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Have you ever considered the incredible number of Hollywood Movies, which have the genre of the End of the World, by way of Natural Catastrophe? You know the ones I mean; Super Plume Volcanoes, Asteroid Hitting the Earth, Global Warming, Tsunamis, Biblical Floods or Massive Earthquakes? Still with all this depiction what do we see?

Nothing, not a thing and this is why I say; Hollywood Movies Depict Armageddon 100s of Ways; Still Nothing Yet and perhaps we should stop waiting for it all and realize it is not coming. It is certainly not coming in the present period and anyone who says it is, well let’s just say they are either a purveyor of doom and gloom or they are a religious nut case and totally out of control.

Nevertheless why is it that people love these movies so darn much? I mean why are people yes you and I also, why do these movies turn us on and make us think and why do we pay $10.00 each to go see them?

Of course the best ones are the ones where a group saves the World and of course that is worthy of mention, talk about saving the day, well and the night too for that matter. But have you ever really stopped to consider how many of these movies there are out there these days? Well, consider all this in 2006.

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Nominated for 2 Emmys and 2 Golden Globes, including Best TV Series - Drama, Felicity gathered a large cult following in its short four season stint. Premiering on the WB network in September 1998, the show (along with Dawson’s Creek) helped ignite a firestorm of highly successful original series on behalf of the upstart network, with such hit shows as Angel (1999), Gilmore Girls (2000), and Smallville (2001). The brainchild of writer J.J. Abrams (creator of the two hit series Alias and Lost), Felicity follows the life of a recent high school graduate, not through seasons 1, 2, 3, and 4, but through Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years. Similar in genre to its contemporary, Dawson’s Creek, Felicity’s cast is of approximately the same age, but the setting is college instead of high school…

Felicity begins when the star of the series, Felicity Porter (Keri Russell), graduates from high school. Having harbored a four-year crush on classmate Ben Covington (Scott Speedman), despite the fact they’ve never talked, Felicity musters the courage in the aftermath of their commencement ceremony to ask him to sign her yearbook. When Ben writes some surprising comments, Felicity decides to follow him to fictional University of New York (UNY) instead of pursuing her goal of pre-med at Stanford. Against her parent’s wishes, she enrolls in the school and moves cross country where she becomes roommates with Meghan Rotundi (Amanda Foreman), a girl whose lifestyle clashes with her own, and where she meets resident advisor Noel Crane (Scott Foley) who immediately develops a crush on her. When Ben learns of the true reason for Felicity’s enrollment, he’s both flattered and a little uncertain about Felicity’s mental stability. In the ensuing four years, Felicity goes through the basic trials and travails of a maturing college student, experiencing the ups and downs of life, love, and adulthood…

The Felicity DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the season premiere in which Felicity makes the big move to UNY. While there, she meets her new roommate and the resident advisor Noel Crane. She also makes quick friends with aspiring musician Julie. After telling Ben of her true motivations for attending UNY, he’s apprehensive about starting a relationship, and Felicity announces that she’d just like to be friends. However, she gets jealous when she finds Ben and Julie together. Meanwhile, Felicity takes advantage of her job with the college and reads Ben’s entrance essay, an inspirational piece about his dead brother. But she later learns that Ben has no brother at all… Other notable episodes from Season 1 include “Thanksgiving” in which Felicity cancels her plans to return home for Thanksgiving in order to stay with Julie so that she will not be alone, and “Assassins” in which Noel and Felicity break off their relationship after each learns of the other’s unforgivable actions…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Felicity (Season 1) DVD:

Episode 1 (Pilot) Air Date: 09-29-1998
Episode 2 (The Last Stand) Air Date: 10-06-1998
Episode 3 (Hot Objects) Air Date: 10-13-1998
Episode 4 (Boggled) Air Date: 10-20-1998
Episode 5 (Spooked) Air Date: 10-27-1998
Episode 6 (Cheating) Air Date: 11-03-1998
Episode 7 (Drawing the Line: Part 1) Air Date: 11-10-1998
Episode 8 (Drawing the Line: Part 2) Air Date: 11-17-1998
Episode 9 (Thanksgiving) Air Date: 11-24-1998
Episode 10 (Finally) Air Date: 12-15-1998
Episode 11 (Gimme an O!) Air Date: 01-19-1999
Episode 12 (Friends) Air Date: 01-26-1999
Episode 13 (Todd Mulcahy: Part 1) Air Date: 02-09-1999
Episode 14 (Todd Mulcahy: Part 2) Air Date: 02-16-1999
Episode 15 (Love and Marriage) Air Date: 02-23-1999
Episode 16 (The Fugue) Air Date: 03-02-1999
Episode 17 (Assassins) Air Date: 04-20-1999
Episode 18 (Happy Birthday) Air Date: 04-27-1999
Episode 19 (Docuventary) Air Date: 05-04-1999
Episode 20 (Connections) Air Date: 05-11-1999
Episode 21 (The Force) Air Date: 05-18-1999
Episode 22 (Felicity Was Here) Air Date: 05-25-1999

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Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Felicity (DVD).

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Premiering in November 2001, 24 set the television landscape on fire as one of the best new series and cemented its position as a pop culture phenomenon. Making use of an extremely original plot device, each season follows the exploits of a single day in life of hero Jack Bauer, each of the season’s 24 episodes chronicling an hour-long action segment from the day. Kiefer Sutherland plays the part of Jack Bauer, a daring government agent with awesome responsibilities. Each year’s episodes are similar to an action-packed Hollywood blockbuser, but they’re only a glimpse into a normal day in the life of Jack Bauer…

Season 2 supposedly takes place eighteen months after Jack’s big day in Los Angeles. Jack is now dealing with the death of his wife and is estranged from his daughter Kim. As a result, he contemplates retirement. But when President Palmer personally requests his help, Jack agrees to take on a new assignment. In so doing, Jack learns that a Middle-Eastern terrorist group called Second Wave is going to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles in the next 24 hours. Yet again the clock is ticking, and yet again, only Jack Bauer stands in the way of an evil conspiracy reaching its final fruition…

The 24 (Season 2) DVD features a number of breathtaking episodes including the season premiere which begins with President Palmer and his son fishing in an Oregon lake when he’s called away for an emergency. Ushered into an underground bunker, he learns of a terrorist plot to set off a nuclear weapon in the Los Angeles area in the next 24 hours. At the CIA’s Counter Terrorism Unit, George Mason is ordered to contact Jack Bauer in respect to the case, but it takes the personal appeal of President Palmer to move Jack into action. Meanwhile Kim, working as a housekeeper/nanny, overhears a domestic dispute between her boss and his wife, and she locks herself and the man’s daughter in a bedroom. As the episode concludes, Jack learns that the key to uncovering the whereabouts of the nuclear device may lie with a domestic terrorist organization he once infiltrated… Other notable episodes from Season 2 include (#31) in which Jack and Nina set up a sting to see if a contact can lead them to the site of the bomb, and (#46) in which Jack stands on the verge of making a break in the case but has his efforts thwarted by the president’s ex-wife, who’s involved in the terrorist conspiracy…

Below is a list of episodes included on the 24 (Season 2) DVD:

Episode 25 (12:00 A.M. - 1:00 A.M.) Air Date: 10-29-2002
Episode 26 (1:00 A.M. - 2:00 A.M.) Air Date: 11-05-2002
Episode 27 (2:00 A.M. - 3:00 A.M.) Air Date: 11-12-2002
Episode 28 (3:00 A.M. - 4:00 A.M.) Air Date: 11-19-2002
Episode 29 (4:00 A.M. - 5:00 A.M.) Air Date: 11-26-2002
Episode 30 (5:00 A.M. - 6:00 A.M.) Air Date: 12-03-2002
Episode 31 (6:00 A.M. - 7:00 A.M.) Air Date: 12-10-2002
Episode 32 (7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.) Air Date: 12-17-2002
Episode 33 (8:00 A.M. - 9:00 A.M.) Air Date: 01-07-2003
Episode 34 (9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.) Air Date: 01-14-2003
Episode 35 (10:00 A.M. - 11:00 A.M.) Air Date: 02-04-2003
Episode 36 (11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.) Air Date: 02-11-2003
Episode 37 (12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M.) Air Date: 02-18-2003
Episode 38 (1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.) Air Date: 02-25-2003
Episode 39 (2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.) Air Date: 03-04-2003
Episode 40 (3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.) Air Date: 03-25-2003
Episode 41 (4:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.) Air Date: 04-01-2003
Episode 42 (5:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.) Air Date: 04-08-2003
Episode 43 (6:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.) Air Date: 04-15-2003
Episode 44 (7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.) Air Date: 04-22-2003
Episode 45 (8:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.) Air Date: 04-29-2003
Episode 46 (9:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.) Air Date: 05-06-2003
Episode 47 (10:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M.) Air Date: 05-13-2003
Episode 48 (11:00 P.M. - 12:00 A.M.) Air Date: 05-20-2003

Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the 24 (Season 2) DVD.

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Nominated for three Emmys, Hunter stands out as one of the premiere action police dramas of the 1980s. Just as Tom Selleck’s on-camera charisma carried Magnum, P.I. through nine highly-rated seasons, Fred Dryer’s knack for drawing an audience to his unique persona carried an otherwise lackluster series through much of the decade. The brainchild of Frank Lupo, creator of The A-Team (1982) and writer for such hit series as Battlestar Galactica (1978), Magnum, P.I. (1980), and Walker, Texas Ranger (1993), Hunter is built on the clichéd concept of a rogue cop who breaks the rules and takes justice into his own hands. Dryer does well in his role as the Clint Eastwood of the small screen, yet the show’s writers give him little to work with in terms of a highly developed character and, as the seasons pass, the plot becomes quite formulaic. Nevertheless, Hunter is pure mind-numbing police chase entertainment with the added element of nostalgia for those who long for the 1980s when Hunter ruled along with The A-Team, Magnum, Miami Vice, and Knight Rider, and I for one loved those shows…!

Hunter follows the life of Los Angeles Police Department detective Sgt. Rick Hunter (Fred Dryer), a renegade cop whose family has ties to organized crime. This family tree, coupled with a penchant for getting his partners injured and a propensity to bend the rules, make Hunter an unpopular guy within the department. Only two officers will even agree to partner with him - Bernie Terwilliger (James Whitmore Jr.), who’s a total incompetent, and Dee Dee McCall (Stepfanie Kramer), a stunning brunette with a rebellious streak of her own (and also disliked by her colleagues). Together, Hunter and McCall are a perfect fit as partners, breaking up crime rings, solving murders, and dealing with internal problems such as irate captains. In seasons one and two, Hunter’s bosses are a thorn in his side. But both are soon replaced by Capt. Charles Devane (Charles Hallahan) who plays the role of Hunter’s by-the-book, yet generally amiable authority figure for the remainder of the series. Meanwhile, original Saturday Night Live cast member Garrett Morris plays a brilliant recurrent role as police informant Arnold “Sporty” James… Overall, Hunter is a solid and highly entertaining action/adventure police drama series, one indispensable to 1980s TV aficionados…

The Hunter (Season 2) DVD features a number of action-packed episodes including the season premiere “Case X” in which Dee Dee goes undercover as a prospective model when a modeling agent’s clients start turning up dead. When Hunter and Dee Dee discover that the modeling agent is sending his clients to a photographer who specializes in filming porn, the two get closer to discovering the true identity of the murderer… Other notable episodes from Season 2 include “The Big Fall” in which Hunter and Dee Dee must discover the identity of the murderer who killed the star witness under their protection or else risk being pinned with the rap themselves, and “Death Machine” in which Hunter and Dee Dee must investigate a series of underworld murders ordered by a jewel smuggler who was ripped off for over two million dollars by a pair of petty burglars…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Hunter (Season 2) DVD:

Episode 21 (Case X) Air Date: 09-21-1985
Episode 22 (Night of the Dragons) Air Date: 09-28-1985
Episode 23 (The Biggest Man in Town) Air Date: 10-05-1985
Episode 24 (Rich Girl) Air Date: 10-19-1985
Episode 25 (Killer in a Halloween Mask) Air Date: 10-26-1985
Episode 26 (Rape and Revenge: Part 1) Air Date: 11-02-1985
Episode 27 (Rape and Revenge: Part 2) Air Date: 11-09-1985
Episode 28 (Million Dollar Misunderstanding) Air Date: 11-16-1985
Episode 29 (The Big Fall) Air Date: 11-23-1985
Episode 30 (Waiting for Mr. Wrong) Air Date: 12-07-1985
Episode 31 (Think Blue) Air Date: 12-14-1985
Episode 32 (Blow-up) Air Date: 01-04-1986
Episode 33 (War Zone) Air Date: 01-11-1986
Episode 34 (Burned) Air Date: 01-18-1986
Episode 35 (Scrap Metal) Air Date: 02-01-1986
Episode 36 (Fagin 1986) Air Date: 02-08-1986
Episode 37 (62 Hrs. of Terror) Air Date: 02-15-1986
Episode 38 (Death Machine) Air Date: 03-11-1986
Episode 39 (The Setup) Air Date: 03-25-1986
Episode 40 (The Beautiful & the Dead: Part 1) Air Date: 04-01-1986
Episode 41 (The Beautiful & the Dead: Part 2) Air Date: 04-08-1986
Episode 42 (The Return of Typhoon Thompson) Air Date: 05-06-1986
Episode 43 (Saturday Night Special) Air Date: 05-20-1986

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Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Hunter (Season 2) DVD.

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A unique and different kind of TV action series, MacGyver made its television premiere in the Fall of 1985 to widespread fanfare. Audiences immediately responded to the title character and his unusual penchant for turning everyday items like chewing gum and paperclips into elaborate life-saving contraptions. In this way, it maintained a slight resemblance to The A-Team, and this recurring plot device helped MacGyver build a strong cult following…

Richard Dean Anderson plays the title role of MacGyver, an energetic employee of the fictional Phoenix Foundation for Research. An unorthodox hero by action series standards, MacGyver has a deadly fear of heights. A pacifist who refuses to use weapons, he relies heavily on his ability to use his brain and tinker with the various materials at his disposal. MacGyver’s best friend, and the director of the Phoenix Foundation, is Pete Thornton (Dana Elcar). Pete often sends MacGyver on Foundation missions and sometimes comes to his aid (usually after MacGyver has saved the day). In addition, MacGyver is joined on a regular basis by his airplane pilot friend Jack Dalton (Bruce McGill), a man who constantly entangles himself in illegal activities and other troublesome situations. Between the usual slew of bad guys, the vendetta of archenemy Murdoc (Michael Des Barres), and his multitude of troublesome friends, MacGyver is always in the midst of interesting and dangerous events, and the show’s true entertainment value derives from watching MacGyver’s distinctive method of dealing with each one…

The MacGyver DVD features a number of action-packed episodes including the series pilot in which MacGyver is forced to race against the clock when a team of scientists are trapped underground after a lab experiment goes awry. Wanting to contain the leak, the Army allots a small time window for MacGyver to pull off his mission before they destroy the facility… Fans will make note of some interesting aspects of the pilot episode such as Dana Elcar’s role as another character, MacGyver’s use of a gun, and MacGyver’s boss is a man named Gantner (Michael Lerner)… Other notable episodes from Season 1 include “Trumbo’s World” in which MacGyver, while on expedition in Brazil, encounters and wages war with a mile-wide column of army ants, and “Every Time She Smiles” in which MacGyver meets up with a beautiful, yet talkative, artist named Penny Parker (Teri Hatcher) and the two must escape the clutches of the KGB…

Below is a list of episodes included on the MacGyver (Season 1) DVD:

Episode 1 (Pilot) Air Date: 09-29-1985
Episode 2 (The Golden Triangle) Air Date: 10-06-1985
Episode 3 (Thief of Budapest) Air Date: 10-13-1985
Episode 4 (The Gauntlet) Air Date: 10-21-1985
Episode 5 (The Heist) Air Date: 11-03-1985
Episode 6 (Trumbo’s World) Air Date: 11-10-1985
Episode 7 (Last Stand) Air Date: 11-17-1985
Episode 8 (Hellfire) Air Date: 11-27-1985
Episode 9 (The Prodigal) Air Date: 12-08-1985
Episode 10 (Target MacGyver) Air Date: 12-22-1985
Episode 11 (Nightmares) Air Date: 01-15-1986
Episode 12 (Deathlock) Air Date: 01-22-1986
Episode 13 (Flame’s End) Air Date: 01-29-1986
Episode 14 (Countdown) Air Date: 02-05-1986
Episode 15 (The Enemy Within) Air Date: 02-12-1986
Episode 16 (Every Time She Smiles) Air Date: 02-19-1986
Episode 17 (To Be a Man) Air Date: 03-05-1986
Episode 18 (Ugly Duckling) Air Date: 03-12-1986
Episode 19 (Slow Death) Air Date: 04-02-1986
Episode 20 (The Escape) Air Date: 04-16-1986
Episode 21 (A Prisoner of Conscience) Air Date: 04-30-1986
Episode 22 (The Assassin) Air Date: 05-07-1986

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Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the MacGyver (DVD).

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