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Pop-Culture Retard
If "retard" means to slow or to hinder, then I am definitely retarded when it comes to popular culture. I love movies and look forward to seeing the ones that catch my interest, when I see them advertised but it's usually a loooong wait for me from the time I hear about something until I actually get to see it. There are some movies I've been wanting to see which I have NEVER seen - since we won't go to the theatre - too expensive, too annoying and too uncomfortable - I have to wait until stuff comes out on DVD. That is if I manage to actually hear that a film is out on DVD.
Case in point? Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd - an absolute must-see for me because I'm a Tim Burton freak AND a Johnny Depp fan - plus a bit of a freak over over just about anyone in Gothy makeup - but have I seen it yet? I have not.
Just today I discover the DVD came out last month. I have not seen it on sale anywhere. I have not been hiding in the closet for the past month. I have been out in the world, shopping and participating. I watch TV. I listen to the radio. Apparently no one thought the release of the Special Edition 2-DVD boxed set of Sweeney Todd was newsworthy. In order to find out if it was available, I had to google it.
Redman thoughtfully looked it up on The Beat Goes On's website today - apparently someone else has bought it and either didn't like it or has already made copies - and it's mine, delivered to my door for under $25. Now I just have to wait another few days to see it.
I still have to look around for Lars and the Real Girl (I think that came out, like what, last summer?) and it will be some time before I see Tropic Thunder, The Dark Knight, Ironman, Bottle Shock, Hamlet 2 or anything else that came out in the last couple of months.
Filed under Pop Culture, Aug 20, 2008
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