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| Posted: | | | | Title: Teen Wolf: The Complete Season One: Disc 1WOLF MOONWhen Scott McCall is convinced by his best friend, Stiles, to join a search in the woods for a missing body, something comes out of the darkness to take a bite out of his side. As strange abilities begin to take effect the next day, Scott meets a beautiful new girl in town, Allison, whose family secrets further complicate his life. SECOND CHANCE AT FIRST LINENow aware that he is becoming a werewolf, Scott must deal with hunters trying to catch him, another werewolf named Derek Hale and the pressure of normal teen life -- all while trying to figure out how to play his first lacrosse game and get a second chance at a date with Allison. PACK MENTALITYScott's first date with Allison ends up in the confusion of the dreaded "group date" with Lydia and Jackson in tow; meanwhile, a mysterious animal attack has Stile's father, Sheriff Stilinski, on the lookout. MAGIC BULLETA new hunter in town puts Derek's life in danger, forcing him to make reluctant allies out of Scott and Stiles. While Scott tries to survive a dinner with Allison and her father, Stiles attempts to keep a mortally wounded Derek alive. Stars:Tyler Posey as Scott McCall Crystal Reed as Allison Argent Dylan O'Brien as Stiles Stilinski Tyler Hoechlin as Derek Hale Holland Roden as Lydia Martin My Thoughts: This is the TV series that airs on MTV. The only thing this has in common with the Michael J. Fox film is the title and the names of a couple of the characters... other then that.. it completely different. Definitely more horror then the films were. And in my personal opinion well done. I like the storyline and the characters. I recommend checking out the series. My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 Count:Movies: 4 TV Eps: 19 Other: 0 | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: Paranormal Activity 3Year: 2011 Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman Writer: Christopher Landon (Writer), Oren Peli (Original Characters By) Rating: Rated R : Some Violence, Language, Brief Sexuality and Drug Use Length: 84 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen :1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Stars:Lauren Bittner as Julie Chris Smith as Dennis Chloe Csengery as Katie Jessica Brown as Kristi Hallie Foote as Grandma Lois Dustin Ingram as Randy Rosen Plot:Paranormal Activity 3 takes you back to where it all began and the activity is more intense than ever. The cameras are on and recording the chilling moments when evil begins to terrorize young sisters Katie and Kristi for the first time. Brace yourself for the horror phenomenon that delivers “heart-exploding scares” so frightening that “the last 15 minutes will mess you up for life.” Extras:Scene Access Bonus Trailers Closed Captioned Digital Copy My Thoughts: Over the last few years I found that I enjoy these "found tape" films. While I enjoyed this third installment in the Paranormal Activity films... I have seen better. It starts of... and remains pretty slow for most of the film. But I did enjoy how they ended it. I found it to be worth the time I put in it... but pretty average over-all. My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 Count:Movies: 5 TV Eps: 19 Other: 0 | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: True Blood: The Complete First Season: Disc 2EPISODE 3 MINESam seeks a remedy to his loneliness and Tara seeks a respite from her mother's alcoholic rage. EPISODE 4 ESCAPE FROM DRAGON HOUSEOnce again a suspect for murder, Jason forces Sookie to use her powers to find the real killer. Stars:Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse Stephen Moyer as Bill Compton Sam Trammell as Sam Merlotte Ryan Kwanten as Jason Stackhouse Rutina Wesley as Tara Thornton My Thoughts: Still at the beginning of this great series.... at least watching on DVD. I seen the first couple seasons as they aired. They only put 2 episodes per disc on this set. Seems a little low to me... but whatever. I am just happy I have the set. As most of you know... I am a huge vampire fan. They are my favorite horror sub-genre. And I absolutely adore Anna Paquin in this series. Sookie has to be my favorite character. Out of these two episodes... I liked Escape from the Dragon's House best. I just couldn't help but to laugh at the reaction Jason got at taking all that vampire blood (for those that don't know... it is used a drug in this series) at once. Definitely a series I would recommend... though I have heard it gets a bit on the strange side... especially in later seasons. My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 Count:Movies: 4 TV Eps: 21 Other: 0 | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: Smallville: The Complete Fifth Season: ThirstMore than a one-bite stand? Lana unwittingly becomes part of a Met U. sorority of vampires. One condition of her membership: She must bring Clark in for a bitefest! Chloe joins the DAILY PLANET. Stars:Tom Welling as Clark Kent Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor Erica Durance as Lois Lane Allison Mack as Chloe Sullivan My Thoughts: This is another Halloween episode I watch every year at this time. I have read where there is a lot of people that didn't care for this episode. But I always have. Once again probably because of it dealing with vampires. But I found it to be a fun episode. For some reason I got a kick out of vampire Lana. My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 Count:Movies: 4 TV Eps: 22 Other: 0 | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: Dead Mary: UnratedYear: 2006 Director: Robert Wilson Writer: Peter Sheldrick (Writer), Christopher Warre Smets (Writer) Rating: Unrated Length: 103 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen :1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: Stars:Dominique Swain as Kim Marie Josée Colburn as Eve Steve McCarthy as Baker Maggie Castle as Lily Michael Majeski as Dash Regan Pasternak as Amber Plot:It was supposed to be the perfect weekend away...until they invited a bloodthirsty party crasher! Kim (Dominique Swain) and her college friends meet at a cabin in the woods to relax, reminisce and have a little fun. But when a ghoulish game summons the vengeful spirit of "Dead Mary, " friend turns against friend in the ultimate blood-soaked battle for survival! Extras:Scene Access Feature Trailers Bonus Trailers Featurettes Music Videos My Thoughts: Sometimes it is hard to get into a movie. And sometimes it gets better the longer you watching. But then there is times like this when it is hard to get into a movie... and hard to continue watching... where you are surprised you actually made it through the entire film. What can I say. It was a really slow and boring start. No real action until about 45 minutes into the movie. I didn't care about any of the characters in the film. And it felt like it was taking forever to get to the end of the film. But despite all that there was a few decent scenes scattered in. I think I will be a little generous with my rating... and go as far as a 2. My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 Count:Movies: 5 TV Eps: 22 Other: 0 | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Well today is Friday... and Brittany will be home soon (about an hour and a half from now).... so you probably won't see too many posts from me for a few days.... as I won't have much access to Brittany's computer. But don't worry... will catch you all up on what I watch this weekend on Monday! | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Last night I found out Brittany is going to go take the SAT's today... for the second time. She wants to see if she can get a better score. Not sure why... she did great the first time around. But because of that I have the computer till about noon. | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Season 8 Motion ComicYear: 2010 Rating: NR Length: 224 Min. Video: Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Plot:Proving once and for all that you can't keep a good Slayer down, Joss Whedon's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight" picks up where the smash hit TV show left off! Based on the Dark Horse comic book series, these eye-popping motion comic adventures breathe new life into the Buffyverse for long-time fans and new "watchers" alike. The Hellmouth may have been destroyed, but the world still needs saving and Buffy Summers is back at her butt-kicking, demon-slaying best to battle the supernatural forces of evil. But the U.S. government thinks Buffy and her legions of followers have grown too powerful and are now terrorist threats. Meanwhile, a seemingly unstoppable group of Japanese vampires hatch a nefarious plot, while the biggest, baddest Big Bad of them all, Twilight, is on a mission to destroy every slayer on Earth. Issues: 1. The Long Way Home, Part 1 2. The Long Way Home, Part 2 3. The Long Way Home, Part 3 4. The Long Way Home, Part 4 5. The Chain 6. No Future for You, Part 1 7. No Future for You, Part 2 8. No Future for You, Part 3 9. No Future for You, Part 4 10. Anywhere But Here 11. A Beautiful Sunset 12. Wolves at the Gate, Part 1 13. Wolves at the Gate, Part 2 14. Wolves at the Gate, Part 3 15. Wolves at the Gate, Part 4 16. Time of Your Life, Part 1 17. Time of Your Life, Part 2 18. Time of Your Life, Part 3 19. Time of Your Life, Part 4 Extras:Bonus Trailers Featurettes Gallery DVD-ROM Content Test Pilot Trivia Track My Thoughts: I have been wanting to see this since I first hear of it's existence... as I was always a fan of the series. This is the first motion comic I ever watched. And it was definitely hard to get used to at first... but after the first few issues I found myself getting into them... enjoying each of the issues more and more as I watched. Being such a fan of the series I would have preferred if they would have gotten at least some of the cast members from the series to do the voices... but I can understand that they were unable to. Each issue lasted between 10 to 15 minutes... most being right around the 11 minute mark. This is definitely not a movie and definitely not a TV Series (although based on one)... so I listed these motion comic issues under Other. So this set alone completely destroyed my goal for "Other" which was set at 6. I had a lot of fun watching these... I would recommend them to anyone that was/is a fan of the series. It took less then I thought to get used to the style... so don't let that deter you. My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 Count:Movies: 5 TV Eps: 22 Other: 19 Completed Goal: Oct. 5th | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: True Blood: The Complete First Season: Disc 3SPARKS FLY OUTBill wins over Adele's church audience. Sam tries to get closer to Sookie. Sookie makes a frightening discovery. COLD GROUNDSookie looks for refuge from mindreading. Tara's mother needs to rid herself of a demon. BURNING HOUSE OF LOVESookie's painful past spurs Bill into action. Jason meets an adventurous woman at Fangtasia. Stars:Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse Stephen Moyer as Bill Compton Sam Trammell as Sam Merlotte Ryan Kwanten as Jason Stackhouse Rutina Wesley as Tara Thornton My Thoughts: 3 more episodes of this great series. I am still enjoying every minute of it revisiting the first season. Great characters... enjoying every second of the storyline. Sookie's brother still bugs me a little. It would be really hard for me to pick a favorite episode on this disc... but if I must... I would probably go with Cold Ground. My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 Count:Movies: 5 TV Eps: 25 Other: 19 Completed Goal: Oct. 5th | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: Buffy the Vampire SlayerYear: 1992 Director: Fran Rubel Kuzui Writer: Joss Whedon (Writer) Rating: Rated PG-13 : Comic Vampire Violence and Drug References Length: 85 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 4.0, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English, Spanish Stars:Candy Clark as Buffy's Mom Kristy Swanson as Buffy Donald Sutherland as Merrick Paul Reubens as Amilyn Rutger Hauer as Lothos Luke Perry (1965) as Pike Plot:Blonde, bouncy Buffy (Kristy Swanson) is your typical high school cheerleader — her goal is to "marry Christian Slater and die" and nothing gets in her way when it's time to shop. But all that changes when a strange man (Donald Sutherland) informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires. With the help of a romantic rebel (Luke Perry), Buffy is soon spending school nights protecting L.A. from Lothos, the Vampire King (Rutger Hauer), his sidekick, Lefty (Paul Reubens), and their determined gang of bloodsuckers. It's everything you'd expect from a teen queen in the valley.19. Time of Your Life, Part 4 Extras:Scene Access Feature Trailers Bonus Trailers Featurettes Closed Captioned My Thoughts: I know there is many people out there that don't care for this movie... much prefer the TV Series. While I do agree with them that I much prefer the TV Series version... I still enjoy this film quite a bit. I find it to be a fun horror comedy. And it is another film I am sure to fit in every year at this time. I thought Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland and Rutger Hauer were all good in this. Paul Reubens was fine in it... but he did get on my nerves a little bit. Especially how he over-acted his death. Sure at first it was right funny.... but I found it to be drawn out a little too far. I think if you go into this one expecting what it is... a silly, cheesy movie... then I think you will enjoy it. My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 Count:Movies: 6 TV Eps: 25 Other: 19 Completed Goal: Oct. 5th | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Weekend Catch-Up Since I don't have much access to a computer on weekends I haven't been able to post proper reviews for what I been watching. So here is a quick (title and rating) list of what I watched since the above review...
Movies: (I am including TV Miniseries here) - Dead Set 4/5 - Twilight 2.5/5 - Twilight: New Moon 3/5 - Twilight: Eclipse 2.5/5 - Paranormal Activity 4/5 - The Good Witch 4/5
TV Episodes: - 8 Simple Rules: Season 1: Trick or Treehouse 4/5 - That '70s Show: Halloween 4/5 - That '70s Show: To Old to Trick or Treat, To Young to Die 4.5/5 - Supernatural: Season 8 Ep. 1: We Need to Talk About Kevin 4/5 - Vampire Diaries: Season 1 Disc 3 (5 Episodes)
Count: Movies: 12 TV Eps: 34 Other: 19 Completed Goal: Oct. 5th | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season: Disc Four16. There Goes the NeighborhoodMystic Rivers is turning into Vampire City, Elena and Stefan double date with Matt and Caroline and Jeremy makes an astonishing request. 17. Let the Right One InTrapped and tortured by a vampire from the tomb, Stefan desperately needs help from an unlikely trio: Elena, Damon and Alaric. 18. Under ControlA taste of human blood threatens to set Stefan on a violent path. Elena's Uncle John arrives with unexplained knowledge and strange powers. 19. Miss Mystic FallsWho will be Miss Mystic Falls? As Elena and Caroline vie for the satin sash, Stefan has sanguine plans for another pagent hopeful. 20. Blood BrothersThe night we died. The time has come to discover how the brothers became vampires – and why Damon can not stop hating Stefan. Stars:Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert Sara Canning as Jenna Sommers My Thoughts: I found I am really getting into the storyline of this series. So I am trying to finish watching the DVDs for this series so I can watch the 4th season as it airs. Which starts on the 11th. Obviously since I still have up over 2 seasons to watch first... and my season 2 and 3 sets haven't arrived yet... I will have to set season 4 to record. My favorite episode on this disc was Blood Brothers as it showed how the brothers became vampires. My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 Count:Movies: 12 TV Eps: 39 Other: 19 Completed Goal: Oct. 5th | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season: Disc Five21. IsobelElena's mother returns to Mystic Falls setting off a chain reaction of astonishing revelations. 22. Founder's DayThe dead arise, the living die. Founder's Day begins with a parade and ends in fiery terror. Stars:Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert Sara Canning as Jenna Sommers My Thoughts: This disc completes the first season. Thankfully the series is really growing on me. Both episodes on this disc is quite good. And the season finale ends in a good cliffhanger... so I can't wait for season 2 (and 3) to arrive... hopefully within the next couple days. Mia Kirshner ( The L Word) has a guest starring role in a handful of episodes in this series. Playing one of the vampires. Which I found kinda fun... considering in her teen years she played a vampire hunter of sorts in the Saturday morning show Dracula: The Series. My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 Count:Movies: 12 TV Eps: 41 Other: 19 Completed Goal: Oct. 5th | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: Teen Wolf: The Complete Season One: Disc 2THE TELLA new animal attack involving Lydia and Jackson raises more questions among authorities about wild animals. While Scott and Allison skip school and take off unannounced, Derek must deal with the ever more aggressive werewolf hunters on his own. HEART MONITORScott and Stiles come up with ways for him to control the transformation in order to be with Allison. Derek continues trying to make an ally of Scott in both his battle with the hunters and in his goal to find a mysterious figure that both sides are tracking. NIGHT SCHOOLTrapped in the school at night, Scott and his friends face both suspicions among each other and the threat of attack from a powerful werewolf trying to get in. LUNATICWith Derek on the run from Silinski and his sheriff's department, Stiles must help Scott face his second full moon as a werewolf. Meanwhile, Jackson takes advantage of complications in Scott and Allison's relationship. Stars:Tyler Posey as Scott McCall Crystal Reed as Allison Argent Dylan O'Brien as Stiles Stilinski Tyler Hoechlin as Derek Hale Holland Roden as Lydia Martin My Thoughts: Yes... I am still hooked on watching TV series at this point. But don't worry... I will be watching more movies as well. This is another series I have enjoyed quite a bit. I like the design of the werewolves... both the Alpha and the Beta werewolves. While I enjoyed all the episodes on this disc... I would have to pick Night School for my favorite this time. My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 Count:Movies: 12 TV Eps: 45 Other: 19 Completed Goal: Oct. 5th | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | I hijacked Britt's computer for a moment to ask something.
I am watching the Halloween episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
I have noted 3 episodes...
- Season 2: Halloween - Season 4: Fear Itself - Season 6: All the Way
I could have sworn there was more then 3... What (if any) am I missing? | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: Square Pegs: The Like, Totally Complete Series... Totally: Halloween XLLWhen pep committee leader Muffy convinces their teacher Ms. Loomis to host a slumber party on Halloween, the girls are targeted by a possible stalker. Stars:Sarah Jessica Parker as Patty Greene Amy Linker as Lauren Hutchinson John Femia as Marshall Blechtman Merritt Butrick as John 'Johnny Slash' Ulasewicz Tracy Nelson as Jennifer DeNuccio My Thoughts: It is such a blast from the past every time I watch this show! This is a show from the early '80s... about the same time as I started high school. And while the styles the people had at that time is a bit over exaggerated ... I knew people like all those in this show. Brittany gets laughing at me so much whenever she see's me watching a series like this... that shows how teen life was way back when. As for the Halloween episode itself... it is a fun episode... but not really a favorite. It is worth the time put in to watch it... but I have seen better. My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 Count:Movies: 12 TV Eps: 46 Other: 19 Completed Goal: Oct. 5th | | | Pete |
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