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I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 4: Sadly Never After

Skottie Young

6.3 (3 Ratings) Rate It

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What a started as a normal, everyday, child-sucked-into-a-magical-land-to-fulfill-an-inane-quest has...

Save Me

8.0 (13 Ratings) Rate It

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6-part Brit drama starring Lennie James as Nelly who ends up on a tireless quest to find his missing...

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Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)

Sophocles

7.3 (9 Ratings) Rate It

Book

'Oedipus Rex' unfolds amid a city in the relentless grip of a plague. When an oracle proclaims that...

Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021)

6.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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In the 1970s, a missing teacher of martial arts is the subject of a quest by his devoted and...

Michael Packner (32 KP) rated The Legend of Zelda in Video Games

Jun 21, 2019

The Legend of Zelda

1986 | Action/Adventure

8.8

(38 Ratings)

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Absolutely innovative (5 more)

Free roam exploration

A variety of dungeons

A variety of enemies

A variety of items needed to progress on your quest.

Puzzle solving

Extremely difficult (1 more)

Map can be difficult to navigate

This game was absolutely legendary in helping to shape the course of video games. The ability to free roam the land of Hyrule was absolutely unheard of. The variety of enemies to fight and dungeons to explore were ahead of its time. The need to find items to be able to progress on your quest was absolutely innovative, but where the game suffers is the extremely high difficulty and the overall barrenness of the world. That is most definitely due to the limitations of the time, but the fact still remains that the majority of the map was pretty much the same. Overall its still a good game and an integral part of gaming history.

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Awix (3310 KP) rated Krull (1983) in Movies

Apr 13, 2020

Krull (1983)

1983 | Action, Sci-Fi

7.3

(16 Ratings)

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Daft but charming sword-and-sorcery adventure, one of the more distinctive products of the early 80s fantasy boom. The planet Krull (a generic fantasyland) is invaded by vaguely Giger-esque alien conquerors and rightful king Colwyn must go on a quest in search of a rather unwieldy magic weapon to save the galaxy (or something).

Looks good, and is helped along considerably by a slightly unhinged score from a young James Horner. One of the many fun things about it is the fact that ostensible hero Ken Marshall is, these days, one of the least well-known people in it - the lower reaches of the cast list are stuffed with well-known actors just starting out (Alun Armstrong, Robbie Coltrane, Liam Neeson). In the end the story is nothing very special - the usual quest for plot coupons - but it's played with gusto and very hard to dislike.