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Pirates of Silicon Valley, a review by Antares

Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) 65/100 - Informative, if somewhat hackneyed attempt at telling the story of the personal computer industries infancy. It definitely doesn't paint a cheery picture of the two main protagonists in the film, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, with Gates really getting an ass reaming from the screenwriter. As for the actors who portrayed these two entrepreneurs, Wyle comes off as being the better of the two at absorbing his character's traits, warts and all. I found Anthony Michael Hall to be a bit vacant at times when he was reciting lines, as if he couldn't quite grab hold of the character. I found the first hour or so the most interesting as we see the infancy of the PC creative process, and how everyone was stealing ideas from each other. Once it got to around the 1984 Apple commercial, I felt it kind of lost a bit of steam. But I'd recommend it to anyone interested in learning about this rarely documented moment in history.

What the color coding means...

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is


(From Antares' Short Summations on May 24th, 2013)

Mallrats, a review by DJ Doena

Mallrats

My Opinion:
Brodie has a real superhero sexorgan complex. Is Lois Lane able to carry Superman's child or can only Wonder Woman do that? I had a great time with this.

(From "View Askewniverse"-Mini-Marathon on February 3rd, 2008)

"Stargate SG-1" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: SG-1 goes from the SGC through the Stargate and lands - in the SGC again. But just for a short moment, then the Stargate disappears and they stand under a nuclear missile that is just being prepared for a test ignition. They are stuck in 1969 - until a young Lt. Hammond helps them.

My Opinion: Really great episode, even though the time travel logic is a bit holey. The four (especially Teal'c) as hippies and their flight from the "establishment". I was greatly entertained.

Synopsis: Jack awakes in 2077 and learns that the rest of his team is dead while he was held in cryo stasis . Now there is a crew and the scientists of the SGC try to find out what happened back then. For this he gets linked to a machine that visualize memories. Sam and Daniel also wake up alone and learn the same thing.

My Opinion: The cliffhanger itself was ok, but to end the season with a low-cost episode is not a good idea. Last season they found a better solution.

The Season - My Opinion: After the Tok're and the Asgard appeared the play board is complete (for the time being). This season showed a good mixture of Earth and off-world episodes and had a good balance between action episodes and those that dealt with moral issues.

(From "Stargate SG-1" Marathon on March 15th, 2008)