Weekly Digital Disc Picks – June 3, 2008

This is one heck of a week for Blu-Ray. Loads of movies that were previously exclusive to HD DVD hit shelves this Tuesday. Instead of the usual “under 10” title count for releases, Amazon.com lists 56 different titles coming this week, and one of them is Amazon.com’s top seller, outpacing all of the DVD releases. HD DVD, on the other hand, has a grand total of one upcoming title, that being “Disco Pigs” on June 24. Ladies and gentlemen, the HD format wars are most decidedly over.
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Alexander Courage, Composer, Dead at Age 88

While he did do other work, Alexander (Sandy) Courage is famous for one thing. And let’s face it, all we need to hear are those three notes and we can see the Enterprise clearly in our mind’s eye.

Mr. Courage, who has been in failing health since 2005, was responsible for the theme from the original Star Trek. Thankfully, the network never opted to use Gene Roddenberry’s lyrics.