THE WEEK OF JUNE 1st 2010
GROUP EDITED by: TROY ANDERSON
DVD/BR SECTION by: Troy Anderson
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (2010)
Director: Tim Burton
Disney
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Special Features
Finding Alice The Mad Hatter
The Futterwacken Dance
The Red Queen
Time-Lapse: Sculpting the Red Queen
The White Queen
Scoring Wonderland
Effecting Wonderland
Stunts Of Wonderland
Making the Proper Size
Cakes of Wonderland
Tea Party Props
Alice in Wonderland was this weird beast that Tim Burton and Disney shat into existence. Taking a cue from the Frank Beddor style adventures, Burton sought to recreate a classic tale for the Hot Topic set. Naturally, Disney realized that they needed to make something that could appeal beyond the Goth kids. So, they brought in some top-notch British supporting talent. The result was the continued sense of Burton players struggling through material that seems slightly beyond Burton’s grasp. Matt Lucas as the Tweedles was fun. It was like seeing Daffyd’s two retarded cousins from Wales.
AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE: VOLUME 7
showrunners. Dave Willis and Matt Maiellaro
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Special Features
Wars Out of 5, Fry Legs, Der Inflatable Fuhrer, The Last Last One
Forever and Ever,
Eggball
Live Action Behind the Scenes: The making of 12 minutes of television that changed television for 12 minutes
Rubberman Behind the Scenes: Your mom and uncle sing about condoms
Dumb Down Your Smart Phone
Terror Phone II: The Legend of Rakenstein
Live Action Carl: The Dave Long Story: Shave your head, grow a mustache, and gain 80 lbs. for a shot at fame
Aqua Teen Hunger Force continues to prove that massive amounts of weed dictates what college kids watch at night. This is the first Adult Swim to hit 100 episodes and I can’t say that too much has change. The movie still serves as this great fuck you to those that tried to start with the show via their solo celluloid adventure. But, the episodes are still these little cuts of odd. The live-action episode took place during this sort-of season and it introduced the world to Dave Long. If your sole credit in life is looking like Carl, I fucking pity you. While it makes you truly badass, you look like Carl. Carl, dude.
THE WOLFMAN
d. Joe Johnston
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- Deleted and extended scenes
The Wolfman continues to prove that CG effects are ruining American cinema. Sure, filmmakers will keep on their spiel about it just being a tool of the trade. We are moving forward technically and effects are improving. But, you can’t get past a studio that obviously had no idea what the fuck they wanted to achieve. All of Rick Baker’s work seems for nothing, when you have CG Wolfman and Old Man Wolf hopping around. Then, there’s the fact that the movie was pretty boring. For all of the noise over Mark Romanek walking and the musical score changes, there’s nothing to show for the effort. It’s just a cash grab from a studio that needs its classic properties to float SNL comedies that didn’t suck.
LIFE
narrated by. David Attenborough
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Special Features
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- The 10-episode miniseries on four discs
Life on Location: 10 behind-the-scenes video diaries found at the conclusion of each episode
1080p, except “Plants,” which is 1080i - The 10-episode miniseries on four discs
Life was a great nature documentary. That is if you watched it on the BBC. Discovery Channel chose to re-edit some of the material and slam on some new narration from Oprah Winfrey. Here’s the problem with that creative endeavor. Oprah Winfrey is a terrible narrator. She’s not the worse narrator ever, but she has a voice that can be only described as a 9th grade ESL student desperately trying to recite the Gettysburg Address. Queen Latifah had similar trouble narrating Arctic Tale, but her problem started with not relating the emotion of what was onscreen. Oprah understands that she has to pull the viewers into the action, but she finds this weird way of performing such actions. I’d go so far as to say that she turns into Brian Fellows. That’s why I recommend the BBC Blu-Ray release. David Attenborough is a scholarly narrator that bothers to inform, educate and entertain.
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