JJ Abrams’ reboot of Star Trek debuts on DVD in just a week, and with it available to own in your home comes a bunch of mostly ridiculous tie-ins. This one is perhaps the most ridiculous, but goddammit I’m probably gonna buy them. It’s ridiculously geeky cool.
Airwalk will be selling special edition Star Trek sneakers. Alright they look a lot like normal Airwalks except they’re in sweet Star Trek colors. Most importantly they have the Federation logo on the tongue, which should come in handy if you’re ever beamed off a Klingon warship by a Starfleet patrol vessel and need to prove that you’re actually a Federation agent in disguise.
STPL x Airwalk™ Branded Sneakers are available now online and at select Payless ShoeSource stores .
The future is now! Paramount is planning something straight out of the 22nd century for the DVD release of the Star Trek movie. I’m not even sure how this is possible but, apparently you’ll be able to shoot Romulans using your DVD box. No, that is not a joke. Here’s the details from Variety:
With the packaging feature dubbed “augmented reality,” consumers will be able to hold their disc packaging in front of any standard webcam to unlock an interactive hologram on the computer screen, through which they can tour five cabins on the Enterprise, even shooting enemies from the ship’s deck.
Users will have to log in to a website to access the feature, but they control the hologram by holding the disc packaging.
“If you took the visual cue in the package and turned your hand, then you’re turning the ship,” Paramount homevideo senior VP of brand marketing Bob Buchi said. The technology has been used before for magazine covers and other types of product packaging, though this is a first for a major home entertainment release.
An early, primitive version of this feature can be accessed at Experience-the-Enterprise.com, and that should give you a pretty good idea of how it’ll work.
When Star Trek, the original series, was released on HD-DVD it was a pretty big deal. Now not so much. Owning Trek on HD-DVD is about as useful as having it on laserdisc. Dead format. On April 28th, you’ll have a chance to rectify your puchasing error when the whole thing gets ported over to Blu-Ray.
Details from the press release:
As part of the special features, select episodes include the “Starfleet Access” bonus content. By choosing the “Starfleet Access” option, viewers will be able to watch the selected episodes with special pop-up trivia and picture-in-picture video commentaries. The set also includes an interactive tour of the starship Enterprise, rare on-set home movie footage, an inside perspective on what it took to transport Trek into the 21st century and much more. A definitive STAR TREK® collection with more than 24 hours of entertainment, the set will be available for the suggested retail price of $118.00 US and $136.00 CAN. An exclusive collectible Sulu figure from Diamond Select Toys is also being made available with purchase of the Blu-ray set; fans pay only shipping and handling charges. read this entry »
The best moment in Donnie Darko, maybe one of the best moments in science fiction, happens in a deserted movie theater. Jake Gyllenhaal, before anyone knew who Jake Gyllenhaal was, sits there with the light playing on the screen flickering off his face, his girlfriend asleep with her head on his shoulder. There’s a giant, demented looking bunny sitting in the fold-out theater seat next to him, and we have no idea why. Jake, as Donnie, turns to the bunny whom we’ve learned is named Frank and asks, “Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?” Frank responds in the only way that makes any sense: “Why are you wearing that stupid human suit?” That’s a moment that can’t be recreated. Can’t be sequelized. Definitely can’t be captured on some derivative, budget DVD release.
I was there, the night Donnie Darko first played in movie theaters across America. The theater was a ghost town. No one showed up. I was there, sitting in the middle of my own deserted movie theater, watching Donnie in his. Sitting next to me was my wife, wide awake. There was no giant bunny with us, but we had our minds blown just the same. Over the years and months that followed Donnie Darko developed into a cult phenomenon. People started paying attention to Jake Gyllenhaal, he became a huge star.
It’s been a great ride, but the fun’s over. Donnie Darko’s popularity peaked long ago and now we’re left with the inevitable, direct-to-dvd sequel cash-in. It’s a depressing turn of events and I strongly recommend that instead of watching the first trailer for S. Darko, at the bottom of this post, that you walk over to your DVD player and pop the greatness of Donnie Darko in, for a good old fashioned rewatch. No don’t watch the inferior directors cut. In fact if you own the director’s cut, drop it in your trashcan right now. Director Richard Kelly’s attempts to explain his mystifying movie away only ruin it, though not nearly as much as this sequel almost inevitably will.
But if like me you just can’t help yourself, and you have to see what they’ve done to your beloved Donnie, then watch the first trailer for S. Darko after the jump. read this entry »
Cloverfield is coming to DVD on April 22nd, and when it hits shelves it’ll hit with two brand new, alternate endings. Will the monster choke to death on HUD? Will at least one of the main characters survive? Find out now, because we have both alternate endings for you below:
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