Sunday, November 9, 2008

Future X (spoiler)


In Future X you get to see more of what you saw in the end of Hindsight part 3(click to see the video). The Sentinels are in full force in this post apocalyptic future. They capture Professor X along with Cerebro and are taken to a mutant prison. There he meets up with Bishop, Hellion and Marrow, and together they stage a plan to escape.


Finally an episode about the future X-men. I thought action in this episode was great especially with Bishop. It was good to see the different ways he exhibited his powers. Second place for power usage goes to Kamal, he kicked some serious Sentinel ass with his metal from. The plot was great and I hope to see more episodes of the future X-men. The only complaint I have is no Cable. Where the hell is he? I mean this is a future episode and he is isn't anywhere in it. Maybe they'll put him in another future X-men episode along with more Master Mold. This episode takes second place for action in the series next to the
Magneto battle (click to see video) in the pilot. To sum this up Future X gets a 10. (SEE episode 9, availible for download on Ares)


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Saturday, November 1, 2008

Time Bomb (review)


In 'Time Bomb' Logan and the X-men try to save mutant-kind after the brotherhood kidnaps Nitro(living bomb) and attempts to send him to Genosha but are thwarted by the X-men. This episode was pretty good, not as good as the others but still fun to watch. They seemed to have a new take on Nitro in this series instead of being a villain he is more of a sympathetic character. In addition to Nitro we have another mutant cameo, Psylocke. I liked how she looked in the series and her powers were portrayed nicely(with the exception of them not showing her forge weapons with her mind ). Although she did get owned by Emma Frost; I expected a way better fight between the two of them. Speaking of fights Cylclops, Shadowcat, and Iceman win for creative use of their powers, especially Kitty when she phased into the brotherhood plane with her "hi Rogue " moment. Personally, the best part of this episode when we get a glimpse of the father-son relationship between Pietro and Magneto. All in all good episode but not great.




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This episode is available on Ares Ultra and the SharingZone. Be sure to catch the my review of next week's episode, Future X

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Dead Space: Downfall (review)

For those of you that are fan of the game Dead Space here is a treat for you. Film Roman is releasing Dead Space:Downfall, a movie prequel to the video game.If follows the story of how an alien infection that turns humans into Necromorphs(alien hybrids) is spread when the crew of the Ishimura removes an ancient artifact form a Dead planet. The main character Alissa Vincent along with her security team is sent to quarantine these alien but are soon overturned by the alien hybrids.The animation is flawless, the plot is good, there is plenty of action to keep you interested. The characters are likable especially Vincent who stole the movie as a non-alien charater and Samuel Irons comes in a close second being Kevin Michael Richardson fan(dude should get an emmy). This is a great animated movie for adults or really mature kids it has an MA rating due to the explicit language, mass amount of blood and depiction of body dismemberment, enjoy this movie. I know i did. ( the game and movie are avilable on Ares Ultra or Sharing Zone)

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Saturday, October 25, 2008

The Secret Saturdays: Guess Who's Going to be Dinner



Doc and Drew(Drew looks hot in her dress) decide to go out together on their anniversary, which leaves Zak, Fiskerton, Komodo, and Zon to watch their home. After tricking Dr. Beeman, their babysitter and another Secret Scientist, into thinking a UFO was sighted, they get the house to themselves and decide to have some fun. But, their fun turns into trouble when a strange man named Pietro Maltese (Piecemeal) invades the Saturdays HQ and attacks Zak and his cryptid pets. And it's up to Zak to stop him from trying to devour Fiskerton and get him out of the house.


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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Rookies (review)


This weeks episode of Star Wars focuses on the Clone Soldiers and the fight to protect their home planet Camino. When the droids take over the military base on Camino, Rex, Cody and a band of Rookies (Shinies)must destroy the base in order to warn the republic and stop the invasion of their planet.



I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. The first action scene with Rex was better than any of the Jedi fights so far. Also the writers did a good job capturing military. They also seemed to test censorship using the "hell" twice. Though the main characters didn't really play a big part in this episode ,but it was nice to see other parts of the Star Wars universe.



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Sunday, October 19, 2008

Wolverine Vs. The Hulk

With last week's episode focused on our favorite blue mutant (no, not BEAST) we now see that the focus is back on the star. In this episode Wolverine (Logan) gets a visit from Nick Fury who asks for some help with a little problem, the Hulk. Wolverine refuses, but Fury threatens to give the real names of the X-men to a certain Senator. After agreeing to help, because of Fury's 'incentive', Wolverine Promises that him and Fury will have "some serious words" when the problem is over. While on Hulk's trail Logan finds claw marks all over a desolate town. Before he could figure out what it was Hulk charges in and a battle erupts. Hulk seems to have the upper hand but when wolverine shoves a sleep bomb in his mouth turning him back into Bruce Banner. Banner then wakes up and tells Logan that S.H.I.E.L.D. asks him to create a cure for the monster called the Wendigo. With the information from S.H.I.E.L.D. and his own experience with monsters he creates a cure that is in an abandoned helicopter. The two find the helicopter but are ambushed by a pack of Wendigo realising that it can infect people with a bite. Logan fights off most of them slicing off the one of their talons. Banner tries to find the cure but is ambushed by the rest of the pack turning him into the hulk again. Meanwhile Wolverine finds the cure and shoot them with it, revealing the monsters were Fury's agents . Logan confronts Fury about this and Fury tells him that it's none of his business. in the end wolverine threatens to tell Fury's bosses about the Wendigo if they reveal the identities of the X-men. Then he awakens the hulk by hitting banner, leaving him with the parting words, "have fun Fury".



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This episode is available for download at Ares Ultra

Friday, October 17, 2008

Good Copy Bad Copy ( Ben's evil twin)

A Galvan (Grey Matter) named Albedo impersonates Ben complete with his own Omnitrix, but is stuck in Ben's form. Albedo claims that he built the Omnitrix and Azmuth didn't while stating the Ben's Omnitrix is unstable and will lose power. Albedo will try anything to claim Ben's Omnitrix in any way. In the end a battle between Albedo and Ben ensues transforming giving him grey hair and red eyes but still remaining in Ben's form. Azmuth stops the fight and punishes Albedo by disarming his Omnitix forever keeping him in human form.

Sscret Saturdays: The Ice Caverns of Ellef Ringnes

The Saturdays head to the Arctic circle after one of the secret scientist (Dr.Chichu) disturbs a Inuit chamber and gets attacked by a wolf-like cryptid called the Amarok. While Doc and Drew attend to the injured Chichu, Zak and Fiskerton lose The Claw and get lost in a cave which is a mystic burial mound. soon they're attacked by an entire pack of Amaroks as a result of Van Rook and Doyle raiding the tomb. Van Rook and sidekick escape trapping Zak in the cave, but run into Doc and Drew leading to a fight. Zak eventually returns the mystic artifacts back to the cave and with the enhancement of the mystic artifacts he uses his cryptid powers to lay the beast to rest(with Doyle's help).



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Here is a link for a free download of episode 104 click here

Star Wars:The Clone Wars (Destroy Malevolence)

While the Republic appears to have the upper hand things take a turn for the dark side when Padme and C-3po are taken hostage by General Grievous aboard the damaged Malevolence. Anikan and Obi-Wan sneak aboard to save the senator and destroy the ship. They succeed but Grievous escapes in the process


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