Comments on: New DVD Releases for 10 June 2008 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2008/06/10/new-dvd-releases-for-10-june-2008/ Wii, iPod, DVD, TV, and So Much More Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:10:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Josh Herndon http://www.variousandsundry.com/2008/06/10/new-dvd-releases-for-10-june-2008/#comment-167832 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:08:55 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2008/06/10/new-dvd-releases-for-10-june-2008/#comment-167832 Actually Augie, Blu-ray is starting to increase in sales. A lot of the player manufacturers were dealing with player shortages recently. As for price, there is a player for just under $300 being sold at Wal-Marts across the country. I would not be surprised to see them in the $250 range by the holidays. I think the thing that has hit Blu-ray hardest right now though is the economy. I know I have been buying more Blu-rays than DVDs (can't actually remember the last DVD I bought actually). As for M. Night's new movie, The Happening, I have been seeing his name everywhere for it. Actually Augie, Blu-ray is starting to increase in sales. A lot of the player manufacturers were dealing with player shortages recently. As for price, there is a player for just under $300 being sold at Wal-Marts across the country. I would not be surprised to see them in the $250 range by the holidays. I think the thing that has hit Blu-ray hardest right now though is the economy. I know I have been buying more Blu-rays than DVDs (can’t actually remember the last DVD I bought actually).

As for M. Night’s new movie, The Happening, I have been seeing his name everywhere for it.

]]> by: Augie De Blieck Jr. http://www.variousandsundry.com/2008/06/10/new-dvd-releases-for-10-june-2008/#comment-167659 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:16:32 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2008/06/10/new-dvd-releases-for-10-june-2008/#comment-167659 Patricia - Sorry, I was being obtuse. M. Night Shyamalan's name isn't headlining his new movie, which comes out this week, I think it is. Matthew - I might still have my VHS copy of the premiere of the Babylon 5 movie. Yes, I'm just that geeky. Or, I might have trashed it when the DVDs came out. Ben - I didn't either. Must have had a hell of an opening weekend, complete with NO competition. Patricia - Sorry, I was being obtuse. M. Night Shyamalan’s name isn’t headlining his new movie, which comes out this week, I think it is.

Matthew - I might still have my VHS copy of the premiere of the Babylon 5 movie. Yes, I’m just that geeky. Or, I might have trashed it when the DVDs came out.

Ben - I didn’t either. Must have had a hell of an opening weekend, complete with NO competition.

]]> by: Matthew M http://www.variousandsundry.com/2008/06/10/new-dvd-releases-for-10-june-2008/#comment-167636 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:42:21 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2008/06/10/new-dvd-releases-for-10-june-2008/#comment-167636 JOHN ADAMS was fantastic. A more searing criticism of the crux of American politics being comprised of bipartisan bickering, I've never seen. Sensational. They should just dump every acting award on Giamatti and Linney right now. And if they don't, it's antisemitism. Even though neither are Jewish. Seriously though, I loved that series. It's rare these days in the entertainment establish to watch something that actually fills you with pride when it comes to being an American, and this one did just that. ALSO: Not only do I remember PTEN, I was there the night it launched, watching the premiere episode of BABYLON 5. And I remember thinking, wow this show has a LOT of promise but it needs a TON of work. And better acting. And get rid of that commander guy... 15 years later, the show is still amazing and highly influential. And it did it all with a plan (although one that had to call a LOT of last-minute audibles, but to the nature of life in the television industry), rather than the "play it by ear" style practiced by most similarly-minded shows these days (I'm looking at YOU, Lost...) JOHN ADAMS was fantastic. A more searing criticism of the crux of American politics being comprised of bipartisan bickering, I’ve never seen. Sensational. They should just dump every acting award on Giamatti and Linney right now. And if they don’t, it’s antisemitism. Even though neither are Jewish.

Seriously though, I loved that series. It’s rare these days in the entertainment establish to watch something that actually fills you with pride when it comes to being an American, and this one did just that.

ALSO: Not only do I remember PTEN, I was there the night it launched, watching the premiere episode of BABYLON 5. And I remember thinking, wow this show has a LOT of promise but it needs a TON of work. And better acting. And get rid of that commander guy…

15 years later, the show is still amazing and highly influential. And it did it all with a plan (although one that had to call a LOT of last-minute audibles, but to the nature of life in the television industry), rather than the “play it by ear” style practiced by most similarly-minded shows these days (I’m looking at YOU, Lost…)

]]> by: Patricia http://www.variousandsundry.com/2008/06/10/new-dvd-releases-for-10-june-2008/#comment-167631 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:08:59 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2008/06/10/new-dvd-releases-for-10-june-2008/#comment-167631 Actually, it's Paul Giamatti in John Adams, and his name IS above the title, along with Laura Linney. Your picture is too wee and tiny to make it out. :) It's a GREAT adaptation of his biography, by David McCullogh. Actually, it’s Paul Giamatti in John Adams, and his name IS above the title, along with Laura Linney. Your picture is too wee and tiny to make it out. :)

It’s a GREAT adaptation of his biography, by David McCullogh.

]]> by: Ben http://www.variousandsundry.com/2008/06/10/new-dvd-releases-for-10-june-2008/#comment-167619 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:04:55 +0000 http://www.variousandsundry.com/2008/06/10/new-dvd-releases-for-10-june-2008/#comment-167619 Jumper made $80m?? I had no idea. Jumper made $80m?? I had no idea.

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