Second Wind

I crashed for a few hours and woke up again. Looks like tonight is going to be an all-night DVD party.

An Explanation and Two Links

So I'm tweaking real hard on caffeine right now. I had two Rock On Energy Shots, which are not unlike a Five Hour Energy, in the span of an hour. Twenty minutes after I took the first one, I didn't feel anything and decided to chug the other. Very soon after, it fucked me right up. So, despite wanting to sleep, I'm stuck waiting this out. If you see several posts for today, it's my hyperactive brain wanting content. Now, onto the promised links...

First of all, people should check out my friend Eric's blog. He talks gadgets, music, books and such. Click upon this: The Parfait Report

Secondly, BUY SWEETS! It's going into trade, and if you've missed any or all of it, now is a great time to catch up. If you're a fan of true-crime style comics,  I think you really would dig Sweets.  Here it comes now...















As you can see, it is the double whammy of both good AND cheap. Five issues of saucy New Orleans goodness await you. I was the editor on this one, and I'd like to see it hit big. If you want to be my friend, you'll buy it. All others will be flogged.

Aug 2nd - 5th DVD and video game releases of note...

I'm gonna try to do one of these every week. I won't necessarily cover everything, but I'll bring up things that catch my eye.

Conan the Barbarian [Blu-ray]  - I believe this is the bare-bones release, but nice to see Conan on Blu-ray anyway. I personally won't pick up this one until they put together a proper collector's edition on Blu-ray with good special features.

Conan the Destroyer [Blu-ray]  - And the awesomeness has left the room. This is worth watching only if you plan to tell your kids that Grace Jones is the boogeyman, and she'll sneak into their room at night if they don't listen.

Soul Surfer - Spoilers. She never does get her arm back.

Better Off Dead [Blu-ray] - A classic finally makes it to Blu-ray. This will probably also have next to no special features. In a world where movies come through our internet magically, special features are key to me actually buying a movie.

MST3K Vs. Gamera: Mystery Science Theater 3000, Vol. XXI [Deluxe Edition] - Sweet Jesus, finally! After much legal wrangling, the fabled Gamera episodes of MST3K have finally been released. Insta-buy for me.

Eastbound & Down: The Complete Second Season [Blu-ray] - I've purposely avoided everything about season 2 of this ridiculously awesome show. That way, when I buy it, I can plow through a few hours of Kenny Powers goodness.

Tracy Morgan: Black and Blue - This DVD will get you pregnant.

Facez of Death 2000 Vols. 1-7 - Holy shit. This is still a thing? These were shocking back in the day before the internet. Now, it seems a little sad.

Not a super awesome week, but Eastbound season 2 and MST3K are definite buys. And no, I don't care about Rio.

You know how Pixar comes out with a good CG movie, and then someone jumps on the bandwagon and releases a poor-man's version of it? See Bug's Life and Antz or Finding Nemo and Shark Tale. And those are the ones from major studios. What about that shitty Cars knockoff from some other country?  Yeah, well, Rio feels like one of those bandwagon movies to me, except Pixar didn't release a good CG movie about birds.

More later...