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Wrath of the Titans, a review by addicted2dvd

Wrath of the Titans (2012/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Warner Home Video Director: Jonathan Liebesman Writing: Dan Mazeau (Screenwriter), David Leslie Johnson (Screenwriter), Greg Berlanti (Story By), David Leslie Johnson (Story By), Dan Mazeau (Story By), Beverley Cross (Original Characters By) Length: 99 min. Rating: Rated PG-13 : Intense Sequences of Fantasy Violence and Action Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Stars:
Sam Worthington as Perseus
Liam Neeson as Zeus
Ralph Fiennes as Hades
Edgar Ramirez as Ares
Toby Kebbell as Agenor
Rosamund Pike as Andromeda

Plot:
A great war has erupted between the gods, weakened by humanity's lack of devotion, and the long-imprisioned Titans, who are led by the ferocious Kronos. Betrayed by Hades, Zeus is captured and brought to the Underworld, and Perseus must once again become a hero in order to find Zeus and end the Titans' struggle to rule the earth.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Storyboard Comparisons
• Picture-in-picture
• Digital Copy
• Maximum Movie Mode

I enjoyed this film quite a bit... thought it was a good follow-up to Clash of the Titans. It has a decent story and plenty of action. I'm glad I picked this one up... was worth the time put in to watch it.



(From The Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition on July 24th, 2014)

Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed, a review by Danae Cassandra

Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed)
Year of Release: 1926
Starring: no one
Directed By: Lotte Reiniger
Genres: Fantasy, Adventure

Overview:
When The Adventures of Prince AchmedThe Arabian NightsMy Thoughts:
This is a marvelous film.  Created with silhouette cutouts and color tinting, it depicts a magical world where a prince must battle an evil sorcerer and hoards of fierce demons to win a beautiful princess. 

Even without considering the year this was made, the silhouettes are exquisitely detailed, with the ladies looking like they are wrapped in lace, the monsters having suitably fierce expressions, and even lips moving in closeup.  When one thinks about the date - 1926! - one is even more impressed by the work and craftsmanship that went into this film.

But this isn't just for silent film buffs!  I have plans to show this to my friends, all of whom are very average, run-of-the-mill movie viewers.  The story is exciting, the animation enchanting, and it has a powerful, heroic witch!  I love the witch!  Highly recommended.

Bechdel Test: Fail

Overall: 4/5

(From Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (The Adventures of Prince Achmed) on August 25th, 2013)

"Stargate SG-1" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: The ambassadors of China, the United Kingdom and France have been invited to the Pentagon. There they learn about the Stargate program. But Senator Kinsey is also present and he wants to persuade the ambassadors to give the NID control over the Stargate program.

My Opinion: Now alle the permanent members of the UN Security Council know about the Stargate. Interesting about this episode was that no member of SG-1 (past or present) made a live appearance. Everything was presented as flashbacks. If you wanted to see a SG team, you'd have to imagine General Hammond, Major Davis, Colonel Checkov and Thor as a SG team.
But the best scene was when Thor corrects Senator Kinsey and insists that he isn't just a Commander but the Supreme Commander of the Asgard fleet.
But you haven't missed anything if you didn't watch it.

Synopsis: SG-1 discovers a crashed spaceship and its crew, but is soon attacked by other aliens. Sam wants to repair the ship to learn more about it but the crew isn't who they claim to be.

My Opinion: The episode wasn't bad, especially because SG-1 has learned from past experiences not to judge too quickly, who the "good guys" and who the "bad guys" are.
But what I found more interesting was to read the name Dion Johnstone once again. Dion was the black "Jaffa" in Rules of Engagement. After that he played the Unas Chaka, the Goa'uld Na'onak (Apophis's alter ego on the hell moon, probably to avoid the mentioning of Peter Williams's name in the opening sequence and thus spoiling the punch line), Lt. Tyler in The Fifth Man and just recently in Metamorphosis. In this episode he played the Captain of the Sebrus. It reminds me a bit of Wayne Alexander who played Sebastian (Jack the Ripper) and Lorien as well as a Narn, a Drazi and a Drakh in Babylon 5. However, both actors wore masks in most of their roles thus avoiding to challenge the suspension of disbelief.

Synopsis: Teal'c has weird dreams, although he usually doesn't dream at all. He dreams that he is a firefighter. But he has to leave soon for an important mission but these dreams prevent him from having a proper Kel'no'reem. The firefighter with the nickname "T" has weird dreams. He dreams that he belongs to a team that visits other planets. But he has to undergo an important surgery soon, he gives one of his kidneys to his stepfather Brae.

My Opinion: Great episode. To see all the guys (and gal) as firefighters was interesting. Sometimes it reminded me of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Far Beyond the Stars. But as I said, I like out-of-character episodes. This wasn't even a real out-of-character episode because all people behaved as they would normally do - except that they were firefighters.

Synopsis: During a training flight with the Prometheus the hyperlight drive had to be jettisoned in the orbit of a planet where it explodes. Unfortunately the planet has no Stargate and without the hyperlight drive the travel would take ages.

My Opinion: An picture that is shown on Stargate (both in SG-1 or Atlantis) is that alien cultures can be as paranoid as we are. And that this paranoia can lead to actions that make more damage than they prevent. Unfortunately politicians on our planet don't seem to watch Sci-Fi shows. Instead they are creating more security laws and are thereby taking our freedom. Fortunately there was a politican that wasn't short-sighted (that's the reason why they call it "fiction").

(From "Stargate SG-1" Marathon on April 13th, 2008)