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Diebuster: The Movie, a review by dfmorgan

Diebuster: The Movie

Year: 2006
Director: Kazuya Tsurumaki
Cast:
Overview: In a future where the Space Monsters resume their invasion of the Sol System, the abilities of young men and women known as the Topless, and their Buster Machines, are mankind's final line of defense! One day, runaway girl Nono sets out for the capital to become a space pilot, and meets the fighter ace Lal'C...neither realizing that the future of humanity rests on the both of them!
Presented for the first time in full HD, the theatrical release version of the long-awaited GUNBUSTER sequel OVA (aka GUNBUSTER 2) from the director of FLCL is the second half of a diptych that started with GUNBUSTER The Movie!

Watched: 1st Mar 2010
My Thoughts: Like Gunbuster: The Movie this film is an abridgement of the original 6 episode series Diebuster (aka Gunbuster 2). This is the first time I've seen this, in either form. The setting for this film is within the time-frame covered by Gunbuster. An excellent film which has made me place an order for the original 6 episode series as well as going for the R1 remastered Gunbuster series.

My Rating: 

Dave

(From Dave's DVD/Blu-ray Reviews on March 1st, 2010)

Singin' in the Rain, a review by Tom

Title: Singin' in the Rain
Year: 1952
Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Writing: Adolph Green (Original Material By), Betty Comden (Original Material By), Adolph Green (Screenwriter), Betty Comden (Screenwriter)
Rating: G
Length: 103 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 1, English: Dolby Digital 1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood
Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown
Debbie Reynolds as Kathy Selden
Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont
Millard Mitchell as R.F. Simpson

Plot:Singin' in the Rain marks its 50th anniversary in this Deluxe Edition providing a downpour of celebratory Special Features that salute not just this all-time favorite but also the musical legacy of its producer, songwriter Arthur Freed.

Awards:

Academy Award	1952	Nominated	Best Music, Musical Picture	Lennie Hayton
Academy Award	1952	Nominated	Best Supporting Actress	Jean Hagen
AFI	1952	Won	100 Years of Musicals (2006)
AFI	1952	Won	100 Years... 100 Laughs (2000)
AFI	1952	Won	100 Years... 100 Movies (1998)
AFI	1952	Won	100 Years... 100 Movies (2007)
AFI	1952	Won	100 Years... 100 Passions (2002)
AFI	1952	Won	100 Years... 100 Songs (2004)	"Song": Good Morning
AFI	1952	Won	100 Years... 100 Songs (2004)	"Song": Make 'Em Laugh
AFI	1952	Won	100 Years... 100 Songs (2004)	"Song": Singin' in the Rain
BAFTA	1952	Nominated	Film And British Film
Directors Guild of America	1953	Nominated	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Golden Globe	1952	Won	Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy	Donald O'Connor
Golden Globe	1952	Nominated	Picture - Musical or Comedy	Arthur Freed
Writers Guild of America Awards	1953	Won	Best Written American Musical	Betty Comden, Adolph Green

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Photo Gallery
Production Notes
Scene Access
Scoring Session Music Cues
Trailers

A great classic musical. Also a fun story about the difficulties of the transition from silent movies to talkies. Like in Moulin Rouge, all the songs are not original to this movie, but are taken from older musicals. I enjoyed all of these, except maybe the one towards the end, which is too much of a showstopper and it just doesn't fit with the rest of the movie. I guess this is on purpose as the characters themselves planned this one for their talkie which is set in the past but has this modern number in it.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 9th, 2010)

Emma's Sonic Underground Marathon, a review by Emma (snowcat)

Disc 3

Episode 11 - The Last Resort

The siblings come across an resort "untouched by Dr Robotnik" lead by Stripes. Although the siblings soon find out things are not what they seem.

So this episode pretty much focuses on the siblings being tricked, stripes is a creepy sleaze ball and I don't understand why they don't see through him. Strangely Stripe does seem to care for Sonya as he lies to Robotnik just telling him Sonic and Manic are there. Although as usual the hedgehogs teach Stripe that the resistance is the best way to cope with Robonik not creating deals with him.




....Disc the rest of Disc 3 to come (will update this)


(From Emma's Sonic Underground Marathon on December 22nd, 2009)