Every year, dozens of albums get the re-issue treatment courtesy of record labels (and sometimes bands) that are either trying to fulfill contractual obligations or just trying to make a quick buck off of consumers gullible enough to blindly pick up copies of said albums. Sadly most of those albums are anything but worth the price. Though, there are some diamonds in the rough. The same applies in the realm of DVD and Blu-ray re-issues. Every year just as many DVDs and Blu-rays hit store shelves all over again. And just as with the noted albums, most are not worth the price. On the other hand there are some that surprise and show to actually be worth the purchase. This year is no different. Warner Home Video re-issued the classic Peanuts TV specials Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (And Don’t Come Back) and Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown. Both are good specials. But considering the overall lack of bonus material (save for a bonus documentary included in the prior) neither are outstanding. Though, for real Peanuts fans that might not already own either one, they are both at least somewhat worth the purchase if not entirely. On the other end of the spectrum, Timeless Media Group (which is part of the Shout! Factory corporate family) re-issued Gerry Anderson’s classic Supermarionation series Thunderbirds both on DVD and Blu-ray. In comparison to the series’ previous release on DVD back in 2008, this one shines both in terms of its packaging and overall presentation. So it is definitely a great new re-issue. The same applies to CBS DVD’s re-issue of Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.: The Complete Series and MPI’s re-issue of My Favorite Martian: The Complete Series. These are just some of the re-issues that made the Phil’s Picks 2015 Top 10 New DVD/BD Re-Issues. They explain how this critic went about deciding on this list. Packaging was taken into effect along with pricing, bonus material, and the presentations’ production values. Also on this year’s list is Shout! Factory’s re-issue of The Brain That Wouldn’t Die, 20th Century Fox’s new BD re-issue of Garfield: The Movie, and Cohen Media Group’s re-issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s little known thriller Jamaica Inn among others. These titles and others are all on this year’s list of the year’s top new DVD and Blu-ray re-issues. As always the Top 10 titles make up the main body of the list while the bottom five were all worth mentioning for at least one reason. They each received honorable mention. So without any further ado I offer for your consideration dear readers the Phil’s Picks 2015 Top 10 New DVD and Blu-ray Re-Issues.
PHIL’S PICKS 2015 TOP 10 NEW DVD/BD RE-ISSUES
- THUNDERBIRDS: THE COMPLETE SERIES
2. GARFIELD: THE MOVIE
3. JAMAICA INN
4. STAR TREK THE ORIGINAL SERIES: THE COMPLETE SERIES
5. MY FAVORITE MARTIAN: THE COMPLETE SERIES
6. GOMER PYLE, U.S.M.C.: THE COMPLETE SERIES
7. I LOVE LUCK: THE ULTIMATE SEASON TWO
8. THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN’T DIE
9. THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER
10. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT
11. I LOVE LUCY: THE COMPLETE SERIES
12. ROBOT JOX
13. ALADDIN
14. BON VOYAGE, CHARLIE BROWN (AND DON’T COME BACK)
15. RACE FOR YOUR LIFE, CHARLIE BROWN
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