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I am – Hercules!!
The BBC’s decision to mount the 2008 miniseries version of Sense & Sensibility
was a very silly thing, as the miniseries comes only a dozen years after Ang Lee and Emma Thompson’s hugely entertaining Oscar-winning movie version starring Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman. The miniseries is only 45 minutes longer than the movie and inferior in all other ways. Not horrible (it is after all based on Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility”), but comparatively sluggish and clumsy and entirely unnecessary if you’re asking me.
Speaking of Britishers, Fortysomething: The Complete Series is a six-episode British sitcom from 2003 and the last TV show Hugh Laurie made before “House” made him a household name here in the states. Laurie stars as a piano-playing doctor. His partner is played by the Scottish guy who wanted to bone a mermaid in “Local Hero.” His wife is played by Anna Chancellor, who went on to regular roles on “Suburban Shootout” and “Spooks.”
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You say you love those wacky doctors on “Scrubs” but refuse to pay more than $20 per season to own the series? Then you need to click here
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EVERY season of
The Original Series
The Next Generation
Deep Space Nine
Voyager and
Enterprise:
All of these were selling at north of $100 once upon a time and I expect most, if not all, of these 28 season-sets will return to $62.99 in the near future.
(Note that these new sets are actually priced lower than the second-hand sets!)
The “Trek” season sets run from 24 to 30 episodes per season. So compare these prices to those $17.99 two-episode discs Paramount was issuing not so long ago!!
Further, the “Star Trek” deals are components of a much larger Amazon sci-fi sale going on right now. You can get a whole season of “Dead Zone” for just $11.99!! Some more of the pricing:
SEASON SETS
$10.49 The 4400
$11.99 The Dead Zone
$35.49 Star Trek
$35.49 Star Trek: The Next Generation
$35.49 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
$35.49 Star Trek: Voyager
$35.49 Star Trek: Enterprise
$38.99 The Twilight Zone
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$8.49 Dune
$8.99 Children of Dune
$8.99 The Tenth Kingdom
$8.99 The Triangle
$9.99 The Lost Room
$15.49 Earth 2
$15.49 Surface
$16.99 Galactica 1980
$17.99 The Dresden Files
$18.99 Batfink
$20.49 Swamp Thing
$20.99 Aeon Flux
$24.99 The Kingdom
$24.99 Starhunter 2300
$26.99 Cleopatra 2525
$27.99 Odyssey 5
$34.99 UFO
$39.99 Timeslip
$49.99 The Prisoner
$49.99 Space 1999
$64.99 Thunderbirds
$149.99 The Twilight Zone
Ultra-Cheap Buffy & Angel!!
$19.99: Individual Season Sets!!
$69.99: All Five “Angel Seasons!! ($14/Season!!)
$99.99: All Seven “Buffy” Seasons!! ($14.29/Season)
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Matlock 1.x
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Mythbusters Vol. 3
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Perry Mason: 50th Anniversary Edition
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the West
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Woody Woodpecker Vol. 2
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The Ambassador 2.x
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Big Ideas For A Small Planet 1.x
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House of Venus 2.x
Laverne & Shirley 4.x
Oban Star-Racers Vol. 1
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Vol. 3
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The British Empire in Color
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Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is
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Roswell 1.x (Heigl Edition)
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Sabrina The Teenage Witch (1971): The Complete Series
A Touch of Frost 13.x
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Acapulco Heat: The Complete Series
The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin Vol. 2
Allo Allo 8.x
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Bewitched 6.x
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Champions of the Wild: Our Wildlife
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Crossing Jordan 1.x
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Greg The Bunny: Best Of The Film Parodies Vol. 2
A Haunting 3.x
Hauntings In America
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Speed Racer: The Next Generation Vol. 1
That Girl 1.x Vol. 1
May 13
The Adams Chronicles: The Complete Miniseries
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers Vol. 1
American Idol 6.x Finale
Chase 1.x
DNA 1.x/2.x
Doogie Howser, M.D.: The Complete Series
Drawn Together Uncensored 3.x
Garfield: A Cat and His Nerd
The Incredible Hulk TV-Movies
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The Magnificent Seven: The Complete Series
Mission: Impossible 4.x
The Rat Patrol: The Complete Series
Saturday Night Live 3.x
$10.49 The 4400
$11.99 The Dead Zone
$35.49 Star Trek
$35.49 Star Trek: The Next Generation
$35.49 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
$35.49 Star Trek: Voyager
$35.49 Star Trek: Enterprise
$38.99 The Twilight Zone
$51.99 Lexx
COMPLETE SERIES SETS
$7.49 The Martian Chronicles
$8.49 Dune
$8.99 Children of Dune
$8.99 The Tenth Kingdom
$8.99 The Triangle
$9.99 The Lost Room
$15.49 Earth 2
$15.49 Surface
$16.99 Galactica 1980
$17.99 The Dresden Files
$18.99 Batfink
$20.49 Swamp Thing
$20.99 Aeon Flux
$24.99 The Kingdom
$24.99 Starhunter 2300
$26.99 Cleopatra 2525
$27.99 Odyssey 5
$34.99 UFO
$39.99 Timeslip
$49.99 The Prisoner
$49.99 Space 1999
$64.99 Thunderbirds
$149.99 The Twilight Zone
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Herc, did you say up top that Sense and Sensibility is based on Austen's Pride and Prejudice? Did you make a mistake, or am I missing something?
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The Boondocks is coming sooner than I thought; now I can see that "Hunger Strike" episode that BET was making such a big fuss about at last.
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and just when I was convinced that this was the worst array of crap ever plugged on AICN - Pow! DEXTER. Even if it was better on Showtime, it's still currently the best thing or broadcast television. (at least until the 24th when Lost comes back)Oh, and I liked Futurama and my mom was Parry Mason fan. And it would be interesting to see that pre-House Hugh Laurie property I never heard of before. Pretty much everything else on this list is (humorous vulgarity goes here) though.
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I'd also like to see LAX released, too. It wasn't a great show by any means, but I came to like it.
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Apr 08, 2008 5:43:07 AM CDT
I'VE ABANDONED MY BOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYY
by guy who got a headache and accidentally
YOU'RE JUST THE AFTERBIRTH HERC
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Dina Meyer in the Batgirl costume.
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i see no wire dvd - any word on its release?
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it's failure to find an large audience was also the reason the WB/CW didn't go ahead and pick up Mercy Reef (Aquaman). Thing is if it had aired a year or two later than it did it probably would have been a big hit.
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I was named after Steve McQeen's character in W:DoA, Josh Randall... people always say, "Oh, how nice, you have a biblical name." Then I get to explain how I was really named after a pot-smoking TV cowboy.
Or I mention that the biblical Joshua was a war criminal who ordered the slaughter of women and children.
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It had the worst representation of the Joker....ever. Period.
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Apr 08, 2008 8:40:19 AM CDT
The Wire, mentioned second on your LIST!!!...but where?
by kentucky colonel
Is it one of those sets mentioned in itty bitty print? Jesus, if it's second on your LIST!!! then, well, HOW ABOUT LISTING IT SECOND???
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That's a bargain at twice the price. It's dated as hell, but still a wonderful piece of work for the most part. It's not quite as lyrical and timeless as Bradbury's peerless novel... but it still rocks. Recommended.
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Apr 08, 2008 8:49:05 AM CDT
BURN NOTICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by fart_master_flex
This is actually a really fucking good show. I encourage everyone who hasn't seen it to throw this bitch into their Netflix queues.
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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Apr 08, 2008 9:12:57 AM CDT
Beast With A Billion Backs has the coolest cover art EVER
by osmosis jones
Leela in a nightie...sweet Zombie Jesus...
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TV'S FUNHOUSE is finally coming on DVD!!! I miss the Ani-pals!
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Birds of Prey? Isn't that the show set in the Batman universe, uh, without Batman? That would be like watching a show about Superman where Clark never turns into Superman. Oh yeah.
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August 12!
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The Joker was blurred out and abstract... you could barely see him, so I'm not sure how you've determined it was the worst representation. I mean, he was voiced by Mark Hamill at least.
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This show gave us the first live-action representation of Harley Quinn in the form of Mia Sara. However, she was depicted as a crazed soccer mom type. Please, Chris Nolan, cast Kristen Bell as Harley for your third Batman movie.
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falls apart. I just watched the 1st season on DVD (Too cheap for Showtime), and although I saw the "twists" coming an episode or two early, I enjoyed it and thought it was a nice contained season. Any thoughts on number 2?
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was his toup...
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Anyone else think Michaels should be shot out of the earth via the smallest most cramped rocket ever?
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I'm tired of the "it's trapped in licening hell" excuse. Get off your asses, cut the deal for the music and get the thing out on disc pronto. Oh, and Brett Michaels' vaginal rejuvenation surgery apparently went like gang-busters. S/he could be the poster-child for she-males the world over. That's how you do your sexual re-assignment surgeries - right out there in the open for all to see.
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I'm sooooo there. The TiVo'ed DVD's just don't cut it. I need my Pelecanos commentary. ALSO: George Pelecanos' next novel is due about the same time...The Contender, I think it's called. It was listed in this week's Washington Post Book section. I'll betcha a nickle it's set in DC!!
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Only a quiche-eating fag would pine away for that overly sensitive yuppie bullshit. Damn, that was one nauseating white show. I remember my artsy fartsy roomate and his frumpy girlfriend made it their Tuesday night concession to be glued in front of TV when that shit came on. Ugh!
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Any word on if they're gonna come out with some kind of boxed set or special edition of the Speed Racer cartoons as a tie-in to the movie this summer?
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Utter crap!!!
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Bret Michaels looks like a woman on the dvd box of Rock of Love...what's with that??? weird.
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http://tinyurl.com/6cdu8r WOOT!
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It was $12.50 just yesterday!
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People actually pay to own a reality show? I can't even watch the shit on TV. But OK, some people like it, and cool for them... so can anyone explain the draw of rewatching? Didn't catch all the subtleties and dialogue the first time around?
To skimm, loved the second season of Dexter. It has moments when it's not as strong, but the last 4 or 5 eps were killer tense. I've heard the detractors too; I say make up your own mind. To me, it was the only show on this fall keeping my interest.
Final note: I miss the Wire. RIP, my good friend. -
Apr 09, 2008 7:21:49 AM CDT
Sgt. Landsman at Arena Stage & Harry Potter on Broadway
by kentucky colonel
Delaney Williams, who portrayed Jay Landsman (not the real Jay Landsman, who protrayed Bunny Colvin's aide-de-camp) is appearing at the Arena Stage in DC in a production of Arthur Miller's "A View From The Bridge". It got a smashing write up in the Post today. FYI. Also, Equus is coming to Broadway in September for 22 weeks with Daniel "Harry Potter" Radcliffe and Richard "Uncle Vernon" Griffiths reprising their roles from the London production. The wife & I caught that on the first night of our European adventure and were not disappointed!
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He wasn't that blurred and I vaguely remember lightining coming from his fingertips. Either way, if you are going to tell the backstory of Batgirl/Oracle, you need to show the Joker considering HE CRIPPLED HER!
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Now THAT'S what I've been waiting for! About damn time.
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Great to see that this show is getting the love that it deserves. Brilliantly animated, amazing writing, and great music ( including a track by Yoko Kanno and Maaya Sakamoto ) make this one of the best animated shows of the last decade. Definetley worth a look.
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Apr 10, 2008 5:43:34 PM CDT
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by j-dizzle
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definitely about damn time!
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