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emilysingz reviewed:
Dirt Devil CE5500 Floor Keeper
| 9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:  I will give you mine for free, if you pay for shipping, September 20, 2005 If you live in a house where all of your hard floors are on the same level with a sink, then this product might be tolerable. My house is three levels and a basement...all hard floors, and this product is very difficult to carry from floor to floor. I have a dog who sheds a lot, so now I use a simple wool mop which works great to pick up hair. Then I follow that up with a wet mop and a Mop-n-glo type of product. My floor looks great, and it's much less work. The best thing I can say about this product is that it leaves a clean fresh scent. If I had it to do over again I wouldn't even pay a penny for this product. |
| September 20, 2005 |
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C. W. Fitch reviewed:
WWE Tombstone - History of the Undertaker
| 4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:  Decent Deadman Compendium., September 17, 2005 "Tombstone" captures the Undertaker where he garners the most interest and awe: in the ring. Before you get too far into this review, be forewarned: this is not a documentary or biography of the man who plays the Undertaker (Mark Callaway). You won't see any footage or hear any cute stories of his childhood, pre-wrestling days, or even his tenure in WCW as "Mean Mark". This collection is a summation of the Undertaker's character, told through his 21 most prolific matches, as well as interviews and promotion vignettes ("promos" for those versed in wrestle-speak). This nicely-forged 3-DVD set spans the Undertaker's career, from the time he entered WWE in 1991 to his bone-chilling return to glory at Wrestlemania XX in 2004. Disc 1 begins with the Undertaker's beginning, when he made his debut with WWE, and reveals his first 6 years of domination. It does a good job of showing the "supernatural" persona of the Undertaker; how he was completely unstoppable by any man, machine, or even death itself (after all, he's the "Dead Man"; how can you kill him?) Highlights on this disc include the first ever "Casket Match" (to win, you have to put your opponent in a coffin and shut the lid) and "Buried Alive Match" (to win, you have to...well, you get the idea) and his tainted victory over the aforementioned Hogan for the WWF Heavyweight Championship. Moving on to Disc 2, we see the Undertaker mature from a mumbling, mysterious behemoth into a truly frightening spectre who took hold of his audience and made them believe with all their hearts that he was evil incarnate. The "atrocities" he and his "Ministry of Darkness" committed on television (ritual sacrifices, kidnappings, crucifixions, etc.) are thankfully omitted in the interest of the Taker's younger fans, but there's plenty of other gut-churning stuff here; most notably the now-historic "Hell in a Cell" matches with Shawn Michaels and Mankind (Mick Foley), his most tenacious rival. Wrestling fans know this match all too well, and it still makes us all cringe to see the punishment Foley goes through and see him come back for more. There's also the debut of Taker's unholy brother, Kane, and their feud, which culminated in the first-ever "Inferno Match" (where you must set your opponent literally ablaze). Disc 3 takes us through the last part of the Undertaker's "ultra-evil" phase, his mysterious disappearance for several months, and subsequent repackaging as a Harley-riding street fighter. This incarnation proved to be very popular with the fans, and ended up lasting almost four years before he was "buried alive" for the second time by Kane. For the Undertaker, though, death is only a temporary setback, and at the end of the story we see him return as the Dead Man we all know and love, soundly defeating his brother. Other highlights include another vicious "Hell in a Cell" (vs. Brock Lesnar) and a classic tango with Triple H, both for the coveted Heavyweight Title, which the Taker has won 4 times during his career. There's not much else to speak of in this set, other than a short narrative before and after each match to give it that "documentary" feel. As a whole, the way this collection is put together is pretty impressive. All of the matches are found on the main menu of each disc, and the interviews/promos (along with a couple of outstanding bonus matches) are conveniently stored in the extras menus, which is a nice feature. Undertaker fans will positively drool over it, as they will get all of their favorite matches in one gathering, many of which washed in the cleansing flood of DVD quality. I did notice a few omissions, though; no mention is made of the controversial "Fake Undertaker" or manager Paul Bearer's betrayal. I really think they should have included Taker's Wrestlemania 21 match with Randy Orton as well. Disc space was probably the main factor in this, as the comp already clocks in at just over 10 hours total. I'm not a big fan of the packaging, either; to save shelf space, the discs are stacked atop each other inside a standard DVD case, forcing me to dig through it if I want to watch a particular one. Aside from those small detractors, though, I really enjoyed sitting through this collection, and it brought back some memories of my younger days as a wrestling fan. It's definitely worth the price, whether you're a Taker fan or a fan of pro wrestling in general. A very nice addition to the old collection. |
| September 17, 2005 |
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| September 13, 2005 |
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MOVIE MAVEN reviewed:
The Raspberry Reich
| 8 of 26 people found the following review helpful: BE WARNED !, September 11, 2005 The story is stupid, the acting is non-existent, the cinematography is done, I assume, with a "foot-held" camera but I'm sure that people much smarter than I, much more cool than I, will tell me that I missed the entire point. Right. Sure. This film is slower than "Alexander" & "Gladiator" put together. But if listening to faux actors drone on and on about the sexual revolution is your thing, go ahead and buy this DVD. |
| September 11, 2005 |
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