Emmanuelle in Space: First Contact

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Queen of Outer Space.......2006-08-07

Emmanuelle gets elected to become the captain of a group of strange, space men and women from a distant galazy, led by Haffron, a cute guy who knows next to nothing about sex. Haffron has a sort of Patrick Swayze looks and must come from some kingdom too poor to buy any underwear. Emmanuelle, ever playful, has had a showdown with her earth boyfriend, Philip, not a bad sort but a jealous fellow who won't let her explore her sense of adventure. With this in mind, she has sex with Haffron as they perform monitored with a hundred wires which allow the rest of the crew to monitor their bodily sensations.

What can Emmanuelle, a lovely girl played by the incomparable Kirsta Allen, teach a bunch of overeducated, brainiac space creatures? Well, first off, none of them have ever had sex since in their nation, to procreate one must simply slough oneself in two, and that's how children are made, therefore there has n ever ben a need for sex. Bowever, Haffron so enjoys the earthly delights of Emmanuelle that he becomes a sex addict sort of, and poses as Emmanuelle's brother as she returns to earth to confront jealous Philip, who, as it happens, is giving his missing fiancee a taste of her own medicine by throwing a wild orgiastic party. She twitches her nose and changes out of Krista Allen's body into another (so that Phil won't recognize her) and attempts to seduce him to test her theory that he's a cheater, while Haffron tries to pick up different [...] at the party. They succeed and the two couples have sex in adjoining rooms. Dumb old Haffron picks up a "professional" who asks him for $200. "What's 'money'?" he asks in his inane royal hiccup. When he drops his pants her eyes widen and she rushes right over. "Never mind, this is a freeby!" she announces.

In space, Emmanuelle accepts the thanks of the space people for treating Haffron so well, but says that even becoming their queen won't satisfy her need for travelling to Egypt so they better let her abdicate. Instead, they accept all her conditions, and allow her to go on her planned barge down the Nile on a swinging singles cruise. Haffron accompanies her, telling her he loves her and to prove it, he says, that even if she changes her body for another female passenger, he will still know it's her, instantly. Farcically he fails to identify her and beds four other women, all of them charming and witty and nubile, but none of them really up to Krista Allen's gold standards.

Badly shot on cheap video stock, but highly recommended nevertheless. FIRST CONTACT's a winner all the way through.

Another Spacey Softcore Flick.......2006-01-19

I'm not sure what everybody is up in arms about. I watched the movie a few hours ago and saw plenty of Kirsta Allen, though, except in the beginning, she was mostly dressed. I think the reason, is the version I watched, which I rented from Café DVD, was unrated. Anyway the other girls were nothing sneeze at and though the sex scenes could have been more sensual there were plenty of them. Overall I thought Emmanuelle in Space - First Contact was an average soft porn flick. Hence the three star rating but only the unrated version.

What are we talking about here people.......2002-12-18

Now if any of you have ever read one of my reviews you know that I take movies at face value. I don't read into them... I don't look to them for hidden meaning or anything like that. That being said why are we trying to find quality in porn. I know this might come as a shock to you all but this is porn... soft-core safe for the teenager in you porn. Nothing more. Saying that I'm disappointed in this movie is like saying that the production value of the hardcore movies is terrible. Why... Why waste your time reviewing this...get what you need out of it (and you all know what I mean) and move on

not so great :(.......2001-05-13

i wasn't happy with this movie...i should have listened to the reviews. there was hardly any krista allen at all. i was expecting something along the lines of the uncut emmanuelle movies ms. allen had done back in 95 and 96. i have all 7 of these unedited movies. each movie is 90 minutes in length and there's a total is 7 movies for a grand total of 10 and a half hours of krista!...

Dissapointing.......2000-10-14

I have waited so long to see this movie and i was very disapointed with it. The only thing good about it was Krista Allen and she was hardly in the movie. The sex sceens werent even that great. There were very dull and boring. Very bad r rated version and im not sure if the unrated is much more. Im glad i didnt spend movie to buy this. If you want to see a good Emmanuelle movie see Emmanuelle 5 the best of all.

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Boris Karloff At His Best
The Devil is a Woman
Devil is in the details
My father had become a very strange man
Knocking on Heaven's door...

The Devil Commands
Starring: Boris Karloff , Richard Fiske , Amanda Duff , Anne Revere , and Ralph Penney
Director: Edward Dmytryk
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ASIN: B0000A2ZU4
Release Date: 2003-08-26

Description

Screen horror legend Boris Karloff (Frankenstein, The Mummy) stars in this chilling, suspenseful tale of communication from beyond the grave. From acclaimed director Edward Dmytryk (The Caine Mutiny, The End of the Affair).

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Boris Karloff At His Best.......2007-08-26

Awesome and terror-inspiring would sum up my thoughts on this movie. I had many a bad dream as a child growing up in the '50s and '60s after seeing this movie, and it still reaches out to grab me. Of course, few could inspire sheer terror as Mr. Karloff could.

Not gory or bloody, but a nightmare-creating monster, nonetheless.

The Devil is a Woman.......2006-04-05

Movie: ***1/2 DVD Quality: **1/2 Extras: **1/2

A fun little "B" horror film from 1941 with the redoubtable Boris Karloff playing the kind of "mad doctor" role he could pull off with effortless aplomb. What makes this one a notch above the average is that Karloff is up against an unusual foil --- a scheming female medium, formidably played by the superb character actress Anne Revere (just three years away from winning her Oscar for "National Velvet"). Watching an unhinged Karloff and a toughly villainous Revere sparring together on-screen is a real treat, and they're given excellent support by a supporting cast that includes Amanda Duff as Karloff's daughter and wide-eyed Dorothy Adams playing another of her patented domestic roles (she is perhaps best remembered as Gene Tierney's housekeeper in the classic "Laura"). The main plotline is fairly cliched, with Karloff as yet another bereaved husband trying to contact his deceased wife from beyond the grave, but there are some great set decorations and moody cinematography that liven up the proceedings. And at a mere 65 minutes of running time, director Edward Dmytryk (like Revere, an eventual victim of the Hollywood blacklist) keeps things humming along nicely.

Columbia's DVD transfer is wildly uneven. There are sections where the video quality is superb; sadly, there are also long stretches plagued by white lines running through the frame, and some frequent spotting. The sound is fairly good throughout. DVD extras consist of three trailers for more recent Columbia horrors; there are no features pertaining to "The Devil Commands" itself. Overall, the DVD will appeal primarily to genre fans in general, and Karloff devotees in particular. Others may not be so appreciative of the film's charms, but there are certainly worse ways to spend an hour and five minutes.

Devil is in the details.......2006-03-12

I say this one when it first came out and a few details always lingered in my mind. For 1941, this was quite a production. Boris was at the height of his powers and the story line was good. It has many of the features of the early Frankenstein films including the angry mob, the demented side-kick and the mildly deranged scientist. Someone ought to remake this with some of our current 'stars' playing the dead bodies inside the space suits.

My father had become a very strange man.......2005-10-01

A kindly, absent-minded scientist loses his wife suddenly and decides to modify his brain-wave measuring invention to communicate with his dead spouse from beyond the grave.

THE DEVIL COMMANDS opens onto a dark and stormy night with a sad sounding woman, the Mad Scientist's daughter, providing a voice-over narration. The narrator throws us into a deep flashback where a happy Dr. Boris Karloff is showing off his new invention, a primitive electroencephlogram gadget (the EEG was developed in the 1930s, so this is relatively new technology) that features a six foot tall, wall mounted graph. The person whose brain is being scanned is fitted with a head strap that's covered with what looks to be a deep sea diving helmet. Dr. Julian Blair (Karloff) believes this device will help him talk to his dead wife. As he puts it, his brain scanner will allow `controlled and scientific communication between the living and the so-called dead.' The crowd of admiring fellow scientists are wowed by the machine, dismissive of the planned application.

Not so the charlatan spiritual medium Mrs. Walters (Anne Revere), who may be a fraud but, more to Dr. Blair's purpose, is able to take a 10,000 volt charge with nary a murmur (`Why, it only takes 1000 volts to electrocute a man!') Not so, either, poor, loyal Karl (Ralph Penney.) Without giving too much away, let's just say you NEVER trust Karloff when he's in Mad Scientist mode and assures you, as he's strapping on the electrodes, that `I won't let thith hurt you.' Karloff probably believes it when he says it, too, but likely as not you'll end up mute, uncontrollably drooling and lucky if you're able to understand `Sit,' `Stay,' `Go lock the laboratory doors,' and, especially, `No, Karl. No!' And so, with Karl and the frosty Mrs. Walters in tow Dr. Blair moves to Creepy Mansion, where he can, hopefully, continue his experiments undisturbed.

For a short (65-minute), cheap b-movie THE DEVIL COMMANDS is eminently entertaining. The lighting is moody, the acting (especially Karloff and Revere) is appropriately creepy, and some of the sets are brilliant. Especially the lab at the creepy mansion, which may not have cost much but is a hoot and a half.

Knocking on Heaven's door..........2005-07-14

Contrary to popular opinion, Boris Karloff actually starred in quite a few films where he wasn't made up to be some sort of grotesque monster, as in this film, The Devil Commands (1941). Directed by Edward Dmytryk (Back to Bataan, The Caine Mutiny, Warlock), the film stars Boris Karloff (The Old Dark House, The Mummy, Bride of Frankenstein), along with Richard Fiske (The Son of Davy Crockett), Amanda Duff (Mr. Moto in Danger Island), Anne Revere (National Velvet), and Ralph Penney, in his only accredited role.

Karloff plays Dr. Julian Blair, a scientist who has been experimenting with machinery designed to record brainwaves of individuals. It seems people's brainwaves are as distinct as fingerprints, and Dr. Blair believes he is on the path to unlocking the secrets of the human brain. After the untimely death of his wife, the grief stricken Dr. Blair stumbles across the possibility of using his machinery to talk to his dearly departed, but finds himself at odds with his colleagues and family. While visiting a woman purporting to be a spirit medium, he exposes her as a fraud, but discovers she does seem to have enhanced perceptical (I know this isn't a word as I just made it up. I contact the good people at Websters and have them include it in their next edition) abilities, and enlists her aid in helping him. Being an unsavory individual, the woman agrees to help as she thinks if the good doctor can pull off speaking with the dead, he will gain power and riches beyond belief. Dr. Julian, quitting his job at the university and selling his home, leaves with Mrs. Walters, the psychic medium, and Karl, a mute, brutish man who was injured in one of Dr. Julian's experiments, and they relocate to an isolated manor in a small town, far away from prying eyes and inquisitive minds. Soon the villagers start to talk and get suspicious of the secretive work going on at the manor. Rumors begin to fly, and speculation runs rampant, certainly assisted with the disappearance of a few recently buried corpses. What was their purpose in Dr. Blair's experiments? You'll have to watch the movie. As the townspeople become more and more uneasy, I half expected a mob brandishing fiery torches to descend on the isolated manor. (Actually, they do, near the end.) The ending was wonderfully unsettling, and left viewers with questions never to be answered. After watching the film, I pondered the fate of Karloff's character, and the more I thought about, the more chills these thoughts gave me.

Karloff is great, as always, as the mad scientist (for lack of a better term) consumed with his quest, but he also provides us with a rich, deep characterization in that Julian feels very remorseful when his experimentation leads to the injury (Karl, who Dr. Julian now provides and cares for) or death. I thought that aspect rare in movies like this. His only intention, his desire, is to speak to his dead wife. Anne Revere is wonderful as Mrs. Walters, and her character makes no bones about what she is in it for, money...she insinuates herself into Julian's life to the point where she actually becomes a surrogate wife, taking care of all matters, allowing Julian to work unfettered, unencumbered with mundane responsibilities. She was very attractive, but in a cruel sense, as she had a gaze that could chill your blood. One of the many things I enjoyed about this feature was attention to detail. The machinery Karloff uses, especially near the end of the movie, was exquisite and intricate. It reminded me of the machinery from Frankenstein (1931) with dials, electrodes, arcing electricity, indicators, huge, switches for the throwing...it really aiding in providing atmosphere and a real sense of creepiness. Check out the metal, iron maiden-like mask used during the experimentation. Would you let someone fix that on your noggin? I surely wouldn't. Also, the film was intelligent, and provided an atmosphere of belief. There were some very minor plot variances, but those faded quickly as I became engrossed in the Karloff's character knocking on the door of the great unknown. The movie does get talky at times, but the pace is brisk with a 65 minute running time. The quality of the print used on this DVD is very good, but some minor blemishing is apparent, more so at the beginning. There is little in the way of special features, which is comprised of three movie trailers for current Columbia/Tristar horror films. What I really found odd was the title and the tagline for the movie, `This mad wizard kills at will in Satan's service!' While there were some occult elements, there certainly wasn't any Satanism involved. Maybe some studio lunkhead thought the movie needed some `zing' to draw audiences in, but I think just having Karloff would have been good enough.

The full screen print (1.33:1) looks fairly clean, subject to expected and acceptable age wear. There's not anything in the way of special features, except a few trailers for various Columbia/Tristar releases like Identity (2003), Darkness Falls (2003), and Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters (2002).

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If you liked this one, I'd also recommend The Ghoul (1933), another little seen Karloff classic available on DVD.

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Lesser Fat is Better Than No Fat
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Excellent Chow Yun Fat vehicle
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Full Contact
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow , Simon Yam , Ann Bridgewater , Anthony Wong Chau-Sang , and Bonnie Fu
Director: Ringo Lam
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ASIN: B00008R9LX
Release Date: 2003-05-13

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A rather mean-spirited vehicle for the normally empathetic Chow Yun-fat, with a brass-knuckle plot that recalls the Crook's Revenge story line of Payback and its source movie, Point Blank. Chow is Joe (just plain Joe), a tattooed, crew-cut professional thief who chews Clint Eastwood's old stogies, packs a sawed-off shotgun, and roars around on a chopped Harley. Betrayed and left for dead by turncoat pal Anthony Wong (the head gunrunner in John Woo's Hard Boiled), he returns several months later, in a really bad mood, to retrieve his share of the swag. The rabbit-punch aesthetic of director Ringo Lam is certainly compelling, and there are genuine innovations in the depiction of violence--like a shooting filmed from the bullet's point of view. The Asian-American actress Ann Bridgewater swivels her way through a couple of hot dance numbers as Joe's stripper girlfriend. --David Chute

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Make contact with this action-packed thriller! When Chow Yun-Fat tries to get his friend out of a gambling debt, he joins forces in a weapons heist. The job goes bad and he's betrayed by the leader, so he plots the ultimate revenge. But can he follow through with his plan?

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Lesser Fat is Better Than No Fat.......2005-10-24

This loose adaptation of "Point Blank" will not let you forget the original Lee Marvin version. The film eschews characterization for gratuitous pyrotechnics and bloodshed. The heavies here are so cartoonish that they're never truly menacing. On the plus side, Chow Yun Fat as Jeff, the bouncer quick with fist, switchblade, or firearm is as magnetic as ever. Director Ringo Lam keeps you engaged with his superb feel for action even if the proceedings are somewhat ridiculous. This film does not rate with Chow Yun Fat's collaborations with John Woo but if you want no think entertainment this film fills the bill.

it was egh.......2005-09-04

I gave it two stars because while I didn't hate it, it was dull and predictable. I see beter plots on TV's Starsky and Hutch. It probably wouldn't have been so bad if I didn't have to use subtitles; I found myself more interested in looking at the text than watching the movie. I know, that's only my opinion, but I watch a lot of DVD's and I think I know what I like and don't like.

Excellent Chow Yun Fat vehicle.......2004-10-24

After Tsui Hark and John Woo, Ringo Lam is probably one of the greatest HK directors. Some innovative POV shots make this a must see. Plot is predictable but it has some great lines.

If you like HK action, this is worth owning.

BRILLIANT..SUPERB.......2004-04-26

This is a Excellent FIlm. If you Like guns and violence Watch This. Violent and Betrayal. Chow Yun Fat is Brilliant. He is the Pacino/De Niro of Hong Kong Cinema.

Gritty!!! Violent!!! Brutal!!! Great!!!.......2003-11-23

Plot Outline: After Sam (Anthony Wong) gets in trouble with some triads over a gambling debt, his best friend Jeff (Chow Yun-Fat) has to bail him out. Sam gets word that his cousin Judge (Simon Yam) wants him and his friends to help them pull a job robbing a truck. Once on the job Jeff finds out it was all a trick set up by the triads to kill him. In a turn of betrayal, Sam is forced by his cousin to shoot Jeff. They leave Jeff to die in a burning building, only Jeff makes it out alive. Now he looks for revenge.

The Review: Full Contact is easily the sleaziest, grittiest and downright most vulgar HK action film I've ever seen. Now that I've said that, it's also just one outright cool film. Taking what could have been just an average tale of revenge, Ringo Lam injected the film with the style of the 80's and a healthy dose of brutal violence. The film represents all that was great of the all but dead Heroic Bloodshed genre. It's still around, but you don't see too many films like Full Contact anymore.

Don't misunderstand me, the violence in Full Contact, while plentiful, doesn't quite top the likes of A Better Tomorrow II, but the film is just a whole lot seedier. The violence in John Woo's films are usually comical to some point, but here the violence takes place somewhat in reality. The gunplay is actually fairly minimal really. There's only a couple of gunfights, and excluding the first person bullet effects, they aren't really all that spectacular. The violence in the film is just accentuated by the feel of the film. In one of the more brutal scenes in the film, Anthony Wong's character shoots a man in the head about seven times, covering the guy in blood. It's just an ugly image, and made uglier by the scenery and characters. It takes place in a dingy warehouse and watching his blood splatter all over his hands can almost make you feel uncomfortable.

When I first sat down to watch Full Contact I didn't know much about it and wasn't expecting much. I had read on a message board somewhere in the past that it was supposed to be a great non-Woo HK action film so I decided to give it a chance. Within the first five minutes of watching the film, it makes it's case strongly, and lets you know exactly what kind of film it's going to be. Simon Yam's gang robs what appears to be a jewelry store, in the process he stabs a innocent woman through the chest then proceeds to have her open the vault. We're introduced to the rest of his gang too. Mona, the promiscuous and Deano the muscular freak (played by Frankie Chin, best known as the guy who tries to strangle Ricky in Ricky-Oh). The introduction is so simple, but it's just so perfect. It's hard to put my hand on it, it's just the perfect way to start the film. A kick to the gut for the audience.

If one thing bothered me most about the film the first time I watched it, it was surprisingly enough Chow himself. Not that he gives a bad performance or anything like that, it's just his clothing style is just terrible. He wears a short sleeve shirt with the sleeves rolled up. Add to that a crew cut and a leather vest over the shirt, and you've got one goofy looking chow. The second time I sat through it I just took it in as part of the cheesyness of the film. The roaring electric guitar solos, the clothes... it's all so classic 80's.

The style, the violence, and the characters are what makes the film. Simon Yam is repulsive in his role as a flamboyantly gay sociopath who let's nothing stand in his way. Chow puts in a great effort, but it doesn't really take much from Chow to please. He could be playing a coma patient and would still ooze 'cool' from his pours. When I first watched the film I wasn't familiar with Anthony Wong, so I didn't actually ever notice him, but now that I've seen Beast Cops I was surprised to find out that it was he who played Sam. He's gained a whole lot of weight over the years, but I think he's actually more suited with the weight on. In this film, when his character becomes a tough guy it's kind of hard to take serious, but with some weight on him Wong comes off a bit more intimidating. As far as acting goes, those are the central characters. Everyone else puts in decent enough performances even though the girls just seem to be there for eye candy. Nice eye candy, but eye candy just the same.

To wrap things up, Full Contact stands out as one of the best Heroic Bloodshed films made not by John Woo. That actually sounds a little harsh, I don't compare the film to Woo's work, but it's just unavoidable. Anyway, I've debated with myself whether to give it a four or a five for a while now, and I've come to the conclusion that it's getting the Stubbing Award. Sure, it doesn't add a whole lot more to the genre, but it delivers what is one of the funnest rides the genre has ever produced. Full Contact is a classic, not to be missed by HK film fans, or gritty gangster film fans for that matter.

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CHILDISH BUT GREAT FOR OLDER PEOPLE TO

Bulgeoned a song to death, all credits gluped

Just wonderful

OK, if the DVD Worked

Top-notch Anime :-)

Robotech - First Contact (Vol. 1)
Starring: Mika Doi , Tsutomu Fujii , Arihiro Hase , Shô Hayami , and Michio Hazama
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ASIN: B00005BJED
Release Date: 2001-06-19

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This early anime series that helped introduce the genre to the United States in the mid-1980s is a curious hybrid. Harmony Gold bought the rights to the 36-episode Super Dimension Fortress: Macross, in which an alien invasion was held at bay by the voice of a girl pop star, but executives felt that American viewers wouldn't accept that plot. Producer-story editor Carl Macek intercut sequences from Macross with two similar-looking sci-fi series from Tatsunoko Studios, Genesis Climber Mospeada and Super Dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross, creating a sprawling 85-episode space opera with a completely new story line. The story begins in 1999, when a gigantic spaceship strikes the Earth at Macross Island in the Pacific. After a decade of analysis, repair, and study, the Earth forces are ready to relaunch the gargantuan flying fortress, now called the SDF-1--just as the alien Zentraedi attack, hoping to capture it. The first six installments in the 85-episode series introduce the main characters during the initial battles, ambushes, feints, and counterattacks: ace pilot Rick Hunter; his best friend, dashing fighter commander Roy Fokker; SDF-1 captain Gloval; his straight-laced assistant Lisa Hayes; and aspiring singer Minmei. In retrospect, the circa-1980s series has a rather camp appeal: the stilted romance between Rick and Minmei unfolds as coyly as a prolonged episode of The Brady Bunch. Technically, the show looks very primitive, and the crudely drawn space battles and explosions reveal just how much computer animation has contributed to the look of contemporary anime. Contains the first six episodes: 1. "Booby Trap," 2. "Countdown," 3. "Space Fold," 4. "The Long Wait," 5. "Transformation," 6. "Blitzkrieg." Unrated; "contains mild animated violence." Suitable for ages 8 and up: violence is restricted to spaceship and robot battles. --Charles Solomon

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CHILDISH BUT GREAT FOR OLDER PEOPLE TO.......2003-07-25

nice action, ok story and nice work on the dvd six episodes, exciting. its not the original story of super dimensinol fortress macross i recomend this to add to ur collection ialso recomend samurai x the motion picture, patlabor 2 the movie, x (one), digimon the movie , legend of cristiana the motion picture, dragon ball z: the history of trunks and dragonballz:namek. suitable for all ages

Bulgeoned a song to death, all credits gluped.......2003-03-24

i just watched it recently with disgust, not for the show but how it is treated.
macross/robotech is a reputated series of animation from the 80s. the interview carl macek had makes it sound like the americans MADE robotech, that they CONCEPTUALIZED the entire series idea(is not the so-called 'movie' but snippets put together?). little appreciation is given to the original artists (i.e. japanese. duh? why do you think minmei has black hair? roy fokker having blonde hair does not mean he is american...why do people insist on OWNING things that are not theirs?), they then bulgeoned minmei's song with this bad interpretation of words that makes no sense(starlight starbright?) - sounded like a dead crow... so bad i had to mute the song (oh no, some american voice-over is gonna kill this song again, someone remove the screeching brakes)... the added so-called extra features provide a cause for good laugh. imagine - dana sterling "oh, i can't work all the time, i have to go to the gym too!" in her gym clothes..how barbie! let's mattel-ize everything. pluuusseessee... i cannot see how they are "added" features... a animagazine(protoculture addicts) gave great credit and great information ages ago... somewhere along the lines, everyone conveniently forgets everything else...

Just wonderful.......2002-05-24

This is the best cartoon ever created. pokemon and digimon and all those others are peons compared to this series.

OK, if the DVD Worked.......2002-03-13

One important caution -- the first DVD doesn't work on my Playstation 2. If your only DVD player is a PS2 or a similarly picky player, don't buy this on DVD. Buy it on VHS, if you can find it, or buy a ... DVD player that won't refuse to recognize the disk.

Assuming you've resolved that issue -- If you're a fan of 80s cartoons or americanized Anime, you've probably already seen Robotech. I never got a chance to see it all the way through, and it was definitely worth purchasing for me. If you are an Anime purist, you probably already know why you'll hate it. Go buy Macross Plus or something.

If you're an american wanting to get into Anime, this is a relatively painless way to do it -- its more understandable than many recent popular hits, in the same way that Point of No Return is easier for an American to understand than the original La Femme Nikita -- the script was re-written by an american, and the voice actors are all native english speakers. The story is about on par with Star Wars, the graphics amateurish by today's standards, but the movie is enjoyable for what it is.

Top-notch Anime :-).......2002-01-22

The first DVD volume of the Robotech series contains six excellent episodes, including the eyecatches to and from commercial breaks. In the late 1980s, F.H.E. had released a videotape of these same episodes edited together to form one "movie;" while that was okay, this presentation by ADV Films is far superior, allowing easy access to any particular episode on may wish to view.

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Miu decides to depart her Earthly domicile and challenges Ren to a final duel. The contest seems simple enough, but for Miu, this will mean much more than just a duel. Next up, Neneko needs models for her costumes and she recruits Ren and Miu to do the job, leaving Takeya tongue-tied before the bountiful beauties. When Miu wins a local contest, everyone enjoys a trip to the hot springs resort, where the water isn't the only thing boiling over.

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Lesser Fat is Better Than No Fat
it was egh
Excellent Chow Yun Fat vehicle
BRILLIANT..SUPERB
Gritty!!! Violent!!! Brutal!!! Great!!!

Full Contact
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow , Simon Yam , Ann Bridgewater , Anthony Wong Chau-Sang , and Bonnie Fu
Director: Ringo Lam
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Release Date: 2006-06-27

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Lesser Fat is Better Than No Fat.......2005-10-24

it was egh.......2005-09-04

Excellent Chow Yun Fat vehicle.......2004-10-24

BRILLIANT..SUPERB.......2004-04-26

This is a Excellent FIlm. If you Like guns and violence Watch This. Violent and Betrayal. Chow Yun Fat is Brilliant. He is the Pacino/De Niro of Hong Kong Cinema.

Gritty!!! Violent!!! Brutal!!! Great!!!.......2003-11-23

To wrap things up, Full Contact stands out as one of the best Heroic Bloodshed films made not by John Woo. That actually sounds a little harsh, I don't compare the film to Woo's work, but it's just unavoidable. Anyway, I've debated with myself whether to give it a four or a five for a while now, and I've come to the conclusion that it's getting the Stubbing Award. Sure, it doesn't add a whole lot more to the genre, but it delivers what is one of the funnest rides the genre has ever produced. Full Contact is a classic, not to be missed by HK film fans, or gritty gangster film fans for that matter.

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Sadly, one of the worst goddess type anime

Not since Galaxy Angel

Oh my Dear!!!!

Cute, but not very original

entertaining anime series with fan service

DearS - 1st Contact (Vol. 1)
Starring: Dear S First Contact
Manufacturer: Geneon [Pioneer]
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ASIN: B0008191V0
Release Date: 2005-08-02

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Based on the manga by Peach Pit, the 2004 broadcast series DearS is a fan-service program in the tradition of Chobits and Steel Angel Kurumi. DearS, a race of voluptuous aliens whose spaceship crashed into Tokyo Bay, have become Japanese citizens. They're about to start living with ordinary families, when alien Ren appears and attaches herself to Takeya, a nerdy high school student. Ren declares that Takeya is her Master and she lives only to please him. Predictable contretemps ensue, with Ren failing to grasp the concept of wearing clothes and arousing the dark suspicions of Takeya's nosy neighbor Neneko. The appearance of DearS exchange student Miu and the arrival of the horribly cute cat-girl Nia, who's out to capture Ren, add to the complications, if not the fun. Virtually every joke and story element in DearS has been used many times before. (Rated 16 and older: nudity, risqué humor) --Charles Solomon

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Sadly, one of the worst goddess type anime.......2007-03-26

The story is your typical loser guy meets goddess. The premise of the story starts out very exciting then it just became a very very shallow story about DearS being nothing but a bunch of boring alien slaves.

Takeya the main guy is so obnoxious he acts like he's 10 yrs old boy rather than a high school student. Many typical boy resists sexual temptation scenes and rejecting sexual advances from a hot girl. Not believable at all.

The story progression is quite boring and lacking of any serious plot.

It takes on a bit of flavor from Chobits, Urusei Yatsura, and other animes.

Definitely a rental.

Not since Galaxy Angel.......2006-11-20

I have not had more fun watching an anime series since "Galaxy Angel".
I would describe it as "Alien Nation" meets "Monty Python".
Strangly-After watching the series. I began craving melon bread.
There are few series I would recommend this highly. But "DearS" has so many comedic and touching elements in the story line. And in closing, I wish I had a teacher like Ms. Mitsuka.

Oh my Dear!!!!.......2006-07-09

I haven't seen this yet but from what have heared i must say they shouldn't have named it dears they should have named it the perfect wives cause that's what they could be.

Cute, but not very original.......2006-04-28

Here we have a story where a teenage boy finds a beautiful female, who is mostly a blank slate. The girl therefore decides to live with and serve the boy, subjecting him to various awkward situations. Since the girl is also incredibly beautiful, sexual innuendos (and fan service) abound.

Chobits, er I mean Steel Angel Kurumi..., Elfen Lied..., no wait... DearS - that's it, is a tale where Takeya finds Ren, a DearS. The DearS are aliens, who apparently crashed on earth about a year before the series starts. The DearS are evidently bred/conditioned/engineered to be a slave race, though this isn't immediately obvious. The DearS are (of course) all incredibly beautiful, and have superhuman abilities.

The plot is pretty typical for this genre of anime. Ren joins Takeya at school (inciting classmates' jealosy), a rival DearS also shows up, Takeya's female childhood friend helps Takeya deal with Ren's naivety, etc. There's even a young catgirl DearS making a token appearance.

Ren spends most of the first disc without a good grasp of clothing, giving the show its chunk of (mostly teasing) Fan Service. One of the teachers is also overly fond of sexual innuendo, much to the annoyance of her students.

One of the few distinguishing traits of this series is that Takeya ISN'T attracted to Ren. In fact he finds her annoying, and suspects the DearS to be an alien invasion. Of course, most of the rest of the school treat Ren like a celebrity.

In short, the first disc is similar to quite a few other series out there. I haven't found a lot of original ideas in this series, and the characters seem recycled. I picked up the first disc, but I'll probably rent or wait for the boxed set to see the rest of the show.

entertaining anime series with fan service.......2005-10-21

An alien exchange student themed show in which a high school student Ikuhara Takeya met a girl from an alien species called DearS who crashed their spaceship in Tokyo Bay a year ago. This theme is the perfect setup for romance, comedy and fan service. You can tell it has tons of fan service just from the reversible cover of the DVD. Nevertheness, this show is quite entertaining.

The volume 1 of DearS is plagued with an authoring mistake - the English language track is mono. Geneon has set up an exchange program with the Right Stuff International Inc. You just have to send the defective disc in and they will replace it with a corrected one.

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Dears - 4th Contact (Vol. 4)
Starring: Dear S 4th Contact
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ASIN: B000BR9S3W
Release Date: 2006-02-21

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Takeya worries that he will be held back if he doesn't pass his midterms, so Miu takes the initiative to lead a study group in his apartment. However, little does Takeya realize that there are larger forces at work in the universe that will affect his life in ways unimaginable to him. Ren has been recalled as a defective DearS and, not wishing to return to the DearS ship, Ren runs away only to discover what the true meaning of community is.

Secret Signs and Invocations To Contact Count Saint Germain and Other Ascended Masters

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The Legacy of a True Believer

Secret Signs and Invocations To Contact Count Saint Germain and Other Ascended Masters
Starring: William Alexander Oribello / channeling by Count St Germain
Director: Timothy Beckley
Manufacturer: Inner Light
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ASIN: B000209KOA
Release Date: 2004-03-30

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The Legacy of a True Believer.......2004-04-28

William Alexander Oribello has passed on in the years since this DVD was recorded, but he has left a lasting legacy of spiritual help and healing behind him. This particular lecture was delivered at a seminar in his native Philadelphia in 1985, and though it is nearly twenty-years-old, it nevertheless still conjures a sense of metaphysical immediacy that is rarely found, even in works of this kind.

Perhaps some of the most fascinating moments of Oribello's talk come when he tells his stories of his upbringing and his initiation at an early age into the occult mysteries. Beginning at age three, Oribello began to have visions, some of which were very frightening. Then at age eight, there began a series of visits from spiritual teachers, usually strangers who had somehow befriended one of his parents. These acquaintances of his parents gave him books to study on subjects like the hidden meanings of the Bible and instruction in Hindu spirituality. Once they had given him their warnings about his own destiny as a teacher and a healer, they seemed to disappear from his life as quickly as they had come.

One snowy morning in Philadelphia, a man elegantly dressed in black knocked on the door of Oribello's family home, asking to be let in and given a cup of tea and something to eat. In a trancelike state, Oribello's parents obliged the stranger, something very out of character for them. As the mysterious visitor sat drinking tea and breaking toast without dropping any crumbs (which is the kind of odd little detail that is often remembered in stories of this kind), the visitor explained that someone was about to die in a house a couple of streets over, and that he had come to help smooth out the path to the next plane for this person, who had been of great service as a light-worker for the Ascended Masters. When the stranger finished his meal and departed, he left no footprints in the snow on the Oribello family's front porch, and young Bill never saw him again.

Along with these basically pleasant experiences intended to jolt him further along in his spiritual growth, there also came encounters with darker spirits who would try to sow doubt in his mind, even to tempt him to step off the path permanently. Oribello recalls many experiences with people who appeared totally human but radiated a sinister kind of energy and told him to stop wasting his time with his metaphysical pursuits.

How lucky we are that he didn't listen to them, because this wonderful DVD is one of the fruits of his decision to stick with the subject. Oribello teaches his small audience many of the rituals and prayers designed to bring a healing light into our lives, and to be aware now of the coming New Age that will transform the world into a relative paradise.

During the lecture, Oribello even serves as a channel for Count Saint Germain, one of the holy Ascended Masters working hand-in-hand with Jesus Christ to prepare the Chosen Ones for the sudden and dramatic changes ahead. The message from Count Saint Germain is surprisingly Biblical and apocalyptic, which should reassure those who feel such occult practices as channeling are evil. The message warns of the necessity for a "cleansing of the Earth," to free it from the grip of the unrighteous, before the dawning of the Aquarian Age of mass contentment and genuine world peace can come to pass. It differs little from the Book of Revelation and other Biblical prophecies in its timetable, and one is reminded of Oribello's strong Christian background.

The DVD closes with Oribello blessing his audience one by one, bearing witness to how the healing rays of Count Saint Germain's energy will make for positive changes in their everyday struggles to be spiritually pure and materially happy. When the New Age finally does dawn on this troubled planet, you can be sure William Oribello will be standing amongst the Chosen, ready to reap his just reward.

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Duke Roufus Muay Thai Instructional DVDs, 8 Amazing Volumes for Full Contact Kickboxing, Muay Thai & Mixed Martial Arts Fighting
Starring: Duke Roufus
Director: Paul F. Viele
Manufacturer: World Martial Arts International
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Release Date: 2007-08-31

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