DVD Day: August 17th, 2010
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?? Batman: The Brave and the Bold Season One, Part 1
It’s a light DVD Day today that I almost skipped it, but this is the reason I couldn’t. An official season DVD release of Brave and the Bold, a truly fantastic cartoon that captures the insanity of the Silver Age with great writing, action, and plenty of DC love. If you can’t enjoy a show where Batman turns into a mystic Bat creature and punches a ghost pirate ship so hard it explodes, I pity you.
? The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2
The insanely popular anime gets a second season that I don’t remember anyone talking about with any kind of excitement. Did it suck? Did the popularity die before #2 hit? I am content not solving this mystery.
? Wolverine and the X-Men: Final Crisis Trilogy
What? The X-Men had a Final Crisis? Call me when the Teen Titans pick up an Infinity Gauntlet.
? DOA: Dead or Alive
On Blu-ray. The tragedy is that between the two Street Fighter flicks and the Tekken movie, this is still one of the better fighting game movies ever made, by default.
? Godkiller: Walk Among Us
Apparently this is some post-apocalyptic movie about a guy trying to find a heart for his sister starring Lance Henriksen and some hookers. It’s gotten decent reviews, but because it’s called Godkiller: Walk Among Us, I can’t possibly conceive of it being anything but awful.
? Drive-In Cult Classics: 32 Movie Collection
The Babysitter, Best Friends, Blood Mania, Bloodlust, Blue Money, Carnival of Crime, Cindy and Donna, Click: The Calendar Girl Killer, The Creeping Terror, The Devil’s Hand, Double Exposure, The Hearse, Hot Target, Land of the Minotaur, Lurkers, Madmen of Mandoras, Malibu Beach, Malibu High, Night Club, The Pick Up, The Pink Angels, The Pom Pom Girls, Separate Ways, Single Room Furnished, Sister in Law, The Stepmother, The Teacher, Terrified, They Saved Hitler’s Brain, Trip With Teacher, Van Nuys Blvd. and Weekend with the Babysitter for $30.
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