Help me de-clutter my office

While this isn't a picture of my office it is indicative of the amount of books and videos I have hanging around.  I'm looking at doing some winter cleaning to make room for a number of items I received for Christmas.

To that end I'm putting a number of books and DVD's on sale for rock bottom prices.  Take a look at the following list and let me know if you'd be interested in any of them.  If you are leave a comment on the blog or @ me on twitter.

Books

$5 Paperbacks
Deathgate 1: Dragon Wing by Weis and Hickman
Deathgate 2: Elven Star by Weis and Hickman
Deathgate 3: Fire Sea by Weis and Hickman
Deathgate 4: Serpent Mage by Weis and Hickman
Deathgate 5: The Hand of Chaos by Weis and Hickman
Deathgate 6: Into the Labyrinth by Weis and Hickman
Deathgate 7: The Seventh Gate by Weis and Hickman

DVD's

$10 Collections
Family Guy Volume 1
Family Guy Volume 2

The Simpson's Season 1

The Simpson's Season 2

The Simpson's Season 3

The Simpson's Season 4

Graphic Novels

$5 Trades
Incredible Hercules: Against the World
JLA: Tower of Babel
Starman Vol 1: Sins of the Father
Starman Vol 2: Night and Day
Starman Vol 5: Infernal Devices
Starman Vol 6: To Reach the Stars
Starman Vol 7: A Starry Knight
Starman Vol 8: Stars My Destination
Starman Vol 9: Grand Guignol
Starman Vol 10: Sons of the Father

$10 Hardcover
X-Men Noir

$15 Collections
Cerebus by Dave Sim
High Society by Dave Sim
Church and State I by Dave Sim
Church and State II by Dave Sim
Jaka's Story by Dave Sim
Melmoth by Dave Sim
Flight by Dave Sim
Women by Dave Sim
Reads by Dave Sim
Minds by Dave Sim
Guys by Dave Sim
Rick's Story by Dave Sim
Going Home by Dave Sim
Form and Void by Dave Sim
Latter Days by Dave Sim

$20 Hardcover
Avengers/Invaders

Blockbuster May Go Bankrupt

Blockbuster is reporting that it may go under. This doesn't surprise me in the least especially in light of the service I've received at my local Blockbuster recently. First off we don't rent very many movies that are not kid shows as we have a hard enough time keeping up with the TV on our DVR.

However I did feel like watching a comedy the other night so I stopped off to rent The Pineapple Express. I got into line behind a large number of customers. While in line we were all treated to a discussion between a customer and store manager on the clarification of the "No Late Fees" policy. Apparently the guy had a movie that was due back over a week ago so he was automatically sold the movie for $54. It was quite comical to watch the manager try to justify the price of the sale when the guy could turn around and pick up the same movie from the previously viewed display where they were charging $16 for the save movie.

But I digress, after waiting in line for 20 minutes along with a bunch of other irate customers I was able to rent my movie. I was surprised to note that there was a new pricing scheme in effect. Apparently a new release for one day is $3.99 but now for every day it's over due you are charged another $1.99. Whereas you can get the same movie for 7 days for $5.99. Evidently the incentive is to get the movie back ASAP to save a couple of bucks. If not it makes sense to buy the "insurance" and take the week long deal.

Later on the same night I sat down to watch the show only to get two thirds of the way through the movie before it started to skip back to the start and it was too late to return to the store to exchange it for another copy. ARG!!! So completes the Epic Fail! of renting from Blockbuster. Next time I'm just going to pay the $4.99 to rent it from iTunes without leaving my house.

However, there is a small silver lining in all of this. When I did return the movie to Blockbuster the next day the nice clerk behind the counter put a free rental on my account. So they get a plus for good customer service after the fact but I don't expect to be racing out to use my free movie anytime soon.

New Watchmen Trailer

Arguably, the greatest comic book story ever told is getting a movie treatment. Somewhat controversial as it has been considered un-filmable. Mind you they used to think that about the Lord of the Rings before Peter Jackson got a hold of it.

Zack Synder will be directing the Watchmen and I'm cautiously optimistic that it will be enjoyable not only to the geeks who've read the book but the general movie going public.

Thank You For Smoking

We rented Thank You For Smoking this week and it is one of the funniest movies I have seen in a very long time. The movie centres around Nick Naylor, played by Aaron Eckhart, who is a Washington lobbiest for big tobacco. Its Nick's job to spin the truth into something that is favourable for big tobacco. A scene early in the movie highlight's Nick's ability while he attends his son's career day at school.

Little Girl: My mommy says cigarettes are bad for you.
Nick Naylor: Is your mommy a doctor?
LG: No
NN: Is your mommy a research scientist?
LG: No
NN: Then she doesn't sound like a very credible source.

As Nick says to his son, winning an argument is not about being right it is about showing how the other person could be wrong.

Based on the wonderful novel by Christopher Buckley.

This movie is a great rental for any evening when you are looking for a good laugh.

Today, I Was A Kid Again...

As soon as I heard Peter Cullen doing the voice of Optimus Prime I was magically transformed back to 1984 where I could be a kid again if only for two hours. You see, some friends and I saw the new Transformers movie today.

The main reason I went was to see 30 foot tall robots beat up on each other in stylized sensational violence. Let me tell you folks, this movie didn't disappoint. Right from the word go you get lots of action, then some more action, then a great big action sequence to finish it all off.

Do yourself a favour and go see this one in theaters and buy the large popcorn cause you're going to need it.

Optimus Prime 1984

Optimus Prime 2007