The funny thing is, about a year ago I was hanging out with a friend of mine who was reminiscing about growing up in The Philippines and watching stuff on betamax, including Howard the Duck. I wasn't sure if it'd been released on dvd here in the States yet, and I figured if it had I would've heard about it. We did a google search and saw it'd been released on region 2, but my friend must've forgotten about that part cuz I randomly got a text message a few weeks later from him saying "don't forget what I want for my birthday, dude: Howard the Duck!"

I doubt he would've heard about this region 1 release. The only movie news site he reads is comingsoon.net, not chud or aintitcool like me.

Looks like I know what I'm surprising him with.