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Pterodactyl, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Pterodactyl Year: 2005 Director: Mark L. Lester Rating: NR Length: 92 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, English: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Cameron Daddo
Coolio
Amy Sloan
George Calil
Ivo Cutzarida
Steve Braun

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Bonus Trailers
Gallery
Production Notes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I wanted to start the day with one I never seen before. When I first saw the trailer for this one it looked cheesy and low budget... yes... but for some reason it also looked like fun to me. Apparently this one originally was shown on the premium channel Showtime. The pterodactyls themselves looked pretty cool. The gore was definitely present in this one as people wore torn apart. Some of the effects here was decent... but other effects were bad... laughable even. Where this one really failed for me was the writing. The dialog desperately needed a re-write... though the basic story was just fine. I did find that the action and effects brought the picture up enough for me to enjoy the movie. So I am surprisingly glad I have this one in my collection... and can definitely see myself watching it again.




Count:
Movie Count: 5
TV Ep. Count: 0
Other Count: 0
Time Started: 5:30am

(From Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2010 on October 2nd, 2010)

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, a review by addicted2dvd

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011/United States) Trailer |IMDb |Wikipedia | Warner Home Video Director: The First LanternChristopher Berkeley, KilowogLauren Montgomery, Mogo Doesn't SocializeJay Oliva, Abin SurChristopher Berkeley, Emerald KnightsLauren Montgomery, LairaJay Oliva Writing: The First LanternMichael Green (Writer), Marc Guggenheim (Writer), KilowogPeter J. Tomasi (Original Material By), Chris Samnee (Original Material By), Peter J. Tomasi (Writer), Mogo Doesn't SocializeDave Gibbons (Writer), Abin SurGeoff Johns (Writer), Emerald KnightsAlan Burnett (Story By), Geoff Johns (Story By), Alan Burnett (Screenwriter), Todd Casey (Screenwriter), LairaRuben Diaz (Original Material By), Travis Charest (Original Material By), Eddie Berganza (Writer) Length: 84 min. Rating: Rated PG : Sci-Fi Action Violence Throughout, and for Some Language Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan
Jason Isaacs as Sinestro
Elisabeth Moss as Arisia
Henry Rollins as Kilowog
Arnold Vosloo as Abin Sur
Tony Amendola as Kentor

Plot:Extras:

• Digital Copy

I have been curious about this animated film since I first seen it listed at Amazon a  year or so ago. So needless to say I was excited when a friend of mine gave me the DVD out of her DVD/Blu-ray Combo pack. I have enjoyed the Green Lantern character every since I was a kid. I like how they did this film... making it an anthology. Though I personally would have liked to seen more Hal Jordan in the film. As the stories focused on the others in the Green Lantern Corp. Even with that I enjoyed this one quite a bit... matter of fact it put me in the mood for the live action movie. Worth the time put in to watch it!



(From What Movies I Been Watching on September 8th, 2013)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

The Simpsons: Season One (1989/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (Germany) Length: 287 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: Commentary, English, German

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The Simpsons
1.01 Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (1989-12-17)
Writer: Mimi Pond (Writer)
Director: David Silverman
Cast: Dan Castellaneta (Homer/Grampa/Barney), Julie Kavner (Marge/Patty/Selma/Various (voice)), Nancy Cartwright (Bart/Nelson/Todd/Various (voice)), Yeardley Smith (Lisa/Various (voice)), Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns/Smithers/Flanders/Skinner/Otto), Hank Azaria (Apu/Moe/Wiggum/Carl/Dr. Nick), Jo Ann Harris (Various (voice)), Pamela Hayden (Milhouse/Various (voice))

I have followed the first few years of the Simpsons, but stopped at some point. Not because I thought it was getting bad, but somehow I lost interest. Probably it just got too many episodes and now it is hard to catch up again.
I enjoyed this first episode. The animation is not quite as bad as I expected it. It changed a lot though in later seasons.

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(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on July 4th, 2012)