Two And A Half Men: The Complete First Season

Story Overview: Charlie Harper is a well off bachelor who lives in Malibu housing by the beach and writes jingles. He lives the life men dream of; riches, women and booze. One night his brother Alan Harper shows up to Charlies home needing a place to stay since Alan's wife has just thrown him out. When the hungover bachelor wakes up, he seems his nephew Jake Harper . From this point on Charlie's life has flipped into a expected family man.

This is the first of many seasons of <em>Two And A Half Men</em> which took TV over by storm. The jokes are very sarcastic with Charlie making fun of everyone around him while he drinks himself crazy. Even though he is the main character the real funnies are found from the people around him. Alan's physical movements, Jake's cuteness/dumbness, Judish's anger, Rose and her crazy stocking ways, Berta's sharp tongue and Evelyn's bad parenting is where the real comedy is.

Everything in the show is high class and expensive so you never really connect with the characters but envy what they have. The show is very negative as everyone seems to just end up being sarcastic and make fun of one another. It is a very low sense of humour which is great for when you don't want to think, just laugh.

No. Of Episodes: 24

Bonus: Behind The Scenes With Cast And Crew, Backstage Tour With Angus T. Jones, Gag Reel/Outakes

Rating: 6/10

Cast:

Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen)

Alan Harper (Jon Cryer)

Jake Harper (Angus T. Jones)

Berta (Conchata Ferrell)

Evelyn Harper (Holland Taylor)

Judith Melnick (Marin Hinkle)

Rose (Melanie Lynskey)

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Star Wars: Clone Wars: Volume One

Story Overview: This 2003 animated series follows the Clone Wars which are set between (II) Attack Of The Clones and (III) Revenge Of The Sith. The war is a fight between the Jedi's with their exploits and Galactic Republic.

Their are a handful of battles to follow within this series. Kit Fisto in an underwater fight on Mon Calamari, Mace Windu destroying a seismic tank on Dantooine, Yoda/Padme Amidala rescuing Luminara Unduli and Barris Offee on Ilum, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Shaak Ti, K'Kryhk and Aayla Secura fight General Grievous on Hypori and Obi-Wan Kenobi confronts Durge on Muunilinst while Anakin Skywalker leads the battle in space which becomes a chase which then turns into a lightsaber fight killing off Asajj Ventress. The series follows many battles.

To really follow the battles you have to be a big Star Wars fan. I personally like Star Wars but I'm not a crazy fan so after watching, with a bit of reading I gained a good understanding of the war. But even with the lack of knowledge, all 20 episodes are full of great animated action which will grasp your attention. You also get to see some of the lesser known Jedi's which is neat. But overall they focus on the hero's Obi-Wan and Anakin.

What is nice about the film is that the voices are very similar to the movies which help you relate which cartoon characters are who in the movies. When I found out James Arnold Taylor was Obi-Wan, I was surprised to see it was not Ewan McGregor. This whole series was done well from animations to audio. It shall make all Star War fans proud.


No. Of Episodes: 20

Bonus: Bridge The Saga, Behind-The-Scenes, Two Director Commentaries, Two Galleries Of Art, Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith Teaser Trailer, Episode III Video Game Trailer, Republic Commando Game Trailer, Xbox Playable Game Level For Republic Commando

Ranking: 7/10

Cast:
Anakin Skywalker (Mat Lucas)
Obi-Wan Kenobi, Aide #1/#3 (James Arnold Taylor)
Yoda (Tom Kane)
San Hill, Count Dooku, Warrior #2 (Corey Burton)
C-3P0 (Anthony Daniels)
Asajj Ventress, Padme Amidala, Shaak Ti (Grey DeLisle)
General Grievous, Padawan (John DiMaggio)
Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Darth Sidious (Nick Jameson)
Master Barrek, Ki-Adi-Mundi, Henchman, Aide #2, Warrior #3 (Daran Norris)
K'Kruhk, Human Male Jedi Master (Kevin Michael Richardson)
Clone Trooper, Battle Droid, ARC Captain/Trooper, Captain Typho (Andre Sogliuzzo)
Luminara Unduli (Cree Summer)
Barriss Offee (Tatyana Yassukovich)

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Chuck: The Complete First Season

Story Overview: Chuck Bartowski is an average guy working at the BuyMore as part of the Nerd Herd. One night he downloads the intersect into his brain which gives him all the government secrets. Now his life is in danger as he has to tackle missions along side his handlers Agent Sarah Walker and Major John Casey.

Chuck right away starts off with action showing the escape of Bryce Larkin. After that you start learning about Chuck as an every day civilian working a normal job and talking about every day things. Through this time you also get to know best friend Morgan Grimes. Once you know the real Chuck you get to watch all of that get dropped as he meets Sarah Walker and John Casey who point guns at one another. When Sarah figures out that Chuck has the intersect right in his head they right away get into a mission defusing a bomb with the help of the geeky intersect. From that point on Chucks life has been turned upside down full of lies, dangers and pains.

Each episode makes you grasp the edge of your seat wanting more. When I was watching this DVD I would watch on average 6 episodes in a row losing track of time. I could never get enough of the action and the cheese humour that Chuck has to offer. Every time you see Chuck Bartowski cause a mishap you can't help but laugh at the outcome.

No. Of Episodes: 13

Bonus: Declassified Scenes, Chuck On Chuck, Chuck's World, Chuck Vs The Chuckles, Chucks Online World, EA Sports' Madden NFL 09 Demo (xbox 360)

Rating: 10/10

Cast:
Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi)
Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski)
John Casey (Adam Baldwin)
Morgan Grimes (Joshua Gomez)
Ellie Bartowski (Sarah Lancaster)

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