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Review: The Law of Ueki...

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Plot Summary: Kousuke Ueki, a student of the Hinokuni Junior High School, is picked by a God Candidate, Koba-sen, to participate in a competition where people battle out to become God and only the strongest will prevail. Embodied with the ability to turn garbage into trees, Kousuke will be joining in the battle against other junior high school students in this selection. This sets the premise for the earth-friendly battle where the students will pit their powers against the rest.

I got really caught up with this anime since Ueki is the type of character who seems to have no care in the world, he didn’t want to participate in this whole thing in the first place. Until people he cared about were getting put in danger and he realized he has the power to save them. You get with Ueki and his friends, and how Ueki seems to find a solution in these impossible situations. Its a really good anime, with a great storyline and very enjoyable

Link: AnimeNewsNetwork
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Review: Children of Men...

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I was looking forward to watching this movie since Clive Owen is it, and it was an interesting story about the world being infertile. So the world has plunged into chaos and the UK is the only safe haven. The situation of chaos is similar to the movie 28 Days Later, but its humans against humans. Owen is living in this closed up society in the UK, and just living his life and you slowly find out more about him and you find out why he acts the way he does. Then he is battling for this persons life and for society, and going with his instincts. It just leaves you in the end to think of what conclusion might of happened and how society might have changed. Overall it was a good movie, but I thought it would be a bit better.

Link: IMDB
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Review: Bang and Olufsen Earphones...

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I got these headphones as a gift over two and a half years ago from a dear friend. I have to say that it was the first time I have used a Bang and Olufsen product. And it has performed fantastically over these years. I use it while traveling, sitting in a cafe, on a plane, when working out, and when riding my motorcycle. I have tested these headphone in every possible enviroment, and they have always out performed my expectations.

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Positives:

  • Crystal clear sound, great highs and lows
  • Doesnt break up at high volume, there is no distortion
  • Great base for its size, dont expect something such as DJ headphones, but decent
  • Extremely comfortable and versitile
  • Keeps sound in your ear, has the ability to keep outside noise out of your ear

Negatives:

  • None

These headphones are worth the price and I have used them extensively and will continue to use them because I haven’t found any headphone better then it, and I dont think I need to. The design of it makes it very easy to slip on and adjust to our liking. I can’t recommend these enough.

Link: Bang and Olufsen

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Review: Borat...

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This is one of the funniest movies of 2006 hands down. I just kept hearing from people that it was such a funny movie so I had to see it. I have to say that it lived up to its reputation and more, we were laughing so hard. Borat went through every type of stereotype there is in the US. I loved how they were politically incorrect. Borat was pissing certain people off and it seemed completely oblivious to him. For each area he stopped in the US something funny as hell had to happen. And his producer who is tagging along is just as entertaining. Their antics is nothing short of hilarious. If you watch anything this year then watch this movie, my head was hurting because I was laughing so much.

Link: IMDB
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Review: The Break Up...

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I just left the states after one day before this movie was coming out back in June! And I was really looking forward to it since Im a huge fan of Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn. I had an idea of how this movie was going to be but I wasn’t sure what to expect at the time. I thought it was a total Romantic comedy but it turned out to be better then that. Vince plays his cocky character so well, in this relationship he showed his flaws and what is mssing from it. Jennifer is great in this character and she is the free spirited one with the wacky family on her side. The entertaining part is seeing what the other does to piss the other one off the most. They care about each other, but they also can’t stand each other. Its a great movie to watch and really entertaining, it turned out better then I expected.

Link: IMDB
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Review: Tenjou Tenge...

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Plot Summary: Souchirou Nagi and Bob Makihara are two delinquents who arrive at Toudou Academy with the objective of ruling over the school with their strength. But on their first day, they encountered the Jyuukenbu, a martial arts group of the school. Members of the group, Maya Natsume, her sister Aya, and Masataka Takayanagi easily overpowered Souchirou and Bob. And what’s more, due to what was assumed to be their “connections” with the Jyuukenbu, the two were attacked by members of the Enforcement Group, which oversees the martial arts groups of the school. Drawn into the personal conflicts between the Jyuukenbu and the Enforcement Group, Souchirou and Bob have no choice but to join up with Maya Natsume’s group and to hone their skills to become even stronger.

This is an extremely entertaining anime if your looking for the combat style anime. This will satisfy your tastes since Souchirou just goes in head first to fighting thinking he is the bad ass of the town until he realizes otherwise. Souchirou has to fight the main guy from the enforcement group and Aya turns out to have “other” fighting characteristics which just makes things really interesting. Overall the combat is really good and story behind the characters and trying to unravel the past relationships makes for one interesting anime, and the quality of the anime is superb.

Link: AnimeNewsNetwork
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Review: Eragon...

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This movie is based on the book Eragon and in the movie it has a a great storyline development with the dragon. Eragon has fantastic effects, and a very believable dragon. I like the actors they picked to fit the characters, but I just wished Jeremy Irons had more in it then he did and John Malkovich is in the movie and he is brilliant he didnt have a great role but he played his character amazingly, he seems to have a huge role in the sequel. This gives you enough to make you happy and sets it up for the sequel. Overall Im very satisfied even though I know this is the first part of two and I cant wait to see part two. If you like fantasy/sci-fi then you will love this movie, and in Kuwait there was only one or two cut scenes it didn’t have any affect really.

Link: IMDB
Link: Eragon Wikipedia

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Review: Netgear Gigabit Wireless Router...

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Netgear WNR854T

Postives:

  • Very Clean looking
  • Has never hung on me after extreme downloading on torrent and wireless streaming
  • Gigabit transfer between wired pc and NAS was excellent. I was transferring 10 to 15 GBs in under 9 minutes.
  • Interface can be used by a person with basic networking knowledge and advanced networking knowledge very easy to configure.
  • Has a lot of features including access list for wireless, DMZ, port forwarding, and most standard features.

Negatives:

  • Wireless powerful only in close range meaning within 15 meters of it, I go roaming at list 25 meters away. Needs antenna to strengthen signal but no where to insert the connection if wanted.
  • Price is still a bit high around $140
  • You have to get Netgear solution to work the Pre-N settings, so no real benefit there.

Note: You must use CAT6e cables to get the best wired performance.

Link: Amazon
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Review: Man of the Year...

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This was an entertaining movie for Robin Williams I really didn’t know what to expect but I did enjoy it. This movie is a combination of comedy and drama which Williams did a great job with. Another flavor to the movie that I really liked is Christopher Walken’s character, I like how he plays the tough guy and he plays those roles with a comedic air to him. The whole process of Robin Williams running for President is great, he was on a roll in this movie and he had the right people around him to make it very entertaining. The storyline was a bit off since some parts did connect fully but it didn’t make it any less entertaining in my opinion.

Link: IMDB
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Review: King Arthur...

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This epic movie really got to me because I really like how they portrayed King Arthur for once. He is portrayed as human being instead of the legend that they keep making him to be, behind the legend is a real man. I especially like Clive Owen in this movie he doest a fantastic job with the men of round table and incorporating their story with the time of Roman Empire when England was under the control of Cesar. The action is great, the story is great, and I really appreciate the realism in this movie. I think they couldn’t have picked a better actor to portray the strength and humbleness of Arthur then Clive Owen.

Link: IMDB
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