The DVD pickings are a little slim this week.
First, the genre releases:
- 3rd Rock from
the Sun: The Best Episodes in the Universe: A “Best of” collection
for those who don’t want the complete seasons. - The Chronicles
of Narnia – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: Bound to be a
top seller. - Garbage Pail
Kids – The Complete Series: I had completely forgotten they even
had a series. - Knight Rider –
Season Four: This was the final season of the series. - The Mel Brooks
Box Set Collection: Includes Blazing Saddles, Young
Frankenstein (which is why it’s in the genre list), Silent
Movie, Robin Hood: Men In Tights, To Be or Not to
Be, History of the World, Part One, The Twelve
Chairs and High Anxiety. - The Science
Fiction Cliffhanger Collection: Three old sci-fi serials in one box. - Tripping The
Rift – Season Two: This almost seemed interesting, until I learned
of Chuck Austen’s involvement.
Now, the non-genre releases:
- Blue
Thunder: The Roy Scheider helicopter flick. - Brokeback
Mountain: One of this year’s big Oscar winners. Directed by Ang
Lee, who won for best director. - Carole
Lombard: The Glamour Collection: One of three well price glamour
collections out this week. - Crash (2 Disk
Director’s Cut Edition): I bought the theatrical edition mere days
before this was announced. This won best picture at the Oscars this
year. - David Spade
Collection: In case you’re shopping for someone you really, truly
despise. - Dawson’s
Creek: The Complete Sixth Season: Classic WB. - Full House –
The Complete Third Season: The “David Spade Collection” too good
for the individual you’re shopping for? Get this instead! - Mae West: The
Glamour Collection: The second collection in this line. - Magnum P.I. –
The Complete Fourth Season: One of the best 1970s detective shows. - Marlene
Dietrich: The Glamour Collection: The third such collection. - Nine to Five –
Sexist, Egotistical, Lying Hypocrital Bigot Edition: Now that’s
got to be a more eye-catching title than “special edition.” - The A-Team –
Season Four: Goes well with Knight Rider. - The World’s
Greatest Lover: The Gene Wilder comedy.
Finally, the pick of the week. Of those that I’ve seen, Magnum
P.I. is the pick, though I suspect that might be different if I’d
found time to watch Crash by now.
High Anxiety
I hope this comes out as a standalone disc at some point – I’ve been wanting it on DVD for a long long time. I already have all the others that I want from that boxed set.
Tripping the Rift
Season 1 was amusing at times, but season 2 look liked it dropped 3/4rs of the budget and at least half the script-writing braincell power – it was awefully badly animated and the stories were ten times worse than the first season. Who’s this Chuck Austen guy anyway?
Mel Brooks "Collection"
How can they seriously, I mean really seriously call it a Mel Brooks collection and not include Spaceballs? The concept baffles my mind.
Re: Mel Brooks "Collection"
Yeah, I thought about that after posting my comment. Maybe they just assume everyone already has that one. They did just release a special edition of it recently, too.
Re: Mel Brooks "Collection"
MGM owns Spaceballs, and this is a 20th Century Fox release.