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The Night Stalker, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: The Night Stalker
Movie Count: 70
TV Ep Count: 35
Other  Count: 2
Time Started: 11:30am
Plot:
This unforgettable first entry in the "Night Stalker" series introduced the world to the quirky reporter with a penchant for the paranormal and became "one of the top-rated TV movies of all time" ('Chicago Tribune')! Investigating a series of Las Vegas murders, Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) discovers that each victim has been bitten in the neck and drained of blood. Though Kolchak's outlandish theory about the murders gets him nowhere with the police, his initiative to apprehend the killer himself gets him into hot water... with a modern-day vampire! .

My Thoughts:
This TV Movie from 1972 was enjoyable. Obviously being from the early '70s and originating on TV it doesn't show any gore or anything like that. But I think it is a really good start to the series that came from this movie (and The Night Strangler). This one was also a bit on the short side. Only 74 minutes long. Which means it probably ran for an hour and a half when it originally aired on TV.



(From My Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2008 on October 21st, 2008)

Repo! The Genetic Opera, a review by addicted2dvd

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Lions Gate Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Darren Lynn Bousman Writing: Darren Smith (Original Material By), Terrance Zdunich (Original Material By), Darren Smith (Screenwriter), Terrance Zdunich (Screenwriter) Length: 98 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Alexa Vega as Shilo Wallace
Paul Sorvino as Rotti Largo
Anthony Head [Anthony Stewart Head] as Nathan/Repo Man
Sarah Brightman as Blind Mag
Paris Hilton as Amber Sweet

Plot:
In the not-so-distant future, a worldwide epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GENECO, a biotech company that offers organ transplants...for a price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession...and hunted by the REPO man!

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Gallery

I had no idea what to expect going into this one. I found it to be nothing more then an average film as I liked the story... but didn't care much for the style. I found it to just be a little too much on the weird side for my taste. I did like seeing Anthony Stewert Head in something other then Buffy the Vampire Slayer.



(From July Movie Marathon: Musicals (Yes... You read right!) on July 26th, 2016)

Farscape Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Moya and her child is hiding from the Command Carrier in an asteroid field when they receive a distress call from an asteroid. John, D'Argo and Zhaan go down there to help while Aeryn has to take care of the child. He doesn't communicate with his mother and Moya hopes Aeryn can help since it is a Peacekeeper hybrid. Down on the asteroid they find a scared young woman and some kind of monster who's chasing her. But things aren't as they appear to be.

My Opinion: "You are a plant??" Zhaan is flora, not fauna. And I love these twisted episodes where you are constantly switching sides based on the "evidence" that is presented to you. And I really like the costume designers on that show. Even when they create aliens of the two-legs-two-arms-one-head-variety they still come up with some really cool ideas and not just some additional wrinkles in the face.

Synopsis: Due to his knowledge of Crais's secret Scorpius has practically taken over command of the ship. He doesn't care for the gunship or the prisoners, all he wants is Crichton. And he is lucky: Rygel has stolen a pod and defected to the carrier. He wants his freedom in exchange for the exact location of Moya in the asteroid field. But the others won't allow it. John devises a plan that includes a suicide run against the Command Carrier with the second pod in order to give Moya and her offspring the chance to clear the asteroid field and to starburst. But there's another variable in the equation: Crais.

My Opinion: That's why Ben Browder (John) was a worthy successor of Richard Dean Anderson (Jack) in Stargate SG-1. You fight against a superior enemy and against overwhelming odds but your crazy idea is so crazy that your enemy doesn't expect you to go through with it. They destroyed the Gammak base and Scorpius couldn't do anything about it short of killing John - which he cannot do without losing the wormhole knowledge. I also liked that Crais had to flee from his own ship and that his pursuit of John is effectively over. They did this for one season and to continue that story would become boring at some point.
Since this was a cliffhanger, I will continue watching immediately.

The Season - My Opinion: As I said, Farscape is different than other series and it will stay that way till the end. There's not a single character I don't like or don't care for, even the puppets seem very real to me as they have their own and very unique characters. It's lovely to see Aeryn comforting Pilot (who by the way is voiced by Lani Tupu who also plays Crais) and ensuring him that nothing will happen to Moya and her child Talyn.

And from a collector's viewpoint: I have very few items in my collection that have such a nice package and cover art. While slim covers have become the standard for TV show season, these seasons come in a custom box containing 5 separate cases, each of them individually designed (no amaray or slim cases):





(From Farscape Marathon on March 29th, 2009)