Stargate SG-1 may not be a series anymore, but it lives on in the direct-to-DVD medium. New Stargate: Continuum follows Stargate: The Arc of Truth as a continuum of the series and features a returning Richard Dean Anderson in his role of Major O’Neil along with others from the cast, including Amanda Tapping (Colonel Samantha Carter ), now on the Atlantis beat. Seems time traveling Ba’al is trying to keep the Stargate program from ever starting. I’m pulling for our guys.

Stargate - Continuum $16.99 at Amazon.com
Stargate - Continuum [Blu-ray] $26.95 at Amazon.com

Other machine movies among this week’s video releases:

Avatar The Last Airbender - Book 3 Fire, Vol. 4$11.99 at Amazon.com
Dark City (Director’s Cut) [Blu-ray]$18.95 at Amazon.com
Doomsday [Blu-ray]$27.95 at Amazon.com
The Hunt for Red October [Blu-ray]$18.95 at Amazon.com
Top Gun [Blu-ray] $19.95 at Amazon.com
War Games (25th Anniversary Edition)$12.99 at Amazon.com
Witchblade - The Complete Series$44.99 at Amazon.com

Posted: July 29th, 2008 under New on Video.
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George Lucas and his greatest creation are parodied in Seth Green’s Robot Chicken: Star Wars. Priced to move at $9.99, it is currently the #2 new release at Amazon.com.

Also new this week: Transformers Cybertron: The Ultimate Collection, $39.99 at Amazon.com, The Ray Bradbury Theater, $21.99 at Amazon.com,

Posted: July 22nd, 2008 under New on Video.
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Dr. Horrible’s inventor of many an emitter– he seems to have a thing for shooting RAYS!

• Transmatter Ray - Can teleport hard matter, but according to his patter it transforms gold to other forms like MUD!
• Freeze Ray - Horrible, it seems seeks fulfillment of his dreams with a ray that will freeze any person in their TRACKS! Requires wonderflonium to use, the beam in shades of blues can further perpetrate his evil ACTS! From 30 feet at least, it freezes man or beast, it’s power is it’s only FATAL FLAW! To warm up it takes time which can foil the perfect crime and it’s size and swivel base can hinder, TOO!

• Stun Ray / Death Ray - A handheld rifle at his side, it was quickly modified from a stun ray to a ray with mortal FORCE! Faulty it may be or Hammer did not see it’s misuse would lead to a different COURSE!

• Horrible Van Remote - Mythbusters might go queasy for how this makes it easy to drive away with autos from AFAR! In two parts it is made: a magnetic can that’s laid on the van to drive from wherever you ARE! The handheld control is small like a cellphone you can call, but operates a van if not too GREAT! It steers this way and that. Honks the horn from where you’re at. A clock will let you know if you’re too LATE!
• Hammer Cycle - At Hammer’s base unseen, he feels it’s pretty keen. A chick magnet at least, as he would SAY!
• Hammer Jet - Another thing he’s got for times when he cannot just leap atop a van and save the DAY!

— Thank God I don’t have to write poetry every day!

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog is an original web series created by Joss Whedon and is available at iTunes (DVD soon, I hope).

http://www.drhorrible.com/

Posted: July 20th, 2008 under New on Screen.
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