It had to end. With today's Blu-ray release of
Lost: The Complete Sixth and Final Season, Disney officially turns the last page in the television drama that took the country by storm, and was able to keep viewers engaged like few shows before it. Those of you who have been waiting patiently for the inevitable super-mega box set are rewarded with the 36-disc
Lost: The Complete Collection featuring collectibles sure to make the diehard fans' hearts race. Sure, it's over, but what a way to go.
For the
Blu-ray review of Lost: The Complete Sixth and Final Season, staff reviewer Ken Brown commented, "Unless you've been holding off for the inevitable Complete Collection box set, loathed Lost's finale, or decided to disown one of the best series on television, nabbing a copy of The Complete Sixth and Final Season is a no-brainer." He continues, "Disney's value-packed Blu-ray release obliterates its standard definition counterpart, offering fans a stunning, dare I say perfect video transfer, a powerful DTS-HD Master Audio track, and a solid selection of remarkable special features."
The idea of twisted director (and Python alum) Terry Gilliam taking the helm of a children's tale likely wasn't the talk of 1981, but maybe it should have. When we live in a time where a children's tale usually equates to fluffy CG characters working out moral dilemmas,
Time Bandits represents an era when dark sci-fi could be targeted at children without a moment of hesitation. What disappoints most regarding this Blu-ray release is that the low entry price reflects the poor encoding of the film; Gilliam deserves better than this.
Staff reviewer Casey Broadwater comments in his
Blu-ray review of Time Bandits, "The 1980s, for my money, was the heyday of children's fantasy films, and Time Bandits is one of the best. It's funny, adventuresome, and unlike most modern children's movies, it's dark and doesn't pander to parents or patronize kids. Unfortunately, Image Entertainment has saddled Time Bandits with an interlaced transfer riddled with compression niggles—it looks like a transfer primed for TV broadcast—and the only supplementary feature is an interview with director Terry Gilliam."
For the lady of the house, be sure to pick up a copy of
The Back-up Plan. Guys will have to suffer through the mediocrity, but then again, she sat patiently as you watched that pre-season football game that has no correlation to regular season performance, so you owe her one. And as staff reviewer Martin Liebman concludes in his
Blu-ray review of The Back-up Plan, "It's not an awful movie -- it's really not -- but it's just terribly average and without a single original frame in its body." Or was that comment directed to J-Lo? Zing!
Elsewhere,
The Simpsons: The Thirteenth Season hits store shelves today, as well as George A. Romero's
Survival of the Dead. Enjoy!