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Clash of the Titans, a review by Dragonfire

Clash of the Titans Before history and beyond imagination! The machinations of gods above and the fates of man and monsters here below play out in a Clash of the Titans. Decades prior to the sensational 2010 version of the tale, Harry Hamlin took up sword and shield to play valorous Perseus, mortal son of Zeus (Laurence Olivier) who sets out to fulfill his destiny by rescuing beloved Andromeda from the wrath of goddess Thetis (Maggie Smith). Perils await Perseus time and again. And eye-filling thrills await viewers as stop-motion effects legend Ray Harryhausen (Jason and the Argonauts) unleashes snake-haired Medusa, fearsome Kraken, winged Pegasus, two-headed dog Dioskilos, giant scorpions and more. Rejoice, fantasy fans: the movie gods gift us with adventure that's innovative, heroic, titanic. My Thoughts After seeing the remake a few months ago, I decided to pick up the original on DVD when I found it fairly cheap.  I had forgotten most of what happens.  So much was changed for the remake that it really isn't the same story anymore.  While I enjoyed the remake overall, this version is better, thought the story still has some issues.  The relationship between Perseus and Andromeda is the whole reason why he goes on the quest to find a way to deal with the Kraken, but they barely spend any time together before the quest even though they were getting married.  The relationship isn't that believable really, though it manages to work for the most part.  There is enough going on to keep things interesting.  The action is done well, though some of the effects do look a bit dated now.  I think they work well though, and aren't distracting like some of the newer CGI can be.  The remake really went overboard with the CGI.  None of the characters are developed much, so some of the cast doesn't have a lot to work with.  Even with the issues, the story and everything just works a bit better in this version.  I'm thinking now that I wouldn't have been able to enjoy the remake as much if I had seen this one before seeing it.  Too much is changed for the remake, the biggest thing being the motivation for Perseus going on his quest.  It just doesn't work as well in the remake. I did get a longer review posted on Epinions if anyone wants to take a look. Clash of the Titans (1981)

(From Clash of the Titans (1981) on June 3rd, 2010)

Visit to a Small Planet, a review by GSyren

Title	Visit to a Small Planet (4-041658-500128)
Director	Norman Taurog
Actors	Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, Fred Clark, John Williams
Produced	1960 in United States
Runtime	85 minutes
Audio	German Dolby Digital Mono, English Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles	German
Overview	Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher's will leaves his planet to visit the Earth, and lands in the backyard of a famous television journalist who doesn't believe in U.F.O's and aliens. Wanting to study humans but not able to fully understand them, Kreton makes a mess out of it, generating a lot of comic situations.
My thoughts	I like Jerry Lewis, but sometimes he gets a bit too much. And that pretty much sums up this movie. It has some nice gags and several very good actors. For much of the movie Jerry is quite funny, but in a few sequences he is just too... Jerry. For those of you that have Amazon Prime, this apparently is a free download. If you want it on DVD, you may have to make do with a German or Spanish release. I watched the German DVD, and it's fine. It has German and original English mono audio.
My rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on May 30th, 2014)

Charmed Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

"Apocalypse Not"
Original Airdate: May 11, 2000
Piper, Phoebe and Leo must rescue Prue, who has become trapped in a vortex with one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

My Thoughts:
A good episode... though basically a filler episode. Nothing really all that special about it.

"Be Careful What You Witch For"
Original Airdate: May 18, 2000
Prue is killed and Piper and Phoebe are powerless to reverse the deadly damage when a fast-talking genie working for a Dragon Warlock grants each of the sisters a wish.

My Thoughts:
they decided to end this season with more of a fun episode then something serious. They had French Stewert to guest star as the genie... which I doubted the first time I heard about it... but he actually did a good job. It is kinda odd how they temporarily killed Prue in this episode what with what happens at the end of the next season.



(From Charmed Marathon on March 2nd, 2008)