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Cemetery Man, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Cemetery Man
Movie Count: 40
TV Ep Count: 8
Time Started: 11am
Plot:My Thoughts:
Another movie I have never seen before. This movie has a good mixture of comedy and horror. So even though it can be a bit on the weird side... it is a lot of fun to watch. I am sure I will be watching this one again.



(From My Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2008 on October 11th, 2008)

The Invisible Man, a review by RossRoy

Original Title: The Invisible Man Year: 1933 Country: United States Director: James Whale Rating: NR Length: 386 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo Subtitles: French, Spanish

What they say
Renowned acting legend Claude Rains made a remarkable screen debut in The Invisible Man, based on H.G. Well's acclaimed novel. Rains, a mysterious doctor, creates a serum that makes him invisible. But the miraculous potion also has the power to drive him mad, as he discovers when he is forced to commit horrific acts of terror. Directed by the master of the macabre, James Whale, The Invisible Man set the standard for dazzling special effects with ingenious techniques that are still imitated today.

My Thoughts
Another day, another entry in the Classic "Monster" revisit.

Amazing. Not the film, the special effects. This is 1933. They didn't have green screen with CGI.  The feat they pulled of here is mervelous. I was completely taken aback by the special effects the first time The Invisible Man removes his bandages. I don't know what I was expecting, but certainly not for him to actually be invisible (ok ok yes, there are some anomalies that give it away, but shhhh!) Big thumbs up to the special effects team!

As for the film itself, well I'm puzzled. Why was it made part of the Classic Monster Legacy Collection? He's not a monster per-se. There's no reanimating the dead (Frankenstein, Dracula), he's not a long lost living creature (Gill-man), or even a man with a best inside (Wolf Man).. He's simply a scientist who discovered how make himself invisible, and got mad in the process. Nothing monstruous there. Ah well, probably explains why The Invisible Man wasn't in Monster Squad to begin with.

Other than that, it's a decent Mad scientist story. All the elements are there: power hungry, found a special technology/formula to allow him to gain power by questionable means, and he's mad, as well as madly in love (even though this angle is not played too much)!

The movie thrives on the special effects. And they work, really well.





(From RossRoy's Random Viewings on October 18th, 2008)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: While on a holiday trip with his wife, O'Brien is being abducted by the Cardassians. Back on Cardassia he is charged with aiding the Maquis and delivering photon torpedos to them. In the cardassian justice system the verdict is always the same: guilty. The tribunal is just to show why he's guilty.

My Opinion: I liked that episode. Despite the seriousness it was funny to see how O'Brien's "defense attorney" became more and more despaired. Why would his client be so unreasonable? Why doesn't O'Brien simply confess and thus proves the effectiveness of the cardassian justice system? And the face he made when he realized that his client was free to go...

Synopsis: Sisko invites his son to do a science project in the GQ who in turn invites Nog. And Quark is accompanying them as well. But they are caught by the Jem'Hadar, warriors of the Dominion. A message is brought to DS9, declaring their capture and the destruction of several ships as well as the destruction of the bajoran colony in the GQ.

My Opinion: And so it begins. The Dominion in shape of the Vorta and the Jem'Hadar has entered entered the chess board. And although they've only stated that they do not want any more AQ ships in their territory they've also made it clear that they've gathered intel about the races of the AQ. Now the show gets really interesting.

The Season - My Opinion: This season was half'n'half. There were a number of very interesting and great episodes mixed with rather uninteresting ones. I especially liked the character-driven episodes like Armageddon Game, Blood Oath and Crossover. And now let us see the Defiant!

(From Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon on October 12th, 2008)