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Posted on Monday, May 21 st, 2012 at 11:06 am by Double DDouble D’s Daily Dose: Update and Movie Top 25: #19 – The Godfather Part II
So, I had a really lazy weekend. I spent most of it playing Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time. Yeah, I know. That game came out like three years ago. I’m pretty behind when it comes to video games. Most of my collection can be found in the local Wal-Mart discount bin. I love Ratchet and Clank by the way. At some point I’ll write about it. Anyway, since I was having a wonderful lazy time, I decided something. I’m not gonna do weekends anymore. That’s right. I’m takin’ ‘em o...
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Posted on Friday, May 18 th, 2012 at 10:51 am by Double DDouble D’s Daily Dose: Movie Top 25: #20 – 2001: A Space Odyssey
It’s going to be hard to say anything about this movie that hasn’t already been said. 2001 is a movie that has been examined and explored by everybody from casual viewers to established institutions of science and film and people still argue about what it means. It’s no secret that the technology used to make the film as well as the technology on screen were both light-years ahead of their time. 2001 marked a significant change in the world of sci-fi cinema since, for probably the first t...
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Posted on Thursday, May 17 th, 2012 at 12:01 pm by Double DDouble D’s Daily Dose: Brief Reviews – Dark Shadows
Well, I said in my post yesterday that you’d get a review for Dark Shadows and here it is. This is Tim Burton’s latest film and the first of two he’s got coming out this year, the next one being the feature-length remake of his 1984 stop-motion Disney short Frankenweenie, about a boy who re-generates his dead dog, which comes out later this summer. Dark Shadows, on the other hand, is Burton’s adaptation of the late 60’s/ early 70’s monster-laiden soap opera, starring a collection of...
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Posted on Friday, May 11 th, 2012 at 6:04 pm by Double DDouble D’s Daily Dose: Movie Top 25: #21 – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Now for the next entry in my top 25, #21: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Here we go again with another Lord of the Rings movie and then in a few more posts we’ll get yet another one. I’m going to be talking about Lord of the Rings for a while, but hey, I don’t mind since I love these movies! I’ve got quite an attachment to this one especially since I still remember seeing it in theatres when I was 13 and how excited I was. I don’t think I had ever seen something so...
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Posted on Tuesday, May 08 th, 2012 at 2:43 pm by Double DDouble D’s Daily Dose: Brief Reviews: The Avengers
Oh boy, what the hell can I possibly say about The Avengers that won’t already have been uttered by bright-faced fanboys as they make their way through the exit line at the local cinema? This is the big one. Well, sort of. 2012 will be notable in years to come as a year full of big ones. It’s not only host to the first ever major comic book crossover adaptation, but we’ll soon be witness to the final chapter in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy, the extremely long-awaited Alien se...
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Posted on Monday, May 07 th, 2012 at 8:01 pm by Double DDouble D’s Daily Dose: Movie Top 25: #22 – Tokyo Godfathers
Here’s the next movie on my top 25, #22 – Tokyo Godfathers. This is the first of two anime films on the list (you’ll find out what the other one is much later) and stands here to basically represent my love of Satoshi Kon, may he rest in peace. The man was a legend and his legacy will live on long after his death through people like me who remember his works as the little pieces of genius that they are. I have to admit Millennium Actress was pretty damn close to making this list too, ...
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Posted on Sunday, May 06 th, 2012 at 7:29 pm by Double DDouble D’s Daily Dose: 10 Things that Would Make the Star Wars Prequels Awesome
While digging around on Friday for Star Wars material on my computer I found this ancient blog I wrote in 2010 about the Star Wars prequels. Before I knew it, I found myself re-reading it, editing it and now I’m re-publishing it here, all because I still stand by everything I said back then. So, here it is. Enjoy! To preface this post, I don’t hate the Star Wars Prequels. They’re entertaining, light popcorn fun, but they DO NOT hold up to the classic originals. So, in this post...
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Posted on Friday, May 04 th, 2012 at 2:21 pm by Double DDouble D’s Daily Dose: Top 5 Star Wars Related Memories from My Childhood
May the fourth be with you! I decided for Star Wars Day I’d do another top 5, but one that’s much more personal and subjective. You know, because top 5 lists are usually so objective. So, this is a list of my top 5 favourite childhood memories related to Star Wars. Yay, anecdotes! #5: Playing Shadows of the Empire for N64 at my cousin’s house. When I was younger there was this magical place called Blockbuster where you could go and rent movies and video games. It was great! You...
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