Feb 23 2009
Dream DVD Boxed Sets
There are a lot of DVD boxed sets out there that either contain all or a portion of a series of movies. Sometimes I am pleased with complete sets if all or most of the movies on the set are awesome, but there are a lot of series out there where I really don’t feel like buying every movie in a series. Take note, distributors, I will buy these dream boxed sets.
Alien, The Directors Cut and Aliens: I don’t want to see Alien 3 or Alien Ressurection ever again or even recognize them as part of the series. There is even a set that includes all four of them plus Alien versus Predator 1&2. The big question here is why there isn’t a Predator box with AvP 1&2. The bigger question is who would buy a Predator boxed set when there are only two movies from that series (not including AvP).
Death Wish 1, 2 and 3: I can never find a complete enough Death Wish set. It’s either Death Wish 3-5 or Death Wish 2-4. But none of them ever have the original! I want a set with the original origin of the kick-butt vigilante as well 2 & 3, which were lesser sequals, but campy fun nonetheless.
Superman and Superman 2, The Richard Donner Cut: The only sets I can find of this now are the ones that contain Superman 1-4 (without the Richard Donner cut) or Superman 1-5. Can’t I just remember the saga for the two films that actually mattered before it go goofy and sentimental?
Peter Jackson’s Early Work (Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles, Brain Dead): Peter Jackson’s early work is some of the best gore-filled slapstick comedies ever made. For as popular as Peter Jackson is now, it’s a travesty these movies are not collected together in one complete box.
Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, and Diary of the Dead: I know it’s a tall order and Diary of the Dead was fairly recent, but there seriously should be a boxed set for these quality zombie flicks. But George Romero has one more …of the Dead movie in the works, so maybe its a good idea to wait for it.
