At least you’ll be able to see it in the next 30 days at least.
Crushing news to Scott Pilgrim fans, Edko Films have decided NOT to release the Scott Pilgrim Vs The World theatrically in Hong Kong citing it as a difficult film to market. Chalk it up laziness or that even the U.S. had a tough time to market it, either way Micheal Cera fans will have to wallow in their milkshakes this time.
BUT there is hope: Scott Pilgrim is surely one film that will be watched over and over by fans at home and by the looks of what’s on the DVD and Blu-ray, the movie itself is not the only thing worth laying down your hard-earned cash for, come its release date of November 9th.
Some reasons to buy the DVD’s rather than the “China Specials”
With the announcement of this Futurama DVD box set collecting all the TV episodes and movies in this awesome Bender head box we thought we’d spotlight some of the cooler DVD box set packaging that we’ve seen in the past year. Being in Hong Kong, we all have an easy opportunity to pick up the Chinese pirated discs in the city or a jump over the border, but these fancy packages make the DVD become more than just a disc you watch and toss but a collectible piece of Pop Culture and that’s what we’re all about here at Neonpunch.com:
1. Futurama: The Complete Collection 1999-2009
As mentioned this Bender-head box collects the last decade worth of Futurama stuff. It’s coming out soon to help hype up the NEW Futurama series coming out soon, but this bad boy is going to se you back US$200/HK$1600 if you go direct to HMV Hong Kong or you can order from Amazon here and get 40% off.
2. Watchmen Blu-ray Director’s Cut (Amazon Exclusive Nite Owl Ship)
This is a crazy deluxe version available only at Amazon. Its the actual Owl-Ship with the Blu-ray director’s cut inside the base. This one will set you back about US$120/HK$1,000 and maybe, just maybe, you can see Nite-Owl and Silk Spectre II get it on inside. Available July 21, 2009.
Samsung launches 6 new home theatre systems in Hong Kong.
If you want quality sound, leave it up to the global leader Samsung to do the work for you. They recently released a total of 6 home theatre systems for your living room. All of these feature bio kelp technology to make sure that you get crystal clear sound with natural tone balance. Let’s take a look at them:
1. HT-BD1255
This is Samsung’s blue-ray home theatre system. It offers 1000 watts of output power and 5.1 surround sound to produce life-like audio. It also has wireless networking capabilities for convenience. Furthermore, Samsung’s BD Wise technology adjusts the blue-ray picture to best match your TV, so you’ll always get the best picture quality possible.
No need to wait for it to hit Hong Kong TV, you can get it in 1 month.
Coming out hot on the heels of its broadcast season finale, is the complete 24 Season 7 on DVD and Blu-ray on May 19th. Interesting to see since the U.S., just had episode 19 air this week. I guess even 20th Century Fox knows how in demand Jack Bauer is around the world and why wait for local stations to air it when you can get it in so many different places these days.
While not as good as the first 5 seasons, 24 Season 7 is a huge step up from the terrible Season 6. This season we see Jack Bauer in Washington, D.C, and re-united with a dead friend stopping all kinds of new foreign and domestic terrorists. If you’re a fan, you’ll love it, if you have yet to have a “Jack Attack” then what are you waiting for?
The DVD (US$49.98) and Blu-ray (US$69.99) releases of 24: Season 7 which stars Kiefer Sutherland. Each will be available to own from the 19th May. Extras will include audio commentaries on 12 of the episodes, deleted scenes with optional commentary by co-executive Producer Stephen Kronish and Producer Paul Gadd, and featurettes (“24′s Villians”, “The Ambush”, “The Fumicite Festival Presents the Music of 24″)
While May 19th is the US street date, in Hong Kong we may just see it sooner!
Bring the newest James Bond movie home in 3 versions.
Fans of the latest James Bond movie “Quantum of Solace” can look forward to March 24th for the release date of the movie on home video.
There will be a regular and 2-disc version on DVD and a Blu Ray version. The only extra material on the 1-disc release will be an “Another Way to Die” Music Video, and theatrical trailers. The 2-disc DVD and Blu-ray releases will include all of that, along with a 24-minute Bond on Location feature, additional featurettes (Start of Shooting, On Location, Olga Kurylenko and the Boat Chase, Director Marc Forster, The Music), and crew files. You can see the other covers here.
Some loved it, some hated it, but if you haven’t heard it, here is the Jack White and Alicia Keys theme song “Another Way to Die”:
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