How to Spend $20
By Eric Hughes
November 11, 2008
For people who are friendly to humble janitors: Scrubs: The Complete Seventh Season
Scrubs may have ended its run on NBC, but the seven-year-old sitcom is far from dead. ABC confirmed that it picked up the quirky hospital series for an eighth season as a midseason replacement to air sometime early next year. But before all that happens, see how it all ended at its original network home.
Airing on NBC's standout Thursday comedy lineup, the shortened seventh season - just 11 episodes instead of a planned 18, courtesy of that pesky writers' strike - treated its loyal viewers to a number of fresh storylines, including Dr. Kelso's decision to sign the hospital up at RateYourDoc.org, Carla and Turk's discussions on having another baby, the Janitor heading up a new hospital newspaper titled The Janitorial and a medieval fairy tale series finale.
Depending on the show's success over at ABC, Scrubs could continue past an eighth season. ABC and Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence have suggested in the past that a ninth season could be possible, though probably with a new cast since Zach Braff, Judy Reyes and others have said they are ready to move on.
Disc includes: Audio commentary, My Making of II: 'My Princess featurette, One-on-One with Ken Jenkins featurette, deleted scenes, alternate lines, bloopers
For people who are afraid of what Guillermo del Toro can create in his mind: Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Special Edition)
Here's something: A comic book adaptation that gets rave reviews (think Iron Man, The Dark Knight and the earlier Spider-Mans) but doesn't exactly qualify as a smash at the box office. Hellboy II: The Golden Army is directed by Guillermo del Toro and stars Ron Perlman as the titular character, who this time must do battle with an evil dictator and his unstoppable army of creatures. The reason for the clash? An ancient truce between the human world and that of invisible fantasy is broken, promising literal hell to erupt on Earth.
Scoring just $75 million domestically (and another $76 million worldwide) against a budget of $85 million, Universal will probably greenlight another chapter. And Del Toro confirmed to reporters that he'd like to pursue part three after his work on The Hobbit.
Disc includes: Audio commentary, set visits, deleted scenes, 12-minute tour of the Troll Market set, Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2.5 hours), Production Workshop featurette, Pre-Production Vault featurette, Marketing Campaign featurette, digital copy of the film
For people who firmly believe George Lucas will never run out of Star Wars ideas: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Special Edition)
Universally panned by critics, the CGI-animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars, set between the three-year period between Episodes II and III, basically was produced for two big reasons: to introduce people to the TV series of the same name now airing on Cartoon Network, and to fill George Lucas' pockets with even more money than he knows what to do with.
Here, the story is rather simple. Two Jedi, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, are in search of Jabba the Hutt's son, who has gone missing. I do have one quick question, however. A son? Have you seen Jabba the Hut? That's what I thought.
Disc includes: Audio commentary, The Clone Wars: The Untold Stories featurette, The Voices of the Clone Wars featurette, A New Score featurette, Gallery of Concept and Production Art featurette, Webisodes (six featurettes), deleted scenes, trailers
November 11, 2008
...And The Earth Did Not Swallow Him (Widescreen) 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (Collector's Edition) 7th Heaven: Seasons 1-7 (Set) 7th Heaven: The Seventh Season All for Melissa All Mine To Give Allison Krauss: Hundred Miles Or More Live Anastasia (2-Disc Edition) Becoming Family Beer for My Horses (Widescreen) Black Christmas Blood & Bones (Widescreen) Blood Wars (Widescreen) Bon Jovi: Rock Case Studies (Widescreen) Chuck: The Complete First Season The Colt The Cosby Show: The Complete Series (Boxed Set) The Cure: Strange Museum Dolphins (IMAX) Fast Track: 1st Season Father Knows Best: Season Two The Fireplace The Flaming Lips: Christmas On Mars Flicka (2-Disc Edition) Garfield: The Movie (2-Disc Edition) The General (2 Disc Collector's Edition) Harry Potter: Years 1-5 Holding Out Holiday Affair Home Alone 3 (2-Disc Edition) I Dream of Jeannie: The Complete Series (Boxed Set) Ice Age (2-Disc Edition) JFK (Special Edition) Jingle All The Way (2-Disc Edition) Katt Williams It's Pimpin' Pimpin' Live from Abbey Road: Best of Season 1 The Living Sea (IMAX) Lone Ranger: 75th Anniversary Collector's Edition (75th Anniversary Edition) M Squad: The Complete Series 1957-1960 M*A*S*H: Martinis & Medicine Collection (Set) Madame Bovary (2-Disc Edition) Mind of Mencia: Season 4 (Uncensored) Miracle On 34th Street (2-Disc Edition) MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge Season 5.2 MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge Vols. 4-5 MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge Season 4.1 MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge Season 5.1 MXC: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge Season 4.2 Night Gallery: The Complete Second Season Noelle Pink Floyd: Great Gig In The Sky Robots (2-Disc Edition) Sara Bareilles: Between The Lines / Live at the Sheryl Crow: Live Smashing Pumpkins: If All Goes Wrong Son of the Beach: Volume 2 The Sopranos: The Complete Series (Widescreen) Stevie Wonder: Videobiography Still Life A Stitch In Time Supernatural: The Complete Third Season Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks 2 This Christmas Tracey Ullman's State of the Union Twin Blades of the Ninja We All Fall Down
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