The Reviews for June and July

Books
Doctor Who: History 101
Mags. L. HallIiday
***

It is Spain 1937, and some how the Doctor and his assistants are now walking around in pre-war era. Enjoying the sights and learning all they can about it. that is until someone decides to make them the enemy of the world, which doesn't make much sense with how this works out.

Reading this book, I was lost at first, considering that I did not know who the assistants were until I realized some of the knowledge came from the Radio dramas out of the BBC, if you haven't listened, then you don't know what is going on. Hence why I gave this book a 3 star rating.

Most of the Doctor Who books that came out in the 1990s were all like this, some taking place in between episodes and also gave new fresh look at the Eight Doctors, minus the three new ones.

If you are a true blue Whovian, I would say pick up as many of the books you can dare find and read them. Personally, it is a great way to catch up and also get introduce with a Doctor who got little to no screen time, like the Eighth. Unless you count the movie.

Movies
A Good Day to Die Hard
****

McClane is back with his son who is now heading up a shooting up of Moscow. It ends up that without much knowledge of the situation, McClane heads to rescue his son from a Russian court, only to find out later that this is all part of a CIA mission his son is part of. Not to give away much more, you have stolen documents, Charnobal and other great locations that either are in the path of destruction or more.

Personally, I love action movies, at first I was more, ANOTHER ONE, now I'm hoping that father and son get to be in more movies. I'm pretty much saying it now, please see the movie.

Manga
Rurouni Kenshin: Restoration  Vol 1.
Nobuhiro Watsuki
*****

A retelling of the story in an update that makes more action, giving Kenshin a multiple personality disorder, a kind nature to boot. Can we say, leads up to the movie? NOPE! Just a plain brawl in Meiji Tokyo with Kenshin not taking lives, but definitely adding to the injured by making it evident that he doesn't want to kill, but not many people are happy with his decision.

I really thought reading this was going to be a retelling, but it felt more like the creator just having a bit of fun with Good Ole Kenshin who needed some fun and comic time. There really is no story, just action, and more fun then you can shake a stick at. Kenshin's personality is there, and so is his Hitokiri Battosai self who seems very much wanting to have a fight to defend people he loves and cares about.