Hey folks -- Decided to spend my X-E time this weekend polishing the new sections, starting with a start page for the Kool-Aid Section. Also, the section's been beefed up with one of the holier flavor reviews, this time for Sunshine Punch! The stuff in the packet is from 1982, and it still makes for one marvelous punch. There's also a few reviews of different Wacky Warehouse toys added -- just check out the big list at top right to see what's new. Okay, back to work...see you later.
REPLIES: 74 comments
Thanks for the updates, Matt!
Chestnuts roasted by eyeless @ 06/18/2005 04:36 PM EST
I vaguely remember this one. But Sharkleberry will always hold the specialest place in my heart for add-your-own-sugar drinks.
Chestnuts roasted by Sean @ 06/18/2005 04:38 PM EST
Hiya Sean -- my Geo died. :/
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 06/18/2005 04:57 PM EST
Geos and Kool-Aid: there's no way I can express my love for each without sounding sarcastic. I think I may be a bit young for the legendary Sharkleberrey and this is my first time to hear of Sunshine Punch, but I had yet another conversation just this morning about perhaps the greatest drink of all - Yogi Bear CapriSun. Ah, delightful stuff, certainly. It's unsettling how often I crave the stuff. I was never much of Yogi fan, particularly because I don't believe I've ever seen his show, but his drink is the sort of thing I'd always welcome in my pic-a-nic basket. Probably hasn't been available in the past ten years, but it gave the world a whole new definition to the phrase "glorious liquid, pouch-based, juice sensation" when it was around.
Chestnuts roasted by Tougi @ 06/18/2005 05:19 PM EST
mmmmmmmm.... Sunshine Punch.
I might ignore my Diabetes (actually, I've taking pretty good care of my myself) and buy me a packet of reg'lar sweetened Kool-Aid. Off to Wal-Mart after work!
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 06/18/2005 05:19 PM EST
I haven't had a single cup of Kool-Aid since I was a kid... Reading the new Kool-Aid section inspired me to give it another go. I picked up a bunch of different flavors at the local Albertsons and mixed myself up a batch of liquid Jello cherry.
I learned 2 things from this.
1.Kool Aid is the nectar of the
gods
2.When you wake up after a long night of drinking and you are dehydrated, never drink Kool Aid. It felt like my tongue was shriveling up
Chestnuts roasted by d-roc @ 06/18/2005 06:05 PM EST
Mmmm, sunshine punch sure brings back a lot of memories. I can still taste it's bright sugary orange on my tongue...
Chestnuts roasted by Jeff Mack @ 06/18/2005 06:38 PM EST
Good job matt love the new site design
Chestnuts roasted by JAM @ 06/18/2005 07:07 PM EST
Favorite DVD's, eh?
Napoleon Dynamite
Aqua Teen Hunger Force I
Star Wars Episode V
Tenacious D - The Complete Masterworks
Ghostbusters
Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 06/18/2005 08:02 PM EST
Of the few DVDs I do have (I've only had the thing for a little more than a year and some DVD sets cost more than I spent for the player), my favorites are...
Mickey Mouse in Living Color, Vol 2
Looney Tunes Gold Collection
The Monkees Season 1 and 2
Alice In Wonderland Masterpiece Edition
I took "The Incredibles" out of the library last month and I highly recommend it, not only for a fantasic movie, but for the best two-disc set around. The extras are even more fun than the movie (which is saying a lot), including hilarious interviews of the "cast," a "lost" 50s-limited-animation style cartoon featuring two of the main characters, and dossiers on all of the superheroes mentioned in the movie, even those who were seen briefly.
I do have vague but fond memories of Sunshine Punch. Mom probably bought every kind of Kool Aid avalible throughout the 80s at one time or another. It was a cheap way to get some liquids in a bunch of little kids. Good stuff. Good times.
Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 06/18/2005 08:17 PM EST
Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Sentimental favorite movie of all time, and the special features are absolutely aces. The pop-up trivia commentary is cool, but it really just recaps the superior audio commentary....plus it includes all the RR shorts.
Cannibal! The Musical: not really that big of a favorite movie of mine, but the commentary is golden.
Reno 911! Season Two (signed): I do think Season One was more consistent in it's hilarity (and had the better theme song) but there are so many great bits in Season Two...haven't had the chance to watch any of the bonus features besides one of the Easter Eggs but they're supposed to be excellent.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Criterion): I actually haven't brought myself to watch this one since Hunter Thompson's death, but I found two of the three commentaries totally absorbing. Decent amount of bonus features as well.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Volume 5: Includes Timechasers, Touch of Satan, The Legend of Boggy Creek II and Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders. I never ever get tired of watching them, especially the last two.
Carnivale Season 1 would be included on here but I made the mistake of lending it out and it was "lost". Same applies to the Godfather Trilogy.
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 06/18/2005 08:20 PM EST
5. The Urethra Chronicles
4. The Ataris Live @ Capital Milling
3. Josie & the Pussycats
2. High Fidelity
1. Matrix Revolutions
I wanna say The Matrix Trilogy but its 10 discs and well that would be cheating supreme.
And I want to seperate Music DVDs from Movies, but again, cheating.
So this is the best balance I think.
Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 06/18/2005 08:24 PM EST
Oooooh starwenn I've always wanted the Monkees box sets...originally I wanted the VHS version which was something like 30 tapes. I heard the packaging the set comes in isn't the highest quality; have any complaints? Amazon reviews also tell me the "Head" DVD isn't a very good transfer 
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 06/18/2005 08:25 PM EST
in no particular order
freaks and geeks: the complete series
clerks: the animated series
duran duran: greatest (the videos)
high fidelity
hedwig and the angry inch
Chestnuts roasted by samantha @ 06/18/2005 08:29 PM EST
5.Jacob's Ladder
4.MST3k vol. 2
3.Dawn of the Dead (orig.)
2.Space Ghost Coast to Coast vol3
1.Home Movies Season 2
Chestnuts roasted by d-roc @ 06/18/2005 08:39 PM EST
Hm...I have several awesome DVDs, but I can only name 5?!
in no order:
-Futurama Vol 2
-Simpsons Season 5
-UHF
-Monty Python's Flying Circus box set (all 14 discs, 45 episodes)
-Spaceballs: Collector's Edition
I also have these goodies:
-Wacky Races, the complete series
-Top Cat: The Complete Series (just got it friday)
-Clerks X
-Clerks the animated series
-The Incredibles
-Aqua Teen Hunger Force, vol 1-3
-Harvey Birdman vol 1
-Space Ghost: Coast To Coast vol 1-3
-Sealab 2021 vol 1-2
-Lewis Black: Unleashed (signed by Lewis himself!!!)
-The Critic: The Complete Series
-Futurama vol 1-4
-Simpsons seasons 1-5
-"Weird Al" Yankovic: the ultimate video collection
-Invader Zim box set (I bought the first 3 DVDs when they came out, and the box set has the 4th bonus dvd, plus an exlusive GIR figure)
-Seinfeld Re-Gift set (sadly, I don't have Season 4 yet)
-Family Guy Seasons 1&2, 3, Frickin' Sweet Collection
Plus a few others unworthy of mentioning
Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 06/18/2005 08:53 PM EST
I am a big commentary fan and that has an effect on which DVD's I love and it may explain why some of these choice are included.
5. CLONE WARS Animated Series
4. CLERKS Animated Series
3. SEINFELD (1-4)
2. GREMLINS
1. SIMPSONS season 1 (best commentaries because the animation is soooo bad. Also, it is fun to see the humble/ordinary storylines of the early days)
Glad to see the "I'm bored on a Saturday night" has become a tradition (or am I?)
Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 06/18/2005 09:23 PM EST
Gozer has some really good ones. I'd pick all those except Dynamite because I do not have it. In it's place I would put the Cowboy Beebop box set. Also, I would replace Star Wars with The 2 disk Big Trouble in Little China . Or maybe the new Escape From New York, but that's a big fucking maybe.
Chestnuts roasted by Dwarf Lover @ 06/18/2005 09:41 PM EST
Five fav DVD's I own:
1) Casablanca
2) Reservoir Dogs
3) Citizen Kane
4) Before Sunrise
5) Spaceballs
Chestnuts roasted by Jeff Mack @ 06/18/2005 10:09 PM EST
I'm totally behind on DVD's, too much money to replace all my Vhs tapes, so here's my favorite movies
Say Anything (Made EVERY girl love john cusak)
Real Genius (when Val Kilmer was normal)
So I Married an Axe Murderer
Napolean Dynamyte
Logan's Run
Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 06/18/2005 10:13 PM EST
Hmm, let me see...
1)Nightmare On Elm Street
2)Clerks
3)Pulp Fiction
4)Evil Dead
5)Aqua Teen Hunger Force
List probably changes here and there sometimes.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt(#2?) @ 06/18/2005 10:37 PM EST
In no particular order,
1. MacGyver Season 1
2. MST3K Volume 3
3. Queen: Live at Wembley
4. Space Ghost Coast to Coast Vol. 2
5. Mr. Show Season 3
Chestnuts roasted by James @ 06/18/2005 10:39 PM EST
I can't think of all five movies at the moment, but I don't normally care for commentary features too much, but Guillermo Del Toro's commentaries on Blade 2 were way funny. Just keeps talking about this and that and just brings lots of humor.
Chestnuts roasted by Heathtown @ 06/18/2005 11:08 PM EST
My five faves:
1) Robo Vampire (the greatest film ever made?...)
2) Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
3) Ghostbusters
4) Looney Tunes - The Golden Collection
5) Hulk
Chestnuts roasted by Aaron @ 06/18/2005 11:33 PM EST
Heh... I've only got 6 DVDs, not counting the two boxed sets I own (first season of Arrested Development, first season of Sailor Moon). And I refuse to list Titanic on the list of my favorite 5 DVDs, it's just embarrassing. So, here we go.
1. Xanadu
2. Hellboy
3. Labyrinth
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
5. Beauty and the Beast
I know, I'm a dork.
Chestnuts roasted by Beth @ 06/18/2005 11:34 PM EST
1. Fight Club
2. Gattaca
3. The Matrix
4. Family Guy Seasons 1, 2 & 3
5. All of Futurama ;]
Numbers 1 and 2 have to be my all time favourite movies anyway. I rented Fight Club in February and since I was home recovering from surgery, I watched it 17 times over the course of a week. Fun? Yes. Sad? Definately.
Chestnuts roasted by Starreh @ 06/18/2005 11:54 PM EST
my top 5 are:
1)Alien Quadrilogy
2)Tron
3)Evil Dead
4)Looney Tunes: Golden Collection
5)Tremors
in other news I bought my first box of chocodiles in over eight years today and they're still excellent!
Chestnuts roasted by Serpentor @ 06/19/2005 12:07 AM EST
1. Fight Club
2. Nine Inch Nails and all that could have been.
3. Concert for George
4. Memento
5. Star Wars Trilogy
There's so many more though.
Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 06/19/2005 12:17 AM EST
1. Real Genius
2. Super Mario Bros.
3. Double Dragon
4. G.I. Joe: The Movie
5. Do the Right Thing
Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 06/19/2005 12:48 AM EST
Rock on KB! Say Anything is the movie that made Cusack the ONE from which every Emo Boy in the world takes their cues.
My Top 5 All-Time Cusack Movies?
1. High Fidelity (I know Say.. should be, but I LOVE music)
2. Say Anything
3. Serendipity
4. Grosse Pointe Blank
5. Better Off Dead
Thanks to Matt for letting us do a Top 5!!!
Chestnuts roasted by Knegative AKA John Q. Zach @ 06/19/2005 01:09 AM EST
My first three DVDs are clear, but everything else after that is kind of a gray area.
1. The Wedding Singer (it took a lot for me to finally admit that was my favorite movie. I really wish it was something meatier, but darn it if I don't love this movie in the worst way.)
2. The Office
3. The Simpsons (seasons 1-5)
4. A Charlie Brown Christmas
5. Strictly Ballroom (or one of Christopher Guest's latest masterpieces - A Mighty Wind, Best In Show, or Waiting For Guffman. Like I said, gray area...)
Bonus points for The Breakfast Club, my favorite movie to watch and recite. It might have made the list had it have had anything resembling a special feature on it. Cast bios don't count. That is such a pathetic excuse for a special feature.
Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 06/19/2005 01:13 AM EST
5. My Bootleg 1994 "Fantastic Four" movie.
4. Transformers: The Movie
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season Two
2. Ninja Turtles Anime
1. Back To The Future: Complete Trilogy.
Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 06/19/2005 01:32 AM EST
Oh my God, how could I ever forget about Sunshine Punch?! Well, I did, and now I want some REALLY BAD. Thanks, Matt... I will have to pretend (really hard) that my Sunny D is Sunshine Punch.
Top 5 DVD's
1. Practical Magic
2. Bridget Jones's Diary
3. Bridget Jones's Diary 2
4. Sleepy Hollow
5. Interview With the Vampire
I have way too many anime DVD's to pick a mere 5, so I left those out. 
Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 06/19/2005 02:04 AM EST
hmmm, 5 you say?
Well, here goes:
The Residents: Demons Dance Alone
True Stories (the David Byrne movie starring John Goodman and Swoosie Kurtz)
Weird Al Yankovic: UHF
24 Season 1
Pink Floyd - The Wall
That was kind of hard, but in a good way!
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 06/19/2005 02:34 AM EST
Awwww, shit! I completely forgot about my new crown jewels in the collection!\
Golden Girls Seasons 1 & 2!!
How could I forget?!?! Back in Sicily, Guido Spomereli used to something something something! Cause we didn't have running water!
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 06/19/2005 02:38 AM EST
Easy. Boring, but easy. All tied for #1, we have the first two seasons of Home Movies, and the 3 extended Lord of the Rings.
Chestnuts roasted by Evin @ 06/19/2005 03:26 AM EST
The three LOTR extended DVDS get on there by default.
Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas hit the list as the best extras on any of the Criterion Collection films I've watched.
And... The Incredibles, because the storyboards are awesome, hell every single iota of the extras disc is awesome, and the commentary rules.
Chestnuts roasted by DarkPrimus @ 06/19/2005 03:44 AM EST
Favorite DVDs are the ones I can watch more then once every two years. With most movies, yearly is easily enough.
1. Napoleon Dynamite- Sorry kids, but if you haven't actually been to southern Idaho, you missing a whole dimention to this movie.
2. Adventures of Pete and Pete season 1- Ok, I don't technically have this, but if I still lived in the states, I would; and it would be #2.
3. Dodgeball- Just funny for me. Commentary is...crappy, but not like I'll make that mistake again.
4. Billy Madison- Once again, funny. I can watch it over and over.
5...can't think of any others. Throw in any other Sandler movie or maybe Goonies, but I don't own them, so...
Chestnuts roasted by Mad Cow @ 06/19/2005 08:19 AM EST
Okay, I know this is sacrilige, but my 5 year old wanted some Orange Kool-Aid, but mama bear doesn't want him having that much sugar. I decided to buy it, but I also got a big ole' bag of Splenda. It actually tastes pretty good that way.
Chestnuts roasted by Joe in OH @ 06/19/2005 09:03 AM EST
Transformers Season 1
The Critic Complete Series
Goonies
This is Spinal Tap
Best in Show
Chestnuts roasted by BrightNoah @ 06/19/2005 10:07 AM EST
1. Shaun of the Dead
2. Chasing Amy (Criterion)
3. The Big Lebowski
4. Seven (NL Platinum Series)
5. Kill Bill Vol. 2
Honorable Mentions:
Ed Wood Spec. Ed.
Jackie Brown Coll. Ed.
It's a Wonderful Life
Napoleon Dynamite
Starship Troopers Spec. Ed.
Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 06/19/2005 10:12 AM EST
REVIEW THE WORLD-
I am so glad someone else remember's that movie. It had SO MANY great lines, usually if I am trying to get someone to remember it I just mention the part about the popcorn and it comes back to them
Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 06/19/2005 10:39 AM EST
Clerks X
The Nightmare on Elm Street boxed set
Donnie Darko - director's cut
Reefer Madness Special Addiction
The Matrix
Chestnuts roasted by Sam @ 06/19/2005 12:40 PM EST
In case anyone's interested, Group 006 of the CPP has been posted.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 06/19/2005 12:46 PM EST
Hey King check it! Jarvis makes an appearance! One time I was channel surfing and found some special in Russian that featured a giant bear riding a tricycle on an ice rink...he did not look happy.
Re: all the Disney afternoon shows: Ooooh, I wonder if we'll be seeing any Marsupilami premiums...Wow, until this moment I had no idea that Marsupilami was invented by a Belgian artist in the 50's. I tried to get into Bonkers as well, but it was such a pale imitation of Roger Rabbit I couldn't hang. Of course I though Tale Spin was the greatest show in history (well, that and Darkwing Duck) but I catch them on occasion on the Toon Disney channel and they have NOT aged well.
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 06/19/2005 02:23 PM EST
Happy Father's Day to all you Baby-Daddies and soon-to-be Baby-Daddies! I'll be calling my Pops later today and tell him to put down the Playboys until his ticker is stronger.
and now.....
Spider-Man
Ghostbusters
TransFormers: The Movie
Tron
UHF
(list subject to change without reason, will be written in Klingon when you're not looking at it, may cause rash or crankiness)
As soon as the image of the Cookie Crisp toy sinks past the first thousand layers of the giant Gobstopper that is my brain, I just might be able to tell you what it's supposed to do. It's either a magic trick or festive handles for a garrote.
Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 06/19/2005 02:43 PM EST
I don't think I even own 5 DVDs. All that I have are:
-Valley Girl
-Carnivale Season 1
-My Neighbor Totoro
And I bought My Architect last night, haven't watched it yet.
Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 06/19/2005 03:04 PM EST
Happy Father's Day Everyone! Especially to the new daddies like Manimal!
Top 5 DVDs
Finding Nemo (Kids do this to you)
Friday Night Lights (Football in Texas baby...)
Varsity Blues (Football in Texas, can't beat it!)
Chappelle's Show Season 2 (I'm about to go from ashy to classy!)
Bloodsport (The only Van Damme movie I want).
Oh, we won today 34-20 but I didn't get to throw much. We still have an outside chance to finish second and perhaps move up a league.
And for the record: I still haven't seen Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Nerds, er Sith. Man, what a cross-over movie that could be.
Star Wars + Revenge of the Nerds = Big Box office cash!
Miramax are you listening?
Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz
Chestnuts roasted by EMajorwitz @ 06/19/2005 04:10 PM EST
Okay, saw this movie My Science Project the other night and it's on again today. It is so fucking bad, I love it! Its got Dennis Hopper (crazy!) and John Stockwell from "Christine" and a crazy timewarp device that turns the school into hell!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089652/
Yeah, good cast, bad dialogue, bad acting...great Sunday afternoon couch potato movie!
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 06/19/2005 04:36 PM EST
Yeh. Post #50.
I had that Chip Stamper. Loved the cartoon. The best Disney cartoons were the non movie-related ones (Rescue Rangers, Gummi Bears, DuckTales, Talespin, Bonkers, Goof Troop)
Top 5 DVDs:
Batman Animated Series Vol 1
Superman Animated Series
Hulk Rules
LOTR Extended Editions
T2 Judgement Day Extreme Version
Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 06/19/2005 05:34 PM EST
Just read the Cereal Group 006, and the mention of "Jarvis" the old-skool Cookie Crisp mascot made me recall viewing a comercial the other day with a new mascot. Apparently they're ditching the dog and going with some sort of eXtreme wolf or something. Did anyone else notice this change?
Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 06/19/2005 07:49 PM EST
Goz, it was mentioned when the cookie copper was featured on the CPP.
JLA, wouldn't Tale Spin be considered movie related?
DeepdiscountDVD.com is having a 20% off sale this week, and this thread is giving me tons of ideas. I'm definitely getting Pete and Pete and Clone Wars Volume 1, and I plan to buy the Trilogy too. Any recos for wide screen versus full (I'm leaning towards wide)?
Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 06/19/2005 08:08 PM EST
I'm guessing that the Cookie Crisp Wizard (or whatever) is pre-1983 (??). I seem to recall that there were also 2 flavors of the cereal: chocolate and vanilla. (I don't think the latter stayed around very long.)
Chestnuts roasted by Tell Her No @ 06/19/2005 08:13 PM EST
1. The Andy Griffith Show seasons 1-5 (I only actually have season 1 at the moment, but I will have seasons 1-5 at some point in the near future)
2. Star Wars trilogy
3. The Odd Couple (movie not the crappy series)
4. Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
5. James Bond movies
Chestnuts roasted by Jason @ 06/19/2005 08:59 PM EST
DVDs, in no specific order since i cant decide:
1.Lord of the Rings EE
2.The Rise and Fall of ECW
3.The Pretender season 1
4.Interview with the Vampire
5.The Shawshank Redemption
Chestnuts roasted by DemonWeb @ 06/19/2005 11:13 PM EST
1. First Blood Part II
2. First Blood
3. Rocky
4. Cobra
5. Over the Top
The rest of you are clearly mad.
Chestnuts roasted by Robert @ 06/20/2005 12:46 AM EST
darn it, this is hard! I guess I'll go with the dvd's where I watch the special features as much as the actual programs themselves. In no particular order:
1.Beany and Cecil: the cartoons and puppet shows on this are hillarious, but the unfinished works by Bob Clampett are incredible.
2.Wallace and Gromit
3. Tron
4.Robotech:Love those special features! especially that spanish pepsi commercial.
5.Rock and Rule 2 disc set: yeah, I only heard about it from the date release, it's only been out 2 weeks, and a major deciding factor in buying it was a certain band performing in it(any guesses?), but this film literally rocks!
Chestnuts roasted by cheaptrick @ 06/20/2005 01:13 AM EST
I don't consider Talespin to be movie-related. Even though Jungle Book characters were used, that was about it. Different concept.
Movie-related cartoons tend to be shorter-lived and just does the movie in 30 minutes usually. (Timon and Pumba, Hercules, Tarzan, Lilo and Stitch, Buzz Lightyear, etc.)
Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 06/20/2005 01:28 AM EST
Star Wars Trilogy
Fight Club
Transformers season 1
Transformers the Movie
The Wall
The Neverending Story
Karate Kid Collection
Curb Your Enthusiasm seasons 1-3
Scarface
Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 06/20/2005 02:05 AM EST
OOps forgot Sifl and Olly: the unaired 3rd season
Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 06/20/2005 02:08 AM EST
1) Lilo & Stitch: Special Edition - 2 hour documentary and directors commentary which pokes fun at A-Teens makes it worth finding.
2) Star Wars Trilogy - picked it up secondhand the same week it went retail.
3) CSI: Season 1 - I love the series and I wish I had more of it.
4) Lion King: Special Edition - it's Lion King. Nuff said.
5) Gargoyles: Season 1 - the way an animated series should be done. With Star Trek actors as a bonus.
Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 06/20/2005 04:39 AM EST
I don't have a lot of DVDs as of yet, so only the Top 3 coincide, albeit slightly out of order, with my favorite movies.
5. My newly acquired Pete & Pete Season 1!
4. Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone.
3. Princess Bride.
2. Goonies.
1. Back to the Future trilogy.
Chestnuts roasted by Mike Fireball @ 06/20/2005 06:11 AM EST
All my DVDs suck compared to all the others.
1. Back to the Future (Just because I don't have the Star Wars Trilogy yet.)
2. Sliders Seasons 1 & 2
3. UHF
4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
5. The Simpsons Season 2
Chestnuts roasted by Ekkostar @ 06/20/2005 08:38 AM EST
In no order....
1-Almost Famous (Bootleg Edition)
2-Scrubs S1
3-Sopranos S5
4-The Holy Grail (Special Edition) - Lego Camelot? Rock On!
5-Futurama S4
Chestnuts roasted by selvig @ 06/20/2005 09:16 AM EST
nylon = party time! OH YEAH!
Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 06/20/2005 11:05 AM EST
Thanks to everyone who offered me congrats on the last blog postings....I guess the excitement of the new job was too much for me, I've been horribly sick on the couch for 2 days! I finally dragged myself to a computer, hoping XE would cheer me up....and it did! Thanks, everyone! I can't wait to get home and start getting ready for the school year (ugh, I sound like an ultra-nerd.)
Top 5 DVDS I own:
1.) The Goonies (took me WEEKS of hunting before I found it)
2.)Stand By Me
3.)Star Wars Trilogy
4.)Back to the Future Trilogy
5.)Hmmmm....UHF or all 3 Harry Potter movies!
Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 06/20/2005 11:10 AM EST
In no order:
Back to the Future Trilogy
Original Star Wars Trilogy
Indiana Jones Box Set
Batman Returns
High Fidelity
Chestnuts roasted by Enda @ 06/20/2005 06:56 PM EST
friday the 13th part 6, super troopers, halloween h20, o brother where art though?, and mall rats.
Chestnuts roasted by danoslayer @ 06/20/2005 07:14 PM EST
Squee, I don't know about "Head" as I have a video copy, but the packaging on the Monkees DVD IS a pain. The cardboard slips are recreations of the Monkees singles record covers...nifty idea on paper, but lousy coverings for DVDs in practice. The tranfers aren't great, either. Even so, if you can afford the price tag, the DVDs are highly recommended. There's commentary from all four members on Season 2 and three on Season 1 (Micky Dolenz was apparently busy when they recorded the first commentaries), director Jim Frawley (who went on to do "The Muppet Movie"
, songwriter Tommy Hart, and producer/director Bob Rafelson, along with the completely bizarre special "33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee" in Season 2.
"Tale Spin," "Duck Tales," and "Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers" are three long-time favorite cartoons. I recently saw all three on Toon Disney and still enjoyed them for the most part. I recall the Chip and Dale Kellogg's premium very well; it's another one of those little trinkets we had tucked into the crevices of our room for years. I think we had Dale, though.
Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 06/20/2005 07:21 PM EST
DVDs!
Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Brilliant movie with lots of super-hilarious extra features (you can get it in Lego. LEGO!). This movie makes me laugh every single time I watch it, so it obviously is up here on my list.
Royal Tenenbaums. I love this movie, and with the DVD I can watch my favourite scenes over and over, whenever I want! Yes!
This is Spinal Tap. Again, hilarious every time, and the commentary is filled to the brim with comedy gold.
Roman Holiday = classic, restored. Bueno.
Elf is barely on here, because it's an adorable movie, but I saw it a trillion times in a row this past Christmas, so some of its charm was definitely lost.
Chestnuts roasted by Becca @ 06/21/2005 03:57 AM EST
1. Transformers: The Movie
2. BaseKetball (from the creators of South Park)
3. Waterboy (Sander & C.Bates)
4. Bicentennial Man
5. I, Robot
Chestnuts roasted by Traynor @ 06/21/2005 01:43 PM EST
A couple of days late.
Hmm... five favourite DVDs?
In no particular order besides alphabetical:
Dawn of the Dead: Ultimate Edition: Three different cuts of the film spread over three DVDs plus a fourth disk with all sorts of behind the scenes features, including Document of the Dead, a documentary about George A. Romero's technique with segments from 1978 and 1989; the 1989 stuff is mostly Tom Savini setting up a special effects shot from a long-forgotten film, it's boring and drags on too long, but the 1978 portion is precisely the sort of "point-the-camera-and-shoot" documentary I prefer that's largely raw footage from around the Monroeville Mall with minimal narration. Also, there's a shorter segment with footage of how the Monroeville Mall looks now. By the way, despite what some people may think, I think that the U.S. theatrical cut of Dawn of the Dead is superior to the extended cut, since the extended cut, for the most part, just has longer versions of the same scenes, mainly longer "takes" with very little "new" worth seeing (very, very few of the extra 18 minutes of footage involve zombies at all). The theatrical cut just feels much tighter.
The Incredibles: In my opinion, this was quite possibly the best animated film made since Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service in 1989, and the extras on the second disk were spectacular, a notch above even the Toy Story: Ultimate Toybox triple-disk set. I especially like the files on all the "Supers", complete with fake interview clips.
Independence Day: I know it's fashionable to bash this film now, but I still think it was one of the finest of the 1990's summer "event" films, and I think much of it, like President Whitmore's jingoistic speech towards the end, is quite intentionally cheesy. It's a spoof of sci-fi films done with a mostly straight face. I love the old "Five Star Collection" series prestige edition of this film. (I wish Fox hadn't retired the "Five Star Collection" moniker when two-disk sets became almost the de facto standard way to release nearly every film on DVD; I'm such a sucker for that shiny silver box with the holographic rainbow effect.) You get the normal DVD features, including 2 different cuts of the film and 2 commentary tracks, but you also get a 22-minute "mockumentary" about the aftermath of the invasion, and the absolute most unique feature of all is the Easter Egg where you can see over an hour of video clips that they shot for the television screens in the movie.
Project A-ko: Collector's Series: A hyperkinetic anime comedy classic which deserves more recognition. I once wrote about Project A-ko, "This movie is proof that not all anime films are insightful, haunting, poetic, elegaic, or philisophical with deep subtexts on the nature of existence, asking what makes us human. Some anime films are about schoolgirls with powers and big robots and spaceships and panties and wacky mayhem." The "Collector's Series" version of the DVD features a remastered picture with a restored full-screen image (this movie was animated full-screen and then "matted" for widescreen), a subtitled commentary track from animation director Yuji Moriyama, and a Japanese behind-the-scenes special from 1986 that's unintentionally hilarious because the animators are so sexist (and so is the narrator). Project A-ko is also a notable anime film because it's one of the first anime films to feature music and songs composed by Americans, Joey Carbone and Richie Zito, and the songs were also performed in English (and one of the singers was Samantha Newark, who was the speaking voice of Jerrica Benton a.k.a. "Jem" of the Holograms), so the "Collector's Series" DVD case also includes a CD of the soundtrack making the Project A-ko DVD an incredible bargain now that Central Park Media/U.S. Manga Corps is selling it for a reduced price.
Rushmore: I spent a pretty penny on the Criterion Edition of this back in 2000, but it was worth it, because I find it to be a very elegant single disk presentation, where, somehow, they were able to cram not just a movie and commentary track onto the disk, but also a full hour of Charlie Rose featuring Bill Murray and Wes Anderson, a behind-the-scenes documentary shot, also in the narration-light "point-the-camera-and-shoot" style, by Wes's brother, Eric Chase Anderson, and lots of other assorted goodies including three short movie parodies, of Out of Sight, The Truman Show, and Armageddon, performed on stage by the "Max Fischer Players", made for the 1999 MTV Movie awards. Eric Chase Anderson, who is also an illustrator, drew the art on the cover, the inserts, the disk label, and even the disk menus, and you get a mini-poster "map" of the places from the film.
Chestnuts roasted by Steve Brandon @ 06/22/2005 07:51 PM EST
Matt (the New Zealand one): There's a Lilo & Stitch Special Edition? Is it Region 4 only? I had heard that Disney originally was going to release one in January 2004, but it never made it to store shelves in North America, where the best film Disney Feature Animation has made since at least The Lion King is somehow about the only one without a version with a commentary track.
Damn, and I'm one of the few anime fans who actually preferred Lilo & Stitch to the decent but somewhat bloated, overlong, unfocused, and scattershot Spirited Away. (Though, speaking of Hayao Miyazaki films, I actually liked Howl's Moving Castle more than Matt, as in X-E Matt this time, did according to his review at Boxoffice.com. It's not on par with Kiki's Delivery Service or My Neighbor Totoro, but I feel it was superior to Spirited Away because Miyazaki seems to have fixed a lot of the issues I had with his unfocused and disjointed storytelling in his previous film.)
Chestnuts roasted by Steve Brandon @ 06/22/2005 08:11 PM EST
1. Club Dread - Good movie, not great but good enough.. and stupid enough to watch over and over. The DVD extras are okay too I guess, I still haven't got the extended version.
2. Cabin Fever - This movie really stood out to me when it came out, offering something a little different. Great movie and a great DVD.
3. Freddy vs Jason - Great movie, brought back the feel of the originals but with a contemporary vibe so it didn't get stale. I say good DVD cuz the director shares some good tips on horror movie making like the color schemes he uses for each character and his kung fu background.
4. My Star Wars Episode III Cam DVD - the only way I could possibly sit through all 3 (2, 3?) hours is in bootleg DVD installments.
5. House of the dead - not a good menu, not really even a good DVD, but it's got at least one or two hot chicks in it and it's great to watch when you're "not sober"..
There you go, a list of 5 good DVDs by somebody who's baked outta their skull..
Chestnuts roasted by weirdoz weirdo @ 06/26/2005 06:41 PM EST
