Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Origin

If you've seen the original 1992 Buffy The Vampire Slayer film then this comic pretty much retells that story. However, the film version was altered from Joss Whedon's original script.

Now the television series carries on from Joss Whedon's original script and not the final altered film version. This comic book tells the story according to Joss' original script and therefore is slightly different to the movie.

If you're a fan of Buffy The Vampire Slayer the television series then this is the official prequel. As a result this comic is viewed as canon whilst I believe the film is not.

Having seen the film quite a while ago I didn't really notice that much difference in the comic, other than the look of the characters. However, I still found it a good read and would definitely recommend it to any hard core Buffy fans.

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Watchmen (Score)

If you're a fan of Tyler Bates then you'll probably like this too as it is in his usual style. However, I got this after watching the film and really liking the score in it. If you're after the songs then you want the soundtrack CD not the score CD.

However, after listening to the score away from the film I didn't really think that it work that well and other than the opening cue "Rescue Mission" I found the rest of it pretty average.

The theatrical cut of the film is a massive 162 minutes long, however the score CD is only 45 minutes long. As a result you can imagine that a lot of the score is missing from the CD. Unfortunately for me the music I really liked in the film isn't on the score CD.

Not Bates' best score by far, there is a little too much minimalistic/ambient stuff for my tastes.

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Avatar Day

Yesterday was Avatar Day and the trailer for James Cameron's Avatar was released across the web.

Avatar Teaser Trailer

Now that we've seen some footage from the film here is the full video of the Avatar panel at the San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year.

Avatar Panel Video

The game trailer is also available to watch here.

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G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra

Now until I saw this film I knew nothing about who or what G.I. Joe was. Apparently it was the American version of Action Man. But it's not. G.I. Joe is way way cooler and instead of being just one person, it is a team of elite soldiers with some super cool gear.

I actually don't really know how to describe this film other than it was awesome. It kept me thoroughly entertained throughout and was literally action scene after action scene. But it didn't bombard you with pointless action scenes like James Bond: Quantum Of Solace (which was just confusing) it had a pretty simple plot that was easy to follow. Basically bad guys want to destroy the world, good guys have to stop them. Although it also was filled with lots of little plot twists to keep the story interesting.

One major fault with the story though was that the President of the United States Of America was played by Jonathan Pryce who is British, and talks with British accent. Now this would not be allowed as the President of the USA has to be born in America. Although this was the only major problem I had with the film. Otherwise it was great.

The technology of the guns, etc. was amazing and if they don't make a game of this film I will be surprised as it would be awesome to shoot one of those things, or to have a go in an accelerator suit.

I'm not sure this film is for everyone, but if you're a guy, then it's definitely for you. I'd love to see a sequel and I'm pretty certain there will be one because there is a whole subplot which basically sets up a sequel, and as long as Stephen Sommers returns, I'm in.

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Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince

This is by far the best Harry Potter film in terms of film making style, and it makes the film 100 times better than it actually is. Unfortunately this film is a very talky one and there isn't really a lot of action in it. If it weren't for a couple of extra scenes that were added into the film (which weren't in the book) then it would have been quite dull. However, thankfully these scenes helped to but a bit more action in the film, which it still could have done with more of, but then the film is obviously restricted by the book.

There was a slight problem I had with the script and that was the way the film revealed who the Half-Blood Prince was. It seemed as though it was just an after thought, as though they'd reached 145 minutes into the film and realised they hadn't a lot of time left. Nevertheless, this is me just nit picking and I thoroughly enjoyed the film.

If you go and see this one then I would recommend watching at least Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix before hand because this film almost carries straight on from it, and it helps to introduce some of the characters which you might not know if you haven't seen them in Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix.

The acting in this film is much better than the previous films, and those who said Daniel Radcliffe couldn't act, have to admit that he has improved a lot. He might not be the greatest actor in the world, but he was a lot better in this than Christian Bale was in Terminator Salvation. I think he did quite a good job.

The visual effects aren't even worth mentioning, because they're so good.

The music was amazing and really took the film to another level. I can see why David Yates brought Nicholas Hooper with him when he signed on to directed Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix.

I think it is safe to say that the next two Harry Potter films are in safe hands. David Yates has more style in this film than Tarantino himself.

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