Media Worth Mentioning VIII

Every week, the incredibly busy staff here at Fajitamonday will bring you the important [read: important to us] releases in movies, dvds, music, and video games as we see fit. This is where the complete bias of our writers shines through. Please note that all the distributors lost our address and we have no advance copies of anything. We are also poor.

Video Games

Nintendo Dsi Lite:
RP: Nintendo released its 34930488 iteration of the Game Boy with the Dsi Lite. Expanding upon the “grandmothers should play videogames too” concept, they added two motion and image cameras to the unit plus making some almost unnoticable changes to the size of the unit. It’s received universally strong reviews but I have one major issue with it. They removed the backwards compatibility with Gameboy Advance cartridges, thus also with standard Gameboy and Gameboy Color games. Maybe for gamers that came in the generation after me this isn’t a big deal, but I find this to be a huge step backwards. One of the reasons the Gameboy was so popular was that there were just so many games available for it from all the different versions. I think Nintendo has really taken steps to ignore its hardcore gamer market.
MtK:Actually, you are wrong about one thing here…the original DS was backwards compatible with GBA, but not with original GameBoy and GameBoy color—I guess there were some limitations on the voltage and form factors. That said, I have to wonder how much longer portable gaming systems have. For all intents and purposes, despite it’s graphics and screen, the PSP has been a huge flop. Phones are becoming more capable as gaming machines and packing more power—unless Nintendo is about to jump into the phone market (which isn’t unlikely) the DS series could be the last portable gamer from them.

Movies

Crank: High Voltage

RP: The most important thing you need to know about this movie: He has a plastic heart that needs to be constantly recharged using strong electrical current. He is also really pissed off. Please see my special article on this movie for more information on just how fucking stoked I am to see this.
MtK: I guess all I can say is that I’m glad I wasn’t able to go.

17 Again

RP: Whats funny is that this will be the most relevent Matthew Perry has been in at least 5 years and the most he will be for probably the rest of his life. I wonder how much coke Zac Efron does on a daily basis. Can’t you see him waking up in his Disney funded bedroom with that chick that he’s apparently dating from the movie? He does a morning line as she tries to pretend she is still asleep while trying to figure out how to get out of the nightmare that her life has become.
MtK: All I can say here is that Melora Hardin, who is in this film and is perhaps better known as the Office’s “Jan,” is hot. Also, I don’t think I’ll ever see anything of this teen comedy genre. Ever.

DVD

Pride and Prejudice [Blu-Ray]

RP: Who was asking for this? That’s all I want to know. I’m not angry, I just want answers.
MtK: Actually, it was me. I cannot enjoy the 1800’s unless they are in the highest of resolutions.

Compact discs/Cassettes

Radiohead: Pablo Honey / The Bends / OK Computer [Reissue]

RP:Firstly, Ok Computer is easily one of the greatest albums of the 1990s. Now that I have that out of the way. These reissues were released without the blessing of the band by their former label. The label tried a similar trick last year when they released a best of collection around the same time that Radiohead self released their stellar In Rainbows album. All these albums are bundled with b-sides and videos that any longtime Radiohead fan would have already downloaded off of some Torrent site in 2002 when no one could get caught for doing anything on the internet. I’d know, I killed a man on the internet on 2002 and I’m still here. MtK: Unfortunately, record label contracts can be a bitch. That’s why there have been so many Rush compilations released and re-released. The band wants nothing to do with it, but they also have no say over it. That said, it makes me feel old that Radiohead is having compilations and boxed sets.

by roninpowride
2 years ago