Digital Hierarchy Movie Reviews

Superstar Mel Gibson gives a sensitive performance as Tim, a mentally handicapped young man who falls in love with an attractive older woman played by Piper Laurie. This is more than a May-September romance - it's a study of human frailty, courage and devotion. The superb cast includes co-stars Alwyn Kurts and Pat Evison as Tim's parents.

The reason for my title will only be understood by those who watch all four box sets. In this set we first meet the main characters. It starts with a secret mission gone wrong (or right?) ivolving an AT pilot named Chirico Cuvie, the star. He sees something he shoudn't have and basically becomes a fugitive. Enter Uoodo, the city he escapes to. Here he meets Gotho, Vanilla, and Coconna, three black market, wheeler and dealer types that end up helping him out, and vice versa. He also comes across the very item he was not supposed to see on that mission. Chaos ensues, onto the next set. This set starts the whole thing with tons of battle, tons of plot, and tons of fun. The worst part of it is the dated animation, although it's not that bad for 1983, and you get used to it. Sometimes it a little predictable, but still enjoyable. Go see it!

To be sure, I was pretty wary of Tenshi ni Narumon (abbreviated Tennimon for those in the know, and those who wish to save themselves from tongue-twisting) when my friend first mentioned it to me. Here we have a the sugary-cute blonde Noelle, and I was quite certain I'd be annoyed with her withing the first ten minutes or so of her screen time.

Fortunately, though, I was completely wrong. I found her to be cute, innocent, and completely free-spirited. She's an excellent and endearing heroine that's by no means perfect. The boy she loves is Yuusuke, a (startlingly) feminine-looking high schooler that's living on his own while his father is out of the country on business.

Sounds really simple, right? Boy meets girl, boy loves girl, boy joins girl's family in defeating a giant daruma/rice-cooker. Oop, hold up there. Good thing for the viewer that Tennimon doesn't seem to follow any strictly conventional formula. While during some scenes you'll think to yourself, "I know the gist of this" and be correct, there's always some twist, some quirky charm that makes this series different. Noelle's family simply must be seen to believe; each of them seem to have a fully-fleshed personality, instead of being used as mere static background characters.

The animation is beautiful, and yes, it's done with conventional cels! The colors are so crisp and bright and, well, *shiny* that they would lead one to believe that Tennimon was animated digitally; but no, those are hand-painted cels you're looking at. The DVD's quality is top-notch, as well. (It even includes things like translation notes, a real bonus for us purist buffs!)

If there is a flaw, it's that the show is a little *too* sugary. A friend of mine once said that she could only stand so much Tennimon at a time; too much was prone to make her teeth ache. If you can stand excessive cuteness, lots and lots of pink, and plenty of "wai!"ing, (all of which are mostly from Noelle-chan) Tenshi ni Narumon is a good choice for you.

I saw this at the AnimeExpo in New York recently, and bought it soon after.

The plot (understand, Japanese cartoons sometime have quirky and erratic plots)is: A stork carrying a new angel is attacked, and the angel inside splits into 3 parts. We won't know what happened to the other 2 parts for a while, but one apparently ends up in the demon world and raised by the Munsters, for want of a better description.

A teenage boy whose parents have left him in Japan while they work overseas is enjoying his first day of independance when he comes across a girl naked in the park; this girl is Noelle, one of the pieces of the complete angel. She immediately falls for Yu-ske and declares him her husband. He considers her nuts and runs away to school, where she ends up at later as a student.

Later, when Yu-ske rides his bike home, he finds the Munsters have re-decorated his house (did they ever), and Noelle is part of this family. He's introduced to them as her future husband, and they inform him they're moving in, having left the demon world. Strange stuff, and not just the obvious. The family has dances for practically every occasion.

Meanwhile, there's an evil...Harliquin that desires Noelle because she's imperfect (he has a thing for imperfection) and stops at nothing to have her in his possession. Of course, this involves numerous kidnap attempts by his minions and the family's battles against them. Again, funny and wierd.

I'm glossing over a LOT of stuff, but that's the beauty of Anime; so much goes on in just 1 episode you look at it more than once.

The disc comes with both the original Japanese and English dubbed. As far as I'm concerned, it's one of the better dubbing efforts by far, sticking very close to the original translation. Moreover, Noelle's voice actress for English is a dead ringer for the Japanese one, which is great.

The animation is clean and smooth, with abstraction only when the story calls for it.

This series is great for kids 8 and up; just a tad risque in some places, but always in good taste and never overt. Parents who are already into similar things will enjoy the quirkiness.

Definately worth purchasing.

First of all, this DVD is very cute, the opening theme song is very catchy, and the english dub voices are great. I enjoyed this DVD, and when volume 2 comes out, I'm gonna buy it. It all starts when Yuusuke starts living on his own. On his way to school, he find a naked Noelle sleeping in the forest. When he comes home, he finds out that Noelle's family has come from the monster world to live with him! Everybody keeps calling Yuusuke Noelle's "husband" because he accidentally kissed her. All this is getting to be too much for poor Yuusuke. Noelle wants to be an angel just for Yuusuke, but there are many things required. This dvd cotains the first 5 episodes:"Kisses Mean I like you, I think," "Patched Up Love is Okay with Me!", "Hug Me, Squeeze Me," "Precious Things are.....Precious!", and "Not There, But Still There." This series would be great for children ages 8 and up!

I'm a Karaoke fan who have a great collection of spanish karaoke on Laser Discs. This was my first Karaoke Spanish DVD and I think it's a good manner to begin my collection on this media. It has very popular songs from Mexico, Spain and Venezuela. The sound is good, the video quality is standard. I apreciate too much this product, specially because there are not to many Spanish Karaoke DVD still in the market

i was able to sing many of my spanish love songs to mi novias

I loved THIS DVD. iT IS GREAT

Was fortunate enough to have great seats at RAH for this amazing concert in 1997. The DVD captures the magic of that evening and I've played it many times for friends who were getting tired of me telling them about this once in a lifetime concert.

In addition to the great performances, the DVD captures much of the fun and comradery between these legends -- it was like watching a bunch of old friends playing for kicks.

While most of the magic was captured, there were some great songs and British wit that didn't make the final edit -- Midge Ure doing an acoustic "Vienna" and Mark Knopfler opening with "The Theme to Local Hero" are two they should have found room for.

One of the more amazing moments was hearing McCartney say that he hadn't performed at RAH in "34 years to the day." Beatles fans will recall the clip of that performance when Lennon asked "the people in the cheap seats to clap their hands...and the rich folks to rattle their jewels" (a sly reference to those in the Royal box).

Highly recommend it.

This is a Must Have DVD for any Rock & Roll fan. The list of performers alone should peak your interest. Imagine Mark Knopfler, Sting, Eric Clapton & Phil Collins doing the best rendition of 'Money for Nothing" you have ever heard, then add Ray Cooper's animated percussion, a choir and and an orchestra - WOW! The individual performances are very good, but when the performers team up - it is phenomenal! Other notable selections include Eric, Mark, Phil, Ray and Jools Holland in 'Same Old Blues'; when Paul McCartney, Elton John and everyone else team to do 'Golden Slumbers', 'Hey Jude' and 'Kansas City' it is magical. The video quality and sound are both excellent. Thank goodness this is a DVD, I have experienced this so many times other media wouldn't have any quality left.

This DVD is one encore after another. Everyone involved gave 110 percent and when you are talking the caliber of talent on this DVD it is just mind blowing. Buy it, there is no way you will be dissapionted. If you dont buy it you will never be happy knowing you missed out on this. If you buy it your life will be fulfilled. So click a few buttons and buy it stupid.

This movie is weak at best. Weak acting, no plot and definately too long. Any decent review is from an individual associated with the film.

Townies VS. the Rich College Kids in the Ultimate Scare-off... Then throw in a Urban Legend about a murder that turns out to be true, a creepy man on a bike, a sheriff with an obsession with Coffee making, a Pretty and "poor" Townie Girl secretly going to college and wearing Gucci, Young Adult Drama, Brief Nudity, and of course... Good old mela-drama-horror-suspense-comedic-Violence.... You get Boo! The Movie.... Featuring some of the finest talent I've seen in an Independant Film shot in Chicagoland lately. Why more of these names are not featured in the main credits, I'll never know. Some of the one-liners that come out of Jack's (Jason Lovett) mouth are priceless, and Michael Wollner's character is a hysterical portrayal of a missing Porky's character.... I just loved it, found it fun to watch, especially at parties, and it's even Family safe (10+) I'd say... Worth a look, plus if you are from the Elgin/St. Charles area, you'll notice many "Spots" used in filming... "Beware the man who talks behind his hand!"

From watching the production of the movie to seeing the movie on the big screen at the Vic Theatre in Chicago, the movie surpassed all expectations as they will yours. Each person from the writer to the photographer to the actors to the grips volunteered in this project and sincerely gave their heart and soul into BOO!

When viewing this movie keep in mind, I can not think of another movie who has pulled off such impecable quality with this minimal budget. Yes if the movie had a multi million $$ budget then there would have been all the special effects to knock your socks off, but this is reality and it had less than $25,000 to work with.

The point is to make a movie that one can be proud of and have it distributed over AMAZON.COM. Wow, BOO made it to AMAZON.COM!!

Independent Films struggle with competing with Hollywood. So be a supporter of Indie Films, show support by ordering a copy today.

I purchased the three games (DL, DLII, Space Ace) at Electronics Boutique for [price] each new. They say "X-Box Compatible" and "Playstsation 2 Compatible" but there is no difference between these discs and the DVD versions, only the packaging is different. Can't wait for DL 3-D to come out, and I hear rumors of an animated film in the works?

I've played literally every version of Dragon's Lair in existence (even the old coleco versions). And by far the DVD versions are the best. It still might not be as perfect as the original laser disc version, as far as timing of the moves go, its real close and I found myself just watching the full length movie anyway. I never realized how much of an improvement in animation and detail there was for Lair 2. Each level also has a barrage of moves, sometimes one every second. Excellent job.

OK, let's start by mentioning that there are TWO versions of this DVD. There is a DVD-ROM version which requires Windows 95/98 to run, and there is THIS version (called DVD-VIDEO) which does NOT require a computer to run. Both versions are manufactured by Digital Leisure.

Here is the scoop on both versions...

DVD-ROM version:
-Requires Windows 95/98 to run. (I don't know if it will work with Windows 2000 or Windows Me)
-Has smoother game play. From what I have heard from other people, the game play on this version is practically flawless.
-I don't think that this version has the "watch" feature, which lets you view the entire animation without actually playing the game.

DVD-VIDEO Version:
-Does NOT require a computer to run.
-When I use this on my Sony DVD player that is hooked to my TV, the game play is painful. There are 2-3 second gaps between moves that makes the game almost unbearable. However, when I play this on my computer's DVD drive, the game play is quite good. There are still gaps between moves, but only about 1/4 of a second or so.
-Has a "watch" feature that lets you view the entire animation without playing it. This is very cool!
-Works on MOST DVD players, except some Toshiba models.

WHY I BOUGHT THIS VERSION:
Even though the game play is better on the DVD-ROM version, I decided to buy the DVD-VIDEO version for a couple of reasons...
-The "watch" feature was important to me. I wanted the ability to just sit back and take in the whole beautiful animation without having to do sword, left, left, sword, etc.
-I wanted this purchase to last. In other words, I didn't want to be forced to buy a new version of this product when I switch my computer system over to Windows 2000 (or whatever Bill Gates comes up with next).

ABOUT THE ACTUAL GAME:
Think of it as Dragon's Lair meets Alice in Wonderland meets Time Machine. It is VERY bizzare, but VERY cool. If you were a fan of the original Dragon's Lair, then you will probably love this. The animation looks exactly like it did in the arcade. I am hooked on it.

Disturbing.Wonderfully disturbing.You have the option of listening to the original songs or the remix of the old songs. Personally I like the originals.Warped and twisted.Disturbed the living hell out of my friends so bad that they left the room.Gingerbread man concentrate one of the best videos on the collection. After a few watches it grows on you like an obscene fungus. Delightful.

Available, or not available : a true Residential question, as you know.

So grab this one while stocks last. You can never know how long such anabashed beauty/creativity will remain at your disposal.

You've been warned.

In addition to their groundbreaking musical output, the Residents are famous (and infamous) for their equally bizarre and innovative experimental film work. ICKY FLIX collects almost all of these films, providing new soundtracks for every piece as well. There are some real surprises here: "Vileness Fats", the abandoned Residents epic; a new video for DUCK STAB's "Constantinople"; the "GINGERBREAD MAN Concentrate"; and a wealth of really great hidden videos, ranging from an Australian TV show appearance to a piece of live "From the Plains to Mexico". "Freak Show" and "Bad Day on the Midway" are represented here as well, in "concentrate" form (how I wish Amazon carried the Roms!).
Of course, their most famous works are here: "Third Reich and Roll" (which tells the story of the rise of rock music beutifully and with humor); "Hello Skinny"; "One Minute Movies" (four songs from THE COMMERCIAL ALBUM); and "Songs for Swinging Larvae" (by incredibly weird British band and Residents pals Renaldo and the Loaf).
Some of these are interesting mostly for Res fans: "Where is She?" is as disturbing as it is funny. This goes double for "Just for You", the last movement of a piece called "Disfigured Night" (a clever play on Schoenberg's "Transfigured Night"), which was conceived for a German television show. Even funnier than the Residents' weird stage presence are the facial reactions of some of the audience members (one girl has her eyes closed tightly, her hands clasped together as if in prayer... that reaction never fails to make me laugh out loud).
So, my overall verdict: if you're not a Residents fan, don't buy it. If you're not, though, I wouldn't imagine you'd even consider spending the money on it. So if you are, it's a good investment. God knows how much music there is here: original songs, plus remakes, plus the hidden bits... it's a dream come true! And don't miss the "commercials" between songs; they're great!

Buy this if you are interested in Ted Healy's productions from really early Stooge days. If not, skip it. The quality (audio and video) of the DVD is shabby...hence, the low price. There are only 4 of 12 shorts really worth owning, available on other, higher quality products.

This disc contains four classic Stooges shorts -- "Brideless Groom," "Disorder in the Court," "Sing a Song of Six Pants" and "Malice in the Palace" (all of which are in the public domain) -- and 8 others that were done before the Columbia era and feature either one Stooge or the Stooges with Ted Healy, who they worked with in their early days. The Columbia shorts are great, especially "Disorder," a classic Curly short (the other three are Shemp). Those who aren't familiar with their early work will find some interesting stuff here, including several routines that popped up later in the Columbia shorts. The quality on all is as good as can be expected. But be aware that, since most of these aren't the classic Columbia shorts, the Stooges, as seen here, are in slightly different form from the familiar versions that came later. Still, from a historical standpoint, this disc is invaluable, as several of these shorts aren't available in complete form on DVD elsewhere, to my knowledge. Other than the fact that "Nertsery Rhymes" is b/w instead of color (as it was originally released), this disc is recommended for Stooges fans who are interested in the team's history and their early work. Another nice thing: It's over 3 1/2 hours long, so it's a nice value for the price.

What a DVD! This has three hours of extremely rare, hard to find material. And its not filler, like some of the other Three Stooges collections out there; this is all content, baby. The best part about this collection is that it has many of the hard-to-find shorts with Ted Healy.

The only problem is that no effort was made to clean up the video or the sound, and the original prints from which this DVD was made seem to have been in poor shape in places. A new release, with the latest in digital remastering, will be most welcome.

...A fantasy adventure where you become a valiant knight on a quest to rescue the fair princess from the clutches of an evil dragon.

Yes, today that would be an overused plot. Yes, it's not very interactive. But keep in mind - the game is almost 20 years old - it made its arcade debut in 1983. It made jaws drop (especially mine - seeing it in 84 as a 4 year old - hey a cartoon! It's a GAME?) - amazing animation - and you CONTROLLED it! Of course, it's a watch the video press a button game - some newer games today even use a similar control sequence.

Anyone who remembers this game should buy this - anyone who doesn't - rent it from a Blockbuster (it's usually in the Playstation 2 section) and give it a whirl once. You'll likely want it in your collection - even if it's just so you have a "DVD that's actually a game". As the other reviews state - it's a riot at parties, especially if you have parties with nostalgic arcade-goers who remember the game well ;-)

Why'd I rate it a 4-star? Because on many DVD players, you'll get 'pauses' every so often - something of a hardware limitation, however.

As always, read the other reviews before making your final decision. After all, I'm biased (Now if only I could remember how to pass that one level!)

Getting Dragon's Lair on DVD is a real blast. The cost of the DVD is a fraction (and I mean small fraction) of what I spent playing the game in 83/84 at the arcade.

I ran the dvd on my Xbox and also my standard el-cheapo korean clone DVD player, it played like the original and brought back some real memories. I would recommend it to any game freak out there, the additional material is excellent.

On the reported second delays commented in other reviews, I was hesitant on getting this DVD due to these but I am happy to say I did not experience these issues at all. To those people.. buy a console (PS2 & XBOX) and run it on this, incidently the DVD is not region coded.

What a buzz I finally finished the game and take great joy in "up, right, sword, up, down" all night long.

I purchased the three games (DL, DLII, Space Ace) at Electronics Boutique for ...each new. They say "X-Box Compatible" and "Playstsation 2 Compatible" but there is no difference between these discs and the DVD versions, only the packaging is different. Can't wait for DL 3-D to come out, and I hear rumors of an animated film in the works?