These are some of the releases coming out on
September 14.
The genre selections include:
- Angels
In America: The highly rated HBO miniseries. - Re-Animator:
This is a special edition rerelease of the Jeffrey
Coombs vehicle. - THX
1138 Director’s Cut: No doubt offered to raise
awareness for the release of the Star Wars
Trilogy next week. - Ultimate
DVD Christmas Pack: Rankin/Bass shows are a big
part of my Christmas tradition. This boxed set
includes Santa Claus is Coming to Town,
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty
the Snowman, Frosty Returns, and
Little Drummer Boy. I’m not a huge fan of
the last two, but the first three make this
worthwhile. Now if they’d only release ‘Twas the
Night Before Christmas, I’d be happy.
The non-genre selections include:
- Diff’rent
Strokes: Complete First Season: More nostalgia
TV on DVD. - Everybody
Loves Raymond: Complete First Season: I assure
you, not everybody loves this guy.
I Hope You Were Kidding Around
THX 1138 Director’s Cut: No doubt offered to raise awareness for the release of the Star Wars Trilogy next week.
Using a movie few people have ever seen and not many more have heard of to stoke interest in one of the biggest movie franchises of all time? Nah. If anything, I think the hope is that THX 1138 will be near the Star Wars Trilogy on the new release shelf and people will say “Wow! I never heard of that George Lucas movie. Maybe I should pick it up.” This is particularly true since THX 1138 is a Warner property while Star Wars, of course, is from 20th Century Fox.
I actually enjoyed THX 1138 when I saw it. It’s hazy in my memory, but it was weird, high-tech and ominous – all things that I liked at the time. To link back to a prior post of mine in the 2010 discussion, it wasn’t long after I saw THX 1138 that I went back and saw 2001 again, finally figuring out its magic.
For a little more info on the new release, Wired had an article in a recent issue.
Re: I Hope You Were Kidding Around
I vaguely remember this film. I kinda liked it, but at the time I was suffering from acute Dystopia burnout –each of my HS & college english teachers seemed to have their own favorite orwellian novel to make us read. (Oddly enough, the only one I didn’t read in school was 1984; I eventually read it on my own.) I’ll have to watch it again sometime.
Of course, not everyone is thrilled with the SE changes. I read one review, apparently from a die-hard fan of the film (sound familiar?), which said the new stuff ruins the mood and is really easy to pick out. With my hazy memories, I’m guessing I won’t even notice most of it…