DVD Day: March 6th, 2012
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?? Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season
Yeah, Mass Effect 3 isn’t the only thing you need to buy today, It appears that Best Buy has exclusive Stark or Targaryen packaging, while Target has an exclusive documentary (which pisses me off), if you haven’t already pre-ordered it from Amazon. I’ll be doing a review of the Blu-ray later this week, if only to write the set off on my taxes.
? Immortals
I’ve heard a few people loved Tarsem Singh’s very 300-ish Greek myth movie, and a few people just hated it. For what it’s worth, I’m excited to see it on Netflix.
? Monty Python and the Holy Grail
On Blu-ray for only $13. Seemed worth mentioning.
? Adventure Time: It Came from the Nightosphere
Another bare bones AT DVD of random episodes. Whether Cartoon Network will require you to purchase this before considering whether to release proper season sets is unknown.
? Transformers Prime: Season One
I’ve linked to the limited edition Blu-ray set, which comes with IDW’s prequel graphic novel.
? Little Shop of Horrors
The original non-musical cheap-o B-movie one from Roger Corman and “starring” an extremely young Jack Nicholson, on Blu-ray.
? Hetalia: Axis Powers: The Complete Series
I stand by what I said the last time I featured a Hetalia DVD: “Hetalia is an anime about the nations of the world as represented
by a variety of insane, pretty teenage boys. It’s Japanese as all hell.
I watched the first couple of episodes on Netflix Instant and it made Excel Saga look like Grave of the Fireflies. Just sayin’.”
? Edgar Allan Poe’s Requiem for the Damned
I point out this collection of five vignettes based on five of Poe’s most famous short stories only because in its “What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?” section on Amazon, it includes Happy Feet Too and the Larry the Cable Guy-starring Tooth Fairy 2. That is all.
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