Submitted by GuyGG on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 11:59pm
- I've added another of my older music videos to the site. This one is my Star Trek: Deep Space Nine video from back around 2004 or so.
- Not that I was at all expecting it to happen, but it's pretty clear that Virtuality really stands no chance at a last minute series pickup after the pilot tanked in the ratings.
- Shout Factory is bringing the complete It's Garry Shandling's Show to DVD. Nifty. It was such a fun show, and one of the most self-aware comedies TV ever saw. And it had one of the all-time great theme songs (by Randy Newman, no less).
- Speaking of self-aware comedies, tomorrow marks the momentous event of Shout Factory's release of the Parker Lewis Can't Lose season 1 DVD set. Never thought I'd live to see the day (suddenly, paranoia set in...)
- I'm watching my copy of a Canadian import Blu-Ray for The Illusionist that finally arrived today at my house from Amazon's Canadian site. As online reviews stated, it's a very nice picture and sound transfer, but also as reported the disc is otherwise completely featureless. Having such a nice transfer of this film in particular is kind of an amusing thing, as a state-of-the-art transfer of the film is kinda at odds with the visual style of the film, which is intentionally soft around the edges with alternating exposures to give it that aged style of the era. It's a favorite movie of mine, and as I'm watch it yet again (I've probably watched it a couple dozen times at this point), I'm struck by how perfect an example the film is for one thing in particular. While the script for the film is solid and entertaining, it doesn't break a whole lot of new ground, and the twists aren't particularly surprising. Sure, it has a nice air of mystery about it, but it's not trying to reinvent the wheel as such. But it remains one of the ultimate examples of taking that solid framework of a script and elevating it to brilliance with a fantastic cast and a wonderful production. It's a flawless production when it comes to a sense of style and look. It has wonderful editing, a masterful score from Phillip Glass (one of his best), brilliant set design and location work, and gorgeous cinematography. In short, all the departments took the script and really ran with it, and featureless or not, I'm thrilled to have this lovely blu-ray presentation of the film. Would have been nice if it got a more feature-driven domestic release in the States, but this'll do nicely.
- Well, that's it for today.
