I wasn't expecting this. Should have known the promise of the dollar signs would have worked eventually. It seems the original theatrical releases of the Star Wars movies are coming to DVD this fall, each movie sold individually in a two-disc set with both the original and 2004 special edition versions. Lucasfilm is claiming it's a limited release ending Dec. 31, so the big question for me is: do I buy each individual movie seperately, including episodes 1-3, as well as the ewok movies and the clone wars cartoons, or do I cross my fingers and wait for a giant, expensive, uber-box jammed with delicious special features? Currently, I'm leaning toward the individual movies for now, and if the uber box ever does come out, then sell off the old ones and upgrade. I figure this way I can wait for the tenth anniversary of episode three or when the second generation DVD race is over to finally get a massive, definitive box.

Read the official press release on the Star Wars website.

Just opened up my inbox, one new message, and my first impulse was to report it as junk because I didn't recognize who it was from. However, the subject line was "You are a winner in the LEGO survey", so I opened it. For the last two years, certain Lego sets have had little flyers where you log on to a website and fill in a survey for that set. Occasionally they email you back to answer some more detailed questions on that set too. Every 50 entries they pick a winner, and I've filled out at least a dozen forms, and about 3 secondary surveys too. Here's the email message:

"It is with great pleasure that I can inform you that your name has been drawn out among the participants in the Lego internet survey, and that you have won a LEGO product.
Please reply to this mail sending us your full name and address, and you will receive your prize within approximately six weeks.
Once again ACNielsen AIM and LEGO would like to thank you for participating in this survey.

Yours sincerely

Inger Petersen
ACNielsen AIM, Denmark"

I wonder what set I've won? I hope it doesn't have the new grays and browns, but it probably does, which wouldn't be too bad because I can still incorporate the other pieces into my collection, and give the gray and brown ones to Jenn for hers. Still, I hope it has lots of yellow. Even if it doesn't, this totally makes up for my Air Blazers set missing so many pieces. I gave them my parents' address, just because I'm moving by the end of the month and I don't want to start shipping things to my new address untill I've moved. (And I'm not going to blog about the new place untill then either, much the same way that I'm not going to blog about Star Wars untill I've seen ep. 3 again.) Regardless, I'm stoked. This is turning out to be a pretty good year.

HE MAN! THIS FALL! WHOLE FREAKING SERIES! GAAAH!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3245

July a top ten episode set is being released, but IN THE FALL SEASON 1 PART 1 COMES OUT! I DON'T CARE WHAT IT COSTS, I MUST OWN IT!!!

I just checked the mail and my Lego Studios for windows XP disc and class 5 driver's license have just arrived! I still haven't made that 5 for the back of my car (I'm out of construction paper), but that's OK, because the bar at the top of my license is blue (as opposed to green or red), so I should make the sign blue instead of yellow anyway. I'd celebrate by taking Jenn out for a spin, but she's asleep so I'll celebrate by taking out the garbage.

So, not alot to report for the weekend. Jenn and I watched Big Fish and Underworld. Big Fish was surprisingly not dark, and Underworld was crap. That's all I feel like saying right now.

I also checked the calendar to see what May 19 (ep.III) was like. May 19 is a thursday, and I have that wednsday and thursday off, which means that catching the 12:01 showing is totally doable.

Furthermore... HULK SEQUEL! Script writers are being talked to, and Eric Bana has been secured, although a director will be sought after the script is made. This I partially dread, because if the vision is totally different from Ang Lee's, it won't mesh, but if they try to be similar and fail it will suck. We'll see. The possible antagonists being offered around are the Abomination (http://www.incrediblehulk.com/theabomination.html) and the Leader (http://www.incrediblehulk.com/theleader.html). I think it would be cool if the sequel meshed with the computer game, but I doubt that will happen.

As for Hulk merchandise, at the last Thickets concert Derek was wearing a button down spiderman shirt, and it made me want a Hulk shirt. I looked all over online, and I only found one, which was over $50US, so screw it.

You know, I never was a big comic book person, and I've never read any Incredible Hulk, I just really liked the movie, which may have been entirely because I was stuffed full of Memphis, beer and ice cream while on a date with Jenn when I saw it.

Tinseltown is officially awesome! The Lost Skeleton of Cadavera opens today! Bubba Ho-Tep opens next friday! I have to spend money!