Spoilers Weekly 2005.10.09

Due to the utter lack of decent feature films being released on DVD this week, we have decided that for this episode of The Spoilers Weekly, we would check out a different genre of the DVD showcase--TV on DVD:

Arrested Development: Season 2

South Park: Season 6

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Season 2

Veronica Mars: Season 1

The Jeffersons: Season 4

Soap: Season 4

Click on the links above to be taken to the Amazon page to buy these titles.

If you aren't convinced that these TV compilations are worth buying, you can always give them a test drive them by signing up for a NetFlix account in the US or, for our Canadian listeners, sign up for a Zip account. (see the sidebar for details)

Spoilers Weekly 2005.10.02

The Spoilers have to take this week off from DVD reporting, but we wanted
to make sure you got our list of recommendations we had planned to talk about.
We'll be back next Sunday with our weekly review of new DVDs, and of course
we're still working on new commentaries for you, including: The Planet of the
Apes (1969), Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and The Princess
Bride. If you have questions of fun facts on any of these flicks, drop us
a line at spoilermail@spoilermail.com.

In the mean time, follow the "read me" for this week's hot DVDs, and links
to Amazon to buy them (it doesn't cost any more, and it helps us pay the
bills!)

Spoilers Weekly 2005.09.25

Evil Dead 2: The Book of the Dead Limited Edition

Robots: Widescreen Edition

Family Guy presents Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Heartbreak Ridge

Seuss Celebration

Click on the links above to be taken to the Amazon page to buy these titles.

If you aren't convinced that these movies are worth buying, you can always give them a test drive them by signing up for a NetFlix account in the US or, for our Canadian listeners, sign up for a Zip account. (see the sidebar for details)

WarGames: Spoilers Podcast 004

This will be a true geek commentary. We're covering John Badham's 1983 film, WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood and Ally Sheedy. Your commentators as usual are Bill Douthett and myself, Rick Yaeger, but we will be channelling our "alternate identities" more on this commentary than we have previously. Bill is better known as Digital Bill from the podcast "the Wizards of Technology" and "The Update Wizard" and I have my own web site for Macintosh professionals at MacMerc.com.

The Spoilers will not be geeking unassisted this time around. We have enlisted the help of another technology expert and movie buff, Andy Ihnatko. Andy is best known for his technology column in The Chicago Sun-Times as well as Macworld Magazine's back-page opinion articles. If you doubt is movie commenting powers, consider that Roger Ebert credits him for writing "at least a third" of his Ebert's Little Movie Glossary (highly recommended little book) In short, whether it's technology or cinema, Andy knows his stuff and we are thrilled to have him as our guest on this commentary. (check out The Mac OS Tiger Book by Andy Ihnatko)

Also new for this podcast, we will not be providing notes on the website. We had intended to--we did the research. We even tried to pepper the commentary with it every so often, but once Andy got going it was hard to jump in to talk about some bit of trivia that was not nearly as interesting as what he was saying...or singing. We ended up just winging it and having a hell of a good time. Hope you do too.

Spoilers Weekly 2005.09.18

Today we bring you the first episode of what will be a weekly run-down of a selection of cool and/or interesting DVDs about to release in the coming week -- The Spoilers Weekly. Rick Yaeger and Bill Douthett riff on 5 new soon-to-be releases and let you decide whether they're worth adding to your library.

This week's selection includes:

Battlestar Galactica: Season 1

Mallrats X: Tenth Anniversary Extended Edition

From the Earth to the Moon: The Signature Edition

Penn and Teller's Magical Mystery Tour

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D

Click on the links above to be taken to the Amazon page to buy these titles.

If you aren't convinced that these movies are worth buying, you can always give them a test drive them by signing up for a NetFlix account in the US or, for our Canadian listeners, sign up for a Zip account. (see the sidebar for details)

View Askew Auctions for Katrina Relief

Everyone is reaching out to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina, and the good folk over at View Askew (Kevin Smith's production company) are rushing in to help with an auction of one-of-a-kind opportunities you can bid on. Of course every penny earned goes straight to the Red Cross, and whatever they earn, Kevin will match himself!

There are 5 cool items, including...

Serenity Movie Website online, plus a contest

Hey Browncoats, it's the moment you've been waiting for! The Official Serenity website is now online - check it out at www.serenitymovie.com. In addition to trailers, photos and new downloads, there's lots of shiny features for you to experience as you explore the upcoming Serenity movie.

And, if that's not shiny enough for you, head over to the Joy of Tech Serenity Contest. Up for grabs are a Serenity T-Shirt, Serenity trading cards, and more.

Serenity, based on the short-lived but highly regarded Fox TV series Firefly created by Joss Whedon, opens in the US on September 30th.

Read more for some of the features of the official Serenity site.

Rodriguez talks to About.com about the Special Edition Sin City DVD

You didn't think the Sin City DVD that was released a few weeks ago was the end of it did you? The press on our Sin City commentary billed it as being an attempt to fix or save the bare bones DVD release. But Fred Topel of About.com has the info from Rodriguez himself on the Special Edition Sin City DVD due out later this year.

Keep up with Superman Returns: watch Bryan Singer's video journal

The release date for Superman Returns is still almost a year away, but you can keep tabs on the production via director Bryan Singer's video journal.

ComingSoon.net and LittlePlasticMen.com review Bloody Marv

No Sin City action figure collection could be complete with out the bloody version of Marv complete with Kevin's severed head. The review of this collectable has been posted. The criteria includes the sculpt, paint, articulation and accessories (aka, Kevin's severed head)