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Weekly DVD Picks - Tuesday, October 11, 2005
posted October 8 2005, 5:17 am by fiziko

Category: DVD This week looks to have the poorest offerings between now and Christmas. This week's dilemma was choosing something I'd call a pick of the week, as nothing really stood out. Starting next week and running until January, I'll need to put serious thought into which contenders will not be the final pick of the week. Some highlights of the next few months are listed below.

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First, the genre releases:

Now, the non-genre releases:

  • Arrested Development - Season Two: This is a deeply twisted show. Perhaps that's why it's so funny.
  • BB King Blues Session: How do you go wrong with BB King?
  • Cool Hand Luke: One of those classics that I have yet to see.
  • Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Season Two: This was good in its day. Not great, but good.
  • A Love Song for Bobby Long: I've been very impressed with Scarlett Johansson so far. Travolta's resume shows a willingness to take risks in order to try something new, which has left him with some great films and some real stinkers. I haven't seen this, but I'm willing to give it a shot.
  • McLintock: A well respected Western. At the moment, I think the western is the only genre not represented in my DVD collection. I've been tempted to overcome my lack of interest for the sake of having a more complete library, so I'm willing to listen to suggestions people have.
  • Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants: A teen girl movie that was fairly well reviewed.
  • Soap - The Complete Fourth Season: The final season of the great comedy is now available on DVD.
  • South Park - The Complete Sixth Season: I've tried to watch this, but it just doesn't amuse me. If you like it, then there's more available to enjoy.
  • Super Size Me: For the McDonald's lovers on your Christmas list.
  • Unleashed: Many Jet Li fans enjoyed it. The trailers didn't make it appeal to me at all.
  • Veronica Mars - The Complete First Season: This show from UPN was very well received by critics and by the few people who watched it. I'd like to give it a shot some time. It's been described to me as a show with Smallville's Chloe Sullivan in a perfectly normal urban environment.

Finally, the pick of the week. If you must go shopping this week, go with Soap, the parody of soap operas in a sitcom format. Feel free to wait until next week, though, with Batman Begins, The Twilight Zone - Season Four, Adventures of Superman - Season One, or He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - Season One, Part One. In two weeks, there will also be American Gothic, Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 3, a newer deluxe edition of The Wizard of Oz, and more to pick from. There's something major coming every week between now and Christmas, right down to the second season of the new Battlestar Galactica on December 20.



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Veronica Mars - Very Cool
posted by Babbster on October 8 2005, 7:47 am
The description you were given of the show is almost right. The only part that doesn't quite make it is the phrase "perfectly normal urban environment." The only way it could seem perfectly normal is to somebody who lives in Santa Barbara or a similar town where one would go to school with a lot of very rich kids (children of actors and moguls) and a lot of low- to middle-class kids (children of people working for actors and moguls).

In any case, I love the show. In fact, despite my natural leanings to genre content and my recently discovered love for Lost (watched the DVD set), I still can't bring myself to switch from Veronica Mars. It's partly because I really like the show, partly because if Tivo passes on my recording data I'd do more good for Veronica Mars, and partly because I know I can get Lost every Thursday from somewhat unsavory sources. :)

On westerns: My favorite two recent westerns are "Unforgiven" (Eastwood) and "Tombstone" (Russell and Kilmer). They're both very good, though in different ways. Going back further, I liked "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (Eastwood) quite a lot. And in the heyday of the western, you can't miss with such movies as "Shane," "The Searchers" and "Fort Apache." I could live on a diet of John Wayne (directed by John Ford, of course) and Clint Eastwood when it comes to that genre. Oh yeah, and I shouldn't go without mentioning "The Wild Bunch." I consider that one a must-see for film fans.


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Re: Veronica Mars - Very Cool
posted by GrimSean on October 8 2005, 6:46 pm
The description you were given of the show is almost right. The only part that doesn't quite make it is the phrase "perfectly normal urban environment." The only way it could seem perfectly normal is to somebody who lives in Santa Barbara or a similar town where one would go to school with a lot of very rich kids (children of actors and moguls) and a lot of low- to middle-class kids (children of people working for actors and moguls).
Indeed. I got my entire family hooked on Veronica Mars, to the extent that when CTV started playing "guess when we'll show this" by moving it around my 70 year old Grandmother asked me if I could download the episodes for her (her actual request was "Can you get the episode I missed on that computer of yours?"). I would probably describe her as Nancy Drew crossed with Chloe Sullivan, and that along with a very, very good supporting cast - Enrico Colantoni may be my favourite TV dad - makes for a hell of a show.

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Re: Veronica Mars - Very Cool
posted by Jethro on October 9 2005, 9:00 pm
I would probably describe her as Nancy Drew crossed with Chloe Sullivan
CSI: 90210

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Re: Veronica Mars - Very Cool
posted by GrimSean on October 11 2005, 10:57 pm
I would probably describe her as Nancy Drew crossed with Chloe Sullivan
CSI: 90210
CSI: Dawson's Creek would be more accurate as the creator Rob Thomas started out writing for that show (Dawson's Creek, not CSI).

I'm sure there's a Katie Holmes/Tom Cruise/Scientology joke in there somewhere, but I'm too tired to find it.


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Battlestar Galactica
posted by drazaelb on October 8 2005, 8:15 am
From what I've been able to Google, it's only going to be the first half of season 2 (episodes 1-10) available in December. The second half of the season won't get broadcast until January. Presumably they'll also have a DVD set for the second half of the season, and I would guess another set for the whole season.

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Re: Battlestar Galactica
posted by yeti skydive on October 13 2005, 3:26 am
wouldn't the season starting in january technically be the third season of battlestar? we had the first season end with adama being shot, and the second season ending with the galactica sending vipers towards the pegasus. unless i was completely thrown off somewhere and that was just one season.

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Re: Battlestar Galactica
posted by fiziko on October 13 2005, 7:11 am
wouldn't the season starting in january technically be the third season of battlestar? we had the first season end with adama being shot, and the second season ending with the galactica sending vipers towards the pegasus. unless i was completely thrown off somewhere and that was just one season.

I've looked into it, and it's my understanding (as someone who doesn't have a network which airs the show and who refuses to download stuff like that) that "Pegasus" was actually about half way through the second season, and the show is just in reruns until January, which is what most shows do starting in December. So, this release is actually just the first half of season two. Essentially, a mid-season episode had the sort of cliffhanger you expect with a season finale, so it was billed as such.


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