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Dom Robinson reviews

Playboy Celebrity Centrefold :
Shannon Tweed

Distributed by
Medusa

    Cover
  • Cat.no: MDV 089
  • Cert: 18
  • Running time: 60 minutes
  • Year: 1996
  • Pressing: 2000
  • Region(s): 2 (UK PAL)
  • Chapters: 16 plus extras
  • Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby Surround)
  • Languages: English
  • Subtitles: None
  • Fullscreen: 4:3
  • 16:9-enhanced: No
  • Macrovision: No
  • Disc Format: DVD 5
  • Price: £15.99
  • Extras: Trailers, Alicia Rickter profile


Shannon Tweed: She's old. That's the first thought that sprang to mind when the now 43-year-old Canadian lady appeared onscreen. Whenever she's chatting to the camera, she giggles inanely as if trying to persuade herself she can still cut a rug with the best of them in scenes such as Touchy Feely, All Hands on Deck and Ballroom Blitz.

She's joined on this DVD in a separate section by October 1995's Playmate of the month, the now 28-year-old Alicia Rickter, who hails from Long Beach, California. She strips off too, poses for the camera in long, lilting shots, which do become rather pedestrian after a while. Note that she joins the cast of the renamed Baywatch Hawaii from this year as Carrie Sharp.


film pic

Water, water, everywhere and not a drop to drink.


No surprises with the picture or sound. The former is first-rate with no artifacts on view and is presented in fullscreen, the average bitrate being a steady 5.62Mb/s.

The sound is Dolby Digital 2.0 (Dolby Surround), but is only used for soft, slow songs and bouncy rock tracks, the like of which we've heard time and time again.


film pic

"Has anybody seen my pussy?"


Extras :

I'm loathed to include the Alicia Rickter profile as an actual extra since it makes up part of the 60-minute running time. However, the disc does include trailers for other Playboy titles: Jodi Ann Paterson, The Dahm Triplets, Playmate 2000, Jordan and Kirsten Imrie.

A healthy 16 chapters are included, while the menus are all static and silent with a shot of Ms. Tweed that makes her look like Debbie Harry (these days, unfortunately).


film pic

Alicia Rickter: The newcomer


Overall :

Aside from the footage of newcomer Alicia Rickter, this DVD is strictly for punters with an Oedipus complex only!

FILM CONTENT
PICTURE QUALITY
SOUND QUALITY
EXTRAS



OVERALL

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2000.

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