Since I haven’t gotten a chance to look at any of the DVDs that came in last week, I feel even more pressured now that my next batch has arrived. And I should point out that financial constraints have me buying much less than I used to. However, after a slow couple of month, a slew of essential stuff has come out in the last week (and is due in the next month: The Universal Sci-Fi Collection, two Karloff box sets, the Legends of Horror Collection, etc.). And believe me, I am skipping titles I definitely would have once picked up, like the new 3-disc Seven Samurai edition from Criterion.
Anyhoo, here’s what’s next for the waiting list:
The Brainiac: One of my favorite movies ever, bar none. A beautiful transfer, and worthy of three watchings…once in the original Spanish, once in the K. Gordon Murray dub, and once with the commentary. Ai Carumba! Time necessary: 4 hours.
Godzilla (Gojira): Wow! This is the most gorgeous package I’ve seen in a while. Stunning. Both the original Japanese cut of the first Godzilla film, never even available in this country before on video, and the American re-cut and Burr-ized version on the second disc. With two audio commentaries (one for each film, and very good sounding ones), new documentaries and a booklet. Again, this set is beautiful! And under $20! Buy it! Buy it! The same company is releasing more Godzillas in the coming year. Awesome. Time necessary: Six to seven hours.
Arrested Development Season Three: TV’s biggest loss since Futurama went off the air. I purposely skipped the final episodes when they were broadcast, so I could watch them on DVD. Before I get to these final 13 shows, I’d like to re-watch the first two season. Tick tock, tick tock. Time necessary: Say, six hours, along with time to rewatch around 40 previous episodes.
100 Years of Horror: A 26 part history of horror movies, not chronological unfortunately, but with subject-oriented episodes (Werewolves, Bela Lugosi, Giants and Dinosaurs, etc.) Hosted by Christopher Lee. I never saw this show, so I don’t know how good it is—although it seems to have a pretty good fanbase—but over 12 hours of content for around $13! Time necessary: 12 and a half hours.
And I have no time over the next couple weeks to even get started. Sigh.
