The Good: The Universe - The Complete Season 1
Why It's Good: I'm a huge documentary nerd. Back when I had cable, the History Channel was watched on a fairly regular basis. I'm also a huge space nerd, so to have a kickass History Channel about the history of the Universe is like the ultimate documentary. This box set comes with 13 episodes of space exploration glory as well as a documentary called Beyond The Big Bang. And the whole thing is in Blue-ray. For any space junkies out there like me, this is a must have.
The Badass: Tropic Thunder Unrated Director's Cut
Why It's Badass: By far the funniest comedy film of the summer (if not the year), Ben Stiller's action/comedy about a bunch of whiny actors trying to make a big budget war film is a spot on lampoon of hollywood action films as well as the business of making them. Robert Downey Jr. is downright hilarious in his portrayal of an overlycommited actor portraying a black marine Sargeant in the Vietnam war. I dare you to watch this film and not laugh at least once really hard. That's right, I dare you.
The Awesome: Dr. Who - The Complete Fourth Series and Dr. Who - The Infinite Quest
Why It's Awesome: It's Dr. Who. That alone should be enough to make it awesome. The fourth season of the new Dr. Who admittedly has my least favorite of the Doctor's companions in it, but it also has a number of really great episodes. And the build up to the gigantic finale was 100% pure awesome, featuring characters from every Dr. Who season from the new series as well as appearances by the cast of Torchwood and the Sarah Jane Adventures. It was like a gigantic sandwhich of greatness on British Sci-Fi bread.
As for the Animated box set, I sadly must say that I've never heard of it before. But it has the actual cast from the live action show doing the voices of the characters. According to the reviews on Amazon, the set compiles a number of animated bits that originally aired on a BBC kid's show. They've never been released in the US before. So think of it like a Clone Wars version of Dr. Who. Sounds pretty interesting if you ask me.
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