You’ve read the book, you’ve seen the movie, but the Watchmen experience is incomplete without Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter, an original animated featurette that leads this week’s DVD and Blu-ray releases.
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter (Warner Bros., $27.95 DVD, $35.99 Blu-ray) adapts a subplot in the graphic novel in which a teenager reads a popular pirate comic book at a newsstand in New York City. Rather than cut the sequence from the film entirely, director Zack Snyder has animated it for home-video release and plans to include it intercut with the live-action feature in an upcoming DVD release. The R-rated release also includes the fake documentary ‘Under the Hood.’
Among other major releases, Bolt comes to DVD two days after its Blu-ray debut (Disney, $29.99 DVD, $32.99 special edition DVD), and the most-recent James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace (MGM, $29.98 DVD, $34.98 special edition DVD, $39.99 Blu-ray) also arrives.
Other animated releases for the week include Star Wars: The Clone Wars ‘ A Galaxy Divided (Warner Bros., $19.98), The Venture Bros: Season Three (Turner, $29.98 DVD, $44.98 Blu-ray), Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!: Pirate Treasure (Anchor Bay Entertainment, ($16.98), Voltron, Vol. 7 (Media Blasters, $34.99), Happily N’Ever After 2: Snow White (Lionsgate, $19.98) and Care Bears: Cheer, There & Everywhere (Lionsgate, $14.98)
Getting new releases are Lilo & Stitch: 2-Disc Big Wave Edition (Disney, $29.99), while Secrets of The Furious Five (DreamWorks, $14.99) gets a solo release after being released in a two-pack with Kung Fu Panda.
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter
