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‘Lost’ Season 4 DVD previews: The Wrath of Cuse

‘Lost’ Season 4 DVD previews: The Wrath of Cuse

Fine, we’re running low on cute titles to our previews of the Lost Season 4 DVDs (here’s Bob’s review and here’s the first preview). Consider yourself lucky we didn’t do Electric Bogaloo.

In this one, the producers talk about one of the big reveals in the series and some of the alternate endings they shot as coverage, in case something got leaked. If you haven’t seen season 4 yet, there are SPOILERS inside. You’ve been warned, we don’t want to hear you complain later.

Keep coming back to ComicMix for more previews.

‘Lost’ Season 4 DVD previews

‘Lost’ Season 4 DVD previews

Before J.J. Abrams drove us all nuts with Star Trek, he spent years driving us nuts with Lost. The Season 4 DVDs hit the store on Tuesday, but we’ve already seen it (here’s Bob’s review) and we’ve finagled previews of some of the DVD extras. We’ll be doling them out over the next few days, as soon as we check to make sure that they’re spoiler-free if you haven’t seen the last season.

Here’s one on the difficulty of keeping track of the guns…

If only Plaxico had seen this clip beforehand.

Review: ‘Lost Season 4’ on DVD

Review: ‘Lost Season 4’ on DVD

Serialized television has seen a decline in ratings after becoming all the rage, ignited largely by the originality and quality of Lost.  Created by J.J. Abrams, Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof, the series had an intriguing premise, an intricate mythology and a sprawling cast, but they never took the focus off the characters.  We got to know them, one by one, and came to care what happened. As several regulars died off, we were repeatedly told, this is a dangerous situation and everyone was vulnerable. This season, more favorite characters are wiped away in dramatic fashion and helps inform those who survive.

Of course, the fun of the series is also seeing the dead come back to appear in flashbacks and hallucinations so no one stays away from the show for good.

The third season was accused of losing that tight focus and its audience began to dwindle.  In spring 2007, ABC and the producers agreed to an end date for the show, spring 2010, and that freed the producers to finish plotting out the series in broad strokes.  We go the first hint of that in the season finale which had the first flash forward, showing us a suicidal Jack insisting he and Kate have to return to the island.

As a result, we were eager for the fourth season, the six-disc DVD collection, which goes on sale Tuesday and were not disappointed.  The freighter that has arrived proves not to be from Desmond’s beloved Penny but on behalf of Charles Widmore, who seems to be out to control the island and its secrets.  From that point, we delve into sixteen episodes which furthered everyone’s character arcs while introducing new wrinkles and new cast.

As one would expect, Jack and Locke are at odds as Locke’s spiritual side says they have to remain on the island while Jack remains committed to getting everyone off.  The cast splits and we follow both sides with Locke’s crew taking over the compound used by The Others, who have fled.

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‘The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ Coming to DVD in March

‘The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ Coming to DVD in March

  • News
  • December 7, 2008

Now that Warner Home Video has released the complete Man from U.N.C.L.E  in a handsome package, Paramount Home Video has announced a March release for The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E, the 1983 reunion telefilm.

Robert Vaughn and David McCallum reunited for the story which brought in fellow spy Patrick Macnee to head the espionage  agency.  George Lazenby makes a cameo, driving an Astin martin and listed as “JB”. Geoffrey Lewis and Keenan Wynn also starred.

The plot is described as “The criminal organization THRUSH steals the A-bomb H975 and demands $300,000 to be delivered within 72 hours by their former antagonist Solo. So U.N.C.L.E. has to reactivate the super agents Solo and Kuryakin after they were 15 years out of business to take down THRUSH once and for all…and save the world.”

TV Shows on DVD reports the 97-minute story will be released on March 3 with extras, if any, to be announced at a later date.

‘True Blood’ Updates

‘True Blood’ Updates

  • News
  • December 6, 2008

HBO has announced a May 12 DVD release for the first season of True Blood, the acclaimed series based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels. The five-disc set will retail for $59.99 with no extras announced.

True Blood chronicles the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps…where vampires have emerged from the coffin, and no longer need humans for their fix. Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) works as a waitress at the rural bar Merlotte’s. Though outwardly a typical young woman, she keeps a dangerous secret: she has the ability to hear the thoughts of others.

Sookie’s situation is further complicated when the bar gets its first vampire patron – 173-year old Bill Compton (Steven Moye) — and the two outsiders are immediately drawn to each other.

Adapted from Charlaine Harris’ The Southern Vampire Mysteries by creator and executive producer Alan Ball the series proved to be a growing phenomenon, just the sort of thing HBO has needed.

Meantime, production on the second season is already underway with a summer return being eyed, confirmed in part by the May release of the DVD set. Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello wrote this week, “Not only is there fresh Blood on the way, there’s also fresh… um, blood. The vamp hit is on the hunt for a new series regular to play Sarah, the pleasure-seeking missus of Steve Newlin, the Fellowship of the Sun’s big kahuna. New semi-regulars are also being sought for six-episode arcs as Daphne, Merlotte’s new waitress (and Sam’s likely new love interest), and Luke, a burly twentysomething who’s as dedicated to religion as Jason is to sex.”

Michelle Forbes (Battlestar Galactica), has been upped to series regular.

Finally, Mr. Skin named Lizzy Caplan (Cloverfield) top nude actress on television for 2008 given her character Amy’s frequent naked moments.

Clarifying News on ‘Xena’ and ‘Hercules’

Clarifying News on ‘Xena’ and ‘Hercules’

  • News
  • November 30, 2008

ClarifyingWe reported earlier this week that Legendary Heroes was going to release Hercules and Xena on Blu-ray in 2009 but TV Shows on DVD received word from Davis-Panzer, the production company saying,  “We don’t have any plans for Xena or Hercules on Blu-ray; right now we are just doing pre-orders from Season One of Highlander on Blu-ray. And, depending on interest on that, we will move forward with the rest of the seasons. So far there has been a lot of great response, but pre-orders will really make it seem serious.”

‘Igor’ Coming to DVD in January

‘Igor’ Coming to DVD in January

  • News
  • November 28, 2008

The CGI-animated Igor, telling a monster story from the point of view of the mad scientist’s erstwhile assistant, may have done poorly at the box office, with just under $20 million earned to date, but should make for fun winter viewing when MGM releases it on DVD January 20.

Igor features a stellar ensemble voice cast including Golden Globe nominee John Cusack (Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity), Academy Award nominee John Cleese (Shrek The Third, A Fish Called Wanda), Golden Globe nominee Steve Buscemi (Fargo, The Big Lebowski), Sean Hayes (The Bucket List, Will & Grace), Emmy Award winner Jay Leno (Ice Age 2: The Meltdown), Jennifer Coolidge (American Pie, Joey), Christian Slater, Emmy Award nominee Molly Shannon (Kath And Kim), Emmy Award winner Eddie Izzard (The Riches) and Arsenio Hall.  

Synopsis
This hilarious animated twist on the classic monster movie is must-see family fun!  Determined to prove he can create his own diabolical invention, a mad scientist’s (John Cleese) nice-guy assistant, Igor (John Cusack), creates a female Franken-monster.  But his creation, Eva (Molly Shannon), is sweet and sings show tunes!  That is, until she falls into the clutches of Dr. Schadenfreude (Eddie Izzard) and his shape-shifting girlfriend (Jennifer Coolidge).  Now it’s up to Igor and his sidekicks (Steve Buscemi and Sean Hayes) to save Eva – and their country – from real evildoers, including sneaky Prince Malpert (Jay Leno)!

The Igor DVD is presented in widescreen and full screen with English Dolby Surround 5.1 sound and includes bonus features such as deleted scenes, bloopers and “Be An Igor” featurette.  Entertaining for children and adults alike, the IGOR DVD will be available for a suggested retail price of $17.99 U.S.  The IGOR Blu-ray Disc is presented in widescreen and features an alternate opening scene and commentary by Director Tony Leondis, writer Chris McKenna and producer Max Howard and will be available for a suggested retail price of $39.99.

Igor
DVD Price:                              $17.99 U.S.
Blu-ray Price:                          $39.99
Street Date:                             January 20, 2009
Total Run Time:                     87 minutes
Rating:                                     PG
Screen Format:                      Widescreen and Full Screen
Subtitles:                                 English
Closed Captioned:                Yes
 

ComicMix Radio: Comic Shops Stuffed This Week

ComicMix Radio: Comic Shops Stuffed This Week

Good thing you have a little time off this week, there are plenty of things to enjoy coming from the comics & DVD shelves, plus:

  • Catch up with Spawn on MySpace
  • Disney’s 3-D Plans Grow
  • Obama Back To Press

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