Per members' suggestions in last week's thread, I've expanded the poll options this week to include "foreign-language" "other" and "HD DVD/Blu-ray."

October 3, 2006 New Releases (per DVD Talk’s Release List)

* 21 Grams: Special Edition
* 25th Anniversary: Live in Amsterdam (Blu-ray)
* Abbott & Costello Show 100th Anniversary
* Abominable
* American Blackout
* Andromeda Season 5 Collection
* Andromeda: Slipstream Collection
* Body Double: Special Edition
* Bugsy: Extended Edition
* Calvaire: The Ordeal
* Changing Times
* Chiefs
* Club Date: Live in Memphis (Blu-ray)
* CSI: First Season Disc 1
* Frasier: First Season Disc 1
* Freak N Roll Into the Fog (Blu-ray)
* Ganja & Hess
* Glass House 2: The Good Mother
* Greatest American Hero
* High Sierra
* Humphrey Bogart - The Signature Collection, Vol. 1
* Humphrey Bogart - The Signature Collection, Vol. 2
* I Was a Teenage Movie Maker: Amateur F
* Lewis Black - Red, White and Screwed
* The Little Mermaid
* Live at Montreux 2005 (Blue-ray)
* Live Feed: Unrated
* Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - Locked 'N Loaded
* The Maltese Falcon
* McLeod's Daughters - Season 1
* Medium: The Complete Second Season
* MXC - Most Extreme Elimination Challenge Season One
* My Little Pony Gift Set + Pinkie Pie Tote Bag
* New Orleans Concert - The Music Of America's Soul (HD DVD)
* New Orleans Concert: Music of America's Soul (Blu-ray)
* Penn & Teller: Bullshit - Complete Third Season
* Planet of the Apes: TV Series
* Point Break: Pure Adrenaline Edition
* Scarface: Platinum Edition
* South Park: Hits Vol 1 Matt and Trey's
* Stargate Sg-1 Season 9
* Super Inframan/Shaw Brothers
* Thank You for Smoking
* They Drive By Night
* Three Stooges: Stooges on the Run
* Three's Company: Season 8
* Trail of Blood
* Way Up Live (Blu-ray)
* X-3: X-Men - The Last Stand

the little mermaid, the woods, and penn & teller if the price is low enough.

I already found The Woods and Body Double at BB, and the Norwegian thriller Next Door at FYE. That just leaves The Little Mermaid, which I have on order.

A fairly good week in terms of quantity, but I'm not all that enthused about the things I'll be adding to my collection.

* Greatest American Hero: Do I need all three seasons of this show? It's fine, a relic of my childhood and has the greatest theme song ever recorded, but it's an awful lot of William Katt for one bookshelf. Nevertheless, the packaging is awesome, and it comes with cape! I'll bite.
* Humphrey Bogart - The Signature Collection, Vol. 2: This is the only thing that I MUST have. A double dip for Maltese Falcon, which is only fair since the version currently available is lacking in any substantial extras. And this is one of Bogart's best movies. The vol 1 set doesn't seem to contain anything that hasn't already been available, though.
* Medium: The Complete Second Season: My wife and I watched all of the first season together, and enjoyed it, but were astounded by what a horrible, hostile, self-absorbed woman Patricia Arquette portrays in this show. She never hesitates to bite her well-meaning husbands head off for the slightest, most innocent remark. What's worse is that apparently it's based on a real woman. With the burden of psychic powers, being a little high strung is certainly understandable. With the full knowledge that the woman this character is based on is most certainly a fraud, her behavior is doubly obnoxious.
Still, in for a penny, in for a pound. We still like the show, and keep hoping the writers and Patricia will lighten up a little.
* Penn & Teller: Bullshit - Complete Third Season: I loved the first and second season. This season is where the show took a bad turn. Ideally, Bullshit should expose obvious hoaxsters and liars, like the woman that MEDIUM is based on and the Moon Landing conspiracy. It's at it's best when it's taking on Feng Shui and Baby Einstein. This season kind of takes on political issues, like the Boy Scouts, and it starts to preach rather than expose. It's still funny and informative, but I hope it doesn't become Michael Moore. We've already got him. I want to see UFOlogy debunked, etc.

That's it for me.

The essentials for me this week:

LITTLE MERMAID
THREE'S COMPANY #8
BOGIE COLLECTION

Already bought The Little Mermaid: Special Edition.

THREE'S COMPANY: Season Eight for me.
THE LITTLE MERMAID for my wife and child.

* Lewis Black - Red, White and Screwed
* Medium: The Complete Second Season
* MXC - Most Extreme Elimination Challenge Season One
* Planet of the Apes: TV Series
* X-3: X-Men - The Last Stand

Big week for me:

Head Trauma

Due South - Season Two

Forever Knight - Volume Three

The Inner Sanctum - Franchise Series

Medium: The Complete Second Season

X-3: X-Men - The Last Stand: The Stan Lee Edition

THREE'S COMPANY: Season Eight

Stargate Sg-1 Season 9

Corner Gas - Season Three


Might get these if Future Shop has them:

Humphrey Bogart - The Signature Collection, Vol. 1
Humphrey Bogart - The Signature Collection, Vol. 2

I'm getting The Little Mermaid for my Disney collection.

The Little Mermaid
Thank You For Smoking

Can't wait for Smoking...been itching to see it again.

MATT

The Little Mermaid
Plus I'm sure there are some catalog items to pick up.

Basilisk Vol.2 LE

after last week's releases thank god, only one:
- The Little Mermaid

I'll be picking up 'The Little Mermaid' and 'Medium s2'.

Will Netflix

Thank You For Smoking
X Men 3
Edmond

Body Double & Point Break

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid and probably X-Men 3, since I've got $10 in Best Buy gift certificates

xmen once its used, and threes company from DDD if they have a sale...

Body Double (double dip)
Bugsy
Bogie Collection Volume 1
Lock, Stock
Maltese Falcon

Little Mermaid
X-Men 3
The Woods

X-men 3 tin. Probably X-men and X-men 2 as well.

I'll be picking up Little Mermaid and
The Maltese Falcon

I'll rent X-Men 3, Edmond and Thank You For Smoking.

The Maltese Falcon

Little Mermaid:Platinum Edition
X-Men:The Last Stand Wal-Mart Edition