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Tidbits for October 30: Crass Consumerism Edition

Tue, Oct 30, 2007     Posted by Marcia

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  • Feeling as though today’s dramas simply can’t match the emotional pull of early 90s TV? Today is your lucky day. At long last, the complete series of Twin Peaks is available in a Definitive Gold Edition (yes, definitive AND gold — it’s just that special). Relive all the wonder and confusion of the Log Lady, Bob, and the dancing dwarf. Never before or since has there been a show so capable of making its audience feel as if they had consumed large numbers of hallucinogens while remaining on their sofa, entirely sober.
  • If you preferred your 90s TV in the form of angsty adolescents, today also marks the re-release of My So-Called Life. If ever you feel that adult life has become far too difficult and you yearn for the simplicity of your younger years, pop this disc on. You’ll get over the feeling soon enough.
  • Not enough? Getting paid at the end of the month and looking for a way to blow it on something other than food and rent? For a mere $869.98, you can own the 22.5 lbs United Artists 90th Anniversary Prestige Collection Gift Set. This will likely be the only box set to ever boast of including West Side Story in the same collection as the Patrick Swayze classic Roadhouse, and, with 90 DVDs in the set, comes out to about $9 a disc. Don’t let the fact that you could buy individual copies for about that price and not get stuck with such fare as The Man in the Iron Mask stop you from making a purchase that will provide endless entertainment while doubling as free weights or a door stop for years to come.
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