We’ve got a lot of choices this week, but none are
particularly spectacular.
First, the genre releases:
- Banner
of the
Stars – Anime Legends Complete Collection: Man,
that company’s
going nuts with this series. - The
Best of
Boris and Natasha, Vol. 1: Featuring exerpts from
the “Rocky and
Bullwinkle” show. - The
Best of
Rocky And Bullwinkle Vol. 1: A companion DVD. - Cowboy
Bebop
Remix 5: This series continues. - Dr.
Katz –
Professional Therapist, Season One: Man, that
squigglevision
drives me up the wall. - Dragon
Drive,
Complete Collection – Vol. 1: More Bandai
anime. - Masters
of
Horror – Don Coscarelli: This chapter is from the
man who brought
us Bubba Ho-Tep. - Masters
of
Horror – Mick Garris: Another collection in the
series. - Mobile
Fighter
G-Gundam: Anime Legends Complete Collection, Vol.
1: I assume this
is related to the next item. - Mobile
Suit
Gundam – Complete Collection 2: Does anyone else
chuckle when a
“complete collection” comes in more than one
volume? - Nanny
McPhee: The family film from earlier this
year. - Saber
Marionette J TO X – Anime Legends Complete
Collection: Bandai must
be churning these out 24/7.
Now, the non-genre releases:
- The
400
Blows: Criterion goodness. - American
Heroes Collection: Three war movies from
Paramount. - Andy
Griffith
Show – The Complete Sixth Season: Thus ends the
series. Don
Knotts left due to scheduling conflicts, and the
series just couldn’t
last without him. - Big
Momma’s
House 2: Just in case the first wasn’t enough for
you. - Cheech
and
Chong’s Nice Dreams: Just in case you need a
fix. - Everybody
Loves Raymond – Complete Sixth Season: I’ll never
understand how
this lasted so long. I really enjoy Peter Boyle and
Doris Roberts,
but even they can’t fix what’s wrong with this
sucker. - The
Facts Of
Life – Complete First and Second Seasons: I
enjoyed this when I
was very young. - The
Golden
Girls – Season Five: This one had a very specific
target audience,
and reached it well. - Grandma’s
Boy: I didn’t even hear about this one. - Late
Spring: More from the Criterion Collection. How
can you go wrong? - Life
Goes On –
The Complete First Season: I really enjoyed this
show. I wouldn’t
want to live in that town, given the high frequency of
remarkably rare
diseases, but it was still a good show. - Munich:
This is a link to the two disk edition. - The
New
World: Another telling of the Pocahontas
story. - Northern
Exposure – First and Second Seasons: Repackaged at
a much lower
price. - The
Poseidon
Adventure (Special Edition): Timed to coincide
with the remake, no
doubt. This one is well worth watching. - Rescue
Me –
The Complete Second Season: The well reviewed
Dennis Leary show. - Ronin:
This is a two disk special edition. - Rumor
Has
It…: This comes out on regular DVD and on HD-DVD
on the
same day. - Scrubs
–
Season Three: Another well reviewed comedy I
haven’t seen. (The
only sitcom I’m watching is My Name Is
Earl.) - Sgt.
Bilko –
50th Anniversary Edition: For the Phil Silvers
fans. - That
70’s Show
– Season Four: I enjoyed the first couple seasons,
but tuned out
when they decided to rewrite the year and pretending
nobody would
notice. - The
Towering
Inferno (Special Edition): Another Irwin Allen
disaster movie. - The
West Wing
– Complete Sixth Season: I don’t remember if Aaron
Sorkin was
involved with this season or not.
Finally, the pick of the week. The first season of
Life Goes
On is a quality show, that will likely hold up to
my fond
memories of watching it during junior high. Check it
out.
Yay! Nothing I want!
Is it sad that I’m actually happy that nothing I want is coming out? Don’t need to spend money on ’em! (;
That 70s Show
They rewrote the year?
Re: That 70s Show
The first season took place in 1977, complete with Eric’s obsession with this new movie called "Star Wars." The same year they launched "That 80’s Show," Eric stopped talking about "Star Wars" and the years on the licence plates at the end of the episode rolled back to an earlier part of the decade.