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The Day Mars Invaded Earth, a review by GSyren

The Day Mars Invaded Earth (024543-104995)

United States 1963 | Released 2015-03-17 on DVD from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

70 minutes | Aspect ratio Anamorphic 2.20:1 | Audio: English Dolby Digital Mono

Directed by Maury Dexter and starring Kent Taylor, Marie Windsor, William Mims, Betty Beall, Lowell Brown

Martian invaders are in the process of making exact doubles of an entire town and then killing the original models. The terrifying facts are discovered by a scientist working at Cape Canaveral who is trying to figure out why a recent Martian probe simply exploded after landing on the Red Planet. He has been in Florida working on the project for so long that his wife in California is about to divorce him. Wanting to save his marriage and see his family, he goes home and suddenly ends up fighting for not only his own life, but for all humanity.

My thoughts about The Day Mars Invaded Earth:

I am a big fan of fifties and sixties science fiction and horror movies, so I was very surprised to find one that had gone totally below my radar. It's Invasion of the Body Snatchers without any pods, or Invaders from Mars without any martians. In fact, no real monster at all. It's a really low budget movie , so it's a bit surprising that it was filmed in CinemaScope. The movie is slow but creepy, and it has a twist ending that I did not see coming. The thing that bothered me most about the script is that the characters seem to accept a totally unbelievable situation without any questioning whatever. That's more unbelievable than the the unbelievable situation itself. The contrived story and the slow pacing drags the movie down, but the surprise ending makes up for it to some extent.

I rate this title

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on June 3rd, 2015)

Pumping Iron, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Pumping Iron: The 25th Anniversary Special Edition
Year: 1977
Director: George Butler, Robert Fiore
Rating: PG
Length: 85 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Lou Ferrigno
Matty Ferrigno
Victoria Ferrigno
Mike Katz
Franco Columbu

Plot:
In 1977, an independent documentary movie shone a light on the world of bodybuilding, becoming a huge box office hit and creating an international sensation. It launched one man's multi-millian dollar career and changed the world of bodybuilding and physical exercise forever: PUMPING IRON. Starring five-time Mr.Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger, the movie followed the 28-year-old bodybuilder as he competed for his 6th title.

Extras:
Scene Access
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes
Interviews
Outtakes/Bloopers
DVD-ROM Content
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I never been much for the whole bodybuilding competition thing. But I am a fan of Arnold  Schwarzenegger movies... and I never missed Lou Ferrigno in The Incredible Hulk. So it was still entertaining to see these two in this When I was asked to review this one I was told it "The film intends to be a documentary, but feels more like a preview to today's reality TV shows." And after watching it I have to agree with this statement. While I enjoyed watching this for the first time... I just don't know how much re-watch value this one has. I think the only reason I enjoyed this one at all is because it has Schwarzenegger and Ferrigno in it. If it wasn't for the fact of having 2 people I have enjoyed watching for years... I would have no interest in this subject matter what so ever. And that can only take you but so far.



(From The Movies From Within My Lifetime on March 28th, 2011)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

Star Trek: The Next Generation
7.11 Parallels
Writer: Brannon Braga (Writer)
Director: Robert Wiemer
Cast: Patrick Stewart (Capt. Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Cmdr. William T. Riker), LeVar Burton (Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Lieutenant Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Deanna Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data), Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher), Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa), Mark Bramhall (Gul Nador), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice (voice))

Worf jumps between different parallel universes. It's fun to see different realities of the Enterprise crew. For example Worf's reaction when Deanna is coming onto him because they are married in the reality he jumped into.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on November 1st, 2011)