Epinions Recent Reviews for robotech_master

Time Flies, As Do the Pages

Thu, 5 Apr 2007 18:57:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - The title, Tempus Fugit, has a double meaning…because not only does "time fly" for its protagonists, it also flies for the reader who turns its pages. The premise on which Tempus Fugit begins is that three of our Founding...

Robotech - The Shadow Chronicles: The Movie: A great DVD, and a worthy continuation of the Robotech saga

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:49:33 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - Packaging: Something that no pictures or descriptions of the Shadow Chronicles DVD have thus far have managed to convey is that the DVD itself comes in a very attractive slipcover. It is a foil-enhanced slipcover, so that every part of...

Excellent value, great for DVDs, just one major flaw

Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:02:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - I originally "purchased" this TV because I was getting fed up with my old set, and the price was right: free. I got this TV set by participating in one of those pyramid scheme offers for a "free flatscreen" TV, to go with the free iPod I'd gotten that...

Not Remotely Useful

Wed, 11 May 2005 11:37:45 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - I did not have this unit for long enough to give it a thorough test, but I had it long enough to determine that it did not meet my needs. For me, the major drawback was the limited macro programming ability. It can only store up to six...

An Epic Saga Begins...

Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:56:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - (This review was originally intended for the animeondvd.com website, before I found that they had stopped taking reader reviews.) Giant Robo has had to be one of the most frustrating anime that anime fans of the '90s ever experienced. Not in...

City of Heroes for Windows: Slurrrrrrrp!

Thu, 20 May 2004 02:07:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - That sound you just heard was the loud sucking sound of all my free time being sucked away. See, there's this game, a Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game, or MMORPG for short, that a bunch of my friends—both on the private chatservers...

"Twice a Thief" is Once Too Many

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 02:16:42 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - Okay, let's get something straight. This movie, the pilot episode of a short-lived cable TV series, is nowhere near as good as the original Once a Thief that John Woo made in Hong Kong in 1990. Remakes seldom can live up to the...

Castles in the sky are a worthwhile pursuit after all

Mon, 29 Dec 2003 00:00:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - Back in 1986, a group of animators who'd just finished animating Rankin & Bass's The Last Unicorn got together with veteran animator Hayao Miyazaki to found a new studio: Studio Ghibli. Named for a hot, dry desert wind, Studio Ghibli proceeded to...

Good, cheap DVD remote control solution

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 21:36:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - The RealMagic Remote is a simple and easy to operate DVD player remote control that was originally designed to work with a specific DVD application, the SigmaDesigns DVDStation. However, it can easily be repurposed to operate other players. Way back...

Decent USB keyboard with programmable keys

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 19:12:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - When I set out to build a new computer, I knew I needed a new keyboard. I'm inordinately fond of my old IBM PS/2 keyboard—the one with the distinctive feel and the keyclicks you can hear in the next county—but I wanted something that would...

Va-va-va-VOOM!

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 17:53:16 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - I had recently gotten a laptop, and planned to move my current speaker set into my room for use with it and get a new set for my computer of the time, an old 450 MHz overclocked Celeron with a Soundblaster Live. These speakers were only about $20 or so...

I Scream, You Scream...

Sun, 28 Dec 2003 16:57:56 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - ...we all scream for ice cream. And now we don't even have to scream very loud. You always think there has to be a lot of mystery involved in making ice cream. Even the home maker my parents used in ages past involved packing a big wooden...

Oh What Fun, Oh What Banality

Sat, 21 Sep 2002 17:05:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - I have a strange kind of love-hate relationship with The Sims. I find it a fascinating game, such that I can sit down at the computer and twiddle a little, and when I look up, hours have gone by. Sometimes I've lost days at a time that way...

In High Spirits

Tue, 3 Sep 2002 18:11:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - Every so often, a movie like Spirited Away comes along that makes you consider the inadequacy of the choices under the "Would See Film Again" option when submitting a review. The most positive choice available is, "Yes, if I'm bored"—which...

Bring on the Night!

Fri, 23 Aug 2002 21:56:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - What do you get when you combine a legendary rock guitarist and a gorgeous vocalist with an even more gorgeous voice, and give them a repertoire of renaissance, gypsy, and filk-style music? You get the unforgettable sound of Ritchie Blackmore and...

Lilo & Stitch: It'll have you in Stitches

Fri, 23 Aug 2002 20:36:05 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - I'm not normally big on Disney animated movies. I stopped going to Disney films after P.C.-hontas insulted my intelligence, and only returned when Atlantis lured me in with animated Viking ships and pulp-style action-adventure. Under...

Cracked Fantasy

Fri, 23 Aug 2002 19:08:41 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - The cover of this two-DVD set is a bit misleading—though Jackie Chan's name is featured prominently on the front, neither of the two movies was actually a "real" Jackie Chan vehicle. Jackie Chan only has about fifteen minutes of screen time in...

Awe-inspiringly beautiful movie; decent DVD

Fri, 23 Aug 2002 04:00:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - The Movie

Made in 1997, Princess Mononoke enjoyed a phenomenal degree of success in Japan, but took two years for Disney to bring it to these shores. It played in limited venues in the US in 1999, making only about three million...

The Last...thing on which you want to be spending two hours, trust me

Fri, 23 Aug 2002 02:49:05 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - It is a sad state of affairs when the blurb on the back of the box is more exciting than the movie contained within it. Such is the case for the 1990 Paul Mayersberg film The Last Samurai. Though the blurb alludes to "a jungle filled with...

Accidentally Like a Spy

Thu, 22 Aug 2002 21:28:45 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - The problem with American Jackie Chan movies is that, not knowing what else to do with him, the American producers tend to cast him in the role of straight man to a brash and annoying partner such as Chris Tucker or Owen Wilson. The Rush Hour...

Jackie Chan provides "cater aid"

Thu, 22 Aug 2002 19:55:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - Welcome to gorgeous, sunny Barcelona, Spain, where every car is a Mitsubishi and natives of all nationalities converse in fluent Cantonese (or Mandarin)! Welcome to the world of Wheels on Meals, a classic Jackie Chan/Sammo Hung/Yuen Baio movie...

"In tonight's presentation, the part of James Bond will be played by Vin Diesel."

Thu, 22 Aug 2002 18:52:26 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - "If you like this sort of thing, this is exactly the sort of thing you will like."

There's no way to put it more plainly than that. Critics have been sharply divided on XXX. Even the critics I personally most respect have been...

Men in Black 2: Here come the Men in Black...again...

Fri, 5 Jul 2002 12:57:27 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - It's hard to decide how to rate this movie. I liked the original Men in Black, though not as much as many people. It didn't seem terribly original itself, being mostly Ghostbusters crossed with Blues Brothers. But I did enjoy it a decent...

Handspring Visor Deluxe Handheld: An oldie but a goodie

Mon, 1 Jul 2002 19:20:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - Remember the good old days of the Palm III? Back when it was thought that 2 megabytes of RAM was enough, 4 was all you'd ever need, and 8 was overkill? How the only way of getting an 8-meg Palm was to buy a warranty-voiding conversion kit? And then...

Worth a little more than what I paid for it

Mon, 1 Jul 2002 18:21:00 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author robotech_master - A couple of years ago, Pepsi had a website promotion, "Pepsistuff/Dewstuff," which allowed trading in of access codes from Pepsi bottlecaps for valuable prizes. A 16mb Rio 600 was at the top of the list, requiring about 250 caps. Fortunately for my...