New DVD Releases for 20 November 2007
Christmas shopping season officially begins on Friday. The malls started it about three weeks back, but the sane people remaining in society are waiting for Black Friday. I might click over to Amazon once or twice to see if they have any insane dSLR camera sales, but otherwise I’m skipping the whole thing. My Christmas shopping is actually almost complete. And I didn’t have to park a mile away from any store to get anything. Whoo-hoo!
In any case, it’s Tuesday! New DVDs:
- Live Free or Die Hard (Unrated)
Oddly enough, the Blu Ray disc doesn’t say “Unrated” on it. Are both versions on the same disc? Is it just the standard movie edition on the Blu Ray? I dunno. I still question putting Blu Ray and HD-DVD covers in this feature every week.
I heard good reviews for the movie in a Big Dumb Action Flic With Lots of CGI kind of way. That works for me, though.
- Hairspray
Those of us who watched SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE? over the summer are all too familiar with this movie. Chicks and tweenies dug it, too. Wait, that’s the same demo, isn’t it?
That’s the two-disc special edition on the left and the standard widescreen on the right. There’s also a full frame edition, but we don’t talk about those here.
- The Batman: Complete Fourth Season
Not a week goes by without pandering to my comic book friends! =)
November 20th, 2007 at 8:48 am
Actually Augie, the Blu-ray edition of the new Die Hard movie is the theatrical version only. Apparently the unrated cut took longer to complete than anticipated. And since it takes longer to get Blu-ray discs ready, they knew they wouldn’t be able to have it ready in time for the general release. So, buyer beware, there will eventually be a release on Blu-ray with the unrated edition.
I saw Hairspray this summer and was VERY impressed. I thought I would enjoy it, as I am a fan of musicals, but I loved it!
November 20th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Teen Titans Season 4 is a much better buy than the cruddy Batman series. =)
November 20th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
I’ve been meaning to start a thread over on the CBR boards about The Batman series. I watched most of the first season and wasn’t too thrilled with it so I stopped watching. Recently, I’d been looking for new stuff to watch with my kids and started recording Batman again. They seem to enjoy it, but it’s still a pretty crappy interpretation of the character. I guess I’ve been spoiled…
November 20th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
One other thing - Live Free or Die Hard was a great summer mindless popcorn flick. It’s definitely worth a rental!