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Judge Roman Martel

• Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
• Joined: August 2010
• 31 full reviews
• 109 small claims

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Roman didn't really have a chance. The minute his family opened their video store in 1980, movies were part of his life. He grew up watching everything from obscure Japanese samurai epics to Hollywood blockbusters. Once he actually started working at the store it got worse: countless customers asking, "Have you seen this? Is it any good?" He got so used to giving his opinion on films that he couldn't stop, even explaining the merits of The 7th Voyage of Sinbad to his cat.

Other things you may want to know about Roman? He knows all about the penguin conspiracy for world domination. His wife is well aware of his devotion to stop-motion animated epics. He enjoys tormenting friends and family with Japanese animation and movie scores. He has been known to write various works of genre fiction. He maintains two blogs: one about movies and one about writing fiction. His love of movies actually increased when he discovered Mystery Science Theater 3000. He learned that even the most rotten of films could provide some kind of unintended entertainment: Red Zone Cuba, this means you!