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Secret HD Tron Legacy Trailer
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010For those of you who have been living under a rock, a sequel to one of my childhood favorite films will be released this December, Tron Legacy. The studio has decided to keep things viral right now when it comes to information about the film. There was a scavenger hunt going on last month that encompassed 25 cities here in the USA. Its good to see them doing more interactive marketing campaigns, it should spell for good ratings when the film is released.
This is yet another film being released in 3D, but from the trailer (especially in HD) I think it will make a great 3D experience. But the big news is that someone has ‘found’ the HD Tron Legacy trailer for the film and posted it. So follow the link and watch it before the site gets taken down!
New Iron Man Trailer
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010DVD & Blu-Ray releases for 03/09/2010
Monday, March 8th, 2010Each week I try and list the new movies and TV coming out on DVD and BluRay that pertain to shows that we would be reporting on Fan Rants anyway. All prices are listed from the weekly sales circulars and the websites, you should confirm them first as sometimes the stores website will list a different price than whats in the store.
| DVD Title | Amazon | Best Buy | Target | Wal-Mart |
| Boondock Saints II: All Saint’s Day | $17.99 | $17.99 | $17.99 | $17.86 |
| Boondock Saints II: All Saint’s Day * Steelbook Edition | $19.96 | |||
| Planet 51 | $17.99 | $17.99 | $17.99 | $17.86 |
| Tremors: Complete Series | $22.99 | $24.99 | $22.59 | $22.86 |
| Blu-Ray Title | Amazon | Best Buy | Target | Wal-Mart |
| Boondock Saints II: All Saint’s Day | $19.99 | $22.99 | $19.99 | $20.86 |
| Planet 51 | $25.99 | $26.99 | $25.99 | $26.86 |
| Special Releases! | ||||
| Best Buy has EXCLUSIVE STEELBOOK PACKAGING for the upcoming release of the The Lord of the Rings trilogy on Blu-ray . $5 deposit required. Available Tuesday, April 6. | ||||
| WalMart has EXCLUSIVE STEELBOOK PACKAGING for Boondock Saints II this week. | ||||
| Weekly Specials! | Amazon | Best Buy | Target | Wal-Mart |
| 2012 * BluRay | $24.99 | $24.99 | $24.86 | |
| Bones season 4 * DVD | $27.32 | |||
| Burn Notice season 1 and 2 * DVD | $35.99 | $34.99 | ||
| Castle season 1 * DVD | $19.99 | $19.86 | ||
| Die Another Day * BluRay | $12.99 | $12.99 | ||
| District 9 * BluRay | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.86 | |
| Dollhouse season 1 * DVD | $28.99 | $28.99 | $28.86 | |
| Flash Forward season 1, Part 1 * DVD | $19.99 | $19.99 | ||
| Goldfinger * BluRay | $12.99 | $12.99 | ||
| Knowing * BluRay | $14.99 | $14.99 | ||
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl * BluRay | $13.49 | $13.32 | ||
| Quantum of Solace * BluRay | $12.99 | |||
| Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles season 2 * DVD | $16.99 | $16.99 | ||
| The Tudors season 3 * DVD | $21.99 | $21.86 | ||
DVD & Blu-Ray releases for 02/23/2010
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010This is a new weekly feature here at Fan Rants. I won’t be listing all movies coming out but typically the features that we would be reporting on here anyway. All prices are listed from the weekly sales circulars and the company websites, but you should reference your local stores just to be sure.
| DVD Title | Amazon | Best Buy | Target | Wal-Mart |
| The Box | $17.99 |
$19.99 | $17.99 | $17.86 |
| Cirque Du Freak: Vampire’s Assistant | $17.99 |
$19.99 | $17.99 | $17.86 |
| Dead Snow | $17.99 |
$17.99 | $19.19 | $17.86 |
| FlashForward: Season 1 Part 1 | $19.99 |
$19.99 | $19.99 | $19.86 |
| Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths | $12.99 |
$12.99 | $12.99 | $12.86 |
| Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths SE | $12.99 |
$19.99 | $16.99 | $12.86 |
| Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths SE (Amaz. Excl.) | $21.99 |
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| The Universe: Season 4 | $20.99 |
$34.99 | $20.86 | |
| Blu-Ray Title | Amazon | Best Buy | Target | Wal-Mart |
| The Box | $24.99 |
$26.99 | $24.99 | $24.86 |
| Cirque Du Freak: Vampire’s Assistant | $24.99 |
$26.99 | $24.99 | $24.86 |
| Dead Snow | $20.49 |
$24.99 | $22.99 | $20.32 |
| Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths SE | $19.99 |
$19.99 | $19.99 | $19.86 |
| Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths SE (Amaz. Excl.) | $25.99 |
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| The Universe: Season 4 | $24.99 |
$34.99 | ||
| Special Releases! | ||||
| JL: Crisis Amazon Exclusive – Includes a limited edition lithograph | ||||
| JL: Crisis BluRay and SE DVD – Best Buy includes a limited edition Owlman action figure | ||||
| JL: Crisis DVD and BluRay – Target includes exclusive bonus disc | ||||
| Weekly Specials! | Amazon | Best Buy | Target | Wal-Mart |
| District 9 * Blu-Ray | $17.99 |
$29.99 | $17.99 | $19.96 |
| Family Guy: Something, Something…Darkside * Blu-Ray | $12.99 |
$24.99 | $12.99 | $17.86 |
| Gamer * Blu-Ray | $16.99 |
$16.99 | $29.99 | $17.86 |
| Inglourious Basterds * Blu-Ray | $17.99 |
$29.99 | $17.99 | $22.86 |
| Smallville Season 8 * DVD | $16.99 |
$16.99 | $44.99 | $16.86 |
| Star Trek (2009) * Blu-Ray | $16.99 | $17.99 | $19.86 | |
| Supernatural Season 4 * DVD | $16.99 |
$16.99 | $51.89 | $16.86 |
| Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen * Blu-Ray | $17.99 |
$29.99 | $17.99 | $19.96 |
| Up * Blu-Ray | $16.99 |
$16.99 | $17.99 | $19.96 |
Flash Gordon Movie in the works
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
No, not something based on that terrible SyFy series from a couple years back, or the 1980s movie, or anything else for that matter. According to an interview that director Breck Eisner (from the upcoming “The Crazies” movie) gave SciFiWire, “It’s a movie that is in no way a remake or a re-imagining or a reboot of the ’80s version or the serial version, No Queen [music]. It is not camp in any way.”
So then just what the f*ck is it going to be?? If it’s not going to be a “remake… re-imaging… reboot”, then what? Eisner continues, “We’re going back to the original Alex Raymond [comic strip] scripts and imagining if he were living today, what would those strips be like?”. So it’s a re-makeimagingboot. For those of you who are wondering just who the hell Alex Raymond is (like I was), he’s the guy who did the original comic strip in the “funny papers” back in 1934. According to Wikipedia, ”Debuting on January 7, 1934, Raymond’s first Flash strip introduced the “world-famous polo player”, improbably roped into a space adventure alongside love-interest Dale Arden and scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov. Transported by rocket to the planet Mongo, “which was about to collide with Earth”, the trio “immediately became embroiled in the affairs of Mongo’s inhabitants — particularly those of its insidious warlord, Ming the Merciless,who would become Flash Gordon’s arch-nemesis throughout the franchise’s many incarnations”. So basically it’s Flash Gordan. Again. Hopefully it won’t look like sh*t this time.
Speaking of it not looking like sh*t (or maybe more accurately, it looking exactly like a stinky turd of poo), Eisner continues, “It will definitely be in 3-D, unless they come out with 4-D before then”. He’s rumored to be looking into a new German binaural 3-D sound process that supposedly pushes 3-D to a whole new level.
Will this new flash be any good? I hope so. I really loved the old Flash Gordon movie from when I was a kid. The most recent SyFy incarnation started out well enough, but it stunk like hooker taint by the end of the first season. I’m a big fan of the concept, it’s the execution that worries me the most. We’ll see as production gets started, if it ever does.
quotes via SciFiWire
