Blu-ray movie releases for the week of September 14th

by Alan Tsang { Sep 14th 2008 at 11:50PM }

This week's releases take you everywhere: from a supernatural hotel room to the natural wonders of America to a world where a man has the power to revive the dead. Here are this week's Blu-ray releases;

The psychedelic adaptation of the classic 60s anime Speed Racer by the Wachowski siblings prove to be both a box-office and critical disaster. We really enjoyed Torchwood, which is best described as a dark and realistic take on the ideas from the British show Dr. Who. Those of you want all the Pirates of Caribbean films in one package can now purchase the entire trilogy for a fairly reasonable price. Note that The Hulk released this week is the much-hated Ang Lee version and not the one starring Ed Norton. Rest of the releases are above.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Da @ Sep 14th 2008 11:57PM

I honestly can't believe someone likes Torchwood.
But tastes differ I guess, I just never thought they differed that much.

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Sinistar @ Sep 15th 2008 2:25AM

Torchwood is OK but not for the price they are asking for it. I'd rather get Pushing Daisies.

Jon Acheson @ Sep 15th 2008 10:07AM

I can't believe he called Torchwood "dark and realistic" instead of "sophomoric and cheezy."

Seriously, it's like the love child of the BBC and MTV.

LatinoLA1 @ Sep 15th 2008 12:07AM

Looks kind of alright, dont think ill pick any up though, and is it just me or is there some blank spots on there right after the dots??

sicklesdawg @ Sep 15th 2008 12:34AM

Speed Racer is going to make make T.V bleed candy coated Colours! :)

ryan @ Sep 15th 2008 4:07AM

i saw an old lady bleed candy at the theaters when watching this movie. true story.

Deviation @ Sep 15th 2008 12:43AM

Speed Racer really, really, really got the shaft from reviewers, which is a shame.

ill trooper @ Sep 15th 2008 1:17AM

I think more than a few people are going to watch it and not hate it as much as they expected after hearing the reviews. I thought it was great - very much in the spirit of the cartoon, and surreal. Really weird movie.

This will be the movie you see this fall in all the TV departments in BestBuy, etc. to move HDTVs and Blu-Ray players - it's nuts looking and the colors pop out of control.

Deadpool @ Sep 15th 2008 5:33AM

Well...if I remember the Speed Racer cartoon correctly, I don't remember it being set in Willy Wonkas chocolate factory or a candy coated future. I'm pretty sure it was set in the 60's, which is where it should have stayed. Don't get me wrong! I love the cartoon show, but when Hollywood rears its ugly head at anime franchises...the results are baaaaad. I mean reaaaaly baaad.

Everytime I see news about the DragonBall movie I die a little inside. It's like they're trying to drive me crazy about how wrong it is! Maybe I can find that monkey who played Chimchim in Speed Racer and train him to throw his crap at the screen everytime he sees Justin Chadwit.

Hashbrown Hunter @ Sep 15th 2008 9:20AM

I agree with Deadpool that some of these adaptations of classic shows totally destroy any sort of nostalgia you had, BUT I did enjoy Speed Racer (besides every scene with the fat kid and the monkey) and the story was actually a lot more complex and interesting than you believe at a glance. I do think that they did go overboard with the CGI in some scenes like the final race (which had me very close to puking) and the kung-fu was sorta tame. But Matthew Fox redeemed the movie for me. Really great performance.

So I enjoyed it for what it was, and I expect others to do no less. But watching it on Blu-Ray will totally f**k your vision for a couple hours!

John @ Sep 15th 2008 9:06PM

I liked Speed Racer because they did the one thing I wanted: maintained the camera perspectives and luscious curves of the car just like the cartoon did, which made me swoon when I was 5. Buying ASAP.

The Aggie CEO @ Sep 15th 2008 7:13AM

WHY put that GOD FORSAKEN Speed Racer movie as the cover pic???

lol

I woulda rather seen "Hulk" there.......

theoneneo81 @ Sep 15th 2008 8:26AM

I think The Hulk Sucked more imo rember this is the ang lee hulk

The Aggie CEO @ Sep 15th 2008 9:33AM

yea I know its that one.......

Thats why I said I'd RATHER see that one there because its just as bad.......lol......

but I guess I just didnt like how they put all those seizure causing colors in Speed Racer for NO reason.........sure it looks good in HD but thats that what Speed Racer was like.......

Waqman @ Sep 15th 2008 1:24PM

I've proved my point. These two retards above me. Bashing Ang Lee's Hulk and saying its as bad as Speed Racer.

HardBoiled @ Sep 15th 2008 8:30AM

88 Minutes with Pacino is suppose to come out tomorrow isn't it .. you figure Blu-Ray would be released with it the DVD copy as well

HardBoiled @ Sep 15th 2008 8:31AM

sorry i just realized 88 minutes their now .. gahh .. don't mind me haha

Bad Mojo @ Sep 15th 2008 9:20AM

Is it "The Love Guru- Somebody Please Buy This Crap Movie" Edition? Or is it just the regular suck version?

j.howlett @ Sep 15th 2008 1:20PM

1408 is my pick this week.

Waqman @ Sep 15th 2008 1:23PM

Its too bad that the Ang Lee Hulk is hated so much. It was miles beyond anything I saw in the new shitty Hulk movie with Norton, God even Norton tried to distance himself from that garbage before it came out. Note to everybody: When a filmmaker tries something different its bound to piss off alot of idiots. Hell I'm still surprised that The Dark Knight did so good, regular audiences aren't the type to like THAT kind of comic book movie.

Anyways, all that ranting leads to just one statement. I'm buying Hulk on BluRay....anybody else?