This Week in DVDs
While last week was a veritable snooze in terms of new DVD releases, this week is a DVD potpourri. So much so that it's hard to cover them all. Suffice it to say, any week that features Shrek, Jeff Spicoli, Ali G., Hello Kitty, and James T. Kirk is a pretty good week. And if that's not good enough, this week also features DVD releases of the Three's Company- the Third Season and Too Close for Comfort- the First Season. We know, what more could a person possibly want? We're sure the five fans of Jm J. Bullock are pleased as punch.
Here's a look at some of the things that are being released this week:
Shrek 2- Unlike a lot of sequels, we were thoroughly entertained and blown away by how good it was. Like a lot of sequels, we also didn’t remember anything about the movie about fifteen minutes after it ended. We do know, however, that the movie made gob-loads and gob-loads of money, so much so we're pretty much guaranteed Shrek III, Shrek IV, Shrek V and so on and so forth. After all, it's not like they have to worry about Mike Myers or Cameron Diaz getting too old for their roles.
Around the World in 80 Days- We would say that if you were going to pick up this movie (as if), don't waste your bucks on this and instead get, say, Drunken Master, but you all knew that anyways.
Star Trek the Original Series, Season II- We, of course, never ever watched Star Trek, but we're sure there are some people out there who did, so we list this DVD release for them. Frankly, we're surprised that these aren't out on DVD yet as selling things to Trekkie's is like, well, like, pretty frickin' easy. Hell, if people will buy DVDs of the incredibly yawn-worthy Voyager, imagine how many people will throw down for Season Two of "Classic Trek." And not that we'd know, but we hear Season II is pretty good too- featuring the episodes with those tribble thingies and the episode where Spock gets horny and duels Kirk to the death. Oh, not to mention the episode where they go to the parallel universe and Spock's all evil or the one where Vic "Dingy!" Tayback plays a gangster and Kirk teaches everyone a game of fizzbin. We love that one. Or, we mean, we've heard that it was a good episode
Our Pick- For the second week in a row, we're going to have to go with the Ultimate Party Collection, that DVD combo of Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Dazed and Confused. Yeah, both are really good movies and both feature all-star casts (hey, Ben Afleck's in Dazed and it still doesn't suck) but we figure we should recommend this DVD only because in light of the election, we'll need the wise words of the eminent philosopher Jeff Spicoli to help us through. If your candidate wins, well, "hey bud, let's party!" And if your candidate loses, just repeat the mantra "all I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine" over and over again. And if this thing turns into the debacle everyone thinks it will be, just remember this: "people on 'ludes should not drive."