Scourge of Worlds is a Dungeons & Dragons Adventure DVD where you get to pick the outcome of the animated film. It appears to be a joint venture of Rhino, Hasbro and Wizard of the Coast.
Supposedly there are 990 stories on the one disk, but ultimately only 4 different outcomes. It takes about an hour and a half to get through this adventure since you are constantly being asked where you want to go or what you want to do.
The animation is similar to early computer games, in otherwords not the lastest and greatest cgi.
True D&D fans should enjoy it, especially the fact that everytime you watch it you will experience a different fantasy and be confronted by angels, wraiths, druids, orcs and demonic beholders.
Your goal is to save the world. The stories revolve around three heroes -- Regdar a human warrior, Lidda a rogue halfling, and Mialee an elf wizard who set out on their quest to recover a stolen map and its thief. This map leads toan ultimate weapon created by an ancient race of mages who made it to destroy their enemies and end all wars. This weapon, the Aryx Orthian or Scourge of Worlds must not fall into the wrong hands and there are those out to stop them at all costs.
My first attempt at watching [or is that playing] this DVD everyone ended up dead and the Scourge of Worlds was recovered by an evil enemy. Upon rewatching it I did indeed have a completely different experience as I made different choices for the characters.
The website has more information on the film and characters, plus some nice screen shots to take a look at.
http://www.scourgeofworlds.com/
Saturday, December 18, 2004
Thursday, December 16, 2004
Review of A Tale of Two Sisters
The style of this film is on the same scale as The Ring, The Grudge and The Eye and it appears that Asian filmmakers are giving us something American filmmakers can't [or at least need to remake for wide release in the US] and that is a creepy factor that is off the scale.
While this film may not keep you up at night [as The Ring did that first we viewed it] there is something here that sticks with you long after you have returned to your normal life.
The first few minutes minutes of the movie seem to be leading you somewhere yet it is hard to keep your focus with the slow pace and artful transitions between scenes. The painfully slow beginning is worth the sitting through to get to the rest of this film. Especially, if you have not read the synopsis [above]. There is a point in the film where you feel the shock of the plot twist nearly as much as the character it is happening to.
The effects are hauntingly similar to other Asian horror films to hit these shores but they are sure to please the avid horror fans among us. While many horror films have relied on chilling music to help produce those feeling of dread and fright [Halloween would not be Halloween without the music would it?], this film relies heavily on other auditory devices to thrill and fill your imagination and get your adrenaline pumping. Heck you could just listen to this film and get scared.
However, the film never truly fills in all the gaps that some of the imagery produces and leaves us wondering if we have gone equally as mad as the main character Su-Mi.
I give this 3.5 out of 5 stars. [In other words it is worth seeing.]
http://www.scifislacker.com/films/tale_two_sisters.shtml#review
While this film may not keep you up at night [as The Ring did that first we viewed it] there is something here that sticks with you long after you have returned to your normal life.
The first few minutes minutes of the movie seem to be leading you somewhere yet it is hard to keep your focus with the slow pace and artful transitions between scenes. The painfully slow beginning is worth the sitting through to get to the rest of this film. Especially, if you have not read the synopsis [above]. There is a point in the film where you feel the shock of the plot twist nearly as much as the character it is happening to.
The effects are hauntingly similar to other Asian horror films to hit these shores but they are sure to please the avid horror fans among us. While many horror films have relied on chilling music to help produce those feeling of dread and fright [Halloween would not be Halloween without the music would it?], this film relies heavily on other auditory devices to thrill and fill your imagination and get your adrenaline pumping. Heck you could just listen to this film and get scared.
However, the film never truly fills in all the gaps that some of the imagery produces and leaves us wondering if we have gone equally as mad as the main character Su-Mi.
I give this 3.5 out of 5 stars. [In other words it is worth seeing.]
http://www.scifislacker.com/films/tale_two_sisters.shtml#review
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