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Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek The Next Generation: Encounter At Farpoint - The Full Length TV Movie [1990]
Actors & Directors
  • LeVar Burton
  • John De Lancie
  • Corey Allen
  • Michael Bell
  • Jonathan Frakes
  • Patrick Stewart
Release date: 1995-01-16
Run time: 87 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £7.48

Review Star Trek The Next Generation: Encounter At Farpoint - The Full Length TV Movie [1990] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

In 1987, some 20 years after the original series had ended, Star Trek: The Next Generation was launched into a decade renowned for its materialistic greed, but also for its hesitant steps towards a more unified world order. Creator Gene Roddenberry revised his vision of humanity's future accordingly, shifting the Trek timeline 80 years on and reinventing the new Starship Enterprise as an Ark-like exploration vessel full of families, schools, soothing recreational facilities and a maternally pacifying computer voice (Roddenberry's wife, Majel Barrett). The Next Generation crew were not soldiers, but scientists and diplomats. Unlike the fiercely individualistic Captain Kirk, Patrick Stewart's patrician Captain Jean-Luc Picard was a model team leader: no matter how desperate the crisis, he ensured that everyone got to sit round the Conference Room table and talk it over. And in a true late-1980s touch, a key member of the Bridge crew was psychoanalyst Counsellor Troi, always on hand to discuss everyone's feelings. Season Two saw the welcome introduction of the cybernetic horror that was the Borg. Originally a powerful symbol of technological misuse in an otherwise technologically utopian universe, ultimately their hive-like existence served to reinforce the message that everyone would be much happier as a team player. Even renegade super-entity Q (John De Lancie) relied on Picard as much as his fellow god-like playmates; Data followed Pinocchio and Spock in a quest to discard what made him an individual; and there was even an episode that rationalised why all aliens basically looked alike (we're all one big family). Even the slogan change to "Where no one has gone before" acknowledges that there's no "one" in a team. But for all its earnest political correctness and an over-reliance on "technobabble", good stories played by an appealing ensemble cast were at the heart of the show's success. [+]
After seven successful seasons, "All Good Things" finally came to an end. Until Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise, that is. -Paul Tonks.

Review Adv Films / Bubblegum Crisis - Tokyo 2040 - Vol. 1
Actors & Directors
  • Katsuhito Akiyama
  • Hiroki Hayashi
  • Yoshiko Sakakibara
  • Nozomu Sasaki
  • Michie Tomizawa
  • Fumihiko Takayama
  • Hiroaki Gôda
  • Kinuko Ômori
  • Akiko Hiramatsu
  • Masami Ôbari
Release date: 2000-05-15
Run time: 70 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.45

Review Bubblegum Crisis - Tokyo 2040 - Vol. 1 / Adv Films:

The second instalment of the popular Japanese anime, Bubblegum Crisis 2 contains the fourth, fifth and sixth episodes of the eight original videos. In a devastated high-tech Tokyo of a Blade Runner-ish future, four beautiful women disguised by their heavily armed exoskeletons protect society from killer androids and from an ambitious corporation that tries to take over the world, while also having complicated personal lives. The cute teenager NeNe always has a crush on someone or other; flighty Linna has to fit her superhero life into a busy social schedule; and Priss has her career as a rock singer as well as a habit of feeling emotional. Only the austere Sylia is entirely in control of her life-so much so that she needs the others for a bit of productive chaos. In the episodes included they deal with a mysterious car that is riding down motorcyclists, help a tragic android who is vampirising citizens to feed a damaged friend and cope with attempts by an evil conspirator to frame them for mass mayhem. The stories rely rather too heavily on extended sequences of fast bikes and car racing, or mechanised bodysuits and big robots tearing each other apart, but the plotting can be subtle and the emotional scenes tense and fraught. Someone trying to get a sense of anime's strengths and weaknesses could do a lot worse than start here. On the DVD: the disc is presented in a visual aspect ratio of 1. 33:1 and has a very loud Dolby Digital 2. 0 soundtrack which presents every screech of tortured metal vehemently and every pounding anthem in the slightly pompous score. [+]
There are no extras apart from a very extended documentation of the credits. -Roz Kaveney.

Review Adv Films / Slayers - Explosion Array
Actors & Directors
  • Masami Suzuki
  • Bin Shimada
  • Yasunori Matsumoto
  • Masato Sato
  • Megumi Hayashibara
  • Makoto Noriza
  • Osamu Yokota
  • Shigeru Morikawa
  • Hikaru Midorikawa
Release date: 1999-10-04
Run time: 50 min.
Price: £12.99

Review Slayers - Explosion Array / Adv Films:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 3.7 - Life Support / Heart Of Stone [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Siddig El Fadil
  • Cirroc Lofton
  • Avery Brooks
  • Terry Farrell
  • Rene Auberjonois
  • Alexander Singer
  • Reza Badiyi
Release date: 1995-06-12
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £14.98

Review Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 3.7 - Life Support / Heart Of Stone [1996] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

From the outset, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about conflict. Producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller challenged the utopian ideals of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe to create something totally different from its predecessors. That meant no familial camaraderie, squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy, or beige décor. Instead they wanted interpersonal friction, ruthless enemies (Gamma Quadrant Imperialists-The Dominion) and rebellion at every turn. The DS9 concept was originally facilitated by introducing the Cardassian/Bajoran war during The Next Generation's final days. After a muted first reception fans gradually came to accept the new look, but no one liked Star Trek without a starship and eventually the producers capitulated to viewers' wishes by introducing the USS Defiant (an apt name) in Season 3. Relying far less on technobabble than TNG, DS9 was unafraid to focus on matters of the spirit instead, demonstrating a ballsy independence from its parent shows. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by Babylon 5, improved CGI space battles also became a fan favourite. Throughout the increasingly serialised story arc there were rebellious factions within the different establishments: Kira had belonged to the Shakaar resistance cell; the Maquis was Starfleet vs Cardassians; section 31 was a secret Starfleet group; the True Way was a Bajoran group opposed to peace; the Cardassians had their Obsidian Order and the Romulans their Gestapo-like Tal Shiar. Yet for all its constant bickering and espionage (even Bashir got to be James Bond), there was always some contemporary social commentary lurking: the Ferengi were used as a comedic foil to frown on materialistic greed; drugs were looked at via the Jem'Hadar foot soldiers' addiction to Ketracel White. [+]
Perhaps Sisko summed up the real heart of things: "Bajor doesn't need a man, it needs a legend". A future vision that retains a place for religion and spirituality turned out to be Deep Space Nine's first best destiny. -Paul Tonks.

Review MGM Entertainment / Stargate SG-1 Vol. 1.11 - Missions 1.20 & 1.21 [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Amanda Tapping
  • Christopher Judge
  • Don S. Davis
  • Richard Dean Anderson
  • Mario Azzopardi
  • Michael Shanks
Release date: 2000-02-01
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.97

Review Stargate SG-1 Vol. 1.11 - Missions 1.20 & 1.21 [1998] / MGM Entertainment:

The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise, but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. Replacing the Kurt Russell and James Spader roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They are joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's pet primary unit SG-1. With a seemingly endless network of Stargates found to exist on planets all across the known universe, their mission is to make first contact with as many friendly races as possible. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" pharaohnic Goa'uld-the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. The welcome notion of a continued plot thread sees offshoots that follow the reincarnation of Daniel's wife, Sam's father literally joining a renegade faction of the Goa'uld, and Jack in an unending quest to out-sarcasm everyone. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise, but amid a dearth of derivative look-a-likes, Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi. The episodes are not always properly sequenced on the tapes, making the order of events potentially confusing, something that ought to be taken into account when viewing. [+]
It's one year after the events of the original motion picture. We find that Colonel O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson replacing Kurt Russell) has retired from the military, thinking he can forget about the Stargate and those who were left behind. Events conspire to re-commission him alongside old faces and new when it's discovered there's more than one Gate in the galaxy. A lot more! Although it assumes familiarity with the preceding movie, "Children of the Gods" is still an excellent pilot show. Characters are introduced sensibly, the expanded premise is engaging, and there's clearly a healthy sense of never taking itself too seriously. -Paul Tonks The 1994 movie Stargate was originally intended as the start of a franchise, but creators Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were distracted celebrating their Independence Day. Episodic TV treatment was the natural next step. Replacing the Kurt Russell and James Spader roles of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Dr. Daniel Jackson respectively are Richard Dean Anderson and Michael Shanks. They are joined by Captain Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and guilt-stricken former alien baddie Teal'c (Christopher Judge) to form the teacher's pet primary unit SG-1. With a seemingly endless network of Stargates found to exist on planets all across the known universe, their mission is to make first contact with as many friendly races as possible. Chasing their heels at almost every turn are the "overlord" pharaohnic Goa'uld-the ancient Egyptian Gods who are none too chummy after the events of the original film. The welcome notion of a continued plot thread sees offshoots that follow the reincarnation of Daniel's wife, Sam's father literally joining a renegade faction of the Goa'uld, and Jack in an unending quest to out-sarcasm everyone. There's something of The Time Tunnel to the show's premise, but amid a dearth of derivative look-a-likes, Stargate has held its own with stories that put the science fiction back into TV sci-fi. The episodes are not always properly sequenced on the tapes, making the order of events potentially confusing, something that ought to be taken into account when viewing. Following straight on from Vol. 10, "Politics" sees Jackson banging his head against a brick wall when Senator Kinsey (a powerful cameo from Ronnie Cox) threatens to exercise his hold over the Stargate programme. This is what's known in TV as a "clips episode", but the flashbacks are cleverly incorporated to continue building suspense toward the finale. And "Within the Serpent's Grasp" is the pay-off. The SG-1 team ignore orders and follow Jackson's warning about an attack. It's a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire however; when their disobedience leads them to the one place they really shouldn't be-aboard the lead attack ship headed to destroy Earth! -Paul Tonks.

Review Entertainment in Video / Highlander 3 - The Sorcerer [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Mako
  • Deborah Kara Unger
  • Raoul Trujillo
  • Andrew Morahan
  • Christopher Lambert
  • Mario Van Peebles
Release date: 1995-10-25
Run time: 93 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £2.63

Review Highlander 3 - The Sorcerer [1994] / Entertainment in Video:


Review Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 and 2 - Midnight On The Firing Line / Soul Hunter [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Michael O'Hare
  • Richard Compton
  • Morgan Furlan
  • Jim Johnston
  • Claudia Christian
Release date: 1995-07-17
Run time: 84 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.95

Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 1 - Episodes 1 and 2 - Midnight On The Firing Line / Soul Hunter [1994] / Warner Home Video:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 4.10 - Hard Times / Shattered Mirror [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Marina Goldovskaya
Release date: 1996-10-07
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £1.00

Review Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 4.10 - Hard Times / Shattered Mirror [1996] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

From the outset, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about conflict. Producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller challenged the utopian ideals of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe to create something totally different from its predecessors. That meant no familial camaraderie, squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy, or beige décor. Instead they wanted interpersonal friction, ruthless enemies (Gamma Quadrant Imperialists-The Dominion) and rebellion at every turn. The DS9 concept was originally facilitated by introducing the Cardassian/Bajoran war during The Next Generation's final days. After a muted first reception fans gradually came to accept the new look, but no one liked Star Trek without a starship and eventually the producers capitulated to viewers' wishes by introducing the USS Defiant (an apt name) in Season 3. Relying far less on technobabble than TNG, DS9 was unafraid to focus on matters of the spirit instead, demonstrating a ballsy independence from its parent shows. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by Babylon 5, improved CGI space battles also became a fan favourite. Throughout the increasingly serialised story arc there were rebellious factions within the different establishments: Kira had belonged to the Shakaar resistance cell; the Maquis was Starfleet vs Cardassians; section 31 was a secret Starfleet group; the True Way was a Bajoran group opposed to peace; the Cardassians had their Obsidian Order and the Romulans their Gestapo-like Tal Shiar. Yet for all its constant bickering and espionage (even Bashir got to be James Bond), there was always some contemporary social commentary lurking: the Ferengi were used as a comedic foil to frown on materialistic greed; drugs were looked at via the Jem'Hadar foot soldiers' addiction to Ketracel White. [+]
Perhaps Sisko summed up the real heart of things: "Bajor doesn't need a man, it needs a legend". A future vision that retains a place for religion and spirituality turned out to be Deep Space Nine's first best destiny. -Paul Tonks.

Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 1.10 - Twisted / The 37s [1996]
Actors & Directors
  • Kim Friedman
  • James L. Conway
  • Robert Beltran
  • Jennifer Lien
  • Roxann Biggs-Dawson
  • Kate Mulgrew
Release date: 1996-01-02
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £9.98

Review Star Trek Voyager - Vol. 1.10 - Twisted / The 37s [1996] / Paramount Home Entertainment:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 7.7 - Field Of Fire / Chimera [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Rene Auberjonois
  • Stephen L. Posey
  • Avery Brooks
  • Tony Dow
  • Michael Dorn
Release date: 1999-07-05
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.60

Review Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 7.7 - Field Of Fire / Chimera [1995] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

From the outset, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about conflict. Producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller challenged the utopian ideals of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe to create something totally different from its predecessors. That meant no familial camaraderie, squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy, or beige décor. Instead they wanted inter-personal friction, ruthless enemies (Gamma Quadrant Imperialists-The Dominion) and rebellion at every turn. The DS9 concept was originally facilitated by introducing the Cardassian/Bajoran war during The Next Generation's final days. After a muted first reception fans gradually came to accept the new look, but no-one liked Star Trek without a starship and eventually the producers capitulated to viewers' wishes by introducing the USS Defiant (an apt name) in Season 3. Relying far less on technobabble than TNG, DS9 was unafraid to focus on matters of the spirit instead, demonstrating a gutsy independence from its parent shows. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by Babylon 5, improved CGI space battles also became a fan favourite. Throughout the increasingly serialised story arc there were rebellious factions within the different establishments: Kira had belonged to the Shakaar resistance cell; The Maquis was Starfleet vs Cardassians; Section 31 was a secret Starfleet group; The True Way was a Bajoran group opposed to peace; the Cardassians had their Obsidian Order and the Romulans their Gestapo-like Tal Shiar. Yet for all its constant bickering and espionage (even Bashir got to be James Bond!), there was always some contemporary social commentary lurking: the Ferengi were used as a comedic foil to frown on materialistic greed; drugs were looked at via the Jem'Hadar foot soldiers' addiction to Ketracel White. [+]
Perhaps Sisko summed up the real heart of things: "Bajor doesn't need a man, it needs a legend". A future vision that retains a place for religion and spirituality turned out to be Deep Space Nine's first best destiny. -Paul Tonks.

Review first independent / automatic
Actors & Directors
  • olivier gruner
Price: £15.00

Review automatic / first independent:


Review Fabulous Films Ltd. / Blake's 7 - The Keeper / Star One - Episodes 25 And 26 [1978]
Actors & Directors
  • Douglas Camfield
  • Viktors Ritelis
  • Jonathan Wright-Miller
  • Vivienne Cozens
  • Fiona Cumming
Release date: 1999-01-18
Run time: 99 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £3.25

Review Blake's 7 - The Keeper / Star One - Episodes 25 And 26 [1978] / Fabulous Films Ltd.:


Review Robotech / Robotech - Vol. 5 - Blue Wind / Gloval's Report / Home- coming
Release date: 1995-05-22
RRP: £7.99
Price: £2.99

Review Robotech - Vol. 5 - Blue Wind / Gloval's Report / Home- coming / Robotech:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 4.3 - Indiscretion / Rejoined [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Avery Brooks
  • Michael Dorn
  • Terry Farrell
  • Cirroc Lofton
  • Avery Brooks
  • Rene Auberjonois
  • LeVar Burton
Release date: 1996-03-25
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £8.64

Review Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 4.3 - Indiscretion / Rejoined [1995] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

From the outset, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about conflict. Producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller challenged the utopian ideals of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe to create something totally different from its predecessors. That meant no familial camaraderie, squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy, or beige décor. Instead they wanted interpersonal friction, ruthless enemies (Gamma Quadrant Imperialists-The Dominion) and rebellion at every turn. The DS9 concept was originally facilitated by introducing the Cardassian/Bajoran war during The Next Generation's final days. After a muted first reception fans gradually came to accept the new look, but no one liked Star Trek without a starship and eventually the producers capitulated to viewers' wishes by introducing the USS Defiant (an apt name) in Season 3. Relying far less on technobabble than TNG, DS9 was unafraid to focus on matters of the spirit instead, demonstrating a ballsy independence from its parent shows. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by Babylon 5, improved CGI space battles also became a fan favourite. Throughout the increasingly serialised story arc there were rebellious factions within the different establishments: Kira had belonged to the Shakaar resistance cell; the Maquis was Starfleet vs Cardassians; section 31 was a secret Starfleet group; the True Way was a Bajoran group opposed to peace; the Cardassians had their Obsidian Order and the Romulans their Gestapo-like Tal Shiar. Yet for all its constant bickering and espionage (even Bashir got to be James Bond), there was always some contemporary social commentary lurking: the Ferengi were used as a comedic foil to frown on materialistic greed; drugs were looked at via the Jem'Hadar foot soldiers' addiction to Ketracel White. [+]
Perhaps Sisko summed up the real heart of things: "Bajor doesn't need a man, it needs a legend". A future vision that retains a place for religion and spirituality turned out to be Deep Space Nine's first best destiny. -Paul Tonks.

Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 3.4 - Civil Defense / Meridian
Actors & Directors
  • Avery Brooks
  • Cirroc Lofton
  • Terry Farrell
  • Rene Auberjonois
  • Reza Badiyi
  • Siddig El Fadil
  • Jonathan Frakes
Release date: 1995-03-27
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.39

Review Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 3.4 - Civil Defense / Meridian / Paramount Home Entertainment:

From the outset, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about conflict. Producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller challenged the utopian ideals of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe to create something totally different from its predecessors. That meant no familial camaraderie, squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy, or beige décor. Instead they wanted interpersonal friction, ruthless enemies (Gamma Quadrant Imperialists-The Dominion) and rebellion at every turn. The DS9 concept was originally facilitated by introducing the Cardassian/Bajoran war during The Next Generation's final days. After a muted first reception fans gradually came to accept the new look, but no one liked Star Trek without a starship and eventually the producers capitulated to viewers' wishes by introducing the USS Defiant (an apt name) in Season 3. Relying far less on technobabble than TNG, DS9 was unafraid to focus on matters of the spirit instead, demonstrating a ballsy independence from its parent shows. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by Babylon 5, improved CGI space battles also became a fan favourite. Throughout the increasingly serialised story arc there were rebellious factions within the different establishments: Kira had belonged to the Shakaar resistance cell; the Maquis was Starfleet vs Cardassians; section 31 was a secret Starfleet group; the True Way was a Bajoran group opposed to peace; the Cardassians had their Obsidian Order and the Romulans their Gestapo-like Tal Shiar. Yet for all its constant bickering and espionage (even Bashir got to be James Bond), there was always some contemporary social commentary lurking: the Ferengi were used as a comedic foil to frown on materialistic greed; drugs were looked at via the Jem'Hadar foot soldiers' addiction to Ketracel White. [+]
Perhaps Sisko summed up the real heart of things: "Bajor doesn't need a man, it needs a legend". A future vision that retains a place for religion and spirituality turned out to be Deep Space Nine's first best destiny. -Paul Tonks.

Review Urotsukidoji III / Urotsukidoji III - The Return Of The Overfiend: Episode 3
Release date: 1997-06-23
Run time: 42 min.
RRP: £7.99
Price: £15.01

Review Urotsukidoji III - The Return Of The Overfiend: Episode 3 / Urotsukidoji III:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 3.2 - House of Quark / Equilibrium [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Cliff Bole
  • Terry Farrell
  • Avery Brooks
  • Siddig El Fadil
  • Cirroc Lofton
  • Rene Auberjonois
  • Les Landau
Release date: 1995-02-27
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £12.33

Review Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 3.2 - House of Quark / Equilibrium [2003] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

From the outset, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about conflict. Producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller challenged the utopian ideals of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe to create something totally different from its predecessors. That meant no familial camaraderie, squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy, or beige décor. Instead they wanted interpersonal friction, ruthless enemies (Gamma Quadrant Imperialists-The Dominion) and rebellion at every turn. The DS9 concept was originally facilitated by introducing the Cardassian/Bajoran war during The Next Generation's final days. After a muted first reception fans gradually came to accept the new look, but no one liked Star Trek without a starship and eventually the producers capitulated to viewers' wishes by introducing the USS Defiant (an apt name) in Season 3. Relying far less on technobabble than TNG, DS9 was unafraid to focus on matters of the spirit instead, demonstrating a ballsy independence from its parent shows. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by Babylon 5, improved CGI space battles also became a fan favourite. Throughout the increasingly serialised story arc there were rebellious factions within the different establishments: Kira had belonged to the Shakaar resistance cell; the Maquis was Starfleet vs Cardassians; section 31 was a secret Starfleet group; the True Way was a Bajoran group opposed to peace; the Cardassians had their Obsidian Order and the Romulans their Gestapo-like Tal Shiar. Yet for all its constant bickering and espionage (even Bashir got to be James Bond), there was always some contemporary social commentary lurking: the Ferengi were used as a comedic foil to frown on materialistic greed; drugs were looked at via the Jem'Hadar foot soldiers' addiction to Ketracel White. [+]
Perhaps Sisko summed up the real heart of things: "Bajor doesn't need a man, it needs a legend". A future vision that retains a place for religion and spirituality turned out to be Deep Space Nine's first best destiny. -Paul Tonks.

Review Paramount Home Entertainment / Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 7.9 - Penumbra / Till Death Do Us Part [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Stephen L. Posey
  • Winrich Kolbe
  • Rene Auberjonois
  • Michael Dorn
  • Cirroc Lofton
  • Avery Brooks
  • Colm Meaney
Release date: 1999-09-06
Run time: 88 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £5.50

Review Star Trek : Deep Space Nine - Vol. 7.9 - Penumbra / Till Death Do Us Part [1995] / Paramount Home Entertainment:

From the outset, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine was about conflict. Producers Rick Berman and Michael Piller challenged the utopian ideals of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek universe to create something totally different from its predecessors. That meant no familial camaraderie, squeaky-clean Federation diplomacy, or beige décor. Instead they wanted inter-personal friction, ruthless enemies (Gamma Quadrant Imperialists-The Dominion) and rebellion at every turn. The DS9 concept was originally facilitated by introducing the Cardassian/Bajoran war during The Next Generation's final days. After a muted first reception fans gradually came to accept the new look, but no one liked Star Trek without a starship and eventually the producers capitulated to viewers' wishes by introducing the USS Defiant (an apt name) in Season 3. Relying far less on technobabble than TNG, DS9 was unafraid to focus on matters of the spirit instead, demonstrating a ballsy independence from its parent shows. Taking up the gauntlet thrown down by Babylon 5, improved CGI space battles also became a fan favourite. Throughout the increasingly serialised story arc there were rebellious factions within the different establishments: Kira had belonged to the Shakaar resistance cell; The Maquis was Starfleet vs. Cardassians; Section 31 was a secret Starfleet group; The True Way was a Bajoran group opposed to peace; the Cardassians had their Obsidian Order and the Romulans their Gestapo-like Tal Shiar. [+]
Yet for all its constant bickering and espionage (even Bashir got to be James Bond!), there was always some contemporary social commentary lurking: the Ferengi were used as a comedic foil to frown on materialistic greed; drugs were looked at via the Jem'Hadar foot soldiers' addiction to Ketracel White. Perhaps Sisko summed up the real heart of things: "Bajor doesn't need a man, it needs a legend". A future vision that retains a place for religion and spirituality turned out to be Deep Space Nine's first best destiny. -Paul Tonks.

Review Moonstone Pictures / Final Executioner [1983]
Actors & Directors
  • William Mang
  • Woody Strode
  • Margit Evelyn Newton
  • Harrison Muller Jr.
  • Romolo Guerrieri
  • Marina Costa
Release date: 1994-01-24
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.99

Review Final Executioner [1983] / Moonstone Pictures:


Review Urotsukidoji III / Urotsukidoji III - The Return Of The Overfiend: Episode 3
Release date: 1994-09-19
Run time: 40 min.
RRP: £7.99
Price: £6.99

Review Urotsukidoji III - The Return Of The Overfiend: Episode 3 / Urotsukidoji III:


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