BEST BUY THE SHIT THAT WILL GET YOU TRAMPLED
$9.99 Blu-Ray
Monsters vs. Aliens
Fast and Furious
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
TV on DVD
Smallville (Seasons 1-8) $9.99
All-Day Suckers
$7.99 Blu-Ray
The Departed
V: for Vendetta
Live Free or Die Hard
I am Legend
Terminator
Silence of the Lambs
Goodfellas
Star Trek: The Voyage Home
Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn
Dirty Dancing
$12.99 Blu-Ray
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Braveheart
Gladiator
Wanted
Body of Lies
The International
The Matrix
Ghostbusters
Transporter 3
Sex and the City
$3.99 DVD
The Dark Knight
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Zack and Miri make a Porno
Appaloosa
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Mummy
Righteous Kill
Traitor
21
Untraceable
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Wedding Crashers
$6.99 DVD
Role Models
Gran Torino
Watchmen
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Pineapple Express
Friday the 13th: Killer Cut (2009)
Tropic Thunder
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
He’s Just Not That Into You
Hotel for Dogs
The Simpsons Movie
Wanted
K-MART
$8.99 Blu-Ray
V: for Vendetta
Constantine
Corpse Bride
Wedding Crashers
$3.99 DVD
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Semi-Pro
Oceans Twelve
Pursuit of Happyness
21
Devil Wears Prada
We Own the Night
Blades of Glory
Kentucky Fried Movie
Beethoven’s Big Break
Walk Hard: The Story of Dewey Cox
Mr. Woodcock
The Mist (2008)
$5.99 DVD
The Dark Night
Wanted
Pineapple Express
Role Models
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
Barbie and the Diamond Castle
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Live Free or Die Hard
The Bucket List
Death Race
Soul Men
$8.99 DVD
Fast and Furious
Kung Fu Panda
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Coraline
Taken
17 Again
Marley and Me
Madea Goes to Jail
MEIJER
MIDWAY THROUGH THE BLACK FRIDAY SALE INFO…I PAUSE!
I always hear from readers that I need to be a little more wordy. I spend too much time putting out the basic information without really injecting any personal insight into the mix. I’ll be honest, it’s a 50/50 split most of the time. You want to get the basic essentials out without slipping into Op-Ed general bullshit. But, this is a special posting for the column. So, I guess I’m allowed by my insane rules to slip into some external information.
THE BASIC RULES FOR SUCCESSFUL SHOPPING ON BLACK FRIDAY
- Arrive Early for quality parking
- If tickets are being distributed for hot items. Don’t be afraid to bribe someone.
- Do your research before you get there.
- Carry around Circular Ads for your main stops
- Dress Warmly
- Don’t go solo, build a shopping team.
- Stick with a budget
- Go early and then quit. Later in the day, it just turns to shit.
SEARS
IF YOU CAN MAKE IT PAST THE CRAFTSMAN DISPLAY, YOU’RE ALMOST THERE
$14.99 BLU-RAY
Crank 2: High Voltage
Transporter 3
Eagle Eye
Hancock
$3.99 DVD SCHLOCK
Spider-Man 2
Robots
Casino Royale
Devil Wears Prada
21
Fantastic 4
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
$9.99 DVD
Marley and Me
Quantum of Solace
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
TARGET
THE LAST THING YOU’LL SEE IS A FAT CHILD DRIPPING HIS ICEE ON YOUR CRUSHED FOREHEAD.
$3.99 DVD
Baby Mama
Elf
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
The Dark Night
Sex and the City
$8.99 Blu-Ray
Goodfellas
V for Vendetta
2001: A Space Odyssey
I am Legend
$12.99 Blu-Ray
Wizard of Oz
The Dark Night
Gremlins
Gone with the Wind
$5.99 DVD
Transformers
Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa
P.S. I Love You
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Kung Fu Panda
Night in Rodanthe
Polar Express 3-D
Christmas Vacation
$8.99 DVD
The Proposal
$10 DVD
My One and Only
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins
Monsters vs Aliens
My Sister’s Keeper
17 Again
TV on DVD
$8.99
Weeds Seasons 1, 2, 3
Flight of the Concords Seasons 1, 2
Friends Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Sex and the City Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Part 1 and Part 2
$12.99
The Office Seasons 2, 3, 4
Supernatural Seasons 1, 2, 3
House Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4
One Tree Hill Seasons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Gossip Girl Seasons 1, 2
Psych Season 3
A WORD ABOUT WAL-MART
Some people in the Real America only have a Wal-Mart within driving distance. Even then, I strongly dissuade you from attending Black Friday. Wal-Mart takes this Capitalist Holiday to new levels and it becomes a little scary. Most of the stories of injuries and other accidents on Black Friday will come from a Wal-Mart. Last year, it was a trampling in New York that dominated the news. This year…who knows?
The hot ticket this year isn’t any of the DVDs or Blu-Ray media that we have listed below. It’s going to be the $78 Blu-Ray player (pictured below).
MAGNAVOX #NB500MG1F BLU-RAY PLAYER
What hurts this release is the fact that it’s not a Profile 2.0 player. The 2.0 difference will only pop up on Blu-Ray media that relies heavily on BD Live material and other major-tech functions. That means if your parents or grandparents try to watch Twilight, Wolverine, The Wizard of Oz or virtually every Universal Blu-Ray disc known to man…this player won’t do it. Below, I’ve listed a breakdown with the different Blu-Ray Profiles mean for your future player.
| Features | Profile 1.0 | Profile 1.1 | Profile 2.0 |
| Required local storage | None | 256 MB | 1 G |
| Secondary video decoder | Optional | Mandatory | Mandatory |
| Secondary audio decoder | Optional | Mandatory | Mandatory |
| Internet connectivity | Optional | Optional | Mandatory |
The required local storage aspect might not seem like that big of a deal now, but it fills up. On my PS3, I have at least 500 MB of content downloaded from BD Live. Again the issue comes back down to doing your research. While this is a Profile 1.1 player, it’s not for heavy Blu-Ray watching. If you dig a little harder, you can find a Profile 2.0 Blu-Ray player at a price you can accept.
WAL-MART
$10 Blu-Ray
Harry Potter: I-V
The Dark Knight
Spiderman 3
Terminator 3
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Wanted
Gladiator
Braveheart
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Fast and Furious
Boondock Saints
$2 DVD (CLEANING OUT THE BACKROOM)
Casino Royale
Blood Diamond
Facing Giants
Little Black Book
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
I am Legend
Blazing Saddles
Underworld
Underworld: Evolution
Land Before Time: The Great Longneck Migration
Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends
Land Before Time: The Mysterious Island
Land Before Time: The Secret of Saurus Rock
Land Before Time: The Big Freeze
The Marine
Young Frankenstein
Spaceballs
$5 DVD
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Yes Man
Kung Fu Panda
The Dark Knight
Iron Man
Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa
Hotel for Dogs
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Seven Pounds
Surf’s Up
The Tale of Despereaux
X-men 1.5
X2
X3: The Last Stand
Horton Hears a Who (2008) Gift Set
Nim’s Island
$9 DVD
G.I. Joe
Star Trek
Marley and Me
Monsters vs Aliens
17 Again
Fireproof
Quantum of Solace
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Aliens in the Attic
Year One
A final thought…
Some of you might wonder why I didn’t include Amazon. Well, Amazon hasn’t put a complete list of their sales yet. There’s also the fact that whether you do their Friday sales or Cyber Monday, it’s still like cheating. The spirit behind Black Friday involves getting face-to-face with your fellow consumers. Some of them might want to spit on you. Others will want to step on you to get to the latest shit slung by Mattel. Then, there’s your chance to learn how long you can stand in a line at temperatures dipping below thirty degrees.
Amazon, Buy, Bing, eBay, Overstock, Deep Discount DVD and the other outlets provide the security that only a true shut-in should indulge during the Holiday season. Black Friday gives you the chance to build memories about the crap that will be filling your house in the weeks to come. To the gamers, I wanted to toss an extra bone out. Left 4 Dead 2 will be $39.99 at Gamestop. Also, if you buy a copy of Assassin’s Creed 2 on PS3 at K-Mart…you’ll get a copy on PSP for free. I would’ve thrown more video game deals in, but this is a DVD oriented spiel.
If you’re still butthurt about my Amazon stance, then click HERE on Monday (11/23). Amazon will update with a week of Black Friday deals for you. If needed, I’ll update with a Cyber Monday Special Edition for the tech-inclined homebound shopper.
