There are a few choice releases this week, including new “Stargate” and new editions of older releases.
First, the DVD releases:
- Baldwin Hills – The Complete First Season
- Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad – The Complete Series: I’ve heard great things about this one.
- Beverly Hills, 90210 – The Fifth Season
- Centennial: The Complete Series
- Dark City (Director’s Cut)
- Dark Shadows: The Beginning Vol. 5
- Dick Tracy’s G-Men: The old movie serial
- Doomsday
- Freakazoid – The Complete First Season
- Girlfriends – The Fourth Season
- Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay: Single disc edition
- Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay: Unrated two disc edition
- The Hills – The Complete Third Season
- Inglorious Bastards: The 3 Disc special edition
- InuYasha Season 5
- InuYasha Season 5 Deluxe Edition
- Law and Order: Special Victims Unit – The Seventh Year
- Lost Boys: The Tribe
- Never Back Down
- Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
- Permanent Midnight
- Ranma – Season 7
- Robin Of Sherwood: Complete Collection
- Robin Hood: Season 2
- Samurai Gun, Vol. 2
- Stargate – Continuum
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Vol. 1
- Tyrone Power Matinee Idol Collection: Includes “Cafe Metropole,” “Girls Dormitory,” “Johnny Apollo,” “Daytime Wife,” “Luck of the Irish,” “I’ll Never Forget You,” “That Wonderful Urge,” “Love Is News,” “This Above All,” and “Second Honeymoon.”
- WarGames (25th Anniversary Edition)
- WarGames: The Dead Code: Yes, it’s a direct-to-video sequel coming out now.
- Witchblade: Complete Series
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 3
Now, the Blu-Ray releases:
- Beowulf
- The Big White
- Clear and Present Danger
- Dark City (Director’s Cut)
- Doomsday
- Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle
- Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
- Hotel Babylon – Season 1
- The Hunt For Red October
- The Lost Boys
- Lost Boys: The Tribe
- Never Back Down
- Patriot Games
- Salvage
- Sci-Fi Bundle Vol. 2: Includes “Stargate Continuum,” “Sunshine,” “Alien vs. Predator”
- Stargate – Continuum
- The Sum of All Fears
- Top Gun
Finally, the pick of the week. While I’m sure a lot of us will pick up the “Stargate – Continuum” release, that’s not the pick. I’m going to bend the “only recommend what I’ve seen” rule slightly, and recommend the “Dark City” director’s cut on the assumption that it’s at least as good as the theatrical cut.
Witchblade
Witchblade was a pretty decent show… barring the last ep of season 1 pretty much erasing the entirety of season 1 ever happening. I really wish Yancy Butler got to be in more shows.
I’m glad Stargate:Continuum is coming out on bluray. When Ark of Truth came out I refused to buy it on standard DVD since they (obviously) shot it in hidef and in fact AIRED it in hidef in England.
…that said, I don’t really think Ark of Truth was worth spending $25 on and I kinda doubt Continuum will be, too. $15, maybe.
Dark City [MINOR SPOILERS]
I saw this when it came out. Think of it as sci-fi noir. Like The Matrix, it covers the case where everything we think we know turns out to be false. It came out a year or two before The Matrix, so it has bragging rights, but I prefer The Matrix.
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