATING

(From RossRoy's Random Viewings on July 1st, 2010)

Babylon 5: Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

I'll watch the rest of the disc tomorrow because it's getting late.

Having said that almost a fortnight has past.

Sorry, I've been quite busy over the last weeks and I also watched my newly acquired first season of "J.A.G." over the last three days.

But here it continues:


Synopsis: After heaving defended Babylon 5 against the Earth cruisers the crew has to "bury" the dead. But there are still followers of Clark's and members of Night Watch on board who intend to retake the station. Meanwhile Delenn plans a Minbari rebirth ceremony which commemorates a great change.

My opinion: It is the "cool down" episode after the heated events happend in the previous episodes. Although it's not really a full cool down. For that matter from now on it won't be really cooled down until after the last but one episode of the fourth season. Sheridan finally admits that he has fallen in love with Delenn and the main staff gets their new uniforms!
A minor remark: Sometimes B5 has the same problem as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The authors can't decide how strong some aliens are. In an episode in season one we see Sinclair and Neroon fight and they both seem equally strong while in this episode Lennier (who has a far less impressive stature than Neroon) lifts Marcus easily with one outstreched(!) arm. We've got the same problem with the Narn and (in Star Trek) with the Klingons and the Cardassians.


Synopsis: Vir Cotto - being Centauri ambassador on Minbar for some time now - visits the station. So does Vir's soon-to-be-wife. And also a blood-thirsty Narn who has sworn a blood-oath to kill Vir because Vir apparently  has sent over 2000 Narns into labour camps - where they all died.

My opninion: One must admit it: Young Centauri women are very, very hot! Even when they are bald. I find it a very good Vir episode and it is unfortunately one of few episodes. I always liked him because he is so different than Londo and most of the Cenaturi. He has seen to much of what Londo has done and he always at least tried to talk him out of it - but now he could actually do something! Too bad, G'Kar never learns of it.

(From Babylon 5: Marathon on August 25th, 2007)