Watchmen FutureShop Exclusive Blu-ray SteelBook Review
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Watchmen FutureShop Exclusive Blu-ray SteelBook Overview
In an alternate reality, it’s 1985, costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime- fighting legion – a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers – Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission …
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa [Blu-ray] Review
So who would win in a fight? The animals of Madagascar 2 or the animals (and two people) from Up? Okay…that’s just silly. Okay…which movie is better? Let’s break it down in pro boxing’s real world 8-point-must system.
The fight for the better movie (7 Rounds):
M2 story: 10 UP story: 10
M2 voice acting talent: 10 UP voice acting talent: 9
M2 action: 10UP action: 10
M2 Animation/FX: 9 UP Animation/FX: 10
M2 Humor: 10 UP Humor: 9
M2 family fun factor: 10 UP family fun factor: 10
M2 “I wanna see it again” factor: 9 UP “I wanna see it again” factor: 8
Decision: M2 68; UP 66 Better Movie: Madagascar 2
Both movies are well worth your time…especially for a nice warm Winter sit-down with the kids. Check ‘em out.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa [Blu-ray] Overview
Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 02/06/2009 …
Iron Man (Ultimate Two-Disc Edition + BD Live) [Blu-ray] Review
Iron Man is a character that I never in my history of comic book fandom cared about. When talk first started circulating about an Iron Man movie, my thought was “I guess they’re hitting them all eventually,” considering that we’ve already been subjected to Ghost Rider and Daredevil/Elektra. Especially now that Marvel has founded their very own studio so that they can produce movies themselves instead of selling the rights and points on the back end to others, it seems fairly certain that their catalog of heroes isn’t going to be closing itself off to the multiplex any time soon.
But after seeing Iron Man, I’m sort of ok with that. Provided of course, that the movies they make are more like Iron Man and less like the Fantastic Four franchise. It isn’t that Iron Man …
