December is here and with it the holiday gift-giving season!
When it comes to objects, I’m a minimalist. Those authors who have been in my home know this. Though nice, I have few things. I have my signed books—some on bookcases, others on my desk. I have two pieces of artwork on my walls, both framed Michael Whelan signed prints. I don’t have a couch. I don’t have a recliner. I have a Mac on my desk, an iPad on my night stand, and a new television powered by Netflix that I watch from my computer chair when I need to decompress while doing web work.
That doesn’t mean I don’t have a wish list though. There are some really cool items out there and this is the season I begin thinking, “Wouldn’t it be neat if I had X or X or X or X?”
For the month of December I’ll post some of my own personal picks, some of which I’m sure will also excite some of you, maybe to the point you add them to your own gift wish lists!
Day 3: The Lord of the Rings Blu-ray
While visiting my parents for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, I found myself alone with the television remote late at night. I took advantage, perusing dozens of channels, before landing on one showing The Fellowship of the Ring. Boromir had just discovered the One Ring in the snow, the dastardly little talisman trying to be lost from Frodo so a man of weaker substance would carry it.
I realized I hadn’t seen one of the greatest movie trilogies of all time for a long while, probably two years. Curious, I decided to research if Peter Jackson and New Line had released it on Blu-ray this year.
Well, they did! I know, many of you probably already know this but I’m excited about it nonetheless. The Lord of the Rings trilogy is one of those geeky items I must possess in every format that is released. Though the Blu-ray edition that was released earlier this year is only the theatrical edition and the Blu-ray extended editions probably won’t be released until The Hobbit is released in theaters, this is one of those gifts real geeks will appreciate!
Besides, there are times I want to watch the theatrical version and there are times I wanted to watch the extended version. This fulfills the former itch!
Does the geek in your life own a Blu-ray player? A nice TV?
Take advantage! Buy this for them—and some popcorn—and then invite yourself over to watch arguably the geekiest movie trilogy of all time!
More tomorrow!
