Mizar Wars: Return Of Jet Force Gemini

Advantages: Challenging, plenty to explore and shoot
Disadvantages: Frame-rate not steady, silly story, cannot skip ship sequences

...*A review which is primarily based on the single-player experience of the third-person action-adventure game, Jet Force Gemini.* Jet Force Gemini sees you taking on the evil tyrant of Mizar in a battle across the universe, and although the story, aimed at children (above the age of eleven - thanks ELSPA), can seem silly in places, the plot twists are simply stupid: [SPOILERS] When an asteroid is set on a collision course with Earth, an ancient starship is needed as the Jet Force ships won't be able to get there in time. However, not only do the Jet Force Team have to search for the ship parts, but they are also asked to save all of the Tribals - as if this doesn't take time (not the only thankless task which is a pain in the ass)! It's a farce as they would crash the starship on the Asteroid, yet still allow for players to travel to...

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Review of Gemini XL300 Turntables - Bedroom Djs!

Advantages: Great For Beginners & Very Durable
Disadvantages: Not For Advanced DJs

...# Slider style pitch control of +/- 10% # Soft touch start/stop controls # S-shaped tone arm with height adjustment # Strobe illuminator # Removable dust cover & head shell # Weight: 20 Lbs. # Direct Drive # Motor: DC Motor # W x H x D (mm) / Weight: 450 x 146 x 352 / 7 kg # Extra: Dust cover and 45 rpm continental single adaptor supplied # Cartridge supplied? Yes - model CN-25, suitable for mixing # Speeds: 33/45 RPM # Anti-Skate Feature # Power Supply: 115V 60Hz/230V 50Hz # Power Consumption: 24 Watts # Wow and Flutter: Less than 0.20% WRMS # Gemini Slip mats N/B: In the product information it states these are belt driven! They are not! They are direct drive. Gemini's affordable direct drive turntable is one of the most competitive turntables in it's class, sold alongside the Citronic PD-1, the Gemini XL300 is...

evilalarm 19.02.2005 (17.06.2005) · Read review
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Jet Force Gemini

Advantages: Best Graphics on the N64, surround sound music and SFX, excellent gameplay
Disadvantages: hard to get into, but ultimately rewarding

...Further to the previous comments on Jet Force Gemini, the game, like any has good points and bad points. While JFG may not be as instantly accessible as other comparable offerings, I found it a hugely enjoyable game to play. For one, the graphics are simply the best I've seen on the N64. Perhaps JFG's imagery doesn't quite come on par with some of the latest offerings on the Dreamcast and PS2, but for a 64-bit console, these graphics as good as it gets. Each surface lovingly textured, each character carefully animated, each shadow, each reflection, spot on. JFG shows off the console to it's best, at the peak of perfection, with a stunning variety of beautiful locations. Whether it's the stunning courtyard outside Mizar's Palace, with it's shimmering floor, reflecting your every move, the dark corners of some underground industrial...

mg_45 07.12.2000 · Read review
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Wacky zany mystery man

Advantages: completely bonkers, funny and very different
Disadvantages: might be a bit too "out there" for some!

...Are you looking for a mystery with many comic twists and a character you aren't sure whether to love or hate? Had enough of the usual kind of crime books full of serious characters and the usual results? Then search no further, "Mystery Man" is possibly the strangest book I have ever read and I've read plenty. After finishing the book 5 hours ago, the jury is still out. One thing is for certain, it isn't a book I'll forget easily, the story isn't one ill forget at all, and the main character is not one I'll forget ever! Story It is the story of an unnamed owner of "No Alibis", a crime fiction bookshop in Belfast. His shop is next door to a detective agency, and when the agency fails to open for business or return it's clients calls, he steps in to help the people of Belfast solve their mysteries - from missing leather...

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Review of Mystery Man - Colin Bateman

The $3 million Man

Advantages: Excellent acting, powerful story
Disadvantages: Dated now

...and powerful way. I thought that they portrayed the suffering of an autistic savant person very well and did not make the character out to be stupid or less of a man than he was. I thought that Dustin Hoffman who played Raymond did an amazing job and I am so glad that he won an Oscar for his performance. He managed to make me feel a whole different range of emotions, one minute I was feeling sorry for him as he was unable to take being out of his routine and the next minute I would be laughing at him for some silly story he was telling Charles. He really did the role justice and had me believing that he really was a sufferer. Tom Cruise played the role of Charles and at the beginning of the film I did not warm to his character as he was quite arrogant but after about half an hour I did start to warm to him and I liked how he managed to portray...

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GEMINI's 676 3 Channel Mixer

Advantages: Good looking, many functions
Disadvantages: cheap cross fader

...This is one of Gemini's collection. This company are renound for the quality of their mixers. They can offer the best value for money on the market. This one has these features; high, mid, low, gain adjustment, kill switches, beat LED bars, diffferent out puts & inputs, unassignable cross fader, mic input & adjustment, talk over functuin, 12 second sampler with adjustments in pitch, volume etc (great for echo effects), headphone cue-ing adjustment, reversable cross fader and gradual to sharp fading settings. This was the first mixer I purchased. It is simple to use, easy to set up (plug & play basically). The only problem I had was the cross fader wore out within 4 or so months. However the replacement one costs around £20. The buttons are on securely, they may need to be firmly pushed down upon after opening the box though inorder to...

thedjcraiglee 29.04.2004 · Read review
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Say no to this Yes Man

Advantages: It ends eventually
Disadvantages: The crude scenes, swearing

...I've just had the misfortune of watching Yes Man, and you can probably guess that I was really disappointed. Synopsis Carl is a bank clerk in charge of approving or denying loans most of which he denies. After separating from his wife, he has withdrawn into his shell and no longer enjoys the company of his friends. In short he's turned into a grumpy old man, that is until he runs into an old friend whilst he's eating his lunch. His friends tells him of a seminar that's coming up in a few days, which gas changed his life for the better. The concept is simple, you can improve your life by saying 'yes'. And that's what Carl decides to do, but it's not as easy as it sounds, there are somethings you just want to say no to, the trouble is bad things happen when Carl says no. Cast Jim Carrey as Carl Allen Zooey...

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Jim Carrey, the man who like to say yes?

Advantages: Quirky, endearing performances. Restrained Carrey
Disadvantages: Random gross-out moments are misplaced.

...Carl is a man who doesn't say "yes" to much. As a result he has managed to be rejected for promotion and has become isolated from friends as he lets them down time after time. Endless DVD nights on his own are commonplace and his life becomes more tragic by the minute. However, a chance meeting with an old friend may well change all that as Carl is about to become the man who likes to say yes! "Yes Man" is massively different from what I was expecting. The concept is almost a verbatim copy of Jim Carrey's previous film "Liar Liar" and I was expecting more of the same. However, refreshingly this is a more subtle affair from that rubber-faced slapstick comedy. A gentile romantic-comedy, "Yes Man" contains a surprisingly subdued Carrey and is better for it. Carl's self-loathing and pity is clear from the outset and this makes him...

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Demolition Man Film Review

Advantages: Characters, Action, Humour
Disadvantages: It's Dumb

...It's the year 2032. Los Angeles, now called San Angeles, is free from violent crimes and sexual contact between human beings. In fact, anything that you would deem a risk to human health at this point in time -- alcohol, caffeine, tobacco, spicy foods -- has been eliminated from society. It's a characterless, law-abiding world. Enter the "Demolition Man", John Spartan (Stallone), and his blonde-haired arch enemy, Simon Phoenix (Snipes), to reap havoc -- '90s style! In retrospect, they're the perfect men for the job. Spartan accidentally killed thirty hostages by blowing up a building when pursuing violent psychopath Phoenix in 1996. Phoenix is imprisoned for his crimes, but escapes forty years later and attempts to overhaul the new world order with his violent methods -- mainly for his own amusement. Spartan is cryogenically frozen...

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Review of Demolition Man (DVD)

Man on wire - 1360 feet up over downtown Manhattan

Advantages: A compelling tale told with warmth and humour by those who lived it
Disadvantages: Unnecessary "reconstruction" scenes used over voiceovers

...This is a film only review. We all have regrets in life. As I write this in middle age, I think back to May 2001, when I was on a trip to New York City and staying in a hotel in downtown. The plan had been to go up to the top of the World Trade Center, which was directly across the street from our hotel, but our daughter, who was four at the time and completely non-verbal, started to scream in the queue, scuppering our plans. When you are younger you assume you will have the chance to do these things again, but sadly life sometimes gets in the way, or in the case of the WTC, Osama bin Laden. I have a hazy memory from my childhood however, of the man who got on a tightrope and spent 45 minutes walking from the roof of one tower to the other. This was big news back in 1974, when I was ten, and I well recall the iconic images...

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