That is what we were doing, right? Well, I did mention him a month and a half ago, talking about Star Trek and Heroes.
I recently re-watched Heroes Season 1 on DVD, having bought the set two years ago, lent it to my mother for her viewing pleasure, but never actually watched it myself. It’s the only season I own, and I’ve only watched the show as it aired, so it had been a while since I’d seen anything but season 4 that wrapped up two (?) months ago.
It was really enjoyable. It almost made me want to buy seasons 2 and 3 on DVD and watch them again, but I’ll have to wait till the good sales come around again, what with being spoiled by my cheap DVD spending lately. That is another story, however.
So actually I wanted to jot down something about Hugh Laurie, and am using Zachary Quinto as my segue. I’ve watched House for the last few years, and have mostly enjoyed it, due particularly to Hugh Laurie (though Robert Sean Leonard deserves more-than-honorable mention. Did he play the Nazi in Swing Kids? I can’t remember if it was him or Christian Bale. Anyway). Last year I watched A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and my eyes were opened to a whole new Hugh Laurie. It was great. Seeing Stephen Fry’s guest appearances on Bones has been awesome.
Anyway, so last week I started watching Jeeves & Wooster. I’ve watched seven or eight episodes now, and they’re hysterical. Watching those episodes and then watching the newest episode of House is quite the contrast. Unable to make an eloquent connection or point at this… point… I will simply say that Hugh Laurie is fantastic. Also, he was one of the voices in Monsters vs. Aliens, which I apparently said had a stellar voice cast.
Is this one of those things that you post on Twitter, only more shortly? Something like “Zachary Quinto, referenced earlier, awesome on Star Trek and Heroes, which I watched recently, segues to Hugh Laurie in Jeeves & Wooster and House, both funny”? I don’t have a Twitter account, so I don’t know about these things. Maybe I should get one, just to say that.
And to finish up an already disjointed not-tweet, in November 2008, I bought Jeeves & Wooster: The Complete Series for my wife for $24.30. She watched the set and then it sat on the shelf. It spanned eight DVDs, each in its own standard size DVD case, which took up quite the amount of room. About eight months later, I sold the set to FYE for $24.00. Then two months ago, I bought the reissue version, with only four slim DVD cases housing two DVDs each–a 75% savings in shelf space–for $26.49.
Make all the fun you want, upgrading to the way better packaging for only $2.79 was awesome.
Getting The Princess and the Frog Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack for $1.99 + tax on release date was awesomer. This week’s Toy Story and Toy Story 2 Blu-ray/DVD combo packs for $6.99 + tax each will likewise be awesome. That is all.