© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-Sierra_22 Recent reviews written by member Sierra_22 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_478621830788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - Warning: do not read if you haven’t seen the first season!!  I have some season two spoilers, but I’ll warn before those.  Season one is up for grabs though.Eric Kripke’s exciting series returns for a second season,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~478621830788 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:29:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_478621830788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_426038562436?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - "Saving people. Hunting things. The family business." Older brother Dean Winchester, played by Jensen Ackles ("Smallville," "Dark Angel"), sums up the series in just a few short sentences. One would think that such a seemingly simple plot would get... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~426038562436 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:11:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_426038562436?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_338702667396?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - Before anything else, let me warn you, if you haven’t seen season one, don’t read this! I’m going to refer to major plot points from season one, including the finale. Okay, now that I’ve warned you, on with the show... James Cameron’s “Dark Angel”... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~338702667396 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:43:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_338702667396?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_338680581764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - Before Jennifer Garner became Sydney Bristow but after Buffy Summers went to school on the Hellmouth, a virtually unknown Jessica Alba (“Fantastic Four” & “Sin City”) donned leather, climbed on a motorcycle and showed the world that girls can kick butt –... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~338680581764 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:47:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_338680581764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_338660593284?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - While Joss Whedon receives full marks for not keeping his characters in high school for eight years, their transition into adulthood is awkward &#150 although that might have been the point. Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and friends graduated... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~338660593284 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 20:03:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_338660593284?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_338151509636?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - As any avid Stephen King fan knows, his "Dark Tower" series is an epic work. A seven book series, King incorporates many characters, places and plots from his other books. Throughout the series, readers will recognize names and gain a deeper... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~338151509636 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:23:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_338151509636?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_334734528132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - From September of 1998 until May 1999, the third season of &#147Buffy, the Vampire Slayer&#148 aired on the WB. The senior year of title character Buffy Anne Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) conveys all of the angst and growing pains that come with... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~334734528132 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:04:53 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_334734528132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_334358941316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - Season Two of the cult classic “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer” ran from the fall of 1997 to the spring of 1998 on the WB. A great season, it introduced new characters Spike (James Marsters - “Smallville”) and Drusilla (Juliet Landau) who quickly became... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~334358941316 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:10:34 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_334358941316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_334134414980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - During the summer of 2001, I got bored and started watching random things on tv, including a movie from 1992 named "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer." I wasn't that impressed but decided to check out a re-run of the show of the same name, if only to see how it... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~334134414980 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:00:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_334134414980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_331731865220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - Len Wiseman&#146s directorial debut, &#147Underworld&#148 combines elements of Shakespearean romantic tragedy and mythological creatures to tell the story of vampire Selene (Kate Beckinsale &#147Pearl Harbor&#148) and werewolf Michael (Scott Speedman... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~331731865220 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 20:33:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_331731865220?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_331693592196?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - If you haven’t read “Black” or “Red,” don’t read any further. Spoilers for the first two books are ahead. Thomas Hunter is dead. At the end of book two, “Red,” Ted Dekker’s protagonist, Thomas Hunter, is lying on a table, three days dead. In the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~331693592196 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 19:02:32 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_331693592196?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_331672161924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - The second book in Ted Dekker&#146s &#147Circle&#148 trilogy picks up directly after the first book ends. Thomas Hunter, one-time army brat turned world&#146s savior, is sleeping in a hotel room with a gun pressed to his temple. His intended assassin,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~331672161924 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:34:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_331672161924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_283990658692?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - A man named Thomas Hunter is shot in Denver, Colorado; a man named Thomas Hunter falls in the black forest and hits his head. And so begins "Black," the first of Ted Dekker's Circle trilogy. This set of books tells, with remarkable insight, the story... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~283990658692 Sun, 26 Nov 2006 17:23:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_283990658692?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_247467970180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - My students had been telling me to read something by this great new author Ted Dekker. Finally, an eighth grade boy handed me "Blink." He was in the middle of reading another book and knew that I read fast. I was hooked by the end of the first sentence... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~247467970180 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:13:19 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_247467970180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_246706310788?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - I first heard of Ted Dekker when several of my junior and senior high boys started reading his books. An eighth grade student wrote a research paper on "Thr3e" before I read the actual book so I didn't have the opportunity for real surprise at the main... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~246706310788 Sun, 6 Aug 2006 20:14:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_246706310788?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_215691857540?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - Book Four in the infamous "Harry Potter" series was actually the first one I read. I wanted to see what all the hype was about and I fell in love. I liked the first and second movies, thinking Chris Columbus (hooray Ohio!) did an admirable job. I was... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~215691857540 Thu, 29 Dec 2005 02:01:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_215691857540?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_215689825924?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - I've been a fan of "The Chronicles of Narnia" for as long as I can remember and have grown into the other works of C.S. Lewis. However, the series of seven remain my favorite of his books and for good reason. Lewis, friend of "LotR" author J.R.R... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~215689825924 Thu, 29 Dec 2005 01:29:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_215689825924?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_197559488132?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - Since the moment I heard that Joss Whedon's ("Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel") amazing space-Western "Firefly" had been canceled, I'd hoped that Whedon would find someway to finish the story. And, while much was left unfinished (for "Firefly"... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~197559488132 Sun, 2 Oct 2005 22:30:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_197559488132?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_190353346180?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - Since the sixth installment to the epic "Harry Potter" series is long (though not as long as the fifth) I'll try to keep the review fairly short and without ruining any of the surprises. Once again, Rowling delivers another wonderful part of Harry's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~190353346180 Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:37:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_190353346180?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_185703370372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - Okay, I&#146m a total romantic so is it any wonder that &#147A Walk to Remember&#148 is one of my favorite movies? And, of course, I had to buy the soundtrack, especially when I heard Switchfoot was on it. So here it goes. 1. &#147Dare You To... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~185703370372 Fri, 10 Jun 2005 01:11:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_185703370372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_185621253764?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - Nerf Herder begins the album with the theme song to “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” A song that they hadn’t been able to finish and couldn’t find words to fit, it’s become one of their trademark songs. It’s fast-paced and different and sets the mood of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~185621253764 Thu, 9 Jun 2005 02:56:41 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_185621253764?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_185584619140?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - Appropriately, the first song is “Buffy Main Title Theme” as done by “Buffy” fans The Breeders (musical guest in Season Seven’s “Him”). And, just as appropriately, the last song is “The Final Fight” by Rob Duncan, genius composer of “Buffy.” For... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~185584619140 Wed, 8 Jun 2005 17:34:29 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_185584619140?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_185518820996?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - Most &#147Buffy&#148 fans consider Season Six&#146s &#147Once More With Feeling&#148 to be either one of the best or one of the worst episodes ever done. Coming from a true appreciation of some of the great musicals of all time (&#147Singing in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~185518820996 Wed, 8 Jun 2005 00:52:12 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_185518820996?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_185495555716?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - In Joss Whedon’s universes of “Buffy, the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel” and “Firefly” music plays an integral role. This CD offers a small sample of what five years worth of “Angel” fans heard while watching the vampire with a soul. From the “Angel Main... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~185495555716 Tue, 7 Jun 2005 19:36:51 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_185495555716?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143644266116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Sierra_22 - I've been looking over some of the other reviews and just can't seem to grasp why so many people listed the same 'cons.' If you understand where J.K. Rowling is coming from, the added profanity, darkness and attitude are not only understandable but... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143644266116 Tue, 15 Jun 2004 14:21:02 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143644266116?linkin_id=8003929