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Batman: Gotham Knight, a review by addicted2dvd

Batman: Gotham Knight


My Thoughts:
What can I say... I really enjoy all the animated superhero movies. So when I saw this one cheap at Walmart yesterday I had to grab it... even though I have heard that this is not really that good of a movie. But I figured for such a cheap price I would give it a chance and find out for myself. I did however go into this one with very low expectations. Unfortunately even with the low expectations I was less then impressed. I can't really explain it... but I really didn't care for the style of animation used in this movie. I didn't care for the very beginning where the kids were sitting around telling stories of seeing Batman in action and thinking he was not human. And I found most the movie to be a bit confusing. It wasn't till the end of the movie. The final chapter with Deadshot that I really started to enjoy the movie. Of course by then the movie was all but over.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on September 5th, 2009)

Day of the Dead, a review by addicted2dvd

Day of the Dead
The "walking dead" have taken over the world. Only a small band of scientists and soldiers are definitely known to remain, and they have taken refuge in an underground missile silo. The only hope for survival of the human race hinges on discovering a way to either control the walking dead or get them back into their graves for good.

Grotesque research experiments are being conducted by Dr. Logan, a borderline mad scientist, appropriately nicknamed Dr. Frankenstein by his associates. His most promising prospect for controlling the hordes of walking dead is one "guinea pig" zombie who seems to have a trace of humanity left in him.

But the military leader soon discovers that some of his soldiers have been used as substitute guinea pigs in zombie experiments, and he retaliates by locking up the remaining scientific team with the zombies.

Now, the remaining human survivors engage in a horrific last ditch battle for life with thousands of the walking dead. The result is the darkest day of horror the world has ever known...

My Thoughts:
I always liked the Romero zombie movies. And this is one of my favorites. The gore is really up there in this movie. Between the zombies tearing and and eating flesh and some of the scenes such as the doctor's experiments on the zombies and a dream sequence here and there the gore is plentiful and well done. I will say that there is some characters I dislike in this movie. But I think that is usually true of most movies. I would also say that some of the acting is a bit over the top.  But if you can get past that you are in for a gory walking dead treat.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Gore-Fest on June 13th, 2009)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Title: Babylon 5: Season Five: The Wheel of Fire
Year: 1998
Director:
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 933 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German

Extras:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Production Notes
Scene Access

It has now been five years since I bought this set and I finally came around watching it.
When the series was to be cancelled after the fourth season, most relevant storylines were already wrapped up. So this season came off with a weak start. I never cared for the telepath storyline in this season. Mostly because I didn't like how Byron and his people were portrayed.
I also missed Ivanova. But I must admit, that Lockley filled the void well. I liked Tracy Scoggins much better here than as Cat in Lois & Clark's first season.
As the most storylines were already wrapped up, JMS could take a slower pace to wrap up some loose ends and to give each character a proper farewell. This is the strength of the second half of this season. I also liked that they slowly introduced their replacements on the station. It gives a feeling that there could be another series with a new set of characters.
This series is still one of the best TV shows, with season three being my personal favourite. It showed that a series can contain a planned out continuous storyline instead of doing standalone episodes. And what I find amazing is, that most of the episodes were written by JMS himself (92 out of 110 episodes). Except for one episode in season 5 he wrote all of season 3 to 5 and most of the episodes of the first two seasons!

#	Episode	Rating
01	No Compromises
02	The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari
03	The Paragon of Animals
04	A View from the Gallery
05	Learning Curve
06	Strange Relations
07	Secrets of the Soul
08	Day of the Dead
09	In the Kingdom of the Blind
10	A Tragedy of Telepaths
11	Phoenix Rising
12	The Ragged Edge
13	The Corps is Mother, The Corps is Father
14	Meditations on the Abyss
15	Darkness Ascending
16	And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder
17	Movements of Fire and Shadow
18	The Fall of Centauri Prime
19	The Wheel of Fire
20	Objects in Motion
21	Objects at Rest
22	Sleeping in Light

(From Tom's Random Reviews on October 16th, 2009)