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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Year: 1979
Director: Daniel Haller
Rating: NR
Length: 89 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Gil Gerard
Pamela Hensley
Erin Gray
Henry Silva
Tim O'Connor

Plot:
In the original theatrical pilot, a mysterious meteor shower in 1987 sends astronaut William "Buck" Rogers and his spacecraft off-orbit. He doesn't awaken from the resulting suspended animation until an alien diplomatic vessel, Draconia, and the deceptively beautiful Princess Ardala intercept him in the year 2491. Sent back to Earth by the deceptively beautiful Princess Ardala, Buck must now convince the Earth's Defense Directorate of his true identity and prevent an attack by the alien Draconians whose "peacekeeping" motives on Earth are not so clear.

Extras:
Scene Access
Bonus Trailers

My Thoughts:
I decided to pop in this movie that started the series when I found out that today (Jan.7th) is Erin Grey's 61st birthday. I always found this to be a fun show when I was a kid. But I haven't seen this show since... and I must admit I was a little worried on how well it would hold up. While watching this today I definitely felt it was dated... and yes a bit on the cheesy side... but even with that said I still found it to be entertaining. I think I will have fun re-watching this series after many long years.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on January 7th, 2011)

Young Sherlock Holmes, a review by GSyren

Title	Young Sherlock Holmes (5-014437-835130)
Director	Barry Levinson
Actors	Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Susan Fleetwood
Produced	1985 in United States
Runtime	104 minutes
Audio	English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Dolby Surround, German Dolby Digital Dolby Surround, Italian Dolby Digital Dolby Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital Dolby Surround
Subtitles	Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Overview	What would have happened if Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson had met as schoolboys? Why, the solution is elementary - nothing but adventure! And that's just what director Barry Levinson (Diner, Rain Man, Bandits) gives us in this special effects spectacular that sends the super-sleuth on his very first case! When a plague of bizarre, puzzling murders grip London, young Holmes and his new friend Watson find themselves unwittingly entangled in the dark mystery. So, "the game is afoot!" And the budding detective is off on an adventure to solved the most amazing case of his most extraordinary career!
My thoughts	I liked this film a lot. Parts of it seem to be inspired by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Some people say the similarity is just a coincidence, but I don't believe that. The film is also famous for having the first CGI character; the knight in the stained glass window that comes alive. The rest of the effects in this film are stop motion or physical effects. It's quite an enjoyable prequel to the stories of Sherlock Holmes, although with a bit of a downbeat ending. And make sure to watch it all the way through. There is an important scene after the end credits!
My rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on March 3rd, 2014)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

TNG 6.15 Tapestry
Writer: Ronald D. Moore (Writer)
Director: Les Landau
Cast: Patrick Stewart (Capt. Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Cmdr. William Riker), LeVar Burton (Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Lieutenant Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Deanna Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data), Ned Vaughn (Corey), J. C. Brandy (Marta), Clint Carmichael (Nausicaan #1), Rae Norman (Penny), John de Lancie (Q), Clive Church (Maurice Picard), Marcus Nash (Young Picard), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice (voice))

One of the best Q episodes. Q gives Picard the chance to correct a mistake from his youth which he always regretted. But then Picard finds out, that without that mistake, he would have never become the person he is today.
In this episode, we see Picard as a young man with full hair. A fact the last TNG motion picture simply ignored. Also the actor displaying that young Picard in this episode had a much closer resemblence to Patrick Stewart than the actor portaying his young clone in Star Trek: Nemesis.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on October 12th, 2009)