Every week, awesome stuff comes out in the worlds of DVD, Music, and Video Games. Every week, I tell you the top four things you have to buy. This is the Weekly Top 4:
1) Flight of The Choncords [$10, Amazon]
What The? First official album from the HBO musical/comedy duo.
Sorry? Flight of the Choncords has been tickling your funny bone since last year with their absurd and hilarious songs. This album collects them, officially, for the first time. Fifteen songs on the album range from the brilliant French class parody “Foux da Fafa,” to the moment you first fell in love with the Kiwi duo, “The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room.”
2) Mario Kart Wii [$50, Amazon]
What The? Beloved racing franchise comes to the Wii.
Excuse Me? Are there two great tastes that taste better together than racing and turtle shells? I can’t think of any. Praise Bowser, Mario Kart is back, and this time it’s brought online play. You can log on through the Wii, and compete at any time against up to 15 other players in an all out Mario Kart war. Forget the dinky, included Wii Wheel… Just shut up and drive.
3) Cloverfield [$16, Amazon]
What The? Monster movies meet YouTube.
Yeah? Okay, so the characters were vapid. And the monster wasn’t iconic enough. And the camera movements made you sick in the theater. If all that is true, what you’re missing is an excellently directed, written, and crafted film. Those “random” camera movements that made you sick? They’re actually carefully planned, timed, and shot. Look at the reveal of the monster over the movie, or how Hud’s “camera-work” catches just enough of the action to give you the info you need. That takes time, and planning; and it’s very impressive. Revisit it on DVD, now that the hype has died down, and see whether it’s really a stunt, or actually a very well made movie. I think it’s the latter.
4) Whitesnake, Good To Be Bad [$10, Amazon]
What The? …Um, It’s a Whitesnake album.
Seriously? Yeah, that was definitely my thought upon hearing about a new, two disc Whitesnake album. That, and “they’re not dead?” Here’s a simple test to determine whether you should buy this album or not: did you read the words “Whitesnake album,” and automatically throw your panties at the computer? Then you should probably pick this up.
