Chris Marquette Message Board

Been into DVDs since 1997 when they first came out.

I'm broke right now, so I have to wait to Friday to buy any DVDs. But since I bought so many last week it won't be that much this week.

I know many on here hate how Universal handled the theatrical run of this film, but at least they did a better job than Sony is doing with AD's Justin Timberlake's  film Southland Tales.

Last week they released it on 63 or so theaters nationwide and of course it bombed and made less than $175,000 by the following Monday. I have read that it is already being pulled from more theaters. This is after they bought the distribution rights and spent more money for FX shots. Why in the world did they even bother with a theatrical run to only put it on 63 screens? What did they expect?

I for one can't wait for the DVD of that film.

Getting back to AD, recently Universal announced an Anniversary Edition of the "classic" film starring Michael Jackson called The Wiz. Now the original release was back in 1999 or so, so it took them 8 years to release a better version. So I guess there is always hope that Universal will release a better version of AD sooner then later.

You've asked a difficult question.

DVD Profiler counts 870. But that does include the box case for sets and sometimes individual discs as well in tv series.

So there are several ways to count.
1. How many packages?
2. How many actual DVDs not including the packaging?
3. How many movies and tv series? Sometime a DVD can hold 2 movies, one on each side and a tv series would be counted as just one.

It'll take some time to actually do a physical count.:o

I only had time to watch one film today and I watched Click.

I thought it was good. Much different than the trailer led me to believe. While it does have comedic moments it's much more like a mix between It's a Wonderful Life and a Twilight Zone episode. I don't really like Adam Sandler films that much but I thought he did good in this one.

Zathura is pretty good family film. Much like Jumanji. The kid actors did very well especially the one that played Walter. I didn't expect the twist ending at the end though regarding the astronaut. I liked it very much, not bad for $3.00.

Watched Live Free or Die Hard yesterday.

Very good action film. So much better than Die Hard with a Vengeance.

My favorite fight scene is where McClane and the Asian lady fight at the power plant/control center. So glad that they didn't shy away from having McClane hit her and the scene where they are fighting in the SUV in the elevator shaft is great.

The truck vs. the jet has great fx, but is bordering on being unbelievable especially with McClane jumping off the jet and landing on the pavement below.

I wish the final scene between McClane and the main bad guy was longer. No real fight scene between them and the bad guys death is just to quick. I wanted to see a hand to hand fight between them instead of that quick death.

Into the Wild DVD release news.

Got these today from Circuit City for $2.99 each.

The first one is a blind buy. The Sum of all Fears I bought because I recently bought the 3 pack of the Jack Ryan films. Used Cars I bought because I like Kurt Russell and Robert Zemeckis.

I liked Shrek the Third. It had more of a story, less jokes and seems to have a more darker tone than the others.

Regarding the Wal-Mart exclusive Beanie Baby, they also have Donkey and bother either come with the Full Screen (aka Fool Screen) or Widescreen.
It has what video format at the very top on the front cover.

Of course I got the Widescreen version.

The only thing I've seen Shia in is Transformers and I thought he did very well in that. Will see Indiana Jones 4 with him in it once it comes out on DVD.

Speaking of The Last Man on Earth. I got the dvd from a company called Digiview. They sell for $1 and are at Wal-Mart. The quality is pretty good for a public domain title. I remember seeing this on tv a long time ago and always liked it.

I'm sort of surprised that deb liked i, Robot. I remember when it came out and it seemed that most people didn't care for it or compared it to the old Twilight Zone episode with Leonard Nimoy as the robot's lawyer. The old episode is slow and really the best part is at the end when he sacrifices himself to save the kid from getting hit by a truck. I bought the film on dvd and really liked it. The design of the robot/android is great and the fx were great. I also liked the twists in the story.

Target $14/.88
Firefly: Complete Series
The Simpsons: Season 6
Entourage: Season 3, Part 1
That 70's Show: Season 5
Veronica Mars: Season 2
One Tree Hill: Season 2 or 3
Friends: Season 9 or 10
Nip/Tuck: Season 1, 2 or 3
Gilmore Girls: Season 1, 2, 3 or 4

Best Buy
Smallville: Season 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
Nip/Tuck: Season 1, 2 or 3
Lois & Clark: New Adventures of Superman: Season 1, 2, 3 or 4
La Femme Nikita: Season 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
Veronica Mars: Season 1 or 2
The West Wing: Season 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7

I'm leaning towards Firefly, Smallville and Veronica Mars.
Never saw Veronica Mars, is it any good?