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The benevolent Maximals, led by Optimus Primal, and Megatron's evil Predacons continue to wage war in this much darker and more vicious third season, now available for the first time on DVD.
Customer Reviews:
The best TV show.......2007-09-05
Still one of my favorite TV shows of all time. The dialogue is so well written, it gets better with age like Fine Wine. This is a show the whole family is guaranteed to love.
Sequel to Generation One, Not Reinvention.......2007-09-04
To all G1 fans who haven't given this show a chance:
This show is fantastic, especially the third season. I dare you to watch just a few episodes of season 2 and 3 and still call it junk. You can't. Despite being based on a toyline (G1 was also, by the way), this series has fabulous character development. It does not reinvent the Generation One Autobots and Decepticons. It is the story of their descendants, the Maximals and Predacons, and it ties back into Generation One without a flaw. All true Generation One fans should enjoy this series because it is a perfect sequel. Beast Wars even features cameos by G1 characters such as Starscream (S1,E21 "Possession"), Ravage (S2,E11-13 "The Agenda"), Optimus Prime (S2, E13 "The Agenda Part 3"; S3,E1 "Optimal Situation"), and the original (Decepticon) Megatron (S3, E10 "Master Blaster"). The character development and plot points of Beast Wars are superior to those of Generation One. It hurts to say it, because I am an original G1 fan also, but it is true. If you still say that you don't like this series after you have watched it, you should ask yourself if it is the Transformers you love, or if it is your childhood memories you love more.
It's worth it.......2007-04-21
If you have kids, they will love this show. It has it all, animals, robots, love stories, good guys vs bad guys, and humor. It's a great story line, and a great cast.
Great Stuff.......2007-01-28
If you like the original transformers then you will love the action that Beastwars will bring you. I was very pleased with all of the seasons
Beast Wars Transformers - The Complete Third Season.......2007-01-21
i remember years ago when they had it on tv and all our kids just talk about, we ever got to see the end of the show.
i give it a four star rating because i think the ending could have been longer. any how it was well worth the money, now i have all three season.
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- The best TV show
- The Beast Within!
- Beast Wars season 1
- A fresh start to the transformers, the weekest of the 3 seasons, stories not tied together as much
- Outstanding!
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Beast Wars Transformers - The Complete First Season
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Customer Reviews:
The best TV show.......2007-09-05
Amazing! Just amazing! After all these years I'm still impressed by Beast Wars. The dialog is unprecedentedly well-written for any children's show. A collector's item for any true Transformers fan and guaranteed fun for the whole family.
The Beast Within!.......2007-06-06
People say that everyone is wild on the inside, but I don't think that they had robots in mind. The "Transformers" are back and, in my opinion, better than ever! The Autobots and Decepticons are long gone. This story is about their descendents, the smaller, but just as powerful, Maximals and Predicons. The Predicons steal an ancient Golden Disc from the Maximals and try to get away, but they are chased by a Maximal exploration ship. Both of the ships do battle and, during the battle, both are sent back in time millions of years. Both ships crash down onto a strange planet that looks like Earth, and even has the same animals that Earth has, but the planet has TWO moons! All Transformers, both Predicon and Maximal, survive the crash, but there is a problem. The planet is toxic to them and in order to survive, they scan the bodies of animals in the area and take their forms for protection. Now, both sides try desperately to destroy the other in a war for survival...a war for honor...a war of beasts.
NOTE: Sorry for the long review, but when I start writing, I am hard to stop. Thanks for reading and I hope you purchase and enjoy "Beast Wars: The Complete First Season".
Beast Wars season 1.......2007-01-19
Excellent kid DVD. Great jokes and fun situations that these Predacons and Maximals get into. Wonderful voices for each character.
A fresh start to the transformers, the weekest of the 3 seasons, stories not tied together as much.......2007-01-19
When this came out in the mid-90s, I was suprised to catch it on one of the local channels early sunday mornings. Transformers were back, and at the time in really cool computer graphics. The Maximals, decendents of the ancient autobots, and the Predicons, decendents of the ancient decepticons, battle it out on a remote planet (found later to be earth). It is a fun story line watching the first season as they adapt to this new world. episodes 1-2 are tied together, then the other episodes are just kinda loose, no major storyline carried over episode to episode. As the season nears the end, and into the 2 and 3rd seasons, the stories get placed more into a continueing theme storyline. Looking at the computer animation now, it was kind of crude, even compared to the Beast machines episodes, but it was good at the time. So if you like the original transformers, I think you will addapt well to this cartoon series. Check it out, still affordable here on amazon and easy to get a entire series cheap.
Outstanding!.......2007-01-04
Like a few others I judged this show before I saw it almost ten years ago and didn't give it a chance. I decided to take a gamble, and behold another late fan. Before I was done watching the first disk I wasted no time ordering the 2nd, 3rd seasons and Beast Machines. Usually I dont trust the costumer reviews, but this is one time I'm glad I did. I wont include any spoilers in this review except the two iconic characters Prime and Megatron are both in this and their characters are still the same for the most part. The new look is cool, but the stories is the strong point. Excellent voice acting and the action scenes are very good. What I really like up to this point, there are NO human companions so far. So if your the type who gave up on Armada and Energon and those human companions annoyed the hell out of you. Then this is your dose of a good product worthy of the Transformers name. Highly recommended.
Average customer rating:
- BEst TV show ever
- Beast Wars Season 2
- very nice
- Great show, but wait for the Sony release
- The heart of the series is in this season, the development of storylines and action start here
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Beast Wars Transformers - The Complete Second Season
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Customer Reviews:
BEst TV show ever.......2007-09-05
Still one of my favorites after all these years. Well-written dialog and plenty of action makes fun for the whole family. A must-have for any true Transformers fan.
Beast Wars Season 2.......2007-07-23
Great TV show. Used to always watch it when I was younger and was living back in Canada.
very nice.......2007-05-13
a true series a real tribute to the old transformers without the ruins of the new garbage
Great show, but wait for the Sony release.......2007-03-09
Beast Wars is one of the BEST television shows of the 1990s. The characters, the scope -- it's something rarely seen in television at all, let alone children's television.
This was the season that made the series. New characters born, tragic deaths and references to the vast history or the Transformers world. Mixing humor with the heavy drama, season 2 was a monument of television.
However this particular DVD release from Rhino home video presents the show in a dissapointing manner. The menus are hard to navigate, and there are NO SPECIAL FEATURES, except for about 30 seconds of test animation from season one.
Sony/BMG now owns the rights to the original Transformers cartoon, and is releasing it on DVD. Presumably, they will do the same with Beast Wars, since Rhino home video has gone out of bussiness. And if the Sony release of "Transformers: The Movie" (which came with several hours of special features)is any indication of what their Beast Wars release will be like, than it will indeed be worth waiting for.
The heart of the series is in this season, the development of storylines and action start here.......2007-01-19
As the first season wrapped up, the Beast wars series was starting to hit its stide. The stories were good, episodes started to flow together, and characters were developing. The second season continues this and expands even more. This is my favorite string of episodes. I caught the series just at the end of this season, which hooked me for the third season. In the second season you get more plot and ongoing stories, and lots of action. And the tie in to the original transformer's series, briliant. Ravage was a cool addition to the plot, a cassette still, but now a mercenary that speak. It looks like other reviewers have done the plot summaries already for this season. All I can say it that it was the episodes in this season that got me hooked for the third season. Check this set out transformer fans, affordable and fun.
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- This war could have happened on Neptune or Earth
- Cool Movie
- High-quality, serious story line, good visuals appeal
- Not Robotech style action but entertaining.
- Actually it's 3.5 but I'd give it a four....
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Yoshikazu Yasuhiko directed this 1989 feature based on his own manga. The new frontier of Venus has degenerated into a dystopia ravaged by the civil war between Ishtar and Aphrodia. Bubbly reporter Susan Sommers arrives in the capitol of Aphrodia just before it's captured by Ishtar. She falls in with a bunch of teen-agers who live for a sort of motorcycle version of Roller Derby. Daredevil rider Hiro and his friends reluctantly join the struggle to free Aphrodia from the invaders. Not surprisingly, Hiro proves an ace at piloting the mono-cyles that are the Aphrodians' secret weapon in the key battle. Venus Wars holds better than many early anime features. The American-influenced designs may annoy purists, but the characters are well developed and the battle scenes well staged, despite the limited technological resources available at the time. (Rated 13 and older: violence, profanity, alcohol use, risqué humor) --Charles Solomon
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On the hostile world of Venus, where vicious gangs roam the streets and nations battle for supremacy, a hotshot motorcycle jockey and a feisty Earth journalist are caught in the crossfire as war erupts.
Customer Reviews:
This war could have happened on Neptune or Earth.......2007-06-18
This is a mixed bag for me. Its not a bad anime but it was nothing breathtaking for me either. What little it had was entertaining. To include the very cheap price I paid for it was worth it.
Venus Wars didn't have a very interesting story to me. The characters weren't very likeable to me either, regardless how developed some of them were. The saving grace was the plot. Venus is inhabited by humans. It was later invaded by humans. The invasion was very quick and decisive. It took no time for marshall law to set in. A few digruntled rebels decided to put a plan together and fight. I'm sure you can figure what happens next.
The battles consist of high speed chases and an all out war. I don't think this anime would satisfy all action junkies. The level of gore is non existent and the blood is minor. So to all you out there expecting to see exploding heads and bullet breakdancin' bodies can forget it. Yet the battles still manage to be decent. A remastered version would've defintly helped the animation. I rarely touch the animation but this is one of the few times I felt it could have been cleaned up some. At some points it just seemed overly dark and outdated to me.
This is a pretty good buy for the cheap price. If you want something straightforward and easy to follow then this is your anime.
Cool Movie.......2007-05-31
I first watched this movie on T.V. and I was in love with it. I found it better then Robotech and the cat Voltron. It has a great storyline and the action parts are awesome. If you are looking for a good story and some good anime then this is it, There is also a manga for those people who love to read the graphic novels.
High-quality, serious story line, good visuals appeal.......2007-04-17
Let me keep this short and sweet. I really like the movie because of the well developed story and the overall feel. It easily ranks with classics like Bubble Gum Crisis, and live action films like Terminator. There is an 80s feel to it, but it is not cheesy in any way. A+
Not Robotech style action but entertaining........2006-07-29
Is a good anime because is HIGH BUGET ACTION-PACKED. But it wasn't cool as Robotech (Macross), the action scenes weren't THAT fast, the kid (main character) doesn't shoot to many bad guys with his "battle-motorcycle" and there wasn't to much battle war shooting like in Robotech.
The action is top notch because the motorcycle runnings were cool, and the action scenes are very reailistic with tons of shooting but not on the battle wars (only on the normal action scenes). And of course, the drama is great with an easy storyline to follow.
The dvd wasn't good because the anime wasn't remastered, so the colors can be dark and annoying sometimes.
Adios.
Actually it's 3.5 but I'd give it a four...........2005-12-26
I watched this on TV and I will give a review. I watched it because there wasn't anything better on. So it's about a hostile takeover in Venus and a group of ordinary people try to survive the war-torn planet. I liked this movie it gave a nice amount of action and it has this feel in a war movie where all you give a damn is will the characters make it or come back in a body bag. However, thrilling as the movie is I had a problem for liking the characters some of them are stupid and some I don't give a care. Like this one girl where she left the safety with the gun trying to kill the general I was laughing and crying at the same time. Not to mention the story I cared less of the nonsense dialogue. Drawbacks aside it's action-packed and it's a pretty cool movie.
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- BEAST WARS IS THE BEST
- A bad copy of 80's cult
- horrible
- Transformers: the Next Generation
- Why did they cancel the G1 cartoon series?
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Beast Wars - Transformers (Vol. 2)
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The American update of the 1985 Japanese Transformers series is based on a computer game and a line of toys from Hasbro. Beast Wars may have looked snazzy in 1996, but computer graphics have progressed so far, so quickly, that the weightless animation and simply rendered backgrounds pale beside contemporary games, let alone series. The ongoing struggle between the good-guy Maximals led by Optimus Primal and the evil Predicons continues. Although there are lots of battles and shootouts, the high-tech weapons do very little damage. The characters screech and argue before undergoing transitions from their animal to mecha forms to cries of "Maximize!" or "Terrorize!" The target audience for the disc is clearly Gen-Yers who grew up watching the show and/or playing the game. Unrated; suitable for ages 8 and up: Violence. --Charles Solomon
Customer Reviews:
BEAST WARS IS THE BEST.......2003-09-17
I STARTED WATCHING THIS T.V. SERIES WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT. NOW THAT THEY HAVE IT ON DVD I COULD WATCH IT WHENEVER. THIS DVD CONTAINS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EPISODE,FALLEN COMRADES. FALLEN COMRADES IS ABOUT A STASIS POD THAT IS CARRYING A MAXIMAL PROTOFORM (KNOWN AS TIGERTRON IN THE SERIES)THE MAXIMAL'S AND PREDACONS RACE TO GET IT. OPTIMUS PRIMAL STARTS TO FLY OFF ON HIS OWN WHEN HE IS AMBUSHED. LATER THEY HAVE TO SEND OUT RATTRAP, RHINOX, AND CHEETOR TO RETRIEVE IT.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:PREDACONS BROKE MAXIMAL CODE AND OBTAINED A STASIS POD (KNOWN AS BLACK ARACHNIA IN THE SERIES.)RATTRAP BECOMES A TRAITOR TO GET INSIDE THE PREDACONS BASE. THAT WAY HE COULD DESTROY CODE-BREAKING EQUIPMENT.
THE PROBE: A PROBE IS SENT FROM CYBERTRON TO GO AND FIND THE MAXIMALS. UNABLE TO CONTACT THE PROBE THE MAXIMALS ARE FORCED TO BUILD A HOMING ARRAY IN PREDACONS TERRITORY.
GORILLA WARFARE: OPTIMUS AND DINOBOT ARE ATTACKED BY SCORPINAK DURING AN EXPLORATION OF THE EARTH. A VIRAL MINE IS ATTACHED TO OPTIMUS WHEN ATTACKED.THE VIRAL MINE TAKES CONTROL OF OPTIMUS'S PERSONALITY AND TURNS HIM INTO A WAR MACHINE.
A BETTER MOUSETRAP: RHINOX BUILDS A DEFENSE GRID IMPERVIOUS TO PREDACONS ATTACKS. BUT BEFORE PUTTING IN THE FRIEND-FOE PASSWORD, DINOBOTS MISSES HIS ATTACK ON RATTRAP AND HITS THE CONTROLS. THE DEFENSE GRID THINKS THE MAXIMALS ARE ENEMY'S AND STARTS ATTACKING THEM. RATTRAP SETS OFF TO HAVE THE DEFENSE GRID TURNED OFF.
VICTORY: AFTER THE MAXIMALS PUT A CAMEREA INTO THE PREDACONS BASE TERRORSAUR AND MEGATRON GET IN A FIGHT AND THEY BLOW UP THE ENERGON CRYSTALS. IT APPEARS THAT THE MAXIMALS WON THE BEAST WARS. THE MAXIMALS GET THE PART FOR THEIR SHIP AND HEAD OFF FOR HOME. BUT MEGATRON STOPS THEM FROM GETTING AWAY.
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A bad copy of 80's cult.......2003-05-19
This spin-off series is really just commercial nonsense. Everybody loved the original characters, why did they restructure the complete series?
horrible.......2003-05-13
This series is waste of time, no personalities, no cult, just a commercial series
Transformers: the Next Generation.......2003-05-05
...This series's visual effects are just as dated as the original Star Trek or even ST:TNG would be, viewed years after creation. But if your only interest is in special FX the charm of shows like these are clearly going to be lost on you. ...
Beast Wars is to Transformers: Generation One what Star Trek: The Next Generation is to the original Trek. Yes, we may love the original characters and series more, but the quality of the storytelling and acting (voice acting in the case of BW) is simply superior.
Created as an updated version of Transformers G1 (and not based on the video game that came two years later), under the guidance of Larry (Babylon 5) DiTillio and Bob (X-Men Evolution) Forward the series evolved very quickly into one of the only good cartoons of the 90s. So highly regarded was this series that it won an Emmy Award in it's first season.
The writers enfused story elements from the original Transformers comic book from Marvel and the original cartoon to create a new continuity, which continues today in the Transformers comics from Dreamwave, and later this fall will continue further in the brand new comic & toyline "Transformers Universe" which will unite both the G1 and BW generations of Transformers in a new battle against Unicron, the main villian from Transformers: the Movie.
The episodes in Beast Wars volume two represent the final growing pains just before the series found it's own footing and evolved into the classic series it became by the end of it's debut season and most especially it's second season, which ended with the best TV cliffhanger since J.R. was [destroyed].
I would not recommend buying this DVD however. There is a season one box set coming this summer that will contain all 26 episodes. This series of single DVDs will not be continued and you will miss out on why Beast Wars is the most beloved Transformers cartoon among the most ... Transfans. It's worth waiting to get the entire first season [at one time].
Why did they cancel the G1 cartoon series?.......2003-03-26
This new series is junk. Just a bad copy of a cult phenomenon. They would have done better to continoue season 4 of the orignal series...
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- "Beast Wars Rawks"
- Very underrated
- horrible
- A bad copy of 80's cult
- A bad copy of 80's cult
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Transformers Beast Machines - The Complete Series
ASIN: B00005UM37
Release Date: 2002-01-29 |
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The 1996 American update of the 1985 Japanese Transformers series is based on a computer game and a line of toys from Hasbro. Like Voltron: The Third Dimension (1998), which it resembles, Beast Wars reveals just how quickly computer graphics evolved. The weightless characters move in simple, repeated cycles and never come in contact with the ground when they walk or run. The pseudo-Valley Dude dialogue ("Cool your circuits!") and the way the filmmakers trot out every toy in every episode (to remind potential buyers of their existence) recall the bad old days of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Fans of video games and/or toys will enjoy the screaming battles between familiar characters in their organic and robotic forms; others will quickly weary of the repetitive story and over-the-top vocal performances. Unrated; suitable for ages 8 and up: Violence. --Charles Solomon
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Catch the action-packed, popular animated series for the first time on DVD and VHS. Originally aired on Fox Kids, "Beast Wars" follows the adventures of two robotic factions, the Maximals and Predacons, that have crash-landed on an Earth-like planet. The DVD includes six action-packed episodes.
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"Beast Wars Rawks".......2007-04-05
I grew up watching Johnny Quest. There was lots of automated vilians on that show, therefore Transformers was not a big leap for me.
After Transformers went off the air I was sad, but then I happened upon Beast Wars. WOW, it was so visually exciting to me, I was hooked right away.
Season 1, Episode 22: The Low Road
Original Air Date: 10 February 1997
I think this is the best episode in the whole series. Rhinox ate some bad seeds/pods while grazing, and he farted a nuclear blast in the direction of Megatron.
Don't feel bad for Megatron, he saw it comming and deserved it.
I felt the need to write this review because Transformers the movie is comming out in July 07, and the last time someone wrote a review for this DVD was 2004.
I love this series get it, love it, enjoy it.
Very underrated.......2004-07-16
Being a cartoon, this show starts out with a lot of stigmas. I loved the original transformers as a kid. This show was unbelievable. Yes, it was all about selling toys but the creators weren't just satisfied with that alone. The story telling is weaven together better than most primetime television shows. There are very few holes. I dare you not to feel a little teery eyed when Dinobot hits the dust. One of the saddest deaths I've seen on the tube. Oh and Austria stop blasting the show. You have obviously not seen the show and are just a cranky Transformers fan that wont give this new show any respect. Those are the only people that do not like this show. Those that haven't seen it and dismiss it as nothing but a stupid cartoon. Then, there's the original Transformers fans that can't accept this show being better and never give it a chance. If you watch this show from the beginning you will be addicted, I guarantee you. Although as said the show really hits it's mark in season 2 with a lot of drama. Season 1 is a lot of introduction. Season 3 is the payoff with the bots heading back home, very good season. Season 4 is a bit of a mess in auto world but it's entertaining. There wasn't anywhere else to go after season 4. It was a fun ride. I give it a 4 but for cartoons this is definitely a big 5 stars.
horrible.......2003-06-12
This series is waste of time, no personalities, no cult, just a commercial series
A bad copy of 80's cult.......2003-05-19
This spin-off series is really just commercial nonsense. Everybody loved the original characters, why did they restructure the complete series?
A bad copy of 80's cult.......2003-05-19
This spin-off series is really just commercial nonsense. Everybody loved the original characters, why did they restructure the complete series?
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- This war could have happened on Neptune or Earth
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- High-quality, serious story line, good visuals appeal
- Not Robotech style action but entertaining.
- Actually it's 3.5 but I'd give it a four....
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The Venus Wars
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ASIN: 6305072795
Release Date: 1998-11-03 |
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Yoshikazu Yasuhiko directed this 1989 feature based on his own manga. The new frontier of Venus has degenerated into a dystopia ravaged by the civil war between Ishtar and Aphrodia. Bubbly reporter Susan Sommers arrives in the capitol of Aphrodia just before it's captured by Ishtar. She falls in with a bunch of teen-agers who live for a sort of motorcycle version of Roller Derby. Daredevil rider Hiro and his friends reluctantly join the struggle to free Aphrodia from the invaders. Not surprisingly, Hiro proves an ace at piloting the mono-cyles that are the Aphrodians' secret weapon in the key battle. Venus Wars holds better than many early anime features. The American-influenced designs may annoy purists, but the characters are well developed and the battle scenes well staged, despite the limited technological resources available at the time. (Rated 13 and older: violence, profanity, alcohol use, risqué humor) --Charles Solomon
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This war could have happened on Neptune or Earth.......2007-06-18
This is a mixed bag for me. Its not a bad anime but it was nothing breathtaking for me either. What little it had was entertaining. To include the very cheap price I paid for it was worth it.
Venus Wars didn't have a very interesting story to me. The characters weren't very likeable to me either, regardless how developed some of them were. The saving grace was the plot. Venus is inhabited by humans. It was later invaded by humans. The invasion was very quick and decisive. It took no time for marshall law to set in. A few digruntled rebels decided to put a plan together and fight. I'm sure you can figure what happens next.
The battles consist of high speed chases and an all out war. I don't think this anime would satisfy all action junkies. The level of gore is non existent and the blood is minor. So to all you out there expecting to see exploding heads and bullet breakdancin' bodies can forget it. Yet the battles still manage to be decent. A remastered version would've defintly helped the animation. I rarely touch the animation but this is one of the few times I felt it could have been cleaned up some. At some points it just seemed overly dark and outdated to me.
This is a pretty good buy for the cheap price. If you want something straightforward and easy to follow then this is your anime.
Cool Movie.......2007-05-31
I first watched this movie on T.V. and I was in love with it. I found it better then Robotech and the cat Voltron. It has a great storyline and the action parts are awesome. If you are looking for a good story and some good anime then this is it, There is also a manga for those people who love to read the graphic novels.
High-quality, serious story line, good visuals appeal.......2007-04-17
Let me keep this short and sweet. I really like the movie because of the well developed story and the overall feel. It easily ranks with classics like Bubble Gum Crisis, and live action films like Terminator. There is an 80s feel to it, but it is not cheesy in any way. A+
Not Robotech style action but entertaining........2006-07-29
Is a good anime because is HIGH BUGET ACTION-PACKED. But it wasn't cool as Robotech (Macross), the action scenes weren't THAT fast, the kid (main character) doesn't shoot to many bad guys with his "battle-motorcycle" and there wasn't to much battle war shooting like in Robotech.
The action is top notch because the motorcycle runnings were cool, and the action scenes are very reailistic with tons of shooting but not on the battle wars (only on the normal action scenes). And of course, the drama is great with an easy storyline to follow.
The dvd wasn't good because the anime wasn't remastered, so the colors can be dark and annoying sometimes.
Adios.
Actually it's 3.5 but I'd give it a four...........2005-12-26
I watched this on TV and I will give a review. I watched it because there wasn't anything better on. So it's about a hostile takeover in Venus and a group of ordinary people try to survive the war-torn planet. I liked this movie it gave a nice amount of action and it has this feel in a war movie where all you give a damn is will the characters make it or come back in a body bag. However, thrilling as the movie is I had a problem for liking the characters some of them are stupid and some I don't give a care. Like this one girl where she left the safety with the gun trying to kill the general I was laughing and crying at the same time. Not to mention the story I cared less of the nonsense dialogue. Drawbacks aside it's action-packed and it's a pretty cool movie.
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ASIN: B00004STTH
Release Date: 2000-03-28 |
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Classical music with an emotional and passionate edge. These performances by the London Philharmonic are presented for the first time in stunning six-channel surround sound include works by Boccherini, Ravel, Rachmaninoff and Holst.
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