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July 3, 2007: Batfink, Bravestarr and Eureka highlight this week’s DVD releases.
By Wade Gum |
Posted July 3, 2007 9:55 AM |
Batfink: The Complete Series
Never seen an episode of “Batfink”? Screw that. Now you can see every episode of “Batfink!” He’s a superheroic bat who saves the world from villains with the help of his faithful sidekick Karate and his metallic wings. If you’re seeing “Batfink” for the first time, just keep in mind that the series original aired in the 1960s and may not contain the most culturally sensitive portrayals by today’s standards.
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 The Best of Bravestarr
How can one be expected to sit down and choose the best of “Bravestarr”? The person chosen for this job must have spent hours agonizing over the decision in a screening room, watching the entire series again and again to ensure that the best episodes possible were chosen for this DVD release. He knows that if his decisions are wrong, angry mobs of Bravestarr fans will threaten his family and burn down his home. It’s not an easy job and it goes unappreciated.
This release also includes the feature-length “Bravestarr: The Legend,” where you’ll learn all about the lawman’s origins and how he came to the planet of New Texas, a planet where the entire surface resembles Texas. That must be what hell is like.
Eureka: Season 1
Before the second season begins, check out this DVD set of one of Sci-Fi Channel’s quirky original series. The story begins when a U.S. marshal stumbles upon the town of Eureka in the Pacific Northwest. The town is the site of a government relocation project designed to move all of the country’s geniuses into one location. Each time the geniuses accidentally unleash one of their scientific creations, it’s up to the stranded marshal to take care of the situation.
Putting all the country’s geniuses in one location is nice and all, but they could probably make a more entertaining show by putting all the country’s biggest idiots into one house and filming it. Whoops, they already did that. It was called “Big Brother.”
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 Filmation’s Ghostbusters—Volume 2
Of all the dirty tricks in the history of televised animation, Filmation’s hoodwinking of Ghostbusters fans has to rank near the top of the list. Little kids excited after seeing Bill Murray bust ghosts on the big screen must have been bouncing with joy when they saw a Ghostbusters cartoon series listed in TV Guide, but their joy would be short-lived. How many drink boxes were thrown at the television set by angry grade-schoolers the second that dumb gorilla popped up on the screen?
Thank goodness “The Real Ghostbusters” came onto the scene shortly afterwards, otherwise the schoolyard riots could have gotten out of control. If you want to see evil marketing genius in its purest form, take a gander at “the original” Ghostbusters on DVD. Marvel at the awesome catchphrase the Ghostbusters break out on every occasion: “Let’s go, go, Ghostbusters!” Yeah, go away.
TNA Wrestling: Lockdown 2007
Wrestling fans kind of like cage matches, right? How could we exploit this love of cage matches for an entire pay-per-view? How about putting every single match inside the cage! Yeah! It’s TNA’s yearly gimmick-fest event where all of the TNA stars do battle within the steel confines of the six-sided cell.
As if a show with nothing but cage matches wasn’t gimmicky enough, this year’s event also featured an electrified-cage match between Team 3D and LAX. What that means for the fans is that they can expect to see lots of humorous spots where the wrestlers grab onto the cage, the lights flicker and everyone acts like they’re dying. Good times. It’s no more ridiculous than Team 3D actually winning the tag titles in the year 2007.
WWE: One Night Stand 2007
No one can escape WWE pay-per-views at this point. It feels like they have one every other week. How rich do they think people are? Us mere peons can’t possibly shell out 40 bucks twice a month to see Edge vs. Batista IV or John Cena beat another unintelligible monster with his amazing wrestling ability.
“One Night Stand” used to be the showcase for the original ECW brand, but with the introduction of the “new ECW” and all pay-per-views becoming tri-branded ones, the original flavor was dropped this year. That’s right— no highly entertaining fans at the Hammerstein Ballroom cursing John Cena out this year. Instead, the event has been changed to an all-gimmick-match show. Unfortunately, there were no scaffold matches or coalminers-glove matches this time. Maybe next year.
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