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This Week in Blu-ray: Iron Man Knocked Up Edition
Posted by Mark Wilson at 11:10 PM on September 30, 2008
Giz pick of the week: Iron Man
There's no doubt Iron Man was a guilty pleasure, but when executed with a very decent script, a superb cast of actors and unbelievable art design and special effects, we're suddenly proud to put the popcorn flick on our shelf. And the Blu-ray comes with plenty of extras, like a BD Live Iron Man quiz game, screen tests, 24 minutes of deleted scenes and even a Hall of Armour to check out the Iron Man suit:
Here are the other Blu-ray releases for this week.
• The 40-Year-Old • Virgin (Universal)
• Angel in the Family (Echo Bridge)
• Can't Hardly Wait (Sony)
• A Christmas Visitor (Echo Bridge)
• Daredevil: Director's Cut (Fox)
• Dawn of the Dead (2004) (Universal)
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Universal)
• Halloween Starter Pack ['The Thing (1982),' 'Land of the Dead,' 'Dawn of the Dead (2004)']
• Jethro Tull: Live at Montreux 2003 (Eagles Rock)
• Knocked Up (Universal)
• Land of the Dead (Universal)
• Legends: Live at Montreux 1997 (Eagle Rock)
• The Man Who Saved Christmas (Echo Bridge)
• Roy Orbison: A Black & White Night (Image)
• Salem Witch Trials (Echo Bridge)
• The Sixth Sense (Walt Disney)
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1973) (Dark Sky Films)
• The Thing (1982) (Universal)
• Ultimate Unrated Comedy Collection (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked Up, The 40...)
• When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (Image)
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SirBeef
Posted 11:45 PM 30/9/08
If that comedy collection threw in Super Bad and Heavy Weights, it might possibly be the best DVD ever released.
Judd Apatow is a genius
SirBeef
takashimiike 7
Posted 11:36 PM 30/9/08
That is one epic comedy collection. Oh and Iron Man's a good buy too.
takashimiike 7
VideoVampire
Posted 11:32 PM 30/9/08
Gotta get Iron Man tonight.
VideoVampire
DarkHavoc99
Posted 11:30 PM 30/9/08
That comedy collection would be pretty good. Funny movies, all of them.
DarkHavoc99
shalegac
Posted 12:04 AM 1/10/08
@SirBeef:
Heavy Weights is one of my favorite movies! I can't beleive anyone even remembers it.
shalegac
davebg5
Posted 12:42 AM 1/10/08
Does Iron Man come with a digital copy? C'mon, Giz...please include that info with any stories listing Blu Ray release features.
davebg5
DoMiNaTi0n
Posted 12:23 AM 1/10/08
@shalegac:
Repulse the monkey, part the wild horse's mane...
DoMiNaTi0n
Chester_Copperpot
Posted 1:31 AM 1/10/08
I just don't get the collective orgasm over Iron Man. Whereas Batman Begins and Dark Knight are so awesome, Iron Man seemed so predictable and cartoonish.
Is that the draw? Is it because I'm 28 years old I didn't like it.
Can someone please explain what made Iron Man so amazing? I'm not knocking it, it just didn't stand out to me from X-Men or Spider-man, both of which I just said "meh" to.
Chester_Copperpot
ChibiKyKiske
Posted 1:56 AM 1/10/08
@Chester_Copperpot: to me, it was the perfect summer movie. somewhat shallow, action packed, nice predictable story.
it's the type of movie you just sit down and watch with friends and family just to have a good time. you know, the kind where you don't have to read too much into it.
like i really liked Dark Knight because of its multiple storylines to keep track of. i thought iron man was the Yin to The Dark Knight's Yang.
ChibiKyKiske
ripfire
Posted 1:47 AM 1/10/08
@davebg5: "Does Iron Man come with a digital copy"
What the heck? I thought BluRay is digital.
ripfire
Bizdady
Posted 1:46 AM 1/10/08
@davebg5:
No it does not include a Digital copy.
Bizdady
Rabid Penguin
Posted 1:43 AM 1/10/08
@Chester_Copperpot: I'm 27 years old and I _did_ like it. I'll wait until next year when I turn 28 to let you know if that's the case. Otherwise, maybe you just have bad taste in movies ;c)
Rabid Penguin
innout3x3
Posted 2:12 AM 1/10/08
@ChibiKyKiske: I concur.
Iron Man is just a have fun and kick@$$ movie, which I will be watching on BD with the volume up so my neighbors can enjoy all the action too.
innout3x3
davebg5
Posted 2:02 AM 1/10/08
@ripfire: A digital copy is when a DVD (be it standard DVD or Blu Ray) comes with a copy of the movie that can be downloaded to one's pc/laptop and, thus, transferred to a mobile device (like an iPhone, PSP or other PMP.)
No digital copy? Then I plan to steal one. If anyone prom Paramount has a problem with that, feel free to contact me. I'm in the Viacom directory. There are a few Dave/David G's in there, but I'm sure you could figure it out if you really tried.
davebg5
Kaiser-Machead
Posted 2:49 AM 1/10/08
@MobileMilitia: Oh c'mon now, as if it's not obvious. ;)
Kaiser-Machead
MobileMilitia
Posted 2:45 AM 1/10/08
wait, how were you playing iron man at the meet-up if it wasn't out yet?
MobileMilitia
MASOCHIST187
Posted 3:32 AM 1/10/08
@Chester_Copperpot:
I'm with you man. I like comic book movies, and i can take a summer movie for what it's worth, but to me iron man just wasn't that special. It was kind of boring, and Tony Stark's sarcasm and snark wore on me. Plus (and i know it's just a fucking movie, and a comic book movie at that, but still) I didn't like the idea that his robots and machines understood every word he said, i thought that was stupid.
MASOCHIST187
Chester_Copperpot
Posted 3:20 AM 1/10/08
@ChibiKyKiske: Ok got it, see I used to like those types of movies when I was 16, now I guess I just want more than explosions. Don't get me wrong, I like silly movies like Pineapple Express, I guess I'm just over my "Armageddon, Con-Air" phase.
Chester_Copperpot
Con Seannery
Posted 5:31 AM 1/10/08
When's the HD-DVD release?
Con Seannery
michaelleung
Posted 7:56 PM 1/10/08
Woot! When We Left Earth!
michaelleung
MobileMilitia
Posted 3:03 AM 2/10/08
@Kaiser-Machead: i don't know what you mean. if it's not released yet, the only other way to see it would be in theaters, right?
.....right?
MobileMilitia