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Idea & Preservation Request: Beastmaster 2 (* unfinished project *)

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Dunno if requests are welcomed here…it’s quite the typical cheesy 80s time travelling movie, but if anyone ever catches Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time on HD television or has the means to transfer the Laserdisc, I’d kill to see it. I’ve got a copy I taped off TBS years ago, but it’s hardly worth capturing.

Probably a long shot, but I figure if we can get an HD capture of Howard the Duck, why not?

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Come to think of it, on the subject of cheesy 80s sword flicks, I've got an old VHS of a movie called Quest for the Mighty Sword http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100448

Taped off HBO, so there's no commercials...it's seen better days, but there's hardly any info of it at all on the Net, so I figure it might be worth preserving. I've got a capture card, just gotta find a decent VCR.

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Fun bit of trivia: for Quest Of The Mighty Sword, director Joe D'Amato cheaply reused the creature masks from Troll 2, which led to the film being retitled Troll 3 in Germany. Even more confusing since it's actually the fourth Ator film! A preservation of the German VHS under the Troll 3 with the English audio would be fun :)

I think Beastmaster 2 is actually out on R2, though it's probably a crappy fullscreen print if it is.
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Just did a double check, all that comes up on DVD Aficionado in any region is the first movie and a few sets of the television series.

Also, according to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWG4LU-8pn4
someone has a much better source for Quest for the Mighty Sword than I do.

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Can't see any LDs on eBay. There's one for sale on lddb.com but it's $35!

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Asaki said:

Also, according to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWG4LU-8pn4
someone has a much better source for Quest for the Mighty Sword than I do.


Asaki, I'm the one who posted that video on YouTube. The source was a 700mb VHS-rip I got off an ed2k network ages ago. If you'd like a copy, send me a PM and we'll work out a trade or something. Having said that, there are other clips from the film on YouTube that are taped off a cable TV broadcast that probably are even better if it was taped to DVD-R.
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i don't own the laserdisc but it is the best available commercial and legal source for this film. too bad is is 4:3 and cropped to pan and scan the oar was 1:85:1 just like the first movie which is on dvd.

the laserdisc also has a short making of piece on it apparently.

the sequels are considered to be so universally bad i bet they will never get a dvd release as i've heard the fan demand is just not there and they won't put up the money.

the first film has a cult following and was an 80's fantasy classic flick.

and while we are on the subject 35.00 for a sealed as mint laserdisc is not expensive at all. i collect laserdiscs, and own the japan special collection for star wars which cost me a pretty penny, lol.

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I actually just picked up this laserdisc for a project I am doing, once I get my new laserdisc player back in I will be transferring this.
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skyjedi2005 said:

too bad is is 4:3 and cropped to pan and scan the oar was 1:85:1 just like the first movie which is on dvd.


I could be wrong, but I believe the first movie was unmatted when it was shown in fullscreen. Dunno about the second movie. I watched my VHS last night, it didn't look pan and scan...not to say that I wouldn't prefer the original ratio.

mrwhitethc said:

I actually just picked up this laserdisc for a project I am doing, once I get my new laserdisc player back in I will be transferring this.


That would be awesome =) What kind of project?

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I've got Beastmaster III on Laserdisc. It was made for tv, so no worries about it's aspect ratio. :)
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I'm currently trying to preserve TV shows by Joe Bob Briggs, specifically MonsterVision and Drive-In Theater and I am going about cutting aired host segments with the real version of the movie instead of the edited TV version. Beastmaster II happens to be on one episode, actually I've heard there was a Beastmaster night where they showed all three but I've not confirmed that. I'm not sure about the aspect ratio since IMDB lists 1.85:1 for the film and Pan & Scan 1.33:1 for the laserdisc. I know the Criterion laserdisc of Carrie is open matte and IMDB lists it as so.
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Anything ever happen with this?

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According to ofdb.de there exist an english VHS Tape with burned in dutch subs for Beastmaster 2.

Also according to ofdb.de:

Ator 1 seems to be cut everywhere except on a dutch VHS (english audio, dutch sub, as most VHS of american Movies in Netherland) German DVD is cut.

Ator 2 seems to be uncut on VHS in Denmark, english with dansk sub. All German Versions seems to be cut, even the DVD releases.

Ator 4 seem to be uncut on german VHS, but no DVD release exists in germany. The VHS from Mexico is stated to be uncut with english audio and spanish subs...

 

here are some titles of thje movies:

1. Ator - Herr des Feuers / Ator l'invincibile (1982)
        AT: Ator - Der Barbar
        AT: Ator, l'aquila battante
        AT: Ator, the Fighting Eagle
2. Ator II - Der Unbesiegbare / Blade Master, The (1984)
        AT: Ator - Der Barbar kehrt zurück
        AT: Ator the Invincible
        AT: Ator, the Blade Master
        AT: Ator l'invincibile 2
3. Troll 3 / Quest for the Mighty Sword (1990)
        AT: Ator Barbaren
        AT: Ator - Das Schwert der Macht
        AT: Ator l'invincible
        AT: Ator l'invincible 3
        AT: Ator III: The Hobgoblin
4. Iron Warrior / Iron Warrior (1987)
        AT: Ator il guerriero di ferro
        AT: Ator the Iron Warrior

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LuigiBastardo said:

I know this post dates back from way back when, but I have transferred both BEASTMASTER 2 and QUEST FOR THE MIGHTY SWORD to DVD-9 from LaserDisc. If anyone is still looking for these, please feel free to drop me a line.

Some screenies…

http://i.imgur.com/LoZIgjo.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Gtf1sZM.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0qQhgP8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ujZYedH.jpg

Cheers,
Luigi

I know I’m bringing this topic back from a while back, but if Luigi or anyone he might have shared his Laser Disc rip of Quest for the Mighty Sword with is around to share this rarity with me, I’d be very happy!

From looking around, the longest cut of Ator 1 the Fighting Eagle seems to be 98 Mins and is available only on VHS or Betamax.
There seems to be two widescreen DVD prints of Ator 1, a Spanish release and a U.S. one. Neither appear to be longer than 92mins, though I’m not sure how PAL Speed-Up may factor in here.