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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:43:10 +0000

I watched Green Lantern: Emerald Knights yesterday and frankly I didn't think much of it, I wouldn't say it was aweful but it's certainly one of the lesser DC animated features.

Star Trek: Invasion - First Strike ( Book One )

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:38:20 +0000

The Invasion series is something I've been interested in reading for years and to be honest I was a little dissapointed with Book One.

A group of very powerful aliens appear in Klingon space forcing a Klingon General to temporarily ally himself with Kirk in order to defeat them, the aliens are the decendants of several ancient races to lost an interstellar war and were banished from their sector of space and have returned to reclaim it thousands of years later, it would also seem these races are the basis for legends of evil creatures such as the devil or it's equlivalent in several spacefaring cultures including Klingon and Vulcan as well as Human, Andorian and possibly Romulan societies.

It's not so much that this was a bad book but this is an idea thats been done several times in Star Trek already so it seems odd that the crew of the Enterprise would be shocked to find a race that seems to be the basis for ancient legends.

Hopefully Book Two will be a little more original.

098 – Change For Paraguay

Mon, 14 May 2012 13:14:25 +0000

Show Notes

Top 5 Animated Movies

Metal Who Theme

Fri, 11 May 2012 21:50:48 +0000

Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1 Blu-ray boxset.

Wed, 09 May 2012 23:52:40 +0000

I just pre-ordered the season 1 Blu-ray boxset from Amazon UK, it worked out to be a reasonable price ( compared to Australian prices anyway ) which was nice.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Trek-Genera...11&sr=1-17

The Sensorites

Sun, 06 May 2012 23:09:31 +0000

The Sensorites is a story that features the original Doctor William Hartnell and while it moves along at a fairly leisurely pace it's a decent story, there are a couple of design issues that probably could have only happened in the sixties such as the aliens feet but other than that I enjoyed this story and seeing Hartnell in action makes me wish that they would cast an older actor as either the Doctor or the companion in the current series.

The Face of Evil

Sun, 06 May 2012 22:54:25 +0000

I really like The Face of Evil so I was happy when it was released on DVD but for some strange reason it's not a story thats highly regarded by most Doctor Who fans.

This story introduces Louise Jamison as the new companion Leela and feature a few genuinely interesting ideas and considering the low budget of the classic Doctor Who series also has a lot of production value.

The Face of Evil is definitely one to check out if you get the chance.

Nightmare of Eden

Sun, 06 May 2012 22:46:42 +0000

Another of my recently watched classic Doctor Who DVDs was Nightmare of Eden, like most of the classic Doctor Who DVD range it comes with plenty of extras but sadly this just isn't a great story, there is some great ideas within it but it just doesn't quite work and thats a great shame.

Nightmare of Eden is by no means a classic story but it's ok, it's certainly not a story you would use to introduce somebody to Doctor Who.

The Daemons

Sun, 06 May 2012 22:41:23 +0000

I recently watched the Third Doctor story The Daemons on DVD and I rather enjoyed it, it was nice seeing the whole UNIT team again along with Roger Delgado who was of course the first actor to play The Master.

Like most of the Classic Doctor Who DVDs The Daemons is well stocked with special features and a reasonably interesing DVD commentary and is a bit of a change of pace for Doctor Who because it talks about the supernatural instead of alien invasions and it's a very atmospheric story indeed despite it's very limited budget.

The Daemons is a Doctor Who fan favorite and with good reason and well worth checking out.

Ace Adventures

Sun, 06 May 2012 22:30:34 +0000

I've just recieved an email from Amazon UK to say my Ace Adventures DVD boxset has shipped, I'm not really looking forward to this one because despite her popularity for me personally I just never really cared for the Ace character or for that matter most of the Seventh Doctor stories although to be far there are more than a few Big Finish audios featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace that are pretty good.

She: The Ultimate Waepon

Fri, 04 May 2012 22:35:05 +0000

Last week I recieved a bulk lot of anime DVDs I won on ebay, I really knew nothing about most of the series in fact I'd only heard of a couple of them.

Yeaterday I watched volume 1 of She: The Ultimate Weapon ( Saikano: The Last Love Song on This Little Planet. ) and frankly it's not very good, it seems to be mainly an angst drived teenage love story but in true anime tradition the girl has superpowers although so far during the first four episodes they are mainly used off camera, there have been a few times where I've been ready to give up on the show and they'll mention something just interesting enough to keep me watching.

From the looks of things the series is only something like 12 half hour episodes so I'm a third of the way though it but something fairly major needs to happen in the next episode or two or I'm done, I really don't care about the disfunctional relationship between two rather unlikable teenagers.

SciFiDig 307 - The Darkest Tower

Fri, 04 May 2012 16:38:53 +0000

http://www.scifidig.com/?p=1498

Star Trek Season 1 Blu-ray

Tue, 01 May 2012 06:26:48 +0000

Just before Christmas last year I went a little crazy and bought all three seasons of the original Star Trek on Blu-ray, I watched the first two or three episodes and was quite impressed with the restoration work done on the episodes, the enhanced special effects were another thing however, I do rather like some of the new digital effects that were created for the show but some of the new effects are just too over the top for a show of Star Trek's age more disturbingly there has been the occasional new effects shot that was just terrible and makes me wonder why they bothered if that was the best they could do.

One of the great things about the Blu-ray release is that you have the option to watch the episodes with the original effects if you'd prefer and I'm sure thats what a lot of the fnatical purists do, I wanted to and still want to see how the show has been restored and reinterpreted for the high definition age.

Of course the great thing about Star Trek is the stories not the special effects and I've been enjoying seeing these old episodes again.

097 – Muppetov Cocktail

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:41:54 +0000

Show Notes

A Twofer mashup, Muppets and Isaac Asimov.

The Clone Wars Season 2

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:00:13 +0000

Some time ago I bought the first two seasons of The Clone Wars on Blu-ray and I really enjoyed the first season but somehow I just never got around to watching the second season.

Today I had an hour to kill so I thought I'd watch a couple of episodes from season 2, as it turned out I ended up watching the first eight episodes ( the first disc ) and I'm hoping to watch at least another few episodes tomorrow.

I rather enjoyed the first two story arcs from this season and I'll be interested to see where the rest of season 2 goes.

It's all Aaron's Fault

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:26:51 +0000

OK so maybe this time it's not all Aaron's fault but it did occur to me when I was creating the Star Wars thread that there was this one other gigantic sci-fi franchise that also strangely doesn't seen to get a lot of discussion on the forums so heopefully creating a place to do that will kick start some conversations.

It's all Aaron's Fault !

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:15:22 +0000

Well as you all know Aaron has been reading the Fate of the Jedi books and he and I have been discussing them a bit as well and I have to admit they do sound kind of interesting so I have finally broken down and ordered a few Star Wars novels.

This got me thinking and strangely enough we don't seem to talk about Star Wars on the forums all that much and there is such a lot of stuff to talk about so I thought I'd create a place to talk Star Wars.

Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 03:30:57 +0000

I've finished watching the first series of Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes on DVD and I have to say I was very impressed with the show, I wasn't terribly keen on the animation style at first but that eventually grew on me and I thought that for the most part it was an extremely well written series, I really liked how the major characters all got an introduction episode and origin story that still contributed to an overall story arc that built up to the assembling of the team.

I for one can't wait for season 2.

Episode 9 The Bionic Man

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:53:02 +0000

http://www.scifidig.com/?p=1496

Episode 8 The Cabin in the Woods

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:46:29 +0000

http://www.scifidig.com/?p=1493