SPIDER-MAN: The High Definition Trilogy on Blu-ray
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Gimmicks
By: Robert T. TrateDate: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
This week (unofficially) kicks off the holiday shopping frenzy with the release of ‘Spider-Man 3’. I was checking the weekly flyers on Sunday to see what gimmicks the retail stores would be offering to entice you to buy ‘Spider-Man 3’ at their store. I have wanted to address the topic of “gimmicks” for a while and ‘Spider-Man 3’ seems to be the perfect movie to do this with. There are many people; fans, parents, and grandparents, who are going to buy ‘Spider-Man 3’ this week. Everyone from Best Buy to the local grocery store will be selling it. What will get you to buy it at their store? Best Buy has possibly the weakest gimmick by offering a Spidey mask and trick or treat bag (50 per store). Trans World Entertainment (Sam Goody, f.y.e, Saturday Matinee, and Suncoast) are offering three different action figures (one per DVD) with the purchase of ‘Spider-Man 3’ (black costume Spidey, Sandman, and Venom). That’s not as lame as the masks and bag but who doesn’t have a Spider-Man action figure already? Wal-Mart is offering a game bundle pack including the movie and the PS2 game. So no gimmick really. Circuit City, for the price, probably has the best gimmick out there where you get the ‘Spider-Man 3’ soundtrack with the film. Let’s not forget Amazon, where if you buy ‘Spider-Man 3’: The two disc special edition and ‘Transformers’: The two disc special edition, you save some money on both titles. Now, what I would like to ask you is: do these things really matter? Which one will you go out of your way to get and what was the best gimmick ever offered to buy a movie? For me, the original VHS release of ‘Star Wars’ box set (circa 1995) that came with a full movie sized glossy poster that featured Darth Vader, an X-Wing, and the Death Star was more than enough to separate me from my sixty dollars. The tag line on the poster was and still has a lot of meaning for me, “The original one last time”. It was, after all, the last time I ever bought the ‘Star Wars’ trilogy the way I originally saw them in the theater.
With this being the last week in October oodles of Horror movies are on sale. Many “Special Editions” that came out last year are now reasonably priced or have moved into the bulk discount bin. The overpriced ‘Masters if Horror’ DVDs are on sale, almost dirt cheap, as well as the ‘After Dark Horror Fest’ collection. It’s a great time for horror fans who want to clean up on their favorite genre. Don’t miss out on all the sales.
Action / Adventure/ Thriller/ Westerns
Annie Oakley (1935)
DragonBall: Ultimate Edition
Face Off [HD DVD] (1997)
Jackie Chan - The Myth (2007)
Jeremiah Johnson
Hardrock (2006)
Rica 2: Lonely Wanderer (1973)
Sandokan the Great (1963)
Shaolin Legend (2006)
Spider-Man 3 (2-Disc Special Edition) (2007)
Check out Tim Janson’s review of the DVD.
Spider-Man 3 [Blu-ray] (2007)
Spider-Man 3 [UMD for PSP]
Spider-Man - The High Definition Trilogy [Blu-ray]
(Spider-Man / Spider-Man 2 / Spider-Man 2.1 / Spider-Man 3)
Anime
Air TV, Vol. 3
Avatar The Last Airbender Book 3 Fire, Vol. 1
Bleach - Season One Box Set (Original and Uncut)
Fighting Spirit: Complete Collection Part 1
GTO Box Set - Semester 2
Lupin the 3rd: the Fuma Conspiracy (1987)
One Piece - Vol. 11 (2007)
CARTOONS
Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Five
Comedy and Love - Mania Style
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 12
The Three Stooges Collection, Volume One: 1934-1936
Horror
The Abortion (Sub) (2006)
Angel Feather (2005)
Basilisk: Spoils of War v.2 - Viridian Collection
Basket Case 2 (1990)
A Blade in the Dark (1983)
The Blood Shed (2006)
Brain Damage (1988)
Captivity (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Day Watch UNRATED
Five Bloody Graves/Nurse Sherri 2-DVD Grindhouse Edition (1970)
Frankenstein (1973)
Grindhouse Double Shock Show: Wars Of The Robots (1978) / It's Alive (1968)
Hell of the Living Dead (1984)
Kingdom of the Vampire (Double Feature) (1991)
Manhattan Baby (1984)
Night Watch / Day Watch (Two-Movie Collection)
The Psychic (1979)
Rats: Night of Terror (1983)
Redrum (2007)
Replikator: Cloned to Kill (1994)
Stagefright (1989)
The Witching Hour (1985)
Science Fiction/ Fantasy
Carver's Gate (1995)
2103: The Deadly Wake (1997)
TV Land
Angel - Complete Series Collector's Set
Benny Hill - Complete & Unadulterated Megaset (1969-1989)
CSI Miami - The Fifth Season
Dark Shadows: The Beginning Collection 2
Legendary Warrior - Complete Series (2006)
Magnum P.I.: The Complete Seventh Season DVD (Full Frame)
My So-Called Life - The Complete Series
The Outer Limits (Original Series) - Volumes 1 - 3
Outer Limits Volume 3
Scrubs - The Complete Sixth Season
Suspense: The Lost Episodes - Collection 2
Twin Peaks - The Definitive Gold Box Edition (The Complete Series) (1990)
BOX SETS
The Amicus Collection
(Asylum / And Now The Screaming Starts / The Beast Must Die)
CSI Miami: Five Season Pack
