'Our Take'...  On The X-Files:  I Want To Believe DVD!

We have several new blog readers that aren't aware that Tina and myself having been reviewing DVDs, books, comics, etc., for quite a while. Here is our review of the DVD that was just released yesterday December 2nd, 2008. We watched the extended version of the film:

I Wanted To Believe Also...That this film would live up to the trailers that got me excited to once again see two of my favorite TV Show characters.

Unfortunately after the familiar theme music stopped playing, and the initial reaction to see Scully & Mulder back.... the film went to a drama film instead of a paranormal or sci-fi thriller.

The expectations for the film were not satisified for either my wife or myself, and we both loved the original TV series. We wouldn't have had such high expectations except for the trailer, which is also on the DVD, showing great action, paranormal, and sci-fi elements in the upcoming film.  The film  did not deliver what the trailer indicated.

Big Surprise? Well.... yes it was! Sure trailers place the best scenes in the trailer itself, but this film didn't go where the trailer indicated it would.

Scully and Mulder were portrayed very well by Anderson & Duchovny... and the addition of one of the other TV Show members helped out a lot. However Tina rated this only 7.5 in a 1.0 to 10.0 scale, while I give it a 7.75 rating.

The DVD didn't have any 'Making of' feature, instead it has Chris Carter talking about Hollywood going 'green'.... not a good substitute IMHO. The gag reel was worth watching. The 'Body Parts' bonus feature is for fans of CSI and that genre only... The still shots showed some cool collectibles I don't have from the show's period, and a few I had never seen.

This Film is 180 degrees different from the earlier feature film where the show mainly took place in Antartica. Tina thought that film was just a little over the top. This current film is just a little underwhelming feeling awful small and dark in comparison...

The above review and even more reviews on DVDs, Books, Graphic Novels, can be found in 'Our World', which is the portal to our eBay pages, which has the links to our reviews, listings of items for sale, archived blog posts, etc... everything that is part of our eBay endeavors.

Last week the following were considered to be the Top 10 Rented DVDs:

01 - Tropic Thunder

02 - Wall-E

03 - Get Smart

04 - Hellboy II - The Golden Army

05 - Kung Fu Panda

06 - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

07 - Journey to the Center of the Earth

08 - The Happening

09 - Iron Man - Michael's POV, Tina's POV

10 - The Incredible Hulk

Please note that the above Top Rented List does not contain the newest DVDs released this past week.

Those reviews can be found by clicking the following links:

Hancock

Wanted

X-Files: I Want To Believe

For those current DVDs and / or Films that we have reviewed, just click the title of the Film above. For a link to all the DVDs we have reviewed, (totalling over 330 so far), just click this link here:  Link to DVD Reviews.

We also have reviews on books about comics, graphic novels, and books that Tina likes to read that are not necessarily pop culture books. Those can be found by clicking here:  Link To Book Reviews.

Just bringing this author and her latest work to the attention of our blog readers, as Jemiah is also an Editor with Dark Horse Comics, as well as an accomplished Author! Jemiah has her own web site where you can keep up with her at jemiah.com !

 

Thanks for reading this blog post today, and please join us again!

~ Michael

        

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With the background that Andrew Stanton has, (he was also involved with 'Finding Nemo', Ratatouille, Toy Story 2 and more in different roles), this project would have a good chance of finding an audience at the theaters!

For those that don't know... there have been at least four attempts to film or animate John Carter's adventures since 1931... I may have to wait till 2012, but it is now very hopeful that I'll be able to be in line at the theater for it finally!

For those interested in reading the adventures in illustrated format of John Carter to catch up with him; we do have several of the different versions of the John Carter Comics run listed in our eBay Featured Store.

 

Thanks for reading this blog post today, and please join us again for more!

And, Thanks again to Geoff Edwards for reading my recently archived blog post on John Carter, and emailing me about the news about the new project!!

~ Michael

        

Note From Make It So Marketing: To the left is a photo of Michael and Tina from the 2008 SDCC - San Diego Comic Con International. Click that photo to see 'Our World'!                   Each comic / comics book. Graphic Novels or magazine in our eBay Featured Store is individually graded by Michael, inventoried, priced, bagged and boarded, before being listed for sale!                     We attend several  Pop Culture Conventions and Comic Cons during the year to replenish our comic books and other pop culture inventory for resale!                   If you don't see what you are looking for, feel free to email us a 'want list' and if in stock, we'll place it in our eBay Featured Store 'Just for You' to purchase!

"Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"   Note: If you work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works!

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'Our Take'...  On Some Of The Current Top 10 DVD Rentals

As Of 11-30-08!

We have several new blog readers that aren't aware that Tina and myself having been reviewing DVDs, books, comics, etc., for a while....

Those reviews can be found in 'Our World', which is the portal to our eBay pages, which has the links to our reviews, listings, blogs, etc... everything that is part of our eBay endeavors.

As this blog post is being generated at the end of the 2008 Thanksgiving Day Weekend, the following are considered to be the Top 10 Rented DVDs:

01 - Tropic Thunder

02 - Wall-E

03 - Get Smart

04 - Hellboy II - The Golden Army

05 - Kung Fu Panda

06 - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

07 - Journey to the Center of the Earth

08 - The Happening

09 - Iron Man - Michael's POV, Tina's POV

10 - The Incredible Hulk

Please note that the above list does not contain the newest DVDs released, including Hancock. Tina and I are looking forward to the X-Files: I Want To Believe release on December 2nd. I also want to check out the 'Wanted' DVD being released on the same day....

For those DVDs and / or Films that we have reviewed, just click the title of the DVD above. For a link to all the DVDs we have reviewed, (totalling over 330 so far), just click this link here:  Link to DVD Reviews.

We also have reviews on books about comics, graphic novels, and books that Tina likes to read that are not necessarily pop culture books. Those can be found by clicking here:  Link To Book Reviews.