A brand new TV from this years black Friday sale to replace the one I bought in last years sale after it permanently stopped working exactly 1 day after the warranty ran out.
Affleck kills it being the biggest a$$hole on the planet. He was also the bomb in Phantoms!
So far only watched the extended cut (that's nearly 30mins longer!) I don't know if it's my bad memory or them using alt takes for a lot of the scenes but damn the main male & female leads (Jeremy London & Claire Forlani) are absolutely terrible!!
I've just got the region 1 DVD, maybe I'll see the extended version one day.
If I remember correctly, I made my parents go to shops in California to find this, Dogma SE and The Killers DVD (both films and loads of extras).
The Kevin Smith Blu-ray's and DVDs are what have made me so moany about extras. Very little compares to his added value.
I agree with you re the 2 MCs.
As topless psychics don't exist, my wallet is safe.
My latest arrivals from AmiAmi are Train to the End of the World Vol.3 BD, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Vol.1 BD, Dungeon People Vol.1 BD and Acro Trip ED theme CD. Otaku Elf BD from Sentai.
With the power of a region-free player in my hands, I can buy releases like this now and actually play the Blu-ray that comes with it.
Kino Lorber's release of 12 Angry Men from Amazon US. I've read that this is the best looking transfer of the film, as it is sourced from the original camera negative, and films from this era look stunning in 4K. The cool thing about this release is that the extra Blu-ray also contains the 1997 remake as a bonus feature.
I genuinely think Anime Limited is run buy two separate design and marketing teams that have never spoken to each other and are assigned titles at random. It's the only explanation.
Had a bit of a dabble in the sale at HMV, also created my 746th account with them to swindle a further 20% off.
Firstly, just a couple of things to tick off for on-going releases I'm collecting:
Inuyasha: Season 2 standard edition
Vinland Saga: Season 2 Part 1
And then, although, not in the sale, I picked up my first DVD purchase in God knows how long: Beck Mongolian Chop Squad. I had no idea Anime Limited released this. As a teenager, I remember owning the special edition guitar amplifier set (which, looking into it, was a Funimation release back in the day). I have fond memories of this show, like many I'm sure, it actually inspired me to pick up a guitar (it didn't last very long though, I got to about playing Smoke on the Water on one string and gave up ). I remember the show having a very cool soundtrack, and with me, any show with killer music is already halfway to winning me over!
Another one for Second Sight's new Blair Witch Project release, from HMV. This has had a lot of talk about it, as this transfer is said to be how the film was originally intended to look (according to those that worked on the film). I believe they did something funny with the theatrical release when this was shown in cinemas originally, meaning that the film looked different as it was transferred to 35mm film, rather than shown on the original material (i.e., Hi-8 tape and 16mm film). It was this inaccurate theatrical release that was then used for all the home video releases since... until today!
We have one package from last week and a few more in the past few days. I've been working last weekend and will be doing the same for this week and the next (we're a bit understaffed so they needed someone to work these so I had no choice). Either way, more packages so here we go.
The first package of the month arrived last week on Thursday and it's a Scifier haul. It's been a while since I have last made one and to be honest their packaging continues to be great because all of these books arrived in really solid condition. So as much as I like going into Travelling Man, the biggest issue I have with their offering is that its mainly only useful to buy manga from them if its in a 3 for 2 Viz Media deal but more importantly the increase of Italian pressed stock puts me off from picking up more volumes from them as of late.
But at the same time I also need to grow my Seven Seas collection because I don't want a repeat situation of a few years ago where stock was barely around. This is pretty much another catch-up haul for a select number of titles that I've been buying volumes for. Now there wasn't enough stock available to go for either The 100 Girlfriends or 2.5 Dimensional Seduction, so instead I focused on the others.
We have Booty Royale: Never Go Down in a Fight! Omnibus 5, Do You Love Big Girls? Volumes 7-8, Hitomi-chan is Shy with Strangers Volumes 6-7, Who Wants to Marry a Billionaire? Volumes 6-7, World's End Harem Volumes 15-16, and World's End Harem: Fantasia Volumes 10-11.
Booty Royale is a few omnibus books behind but the series did go on hiatus for a while so it may be a long wait before more is released. Do You Love Big Girls? is now up-to-date on the latest volumes available in English (with Volume 9 not out until 2025 last I checked), though I am worried about its release model going forward because for some reason Seven Seas decided to put out 2-in-1 omnibus editions whilst the singles is still being released. Hitomi-chan is Shy with Strangers is also a few volumes behind but fairly easy to catch up. Who Wants to Marry a Billionaire? is now complete, since there were only 7 volumes in total. World's End Harem has two more volumes before the series is completed and I believe its final volume is planned to be released in the next few months. And World's End Harem: Fantasia is also near the end of the story in Japan I believe.
Next we have a Crunchyroll UK haul which arrived last Sunday whilst I was working. This is from their latest sales batch which I believe is their Black Friday/Holiday sale offering but either way the prices were decent enough for me to pick up a few more of their recent releases.
Here we have three more isekai anime shows. I like isekai so yes it does automatically mean these are probably mediocre but who really cares anyway.
We have The Aristocrat's Otherworldly Adventure: Serving Gods Who Go Too Far, also known as Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World, adapted by studio EMT Squared and Magic Bus with director Noriyuki Nakamura, which aired during the April 2023 anime season. I seem to recall watching a clip where the main character was being ambushed by girls and he was crying for his dad for help him get out of there, and his dad was like "so long... boi" and yeeted himself away.
Next we have KamiKatsu: Working for God in a Godless World, adapted by Studio Palette (the same animation studio who worked on The World's Finest Assassin and the infamous production mess for Our Last Crusade Season 2) with director Yuki Inaba, which aired during the April 2023 anime season. This series had my curiosity ever since I heard of its very bad CGI and a random scene where a dude's head was on a real life photo of a "tractor".
And then there's Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement, adapted by studio Felix Film with director Hiroshi Tamada, which aired during the January 2023 anime season. This one I know the least out of the three but some of you here picked it up so I figured I'll do the same (and it was £20 which was very cheap for a new release).
Last month I bought The Godfather Trilogy on 4K Ultra HD, this month I picked up three more mafia/gangster type films that many people love that I also have not seen before. These were all available as part of a 3 for £40 deal on Amazon.
So yes, I now own Martin Scorsese's 1995 film Casino, starring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese's 1990 film Goodfellas, starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, and Joe Pesci, and Brian De Palma's 1983 film Scarface, starring Al Pacino, on 4K Ultra HD as well.
Yesterday the latest Anime Limited collector's edition arrived and it's coming out before Crunchyroll would release their own.
Love Live! Sunshine!! spin-off series Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror on Blu-ray. Because Crunchyroll have yet to produce an English dub of their own, Anime Limited jumped the gun and released theirs first as a subtitled only release (using Crunchyroll's font/subs for the English translation) whilst also using Com'on Screen to author the discs for the UK & France.
Also worth noting the bonus clips and Japanese shorts included with this release do not contain any subtitles which makes their inclusion pretty pointless.
Anyway, I don't foresee this release selling out any time soon so you are best waiting to see if Crunchyroll releases theirs in the coming months. You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
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