© 1999-2008 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-sadgit Recent reviews written by member sadgit en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_430229393028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - Oliver Stone's Salvador is a film that in many ways represents what a politically turbulent time the 1980's was, and just how radical and daring cinema could be back then. Salvador is a view of the 1980-81 period in El Savador seen from the fictional... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~430229393028 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:03:31 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_430229393028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_100149202564?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - "Escape From New York" is an early 80's science-fiction action thriller- well actually it fits most of the generic conventions of a western film except with a futuristic setting. The film is set in the distant future, at a rough date 1997. New... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~100149202564 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:03:44 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_100149202564?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_143401062020?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - Well I've had to scrap the countdown again..... Essentially the 1988 movie "Lady in White" is a semi biography mixed in with a ghost story and murder mystery. It follows an 11-year old schoolboy Frankie Scarlatti, the youngest of two sons to a widowed... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~143401062020 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:45:13 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_143401062020?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_419244379780?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - "His face was full of intent and we shook with excitement and the victim stood up looked strangely at the screen as if her pain was our fault but that's... entertainment" Monitor- Siouxsie & the Banshees (Juju; 1981) Poor Colin... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~419244379780 Tue, 4 Mar 2008 20:24:47 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_419244379780?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_418825735812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - The John Nathan Turner producership of Doctor Who (1980-1989) started well with a rich rennaisance of ideas and concepts and an up to date visual flair, but by 1984 this had given way to fan-pleasing nostalgia and depressing derivativeness, as old... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~418825735812 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:54:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_418825735812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_415435951748?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - The 23rd November is a special day for Doctor Who fans, since it's the day it all started. When the first episode of the series was first transmitted back in 1963. A vision of the late great Verity Lambert, who also gave us groundbreaking TV like The... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~415435951748 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:44:16 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_415435951748?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_402096819844?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - In this sequel to the story Kinda, the Tardis takes the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa to the planet Manussa. A planet rich in history and tribal culture, but which has been usurped by a Galactic Federation. However it quickly becomes apparent that the planet... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~402096819844 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:21:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_402096819844?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_251145981572?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - So here I go with another Anime review. Since I submitted my Akira review to the Anime Outsider write-off last year, I have gotten a bit further into other anime films and TV. I've gotten quite into Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Castle in the Sky and perhaps... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~251145981572 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:19:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_251145981572?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_405684653700?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - In the modern entertainment industry, science fiction films and TV shows have become rather sadly uniformed as very po-faced, overblown and insular, or alternatively as rather hollow desperate farce. It's strange to think back to a time like the late... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~405684653700 Tue, 8 Jan 2008 21:57:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_405684653700?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_385079414404?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - Arguably Doctor Who would not have become the success it was if it were not for the appearance of its principal villains- the Daleks. It was the very first Dalek serial back in 1963 that turned Doctor Who into a ratings success which guaranteed the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~385079414404 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:32:04 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_385079414404?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_237341085316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - The Brain of Morbius was a four part serial adventure written by Robert Holmes and Terrance Dicks, shown in 1976, and starring Tom Baker as the popular fourth incarnation of the Doctor. In this story, the Doctor along with his companion Sarah Jane... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~237341085316 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:12:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_237341085316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_385448906372?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - Well I'm soon going to be in a state of retirement. And I feel there's some reviews still to do for my favourite TV show- Doctor Who. I felt it was right to finish off with a few reviews of some old school Who. The Mind Robber was a five part adventure... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~385448906372 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:38:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_385448906372?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_278001127044?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - Since I'm coming closer to the end of my Epinions career, despite my belating it a bit, I shall be devoting a row of reviews to my favourite TV show- Doctor Who. Specifically reviewing Doctor Who videos and books that my collection would just be... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~278001127044 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:51:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_278001127044?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_381612691076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - There's no way I couldn't review this. It was one of the biggest films of the 80's starring one of the biggest comedians of the 80's and probably one film more than any other that really put producers Jerry Bruckheimer and the late Don Simpson on the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~381612691076 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:14:42 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_381612691076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_385036488324?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - If there's one thing I feel I've left out for too long from the 80's then it's the classic comic strip action serials that made many a delightful Saturday morning for the kiddies. Many a 60's or 70's child in Britain would remember watching the ITC brand... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~385036488324 Fri, 6 Jul 2007 09:17:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_385036488324?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_384040406660?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - With my time on Epinions soon coming to an end, this is my last ever music review. I just couldn't go without reviewing such a quintessentially unashamedly 80's album. About a year ago I had a major tiff with my then flatmate which was threatening to... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~384040406660 Sun, 1 Jul 2007 09:03:39 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_384040406660?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_383587094148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - I just needed to add something gothic to my collection of reviews, given that Goths were a very 80's sub-culture. My older sister was a big collector of those old punk and gothic bands from the 70's to 90's and I often dipped into her collection of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~383587094148 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:26:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_383587094148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_146714300036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - Well Season Three of the new Doctor Who will finally come to its finale tonight, and to commemorate I am reviewing another oldie. I must say I am not as big a fan of the New Series as I was two years ago. Season Three overall hasn't been as good as... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~146714300036 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 09:56:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_146714300036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_381591260804?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - this is one review I was determined to get done before my time here was over. Fortunes of War was a seven-part series shown in 1987. The series was made by the BBC and was televised by Alan Plater based on the novels of Olivia Manning. The series... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~381591260804 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:37:56 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_381591260804?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_252793884292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - This was the debut album for Heaven 17 (a splinter group from the synth band The Human League). It resides alongside some my favourite albums as showing me what music is capable of. Whilst Fleetwood Mac's "Tango in the Night" displays for me rhythmic... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~252793884292 Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:27:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_252793884292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_225764871812?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - The end is getting nearer and somehow I couldn't leave this out of my 80's collection. T'pau, an 80's rock band named after a Vulcan high priestess from Star Trek and headed by the firey Carol Decker. They were one of those mid-80's rock bands that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~225764871812 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:55:46 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_225764871812?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_374790327940?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - I got my first exposure to the post apocalyptic world of George Miller's Mad Max Trilogy when I was 13 and I caught the tail end of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome late one night. Something about its epic desolation and surreal sandy wilderness had always... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~374790327940 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:54:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_374790327940?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_247086681732?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - My time on Epinions is getting shorter, but Full Metal Jacket is one of those films of the 80's that I couldn't let go unreviewed. Aside from reviewing The Killing Fields, I've so far neglected to look at the 80's trend of war cinema that was about the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~247086681732 Sat, 9 Jun 2007 13:51:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_247086681732?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_256086281860?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - Well coming soon to the end of my time on Epinions, it is pretty clear that I couldn't leave without touching on that great British sci-fi comedy, Red Dwarf. A series that began in 1988 and was put to rest in stasis in 1999 after eight seasons. Red... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~256086281860 Sat, 26 May 2007 14:45:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_256086281860?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_126016589444?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author sadgit - I do love the year 1985. I love the movies of that decade, like Back to the Future and Return to Oz, I love the TV of the day like Moonlighting and Edge of Darkness, and not forgetting Live Aid. And the music, oh I love the music. A-ha, Dead or Alive,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~126016589444 Wed, 23 May 2007 08:42:21 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_126016589444?linkin_id=8003929