Solomon Kane's DVD release number 1 in sales

According to Michael J. Bassett's blog, Solomon Kane did well on its first day on disc:

I was also told that Solomon Kane was the number one selling Blu Ray and DVD in the UK on the day of its release.  We beat out The Lovely Bones, which is nice, since that beat us at the cinemas.

Well done everyone involved. I've ordered the DVD from Amazon, and intend on reviewing it as soon as I get my grubby mits on it.  It'll be interesting to see if my original thoughts apply, or if it's better/worse than I remember. 



I'm particularly interested in the special features:

• Commentary by Michael J Bassett & James Purefoy
• Commentary by Michael J Bassett
• Storyboard
• Comparison in Picture in Picture Mode
• Video Introduction by Michael J Bassett
• The Making of Solomon Kane
• Montage Clip
• Interviews with Producers Samuel Hadida & Paul Berrow, Director Michael J Bassett, actor James Purefoy and composer Klaus Badelt
• Deleted scene: cave fight
• Special Effects: the creation of the Fire Demon
• Artworks by Greg Staples
• Trailer

Obviously, the two commentaries are essential: I really want to hear what Bassett & Purefoy have to say about not only the shoot, but anything relating to the original stories & Robert E. Howard.  Bassett's introduction, the Making Of, and the interviews also look very interesting.  I might actually shell out for the Blu-Ray and borrow my cousin's Playstation 3 to watch it in glorious high definition.

I still hate the cover, though.

Ach, that over-saturated yellow and red, the sound-bytes from third-rate review sources, that damn tagline...  Why couldn't we get something like the French cover?

Damn you Miguel, you get the cool one.  Yet another case of France kicking the UK's arse when it comes to Robert E. Howard.  OK, it still has the horrible tagline, and it has the daft fire demon in the screengrabs, but it still looks so much classier: a muted, sombre, natural colour scheme, no silly sound-bytes, the screengrabs are more tastefully arranged, plus they have Robert E. Howard's name on the top of the back of the box.  I might just get a high-quality print out and put that over my copy.  Stupid UK DVD designers.

EDIT: And would you belive, only a few hours after making this post, my copy arrives in the mail!  A review will be forthcoming.