Every week there are tons of newly released films, Blu-rays, books, comics, and CDs, but the truth is, very few of them are worth your time. That’s where this feature comes in. Each posting attempts to highlight the best new media releases of the coming week. It’s far from exhaustive, and of course it will be mostly according to my taste, but I’ll try to do my best to include a wide variety, so hopefully you’ll see something that interests you too.
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9 – Freefall
This trade paperback collects the first five issues of Buffy Season 9, Dark Horse Comics’ continuation of the Buffy series. As with all previous seasons, it’s executive produced by Joss Whedon, though he has taken on less of the writing duties this time around due to his commitments on The Avengers. Even so, it’s well written and all of the characters feel “right” and the narrative is still being driven by Joss’ plan. If you’re a fan of the universe, go pick this one up.
Treasure Planet Blu-ray
I know in many circles this would be considered blasphemous, but I’m not a fan of Robert Lewis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. I’ve read the book and seen various film adaptations over the years, and they have all left me cold. That is, with the exception of one. 2002’s Treasure Planet takes Stevenson’s narrative and transplants it, while taking some liberties, in space. I couldn’t tell you exactly why this version worked better for me than all the others, but I know that it was the only one I really enjoyed. At least, that is, when I saw it in theatres 10 years ago. It remains to be seen if it will have the same impact on me when I watch it now. I’ll be picking it up tomorrow, but likely won’t watch it again until it comes up in my D52 rotation, sometime in March. What I do know is that Disney has done a fantastic job mastering their animated library for Blu-ray, they are consistently the best examples for the format, so it will definitely be worth the upgrade.
The Amazing Spider-man
I’ll also be seeing this film tomorrow, though I have decidedly mixed feelings about it. I’m a huge fan of the character, but I just can’t seem to get excited about this movie. I don’t mind the fact that it has been completely recast from the previous films, or even that it’s rebooting the film universe. My biggest problem is that it will be telling the origin story AGAIN. Is there honestly anyone left in the world who would have even the slightest interest in seeing a movie called Spider-man that DOESN’T already know his origin? My hope is that the origin portion is a very brief recap, highlighting the changes made for this universe, and then we move on. The previews and word from early screenings, however, seem to indicate this will not be the case. Either way, I’ll be there tomorrow, I just hope I’m not too disappointed.
Sleep well,
DTE
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