New Geek DVD Day - 03/31/09

 

The Good:  The Matrix - 10th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray

 

Why It's Good:  Happy 10th birthday to The Matrix!  It was exactly a decade ago today that we were all introduced to Neo, Morpheus, Agent Smith, bullet time, 360 degree camera spinning battles and the woman in the red dress.  I spoke about this yesterday at length, but I wanted to take this opportunity as well to recognize everything this film accomplished for science fiction and for cinema in general.

 

Now available on BLu-ray in a swanky 10th anniversary collectors edition, you can watch Neo fight the machines in super shiny high definition.  This is an absolute "must own" for all sci-fi fans.  You can ignore the sequels if you want, but the first film truly was a masterpiece.

 



 

The Badass: The Real Ghostbusters - Volume One

 

Why It's Badass:  Finally, after waiting what felt like forever, the Real Ghostbusters animated series is being released on DVD.  It's about damn time.  Now we can sit back and relax in the comfort of our own homes as we watch Peter, Ray, Egon and Winston (and Slimer of course) as they battle all sorts of goulish baddies.

 

This collection is the first season of the show.  The set comes with five, count 'em 5, discs of ghostbusting goodness.  Personally, I can't wait to see the halloween episode with Samhain.  That one was always my favorite.

 



 

The Awesome:  The IT Crowd - The Complete Season One

 

Why It's Awesome:  A lot of you out there may never have heard about the IT Crowd.  It's a british TV series that has only aired in the US on the Independent Film Channel (IFC) at odd hours.  Just trust me when I tell you that this show is truly worthy of being given the awesome spot in this week's DVD listings.

 

The show itself is a sitcom about three people who work in the IT department of a big corporation.  That's IT as in Information Technology.  Computers.  The main male characters are Moss and Roy.  They're two big computer geeks who are running things fine on their own until one day they get a new boss.  Her name is Jen.  She's a great people person, but she doesn't know anything about computers.  After a small period of akwardness between them, Jen and the boys become friends and work together.  During it all though, they get themselves into some incredibly funny situations.

 

Aside from having one of the coolest opening credit sequences ever, the show is filled with great geek humor and computer references.  It will be thoroughly entertaining to a lot of you out there.  I desperately plead with you to give the show a chance.  Rent it, netflix it, whatever.  Just watch it.  You'll be entertained.  I promise.  To prove it to you, here's the first part of the first episode of the show.