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The Lady and the Highwayman (1988)
Swashbuckling and Romantic
From passion of romance to sword crossing action, this movie has a bit of everything. Starting in 1649 and then continuing through 1660, it follows the story of the highwayman "SilverBlade", and his efforts to protect the sister of one of his old friend's, all the while righting the wrongs still being committed after the common wealth was no longer in control of England.
The lady Panthea Vyne first meets "SilverBlade" when he rescues her from a marriage to Lord Cromwell's tax collector -- which she believed would save his life. However, as she is soon after told, he has already died two weeks before. "SliverBlade" then decides to give her new husband a fair chance, and duels for his life.
A few days later Panthea's Aunt Emma comes to steal her away, for -- as Aunt Emma explains it -- "I am a very old woman, I want you with me. Won't you come?".
Soon after you learn that four years have passed, and the king has decided to marry a Portugise princess. Being that her aunt was once the nursemaid of the king, they are both invited to court to see the knew queen, where Pathea is the envy of every woman, including the king's old lover.
As you continue to watch, the story of love, betrayal, and hope is spun around you, and at the end, you hope for what you know cannot be, just because it seems so unjust that the world would separate such a pair in so cruel a manor.
After all this raving I have gone on with, you must be wondering why it only received an 8/10. Well, at least on the DVD version I have the graphics aren't exactly to the standard, even for the time. However, soon after starting the show, you forget completely about such things, and only think of the story.
Code Lyoko (2003)
Code Lyoko: New Ideas for New era
The first thing I should say is that Code Lyoko is a french Anime, and I believe it is set in France, although there isn't anything that can confirm that.
My little brother first started watching Code Lyoko about half way though the first season. I started watching it and ended up getting hooked myself. The show is about a group of kids (I'd guess they're somewhere between 14 and 16 years old.) who have found a computer that links them to a virtual word, Lyoko. However, like any good there is a bad. In this show, the bad comes in the form of a "virus" named X.A.N.A. (not sure if that stands for anything.) which has decided to take over the world. To access earth it must activate a tower on Lyoko, and then while on earth it is usually represented by a dark gray semi-transparent smokish thing. It will wreck it's havoc on earth, and to stop him the group must go to Lyoko and help a virtual girl named Aelita get to the tower to de-activate it.
With the addition of season two adding the mystery of a possible creator, the show has had more depth.
Over all, it's a great show. I'd give it an 8 out of 10 because of small problems.