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Alien Nation: The Enemy Within, a review by addicted2dvd

I just came to the realization that I have not watched a single DVD since I finished my Bionic Woman marathon! That was 3 days ago! 

So I just watched...


Alien Nation: The Enemy Within
Francisco is forced to confront his own prejudices while investigating the death of an Eeno, a member of a lowly and reviled caste of Tenctonese waste-eaters. On the domestic front, Sikes and Cathy experience culture shock when they decide to move in together, and Francisco is asked to participate in a Tenctonese conception, much to his wife's consternation.

My Thoughts:
This is the 4th TV Reunion movie in the set. I enjoyed it... it is one I have never seen before. I thought the story was really good and that they did a fine job with it. These reunion movies makes me wish there was more then one season to the series. One thing that was odd though. This disc holds the 4th and 5th reunion movie... and the inner circle says that this one is on side A and the last one (The Udara Legacy) is on Side B. Only problem is they seemed to mess up as it is actually the opposite of that. But that is a minor problem to what seems to be a great set otherwise.

(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on September 7th, 2008)

The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego, a review by Jimmy

Title: The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego (1974)

Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Sarno
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h33
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None

Stars:
Rebecca Brooke
Eric Edwards
Sonny Landham
Raymond Serra
Chris Jordan

Plot:
Rebecca Brooke stars as Dr. Sherry Hyde, a nerdy chemist who discovers a secret formula to make her both alluring and horny! Follow Medium's misadventures along with co-stars Sonny Landham, Jennifer Welles and Eric Edwards.

On the 3 films included in the set this one is the movie I've appreciated the least. Not necessarily because it's a bad film, but more because it isn't a new idea (of course I think the same of the vampire movie most of the time). I was expecting more from Rebecca Brooke that I've appreciated in so many films that I've reviewed here, but her talent is more obvious in the dramatic role. Of course Eric Edwards, Sonny Landham and Chris Jordan presence compensate for my little deception (Jennifer Welles is in this also, but I've always prefer her B/W works in the sixties when she was using the Liza Duran alias). Like I've said not a bad movie, just not my genre...

Rating :

(From The little known movie review depot on September 9th, 2009)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: The cult of the Pah-Wraith believers grows and even a Vedek and a friend of Kira's is now one. He abducts Kira from DS9 and brings her to Empok Nor where Dukat has become the leader of a group of that cult. They want to show her that the Pah-Wraiths are actually the good gods because they wanted to guide the Bajorans and that they would have never allowed to occupation to happen. And Kira has to learn that some Bajorans believe so strong in their former oppressor that they would give their life for him.

My Opinion: Now Dukat's religious phase begins. I don't like that story.

Synopsis: Two months ago, Nog has lost his leg in the Battle of AR-558 and now he's returning to DS9 with a new biosynthetic leg. But he's still on medical leave and he choses to avoid real life and become a permanent guest in Vic Fontaine's Las Vegas hotel. Ezri tries to reach out to him but the only one who can connect to Nog is Vic.

My Opinion: This was a decent episode. It reminded me a bit of Reginald Barclay III who also tried to escape reality back on the Enterprise. And I have to say that Vic is a better counsellor than Ezri. . But I also liked that Ezri could convince Vic that it was time for Nog to return into the real world and how Vic threw him out of his program. And I found it amusing when Nog complained about the realism in Shane when Shane didn't bleed after he got shot.

Synopsis: O'Brien who was looking for a missing woman on New Sydney has gone missing, too. An involvement of the Orion Syndicate is very likely since both are directly connected to O'Brien's undercover mission in the last year. Sisko sends Ezri home to her family who has some influence in the system since they are the sixth-biggest mining operation company in the sector. But Ezri and her mother have some unresolved issues.

My Opinion: Hmm. Maybe I am prejudiced and I don't want to like her but I couldn't care less about Ezri's family.

Synopsis: Mirror-Ezri comes to DS9 and "convinces" Quark and Rom to steal a klingon cloaking device. Zek tried to open negotiations in the mirror universe and became prisoner to the Regent. But neither Quark nor Rom trust Mirror-Ezri and go with her to the other side. There they find not only a pleasant and kind Brunt, but also a real Vic Fontaine.

My Opinion: Oh c'mon, really? A real Vic - are you kidding me? And of course a Mirror-Ezri. They couldn't resist. And they even killed Jadzia in the mirror universe, too, instead of simply not showing her.

(From Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon on March 1st, 2009)