Wal-Mart chooses Blu-Ray

My question is: do we keep calling this the dvd blog?

HI-DEF FORMAT WAR OVER! Wal-Mart & Sam’s Club Join Best Buy & Netflix In Choosing Blu-Ray; Goodbye HD-DVD...:

It’s now official. Wal-Mart announced today that its 4,000 Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores and internet websites will move forward this year with just one hi-def movie and hardware format: Blu-ray. The change will take place quickly as the retailer phases out HD-DVD product and reorganizes shelf space by June. "We’ve listened to our customers, who are showing a clear preference toward Blu-ray [...]

(Via Deadline Hollywood Daily)

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Superbad Pulled From Wal-Mart, cause sales increase

Gizmodo tells us of a marketing gimmick for the Super Bad dvd that has Wal-Mart pulling the item off the shelves. Seems that the unrated version comes with a fake ID with the name McLovin. What are scared of, that kids will use the ID to buy Wal-Mart guns?

Superbad DVD Pulled from Wal-mart [Extreme Controversy]:

This may be the first time Gizmodo has reported on a DVD controversy that didn't involve the words "HD" or "Blu." Apparently the special edition of Superbad has been pulled off of Wal-mart shelves in Hawaii because of its inclusion of a novelty fake ID. Remember the movie? It belongs to a certain someone named "McLovin."

Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann was none too happy about the ID, even though the card's photo is really a hologram alternating between "Fogell" to "McLovin" (to be fair, I'm of age and I'd love to carry that bad boy in my wallet). So Wal-mart pulled the film from its 7 Hawaii locations. And then sub-21-year-olds turned back to their ways of purchasing good fake IDs and, in some cases, bypassing the temptations of alcohol altogether for abstinence and whippets. [thnt] Thanks Colin!

(Via Gizmodo)

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THE DARK SIDE TAKES ON A WHOLE NEW BEAT!

ONE OF HISTORY’S GREATEST LITERARY CLASSICS GETS A HIGH ENERGY MUSICAL TREATMENT AS ELITE ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS “THE DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE ROCK ‘N ROLL MUSICAL”

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Adult Swim’s Squidbillies: Volume One Premieres October 16th on 2-Disc DVD

The Back-Woods, Crap Talkin’ Squidbillies Slapped on Shelves for the First Time Adult Swim’s Squidbillies: Volume One Premieres October 16th on 2-Disc DVD

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Another Evil Dead DVD release? You bet your Ash!

THE EVIL DEAD ULTIMATE EDITION GETS THE “ANCHOR BAY COLLECTION” TREATMENT WITH 3-DISC DVD SET Sam Raimi’s legendary horror classic rises December 18th with reconstructed and restored scenes for the first time ever

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NAUGHTY!!!

This holiday season, Anchor Bay knows who’s been naughty and who’s been nice … and who’s going to end up on ice!

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Finally, Charles is in Charge again!

TV Guide Presents CHARLES IN CHARGE: SEASON 2 Arts Alliance America To Release Favorite 80’s Sitcom As A 3-Disc DVD Boxed Set On November 20, 2007

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The Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones on DVD Oct. 23

First of Three Volumes Unearths Treasure Trove of Interactive Materials That Bring 20th-Century History to Life

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In The Blood DVD

IN THE BLOOD is a stylized horror tale in the vein of De Palma's early thrillers. But with a modern twist – the hero is a closeted jock whose struggles with his sexuality have kept him from tapping into an inherited psychic talent.

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