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Red Otter (340 KP) rated Terraforming Mars: Hellas & Elysium in Tabletop Games
Jun 10, 2019
Terraformong Mars: Hellas and Elysium is a small expansion that is a double sided board that overlays the original board to add new terrain, awards and milestones to TM. The new placement bonuses ocean areas change up the usual optimal placements, while the awards and milestones change what an optimal engine is. It adds enough variety to the game play for it's price, but doesn't add new cards or corporations. Unfortunately, the explanation for the new awards and milestones are on a not very durable sheet, so make sure to protect it well.

Mayhawke (97 KP) rated Pitch Black (2000) in Movies
Feb 9, 2018
Before there was Toretto, there was Riddick.
One for the old-dark-house/monsters-from-outer-space lovers :)
A passanger ship crash-lands on a supposedly colonised planet. The inhabitants are all mysteriously missing. Turns out there are other inhabitants on the planet, no one knew about.
Ship's passengers find themselves suddenly dependant on the nasty mass-murderer previously chained up in the hold.
Nothing earth-shatteringly original here, but it's good creepy entertainment delivered well.
And Riddicks eyes are waaaayyy cooler than anything F & F served up 😆
A passanger ship crash-lands on a supposedly colonised planet. The inhabitants are all mysteriously missing. Turns out there are other inhabitants on the planet, no one knew about.
Ship's passengers find themselves suddenly dependant on the nasty mass-murderer previously chained up in the hold.
Nothing earth-shatteringly original here, but it's good creepy entertainment delivered well.
And Riddicks eyes are waaaayyy cooler than anything F & F served up 😆

Games Editor (16 KP) rated Black Orchestra in Tabletop Games
Mar 7, 2018
Beautifully thematic and serious Cooperative Tabletop Experience
At the end of it all, if you’re lucky enough to have pulled off the impossible and taken out Hitler, the rulebook will give you an idea of how many millions of lives could have been saved if history went with the alternate path that your victory provided. It’s a sobering moment after an exciting victory or defeat and serves as a reminder of the gravity of history behind this experience.
Original Rating: Great
Critic: Dillon Flaherty (BoardGameBuds)
Full review: https://boardgamebuds.com/black-orchestra-review/
Original Rating: Great
Critic: Dillon Flaherty (BoardGameBuds)
Full review: https://boardgamebuds.com/black-orchestra-review/

Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) rated Summoner Wars: Master Set in Tabletop Games
Mar 8, 2018
Summoner Wars: Master Set Review
So, as many of you know by reading my original Summoner Wars Review, I really love Summoner Wars. Because of this, as soon as I heard about the Summoner Wars: Master Set, I was very eager to pick up a copy. (NOTE: The link is to Plaid Hat Games' Store, which is the only place I currently know of where you can get a copy of the Master Set.)
Reviewer: Josh Edwards
Read the Full review here: http://www.boardgamereviewsbyjosh.com/2011/08/summoner-wars-master-set-review.html
Reviewer: Josh Edwards
Read the Full review here: http://www.boardgamereviewsbyjosh.com/2011/08/summoner-wars-master-set-review.html

Dean (6927 KP) rated Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008) in Movies
Feb 14, 2018 (Updated Apr 15, 2020)
Why!?
You wait 21 years for a sequel to a cult classic and this is all we get? It's very poor saved at times only by Corey Feldman returning in his original role and not looking much older, maybe he is a vampire too? It's a bit like a not so good take on of Buffy, just with more gore and nudity, essential for straight to DVD horrors. Some parts were ok but the overall film just makes you think what a missed opportunity. Watch once if you are curious.

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Jul 20, 2018

Dean (6927 KP) rated Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018) in Movies
Jun 29, 2018 (Updated Sep 25, 2019)
OK but not as good as the original
I was a little disappointed after seeing this after the highs of the first film. From the plot and trailers, No rules this time. I expected the action to be ramped up a huge amount, with a very dark tone. It starts well but a change in direction and pace in the last third let it down slightly. Still a decent action thriller, worth seeing if you enjoyed the first. It just doesn't reach the same level and noticeably misses Emily Blunt's character.

JBannerman (1 KP) rated Rush (Breathless, #1) in Books
Jul 4, 2018
Didn't feel original (1 more)
Couldn't connect with characters
50 Shades Repeat
I tried so hard to like this book, but all I kept thinking was that I have read it before! My eye-rolls were constant and I felt nothing throughout the entire book. I wasn't upset when characters were upset, I didn't feel joy when characters were happy. I typically enjoy books that fall into this genre; however, this book missed the mark for me. I will probably still read the next book just to see if my opinion changes on the series.

Vegas (725 KP) rated Murder on the Orient Express (2017) in Movies
Sep 5, 2018
Story (1 more)
Cast
Slow in places (1 more)
Poirots moustache
Good remake of a classic
An enjoyable, if a little slow at times, star heavy adaptation of the Agatha Christie story - set on the Orient Express.
As good to watch as the original version with the cast making the most of limited screen time each, we may know the outcome of the story, but,even knowing that, the film doesn't disappoint, and Kenneth Branagh with his bizarre moustache fitting in well as Poirot, a role, I'm sure most people wouldn't have been able to see him playing.
As good to watch as the original version with the cast making the most of limited screen time each, we may know the outcome of the story, but,even knowing that, the film doesn't disappoint, and Kenneth Branagh with his bizarre moustache fitting in well as Poirot, a role, I'm sure most people wouldn't have been able to see him playing.

Andy K (10823 KP) rated Halloween (1978) in Movies
Sep 29, 2018 (Updated Sep 29, 2018)
The one. The only. The classic.
One of the original boogeyman films is still a classic. Some common horror elements used even now originated in this film and still work.
No CGI or campy effects in this film, just raw suspense. Certainly not a hugely bloody or gory horror movie, it relies on light and dark and some use of the "jump scare" before it even had a name.
I can't get the eerie theme music out of my head!
Time to rewatch!
No CGI or campy effects in this film, just raw suspense. Certainly not a hugely bloody or gory horror movie, it relies on light and dark and some use of the "jump scare" before it even had a name.
I can't get the eerie theme music out of my head!
Time to rewatch!