Harry Potter Ultimate Editions Review
Harry Potter. That is all I have to say for images and recollections of a great character in a amazing world to come streaming into my mind. If you are like me and dig Harry Potter, then you know exactly what I mean. When I first read the series, I always had imagined what the heck this world of magic and mystery would look like. Well, after a couple of years, I found out that there was going to be a movie. I rushed out promptly and saw “Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone” and watched the ever-loving crap out of it! The second movie of the series came out a bit later and I was geared up for “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” and I really wanted a pet phoenix after that(?!?).
I recently got the chance to see the new Harry Potter Ultimate Edition Bluray sets and man are they awesome! Director Chris Columbus was an excellent choice to bring the whole Potterverse to us in a warm inviting environment that is really how most of us see it in the books. The kids are young, impressionable, and very unclear of what to expect in their first year at Hogwarts. So, it is just like we are going with them on their first time. Don’t get me wrong I also dig the later movies as well. I just feel like Chris Columbus did a awesome job of capturing those characters in those tender growing moments in their lives.
Each Ultimate Edition includes:
- NEW 1-hour feature from Creating the World of Harry Potter, an 8-hour documentary series revealing the filmmaking magic behind all 7 years!
- Theatrical and Extended Versions of the films
- Over 2 hours of special features
- Magical collectibles
Ryan’s Rating
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: 7 out of 10
Grounbreaking, innovative, and scary as heck with Voldermort in the back of dude’s head! My kids near wet their undies when they saw that.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: 8 out of 10
Much more action oriented, a little darker, and you start to see a more devious side to the Dark Lord!
The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely that of the blog owners. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider. I have been given a product free of charge, but that does not impact my views or opinions.
Bartender Daddy
I give my kids mixed drinks. Yes, that is right….I play bartender to all three kids. See when we go somewhere, like to the store or to run any other errands, we are constantly getting something to drink. It seems like through all of the running around we work up a mean thirst for some beverages. Most of the time we don’t even get halfway through the bottles of various sodas. This is where my “mixin’ it up for the little ones” comes in to play.
In our fridge we have enough half-drank 20oz bottles of soda to fill a swimming pool. I’m going to be frank when I tell you what I do with all of these. When My kids walk up to me and say “daddy…I’m thirsty” and I say “ok, what do you want?”, they always reply “soda! ” They don’t care if it is Sprite, Dr. Pepper, Coke, or Pepsi. If it fizzes and makes them be able to shake the rafters with tremendous burps, they want it. Since becoming a mixologist, I have come up with all sorts of carbonated concoctions. Root beer and Mountain Dew morphs into “Mountain Beer”, Coke and Dr. Pepper takes on a new persona known as “Coka Pepper”, and Sprite and Cream soda become just plan nasty!
Some people think it’s gross or think that I am mean for giving my kids “leftover” or “old” soda. They like it and it adds excitement to anything we have left that we didn’t finish.
Wordless Wednesday
Most kids want to be Superman…he wants to be Clark Kent!
Winner!
The Parrot Minikit Slim giveaway has ended and the winner is……………
#35 Ryan Garst!
Congratulations Ryan!
The winner has been notified and has 48 hours to respond. Thank you to everyone who entered!
Daddy Digest the Podcast Episode 27
Hey eveyone! It’s time for another podcast. In this episode we discuss a whole lotta nothing….just random discussion about the holidays and how they went! Leave us some feedback on the site, via email at daddydigest@gmail.com, or give a call on our voicemail line at 281-306-2016!
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Winner!
The Harry Potter Ultimate Edition Giveaway has ended and the winner is…… #48 Jill Garst!
The winner has been notified and has 48 hours to respond. Thank you to everyone who entered!
Winners!
The MALICE book giveaway has ended. Here are the (5) winners!
The (5) winners are (1) angie (2) Some Lucky Dog (3) Travis (4) Ann F (5) Bonnie McAfee! Congrats all!
Winners have been notified by email and have 48 hours to respond and claim their prize.
Wordless Wednesday
I’m glad I do not have this in my house!
G-Force Review
I never owned any type of animal besides your standard cat and dog. I guess I was always very apprehensive about getting a gerbil, hamster, or any other rodent because they scared the pellets out of me. They all are just so small and unpredictable. This is exactly the case in Disney’s G-Force. These guys really tore up the screen in this action packed movie.
Upon reviewing G-force, I started to change my mind about the rodent class. The characters in this movie were very engaging and lovable. This movie appeals to a wide range of mammals at our house. My 1, 3, and 6 year old kids loved the movie’s characters and how it was a roller coaster ride till the very end.
Buckle up for thrilling edge-of-your seat action and laugh-out-loud fun in Disney’s family comedy adventure G-FORCE. Just as the G-Force — an elite team of highly trained guinea pigs — is about to save the world, the F.B.I. shuts the secret unit down. But these next-generation action heroes — Darwin, loyal team leader; Blaster, weapons expert with attitude to spare; Juarez, drop-dead gorgeous martial arts diva; and tag-along Hurley — won’t be stopped. Armed with the latest in high-tech spy equipment, and with the F.B.I. on their tails, the fur flies as they race against the clock to save the world. From the producer of the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN trilogy and NATIONAL TREASURE, and filled with high-octane action, daredevil stunts, cutting edge special effects and outrageous comedy, G-FORCE is fantastic fun for the whole family.
Mini Movie Synopsis
So the movie starts out with G-Fprce infiltrating an old geezers house and see if he is up to anything else besides makeing toasters and coffee makers. They don’t do that great of a job it seems and the FBI wants to shut them down. They go on the run, find themselves in a pet shop, get split up and try to get back together to save not only themselves but the entire Earth. Along the way they find a huge amount of supporting characters and find out who the mastermind pulling all of the strings is.
Ryan’s Rating
All in all I can say their is anything overly horrible or anything freaking amazing about the movie. It is a well rounded movie that made me smile and was never bored because of a slow moving plot. The movie took you through several different scenarios and did well at everything it attempted. The BD version was awesome looking and I thought that these were real animals at times. I never yawned and never wanted it to hurry up. No bad language, no suggested humor, and no offensive violence in the movie. Now the music in this film was really moving and really set the mood for several scenes. Now I mean the score of the film and not the hip-hop music that was in it…good stuff!
Overall Score 6 out of 10
Special Features
Exclusive To Disney Blu-ray
- Cine-Explore With Darwin, Blaster & Their Creator
- Bruckheimer Animated: A Look Back At His CG Work
- Access Granted: Inside The Animation Lab
- G-Farce — Bloopers And Flubs
- Deleted Scenes
- Exciting Music Videos
- “Jump” By Flo Rida Featuring Nelly Furtado
- “Ready To Rock” By Steve Rushton
- “Go G-Force”
- Blaster’s Boot Camp — High-Tech G-Force Training
- G-Force Mastermind — Inspiration Behind The Movie
- DVD Of Film
- DisneyFile Digital Copy — Watch Your Blu-ray Or DVD In The Living Room And Your DisneyFile Digital Copy On
The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely that of the blog owners. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider. I have been given a product free of charge, but that does not impact my views or opinions.
Parrot Minikit Slim Review and Giveaway (Closed)
The Holiday season is here and in full effect. If you have promised someone something really cool for Christmas or want to pick something up with a little bit of holiday cash or gift cards after Christmas….have I got the thing for you! I consider myself somewhat of a geek. I like technology and try to get my hands on as much as I can. Now, what I really like is when I can get my hands on gadgets that are “hands free”.
I usually have a hour and a half commute to work and back during each day of the work week. Inevitably someone calls me while I am navigating myself home through the concrete jungle. I do not have the patience or want to take a chance in my safety juggling my phone in conversation on the way home. So, here comes Parrot to the rescue! I was sent the Parrot Minikit Slim to try out and use on my battle to and from work each day.
Here is a little about the Minikit Slim from the website:
The Parrot MINIKIT SLIM is a portable Bluetooth hands-free kit sporting a profiled, sleek design. Thanks to its space-saving design, it offers countless uses: in the car, in the office and at home. Its highly intuitive interface will automatically connect to your Bluetooth phone when nearby. Fixed to the sun visor or laid on a table, it adapts to every environment and can easily be carried around in your pocket.
Once you pair your Parrot to your phone, the Parrot Minikit Slim automatically does all of the work for you by updating its phonebook with the contacts on your mobile phone. The phonebook on the Minikit Slim is updated seamlessly whenever it connects. The entire phonebook is available at all times thanks to the voice synthesis of the names (Text-To-Speech function).
Ok, say you want to give a ring to one of your contacts in the phonebook? All you have to do is say, not scream, the name and the Minikit Slim recognizes it without any prior training and dials the number. If several numbers are associated with the same person, tell the kit which one you want to dial by saying mobile, work, home, and so on. So I say “Sweet-Honey-Pie-Baby”…Home…and it calls my wife immediately!
Ryan’s Rating
As always there are good and bad things about products. Here are some of the things that I found while using the Minikit Slim. The only real gripe I had was the charger to product distance. What I mean by this is that the Minikit Slim clips to your visor and it comes with a tightly coiled up charger cable that does not reach from my visor to my outlet. I just really didn’t like having to unclip it, then charge it, and then when I got back to my vehicle unplug it and clip it back up on the visor.
In this case though, the good heavily outweighs the bad. The coolest thing with me is that the Minikit Slim is totally designed to be the easiest thing in your vehicle to operate. I really love that when I approach and enter my car and have my Bluetooth earbud in, the Parrot automatically overrides what is in my ear and syncs up with my phone! I also enjoy the volume of the unit. I can hear it over road noise and the person on the other end never complains about not being able to hear me. I even clip the Parrot on my shoulder when I pump gas if I am in the middle of a conversation. Get it…Parrot…shoulder…AARGH matey!
Overall Rating – 8 out of 10
Buy It
You can purchase the Parrot MiniKit Slim directly from their website for $99.99. You can also purchase the Parrot MiniKit Slim at some other online and offline retailers around the US.
Giveaway
I will be giving away (1) Parrot Minikit Slim to one lucky person!
How To Enter
Visit Parrot and then leave me a comment telling me another product you would love to try!
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This giveaway will end on January 5th at 10:00 PM Central time. Winner will be chosen via a random number generator. Giveaway is open to US entries. The winner must contact me in 48 hours to claim their prize. If you are found to be cheating (and yes i do check) you will be outta here! Good luck to everyone!
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