Earl’s Blog: Part 3

One of my favorite new shows of last year was Chuck, a show about a guy named Chuck who accidentally gets all of the army’s secrets downloaded into his brain. The show was really great, and genuinely funny, and now it is scheduled for release on DVD on September 16th. The 4 disc set will include all 13 hour long episodes (when I first read on Wikipedia that there were 13 episodes, I forgot it was an hour long show):

• Chuck Versus the Intersect (Pilot)
• Chuck Versus the Helicopter
• Chuck Versus the Tango
• Chuck Versus the Wookiee
• Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp
• Chuck Versus the Sandworm
• Chuck Versus the Alma Mater
• Chuck Versus the Truth
• Chuck Versus Imported Hard Salami
• Chuck Versus his Nemesis
• Chuck Versus the Crown Vic
• Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover
• Chuck Versus the Marlin

Another Monk DVD to add to my collection, Monk: Season 6, including the episodes:

• Mr. Monk and his Biggest Fan
• Mr. Monk and the Rapper
• Mr. Monk and the Naked Man
• Mr. Monk and the Bad Girlfriend
• Mr. Monk Birds and the Birds and the Bees
• Mr. Monk and the Buried Treasure
• Mr. Monk and the Daredevil
• Mr. Monk and the Wrong Man
• Mr. Monk is up All Night
• Mr. Monk and the Man Who Shot Santa Claus
• Mr. Monk Joins a Cult
• Mr. Monk Goes to the Bank
• Mr. Monk and the Three Julies
• Mr. Monk Paints his Masterpiece
• Mr. Monk is On the Run Parts 1 and 2

 

One of my favorite movies is the Robin Williams Comedy, Mrs. Doubtfire, a story about a man who dresses as a nanny so he can take care of his kids after a bitter divorce. My Grandma is even called Mrs. Doubtfire from time to time. I personally don’t have a Bluray player, but if you do, be sure to check out this great movie.

The movie Semi Pro have been confirmed for DVD on the date of June 3rd. The movie will have a one disc, two disc, and bluray release. The Semi Pro 2 Disc will include a Behind the Scenes look at the movie, a Love Me Sexy Music Video, Recreating the ABA, Four Days in Flint, the Man Behind Semi Pro, and trailers. The bluray version will include an interactive game. The boxarts are below. You’re welcome Nolanator.  

  According to Amazon.com, the movie I absolutely loved and cried my eyes out to, The Bucket List, will be hitting store shelves on June 10. Also, my favorite obsessive compulsive private consultant Monk, and his Season 6 DVD collection will be hitting stores July 8th. They both sound like great additions to my collection. No boxart has been released yet, but as soon as it is, you can be sure to see it here. 

Just in case you couldn’t tell, DVD-view is a pun of review and DVD mashed together. Is this thing on?

I got to pick up the special 2-disc edition of I Am Legend while in town the other day, and I’m pretty psyched about it. It all comes together in a neat package. The packagaing is great, the blue looks really nice and the box art is well done. The set had two discs, one with the regular movie the other with the alternate version. I watched the ending with the alternate version, and felt that the original provided a much more satisfying ending, with the alternate a little confusing, but definitely worth a look. The menu looks nice on both of them, a still picture but still having a nice feel. There are no interviews or commentaries, but the alternate ending makes up for it. It includes some animated comics which are nice for the in-depth fanboys of the novel or movie. I took a peek at one last night. This movie is well worth a rent, even a buy if you were a big fan of it like me. I highly recommend this movie and I also recommend the DVD.

Looking through Amazon trying to find a DVD Cover for The Bucket List, I found a few new things Heroes related. The first is a collector’s edition DVD of Season 1, with all 23 episodes including 4 miniature paintings. I will definitely not buy it, I’m perfectly content with my own. It will run for about $65 and as far as I know is only available on Amazon. The next is something I saw in the Sunday paper, the Heroes Soundtrack, surprisingly. The tracklist includes:

National Treasure 2 was confirmed for a May 20th 2008 release date here in North America, however, they have just now released the boxshot for one of my favorite movies last year. (See below) There will be a one and two disc version, with the one-disc just carrying a commentary with Turteltaub and Jon Voight, but the two disc will include that, deleted and extended scenes including “The Chase at Rushmore”, several behind-the-scenes featurettes, a Knights of the Golden Circle Documentary, Bloopers, and more. I am definitely looking forward to it, both me and my dad liked it, so we’ll probably be picking it up. The left is the 2-disc, the right is the single.

For a while now a battle had been raging between the new High-Def DVD Players, the war fought between Sony’s Blu-Ray Player which had huge support from multiple companies like Universal, Paramount, DISNEY (Well there’s your problem), Sony, Warner Bros., and more, and the other contender, Toshiba’s HD-DVD, which has received the final nail in its coffin. Wal-mart (I shouldn’t have to explain it) has officially announced it would start retailing only Blu-ray. If that’s not an ally I don’t know what is. Well, I guess folks that bought a PS3 or sided with Blu-ray made a right choice, but for those of you who spent $800 on an HDDVD player, sorry. Me personally, I’ll just stick to my good old DVD player. Standard Def never looked so good.

Below is the cover for the release of I Am Legend on DVD. The DVD will have an alternate version, and will have several other special features when it releases in about a month n March 18, 2008.