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Reaching for the Skies: Pioneers (1988)
The best documentary ever made on the History of Aviation
"Reaching for the skies" is unequivocally the best aviation documentary every made in the history of film, and the history of flight. The series consists of 12 parts, and "Pioneers" is the first part. The history is well researched, the narration is to the point, informative, and fascinating like flying itself. The story starts with Wright brothers' achieving what was impossible throughout known human history. The documentary covers all aspects of flying from the fastest, to the dangerous, to the most comfortable of aircraft. Unfortunately, this was never released on a DVD due to some copyrights trouble at the BBC. It was released on VHF. After 25 years, and the 480p resolution, this is still the most detailed history of evolution of aviation on TV. Watch it, it will knock your socks off.
Doctor Who: The Fires of Pompeii (2008)
Weak story with no character development of the villains with bad sound editing, and rotten portrayal of the Doctor
The episode for some reason was really poorly directed. The camera angles were weird, and did not somehow portray the flow of action. The sound editing is bad, as the music is too loud and continues to play so when there is no demand for background music. The villains or bad guys were given no chance to show us their side of the story. The Doctor figures it out all by himself, and in a second makes a decision to destroy the city. The story had the potential to be a good one, but the director never had a desire to avail that chance. I just hope the rest of the season is better; not looking good from the first two episodes of the fourth season.
4 out of 10 (only because its a Doctor Who show, otherwise 2 out of 10)