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Rating: 3.8/5
Review: "Scooby Doo: Monsters unleashed DVD review"
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This is the sequel to the 2002 live-action movie and is it better? Maybe. Scooby Doo 2 seems to have a bigger budget therefore more CGI is seen. This is actually more action packed than the first one featuring set pieces with CGI monsters. The mystery is entertaining with some lame but funny jokes. And of course, Scooby still acts cute with his cartoonish expressions. Sadly, a third movie is not made. However, there are two more scooby doo movies made for TV in 2009 and 2010. Hopefully, we still get to see more live-action scooby doo movies.
DVD special features-3/5
The special features are actually disappointing. The first and the second have not feature any docu on scooby doo which I would want. I want to know more about the origins of scooby. There is a main making of (10 minutes) which shows Scooby walking around the sets. This shows how the special effects and stunts are made. It is brief. There are deleted scenes (7 minutes). They are just worth to watch once. The second featurette is the making of Scooby dancing (5 minutes) which is also another brief making of. Near the end of it, there is a guide of how to dance like him. It shows the clips in the movie of him dancing in slo-mo...which is lame. There is useless featurette about the monsters talking about their origins (5 minutes) and wants to the audience to feel pity for them. This is for the kids who think that the monsters in the movie are real. Lastly, there are two music videos (8 minutes). The simple plan's song is not bad but the rapping of Big Brovaz is blah...

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Rating: 3.4/5
Review: "Pandamen TV series DVD review"
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There are a total of 29 episodes. Pandamen is not bad but it seems out of focus at times. In the first ten episodes, the pandamen do not actually have a lot of screen time. And even the bad guys are out being replace by drama and comedy and romance. The characters are goofy and only get serious in the last five episodes. Action-wise is okay; there are not many fight scenes or action scenes. The fight scenes feature wire work and are not bad but there are not many. The story is alright, it is pretty engrossing at times but it is also a bit silly at time. It is an alright superhero series and unique in the sense that China has not featured any superhero movie/series. Sometimes, the action scenes seem cut but I am not sure if they are really cut.
DVD special features-2/5
Aside from the behind the scenes featured after an episode has ended, there are a making of and another behind the scenes. The making of (45 minutes) is boring without english subtitle. I think it is a TV special aired. It features the cast and crew intereview and does not have many behind the scenes. More than half of the making of features interviews of the cast and crew. The behind the scenes (4 minutes) is alright showing behind the scenes of the TV series.

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