I apologize for this coming a day late. I was
offline for a while, enjoying a weekend in the
Rockies.

First, the DVD news. One of our previous news
articles is now out of date;
the releases of Batman: The Animated Series Vol.
2 and Superman:
The Animated Series Vol. 1 have been delayed
until January 25, 2004. Fortunately, December 7 is
still a good day to shop. Babylon 5:
Crusade has just been added to that release
date, complete with all thirteen episodes. If you’ve
got a lot of money to burn, Species 3 will
also be out that day in both R-rated and unrated
versions. If you’d rather “try before you buy,” the
Sci-Fi channel will be hosting the broadcast premier
on November 28, presumably in the R-rated version.
Furthermore, it looks like The Marvel
Superheroes, a daily syndicated series from the
same era as the Spider-Man series just
reviewed here, will also be out, but not until late
June in 2005. (That should give us all time to
budget for it.)

This week’s genre picks include:

• Angel:
  Season
  Four: This was the “evil Cordy” year.
• Tales
  From The Crypt
  Duo Pack: “Bordello fo Blood” and “Demon Knight”
  are included.
• Dawn
  of the Dead
  Ultimate Edition: Romero doing his thing.
• Ginger
  Snaps Back: The
  Beginning: A prequel! What an original
  concept.
• Jim
  Hensen’s The
  Storyteller – Greek Myths: I’m a sucker for
  myths.
• The
  Martian
  Chronicles: The 1980 version.
• Mork
  and Mindy: The
  Complete First Season: I caught this a while ago.
  Was this ever funny to
  sober people?
• My
  Favourite Martian –
  The Complete First Season : Ray Walston and his
  little antenna.
• Night
  of the Living
  Dead: Another zombie classic
• Resident
  Evil Deluxe
  Edition: Just in time for the sequel.
• Star
  Trek: Generations
  Special Edition: The next generation gets the
  special edition treatment
  now.
• The
  Twilight Zone:
  Season One: This is the newest incarnation of the
  series.

This week’s non-genre picks include:

• The
  Alfred Hitchcock
  Signature Collection: A 10 DVD set including
  “Strangers on a Train”,
  “Dial M for Murder,” “Foreign Correspondant,”
  “Suspicion,” “The Wrong Man,”
  “Stage Fright,” “I Confess,” and “Mr. and Mrs.
  Smith.”
• Alias:
  The Complete
  Third Season: which gives you about four months
  to watch it before season
  four hits the air.
• Clerks:
  Tenth
  Anniversary Edition: It’s a three disk set,
  following on the announcement
  that they’re making a sequel to celebrate Jason
  Mewes’ sobriety.
• Columbo:
  The Complete
  First Season: I consider him television’s
  greatest detective.
• Great
  Adaptations
  Criterion Collection Set: This includes “Great
  Expectations,” “Lord of
  the Flies,” “The Most Dangerous Game,” and “Oliver
  Twist.” I’m not a big fan
  of some of those titles, but the Criterion name goes
  a long way for me.
• The
  James Stewart
  Hollywood Legend Collection: including “Vertigo,”
  “Rear Window,”
  “Harvey” (a genre film,) “Winchester ’73,” and
  “Destry Rides Again.” I’ve
  only seen the first three, but I really enjoy them
  all.
• Jersey
  Girl: Kevin
  Smith’s first mainstream film.
• Magnum
  P.I. – Complete
  First Season: He’s no Columbo, but he’ll get the
  job done.
• More
  Treasures from
  American Film Archives: This collection (and the
  original)
  are probably
  only of interest to film history buffs, but they’re
  neat to see.
• The
  Punisher: I
  missed this adaptation in theaters, but I’ll
  definitely catch it at some
  point.
• Will
  and Grace: Season
  Three: Somebody must still be watching this
  show.

Remember, these titles go on sale on Tuesday,
September 7.