Land of the Dead (Unrated Edition)

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Bolstered by the success of 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, the Resident Evil movies and the hit remake of his own Dawn of the Dead, George A. Romero returns to the horror subgenre he invented with Land of the Dead. The fourth installment in Romero's zombie cycle (and the first since 1985's Day of the Dead) presents a logical progression of events since 1968's horror classic Night of the Living Dead: Zombies (also known as "stenches" for their rotting odor) are the dominant population, and they've begun to show signs of undead intelligence and gathering power. The wealthiest survivors live comfortably in a luxury high-rise within a barricaded safe zone, ignoring the horrors of the outside world while armed scavengers stage raids in the zombie-zone to gather much-needed food and supplies. Simon Baker and John Leguizamo play mercenaries-for-hire; Dennis Hopper is their nefarious boss; and horror favorite Asia Argento (daughter of Suspiria director Dario Argento) plays a former hooker recruited into Baker's scavenger squad. While none of this seems particularly fresh or inspired, Land of the Dead benefits from hints of the social satire that made Romero's earlier zombie films so memorable. Not so much funny as gruesomely peculiar, Romero's plot isn't as inventive as it could've been, but as a big-scale B-movie, Land of the Dead delivers a handful of shocks and horror-celebrity cameos (including gore-masters Tom Savini and Greg Nicotero) that should keep horror buffs happy until the next zombie opus comes along. --Jeff Shannon

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What plot?.......2007-08-14

Land of the Dead has to be the worst out of all of Romero's "Dead" films. There is no plot hardly at all, and a lot of plot holes at that. Why are the zombies after Dennis Hopper? How do they know who he is? Those are just a couple of question out of the movie that are left unanswered. The only reason to watch the movie is to see zombies eat and destroy, but how many movies have we seen that are like that? This movie offers nothing new and is the same old thing that has been done a million times. We have even seen a zombie figure out how to use weapons on Day of the Dead, so zombies using weapons on here was nothing new either. Good special effects and a cameo by Tom Savini are the only thing that this movie worth watching. Everything else is very forgettable and not really worth watching again

Please note this is full screen, *not* widescreen.......2007-08-13

I assumed this DVD was widescreen, but when it arrived it said full screen on the case. Please take note of the aspect ratio before you order this disc!

Stupid plot..........2007-08-03

I will give this movie 2 stars solely based on the cool graphics. I was really hoping that this movie would be as fun as other zombie movies that I love like 28 days later, Resident Evil, and of course the previous "dead" movies. I'm sorry to say that it did not measure to any of the aforementioned flicks. If you are the type that gets entertained solely with visual effects, then you might enjoy this movie as it has alot of gore and realistic sequences. However, the conversations between the characters are completely idiotic and unrealistic, and the plot really leads you nowhere. I was quite dissapointed with this movie, and if I had the chance to do it again I would definitley not purchase it again.

Okay, but not as exciting as Dawn of the Dead.......2007-07-27

First, let me get out of this out of the way. If you've seen Dawn of the Dead (the newer version with Ving Rhames in it) and you're expecting Land of the Dead to be just as good, you're going to be disappointed. This film isn't nearly as action packed or as crazy fun as Dawn was.

That's not to say it's a bad film. The plot is decent, although not without a few "why the hell?" sorts of questions, and John Lequizamos' acting is spot on I think for this kind of film. Th problem I think is that given the plot and the whole world the characters are living in, there aren't many action scenes & when you do get one, it still isn't as thrilling as Dawn because the Zombies here are a lot slower. Instead of running towards someone to kill and eat, they shuffle, or at best walk at a fast pace.

So just to sum it up since I don't like long reviews, this movie is worth a rental. I'm not a big George Romero follower, so I wasn't expecting too much. If you are a George fan, you'll probably see this movie anyway, but like I said, give it a rental.

Horrific Zombies!.......2007-07-22

While this is somewhat of a departure from other zombie flicks, it has lots of gore, guns, and action.

George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (Unrated Director's Cut)

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What plot?
Please note this is full screen, *not* widescreen
Stupid plot...
Okay, but not as exciting as Dawn of the Dead
Horrific Zombies!

George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (Unrated Director's Cut)
Starring: Asia Argento , Eugene Clark , Phil Fondacaro , John Leguizamo , and Dennis Hopper
Director: George A. Romero
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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ASIN: B000B2YR7Y
Release Date: 2005-10-18

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Legendary filmmaker George A. Romero returns to unleash his new zombie masterpiece! Starring Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper and John Leguizamo, Romero's latest undead epic finds humanity's last remnants battling to survive the unspeakable truth: The ravenous zombie hordes besieging their fortified city…are evolving!

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What plot?.......2007-08-14

Please note this is full screen, *not* widescreen.......2007-08-13

I assumed this DVD was widescreen, but when it arrived it said full screen on the case. Please take note of the aspect ratio before you order this disc!

Stupid plot..........2007-08-03

Okay, but not as exciting as Dawn of the Dead.......2007-07-27

Horrific Zombies!.......2007-07-22

While this is somewhat of a departure from other zombie flicks, it has lots of gore, guns, and action.

American Experience: New York: The Center of the World

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Well done, fascinating and achingly sad

American Experience: New York: The Center of the World
Starring: Bebe Neuwirth , George Plimpton , and David Ogden Stiers
Director: Ric Burns
Manufacturer: PBS Paramount
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ASIN: B000BITUIE
Release Date: 2004-09-28

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Well done, fascinating and achingly sad.......2007-09-05

I was totally riveted when I caught this on WLIW. Wonderfly done, tactful and of course very sad. I ordered it immediately.

Land of the Dead (Combo Format: HD DVD & DVD)

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A very enjoyable zombie flick
stupid
Darn good zombie flick... with a message!?
A fitting sequal for the Dead series
George A. Romero proves that zombies still creep us out

Land of the Dead (Combo Format: HD DVD & DVD)
Starring: Asia Argento , Eugene Clark , Phil Fondacaro , John Leguizamo , and Dennis Hopper
Director: George A. Romero
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ASIN: B000GFLEGI
Release Date: 2006-09-26

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A very enjoyable zombie flick.......2007-06-30

As zombie flicks go this one was, in my personal opinion, very thought out and executed. Okay, so you can't really grab someone by the hair and rip their head off along with their spinal chord, but that's what the fiction genre is all about.

If there's going to be a sequel somewhere down the road, I hope it's not by some fly by night 'B' company who just slaps any old thing together.

5 stars for great affects, acting, and all around entertainment.

stupid.......2007-01-20

This movie is so stupid. Ok... Zombies are already dead and that means their brains are not much use for being smart. But for some reason the zombies are trying to be smart. So freakin' stupid.

Darn good zombie flick... with a message!?.......2007-01-05

Land of the Dead is the spiritual successor of Romero's previous Zombie films, ending with Day of the Dead too many years ago.

When I learned they would be using computer generated imagery for some of the special effects, I sort of cringed. Computer created blood and gore effects I've seen in other releases have left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I can happily report that with a few exceptions the CG created imagery works really well. The only scene I can think of as being slightly disappointing is the scene involving the zombie in the liquor store. I don't want to spoil the surprise for anyone, but I'll leave it at there is a scene that involves some bloody spray that just looked unnatural to me. All of the other effects, such as zombie heads being removed from their bodies and so on looked about as realistic as normal effects. In fact I'd say the scenes that involved disembodied parts worked better this way given that the body parts were real; helped by the creative use of blue/green screen effects.

As with Romero's previous zombie works, this movie can be enjoyed for the gorey simplicity it contains or for those looking for something with a deeper meaning, something that requires some thought, you can glean deeper meanings on many of the things presented here as well. Romero says it best when he calls Dennis Hopper's character the zombie infested world's equivalent of Donald Rumsfeld.

So if you're looking for a film with a creepy atmosphere and plenty of gore, or are looking for an action oriented film with a message, Land of the Dead is worthy of a viewing.

Being given the HD version, as well as the SD version on a single disc is certainly a bonus over purchasing the DVD only version, despite the price difference. I don't have an HD-DVD player yet so my views concentrate on the SD version which looks good (but certainly no replacement for HD) for an SD release.

A fitting sequal for the Dead series.......2007-01-04

Land of the Dead is a very good sequal to the original Dead trilogy. In HD it looks really good plus you get the film in regular definition on the other side which is a very cool thing. The extras are the same as the DVD version and none of them are in HD which is a bummer but 90% of the HD discs out there are like that.

George A. Romero proves that zombies still creep us out.......2006-08-07

We should have known that if George A. Romero was going to go back to the well of the living dead another time he was going to come up with something different. What "George A. Romero's Land of the Dead" (the director's name goes up top so you know this is not merely another remake of one of his zombie films, like last year's "Dawn of the Dead") offers is two variations on the familiar theme. The first is in this brave new world humanity has found a way of perpetuating the old divide between the "haves" and "haves not," even when there are all those zombies out there suggest it should now be "us" versus "them." Kaufman (Dennis Hopper) has set up Fiddler's Green, a luxury high rise on an island between a couple of rivers (think the location of Three River Stadium in Romero's old stomping ground of Pittsburgh even though the movie is shot in Toronto). There the "haves" live while the rest of the island has the "have nots," some of whom are hired as mercenaries to go out into the world and bring back "necessities." Apparently money still matters in the "Land of the Dead," or perhaps people are merely trying to hold on to the old way of life, because the poor are not listening to those advocating going and taking away from the rich.

Consequently, humanity has found a way to survive. You can compare the more active approach of "Land of the Dead" with the mall rats of "Dawn of the Dead," who found a passive means of existence. Kaufman has built Dead Reckoning, a gigantic armored vehicle that leads foraging parties out into the world. These parties are led by Riley (Simon Baker), whose primary goal is getting everybody back alive, which does not always happen. That is because he works with Cholo (John Leguizamo), who has a different idea of necessities, one attuned to the fine tastes of Kaufman. Both men believe they are on their last mission at the start of this 2005 film, Riley because he will have now earned enough to pay for a car to get out of town and Cholo because he believes he has now earned the chance to move on up to Fiddler's Green. Both are wrong and that sets up the conflict to come.

This is where the second variation comes into play. Kaufman not only created a high rise where the "haves" are protected from that "have nots," some of whom actually help the "haves" have even more, but the entire island is zombie proof. This forces Romero to change the zombie part of the equation, and so we are introduced to Big Daddy (Eugene Clark), who runs a gas station and has a moment akin to when the ape looks at the thigh bone in "2001: A Space Odyssey." Just to help us along the voice over at the start of the film warn us that if the zombies ever develop anything approaching rudimentary thinking skills that would be a bad thing, a very bad thing indeed. So, of course, that is what happens. After all, if you can have bad humans, then you can have good zombies (Joss Whedon has convinced me being dead does not make a character inherently bad).

Having a zombie to root for is quite a different experience, but Romero also delivers on the guts and gore when the zombies go into their patented feeding frenzy. The narrative can offer all the sly social satire it wants, we watch these movies to be disgusted by the bloody scenes of cannibalism. The people Romero hires to do makeup and special effects are clearly on the cutting edge when it comes to this type of work. Even when you watch the DVD special features and you see what they are doing in bright light most of it will still creep you out, so the scenes in the film shot at night or in the shadows with the liberal application of blood and other things it is even worse (which is a good thing in a zombie movie).

The bottom line is that Romero delivers just what his fans want with this movie so that there is not a problem with failing to meet expectations. No, "Land of the Dead" is not the best of the bunch, but for my money nothing will surpass the original "Night of the Living Dead." The important thing is that here we are four films into the series, limiting ourselves to just the Romero helmed ones, and the series is certainly going a lot strong than the other comparable horror series, all of which have been abandoned by their creators (which is either a cause or effect). Final Note: Look for Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright of "Shaun of the Dead" fame as the photo booth zombies in one of the classic cameos of the early 21st century.

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Entrapment (Special Edition)
TV cuts ruin too many movies
An enticing caper flick
Doable Millenium Heist: Value 8 Billion, One Dollar, 67 Cents
Worth watching

Entrapment [Blu-ray]
Starring: Sean Connery , and Catherine Zeta-Jones
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ASIN: B000K7VHH8
Release Date: 2007-02-13

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Sean Connery plays a master thief thought to be long retired, while Katherine Zeta-Jones is his foil, a hotshot insurance investigator assigned to his case. They both have a little something to hold over each other's heads, until it turns out that Zeta-Jones is a professional art thief herself and is playing on both sides of the fence. At first they eye each other with mutual distrust until they team up for a job, which goes off without a hitch. Inevitably their prickly relationship begins to thaw somewhat, and the two become attracted to each other as they plan out the massive Y2K bank scam that is the movie's climax (complete with sequel-ready ending). Entrapment plays somewhat like a '70s caper movie revamped for the gadget-happy high-tech '90s. The plot takes a few too many labored twists and turns, and the chemistry between the two leads is nearly nonexistent, though both carry on gamely in their parts. On the other hand, there is some genuine suspense in many scenes as they go about their business, dripping with whiz-bang burglary devices. Zeta-Jones, of course, is drop-dead gorgeous, and Connery is as reliable as always in his role. The fairly flat editing and direction tends to drag the film down somewhat, but fans of caper movies, high-tech thrillers, and the two leads should find plenty to like in this film. --Jerry Renshaw

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When a priceless Rembrandt is stolen in New York, the evidence points to a solitary master thief (Connery), who is about to meet the insurance company's most cunning - and seductive - investigator (Zeta-Jones). Following a nerve-racking game of cat and mouse, the two join forces, or so it seems, to attempt a daring multibillion-dollar heist tied to the dawn of the new millennium.

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Entrapment (Special Edition).......2007-08-15

I liked this movie when it first came out. I liked it even more this time. Sean Connery is the best.

TV cuts ruin too many movies.......2007-07-30

Charming adventure tale with a fabulous mixture of star personalities. This movie illustrates the old adage that "Youth & enthusiam will seldom prevail over age & experience".

An enticing caper flick.......2007-06-23

This is one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies. Yes, I realize that "Entrapment" isn't an Academy Award-winning caliber film. It isn't Catherine Zeta Jones or Sean Connery's best work, either, and the "sexual tension" that exists between their characters is a bit farfetched, to say the least...but I still love this movie! Despite the 600-year age difference between them, Connery and Zeta Jones play off each other brilliantly in this fun and suspenseful film about two master thieves who team up for two huge jobs. There are plenty of twists and turns in this film, and it will keep you guessing until the very end. (It will also make you wish that Zeta Jones could go back in time and play a Bond girl in "Goldfinger" or something...she and a much younger Connery would have been smoking hot on screen!)

Doable Millenium Heist: Value 8 Billion, One Dollar, 67 Cents.......2007-03-21

Stealing the Rembrandt was just for practice. Ginny Barker (Catherine Zeta-Jones) who worked for Waverly Security had a much larger goal in mind robbing the International Clearance Bank during the Millenium Celebratrion on New Year's Eve in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia but she needed help. She had been planning this event for a few years ... Hector Cruz (Will Patton) head of security had noticed she had no friends. She had no social life. She worked long hours doing statistical calculations and creating computer graphics examining all angles of the rooms and items her company insured and protected. He worried about her. She convinced Hector to let her attempt to catch and bring to justice the highly successful thief: McDougall (Sean Connery). He was a handsome foxy older gentleman, a wealthy Scotsman who had no need for the money but was a thief for the challenge of it. He was in the gallery where the Rembrandt was showcased during its opening exhibit, he was the likliest suspect. Hector was worried because two agents had previously disappeared trying to apprehend McDougall but Gin Barker convinced him because she was a woman ... she could do it. Despite misgivings, he gave her the chance to try.

Sean Connery played the aging gray haired foxy thief to perfection. He lived in Scotland, in a castle on an isolated island. He thought he had everything ... until he met Gin Barker. She followed him about in London, and watched him wander into a computer company, where he managed to steal five chips easily worth a million dollars each. She was exhausted as she returned to her hotel room, only to discover her luggage missing. She was too tired to report it immediately, pealed off her clothes and and prepared for bed ... totally naked because her dressing gown was among the missing items. She was shocked to discover someone staring at her in the dark. It was Mac (McDougall). He asked why was she following him around London. She then presented to him her grandiose plans. He mentioned his rules: "first we try, then we trust" and the corollary, "it's strictly business" ...

First he tested her and when she passed all his challenges, beyond his wildest expectations, he took her up on the job. They trained for the highest value monetary robbery of all time. This film appeals on multiple levels: it includes mystery, romance, tension, unexpected twists and turns in the plot and exotic locales, London, Scotland and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The May - December romance and relationship which builds from total distrust, to mutual respect, to outright admiration is fun to watch. Catherine Zeta-Jones is believable, beautiful and in fantastic form as she executes gymnastic maneuvers that would make a Gold Medal Female Olympics Champion blush with pride. Sean Connery delivers a superb performance and also delivers outstanding one line responses to her confident approach. He says, "I don't like surprises." She replies, "There won't be any." He countermands, "Trust me, there always are." This is a highly enjoyable film and receives my highest recommendation for acting, story-line, plot development, action, and intrigue. Erika Borsos (pepper flower)

Worth watching.......2007-02-21

Sean Connery And Zeta-Jones seemed an odd couple. But the actually compliment each other and create a chemistry which is not quite sensual but it makes the movie fun to watch. The plot, the clever dialogue and the twists make an entertaining film. The plot may be a tad far fetched but it is only a movie that will keep you on your seat (or sofa).

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For fans of bad movies
SUCKS!
It didn't "Die Hard" enough, and the soft porn nude scenes are embarrassing
My review of Skyscraper
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Starring: Anna Nicole Smith , Richard Steinmetz , Branimir Cikatiæ , Calvin Levels , and Jonathan Fuller
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ASIN: B00009Y3M2
Release Date: 2003-07-22

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For fans of bad movies.......2007-08-30

The action sucks, the sex is unconvincing and the acting is just not there, but somehow it all comes together in this fabulous trainwreck of a movie starring that fabulous trainwreck of a life.
Awful in all the best ways. The used copies are under two bucks, fer cryin' out loud. Buy it and enjoy.

SUCKS!.......2007-06-20

The acting in this movie sucks so bad....and there's so many continuity issues I don't even know where to begin...and the plot is horrible....the only redeeming quality is the nude scenes with Anna Nicole....that's the only good part if you wanna call it that. If you've seen it once that's how many times you need to see it...because after you've seen it once you won't want to watch this trash again. seriously this is the worst movie i've seen ever.

It didn't "Die Hard" enough, and the soft porn nude scenes are embarrassing.......2007-03-09

As bad as this is, and as horrible as Anna is in this junk the man who co produced and stared as the bad guy is even worse. He stumbles on Shakespeare's prose and delivers the lines like he has rocks in his mouth and is in awe of the fact he can say them at all! Frankly, so am I. That said, this is a very funny movie about a bimbo pilot, bad guys in leather pants and some "do hickey" that will "change the balance of power" .... un ...yeah..... ok. The soft core nude sex scenes are more funny than hot and are the only time Anna is able to act. At least when Andy Sadris ("Guns , "Hard Ticket To Hawaii, "Savage Beach") made his movies like this fun and funny)on purpose, and the had many playmates not just one. All in all this is one to catch on h.b.o. after midnight.

My review of Skyscraper .......2007-02-22

This movie suprised me. It was actually a lot better than i thought it would be. The action and plot in this movie was similar to the Andy Sidaris produced and written action flicks that starred several Playboy playmates. You learned to really despise the villans in this flick. The nude scenes with Anna were great too. What a body she had! However, it made me reflect rather sadly seeing Anna and her son Daniel together in scenes especially since they're both gone and died so young. If i didn't like one thing, at times they went a tad bit too far making the heels look almost like super men or indistructable. However, the way the heels "bought the farm" in the end seemed very justifiable, in most cases. I had originally bought this dvd because i wanted a rememberence of Anna. I am glad i did, for that reason and it was also more entertaining than i expected.

Annie Got A Gun.......2007-02-10

This movie is amazing if you are any kind of fan of ANS.
This is perhaps the best performance of her entire acting career.
The zooming in closeups of her aiming that mini canon are worth
the entire price of admission alone -- and the cleavage is a bonus.

Building Big: Bridges/Domes/Skyscrapers/Dams/Tunnels

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Great stuff
Good and informative
Brain-building entertainment

Building Big: Bridges/Domes/Skyscrapers/Dams/Tunnels
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ASIN: B0002XVS92
Release Date: 2004-10-26

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Award-winning author-illustrator—and captivating storyteller—David Macaulay (The Way Things Work) goes to extremes with five really big adventures that explore the greatest manmade wonders of the world. The series introduces the courageous creators and builders and reveals the deadly disasters and personal triumphs behind these breathtaking structures. Spectacular film footage, dramatic recreations and David's unique illustrations excite, explain and entertain in a big way. • Tower above the clouds on the Golden Gate; build the Brooklyn Bridge; and explore Europe's groundbreaking spans in • See how dams change not only the course of rivers, but the course of history as well, in an adventure that reaches from the top of the Hoover Dam to the banks of the Nile in Dams; Discover 2000 years of architectural wonders as Domes explores the Houston Astrodome, St. Peter's Cathedral, the geodesic domes of Buckminster Fuller, and more • Go to the top of the skyline for tall tales about Skyscrapers including Chicago's Sears Tower, New York's Empire State Building and Malaysia's record-setting Petronas Towers • Be a "mole" in Boston's "Big Dig;" explore the "Chunnel;" and go deep under New York's Hudson River for a wild look at Tunnels • Bonus Activities! Join Kenny and Caroline from the PBS kids' show ZOOM and other kids and their parents as they build five scaled-down structures using only common household items like straws, masking tape, and newspaper

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Great stuff.......2007-08-07

I really like these DVDs. As a teacher the DVDs can be shown to students, plus you get activities on the DVD and a book you can print. This was made so that you could actually use it with today's kids. I am a teacher and I love these.

Good and informative.......2007-01-10

The videos kept my attention and that of my gifted middle school students. Good explanations and visuals to help make material comprehensible.

Brain-building entertainment.......2004-09-02

This set of five videos by artist/architect David Macaulay provides many hours of insightful entertainment and a great introduction to science and technology on a practical level. Each themed film - Bridges, Skyscrapers, Tunnels Domes and Dams - provides an in-depth historical treatment of the particular structure, interesting stories and overviews from famous structures and basic scientific principles involved in each project.

The set features lots of great location shoots with David Macaulay narrating interesting stories and pointing out details of each site.

To give you an idea, "Tunnels" covers aqueducts and water-carrying tunnels of Ancient Rome, early canal and train tunnels of the 19th century (particularly in England and the U.S.), archaic and modern methods of tunnel digging (particularly under rivers), issues involving tunnel safety (both during the project and during use afterwards) with a special emphasis (in all areas) on the building of the Channel Tunnel in the 1990s between England and France. Each video also includes a "Building Small" segment and pamphlet so that families can tackle simple science projects at home that demonstrate principles of architecture.

Our family has really enjoyed these movies - from the four year old all the way up to Mom and Dad. The material is substantial, but easy to understand (particularly with the excellent use of computer graphics and artistic sketches).

My only caution would be that there were a few photos from an airplane crash into the Empire state Building in the 1940s that are a little graphic for young children. I was very excited to learn that these are coming out on DVD this fall.

Case Closed The Movie - The Time Bombed Skyscraper

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The Case Closed Time Bomber did not bomb
Fantastic DVD Ever!!
Case Closed Movie a great introduction to the series

Case Closed The Movie - The Time Bombed Skyscraper
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ASIN: B000H1RFZ0
Release Date: 2006-10-03

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The Time Bombed Skyscraper (1997) was the first of 10 features based on the long-running series Case Closed. The basic premise remains the same: Jimmy Kudo was a famous detective at 17, but thugs gave him a mysterious pill that somehow turned him into a little boy. He changed his name to Conan Edogawa (from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Japanese mystery writer Ranpo Edogawa) and found a home with his former girlfriend Rachel Moore and her half-witted detective father. Time Bombed Skyscraper pits Conan against a serial arsonist and a bomber who threatens to destroy several buildings and a train line in Tokyo. Are there links between the criminals that would escape the eyes of a less extraordinary detective? Handicapped by his pint-sized body, Conan has to pursue the case as best he can, often using Detective Moore and others as stand-ins. The filmmakers stick very close to the TV program and anyone who enjoys the series will enjoy this feature, and vice versa. (Rated TV PG, suitable for ages 10 and older: minor violence and tobacco use)--Charles Solomon

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The city is in the grip of a crazed bomber and nobody is safe as a crushing wave of terror washes over the innocent citizens. Planes, trains, and massive towers all threaten to light up the night sky; the sick whims of a brutal lunatic played out in sudden balls of fire. Conan Edogawa finds himself in a desperate race against the clock, an explosive game of cat and mouse with a deviant madman… and every second counts. Can he unravel the maniacal malcontent's scheme before the next timer reaches zero? You never know when your time might come.

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The Case Closed Time Bomber did not bomb.......2007-05-08

That movie was very satisfying. After CN cancelled the show I was so mad, but then when the movie came out, I was overjoyed. It was so good. Seeing Conan and Rachel together again was great. Although the movie did nothing to move the series along, it was still great to see some of the stuff that made me love the show. The movie did make me miss the series however, so if someone from CN is reading this, bring the show back!!! If you liked the show, you'll love the movie.

Fantastic DVD Ever!!.......2007-01-17

The city's buildings are placed with bombs. Edogawa Conan(Jimmy Kudo) eliminates all the bombs that are placed. Before this accidents were happened, Jimmy Kudo is invited by famous architect Moriya Teiji. There is one coincidence that all mansions that were arsoned were all made by Moriya Teiji. Conan solves the problem by using his brain and solves who were placing bombs and arsoning.

Case Closed Movie a great introduction to the series.......2006-09-26

Case Closed: The Time Bombed Skyscraper is a great introduction to the entire series. It is the first of the Case Closed movies and it does a terrific job of offering a movie experience to fans of the TV program as well as standing up as a independent movie experience. The film and the series use the same terrific cast of English voice actors and feature great writing throughout.

One of the most interesting aspects of Case Closed "Detective Conan" is the duality of the central character. The "MacGuffin" within Case Closed transforms our protagonist into a child, who then must assume a new identify and find unique ways to express his detective talents. This plot device essentially allows Case Closed to explore one of the central issues of being young, of being a teenager with much higher than average intelligence. What a incredible conceit for an anime property! Especially when you consider that this same dynamic applies to the sterotypical anime fan. Every teenager comes up against the struggle of being viewed and judged as a kid while internally they have the motivations and drives which are much more adult than the world is usually willing to acknowlege.
Case Closed explores these dyanmics and surrounds them with unique mysteries involving esoteric motives and plots. Case Closed is a serious mystery drama that just happens to be a surpirsingly funny. The Case Closed movie: The Time Bombed Skyscraper, is a wonderful place to start your exploration of the world of Case Closed.

Modern Marvels - Chrysler Building (History Channel)

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Modern Marvels - Chrysler Building (History Channel)
Starring: Modern Marvels
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
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ASIN: B000P6R5NE
Release Date: 2007-07-31

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The 1,046-foot Chrysler Building in New York City, erected between 1928 and 1930, was the world's tallest edifice--until the Empire State Building eclipsed it in 1931! Since then, this Art Deco masterpiece has become one of the most beloved skyscrapers on the city skyline. Financed by auto tycoon Walter P. Chrysler and designed by architect William Van Alen, the private office building was constructed by more than 2,000 men. Find out why it was the first--and last--skyscraper Van Alen designed.

World Trade Center - Anatomy of the Collapse

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Evidence of Explosives, NIST's Own Conclusion That Fire Has Never Brought Down A Steel Structure
Anatomy of a Collapse
This is NOT the DVD offered for free
Painfully logical
Comment on review by tagman77 from Bountiful, UT

World Trade Center - Anatomy of the Collapse
Starring: Craig Sechler
Director: Ben Bowie
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ASIN: B00006AUH7
Release Date: 2002-08-20

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Evidence of Explosives, NIST's Own Conclusion That Fire Has Never Brought Down A Steel Structure.......2006-03-27

This video is definitely a promo piece that works for the official story, but hidden inside this great documentary are interviews with professors that actually take the official story apart.

Jonathan Barnett, Professor of Fire Protection Engineering, is interviewed in this presentation during the segment on the British Steel Industrial Fire Test of 1995, where a 5 story building filled with office furniture, computers, paper, and other items, in a non-fireproofed environment was set ablaze and allowed to burn for several hours. And what happened? The building stood there with no chance of a collapse. The video footage of the test is interspliced with Barnett's interview, where he states: "When steel is bare -- when it heats up -- it gets weaker. It's not that it melts in a fire, in fact, fires--normal fires--are not hot enough to melt steel. Even if you were, for example, to use an unusual fuel -- like kerosene -- you cannot achieve temperatures hot enough to melt steel." He then adds, "In over 20 years I have not seen -- until recently -- a protected steel structure that has collapsed in a fire."

His statement might be meaningless to you if he was just some schmoe from around the way, but Professor Barnett was one of the chief investigators of the government's NIST/FEMA team that was tasked with determining what made the towers come down.

**It should be noted that the NIST/FEMA investigation even concluded that jet fuel cannot produce temperatures that burn hot enough to melt steel.

Another great interview/segment is with Professor Abolhassan Astaneh-Asl, who is shown examining the steel wreckage of the WTC. He says, "What you see here is actually very critical - very, very important. Perhaps, this is the most important piece I have found so far. ...This is the inside face of [the] back columns. ...What you see here is, first of all, it bent. That was due to [an] explosion - but more importantly - this has a signature of [an] explosion. This has happened due to explosive material hitting this column and making that bulge. So this is [the] floor where [an] explosion happened, and the windows are blown away. Everything is burned. Even [the] fire-proofing on this floor is burned and glazed to the steel."

Any 9/11 researchers out there would be smart to grab this video and archive it. There are extraordinary CGI diagrams that show how immense the construction of the towers was, including the 47-steel core columns that made up the support for the buildings.

One conclusion is echoed over and over in this film, and that's on the morning of 9/11 everyone watching was amazed and shocked that the towers fell the way they did -- after all, NO ONE ever thought a steel skyscraper could collapse from just fire. Throughout the history of architecture, no steel structure has ever fallen due to fire, but on September 11th, "they" want you to believe that two 110-story buildings, and a third 47-story building did just that.

Anatomy of a Collapse .......2005-03-28

The Learning Channel has released a fine video of hard-hitting evidence explaining once & for all how the two tallest buildings in the history of Manhatten were reduced to rubble during the attacks of 9/11/01. You'll also see some pretty neat camera angles of the second plane hitting the South Tower, some that I haven't seen before. A brief history of the rise of the twin towers is presented here, as well as footage showing the aftermath of the 1993 WTC bombing. The reason why I don't give this DVD/video 5 stars is because it was only 53 minutes long. They should've added a lot more to this video before releasing it on VHS/DVD. Oh, well, I still recommend this film. It will give you a clear understanding as to why the WTC collapsed.

This is NOT the DVD offered for free.......2004-05-26

In spite of what some 'reviewers' have stated, this is not the DVD the government was giving away. That DVD is called 'Up From Zero' and can be requested at http://www.dol.gov/opa/dvd

Good luck though, I requested my copy last fall and have yet to receive it, tho I got an email in December saying the demand was enormous and it should be shipped in 2 weeks (still waiting and just requested it again).

From the website:
"Up From Zero" is a documentary film that pays tribute to the brave men and women of the New York City building trades who put themselves on the line on September 11, 2001 - and for nine months afterward - to reclaim Ground Zero.

*UPDATE* I did finally receive the free DVD, and it was spectacular, much more than I'd expected. If you request it, be patient but don't give up, re-request it if you need to. It was a very informative and interesting DVD. Well worth the wait in my opinion.

Painfully logical.......2004-02-23

Although I was but a few miles away from the WTC on that awful day, I was spared watching it unfold. Like many New Yorkers, it took me a couple of years to even begin to look at the videos surrounding the disaster. The first thing I watched was Ken Burns' final episode to his NEW YORK documentary. Because I had seen the previous seven parts, and had loved them, I knew this subject would be in good hands, and it was.

This documentary, ANATOMY OF A COLLAPSE, was the next I watched. It, too, struck be as well-conceived and intelligently explained. The CGI work supporting the expert analysis was an enormous aide to understanding the chain reaction that led to the implosions. Still, this is an unbearably sad documentary that seemed a little too coldly analytical, almost distant: something the Burns' documentary avoided. But I think everyone will have a different emotional response to anything about the WTC disaster. For this reason, I hope people will watch this video to gain a solid understanding of the whys and hows those beautiful silver towers crumbled.

Comment on review by tagman77 from Bountiful, UT.......2004-01-13

While I appreciate tagman77's passionate editorial on the events of September 11, 2001, it lacks an actual review of the DVD.

This style of writing is more "Letter to the Editor" than anything else and didn't give me any indication as to what the DVD is actually like.

Any other reviews out there?

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