Don’t wipe out, Patrollers! The DVD Patrol is having one of those weeks we like to call our first Channel Surfing Special. It just means that you know when you’re home on the weekends and you just see what is on TV and a whole lot of good movies are on. The Toddster just had one of those and this is a good chance to launch a few TV specials that will get us ready for the new Fall TV season. All of our picks are now available on DVD and let’s see what’s swimming out there.
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - During the 30th Anniversary celebration, be careful because someone out there just might be looking for you. In Luke Skywalker’s (Mark Hamill) case, this is very true. After destroying the Empire’s orbital Death Star satellite, Luke and the Rebel Forces are on the run from Darth Vader and the Empire. Han Solo (Harrison Ford) is also on the run from Jabba the Hutt and his bounty hunters too. Vader gets a line on the group and corners them on the icy planet of Hoth and after nearly defeating them, Han and Luke get separated. Luke is urged by an old friend to seek out Yoda so he can teach him the ways of the Force to become a Jedi Knight. Learning this, Vader goes after Han, Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), and the rest of the crew to force Luke to come to him. After some time has passed, Vader captures Han and the others and Luke receives a message through the Force that his friends are in danger. Has Luke learned enough to take Vader on?
Paycheck - What some people will do to earn their money. Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck) was always the perfect guy to get the job done. If there was a way to make a product better or out do something, he would do it. After the job was done, his memory was always wiped so he wouldn’t remember anything. An old friend (Aaron Eckhart) has the job of a lifetime but it would take 3 years of his life and he would earn the ultimate paycheck when it was over. When it’s done, he’s ready to take it easy but now the FBI is after him to find out just what he’s been doing for the last three years. Now the only thing that will save him is a package with an assortment of things and a beautiful mystery woman (Uma Thuman) that hold the answers to what’s going on. Can Michael piece it together?
