http://www.viewpoints.com/aboutme/Typist5 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:32:13 GMT Reviews by Typist5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Star-Wars-review-af572 Star Wars: A New Hope was origionally going to be just another space movie amongst a bunch of B and C rate science fiction movies in the late seventies (I believe 1977 to be exact)  What happened within the first week of it's release was an unprecidented outpour of support, making it one of the most ageless movies ever to be created.<br/><br/>I myself was once a Star Wars buff.  I can remembering my father mentioning that if I liked Science Fiction I should rent this movie, so I did.  What was in store for me was a jouney from the desert planet of Tatooine, through the twisted corridors of the Death Star, ending inside an X-Wing, protecting my rebel base from harm.  I couldn't believe what I had seen!  It truely was amazing!  <br/><br/>Starting from the characters, Star Wars: A New Hope started a series of movies that would capture the hearts of minds of billions throughout the world.  Right from the beginning, you get sucked right into the movie, instantly attached to the plithera of wonderful personalities...... Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:32:13 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Star-Wars-review-af572 Typist5 5 http://www.viewpoints.com/Firefly-The-Complete-Series-review-967310 Firefly is a series, that when seen for face value actually tintulates the senses a bit.  You'll want to join up upon this Firefly Class cargo vessel named Serenity, wishing to soar the heavens a bit yourself.  The c.g., the characters, the scenes, all of it comes together rather neatly, too bad it always feels less than watchable.<br/><br/>If you're a person who's into movies for the plot of a series, Firefly is a series you may sidestep.  The overall storyline is about an ex-rebel who lost in a war fought many years ago between the outlying colonies and the current military government.  After the war, he gathers himself a ragtag band of people, some greyer shades than others, doing odd and most times less than legal jobs behind the governments back.  Along the way he gets mixed up with a doctor and his sister, the sister being a mysterious prisoner of the government, one who has unknown powers.  So far, so good.  Episodic however, it falls apart.<br/><br/>Imagine Star Trek, only with many more overtones...... Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:20:18 GMT http://www.viewpoints.com/Firefly-The-Complete-Series-review-967310 Typist5 3