I just bought: all media style

[MGM]

To start this one up again. I just bought:

DVD's:

Hot Fuzz
Dog Day Afternoon
Serpico


Statues:
Optimus Prime bust by Art Asylum
Sandman 20th anniversiry bookends

[The French Biscuit]

Book(s)
R.A. Salvatore's The Legend of Drizzt book VII - The Legacy

[MGM]

Oy, which story is that part of?

[The French Biscuit]

Oy, which story is that part of?

Have you not heard tell of the Legend of Drizzt?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/7/2007/11/drizzt.jpg

That book is part of the Drow arch in the overall Legend of Drizzt story. There are 13 in that one, and then comes The Hunter's Blade Trilogy and now there's the Transitions series which at the moment consists of 2 books, but there's supposed to be three.

Grand total: 19 books, 3 series.

There's also the off-shoot series, The Sellswords, which has three books and little to no Drizzt.

P.S. I love Todd Lockwood for drawing that. I really do.

[MGM]

Yes yes, I've got 'em all (well, except the last part, I'm waiting for the rest of the series to come out). The Dark Elf trilogy is the best of it all, BTW. But which part of the tale is the book you're reading now? What happens in the book?

[The French Biscuit]

The Dark Elf trilogy is the best of it all, BTW. But which part of the tale is the book you're reading now? What happens in the book?

Indeed.:D

It's after The Halfling's Gem (where they have to go to Calimport to save Regis). I can't remember what this part of the overall story is called.

Summary of The Legacy: Wulfgar and Cattie-Brie's wedding approaches, but there's friction between the happy couple. Regis unexpectedly returns to Mithrall Hall, but he seems different.
Eventually it's revealed that Regis is Artemis Entreri in disguise and he (with a bunch of drow elves including everybody's favourite mercenary Jarlaxle, Drizzt's sister Vierna and his recently be-driderred brother Dinnin) captures Drizzt and takes him away into the Underdark.
And then there's fighting and Pwent and a "death" of someone important (I didn't really feel that bad for him though).

That was a fairly messy summary, but there it is.

[MGM]

Ah, that one. Can't for the life of me remember who died, but whatever.

Have you read the War of the Spider Queen books (six of them)?

[The French Biscuit]

Ah, that one. Can't for the life of me remember who died, but whatever.

Have you read the War of the Spider Queen books (six of them)?

Since you've read them, I'll tell you. It's Wulfgar and he's not really dead. :D

I've seen them, but never picked them up. Are they worth reading?

[MGM]

I figured it was him. I think the character comes out the better from it. He's so whiny before the death.

SpiderQueen books are pretty good, I enjoyed them a lot.

[XIII]

In New York, I got :

Books :

A gentleman's game - Greg Rucka
Private Wars - Greg Rucka
The Outfit - Richard Stark aka Donald Westlake
The man with the getaway face - Richard Stark aka Donald Westlake

Here, in France

DVDs

The Dark Knight - Christopher Nolan

[Fasheem]

Buy? lol

Have you not heard tell of the Legend of Drizzt?

I met this guy once in Baldur's Gate. He helped me win a fight against some gnoles or something and I wanted to kill him and take his stuff but for some reason I can't recall that didn't happen.

I was going to say I liked being Biscie's friend because she's nerdier than me but after that anecdote I'm not sure it's true.

[The French Biscuit]

Buy? lol


:D


I met this guy once in Baldur's Gate. He helped me win a fight against some gnoles or something and I wanted to kill him and take his stuff but for some reason I can't recall that didn't happen.


Yeah, probably not. Drizzt is king in fantasy game world.


I was going to say I liked being Biscie's friend because she's nerdier than me but after that anecdote I'm not sure it's true.

LOL :D I think I'm still the nerdier of the two of us. http://smilies.vidahost.com/cwm/cwm/nerd.gif I make all my friends look cooler.

[Mr Wallstreet]

XBOX 360

HALO 3
Gears of War
Ninja Gaiden 2
Vampire Reign

I brought the XBOX just before the Con but then the boards died. Having spent a butt load of money at Best Buy, I received a bunch of gift certificates which I used to buy Nina Gaiden 2 and Vampire Reign.

[wolf_2099]

Have you not heard tell of the Legend of Drizzt?


I tried reading this, and just found it to be trite for teenagers.

[MGM]

Very wrong. Read the Dark Elf trilogy.

[Fasheem]

I tried reading this, and just found it to be trite for teenagers.

I tried reading something by RA Salvatore as a teenager and found it to be really dull shit.


Gears of War


This game is so hard, I died early on in training. :(

[William McDert]

Wally, why would you buy Gears 1 over Gears 2?

What the fucks?

[Mr Wallstreet]

I didn't know if I'd like the GoW series. I wanted to test it out first so I picked up the first part of the game for $20. Now that I know I'll like it, I'll pick up the second game in a bit.

I'd rather be safe and drop $20 on a game to see how it is. If I didn't like it, it's no big loss because its only $20. But if I'd spent $60 and wound up hating it, I'd just be extra pissed.

[Mr Wallstreet]

I tried reading something by RA Salvatore as a teenager and found it to be really dull shit.



This game is so hard, I died early on in training. :(

I'm not great at first person shooters either but good enough to survive.

[MGM]

Runaways HC Vol. 2
Runaways HC Vol. 3

[Mr Wallstreet]

:clap:

[XIII]

DVD

Zodiac - Director's Cut - David Fincher

[MGM]

Books:

A briefer history of time|Stephen Hawking
Parallel worlds|Michio Kaku
Empress|Karen Miller

TPB:

Batman: Year one

[Mr Wallstreet]

Manhunter vol 1: Street Justice
Manhunter vol 2
Batman: False Faces by Brian K. Vaughan (woody)
Scalped vol 1: Indian Country

[MGM]

TPB:

Batman: The Long Halloween

[MGM]

Book:

De ontdekking van de hemel|Harry Mulisch

The discovery of Heaven, also a movie these days. Pretty good one, from what I hear. But the book's one of the best I've ever read.

[wolf_2099]

Resident Evil 5

[XIII]

Book

Citoyens clandestins - DOA

DVD

Point Blank - With Lee Marvin, the first movie adaptation of the "Hunter" novel

Comics

Absolute Sandman vol IV - Huzzah!! vol III is on the way, from the States

[XIII]

Book

Lights Out - Jason Starr
Twisted City - Jason Starr
Shutter Island - Denis Lehane
The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett
Le Seigneur des Corbeaux - Nicolas Le Breton

[Mr Wallstreet]

Clerks 2 2-Disc Special Edition DVD
Manhunter vol 3
Scalped vol 2

[wolf_2099]

Book

The Maltese Falcon - Dashiell Hammett


This book is awesome.

Made to be Broken - Kelley Armstrong
Patient Zero - Jonathon Mayberry

[jedispyder]

Afterdark Horror Fest III: 8 Films to Die For
Autopsy
The Broken
Butterfly Effect III: Revelation
Dying Breed
From Within
Perkins 14
Slaughter
Voices

Best Buy has a sale where if you buy all 8 you get them for just $70 (instead of MSRP $120)

[CountD]

Book:

De ontdekking van de hemel|Harry Mulisch

The discovery of Heaven, also a movie these days. Pretty good one, from what I hear. But the book's one of the best I've ever read.

I am going to look for this in English.

Robert Townsend: Hollywood Shuffle remember this on HBO?:smilielol5:

[jedispyder]

Snuff by Chuck Pahlaniuk
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

[MGM]

Lucifer v9: Crux
Lucifer v10: Morningstar
Lucifer v11: Evensong


The robots of dawn|Asimov

[XIII]

DVDs

12 Angry Men - Sidney Lumet
The Verdict - Sidney Lumet
To live and die in L.A. - William Friedkin (recommended by the esteemed Jason Aaron!)
A very British gangster - A documentary/fiction about real-life Manchester mob boss Dominic Noonan
The Road to Perdition - Sam Mendes

[Mr Wallstreet]

Wolverine: Logan by Brian K. Vaughan
Marvel Zombies 2 by Robert Kirkman
Wonder Woman: Who is Wonder Woman by Allan Heinberg
Scalped: Dead Mothers by Jason Aaron

[Mr Wallstreet]

Batman: Ressurection of Ra's Al Ghul
Green Lantern: Sinestro Corp. vol 1
Manhunter: vol 5: Forgotten
Astounding Wolf-man vol 2 (woody)

[XIII]

DVDs

Weeds Season 2
Life on Mars (UK version) Season 2

[MGM]

Yesssssss!! Life on Mars is amazing! Loved the end of the show, for that matter. Be sure to grab Ashes to Ashes as well, which is the sequal to the show.

[Mr Wallstreet]

I've heard great things about Life on Mars (UK). They tried to do a version of Life on Mars here in the U.S. but it didn't do so well ratings wise and I think it got cancelled.

[MGM]

It also lacked all the flair and subtlety of the original. I recommend it to anyone.

[MGM]

The Walking Dead compendium arrived today! Hooray for reading pleasure. It's been so long I've forgotten about who all died. :D

[XIII]

Sloooooww Amazon ;)

[MGM]

To be fair, I ordered it about 3 weeks ago.

[XIII]

The Shield season 7, bitches!! At last I'll know the final fate of Vic Mackey!

[Mr Wallstreet]

Batman: The Black Casebook
Sinestro Corp. vol 2
Conan vol 7: Cimmeria
Punisher MAX vol 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[XIII]

DVD

In Bruges - Ed Brubaker is vouching for this one, that's good enough for me.
3.10 to Yuma - A western with Russel Crowe from the guy who did Identity, that's good enough for me
Eastern Promises - Russian mafia flick with Viggo Mortensen and Frenchie Vincent Cassel, that's good enough for me
Paris - The latest movie from one of my fave French director, Klapish
The Counterfeiter - German movie set during WWII, got the Academy Award for best foreign movie. Intrigued.

[MGM]

3:10 is awesome. In Bruges looks quite good and Eastern Promises is good. The German flick I've heard only good things about.

[Mr Wallstreet]

^

Eastern Promises and 3:10 to Yuma are both fantastic films. Viggo Mortenssen (sp) gave a fantastic performance in Eastern Promises. On the other hand, while I enjoyed 3:10, I didn't really care for the acting but enjoyed the general atmosphere and story of it.

Recently purchased:
The Boys vol 4: We Gotta Go Now
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows softcover

[MGM]

Eastern Promises
Man on Fire


All Star Superman v. 1

DVD's as birthday presents, Supes just because it's teh awesome.

[wolf_2099]

Where Men Win Glory - Jon Krakeur
Darwyn Cooke - Parker - The Hunter
Dan Brown - The Lost Symbol, pre-ordered it for 9 bucks, otherwise I'd had said fuck it.

[MGM]

The Wire - seasons 1-5


*orgasms*

[wolf_2099]

PN Elrod - Dark Road Rising & The Devil You Know
2 New Vampire Files novels, yay!

[Tragic Angelus]

Bought it awhile ago and it came in while my net was down:

Paramore- brand new eyes Deluxe Edition CD: Comes with 7 in LP, copy of the lyrics booklet and notes written by Hayley Williams, DVD making of the album and webisodes from their website, and a few additional acoustic tracks.

It's the only music I've listened to since I got my copy Monday.

[Stocky Boy]

The Wire - seasons 1-5


*orgasms*

I bought that a while ago my main man.

I should probably mention I get a WB discount, so if anyone wants a big ol' boxset like the Wire, check with me for price first, if you want.

[XIII]

And you're saying this now?

[Tragic Angelus]

Yea.. no shit.. but wait, anything you get wouldn't it be like, Region 2, and no good for those of us across the pond?

[Mr Wallstreet]

Purchased in the last 6 weeks:

Left 4 Dead
Dead Space

Last week:

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2!!!!!!!!!!

[Stocky Boy]

Yea.. no shit.. but wait, anything you get wouldn't it be like, Region 2, and no good for those of us across the pond?

A very good point. I'd have to check the list.

Oh, I've seen PC games and other shit on the list as well. I would mention music as well, but music's free online. :D

If it's a boxset and it's WB,
For your own benefit,
Come check with me!

A helpful rhyme. :)

[wolf_2099]

Left4Dead 2

Mad Max
Big Trouble in :Lttle China
Abyss

[Mr Wallstreet]

If it's a boxset and it's WB,
For your own benefit,
Come check with me!

A helpful rhyme. :)

:smilielol5:

Christ sake Stocky, were not retarded. We can just remeber to ask you.

[wolf_2099]

But I like rhymes.

Do you have one for STD's? Or possibly remembering my keys?

[Stocky Boy]

For keys, how about...

Before you flee,
Remember your keys

Simple. Easy to remember.

For the STDs one, what do you want? a rhyme to help you remember all of them, or a rhyme to help you pause and put a johnny on?


I bought Big Trouble in Little China a while ago, too. Classic, fun action romp!

Recently I've bought:

The Wrestler
Family Guy season 8 (8 in the UK, probably season 7 in the US)

[wolf_2099]

For the STDs one, what do you want? a rhyme to help you remember all of them, or a rhyme to help you pause and put a johnny on?


Both please.

Never seen Big Trouble before, looking forward to it.

[MGM]

Right. I've just started re-watching The Wire with my girl, we started on season 2. Still waiting in line is Oz.

But I've bought the The Sopranos all seasons box. And season 1 of The Shield, with intention to get the other seasons as well. Reason I didn't buy the all seasons box is because I read it's a horrible packing for the DVD's (scratches and all that).

[wolf_2099]

A SOny Vaio.
My last computer died.

[XIII]

Playstation 3
FIFA 2010

[Tragic Angelus]

And he'll never be heard from again...

[Mr Wallstreet]

LOST Season 1-5 for only $70!

[XIII]

Great bargain!

[Mr Wallstreet]

Left 4 Dead 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum for PS3

[XIII]

Hey Wally, what's you online name on PS3? We could be PS3 friends! :)

[Mr Wallstreet]

Sure, just let me dig it up. I hardly ever play online with my PS3 so I'm a little fuzzy on it.

[Mr Wallstreet]

XIII!, My PS3 Gamer tag is MRWALLSTREET. What is yours?

[XIII]

ArnaudXIII

[MGM]

CD's:

Off the wall - Michael Jackson
Absolution - Muse
Black holes & revelations - Muse
The Ultimate collection - Prince
11:11 - Rodrigo y Gabriela

Books:

Heir to the Empire - Timothy Zahn
Dark Force rising - Timothy Zahn
The last command - Timothy Zahn

[XIII]

Didn't you have those books already?

[MGM]

Nope, I was looking for them. Still couldn't find the middle book, I had to order it online.

[wolf_2099]

Richard Calder - Babylon
Book!

[XIII]

DVDs

The Grifters
The Chaser
Burn after reading
Glengarry Glen Ross
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Lost season 5

[Mr Wallstreet]

DVD:

Green Lantern: First Flight (2-Disc Special Edition)
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2 Disc Special Edition)

Still need to get Superman/Doomsday, DC: The New Frontier, Batman: Gotham Knight & Wonder Woman. Of all these, I want the WW dvd the most.

[Tragic Angelus]

I don't own the Superman/Doomsday or the Gotham Knight. I would be tempted to get GK as it was good but don't really want S/D other than for a complete set so to speak.

Justice League Crisis on 2 Earths hits today so I'll probably nab it tonight or tomorrow

[Mr Wallstreet]

I've been hearing many great things about Crisis on 2 Earths. I'm going to netflix Crisis and buy the movie a little later on.

However, Netflix has recently struck a deal with WB that states that any time a Warner Bros. movie is released on DVD there, will be a 1 month period of lag time from when the DVD is released and when netflix will get it. The purpose of this, I suppose, is to get as many copies of their movies sold in that month as possible. Given the vast volume of Netflix customers and movies WB is probably losing more money on sales now that Netflix is a major player in DVD entertainment.

A question for you guys:

Do you buy your DVDs on Blu-Ray or continue to buy them on regular DVD format?

[Tragic Angelus]

I bought it, and it was fantastic. More later.

As for the DVD/Blu Ray, I still do DVD because I don't have a blu-ray player, and my entire collection is still DVD. Now, maybe when they do the complete switch over I'll start to move but I want a player first before starting to buy them, even though I don't really care much for the difference so far.

[Mr Wallstreet]

DVDs

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Batman: Mr. Freeze Sub Zero
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Justice League: Crises on Two Earths
Trick r Treat

[Tragic Angelus]

What's Mystery of the Batwoman?? I dont' think I remember that one

[Mr Wallstreet]

Mystery of the Batwoman was a direct to DVD release, that came out some time after Batman: Mr Freeze Sub-Zero. It wasn't as heavily marketed as the other Batrman animated films. I myself havent seen it so far and the only reason I picked it up was because it was on sale.

[Mr Wallstreet]

DVDs
Superman Doomsday 2 Disc Special Edition
DC The New Frontier 2 Disc Special Edition
Batman Gotham Knight 2 Disc Special Edition

All were on sale for $9.99 so I grabbed em. All I need now is the WW Animated DVD

[Tragic Angelus]

NEW FRONTIEEEERRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

[XIII]

Damn I'm jealous of that New Frontier DVD of yours!

[Tragic Angelus]

Wait what? I thought you didn't like the animated?

Orrrrrr that's totally sarcasm that I didn't pick up on.

[wolf_2099]

He loves Darwyn Cooke.

[Tragic Angelus]

Well that much is a given. But I thought I recalled his general dislike for the movie.

[XIII]

I don't like animated stuff? Since when? I don't like manga and the animé that comes from it. But the rest? I have no problem with that.

[Tragic Angelus]

I just thought when it came out you didn't like the animated New Frontier... what the hell... I could've swore that you weren't a fan of it... My bad. My memory tends to screw with me at times apparently...

[XIII]

DVDs:

Gremlins 1 & 2 boxset
Rome season 2

[Tragic Angelus]

DVDs

Where the Wild Things Are
Clash of the Titans (1981)

[Tragic Angelus]

Got these within the last week and forgot to add them.

Books:

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Pigman by Paul Zindel

Got them for a class, and I've read the first two already. I have to buy four more books, which I'll do some of tomorrow.

[Tragic Angelus]

Books:

Forever... by Judy Blume
Rainbow Boys by Alex Sanchez
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

For the Young Adult Literature class I'm in again. Finished Forever... and it wasn't that great. Young true love/first love book where there's no real disease/pregnancy concesquences with sex. About 1/3 the way through Rainbow Boys, which switches every chapter between the three main characters, all of whom are young gay men in a High School who are either out, coming out, or struggling. So far it's really good.

[Mr Wallstreet]

Nintendo Wii

Wii Sports
Wii Sports Resort
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Super Mario Galaxy

Wii Sports & Sports Resort came with the system. I picked up Zelda & Mario seperately.

[jedispyder]

Since I'm graduating tomorrow I made my last trip to my college and bought some of their cheap software. Picked up Windows 7 for $7 and Office Enterprise 2007 for $9. Also managed to inadvertently steal a Sobe Green Tea that the cashier never rang up, score!

[Tragic Angelus]

Next year, I need to get a new computer and download all of the free software that IU offers before I graduate...

[jedispyder]

After being ganged up on by you Twitterific BXers, I bought the Justice League: The Complete Animated Series for $75 which has all of Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. It was either that or pay $125 getting them box by box. I'm told it's "BX's graduate present paid for by myself." Meh, I guess there was a reason I paid extra on my credit card this month to give me a credit ;)

[Tragic Angelus]

Hell yeah you did!!!

[Tragic Angelus]

DVDs:

Finding Nemo
The Big Bang Theory Season 1
The Big Bang Theory Season 2

FINALLY got Finding Nemo. It's pretty much my favorite Pixar film, and I've asked for it for the last 4 years for Christmas, and my mom just randomly bought it for me.

My sister's been trying to get me to watch The Big Bang Theory for a few months since it's loaded with things I'd love and get, and when I told her I wanted to start it from the beginning, she just up and bought the seasons that were out for me to watch so I wouldn't have an excuse anymore.

[jedispyder]

The Sookie Stackhouse boxed set of the first 8 novels. Amazon has the first 8 books for $36.10 and they have the first 7 books for $35.24, is it me or is something not right there?

[Mr Wallstreet]

After being ganged up on by you Twitterific BXers, I bought the Justice League: The Complete Animated Series for $75 which has all of Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. It was either that or pay $125 getting them box by box. I'm told it's "BX's graduate present paid for by myself." Meh, I guess there was a reason I paid extra on my credit card this month to give me a credit ;)

This is, doubtless, the wisest decision you've ever made in your life. Even better than your decision to attend college.

Now tell us how right we were when he peer pressured you into getting the box set.

[jedispyder]

Picked up Batman: Under the Red Hood. Damn this is fucking amazing! Love the voice actors for Nightwing (Neil Patrick Harris) and Red Hood (Jensen Ackles). Batman's is a newbie so he's taking a bit to get used to, still better than Christian Bale (never realized how bad he compares to voice actors, lol).

[XIII]

DVDs

The boat that rocked
The Wrestler
Inglorious Basterds
Intolerable Cruelty

[Mr Wallstreet]

Wonder Woman The Animated Film: 2-Disc Special Edition
Fanboys

[jedispyder]

Lost S6 from Best Buy (I'm a sucker for extra discs)
Paramore: The Final Riot (I had downloaded the songs but want to check out the video)

[Tragic Angelus]

Video's great! And the near hour long backstage/recording/prep video is pretty good too. Hope you enjoy it!

[Tragic Angelus]

Got this last Tuesday, but it was a gift for myself so:

Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

and got this yesterday:

Nip/Tuck Season 6 (The Final Season)

And thus completes another TV Series in my collection.

[jedispyder]

Picked up 2 novels:
John Dies at the End by David Wong
It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini [it was hilarious, when I told the guy at the Help Desk the title of the book he didn't know I was referring to the book and asked if the book I was looking for was a Business book, lol]

[Tragic Angelus]

DVDs:

The Losers

had a $20 gift card for Best Buy so I had to struggle with what to get. Nearly went for Under the Red Hood but held out to get the Special Edition at Christmas. Fanboys almost came instead but I felt Losers was necessary.

[jedispyder]

Fanboys > The Losers =o/

[Tragic Angelus]

But I'd have had to look around for something else to get as well. Plus, I'll get one movie here, and then at least 2x the amount of movies when Christmas rolls around by asking for cheaper ones.

[The French Biscuit]

The Legend of Drizzt Collector's Edition Book I
Containing the only three books about Drizzt that I like, all in one sexy package.

small MOLESKIN sketchbook
Shall see if these little books are all they are cracked up to be. It's darn cute anyway.

[MGM]

Is that the Icewind Dale trilogy?

Moleskine's are ALWAYS awesome.

[The French Biscuit]

Is that the Icewind Dale trilogy?

Moleskine's are ALWAYS awesome.

Nope, it's the years when he's still in the Underdark before he gets to Icewind Dale.

It is turning out to be a great little book. It's well bound and the paper is delightful to draw on. :D

[jedispyder]

Since Cap'n Jack was off work I was able to go (always feel weird going to his work when he's there, fear I'd annoy him or something, lol). I was able to pick up:
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for Wii ($10, luckily it was literally Half Price)
Star Wars: New Jedi Order books 1,2,3,5,6 (I've always wanted to read this series since it completely fucked up the Star Wars universe [first book fucking kills Chewie!]. I had book 4 with the others but I'm anal about book conditions so I put it back, which is funny since when I got in the parking lot I dropped book 5 and put a big ole ding in the corner)

[MGM]

Nope, it's the years when he's still in the Underdark before he gets to Icewind Dale.

Ah, the Dark Elf trilogy! That indeed is a great story. Much better than the Icewind Dale books, which was why I was a bit confused.

[XIII]

DVD

Iron Man 2 - Didn't think it was as good as the first one but still couldn't resist getting the DVD.

[jedispyder]

Super Mario Brothers (live action, pure camp) and Definitely, Maybe for $5 each

[Mr Wallstreet]

Call of Duty: Black Ops.

One of the options in this game is called "Zombies" so naturally I've been playing that more than the campaign itself.

[jedispyder]

Went to HorrorHound Convention and picked up some bootleg dvds:
Goosebumps complete series
Are You Afraid of the Dark? complete series
Transformers: Beast Wars complete series
Generation X complete series
The Returner (highly recommended by the retailer, said it was one of the best Asians films he's seen)

[The French Biscuit]

Transformers: Beast Wars complete series


*jealous* I miss Dinobot.

[The French Biscuit]

Just bought:

Heroes Season 1 DVD set

[jedispyder]

My Darkest Days cd
My Chemical Romance - Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys cd (Grant Morrison is photographed in cover slip as well as being in the first video)

[jedispyder]

Got my Black Friday DVD Sets as usual, saved $271. Smallville S9 x2 (my brother wanted one), Community S1, Big Bang Theory S1-3, and The Office S1-5. Not bad, not bad at all. Made up for not having Supernatural on sale, which I really hoped for. Still, very happy over my pulls...

[Mr Wallstreet]

Batman Under the Red Hood 2-Disc special edition

[XIII]

Book

Strip Jack by Ian Rankin, 4th in the Rebus serie.

[MGM]

CD's:

5K - Sander Kleinenberg
Hot Chip - DJ Kicks

[XIII]

CDs:

Tron: Legacy Soundtrack - Daft Punk
Live at the Olympia - Wax Taylor

DVDs:
Engrenages season 3 (French cop drama called Spiral in the UK/US)
The Wire season 5
Deadwood season 1

[Tragic Angelus]

Just ordered via Amazon:

Glee: The Complete First Season for $15 on their huge DVD sale.


EDIT: Screw you and taking so damn long just to ship Amazon. Target had it for the same price in store. Did that instead.

[Tragic Angelus]

CD:

Mumford & Sons- Sigh No More

[jedispyder]

Gonna take about 2 weeks to get everything together before shipping but none of these are needed ASAP, lol. Definitely loving that these are $15, that's a savings of $45 each (aka I just saved $180 here).

* True Blood: The Complete Second Season
* Supernatural: The Complete Fifth Season
* The Office: Season Six
* Glee: The Complete First Season

I haven't seen Supernatural S5 yet, been very eager to watch it. Was hoping to get it during Black Friday but they had Smallville S9 on sale instead. My brother, also hoping on Black Friday, paid full price for it then took it back because they saved $5 at another store. He'll be sore when he finds out I just paid $15 for it ;)

[XIII]

People, stop watching Glee! It's like Mic? is taking over the world!

[Mr Wallstreet]

Shoot em Up - It's such a ridiculously over the top action film thats entertaining all the way through.

[jedispyder]

Shoot 'Em Up is a great satire! I love the director, he did 100 Girls which is in my Top 5 favorite movies ever.

[Tragic Angelus]

Whoa, the same guy who did 100 Girls did Shoot 'Em Up?

[Tragic Angelus]

Books:

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
The Long Fall by Walter Mosley
Love and Obstacles: Stories by Aleksandar Hemon

Went to the bookstore with my sister yesterday, on the off chance we did get a massive snowstorm the next few days so we'd have something to read. I had 2 issues of my X-Force run left and no books here since all my stuff's in storage. Went looking for some Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett but they had very little, and I want to find collected works for them. Got the Chabon book after reading Kavalier and Clay, and the other 2 were in a big $4 bin. Mosley's novel is the first in a series about a retired Policemen turned PI, and Hemon's just sounded intriguing, and so far has been. I started it last night as it's the shortest of the 3 once I knew school was canceled and it's been rather good. Just about 25 pages away from finishing it now.

[MGM]

CD:

The deep field|Joan as a Police Woman

[XIII]

DVDs

24 - season 4
The Green Zone - Paul Greengrass

[jedispyder]

Wristcutters: A Love Story [one of my favorite romance-comedy movies, I urge everyone with a snarky sense of humor to check this out]
Up in the Air
Time Traveler's Wife
The Ex

[Tragic Angelus]

Wristcutters was pretty funny, I was glad I got to see it a year or so ago.

[MGM]

CD:s

Temple of the Dog|Temple of the Dog
Songs for the deaf|Queens of the Stone Age

[Tragic Angelus]

Songs for the Deaf is AMAZING. Let me know what you think of it.

[MGM]

Amazing covers it pretty much. I already knew the album, I'm looking into their other stuff, but somehow I don't get the idea that their other albums are as good as this one. There's a new one due pretty soon, though.

Also, with Temple of the Dog I now only need Mother Love Bone and Core from the Stone Temple Pilots to have the definitive grunge collection.

[MGM]

Right, from the past few weeks also:

Grace|Jeff Buckley
21|Adele
Fire needs air|Dazzled Kid
Across|Perquisite
Grace around the world|Jeff Buckley
Sundays in New York|Trijntje Oosterhuis
James Blake|James Blake
Californication|Red Hot Chili Peppers

[Tragic Angelus]

As far as Queens of the Stone Age go, I have the two they did right after Songs for the Deaf. Lullabies to Paralyze was ok, though I didn't enjoy it very much. Era Vulgaris was a lot more like SftD and I found myself enjoying that one a lot more than Lullabies. But to each their own.

I still haven't tracked down a copy of Rated R though, as when I do it's always over $20, or even up to $30.

[jedispyder]

Rated R is on Amazon for pretty cheap, check out the used sellers.

[MGM]

Play.com has it for €5. Not sure what the shipping to the US is, though. If it's a lot, I could let it be shipped to Holland (for free) and mail it to you. No clue what that would cost either, though.

[Tragic Angelus]

I haven't looked for it online in awhile. I generally try not to look up music, because then I'll blast through my account in seconds haha. But I'll look into it all and let you guys know. I haven't listened to them in awhile, but when something from Songs for the Deaf comes on, I never skip it.

[MGM]

I hear you. Lately for me it's been reading a lot of reviews and then grabbing some new stuff and older stuff in stores. I prefer that, although online is much cheaper. Some cd's I buy online, because I refuse to pay more than $20 for a cd.

[Tragic Angelus]

The last CD I bought, which was the first in a long while, was Mumford and Sons. I haven't listened to much else since then, and that was the day after Christmas.

[MGM]

I downloaded that one a bit ago, haven't really listened to it yet, though.

[jedispyder]

I don't know why but recently I've been obsessed with looking at trading cards on eBay. The fact that you get specific rare items in each case made me really want to buy some. I've been looking each day for the last week, exploring different options. Should I get some X-Men? Batman? X-Files? I was even tempted to start getting random packs at my retailers even though he had them for full price (luckily I couldn't bring myself to doing that).

Tonight I finally settled on getting sealed boxes of:
Lost Season 2
Veronica Mars Season 1 & 2

Each has a specialty signature card as well as what's called "pieceworks" which is a segment of clothe that the actors'/actresses' were wearing. Plus some other rare stuff, but those 2 are the main ones I'm eager for. I have specific ones from each box that I'm hoping to get, but I'm just more happy about finally settling my "craving" for a sealed box. This usually hits me every 5 years or so. Last time it was 2 boxes of Marvel Universe v2, I think I still have 1 sealed box somewhere. Had some really sweet hologram cards in it.

[MGM]

CD:

Core|Stone Temple Pilots
Colour and the shape|Foo Fighters
Space is only noise|Nicolas Jaar
Blue lines|Massive Attack
Cross|Justice

DVD:

Homicide: Life on the street - season 1

[jedispyder]

Local Blockbuster is closing so all their movies are on final discount of $3, went and picked up a lot:
The Box (I really really enjoyed this, sadly rarely anyone else did and the cashier tried to talk me out of buying it, bitca)
Adam
Away We Go
Drag Me To Hell: Unrated Director's Cut
Gigantic
Going the Distance
Jennifer's Body
The Jone$es
The Messenger
Moon
Observe and Report
The Ghost Writer

[wolf_2099]

Local Blockbuster is closing so all their movies are on final discount of $3, went and picked up a lot:
The Box (I really really enjoyed this, sadly rarely anyone else did and the cashier tried to talk me out of buying it, bitca)


Possibly a reason BB is shutting down.

[MGM]

CD:

Philharmonics|Agnes Obel

[XIII]

Let me know how is Homicide. And the Australian one as well!!

[MGM]

I'll let you know what my brother thinks when he's done watching. :D

[Mr Wallstreet]

Goal 1 & 2 - These films came out several years ago but did not do well at all at U.S. box offices but when I saw them I greatly enjoyed them. I'm a sucker for underdog films.

[MGM]

Dennis Coffey|Dennis Coffey

Great guitar player.

[Tragic Angelus]

Percy Jackson and the Olympians- Complete Series by Rick Riordan

All in paperback. The first 4 books were on clearance for $4 a piece, and book 5 was only $8, so I got the whole series for under $25, which wasn't a bad deal. Plus Alisha wants to read them too, so if I don't enjoy them she'll read them at least.

[XIII]

Video Games

L.A. Noire - Rockstar Games.

A present from Malorie for my birthday. She knows me so well :)

[MGM]

CD's:

Bless you|Lulu Rouge
My beautiful dark twisted fantasy|Kanye West

[Mr Wallstreet]

Superman/Shazam: The Return Black Adam DVD
Transformers: 2 Disc Special Edition
Hulk: Three Disc Special Edition
Iron Man: 2 Disc Special Edition
Queen & Country: Last Run
Queen & Country: A Gentleman's Game
Queen & Country: Private Wars

[XIII]

Superman/Shazam: The Return Black Adam DVD
Transformers: 2 Disc Special Edition
Hulk: Three Disc Special Edition
Iron Man: 2 Disc Special Edition
Queen & Country: Last Run
Queen & Country: A Gentleman's Game
Queen & Country: Private Wars

Be sure to check the acknowledgments at the end of Last Run!

[Tragic Angelus]

X-Men The Animated Series Vol 1-5
Wolverine & The X-Men The Complete Series

I bought 3, & the other 3 were early anniversary gifts. I'd say I'm pretty damn excited.

[Mr Wallstreet]

Be sure to check the acknowledgments at the end of Last Run!

Why? Is there anything special there? :)

X-Men The Animated Series Vol 1-5
Wolverine & The X-Men The Complete Series

I bought 3, & the other 3 were early anniversary gifts. I'd say I'm pretty damn excited.

Yeah, I'm jealous.

[wolf_2099]

X-Men The Animated Series Vol 1-5
Wolverine & The X-Men The Complete Series

I bought 3, & the other 3 were early anniversary gifts. I'd say I'm pretty damn excited.

Let me know if they are any good.

I've never watched any of the cartoons, but I feel I should.

[Tragic Angelus]

.....WHAT?!?!?!...


The original 90s X-Men Animated is the very reason I got into comic books. It's dated, not the best animation in comparison to today, and alters comic stories of course, but like I said, the very very very reason I read comics today.

Wolverine & The X-Men was pretty good too, and I've seen almost all of it. It really kind of blended the 90s animated, X-Men Evolution, and a bit of Astonishing X-Men and sadly only got 1 season.

[wolf_2099]

I've seen the 90's X-Men, I watched it growing up, it was awesome.

[Tragic Angelus]

oooh shit. I thought that was the one you said you hadn't seen! That's the one I bought!

Wolverine & The X-Men is pretty good too!

[wolf_2099]

I thought there was a new X-Men animated series, but it's just the 90's one?

[Tragic Angelus]

There's an anime one I think going on now, but the Vol 1-5 that I bought is the 90s one. I'm already halfway through Vol 1, and it's like my childhood is rushing back.

[MGM]

CD's:

John Coltrane|Blue Note Legends
Herbie Hancock|Blue Note Legends
Unforgettable with love|Natalie Cole
Silver rain|Marcus Miller
Standing on the rooftop|Madeleine Peyroux
Doggystyle|Snoop Doggy Dogg

[MGM]

Books:

World War Z|Max Brooks
Robopocalypse|Daniel Wilson

[Mr Wallstreet]

World War Z is a great book. Missed my opportunity to get my tote bag signed by Max Brooks by that much (makes gesturing signs with his fingers)

[XIII]

DVDs

Fanstatic Mr. Fox
Un prophète
Inception
District 9
Millenium 1 - The girl with the dragon tatoo

[MGM]

Books:

First four Song of Ice and Fire books.

CD's:

Get rich or die tryin'|50 Cent
2001|Dr. Dre
The best of Sam Cooke|Sam Cooke
Never mind the bollocks... Here's Paul Oakenfold|Paul Oakenfold
Love for lunch|Gare du Nord

[MGM]

CD's:

Marin Scorcese presents The best of the blues|V.A.
The essential Joe Satriani|Joe Satriani
Buddy's Baddest: the best of Buddy Guy|Buddy Guy
La revancha del Tango|Gotan Project
Lunático|Gotan Project
Tango 3.0|Gotan Project

[MGM]

CD's:

The best of Van Halen volume 1|Van Halen
The Dangerous Return|Gabriel Rios

Both birthday gifts. The Rios one was from work. For my 29th birthday.

DVD:

Spiral season 1 & 2

This better be good, Frenchie!

[Tragic Angelus]

Yesterday via Amazon and UPS:

Glee: Season 2

I'm already on disc 3. And my work has been suffering for it. But it's worth it.

[XIII]

CD's:

The best of Van Halen volume 1|Van Halen
The Dangerous Return|Gabriel Rios

Both birthday gifts. The Rios one was from work. For my 29th birthday.

DVD:

Spiral season 1 & 2

This better be good, Frenchie!

You could have downloaded the first episode before buying it.

[MGM]

For €20 I'm down with getting two seasons. Besides, the premise sounded pretty good.

[XIII]

Well, it comes with the XIII seal of goodness. We accept no return nor claims.

[MGM]

CD:

The girl in the other room|Diana Krall

Her best. Great quality of recording as well.

[XIII]

Book :

A game of thrones - George RR Martin

Needed to know what the fuss was all about. I'm enjoying it so far!

[wolf_2099]

Book :

A game of thrones - George RR Martin

Needed to know what the fuss was all about. I'm enjoying it so far!

1 through 3 = best fantasy books.

4 & 5 = mediocre

[XIII]

Thanks for the advice!

[jedispyder]

Rebel without a Deal: or, How a 30-year-old filmmaker with $11,000 almost became a Hollywood player (from what I understand, it's about the creation of the movie Kisses and Carombs, a movie I absolutely loved)

blink-182 - Neighborhoods (I downloaded this and loved it, just want to get the deluxe version since all I found in stores was the normal shortened version)

Jack's Mannequin - People & Things (came out Tuesday and didn't know, just downloaded it and have to buy the actual cd, if only I could find the deluxe version to buy or download)

Something Corporate - Played in Space: The Best of Something Corporate (has a new song and also is the only place to find Konstantine on cd, so I'm definitely there)

Dear Jack (a dvd about Andrew McMahon [singer of Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin] that details his life through his diagnosis and treatment of leukemia, working as a solo artist as Jack's Mannequin, and ending a long relationship; I've wanted to see this for a very long time, he's one of those musicians that I'm just drawn to no matter what he does)

[Tragic Angelus]

Picked up The Social Network for my birthday over the weekend. First time I plan to watch nearly every special feature I can.

[jedispyder]

Finally lucked out on eBay:
Supernatural Season 6
Supernatural Anime
for some reason, 5 Supernatural magazines randomly thrown in

[wolf_2099]

Stitched
The Short film written and directed by Garth Ennis.

[XIII]

Book :

A clash of kings by George RR Martin

[jedispyder]

Movies:
I Love You, Man
Road Trip Collection (Eurotrip, Roadtrip, Roadtrip 2)

Books:
Double Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (newest Dexter novel)
Damned by Chuck Palahniuk (the author has described the novel as "if The Shawshank Redemption had a baby by The Lovely Bones and it was raised by Judy Blume."[4] and "it's kind of like The Breakfast Club set in Hell")
Joss Whedon: Conversations by Cynthia Burkhead (evidently it's just a bunch of conversations and interviews with Joss Whedon throughout his career; after seeing him at Wizard World Chicago in person, I've always been interested in his interviews because they're not like normal interviews)
Countdown and Final Crisis by Greg Cox (both are based on those mini/maxi series of comics, I read his previous adaptations for Infinite Crisis and 52 and really loved his work, hoping this will allow me to understand Final Crisis some more; plus it's interesting to see the stuff he cut out due to length)

[Tragic Angelus]

Jack's Mannequin- People & Things

Got to listen to a bit of it at work during prep, but not all of it. Really liked how it sounds.

[jedispyder]

It's a great cd! I'm listening to their old cds at work now, keep forgetting to rip my cd at work to listen here...

[XIII]

Video Game

Arkham City for PS3

Movies

Thor
X-Men: First Class

[The French Biscuit]

Movies/TV
Thor
Heroes - Season 3
Heroes - Season 4
Full Metal Alchemist:Brotherhood - Volume three

[Tragic Angelus]

iPhone 4


Does that count?

[XIII]

Book

A storm of swords part I and II

[Mr Wallstreet]

iPhone 4


Does that count?

Verily!

Here are the apps that are essential for download:
Angry Birds
Angry Birds Seasons
Angry Birds Rio
Fruit Ninja
Twitter
Facebook
This Day in History
PBS
Tango
Merriam Webster's Dictionary
Dragon Dictation

[Tragic Angelus]

So far I have twitter tweetdeck Facebook CNN Wikipedia comixology pull list pandora urbanspoon skype annnd I think that's it. I'm trying to avoid games so far but I don't know how long that will last

[Mr Wallstreet]

I haven't downloaded a lot of games, jus Angry Birds & Fruit Ninja to pass the time here and there.

What I haven't downloaded is tweetdeck

[XIII]

Having a smartphone with no Angry Birds is like having a iPod but no iTunes, you're missing the point.

[Tragic Angelus]

Honestly I haven't used tweetdeck because of how twitter for iPhone works. It's identical to the tweetdeck on my computer.

[Mr Wallstreet]

Arkham City - downloaded the Robin, Catwoman, Nightwing & Batman skins
Dead Island

[Tragic Angelus]

DVDs

The Dark Knight
Green Lantern

One Christmas down today and one more to go.

[XIII]

You did not have the Dark Knight yet? Shame on you!

[Tragic Angelus]

I put It on my list the year it came out and never got it. Then I just kept putting it off anytime I saw it. But I made sure to get it this year.

Update:

Iron Man
Iron Man 2
Incredible Hulk

[Tragic Angelus]

Update 2:

Thor
X-Men First Class

Only one I didn't get was Captain America but I can pick that up.

[Tragic Angelus]

Update 3:

Captain America
Clash of the Titans (modern)

Used the majority of a gift card the way I planned to get at least Captain America, and since it was on sale I picked up another $10 DVD.

[XIII]

Books :

Archangel by Robert Harris

A song of fire and ice book 4: A Feast for Crows by George RR Martin

[XIII]

DVD:

Drive by Michael Refn

Video game :

Metal Gear Solid HD collection for PS3

[jedispyder]

Drive was a great movie, very messed in some spots but spectacular in others.

[Mr Wallstreet]

Ooooooooooo Metal Gear Solid HD? Jealousssssssssss

[Mr Wallstreet]

Books:

Seduction of the Innocent by Frederich Wertham

Finally I get to read about some of the naughtyness old Freddie was talking about

[Tragic Angelus]

I'm very interested to hear your thoughts on it and if it's worth finding a copy of the book.

[Mr Wallstreet]

I got my copy on amazon but I hear it may be going out of print soon. So far I've read a little of SoI. It's pretty dry. Werthem talks about his 7-year research project into reading comics from all genres and how he links them to anti-social and criminal behavior in children.

All the references Wertham makes to comics are linked to his studies on how they adversely affect children. Everyone has been talking about SoI for years so its content doesn't surprise me. When I get further along into the book I'll let you know if its worth getting or not.

[XIII]

DVD:

Drive by Michael Refn

Video game :

Metal Gear Solid HD collection for PS3

Well, I played 10mn of Metal Gear Solid. I had never played it before and bought based on all the rave reviews. Well... I hated it. The gameplay, the camera.
I'm going to sell it back and get another game.

[wolf_2099]

I got my copy on amazon but I hear it may be going out of print soon. So far I've read a little of SoI. It's pretty dry. Werthem talks about his 7-year research project into reading comics from all genres and how he links them to anti-social and criminal behavior in children.

All the references Wertham makes to comics are linked to his studies on how they adversely affect children. Everyone has been talking about SoI for years so its content doesn't surprise me. When I get further along into the book I'll let you know if its worth getting or not.

It's a rough read, interesting, but very dry.

I didn't really enjoy it. I ended up reading little bts of it here or there. I mostly used it as an interesting reference guide.

[MGM]

CD's:

Brown sugar|D'Angelo
Above|Mad Season
fIN|John Talabot

[XIII]

Game:

Uncharted 2

DVD

Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Rupert Wyatt
The Pusher Trilogy - Nicolas Winding Refn

[jedispyder]

Novels
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins [hardcover, ugh]
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins [hardcover, ugh]
Serpent's Storm by Amber Benson (Tara from Buffy)
How to be Death by Amber Benson (Tara from Buffy)
The Repossession Mambo by Eric Garcia

Music
The Hunger Games Soundtrack

I saw The Hunger Games midnight showing and absolutely loved it. I had been avoiding getting the novels because 2 of the 3 books in the US are hardcover-only and I'm not a fan of hardcovers (too clunky, in my opinion) but seeing the movie forced my hand. And the soundtrack was really great, it had a Blue Grass feel yet used non-Blue Grass artists (The Decemberists, Arcade Fire, Taylor Swift, Maroon 5).

The 2 novels from Amber Benson are part of her Caliope-Reaper Jones series and I somehow had no clue a novel came out last year and a new one less than a month ago. Not sure when I'll read them, but at least I have them for if I want to.

Repossession Mambo is what the movie Repo Men was based on. It's written by the author of Matchstick Men, a novel I absolutely loved which means I know I'll love this writing style.

[XIII]

Book

A dance with dragons by George RR Martin

[MGM]

Richard D. James album|Aphex Twin
Ultra|Depeche Mode
Playing the angel|Depeche Mode
Sounds of the universe|Depeche Mode
The exclusives|DJ Kicks
The Chronic|Dr. Dre
Home again|Michael Kiwanuka
Mezzanine|Massive Attack
(What's the story) Morning Glory?|Oasis
Time flies... 1994-2009|Oasis
The Bends|Radiohead
The best of|Radiohead
The anthology 1992-2012|Underworld

[wolf_2099]

Book

A dance with dragons by George RR Martin


How are these working out for you?

[XIII]

Well, Feast for Crows I thought was slow. I still enjoy the story and the characters but you get the feeling that he wants to go too much into details.
Only 2 chapters into A dance with dragons so I can't tell.

[wolf_2099]

I got an arc of alpha from Greg rucka!

[XIII]

Awesome!!!

[MGM]

CD's, obviously:

Be good|Gregory Porter
Portishead|Portishead
Our version of events|Emeli Sandé
Much against everyone's advice|Soulwax

[XIII]

Books

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré

[XIII]

Book

Alpha by Greg Rucka