Latest DVD and Blu-ray Purchases

[Darthknuxward]

Picked up Ultraman today.

[Allio]

^
Reminds me, I am still only on episode 16

[Chaotix12345]

Picked up King Kong vs. Godzilla on DVD for five bucks at Wal-Mart yesterday.

[Mandy Chan]

got this gem

[Storm Eagle]

Batman - Diamond Luxe Edition
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Target exclusive w/bonus disc and 4 slipcovers)

[TheCanadiandrome]

got my TMNT Blu-Ray with Raph statue from Amazon today

[Storm Eagle]

Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? - The Complete Series



I saw it at Toys R Us for just $5.99, and I figured "what the heck?". I just wish Mill Creek Entertainment would learn that it's not a good idea to stack up discs on one hub.

[Donnieangelo]

I just got the newest TMNT movie on Blu-Ray/DVD with Digital Download. (Gosh, I hate explaining things fully.)

And let's not forget the third TMNT movie on Blu-Ray too. (Yes, I do like the third movie. Problem?)

[Leo656]

Was fortunate to have been given the following surprises for Christmas:

Batman: Assault on Arkham
Best of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (animated series)
The History of Beavis and Butt-Head
This Is Spinal-Tap
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Super-Friends! Season One Volume Two (think I finally have all of them now!)
The Godzilla Collection (contains "Gojira", "Godzilla: King of the Monsters", "Godzilla Raids Again", "Mothra Vs. Godzilla", "Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster", "Invasion of Astro-Monster", "All Monsters Attack", and "Terror of MechaGodzilla"!)
Turtle Power documentary (Finally!)

I got for the wife:

Hellboy Animated - "Sword of Storms" and "Blood & Iron"
The Boondocks: The Complete Fourth Season
Brothers of Destruction Greatest Matches
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Dark Crystal
Judge Dredd
Dredd
Jumanji
Willow
Maleficent

[blindturtle02]

Got Simpsons season 17 and Clone Wars Lost Missions for Christmas. I got my better half volume 1 of that old Dark Shadows series from the 60s and 70s. So we've got a tun to watch before break's over.

[MrTMNT2012]

Got this bad boy as soon as I saw it at the local cEX! Hands down one of the greatest Animation viewing experiences I've ever had.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Was fortunate to have been given the following surprises for Christmas:


The History of Beavis and Butt-Head

However did you get that one?

As for my own haul for today, and the final one of the year...

Power Rangers Super Megaforce, Vol. 1 - Earth Fights Back



I could have gotten this last week at Wal-Mart, and they only had one copy left. To make sure the disc wasn't loose, I shook it. I heard nothing. Then I noticed a tear in the plastic wrapping on the bottom. That didn't confront me, but there was a hole in the bottom of the case. I asked if they might have had other copies in their back room, but they told me that what's on the shelf is all that's available. So I just didn't bother buying it there, and just decided to order it online instead.

[Autbot_Benz]

just got this for my Doctor Who collection

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by Storm Eagle

However did you get that one?

Sadly turned out to be a high-quality reproduction of the original. Quality's fine, though. I just wish my boy Judge would pull his head out of his ass and do a "complete series" or "lost episodes" deal. For the F'n FANS, ya dig? Like, yeah, Mike, yeah, "Blood Drive" was awful and the one where they shot down a plane could be considered "horribly offensive" in a post-9/11 world. Nobody cares but you! We want to laugh at the sh*t we laughed at when we were 12. Those episodes ran on TV hundreds of times for years and NOW you're ashamed of 'em? Come oooonnnn, it's history, bro, and it's money in your pocket.

"MTV destroyed the original tapes". Suuuuuure they did, nitz. They still have the master tapes of every f***in' Grim Reaper music video ever made but they trashed their Beavis and Butt-Head masters. I buy that. Uh-huh.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Sadly turned out to be a high-quality reproduction of the original. Quality's fine, though. I just wish my boy Judge would pull his head out of his ass and do a "complete series" or "lost episodes" deal. For the F'n FANS, ya dig? Like, yeah, Mike, yeah, "Blood Drive" was awful and the one where they shot down a plane could be considered "horribly offensive" in a post-9/11 world. Nobody cares but you! We want to laugh at the sh*t we laughed at when we were 12. Those episodes ran on TV hundreds of times for years and NOW you're ashamed of 'em? Come oooonnnn, it's history, bro, and it's money in your pocket.

"MTV destroyed the original tapes". Suuuuuure they did, nitz. They still have the master tapes of every f***in' Grim Reaper music video ever made but they trashed their Beavis and Butt-Head masters. I buy that. Uh-huh.

Are you saying it's a really good bootleg?

I actually have a copy of it too. I got it from some guy selling it on eBay back in 2003. I've even wondered if my copy might be a bootleg too. I can tell you that people have bought those multi-season sets of Power Rangers only to find out that what they got were bootlegs. So that's why I've been spreading the word, and telling people not to get them from eBay sellers, or even Amazon marketplace sellers.

Apparently, Mike Judge isn't at all interested in doing a complete series release. All he gave us were his favorite episodes in three sets back in 2005 and 2006, and some of the episodes have things taken out of them. Lame. In 2002 and 2003, Time-Life started selling DVDs which were actually the same home video releases that were put out on VHS back in the day. Mike Judge says he didn't even approve of them doing that. I'd really like to have a complete series release, but then I won't even get to go on a date with Jennifer Love Hewitt.

[Leo656]

Yes, it's a well-done bootleg I was just trying to be diplomatic about it. She didn't pay a lot for it so it's not like she got ripped off, although the fact that it wasn't the usual $100 asking price should've tipped her off.

I'm well familiar with Judge being "embarrassed" about the quality of the earlier episodes and thus his refusal to release them. He basically says as much in the Special Features on the official DVDs. He goes on and on about how awful they were and how much he personally hated them and can't understand why anyone would ever want to see them again... then realizes he's coming dangerously close to insulting his own fanbase, so shifts gears to "Uh, I also think MTV destroyed them so I couldn't give them to you if I wanted to." Uh huh.

It's just because he caught the George Lucas "Creator's Vision" disease, wanting to have total control over how people see/experience his work, and all earlier, rougher material must be stricken from the record, lest people think they were ever anything less than "Perfect" at creating things. Really annoying.

Ultimately though Judge himself isn't the biggest fan of the franchise anyway so that's also a factor. I always find it kinda weird when people get rich and famous creating something and then it comes out they never really cared much for it and almost wish they never did it. Judge with B&B, Laird with TMNT, etc.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Yes, it's a well-done bootleg I was just trying to be diplomatic about it. She didn't pay a lot for it so it's not like she got ripped off, although the fact that it wasn't the usual $100 asking price should've tipped her off.

I'm well familiar with Judge being "embarrassed" about the quality of the earlier episodes and thus his refusal to release them. He basically says as much in the Special Features on the official DVDs. He goes on and on about how awful they were and how much he personally hated them and can't understand why anyone would ever want to see them again... then realizes he's coming dangerously close to insulting his own fanbase, so shifts gears to "Uh, I also think MTV destroyed them so I couldn't give them to you if I wanted to." Uh huh.

It's just because he caught the George Lucas "Creator's Vision" disease, wanting to have total control over how people see/experience his work, and all earlier, rougher material must be stricken from the record, lest people think they were ever anything less than "Perfect" at creating things. Really annoying.

Ultimately though Judge himself isn't the biggest fan of the franchise anyway so that's also a factor. I always find it kinda weird when people get rich and famous creating something and then it comes out they never really cared much for it and almost wish they never did it. Judge with B&B, Laird with TMNT, etc.

I think I paid almost half that price when I got my copy. I got it from an eBay seller in Canada.

I think I remember seeing Mike Judge say that stuff in one of the special features. If he's really ashamed of even doing this show, then that's too bad. I guess it was trashy TV, but it was just something that was a part of my youth and I'm still a fan of it to this day.

I once took advantage of someone's offer on eBay where they were selling all of the episodes and they were personal recordings. The seller said that they were good quality, but when I got them, they really weren't all that great. Not only that, but five episodes were missing. I should have known this, but it's illegal to even obtain episodes that way. I learned that when someone said he bought someone's complete recordings of of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and he said that the picture quality was so bad that he got a headache from watching them. So I guess you just live and you learn.

[Leo656]

To be fair I think it's mostly just the earliest season and a half of B&B that he's embarrassed by, and I get it, but people liked that show *because* it was cheap and "crappy" and all that. Clearly people's standards have always been lowered a tad when it comes to enjoying that show. I just wish he could separate himself from the material and let the fans get what they want. Nobody ever wants an incomplete set of episodes of ANY show, that's just how it is.

[Storm Eagle]

Jimi: All Is by My Side



My first DVD/Blu-ray of the year. I thought I wasn't going to get anything until next month, but I forgot about this one.

[TheBlueTurtle1]

just got 2 more ghibli movies