New Geek DVD day - 04/28/09

 

The Good:  JCVD

 

Why It's Good:  It's Jean Claude Van Damme, playing himself.  In the film, JCVD is an aging action star who keeps losing movie roles to his rival Steven segal.  His ex-wife is fighting him for custody of his kid, and he has tax and money problems.  In a desperate state, the actor decides to hold a post office hostage in exchange for money.  It's Jean Claude poking fun at himself and other action stars, and the hollywood industry too.  It's supposed to be pretty damned entertaining.

 



 

The Badass:  Star Trek - The Original Series - Season One on Blu-Ray

 

Why It's Badass:  The series that started it all is finally available on Blu-Ray.  Join the crew of the USS Enterprise as they go on their 5 year mission to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.  And now, that journey is in high definition.  This is season one of the classic 1960's show starring James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock.  The DVD set features seven discs which showcases every episode from the first season of Star Trek in stunning HD picture clarity and 7.1 surround sound.  This is now the best way to watch this show.  Every Trek fan will want to own this.

 



 

The Awesome:  X-Men - Volume 1 and Volume 2

 

Why It's Awesome:  Fox's animated X-Men TV series from the 1990's has finally come out on DVD.  I loved this show when it first aired on TV, and it's taken far too long for this show to come to DVD, but the wait is finally over.  For its time, the animated X-Men series was the most faithful adaptation of the X-men comics into any other form of media.  A number of the shows storylines were taken directly from the comics too, like the Days of Future Past, and a lot of mutants who you usually wouldn't see elsewhere like Cable or Bishop were given cameos or even full stories of their own as well.  Up until the new series Wolverine & The X-Men came out, I would have said that this was the greatest X-Men adaptation ever.  And even with the new animated show out, that doesn't detract from the awesomeness that was this great series.  I can't wait to buy these sets.