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Captain America: The First Avenger, a review by Achim

Captain America. The First Avenger

I made a point of seeing Captain America in 2D. Only by making a choice like that we can stop the madness

I quite liked it. I thought they tried hard to walk around the pitfalls that come with a film about a superhero whose name has America in it. I am not easily offended by such things but still noticed how toned down it felt.

I quite enjoyed the origins story in this one; I was not aware that Captain America was/is a man-made superhero. My favorite actor in this was Stanley Tucci as the German scientist who escaped the Nazis to created the program that would create Captain America. Tony Stark's father was pretty much just like him

The best special effect must have been to make Chris Evans so skinny.

While this movie plays during the second world war, it does tie in with the upcoming The Avengers movies. Strongly looking forward to that now.

My Rating: (a weak)

(From Captain America: The First Avenger on August 2nd, 2011)

Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow
Year: 2008
Director: Jay Oliva
Rating: PG
Length: 78 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Noah Crawford [Noah C. Crawford]
Brenna O'Brien
Aidan Drummond
Dempsey Pappion [Dempsey M. Pappion]
Adrian Petriw
Tom Kane

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
This is another one I liked a lot. It was fun not only seeing the kids of the Avengers... but also seeing an old Tony Stark/Iron Man and an old Bruce Banner/Hulk. I must admit though... I do prefer the original Avengers. Some of those are my old time favorites after all. But it is cool to see what they next generation of Avengers is like.



(From Marvel Movie Marathon on June 26th, 2010)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

Star Trek: The Next Generation
5.18 Cause and Effect
Writer: Brannon Braga (Writer)
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Cast: Patrick Stewart (Capt. Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Cmdr. William Riker), LeVar Burton (Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Lt. Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Deanna Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data), Michelle Forbes (Ro Laren), Patti Yasutake (Nurse Alyssa Ogawa), Kelsey Grammer (Captain Bateson)

This episode starts with the destruction of the Enterprise followed by the Opening credits. What follows is Star Trek meets Groundhog Day.
The crew relives the same few hours leading up to the destruction to the Enterprise again and again without remembering the previous loops. Only a feeling of deja vu follows the crew.
I always liked this episode. It has one of the shortest, but also one of the most effectful opening teasers in the entire run of the series. We also have a cameo by Kelsey Grammer as the Captain of the other ship (which was trapped in the loop for 90 years).

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on October 31st, 2011)