DVD Day: January 26th, 2010
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?? Surrogates
Question for anyone who saw this story of Bruce Willis investigating non-blue furry avatar murders — is there any reason I should watch this instead of rewatching 12 Monkeys for the 10th time?
? Naruto Shippuden Box Set 1
When Naruto made the jump to Shippuden, I was genuinely excited (I’m a sucker for shonen stories, what can I say). But I’ve read enough of the Shippuden manga to know that author Masashi Kishimoto not only doesn’t have a grand plan for his characters, he’s making shit up on a week-to-week basis. It’s just terrible. I pity anyone who’s collecting the anime and watching this nonsense while it’s padded out for TV.
? Sherlock Holmes
Couldn’t wait to see Sherlock Holmes and Ianto tussle with some dinosaurs? You’re in luck, because Asylum’s goofy-ass DVD movie come out today. Let me know how it is.
? Rifftrax
There are a bunch of Rifftrax DVDs coming out today, including riffs of old movies like Planet of Dinosaurs, Voodoo Man and the DVD of the recent and awesome Plan 9 from Outer Space live riffing held back in August. But the gems, as always, are the two discs of shorts — Shorts-Tacular Shorts-Stravaganza and Wide World of Shorts. There’s so much entertainment on each of these that’s it’s criminal that they’re only $10 each. Buy them. Do it. I promise you will not regret it.
? Parker Lewis Can’t Lose: The Complete Second Season
I tried to watch some of the first season on DVD. I remembered why I liked it as a kid, but couldn’t get back into it as a bitter, jaded adult. I don’t hold this against Parker Lewis, it’s just an observation.
? The Real Ghostbusters Vol. 2
Five discs and 31 episode of real ghostbusting action.
? Alone in the Dark II
If you need to own a sequel to a Uwe Boll movie — a sequel that Uwe Boll turned down, meaning that IT WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH FOR UWE BOLL TO CONSIDER DIRECTING IT — on Blu-ray, no less, I… no, I can’t even imagine such a person existing. I won’t.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.