Home Video Exclusives

[JohnIan101]

Past Tense


[An earlier version of this PT was originally posted on November 3rd, 2011 on JoBlo's "DVD, Blu-Ray & Home Theater Discussion" forum.]

I should be ashamed, but I'm not (I own the entire series), that being said; we might get cheer-sex in "Bring It On: All Or Nothing"...



This made for home video feature was released on August 8th, 2006. It was made with a budget of $5,000,000 (estimated). It made twelve million in its first week and well over eighteen million during its pressing.

The movie streeted against "Laguna Beach: The Complete Second Season", "Playboy: X Mates Vol. 1", "Larry The Cable Guy: Health Inspector" and "C.S.A.: The Confederate States Of America".

This release originally came with a cardboard slipcover which mirrored the case's wraparound. It also came with an advertisement insert. A long sheet folded three times; 25% off promotional code for Spirit Accessories, contest for a year's supply of SoBe Lean beverages, "Bring It On: 2 Movie Cheer Pack" ("Bring It On" [2000] with "Bring It On Again" [2004]) ad, Universal TV shows now available on DVD ("Fear Factor: The First Season", "Roar: The Complete Series", "Conviction: The Complete Series", "House M.D.: Season Two", "Las Vegas: Uncut & Uncensored - Season Three" and "The Office: Season Two"), Lil J. Xavier's "Young Prince Of The South" album ad. And an advertisement for the then upcoming NBC series, "Heroes".

The initial release came with an offer; purchase the DVD and receive a free one year subscription to "Teen People". Offer expired on August 15th, 2007. And before you ask, no I didn't. I still have my card inside the case, inside the insert. I'm an anal collector.

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Wal-Mart on street had an exclusive CD sampler.



It was side packed with the DVD. Sorry, I do not know how much it sold for on release week. And I apologize for the image quality, this was the best I could find/do.

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Target had the only solid exclusive, in my opinion.



One problem, I passed on it at the time. It's not that I didn't want - I was tapped. By the time I was able to purchase was gone. For the next five years, I made several attempts to acquire - lots of failure. That was until 2011 when I finally got it; paid slightly over five bucks, including shipping (DVD with bonus).

Target set sold for $17.99. Bonus DVD came inside a CD envelope in the case. From the above pix it looks like this has a lot of content. *sigh*

Not really. The total run time is 12:18 minutes. The shortest clip is eighteen seconds long. The longest is 66 seconds. I'm glad to finally complete my set. I changed the case, both DVDs are now inside a two disc case.

Oh yeah. On that calendar; October 4th - that's suppose to be a drawing of cupcakes, NOT a plate full of ****. Took me moment to figure that out.

Yes, the "Mmmm..." should've been a hint. Look, I never claimed to be brilliant.

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Best Buy had exclusive ring tones; three of them, the set sold for $16.99.

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Tangent.

Something you might want to check out (brimming with chemistry), the 2009 cheerleading film "Fired Up".

Yup, somewhat formulaic, but had moments of smarts and solid laughs. I would recommend it. The movie was originally called "F-U".

I should. The story is about two popular high school jocks, Shawn Colfax (Nicholas D'Agosto) and Nick Brady (Eric Christian Olsen) who decide to drop out of their regular football camp for the Summer to enroll into cheerleading camp to goof-off and score with hot girls (the only two straight guys there).

Overall plan is to ditch the cheerleading competition at the end and attend the Summer finale party held by their football teammates, a big bash.

But the two soon regret their decision and want their team to win the competition. As I wrote, predictable, but the ending was different. I was quite glad they didn't go with a conventional conclusion. Made me smile.

I loved this quote from the unrated version by Nick:

Would you shut up? I'm too straight to be gay. I could suck knob and still be straight. I could have one in my mouth and two in each hand and still win a straight award.

It's the delivery.

There was a bit of controversy; both D'Agosto and Olsen were in their 30s playing high school teens. Some had a real problem with that. Whatever, it's Hollywood - nothing new.



As Mulder would say, "the truth is out there". Above, covers for the DVD and Blu-Ray editions. Notice something different? The jumping cheerleader on the DVD is wearing bikini bottoms, while on the BD has booty-shorts. To this day, I'm puzzled. Nice ass, yes, but why???

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Void.

Once again, I wrote up a short entry, need decent tier content. So here's a story of failed nostalgia.

Last year a thought popped in my head. This time quite XXX. Something I saw as a lad, something I saw back in the days of scrambled subscription television - over the air. This was a skin flick shown on SelecTV.

Late at night they would air pornos. As many who lived through that time knows, it was a hit and miss.

I was able to increase my odds when I discovered I could play with the vertical and horizontal knobs on the back of my TV to fix the distortion - more than likely would get a negative image with an occasional regular picture. No audio, just the station saying you need to subscribe to get the channel and the number to call if you're having technical issues. So it's a mixed bag.

One night I saw this porno; Amber Lynn having sex with a robot. That image imprinted onto my memory. Kinda because I wanted it...

The robot. I was way too geeky.

The stuff of sci-fi made real, robot(s) for your home!

Nope, the promise did not live up to the expectation. They were frackin' expensive and hardly did anything, might as well been a paper weight.

Got curious and with some internet mojo found what I had seen so many, many moons ago.



It was "Amber Aroused" from Caballero from 1985, bought on DVD (low price) and was sadden.

This had NOT aged well and it sucked. The poster above. Remember them? Those octagon shaped robots from the mid 1980s. Just cheap plastic that hardly did anything, you could add a tray for them to cart around sodas or beer or something lite in weight. Man they had a ridicules price tag for their actual worth.

In the film; a strap-on is added, and it goes to town on Ms. Lynn. Which is pretty much just moving forward and reverse (repeat). The finale ends on an orgy.

They gave the robot this cartoony electronic voice, made me cringe.

Okay, those not a X-Gener; women in that period wore far too much make-up in real life or adult videos. That poster was for The Pussycat Theater, a nationwide chain of adult movie houses, extinct now. Never been to one, had zero desire to go into one. Man, I would hate to be the janitor; have to wear a hazmat suit.

And thick gage gloves.

So that's it. My memory of the porno (shot on film) was superior to the real thing.

This flick also has... did you know there was in the 1980s; a Burt Reynolds porn impersonator, Sasha Gabor. Doing his best "Smokey And The Bandit" (1977) impersonation.

There is another Lynn title I'm still looking for, but just casually. It's morning and she's getting breakfast. A guy walks into the kitchen so she take a banana and goes down on it - just because. Don't know anything else besides that. So finding that is quite slim.

By the way, that poster image took over an hour to mend - it needed a lot of work to make presentable, plus rotated some to make leveled.

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Rant.

There's no need to analyze. There's no need to form an affliction.

- Splender

I suppose the main question is - is it any good?

*thinking*



It is exactly what you'd expect and is pretty much by the numbers story and resolution wise. It's not trying to be artsy or overly dramatic, it's a fluff movie and doesn't try to overcome it.

Which isn't a bad thing.

If you liked the first movie, you'll probably like this too.

Sway.



It's weird thinking about Hayden Panettiere; she was the voice of Dot in Pixar's "A Bug's Life" (1998). That doesn't seem that long ago.

She's a mom now, married to a Russian giant (boxer). I don't think anybody saw that coming.

Feeling all smiles and grins?

No?

Sorry folks, no refunds. Don't blame me, blame management. Come back here on November 19th, 2015 for a tale about donors. The stealy organ kind and maybe some taco flavored kisses (hot girl only).