<!-- News -- © 2005-2006 AraKaraath halfDragon / A Maus

addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2006, 7,18),"","gui/dvds/waroftheworlds.jpg","","","War of the Worlds","I'm on a bit of a H G Wells kick at the moment, having just read <em>the War of the Worlds</em>. So I went out with a craving for big stompy tripods and death and destruction on a planetary scale. I found both DVD copies of <em>War of the Worlds</em> (the 1953 and 2005 versions) were cheap so I snapped 'em up. All I need now is to find the BBC Television adaption of John Christopher's <em>The Tripods</em> trilogy (which I hear is only the first book, what a pity). Let the War begin!");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2006, 6,24),"","gui/dvds/stargate-5.gif","","","Lots of cheap DVDs","At last, JB Hi-Fi has the Stargate SG-1 boxsets for the uber cheap $50AUD again, so I grabbed the last four, completing my SG-1 collection (except for SG-1 season 9 and Atlantis). The have also released 'Short Circuit 2' and it was cheap, so I snaffled that too as well as a cheap copy of 'The Iron Giant' which no-one seems to stock anymore. I also grabbed a copy of 'Treasure Planet' because it was very cheap and I like the idea of space galleons and pirate ships. In all, I am very happy with my new aquisitions, although though I've run out of shelf space. Again.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2006, 6, 7),"","","","","New DVDs!","Everyone is selling DVDs cheap - I managed to snap up <em>Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</em> for $15.82AUD (normally around $30AUD) and <em>20,000 Leauges Under the Sea</em> for $8.98AUD (also normally around $30AUD). So I got my evening all planned out tonight. Bring on the popcorn!");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2006, 6, 1),"","gui/dvds/Invadersfromspace.jpg","dvds.html?id=Invadersfromspace","Read dvd review","Invaders From Space!","Found a gem today - <em>Invaders from Space</em> DVD boxset, containing 20 classic Sci-fi movies from the 50s and 60s, including 'Day of the Triffids', 'Plan 9 from Outer Space' and 'Santa Claus Conquers the Martians'. I had to buy it for Arcty's MST3K revival, though MTS3K have probably done most of these at one point or another. The boxset comes with four double-sided dvds, total of 1530 minutes. That's alot of cheesy movies.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2006, 5, 9),"","gui/dvds/battlestargalactica.gif","","","Battlestar Galactica","With the end of financial year sales, JB Hi-Fi was throwing boxsets of the original Battlestar Galactica series for $40 AUD. I couldn't resist, I <em>had</em> to buy it. I rmember watching Battlestar Galactica at 4pm on Saturday afternoons. Its cheesy as anything, complete with bad special effects, crude greenscreen masking and footage reuse, but its such a great show to watch. Perfer it over the recent remake of it (episode one: the Cylon robots were created by a reptile race called the 'Cylons', shaped them like humans because the human form was better - they were not built by humans!)");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2006, 4,28),"","","","","Damn, Missed Out!","If you see a cheap DVD, get it while you see it or you might miss out. Recently I saw a DVD in Big W called 'Epoch' which sounded like a cheesy B-grade sci-fi flick perfect for Arcty's MST300. And it was only $7AUD. But I left it a week and when I went back to get it - it was gone. It was like it didn't exist. No-one knows anything about it and no-one else stocks it. So moral to this story is: If you miss out, you either wern't meant to have it or you should have gotten it when you had the chance.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2006, 4,19),"","gui/dvds/voltron-vf1.gif","","","Vehicle Force Voltron","Woo! I went into JB Hi-Fi as they were having a sale and discovered not one, but three Voltron Vehicle Force DVD collections. I've only ever seen collections two or three, never all three at once - and they were on special. *nab* mine! Possible one the things I rmember most from my childhood was the Vehicle Force Voltron cartoon on Channel 2 at 5 o'clock after school. Probably what got me interested in big transforming robots long before I was into Transformers.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2006, 4, 6),"","","http://www.starwars.com/episode-iv/release/video/news20060503.html","Artcile on Starwars.com","Classic Star Wars soon on DVD","It seems Mr Lucas has at last caved in to public demand and Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing the original Star Wars trilogy in its original format, without any CG in sight. The 2 disc set also comes with te 2004 version and alot of extra. How they cram all this onto two discs, I'll never now. The only drawback - and there had to be one somewhere - is that its a limited run from September 12th to December 31st, which means anyone other than Americans will have a nigh impossible time getting their claws on a copy, and those who can will probably pay a galactic price for it. I've been waiting for this ever since the bastardisd versions came out, so we'll see what happens and might even pre-order if its not too expensive.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2006, 3,14),"","gui/dvds/stargate-1.gif","","","Stargate SG-1","JB Hi-Fi is selling Stargate SG-1 boxsets for $44AUD! And they are a new batch too - not the faulty ones they had last time. I splurged and bought the first four seasons. If these DVDs prove to not be faulty, and the sale remains for a few more weeks, I might go back and get the last four seasons too.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2006, 2,25),"","","","","Boxset Bonanza","What's going on? Everyone is selling DVD Boxsets cheap! I bought the second season of Star Blazers yesterday for $60AUD, simply cos was cheap and its so hard to find. But I've also seen the Robotech and Voltron boxsets for $25AUD and original Transformers for $35AUD. If I had the money spare I would have bought out some entire sets. Why do they all go on sale at the same time???");
addNews("dvdsrevs",	new Date(2006, 2,17),"","gui/dvds/explorers.gif","","","Explorers","Woot! I even got myself a copy of 'Explorers'! I thought it was only available online but there it was in JB Hi-Fi. So I added it to my pile of Godzilla movies along with 'Nausicaa', which was going cheap. Now all I need is 'The Last Starfighter' and I'll be happy.");
addNews("dvdsrevs",	new Date(2006, 2,17),"","gui/dvds/godzilla-mechagodzilla3.gif","","","Here Be Godzilla","I went a little nuts in JB Hi-Fi. Aneirin and I are Godzilla fans and seeings Aneirin can't find them in the UK, I bought as many Godzilla DVDs as i could find. I now have eight new Godzilla movies, including <a href='dvds.html?id=godzilla-mothra'><em>Godzilla vs Mothra</em></a>, <a href='dvds.html?id=godzilla-astromonster'><em>Godzilla: Invasion of Astro-monster</em></a>, <a href='dvds.html?id=godzilla-son'><em>Godzilla: Son of Godzilla</em></a>, <a href='dvds.html?id=godzilla-allmonstersattack'><em>Godzilla: All Monsters Attack</em></a>, <a href='dvds.html?id=godzilla-2000'><em>Godzilla 2000</em></a>, <a href='dvds.html?id=godzilla-megaguirus'><em>Godzilla vs Megaguirus</em></a>, <a href='dvds.html?id=godzilla-alloutattack'><em>Godzilla: Giant Monsters All-out Attack</em></a> and <a href='dvds.html?id=godzilla-mechagodzilla3'><em>Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (III)</em></a>. Lots of stomping, roaring, tail-thumping, rubber-costumes, exploding models, crumbing model cities, bad dubbing and even worse acting. Bring on the popcorn!");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2006, 1, 8),"","","","","Movies Missing in Action","I wonder, has anyone ever seen DVD copies of either <em>Explorers</em> or <em>The Last Starfighter</em>? Two 80s sci-fi movies that somehow got forgotten when they started making dvds. I don't understand how these two movies, which have appeared on the big screen and did fairly well, could be overlooked while other rubbishy titles have made it into DVD stores to sit beside big block-buster names.");
addNews("dvdsrev",	new Date(2006, 1, 5),"","gui/dvds/mrniceguy.jpg","dvds.html?id=mrniceguy","Read dvd review","Mr Nice Guy","Finally, I've got my copy of <em>Mr Nice Guy</em> with Jackie Chan and filmed in Melbourne! I had to buy it online from ezyDVD but thats ok - as long as I've got it. Its little wonder the disc was so cheap, there's nothing on it bar the movie. Probably another reason you don't find it anywhere in the stores. its too cheap to be put on the shelf! I find that highly annoying.");
addNews("dvdsrev",	new Date(2006, 1, 5),"","gui/dvds/darkcity.jpg","dvds.html?id=darkcity","Read dvd review","Dark City","I can't remember the last time I ever saw this in a store, if ever. I love this movie, its on par with <em>The Matrix</em> as far as story telling and special effect are concerned, maybe better, but its the one that got lost in the wake of <em>The Matrix</em>. The dvd was disapointing, cheaply packaged with minimal extras - a 10 minute featurette and a trailer, I'm sure they could have found more material for what should have been a great sci-fi film.");
addNews("dvdsrev",	new Date(2006, 1, 3),"","gui/dvds/returntooz.jpg","dvds.html?id=returntooz","Read dvd review","Return to Oz","I remember this from the 80s, when Disney wasn't afraid to make their movies a little bit sinister. Far from the sugar-coated cuteness of today's Disney films, <em>Return to Oz</em> is actually quite dark, with Dorothy being put in a victorian psychiatric hospitol because no-one believed she went to Oz. And the Wheelers are still quite impressive. Another forgotten classic, up there with <em>The Dark Crystal</em> and original <em>The Never Ending Story</em>.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2006, 1, 1),"","gui/dvds/mrniceguy.jpg","","","Only Online","I've had real trouble tracking down a copy of Jackie Chan's <em>Mr Nice Guy</em>. Apparently it's been available in Australia since August last year - but no store has ever stocked it. But finally I could a copy - reduced in price and the only available online! I had to buy it from ezyDVD's website! While I was there I also bought <em>Dark City</em> and <em>Return to Oz</em>, both also hard to find DVDs, as well as <em>Flash Gordon</em> which was reduced in price.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2006, 0, 6),"","","","","New cheap'n'cheesy DVDs","Decided to make the most of the New Year sales at JB Hi-Fi and cash in my gift vouchers, buying up alot of cheap and cheesy films, including <em>*batteries not incuded</em>, <em>First Men in the Moon</em>, <em>Flight of the Navigator</em>, <em>Forbidden Planet</em>, <em>Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow</em> and <em>Short Circuit</em>, ranging in price from $6 to $19 AUD. I love cheap DVDs!");
addNews("dvdsrev",	new Date(2005,11,26),"","gui/dvds/thegreatrace.jpg","dvds.html?id=thegreatrace","Read dvd review","The Great Race","Another classic for the Saturday matinee collection, a comical version of the famous historical automobile race from New York to Paris. Its a pity they don't make films like this anymore.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2005,11, 5),"","","","","Jackie Chan - Mr Nice Guy","I sooo want to get a copy of Jackie Chan's <em>Mr Nice Guy</em> but it doesn't seem to be available anywhere. Firstly, it's filmed in my home city of Melbourne. Secondly, its a Jackie Chan film. And thirdly, one of the actors is someone with certain notoriety around the SEE 2WC office.");
addNews("dvdsrev",	new Date(2005,11, 2),"","gui/dvds/footrotflats.jpg","dvds.html?id=footrotflats","Read dvd review","Footrot Flats","Based on the New Zealand comic strip of the same name, Footrot Flats tells the story of the Dog, a eccentric border collie who lives on the Footrot farm. Footrot Flats has never pulled any punches and tells life on a sheep farm exactly how it is. The facts of life are in plain view and nothing is watered down, told in a humourous and realistic way. <em>Footrot Flats</em> rambles along in a haphazard way, tying a series of stories together by the climax. Definitely one of the better attempts to go from the newspaper to the big screen.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2005,10,25),"","","","","New DVDs","I went a little nuts in JB Hi-Fi. I was in a good mood, the weather was balmy and they were having a sale. I was there to buy a copy of <em>The Great Muppet Caper</em> for my aunt and ended up leaving with <em>Footrot Flats</em> and the <em>Star Blazers</em> season 1 boxset and Half-Life 2 for the Xbox.");
addNews("dvdsrev",	new Date(2005,10,18),"","gui/dvds/attheearthscore.jpg","dvds.html?id=attheearthscore","Read dvd review","At The Earth's Core","I found this in EzyDVD for $10 AUD. First glance at the cover it I thought it would be like the old 60's classics, but once I got home and started watching I realised its MST3K fodder.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2005,10,18),"","","","","Sci-Fi Classics","EzyDVD is stocking some of the classic sci-fi films including <em>The Forbidden Planet</em>, <em>The Day the Earth Stood Still</em> and the original <em>War of the Worlds</em>. If I had enough spare money I would love to get my claws on these films. If nothing else, we can use them in Arcty's MST3K Project.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2005,10,18),"","gui/dvds/footrotflats.jpg","","","Footrot Flats","I spotted this gem at JB Hi-Fi for $20 AUD. I might treat myself and get a copy next week after work. I've been waiting for this little beauty to come out.");
addNews("dvdsrev",	new Date(2005, 9,14),"","gui/dvds/startrek-ds9-vol1.gif","dvds.html?cat=Sci-Fi","Read dvd review","Star Trek Deep Space Nine","Big W has the Star Trek DVD boxsets really cheap at the moment and I spend a little bit of money to finish off my collection of Deep Space Nine DVDs. For some reason all this time they are the only ones that never came down in price, so this is my opportunity to get them all while they are dirt cheap. I only hope they are dual region like my <em>Lord of the Rings</em> DVDs (they only say Region 4 on the back but they play in Region 2 players) so I can watch them in England.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2005, 9,10),"","","","","The Great Race","I've seen this age-old classic from the 60s at JB Hi-Fi for $20 AUD. I remember this one showing for Saturday Afternoons. I want to get a copy for my collection but ran out of stock before I went in to buy it. Hope they get new stock in soon..");
addNews("dvdsrev",	new Date(2005, 8,30),"","gui/dvds/steamboy.jpg","dvds.html?id=steamboy","Read dvd review","Steamboy","From the director of Akira comes a story set in the steam-powered world of 19th century England, where Ray, the son of long line of steam inventors is thrust into a power struggle over a device with the power to revolutionize the world - or destroy it.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2005, 8,10),"","","","","Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines","Another 60s classic shown on Saturday Afternoons that I'm keeping my eyes open for. The Great Race is available so I hope this one makes an appearance too.");
addNews("dvdsnews",	new Date(2005, 8,10),"","","","","The Last Starfighter","Looking for this cheesy 80s Sci-fi flick. It was one of the first to use realistic-looking computer graphics - for its day.");

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