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July 10, 2007: Ultimate fighters, spoiled girls and Ricky Gervais highlight this week’s DVD releases.
By Wade Gum |
Posted July 10, 2007 2:00 PM |
The Astronaut Farmer
It’s good to see Billy Bob Thornton get back to his roots as a country bumpkin. He started off that way in “Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town” and has become famous playing that role. Don’t be confused by the title of the film. It’s not about a farmer who wants to grow crops on the moon. It’s about a farmer who has the know-how and the resources necessary to construct his own rocket in his barn.
The U.S. government doesn’t want him to launch the rocket and is prepared to shoot it out of the sky, because they know that if this innocent farmer can take to the moon, then anyone can. Before you know it, everyone will be building rockets in their backyard sheds and taking off to the stars, a place where no one has to pay taxes because there are no laws! Clearly, this farmer must be stopped.
Extras: The Complete Second Season
Ricky Gervais created a comedy sensation with the British version of “The Office,” so how can you afford not to check out his follow-up series about extras working in the film industry? Each week, Andy and Maggie hit up a new film set and run into celebrities who have a few screws loose. Both the first and second seasons are now available for you to own and enjoy.
Just like with “The Office,” it appears that Gervais is content to leave this show after two seasons as well. There’s something to be said about walking away from your creation before it becomes stale and old. Always leave the audience wanting more.
The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark
“Mystery Science Theater 3000” may be dead, but its spirit lives on. Thanks to Mike Nelson’s commentary tracks on several classic DVDs, Rifftrax.com and the Film Crew, everyone can get their dose of hilarious movie riffs even without Crow and Tom Servo. The Film Crew comes the closest to replicating the “MST3K” experience, as Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett are forced to watch awful movies. In “MST3K” fashion, the three will perform skits between film segments and introduce the films.
The first target of their riffing wrath will be “Hollywood After Dark,” starring Rue McClanahan from “The Golden Girls.” Rue plays a woman who tries to break into Hollywood and start a career as an actress but ultimately falls into the seedy world of stripping. Seeing Rue from the 1960s stripping is good and all, but seeing her strip on “The Golden Girls” would have been a treat.
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 The Last Mimzy
What the heck is a mimzy? Is it a mutant like the freaks in “The Hills Have Eyes”? If so, we should probably all be thankful that only one of them is left. Oh, apparently it’s a stuffed rabbit that helps educate two young children to the point where they’re super-geniuses and transcend to another level. So it’s like “2001: A Space Odyssey” for children.
In an ideal world, the hyper-intelligent kids would go back to the public school system and dominate all the spelling bees. In the real world, they’d just get wedgies for being smart. Psychic powers or not, there’s no room for nerds in school. It would only take a day before some bully ripped the last mimzy into pieces and scattered its stuffing everywhere.
My Super Sweet 16: The Movie
Wow. Just when you think MTV can’t possibly get any dumber, they produce an original television movie based on one of the most insipid shows ever created. If you can’t get enough of seeing rich girls cry about getting the wrong Lexus for their birthday or not being able to fit into their party dress, now you can watch actresses re-create the same exact temper tantrums.
The plot for the film is quite innovative. Two best friends are fortunate enough to have their birthdays occur on the same exact date. However, the BFFs have a big falling-out and end up competing with each other to throw the biggest birthday bash ever seen. Will the two have a fight to the death or will they ultimately realize just how much they mean to each other and become friends once again?
The Ultimate Fighter: Season 3
Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock didn’t like each other very much. Their feud in the octagon spilled over into the third season of UFC’s reality program. Ortiz pounded the stuffing out of Shamrock every time they faced off in the octagon, and his winning ways extended to the show when his team steamrolled over Shamrock’s fighters. Maybe that has a lot to do with the fact that Shamrock didn’t even have a Brazilian ju-jitsu coach. Instead, he brought a nutritionist who encouraged the fighters to chow down on chicken and steak even when they were trying to cut weight. The game may have passed Shamrock by. The “World’s Most Dangerous Man” has become a bit of a joke now, which is truly a shame.
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