Blu-ray Review: Supertroopers
Dear Fox,
I hope you are doing well. I am fine. I wanted to write to say thank you for releasing Supertroopers, one of my favorite comedies, on Blu-ray. It is really great. That was very nice of you. Tell everyone I said hi.
Love,
Matt
DVD Review: Swingtown: The First Season
The CBS summer show Swingtown is a fine example of how excellent shows sometimes never get a chance to really shine. It was heartbreaking for fans of this interesting slice of 70’s goodness to hear it was canceled after only one season. Originally intended to be a mid-season replacement, the Writer’s Strike caused Swingtown to be put off until the summer, and perhaps that was the death blow before it even began. Set in the mid-seventies, the show explores romance, the destruction of ‘traditional’ marriage, friendship, class differences, coming of age growth, and of course, swingers. Now Swingtown: The First Season is out for DVD, and the tragedy is that this will be the complete series as well.
CD Review: Alvin and the Chipmunks – Undeniable
CD Review: Alvin and the Chipmunks – Undeniable
by the Chipmunks #1 Fan, R. Draughn
How do you determine if a band is good or great? Is it the by the number of hit songs they have? Maybe it’s the number of platinum records they have? Nope, it’s the number of years you can keep going and change with the times. You have the Eagles: their music is still going today as much as when the first hit the charts. The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger is still packing the arenas. Then we have Alvin and the Chipmunks. They have been rocking and rolling with the best for 50 years and have come out with a new album to show they still have it.
iPhone Game Review: Iron Man: Aerial Assault
When the Iron Man movie came to theatres this year, it raised the bar for not only comic book movies but all action movies. It featured solid characterization, exciting action, and amazing special effects.
When Iron Man subsequently came to Blu-ray, it also raised the bar in production value for its medium, Making it the best way to experience an already epic movie.
Can a game, which only came out recently, well after the releases of the film and the DVD, hope to measure up, or is this another example of some disappointing cheap ploy to exploit name recognition?
Blu-ray Review: LOST The Complete Fourth Season
LOST The Complete Fourth Season is out on DVD and Blu-ray and if you’ve been following the show since the first season, this past season was the one where the show’s basic formula was turned on its side and recreated by way of flash forwards. Granted we really saw our first flash forward in the cliffhanger of season three but that was really our intro of what to expect with season four.
DVD Review: Transformers Energon The Ultimate Collection
Ten years have past since the events of Transformers: Armada. Optimus Prime has brokered a peace between the Autobots and Decepticons that has lasted nearly a decade. After years of peace a new factor has come into play: Energon. It is the substance that powers all Cybertronians. Now a major discovery of Energon on Earth and everyone wants some. Optimus Prime must lead the heroic Autobots to find the Energon first before the Decepticons and other unseen forces can take it by force.
DVD Review: Transformers Animated Season Two
“More than meets the eye…”
Transformers Animated: Season Two is now available on DVD! This season the Autobots continue their search for the Allspark fragments and try to hold off the Decepticon forces. This season also bring us new faces as The Autobot Elite Guard arrives on Earth to locate the missing Allspark! Now Optimus Prime must justify his actions to his superior: Ultra Magnus. Also arriving on Earth are Sentinel Prime (an arrogant bot who disapproves of Optimus) and fan favorite character: JAZZ!
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Blu-ray Review: The Dark Knight
“Best. Batman. Movie. Ever.”
The Dark Knight is a record destroying movie. Not only has it killed at the box office and has either been nominated or won awards, it has also smashed the Blu-ray release record. Why has this movie become such a success? Because it’s EPIC. Truly epic. This movie isn’t just about Batman, it is really about the world that he exists in and the influence he has on that world. We get to care more about the characters on a level that we never have seen before. Christian Bale returns as Bruce Wayne / Batman in Christopher Nolan’s second Batman epic: The Dark Knight which is now available for you to own on Blu-ray!
Blu-ray Review: X-Files: Fight The Future
The X-Files TV show ran nine seasons from 1993 to 2002. Season five of Fox’s Golden Globe and Emmy-winning series The X-Files ended with its highest viewership ever, the X-Files division of the FBI within the show had just been shut down, and fans were eager to finally see the X-Files movie, which we learned was shot in during the break between seasons 4 and 5, but picked up right where season 5 left off: the X-Files were no more, but Mulder and Scully were still FBI Agents.
Blu-ray Review: Bam Margera Presents: Where the #$&% is Santa?
As Christmas is upon us and many are feeling some negative aspects of the economy. Have you been to the mall and noticed the population of Santa’s village is a little lean this year. I don’t mean to say that they’ve lost weight individually, but that there are fewer elves, and… Hey, where’s the man himself?
DVD Review: The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
“The universe grows smaller every day, and the threat of aggression by any group, anywhere, can no longer be tolerated. There must be security for all, or no one is secure. Now, this does not mean giving up any freedom, except the freedom to act irresponsibly.”
TV News: Majel Barrett Roddenberry Meets The Final Frontier
Majel Barrett Roddenberry passed away this morning, December 18, 2008, at 12:27 AM in her Bel Air home. She died peacefully, in her sleep, and was surrounded by family and loved ones.
“My mother truly acknowledged and appreciated the fact that Star Trek fans played a vital role in keeping the Roddenberry dream alive for the past 42 years. It was her love for the fans, and their love in return, that kept her going for so long after my father passed away.” – Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, Jr.
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Think Over
No more Stevenote! 🙁 Macworld Expo might as well just fold up altogether after this year. I’m really bummed I’m going to miss the last one, moreso that it seems I’ve already missed the last Stevenote. This is a sad, sad thing for old school Mac heads like me.
Apple Announces Its Last Year at Macworld.
CUPERTINO, California—December 16, 2008—Apple® today announced that this year is the last year the company will exhibit at Macworld Expo. Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, will deliver the opening keynote for this year’s Macworld Conference & Expo, and it will be Apple’s last keynote at the show. The keynote address will be held at Moscone West on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. Macworld will be held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center January 5-9, 2009.
Gift Guide 2008: Karl’s Gift Guide
“Tis better to give then receive’ has always been the credo for the holiday season, since before I was a kid, but everyone who said that always wanted someone else to be on the giving side, but I digress.
Anyway, I‘m at the point in my life where the majority of my gift giving family and friends are remote, and out exchanging of gifts is simplified to gift certificates. But in the good old gift giving days, I always wished for a list to guide the givers in my life.
So I have put together a list of gift possibilities guaranteed to ease the pain of receiving this holiday season.
Blu-ray & DVD Review: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Maybe it was a San Diego City Schools thing, but ComicsOnline Editor-in-Chief Kevin Gaussoin reports that years earlier, he had nearly the same experience in school.