DVDs that I boughted last night.

[nenena]

Pirates of the Caribbean III!

I got the widescreen 2-disc AWESOME edition. Only... It really wasn't so awesome. First, there were a bunch of Disney trailers before the main menu that I couldn't fast-forward through. (Also, the Japanese subtitles were turned on during the trailers, and I couldn't turn them off for some reason, even though the audio was also in Japanese.) The main disc menu was prefaced by an obscenely long animation. Also, the main disc menu was almost completely unreadable. To add insult to injury, despite the fact that I got an entire extra disc of bonus material, the theatrical trailers for PoC III were NOT included. I've ranted before about how it pisses me off the way that Disney DVDs almost never include theatrical trailers, because I LOVE trailers, and they're such a standard extra on almost every other studio's release, I don't understand why Disney keeps omitting them.

Does anybody have the Region 1 release? Does it suck as much as the Region 2 version?

Next... Bender's Big Score!!!! Hooray for more Futurama!!!!!

Non-spoilery thoughts about the movie:

1. It was good. In my head I (inevitably) compared it to The Simpsons Movie, and it held up pretty well.
2. Non-spoiler: The plot involves time travel. It got confusing at times.
3. Sorta spoiler: They used the time travel plot device to "fix" the endings of the two most tragic episodes from the TV series ever. (Seriously, "Jurassic Bark" reduced me to a quivering ball of tears so bad that to this day I refuse to watch that episode again. It is the only Futurama episode that I've never seen more than once.) I am so happy with the new continuity that there are no words. Seriously. But hey, I'm the type of person for whom the highlight of Pirates of the Caribbean III was the revelation that the shaggy dog didn't die after all. So the parts of this movie that retconned "Luck of the Fryish" and "Jurassic Bark" made me very, very, very happy.

Also, the Kwanzaabot rap. And Al Gore's multiple guest appearances. Best line: "Finally! I get to save the Earth with deadly lasers instead of deadly slide shows."

Comments

[thegrapeofdeath.livejournal.com]

I'm glad the Futurama movie turned out to be good. I had been holding out until I knew it was worth watching.

I never found "Luck of the Fryish" to be a tragic episode. I like the ending quite a lot. But "Jurassic Bark" was very sad and my brother refused to watch the episode again.

I better watch as many episodes as I can before it leave Adult Swim for good.

[nenena.livejournal.com]

Oh, I loved the ending to "Luck of the Fryish"! It was just beautiful. But it still seemed tragic to me. I kept thinking of what it must have been like from Yancy's point of view, to have a loved one suddenly disappear without any explanation or warning. That's a pretty tragic thing for someone to live through.

Oh well. It's been retconned now. ;)

[meiousei.livejournal.com]

I had the same reaction to Jurassic Bark. On the one hand, it's a great example of really powerful television, animated or otherwise - and that rarely happens in the 25 minute American sitcom circuit. On the other, I also had a very tearful reaction to it (just thinking about it now makes me tear up a little), and I would have a hard time watching it again.

I haven't seen the US Pirates III DVD. I tend to dislike Disney's DVD designs, though, so your observations come as no surprise.

[the-terrible.livejournal.com]

I'll definitely be getting it, but I'm not quite sure when. When I do, I'll let you know what I think of it.

[miss-breeziness.livejournal.com]

I've rented a two-disc DVD, and it was okay. It was in New Zealand, where...I have no idea if they use Region 1 or 2!
Disc 2 had some nifty "making of" documentaries, though.

That Al Gore quote cracked me up, although I've never seen Futurama. Do they air it in Japan too?