Rent DVD!!!
I'm sure most of you who know me are surprised that I didn't write about the Rent DVD release on Tuesday (or even on Monday), but with the Olympics, the lack of enough Tivo space (since we didn't upgrade this Tivo - why bother when the HDTV DVR Direct TV system we want should be released fairly soon?), two shows (Billy Crystal's 700 Sundays on Wednesday and Aerosmith & Lenny Kravitz concert on Frida), I actually didn't have time to watch anything on the Rent DVD set (see Amazon.com's Rent DVD page for more details) till this weekend. Yes, I'm okay. I don't need to be rushed to the hospital or anything, but now that things are calming down some I am SOOO happy to finally have Rent on DVD! The commentary was great, even though it was only Chris Columbus, Adam Pascal, and Anthony Rapp. If you had to pick only two stars to be in the commentary, those playing Roger and Mark were the ones to pick. Chris explained that the one line with the bum on the street ("Who the f* do you...") was changed due to the MPAA and that one seemed to bother him the most. Amazing that they can get away with so much, but they couldn't say the f word a few times and keep the PG-13 rating. Since Chris, and many others, felt it was important that teenagers be able to see this movie, he cut it.
Chris tried to explain why he took out April's suicide, though I still don't think that was necessary or understand the decision. Not that it made a huge impact on the film one way or another, but I guess that's the thing... lol
I can't wait to watch all the other extras. I'll finally get to see the Goodbye Love and Halloween scenes that were cut! Halloween is one of my favorite songs, so I'm glad that they shot it and included it on the DVD.
The Aerosmith & Lenny Kravitz concert was great. I was surprised to see that Steven Tyler had cut his hair. It's still not short, but it's shoulder length now. Initially, it was a bit of a shock, but once that wore off, I realized that I like his hair even more now! The highlights are perfect and the length works very well for him!
I'm still on Saturday's Olympics and with a show tonight, I don't see getting caught up till tomorrow or Tuesday, but hey, they last longer for me, right?
Tom will be very happy to find out that David set up our PS2 today. We even played a couple games with our new Logitech wireless controllers. Tom, you totally need these! We asked the guy in the one shop we visited which ones he'd recommend and he said "The ones I have" and handed me one of the Logitech controllers. As soon as I saw the Logitech name on it, I smiled and thought that clearly there was no arguing with that. I've been happy with every Logitech product I've owned. I didn't realize they made wireless game controllers, but it totally makes sense.
I also got Kingdom Hearts because of Holz's recommendation. Heck, for someone as into Disney as I'd been, it made a lot of sense. Plus, the new game is coming out soon, so if I like it, when I finish this one I can get Kingdom Hearts II. :-) Still not sure if I'll get the Peach or Mario game when it comes out for the NDS, but Tom should be happy that he's managed to get me interested in games again, which hasn't happened since my sister had her Gameboy years ago (and even then I just played the games she had, pretty much). I like the Frogger game for the NDS and I'm still having fun with Nintendogs. :-)
Well, time to get ready to leave for Bombay Dreams tonight at the Orange County Performing Arts Center.
Labels: concert, games, movies, Olympics, shows
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