What Does This Commercial Say to You?
First of all, thanks to Popwatcher Michael Slezak for posting this Kraft Singles commercial today. Like him, I would like to know what the message in this commercial is. All pregnant women should subsist on Kraft Singles? Pregnant women love cheese? Kraft Singles will help you have a super-cute baby? If the last is true, I have to wonder how much cuter my already super-cute baby would have been, had I eaten Kraft Singles every day of my pregnancy (or at all, for that matter).
Al Dente readers, what’s your take on this commercial?
Michael Bay’s 2007 smash hit comes to DVD in a 2-disc set that features commentary tracks, featurettes, trailers, videos and more! This EXCLUSIVE, limited edition set features the widescreen version of the film, the bonus disc PLUS a case/packaging that literally ‘transforms’ into Autobot leader Optimus Prime! Also includes exclusive comic book with decoder to unlock more surprises online!
Used Price: $35.00
Customer Review: See the Transforming Package
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1NGWRE2RCSLTY An excerpted review of the store exclusive packaging of the transforming case and see how it shifts from DVD case to Optimus Prime.
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There are a number of film titles that I store in the My Movies section of IMDB that have inexplicably not been published on DVD, and I use the list to periodically check to see if they’ve finally surfaced. And it looks like I’ve got an inkling of hope of marking some titles off of my list, thanks to movie studios looking to the long tail to counter falling DVD sales. This week, Sony (which owns such studios as Columbia, Tri-Star, and Screen Gems) announced that it would license older DVD titles not currently released for production and distribution through HP’s manufactured-on-demand service. As Studio Briefing notes:
The deal will allow consumers to order movies that ordinarily would not be stocked by dealers because they are too obscure or too old. HP indicated that it expects to sign similar deals with other studios. “We’re hoping this provides another option to make available products that wouldn’t necessarily garner widespread retail shelf space,” Jason Spivak, head of strategic development at Sony Home Entertainment, told the Times. Added Doug Warner, head of HP’s digital content business, “If studios can sell more catalog than previously, they can generate more money.”
Sadly, this won’t help me with the lost movie that’s at the top of my list–The Big Fix, which starred Richard Dreyfuss as a 1970s gumshoe–as Universal Studios owns that property (and it’s been frustratingly available only on VHS for years… c’mon, it’s Richard Dreyfuss!). But if this venture is successful, hopefully we’ll see other studios move to production-on-demand.
In other optical disc news, it seems that Warner Bros. announcement that it was moving exclusively to the Blu-ray high-definition disc format is pretty much killing off the HD DVD format. Noting sales for the week after the announcement just before CES, Electronista writes that Home Media Magazine found that “83 percent of movie sales were for Blu-ray versions of movies, leaving the remaining 17 percent to HD DVD.”
~Agen G.N. Schmitz
While not for everybody, a bike riding adventure can make for a significantly “greener” vacation than if you pile your gear in your car, or jump on a plane to the hottest vacation spot around the globe.
I found some links on treehugger.com that do a fine job of helping you prepare for a summer bike tour of your own:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/01/tips_for_bicycl.php
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/01/winter_tips_for.php
For those of you out there that are interested in starting riding to work, here are some resources that you might find helpful:
Ride your bike to work month
Here are a couple of examples of organized rides from here in the Northwest US that I’ve experienced are good, but challenging rides for individuals and families:
And, finally, the “Ride South” blog that might make the adventuresome in the audience salivate. It is maintained by a fellow who his riding from Seattle to Tierra del Fuego by bicycle.
The blog provides interesting reading about preparation, gear and experiences of life on The Road.
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