You bought the "From Dusk 'til Dawn" dvd set for your wife's birthday.

Man. I hope that was a joke.

I mean sure the first one has George Clooney, but still...

Two things in my defense. One, it was a "stocking stuffer," iykwim. And B, you have to understand her taste in movies. Halloween, Friday the 13th, Night of the Living Dead...I could go on, but you get the picture. So DTD wasn't THAT big a stretch.

Really.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

Shame on you Eric. I've told you before, Circuit City is soooo much better. haha

Eric ... or you could brew up some of that Piñon Coffee and read Fuentes' "Old Gringo." For me, at least, it remains the best treatment - in any medium - of the Bierce/Villa story.

Bert, I've got nothing against Circuit City; it really depends on which one I come to first as I head down the loop.

Jeff, you've certainly identified the best alternative...but I'm not sure I remember how to read anything but software manuals!

You really set me up for this one, Eric!

I spotted the title "Books, Movies, Music, TV..." and I figured, "Yep, that's exactly the heading I thought I'd see for August 31st."

"I went to Best Buy and started spending."

...and I was still thinking, "Uh-huh, uh-huh, that's where I was, too. I was doing the same thing. Okay, he's pacing this one gorgeously the way he usually does."

"Then I wandered over to the DVD section, and to the TV show aisle specifically."

...and I suddenly stopped short. "The TV section? What the heck was he getting in the TV section? Ahhhh, he's pacing this post for a surprise ending."

Nope. You got me.

You honestly and truly were blogging about the two TV series you picked up on DVD.

See, I figured you were down at Best Buy for the same silly 'ole reason I was.

Namely picking up the newly released "The Passion Of The Christ" in Widescreen format, Fullscreen format, and then interminably pestering the assistant manager until he gives you one of those gorgeous promotional photo-boards just to get rid of you.

"Yes... I KNOW the clerks get to take home the promotional materials sent to the store. But it's 'The Passion Of The Christ'. C'mon. Are you seriously trying to tell me the hip and sophisticated people who work here are actually fans of a religious film? A JEEEEZUS movie, no less?"

He snickered at that, just like I figured he would.

"Those photo boards are beautiful and they're just going to end up in the trash by the end of the week anyway! All I'm asking for is the chance to salvage one of them now, that's all."

If that hadn't worked I was going to try spooking him with the idea, "You know, what if Jesus really DOES exists? Do YOU want to have to look Him in the face and tell Him you threw His picture into the garbage? I mean, after someone begged you for it?"

Anyway, that's the sort of conniving I figured you were going to spring.

Unless you DID and the assistant manager told you keep hush-hush about it. ;)

Sorry to lead you down the wrong path, but I'm not sure I'll buy the Passion dvd period, much less on the first day of release. But, more about that later...

By stating "I'd never seen II and III.."
I take it to mean that you did see I (first one) and you still chose to purchase the set?

I assumed from your other movie reviews that you had some sense taste.

Sure the first one was good, right up to the part where the vampires jumped out. Then things went downhill fast.

BTW - I never got Pulp Fiction either......

Shannon, I refer you to my first comment above...

Ah, Boomtown. There's still a little part of me that lives in the hope that someone at a cable network will revive that show. Although now that Neal McDonough has that new gig at NBC (which I'm excited about), it's clearly not going to happen. Shame. That was some smart TV.

The From Dusk To Dawn trilogy has a special place in my heart--not because of the plot so much as a couple of the participants. If you want to add to your wife's fun, hunt down the video, Full-tilt Boogie, which is a "making of" the films.

Jen, even though we may have reached the saturation point on "medical cop" shows, there's something about McDonough that makes everything he's in seem a little better. He's like David Caruso in that regard. I, too, am looking forward to the new show.

Deb, you've piqued my curiosity! I know right where to find Full-Tilt Boogie. And thanks for being one of the few people who didn't question my sanity for purchasing the trilogy...