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Quarterly roundup June 2020 *Spoiler Free*

"Eye for an eye and the world goes blind"

These are impressions, not reviews.

Titles completed during this period
2020-04-01 to 2020-06-30


A Touch of Frost Season 1-15
Remember watching this as a kid back when it was airing on ABC.
The stories are quite detailed with a number of twists. All things one would look for in a well crafted detective series.
David Jason did a really fine job of portraying DI Frost.


 I, Robot (2004)
If I had to pick a favourite movie, it'd probably be this one.

The CGI still holds up very well... for the most part. Like 98% is good.
Acting is decent, Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan and, Alan Tudyk did wonderfully.
Sound lacks in some area but not in a way that really detracts from the movie overall.
There is a little bit of plot contrivance that'll definitely annoy some people.
Jurassic Park (1993)
Now here's a classic.
One of the things that separates JP from all the rest, is the excellent camera work.
The use of a more square aspect ratio in particular helps with conveying the huge scale of the dinos.
Of course the bit about 'unix' is just plain amusing.


Star Trek: Voyager Season 5-7
Finally got around to watching the rest of it.
More of the same really, as you'd expect.
I actually took note of S5E17 and S6E12 as episodes I quite enjoyed.


Sully (2016)
What a well made film.
Even more so with just how closely it follows the real events.
Of course some things were slightly exaggerated, such as the guilt felt by Sully and the like.
The timeline of the NTSB investigation was extremely condensed.


The Biggest Little Railway
Neat little gem of a series.
I recommend watching Chris Eden-Green's video on it. https://youtu.be/UCj8-hEjViw

 ワンパンマン「One Punch Man」Season 1-2
First anime I've watched all the way through in quite a while.

 To put it simply. This is good, great even.
Each episode is full of funny bits of dialogue.
Sound and animation are both good.


Titles dropped during this period

じゃあね Ciao
.AJ-R. -アパゾ
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