CHEWBAKAspelledwrong

Like, who the hell cooks pizza sober?

As in I bought it frozen and raw, and drunk me had the stupid idea to cook it.

Final countdown on drunk frozen pizza.

Beer, beer, Jack and Coke, beer

I posted that ages ago Handman

moviefreakedmind said:

I’m sure that Criterion has its sights on getting the whole Kubrick collection, but I think the more popular ones like the Shining or 2001 will be tough to get.

And they would have to get into 4K now to improve upon 2001, which Warner is putting out on UHD later this year.

SilverWook said:

The older Strangelove Blu is no slouch though. Just watched it again recently. I’m really hoping Criterion gets to do The Shining, as there’s room for improvement on the decade old HD master.

According to Bill Hunt’s review the two Strangelove blus are based on the same transfer (a 4K scan of various second +generation elements (the O-neg, I believe, was destroyed). The Criterion is just a more modern mastering of that transfer, which looks incredible considering the neg is lost.

DuracellEnergizer said:

I ate too much pizza.

Impossible

Chris Walken is Tarkin?

moviefreakedmind said:

Yeah, I’d love a Criterion OT. I’d be stunned to death if that happened, though. You should get Dr. Strangelove from Criterion, and Spartacus but that one seems to have vanished from print lately, which is tragic.

I want to see Philadelphia and Boys Don’t Cry in the Criterion Collection. Those have never gotten good blu-ray releases in the United States (or anywhere else that I’m aware, but at least they are available in HD). There’re also a couple of Polish movies I had to watch in college a few years ago that I hope get added because they aren’t available now anywhere that I can find. I should write to them and tell them to add those, I know they consider requests.

I’ll list my complete collection when I get home. It’s not huge or anything, but it’s more than I can remember off the top of my head.

I have a region-free UK edition of Strangelove that I got cheaply before the criterion release that I’m happy with. Spartacus was only ever DVD from Criterion, I believe. Universal’s second stab at the Blu, though, (the “Restored Edition”) is quite nice.

I guess in short, I buy Criterion because they have movies I want, not because I think they’re better than other editions (which they are, I just don’t care enough to replace movies I already own unless it’s a noticeable jump in main-feature transfer quality).

To address another one of the OP’s questions, Cruterion should put out the OT 😛

More seriously, Paper Moon, a favorite of mine, has never seen a region-A Blu-Ray release. I‘d buy that, and I think it fits the Criterion mold.

I got into Criterion because I love Kubrick, and some of his less popular films are only available in the Criterion Collection for region A.

So far I’ve acquired Barry Lyndon, Paths of Glory, and The Killing. The first two are great; I haven’t yet watched the third.

I also picked up Asphalt Jungle ‘cause it caught my eye on the shelf next to Lyndon. While not a great film, it was very fun, and I’d watch it again.

I might pick up Some Like it Hot once it starts showing up on sale, and I’ll certainly keep up with their new offerings in case anything catches my eye.

paja said:

Handman said:

Wow, my intern sucks good.

Booo

moviefreakedmind said:

I have no idea where to ask this since there’s no “New Thread Thread” but would people here enjoy a Criterion Collection thread?

Having only just gotten into criterion, and suddenly having four titles because they’re so great, this might be fun!

chyron8472 said:

so combining the weight of all the buildings everywhere would still be a laughably small drop in the bucket comparatively.

I’m going to start using this rational but for dessert.

If you think there’s a chance now,you should go for it. If you let the opportunity pass you’ll regret it.

Paths of Glory

Wow. Very emotional movie. A great film.

like Stormy the seal.

Update: overproof black rum doing a number on me.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Just bought a bottle of Gosling’s overproof rum (151 proof). Going to make some dark and stormies once I get some ginger beer on my next trip to the grocery. Can’t wait.

Got my ginger beer. Happy camper.

Except for CHEWBAKAspelledwrong, who

😦

I’ve found simply limiting overall calorie intake works better than ‘intermittent fasting’ and other fads. Go figure.

, or so it seemed.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Handman said:

Still scariest Dracula. And incredible the film still exists today, given it was supposed to be destroyed for violating copyright law.

And now both it and the novel are in the public domain.

"Can you feel that, capitalism‽"

Reported for violating copyright law.