DVD Day: September 30th, 2008
? Iron Man
Available in Blu-ray, 2-disc collector’s edition and a single-disc edition for pussies. ‘Nuff said.
? The Thing
On Blu-ray, so you can see every millimeter Wilford Brimley’s mutated glory in crystal clear high-definition.
? Beauty & the Beast Complete Series
Did you know Hellboy and Sarah Conner used to date? It’s true!
? The Starlost Complete Series
I don’t have the faintest clue what this is, but it has “star” in the title, so I’m guessing it’s one of the hundreds of mediocre sci-fi shows from the ’70s.
? Voltron Vol. 6
The beginning of the widely forgotten and generally disliked Vehicle Voltron portion of the series.
? The Mindscape of Alan Moore
Two DVDs of Alan Moore being Alan Moore. Seriously, listen to this Amazon description:
Alan Moore writer, artist and performer is the world’s most critically acclaimed and widely admired creator of comic books and graphic novels. In The Mindscape of Alan Moore we see a portrait of the artist as contemporary shaman, someone with the power to transform consciousness by means of manipulating language, symbols and images. The film leads the audience through Moore’s world with the writer himself as guide, beginning with his childhood background, following the evolution of his career as he transformed the comics medium, through to his immersion in a magical worldview where science, spirituality and society are part of the same universe.
Uh-huh. This is actually a sequel to the best-selling documentary The Beardscape of Alan Moore, which examined the food, twigs, and small creatures which have been living in his facial hair since 1986.
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