There’s some good stuff cropping up again. The post-Christmas buying lull has passed, so we’re getting solid library titles again.
First, the DVD releases:
- Appleseed Ex Machina (Single Disc Edition)
- Appleseed Ex Machina (Two Disc Special Edition)
- Aquarion: Season 1, Part 1
- August Rush
- Bachelor Party 1 and 2: Yes, they made a direct to video sequel, coming out now.
- Bachelor Party 2 – The Last Temptation: For those who don’t want the original.
- Bee Movie (Single Disc Edition)
- Bee Movie (Jerry’s Two-Disc Special Edition): Why is this Jerry’s edition? Is it because Jerry Seinfeld’s involvement is a much greater selling point than any part of the actual movie?
- Black Widow: The Fox Film Noir series is back in production. Woo hoo!
- Dan In Real Life
- Daisy Kenyon: Fox Film Noir
- Dangerous Crossing: Fox Film Noir
- Fantastic Four – World’s Greatest Heroes Volume 3: I may try out a complete season pack, but not an individual episode release.
- Fullmetal Alchemist – Season 2, Part 2
- Gattaca
- Georges Melies: First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913): There are some real gems in here for the film historians among us. It seems pricey at first, but when you notice it’s a 5 disc set with well over 150 of his films, that’s not too bad.
- Hitman
- Hitman (Two Disc Special Edition)
- Just For Laughs Gags Volume 7 and 8
- Last of the Summer Wine: Vintage 1976
- Leprechaun Triple Feature
- Lil’ Bush – Resident of the United States – Season One
- The Mod Squad – Season 1, Volume 2
- Most Extreme – Season 1
- Nancy Drew: I was always a much greater fan of the Hardy Boys. The first really shocking moment that hit me in any book was the death of Iola in Hardy Boys Casefiles #1.
- No Country For Old Men
- One Foot In The Grave: Season 3
- One Foot In The Grave: Season 4
- Outlaw
- Sam and Max Freelance Police – The Complete Series
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon: Season 3
- Sleuth
- Speed Grapher: Box Set
- Speed Grapher, Vol. 3
- Speed Grapher, Vol. 4
- Stargate – The Ark of Truth
- Tin Man (Two Disc Collector’s Edition)
- Witchblade, Vol. 5
- Zatoichi – Collection 1
Now, the Blu-Ray releases:
- Appleseed Ex Machina
- August Rush
- Dan In Real Life
- Dogma
- Gattaca
- Hitman
- I, Robot
- Independence Day
- No Country For Old Men
- Sleuth
Some of the last HD DVD releases are as follows:
Finally, the pick of the week. Of the titles I’ve seen, I’d go with either Gattaca or Dogma, depending on your home theatre technology and sensitivity about religious topics. However, I’m also buying four titles I haven’t seen that are likely worth checking out: all three Fox Film Noir titles, and Stargate – Ark of Truth.
Points
a) Some of us already HAVE the original Bachelor Party. I mean, uh, I’m, uh, sure someone does. Yeah that’s it.
b) They’re still releasing HDDVDs?
c) Ok, this is my real point – the Stargate movie.
I’d love to get it. I really would. But there is no way I’m buying a standard-definition DVD when I know for a fact they shot the thing in hidef. I’m thinking that they’ll eventually air the thing in hidef, and/or release it on bluray. I’ll wait. Or watch it last night.
Re: Points
I’m just commenting on item B. The studios still had movies "in the pipe" to be produced on HDDVD. They aren’t going to just chuck them after already pressing them. You’ll see these start to dwindle down to nothing in another month or so.
Then you can rebuy them in Blu-Ray! That’s right, stimulate the economy! If you don’t buy stuff…the terrorists win. Right?
Re: Points
Well points A and B were more for comic relief (: