Near perfect anime

Posted : 3 months ago on 29 March 2008 11:01 (A review of Cowboy Bebop - The Perfect Sessions (Limited Edition Complete Series Boxed Set))

When I first started watching anime the first show I watched was Dragonball Z.
But Cowboy Bebop was the anime that really had me hooked.
The show is set in 2071 and chronicles bounty hunters on board a spaceship, named Bebop, on their travels for bounties.
Most episodes are about the bounties but slowly shows the back story of all the characters with all of their stories coming to reaching a fulfilling end.
Voice actors for the English dub is wonderfully done and fits the characters.
The writing for the show is great in giving all the characters a sense of depth and having a story line feel rewarding in the end.
Art work is is also great, showing wonderful detailed solar system that feels alive and action scenes are fluid.
And the music for the show is strangely perfect with a mix of jazz, blues, rock, electronic and other genres that fits brilliantly to every situation.
Overall Bebop is a near perfect anime that I can, and have, watch over and over and still enjoy it every time.

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Good ending to a story arc

Posted : 3 months, 1 week ago on 25 March 2008 03:49 (A review of Stargate: The Ark of Truth)

The original Stargate movie was a real cult sci-fi classic and it sparked the creation of the TV show Stargate SG1 and went for ten seasons and this is the movie to end the Ori story arc. And it's a good ending.
Not going in to far the story arc, the Ori are ascended beings that unlike the Ancient's, who stay out of the lower planes of existence, the Ori force the people of their galaxy to worship them so that they can gain power. At the end of season 10, the SG1 team went and created a device that a old Ancient was making to destroy the Ori and sent the device through to their galaxy to destroy them. And it worked and the rest of the movie is to destroy the last Ori that had ascended on Earth and stop her from taking over the universe.
Acting isn't the best for a big budget movie but since this was made for DVD movie and fan like me know who the characters are the acting is spot on.
Music is much of the same for the show and feels like a warm blanket to fans.
Special FX in the show were great even with their lower budget and in the movie the FX are still great.
The DVD features are pretty standard including a Q&A panel at Comic-Con 2007, summary of the Ori storyline, and behind-the-scenes featurette.
Overall I wouldn't recommend the movie to non fans of the show because watchers would feel left out of the loop not knowing the back story. But if your a fan of SG1 and followed the show all the way through The Ark of Truth is a good ending to the Ori arc and shouldn't be missed.

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Perfect

Posted : 3 months, 2 weeks ago on 20 March 2008 03:16 (A review of The Shawshank Redemption (Two-Disc Special Edition))

What can be said about this movie that has already been said before?
Shawshank is based on the novella by Stephen King and is about Andy Dufresne, a banker wrongly put in prison for murdering his wife and her lover, and how he handles life inside Shawshank State Prison.
Acting by every person in this movie are all Oscar worthy in my book, from Tim Robbins portraying Andy is perfect at showing Andy's intelligent and calm nature, Morgan Freeman as 'Red', a fellow prisoner that befriends Andy and tries to understand Andy's thinking, and even Bob Gunton who plays the warden bringing his the warden's hypocrisy to life.
Music in the movie is awesome fitting in perfectly for each scene and never kills the mood but enhances it.
Visually the cinematographic is spot on showing emotions perfectly and the bleakness of prison while still showing hope through Andy's eyes.
The Shawshank Redemption is a absolutely wonderful film filled with hope in a place normally with no room for it and if you have not seen it I say do your self a favor and see this movie because I personally guarantee that you will not be disappointed.

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Laughter is not heathly here, its deadly

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago on 19 May 2007 05:34 (A review of Ask A Ninja Vol. 1)

If there has ever been a successful IPTV show that was not made by ex TechTV hosts, its been Ask A Ninja.

If you didn't know what Ask A Ninja is about, its about a ninja that answers questions sent in by viewer about ninjas.
Questions range from where do ninjas get their uniforms, are there any ninja conventions, and do they like standing in line.

With great writing from Doug and Kent, the ninjas exaggerated hand gestures and telling of how awesome ninja's are in a very funny way that can be enjoyed by anyone.

The DVD is a great way to start, if you haven't been keeping up with the show.

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