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Cyborg She, a review by Tom

Cyborg She (2008/Japan) IMDb | Wikipedia 4DigitalMedia (United Kingdom) Director: Kwak Jae Yong Writing: Kwak Jae Yong (Writer) Length: 121 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Haruka Ayase
Keisuke Koide
Kenta Kiritani
Hiromasa Taguchi
Kenichi Endo

Plot:Extras:

• Featurettes
• Interviews
• Scene Access
• Trailers

When buying it, I had no idea that this was a movie with time-travel aspects. Nice surprise
I had great fun with this movie. It seemed to touch upon different genres. First it reminds very much of Terminator. Then it goes more in the direction of romantic comedy with a cyborg. Then it moves a little on the dramatic side. Then it gets to be a little disaster movie, and ending with a sci-fi time-travel twist.
After watching the movie I had to draw up the timelines to see if I am satisfied with how the time-travel was handled. After doing it, I am tending to liking how it is handled, even though there are some things you have to take at face value.



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P.S. I made the effort to draw up my drawing on my computer and attached it to this post. Of course it is a complete spoiler!

(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on May 6th, 2010)

The Las Vegas Serial Killer, a review by Jimmy

Title : The Las Vegas Serial Killer (1986)

Overview
A killer is stalking the streets of Las Vegas, a merchant of whose resume in the field of human slaughter is vast and horrifying. On August 31, 1986 Jonathan Klick was released from the Nevada State Penitentiary on a technicality. He arrived in Las Vegas three days later and is responsible for what came to be known as "The Glitter Gulch Holocaust."

My Impression
Personally I like it, but since it's a Ray Dennis Steckler's movie most people will find it boring. This is the sequel of The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher my favorite Steckler's movie and the movie isn't that different (except that Carolyn Brandt isn't in this one, since her character was killed in the first part). Pierre Agostino continue his quest to strangle all the dirty woman of Las Vegas while, at the same time, 2 guys are on the pursuit of their dream of becoming the greatest purse snatchers of Vegas. If all this sound exciting listen really well, this isn't the case at all. So why I like that? Because it's Steckler... The film had random stock footage of a parade and of a rodeo, the naration is silly and unnecessary (like The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher this film was made to be listen without the narative), the murder aren't bloody at all and most of the girls are attractive.

I haven't found a single one of his film (even the adult one that are really weird) that I haven't like and this one will certainly not be the first one.

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(From Jimmy's 2009 Horror Marathon on October 3rd, 2009)

The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon, a review by Peter von Frosta

Crusade



What's the show about?
The crew of the Excalibur searches in the galaxy for a cure that the plague the Drakh left on Earth.

What happened before?
2267, 5 years after the 5th season of "Babylon 5" the Drakh a former ally of the Shadows attacks Earth. They leave a plague on Earth which threatens to kill all life within 5 years. One of two prototype starships is ordered to find a cure to this plague. This was seen in the TV movie "A Call to Arms".

"War Zone"
What's the pilot to this show? That's a really difficult question. The storyline started with the TV movie "A Call to Arms", but none of the characters of the series was present in that movie (except Galen and Lochley). But JMS (the producer of Babylon 5) considers "War Zone" in the logical order on place 13. I still take it because it introduces the crew.

Captain Gideon takes over the command of the newly-built starship "Excalibur", one of two prototypes equipped with Human, Minbari and Vorlon technology. Gideon's mission is to find a cure for the plague that is going to wipe out all life on Earth. But first he has to take a little detour to hunt down one of the Drakh ships...

My Opinion
I haven't come around to watch this show yet. In fact this was the first time I ever watched an episode of it. Mainly because the show was canceled before it was even shown to an audience. If I like it, I'll know it will only last 14 episodes and I am somewhat confused that the order of the episodes is not the chronological order and if you watch it in the latter order uniforms change and some dialogs don't match. I've got no idea what JMS was thinking. Originally Crusade should have a 5-year-storyarc just like B5.

Which Episode did you start with? The episodes are not in chronological order (similar to TOS), therefor please remember to watch the show in the following order:
   1. War Zone (108)
   2. The Long Road (107)
   3. Appearances and Other Deceits (113)
   4. The Memory of War (102)
   5. The Needs of Earth (101)
   6. Racing the Night (103)
   7. Visitors From Down the Street (104)
   8. Each Night I Dream of Home (105)
   9. The Path of Sorrows (109)
  10. Patterns of the Soul (110)
  11. Ruling From the Tomb (111)
  12. The Well of Forever (106)
  13. The Rules of the Game (112)

(From The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon on January 4th, 2008)