Weekly DVD Picks – April 18, 2006

It’s a somewhat sparse week. It is, however, the
first week that the HD-DVD releases are really
starting to roll out. I didn’t list any this week,
but it wouldn’t be hard to start. (Serenity
is one of those first titles, too. That’s a pretty
strong show of faith, I’d say.) So, do you want the
HD-DVD and Blu-Ray titles listed too?

First, the genre releases:

Now, the non-genre releases:

Finally, the pick of the week. Remington
Steele
is always
good, and one of those shows I haven’t managed to
budget for just yet.

9 replies on “Weekly DVD Picks – April 18, 2006”

  1. Sentinel
    I think The sentinel is genre. Guy gains super-powers and hippie sidekick to become better person.

    I’m fine with HD/Bluray. I’m curious to see what comes out in those formats. Maybe have them seperate from the other stuff though… for now.

  2. Cross of Iron
    I watched Cross of Iron some time ago and enjoyed it, although it didn’t make my favorites list. On the one hand you have a glory-seeking officer who wants to earn an Iron Cross no matter what the price. On the other hand you have James Coburn as a grizzled, veteran Sergeant who has already earned an Iron Cross and is disillusioned with the war. The film follows their adventures and the transformation of the officer.

  3. Event Horizon
    There is a sequence towards the end of this movie where a bunch of images are quickly flashed on the screen. I watched it in slow motion and got quite a shock–the images were quite gruesome.

    • Re: Event Horizon

      There is a sequence towards the end of this movie where a bunch of images are quickly flashed on the screen. I watched it in slow motion and got quite a shock–the images were quite gruesome.

      Oh heck yeah, I personally blame this movie’s sequences for much of the recent gorefests that have come out in the past ten years – <em>The House On Haunted Hill</em>, <em>Ghost 13</em>, etc. THoHH felt like it was that type of footage & sentiment stretched into a full movie, quite nasty.

      Damien

    • Re: Event Horizon

      There is a sequence towards the end of this movie where a bunch of images are quickly flashed on the screen. I watched it in slow motion and got quite a shock–the images were quite gruesome.

      BTW, the DVD apparently isn’t a new edit but rather includes separate additional footage that was used as part of the test screenings.

      Damien

    • Re: HD Movies

      My vote is "No." I won’t be purchasing a HD or Blu-Ray player anytime soon.

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      Maybe come November, but it still remains to be seen if the PS3 is going to get the worldwide launch (or if they’ll still be using Blu-ray discs). Even then, I doubt I’ll have the $1000 I’ll need to be able to buy it anyways.

      My vote would be to denote if a release also includes HD or BR formats, but ignore the re-releases of stuff that’s already available on DVD (unless it’s seriously cool, like that Planet of the Apes headset).

    • Re: HD Movies

      My vote is "No." I won’t be purchasing a HD or Blu-Ray player anytime soon.

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      Agreed. I personally won’t go the HD-DVD or Blu-Ray route simply because it’s Beta and VHS all over again. Other reasons:

      1 – My DVD player does HD-upconversion which looks perfectly good to me.

      2 – I imagine downloadable HD movies will be coming soon, or something else.

      3 – I don’t want to re-purchase the DVDs I currently own.

      4 – SACD or DVD-Audio anyone?

      • Re: HD Movies

        4 – SACD or DVD-Audio anyone?

        I have both, and my player can play both. What was the question?

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