{"id":88,"date":"2006-02-15T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-15T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toybox\/2006\/02\/15\/post-330-dvd-post\/"},"modified":"2009-08-08T15:17:54","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T23:17:54","slug":"post-330-dvd-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/02\/15\/post-330-dvd-post\/","title":{"rendered":"post 330 ~ DVD post\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"5\" border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"110\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.netflix.com\/MovieDisplay?movieid=70021357\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.nflximg.com\/us\/boxshots\/large\/70021357.jpg?w=545\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br \/>\n&#8220;battlestar galactica: season 1&#8221; (2004)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.netflix.com\/MovieDisplay?movieid=60023541\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.nflximg.com\/us\/boxshots\/large\/60023541.jpg?w=545\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br \/>\n&#8220;Friend&#8221; (2001; Korean)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.netflix.com\/MovieDisplay?movieid=70037384\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.nflximg.com\/us\/boxshots\/large\/70037384.jpg?w=545\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><br \/>\n&#8220;Ghost in the Shell: 2nd Gig&#8221; (2005)<\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\"><b>post 330<\/b> ~ hey, it&#8217;s been a while since my last DVD post, so here it is&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>battlestar galactica: season 1<\/b> ~ no question, FIVE STARS!&#8230; best sci-fi series i&#8217;ve seen since &#8220;dark angel&#8221; or &#8220;firefly&#8221; or &#8220;star trek: DS9 or voyager&#8221;, and even better (and darker) than those!&#8230; the season close was mind-blowing!&#8230; and now i gotta buy the season 2.0 which is actually the FIRST HALF of season two&#8230; argh ;)\n<li><b>friend<\/b> ~ not bad at all&#8230; childhood friendships, adolescent differences, and adult betrayals&#8230; FOUR STARS&#8230; tho i&#8217;d recommend &#8220;oldboy&#8221; before this one, hehe ;)\n<li><b>ghost in the shell: 2nd GIG<\/b> ~ began disc #3&#8230; still maintaining the high level of socio-political and cyber-cultural complexities!!!&#8230; still FIVE STARS!!!\n<li><b>oh my goddess!<\/b> ~ this is the 1993 original 5-episode series&#8230; a wholesome and innocent and teenaged anime that reaches its best in the concluding episode, FOUR STARS!!!&#8230; the 2000 movie which comes later in the story timeline was FIVE STARS!&#8230; can&#8217;t wait to see the new 2005 anime series which expands upon the earlier works! ;)))\n<li>thanx  for the gigunda fortune cookie!!! love you! ;)))\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2006\/Images-photos\/xjaymanx_cookie.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.xjaymanx.com\/xjaymanx_2006\/Images-photos\/xjaymanx_cookie_sm.jpg?w=545\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<li>and lastly, a plug for jen-shaka&#8217;s band: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.screechingfelines.com\">www.screechingfelines.com<\/a><\/b>&#8230; and yup, that&#8217;s me in the fine print: &#8220;max mancoon&#8221;, hahaha ;)))<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;battlestar galactica: season 1&#8221; (2004) &#8220;Friend&#8221; (2001; Korean) &#8220;Ghost in the Shell: 2nd Gig&#8221; (2005) post 330 ~ hey, it&#8217;s been a while since my last DVD post, so here it is&#8230; battlestar galactica: season 1 ~ no question, FIVE STARS!&#8230; best sci-fi series i&#8217;ve seen since &#8220;dark angel&#8221; or &#8220;firefly&#8221; or &#8220;star trek: DS9 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2006\/02\/15\/post-330-dvd-post\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[139,13,52],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7rIwb-1q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":79,"url":"http:\/\/www.xjaymanx.com\/toyboxx\/2005\/12\/19\/post-314\/","url_meta":{"origin":88,"position":0},"title":"post 314 ~ end of the world","author":"xjaymanx","date":"December 19, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Saikano | Image from Google Search damn, finished both \"battlestar galactica\" s1 dvd1 and \"saikano\" final dvd... wow, amazing end-of-the-world-type dramas!... both FIVE STARS! 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