Sunday, July 31, 2011

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...

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