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STEVE'S
DVD COLLECTION DVD VERDICT
IMDB.COM
JEFF GREENE
ALLMUSIC
YOJOE.COM
NOTANYWHERELAND_3
IRON MAIDEN
LONELY GUY IN NY
MONDO MISCELLANEA
BMWRACER'S RAMBLINGS
DREW'S SCRIPT-O-RAMA
GREEN IMP
PENNY ARCADE
ANIME ON DVD
WING KONG EXCHANGE
INDIANA JONES
LONELY GUY IN NEW YORK INDYFAN.COM
CASTLEVANIA DUNGEON
BRUCE CAMPBELL
THE SHEAVY FAN PAGE
PEARL JAM
SAM ROBERTS
DAILY REVIEWS
I LIVE IN A GIANT BUCKET
THE TEA PARTY
GNARLY CUE BALL
TACTICAL ACTION HERO
A HIGHER BROW BLOG
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Do
be do be doo...
The
flu sucks, and yet, i'm running at full steam and aside from the
usual flu symptoms i'm feelin fine... perculiar... that is all...
i gave it to little Abby as well, she's all snuffly now, so i've
re-named her SNOTS! She seems to like the change... she laughs her
arse off when i call her it. Mom like boo-nose better... but hey,
she's daddy's girl right? :)
"Why
are they using such primative weapons?"
Part
of the whole "growing up as a child of the 80's" deal
is that we must all be geeks in some form or another... weather
it's He-man, Transformers, Thundercats or whatever... mine, well,
mine's G.I Joe, but a close second would probably be Robotech! Back
in 2002 the series started appearing on DVD in these really spiffy
boxed sets which retailed for anywhere from $40 to $60 plus a pop,
and me, being a bit of a fanatic, had to have em all... Well while
the show was intact as i remember it, the dvd's were really nothing
special... not much in the way of cleanup on the show itself, and
an old cruddy mono soundtrack (which to be fair is true to the source).
Well this year ADV sees fit to bless us with (drumroll) ROBOTECH:
REMASTERED! Cleaned up visuals and a shiny new 5.1 sound mix, but
that's not all! oh no! we also get several of the more violent/questionable
scenes from the original japanese versions (a complex web i'm not
getting into), new opening and closing credits, and all new title
effects! Wow! Sounds great! well... yes... and no... y'see, Robotech's
original sound elements were in such hard shape that they had to
completely re-record the sound effects for the 5.1 master, and yeah,
i'll be honest, i think it sounds way better, but, this ain't the
old Robotech... don't get me wrong, i ain't one of these purists
who's so far gone that he thinks a shitty mono mix is better than
five channels of immersive surround sound... but fairly warned be
thee says i, this ain't yer classic Robotech.
Russians
invaded Afghanistan? When?
In
the freaking 80's that's when! THE BEAST is about the only film
i've ever seen dealing with the whole Russian incursion thing. An
incursion which worried the USofA so much that they started training
the locals and outfitting them (covertly of course) But i'm not
gonna get into that whole can of Worms. What i will get into, is
the sheer awesomeness of this freakin movie... a cast of largely
unknowns and a Baldwin brother are a Russian tank crew, responsible
for the destruction of a native village. Lost and cut off from their
division, they are forced to deal with a group of Mujahadeen rebels
fixated on destroying what they call "The Beast" - the
tank the Russians are currently riding in - and the steady decline
of their commander's sanity.
The
thing is impressively filmed by Kevin Reynolds (who would later
bring us Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Waterworld, and The Count
Of Monte Cristo). As one of his early films this thing shines with
life and skill, beautifully shot, making The Count of Monte Cristo
look pale by comparison. The performances are all top notch, though
the Russian soldiers all speak in perfect American (Reynolds once
stated he did that so that american audiences could identify with
the crew, and so that the film wouldn't be told entirely in subtitles).
This one is readily available in bargain bins, and is one hell of
an overlooked gem that is worth snaping up for fans of any type
of war film...
Play
it again... for the first time!
we've
had the Gamecube since the day the damn thing was released... and
i've had about as much interest in it as i would in bedding down
Bea Arthur... *shudder* Until now... Metal Gear Solid:The Twin Snakes
was released this past week, and i just couldn't put the damn controller
down from the get go until i had the damn thing driven into the
ground. Well 10 hours later the thing was done... finito... What
is Twin Snakes? Well... it is a bottom to top remake of the Playstation
classic Metal Gear Solid! I'd played through good ole MGS maybe
8-10 times in it's heyday, and had been planning to do so again
recently until i caught wind of the remake... Well this thing was
freakin brilliant! I booted up the game, immediately hopped out
of the ice cold Alaskan sea water into the cargo bay, and broke
out the old book of tactics that got me the supremo rating i'd had
in the old PSone game, only to get my arse immediately handed to
me! Flashbacks of my very ferst go with the original MGS immediately
filled my head, and, just like the first time, when i saw that game
over screen i grinned wide, hit continue, and dug back in.
How
can i describe the feeling of going through this thing? Lets just
say you're absolute favorite film was only viewable on a 15 year
old VHS tape you recorded off of an antique VCR with bad cable...
then suddenly, after a while without watching it, you get the thing
on a shiny new DVD with a top notch visual treatment and awesome
sound... and there you have Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes...
just plain fucking awesome...
Also
still into Champions of Norrath, which is a staple of "Game
night" and has been for the better part of a month... good
gear, and some of the best multi-player around...
Part
of the machine comes and wakes me from my dreams!
Amazing
that i haven't mentioned SHEAVY on here yet... for years these guys
were about my single fave band bar none... and while the tastes
may have changed a bit, Sheavy are still one increadibly awesome
rock n roll outfit... Synchronized, their most recent effort, was
recorded by former Black Sabbath uber-producer Mike Butcher over
in Europe, and they've had several albums released both in Europe
and North America, not bad for a bunch of long haired hippies from
right here in Newfoundland!!! Yes the singer's voice does bear a
passing resembalence to Ozzy, but these guys are far from a Sabbath
wanna-be band... maybe one small part Sabbath, a mix of Kyuss, AC/DC,
and something entirely their own... they're unique, and incredibly
skilled musicians... well worth checking out for anyone who enjoys
a bit of 70's tinged Rock n Roll... Synchronized is one damn fine
album, which goes without saying, but it doesn't have quite the
same vibe as either of their previous albums, which is no huge suprise
as no two were completely alike, but there are some sounds on here
that i ain't crazy about, which is odd, because the tracks that
do work are probably the best these guys have ever recorded! It's
definitely a beast of an album, and well worth tracking down, but
i'd suggest starting with "The Electric Sleep" or even
"Celestial Hi-Fi" and gravitating to this one after either
of those...
The
Return of the Web Spoltlight!
Yes...
Again with the blogs... this one however is definitely worth the
trip... this Blog belongs to a very good friend of mine, the one
guy i've known longer than pretty much anyone else i hang around
with... and the guy is just too fucking talented to be allowed to
live... so i think i'm gonna kill him one of these days :) (Just
kidding Russ... or am i?) Anyway, check out da mad skillz on dis
biatch yo!
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