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Babylon 5: The Gathering, a review by Tom

Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (Canada) Director: Richard Compton Writing: J. Michael Straczynski (Writer) Length: 95 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Michael O'Hare as Jeffrey Sinclair
Tamlyn Tomita as Laurel Takashima
Jerry Doyle as Michael Garibaldi
Mira Furlan as Delenn
Blaire Baron as Carolyn Sykes

Plot:
The Gathering: Alien envoys come to the giant space station in the pilot that launched the five-year TV Series.

Awards:
Nominated:

Hugo Award (1994)

Dramatic Presentation

Extras:

• Commentary
• Scene Access

This TV movie serves as the pilot of the series. They are some changes between this one and the series. Some of the cast changed and also some of the characters behaved a little different than we are used to in the series. I think it was a good choice to replace the doctor. I never liked the acting of the one in the pilot. As for the replacement of Takashima with Ivanova: I love Ivanova and Takashima was a little wooden here. But you never know. She could have worked out also.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on March 27th, 2011)

Groundhog Day, a review by addicted2dvd

Groundhog Day: Special 15th Anniversary Edition (1993/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Director: Harold Ramis Writing: Danny Rubin (Story By), Danny Rubin (Screenwriter), Harold Ramis (Screenwriter) Length: 101 min. Rating: Rated PG : Thematic Elements Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby TrueHD: 5.1, French: Dolby TrueHD: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby TrueHD: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: Arabic, Bahasa, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Commentary

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Stars:
Bill Murray as Phil
Andie MacDowell as Rita
Chris Elliott (1960) as Larry
Stephen Tobolowsky as Ned
Brian Doyle-Murray as Buster
Marita Geraghty as Nancy

Plot:
Bill Murray is at his wry, wisecracking best in this riotous romantic comedy about a weatherman caught in a personal time warp on the worst day of his life. Teamed with a relentlessly cheerful producer (Andie MacDowell) and a smart-aleck cameraman (Chris Elliott), TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is sent to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities. But on his way out of town, Phil is caught in a giant blizzard, which he failed to predict, and finds himself stuck in small-town hell. Just when things couldn't get worse, they get worse; Phil wakes the next morning to find it's Groundhog Day all over again... and again... and again.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Interviews
• Picture-in-picture
• BD-Live

I decided to watch this one this evening. This is a film I haven't seen in many years! And obviously never on Blu-ray til today. This film is a romantic comedy... but at the same time much more. There is lots of fun.. and there is a bit of depression. I don't know if this is the first film that uses the whole reliving the day over and over again thing... but it is definitely the most well known. And a must see. I really enjoyed every minute of seeing this one again.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on March 11th, 2014)

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

9. The Man of Steel Bars (11/21/93)
When Metropolis suffers a freak heat wave in the middle of winter, citizens blame Superman's powers. He decides to leave the city in order to save it...and leaves Lois to investigate the real heat source.

My Thoughts:
A good episode... I got a few chuckles out of seeing Superman being arrested and put into jail. Especially thought the guy picking on (slapping him, pulling on his cape) him in jail and how that ended was fun. We all know when it comes to Superman you have to suspend all disbelief. But sometime that is hard to do. Especially on episodes like this one where Superman and Clark decides to leave Metropolis at the exact same time... yet still no one can put it together.



(From Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Marathon on July 16th, 2009)