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Star Trek: Nemesis, a review by Tom

Title: Star Trek: Nemesis
Year: 2002
Director: Stuart Baird
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 112 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: Commentary, Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Polish, Turkish

Stars:
Patrick Stewart
Jonathan Frakes
Brent Spiner
LeVar Burton
Michael Dorn


Extras:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Photo Gallery
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

This movie put a halt to the franchise. And I can really understand why. Breaking the tradition, that even numbered Star Trek movies are good, this movie's main problem is, that it is not true to what we have learned throughout the series.
Why for example the ridiculous buggy scene in the beginning? Why again a predecessor model of Data? And why no mention of Lore?
Why didn't they keep the real eyes Geordi got in the previous movie? It wouldn't have detracted from the character to let him finally have them.

I find it sad, that they break the tradition of the Star Trek movies to have a proper opening credit sequence.
I think this movie could have been a decent outing, if they would have left out the buggy, B-4 (was he really needed?) and the Picard clone (they could easily have had another advisary with more interesting motivation in his place).

Rating:

(From Tom's Star Trek Movies Marathon on February 14th, 2009)

Chocolat, a review by Danae Cassandra

Where We Are:  Cameroon
wikipedia

What We Watched:


ChocolatOverview:
"Erotic, sophisticated, and distinctive" (L.A. Weekly), this enthralling depiction of a family's struggle during the final years of French colonialism in Africa takes a profound look at the intricate nature of relationships in a racist society. A story of exclusions, betrayals and agonizing comprises, this "remarkable and quietly devastating" (The Boston Globe) film is truly "extraordinary" (InterviewMy Thoughts:
Watching ChocolatBechdel Test:  Fail

Overall:  3.25/5

(From Around the World in 86 Movies on May 4th, 2013)

The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century



What's the show about?
Buck Rogers is an astronaut who's been frozen in his spacecraft for 500 years and is been resurrected in the late 25th century. Earth has seen a nuclear holocaust and mankind lives in a few shielded cities and depends on the trade with other worlds. Buck Rogers has now to live in this world and to adapt to this new culture.

What happened before?
It's a remake of the 1939s, but since I've never seen this, I do not know what they've taken over and what not.

"Awakening"
In the year 1987 Buck Rogers is send on a mission that should've lasted 5 months. Due to a cosmic accident he is frozens and awakes 504 years later on the Draconian flagship under the command of princess Ardala. Earth seeks a trade treaty with the Draconian Empire and Aradala's father who rules over 3/4 of the known universe. But Buck is suspicious whether the empire has the best interests of Earth in mind.

My Opinion
This is one series I just bought because of the pilot. I watched that show in the late 80s on television  but only a few episodes because I had a regular appointment when the show was running. After I bought the DVD set, I watched a few episodes but it didn't interest me that much. That's also the reason why I haven't got the second season. But the pilot I could watch over and over again. I could laugh my ass off everytime Buck shows that Earth pilots how to fly in a dogfight.

(From The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon on January 3rd, 2008)