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Added my first Imprint title, The Rose Tattoo (1955) on Blu-Ray.

Citizen Kane, while still a really good movie, isn’t the best Orson Welles film. That honor goes to Touch of Evil, a brilliant film noir that looks incredible and has great acting and suspense decades later.

Added the following discs:
Hud (1963) Letterbox Laserdisc
Murders in the Rue Morgue/Island of Lost Souls (1932/1933) Encore Laserdisc
Brief Encounter (1945) Criterion Laserdisc
Stray Dog (1949) Criterion Laserdisc
Ronin (1998) AC3 Laserdisc
Star Trek Beyond (2016) 4K Ultra HD

I would love a Fantasia Grindhouse edition.

Added Stargate Letterbox AC3 Laserdisc, Best Years of Our Lives Laserdisc and Val Lewton Collection Laserdisc.

To me, Sidney Lumet’s masterwork is not 12 Angry Men but rather Fail Safe, a Cold War thriller that keeps you at the edge of your seat until the end credits roll.

My current Spielberg Laserdisc collection:

Jaws (1975) {1978 DiscoVision} [rot-free]
Jaws (1975) {1996 Signature}
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) {1990 Criterion}
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) {1998 AC3}
1941 (1979) {1996 Signature}
Indiana Jones Trilogy (1981/1984/1989) {1993 Japanese Boxset}
Jurassic Park (1993) {1997 DTS}
Saving Private Ryan (1998) {1999 AC3}

It’s the classic films shot on 35mm or 70mm, and not the newest blockbusters that make 4K Ultra HD worth owning. Classics such as The Red Shoes (1948), Casablanca (1942), The Thing (1982) and Singin’ in the Rain (1952) often have big improvements over the 1080p versions, while the newest blockbusters often show little improvement over 1080p.

Added Uncut Gems Criterion 4K, In the Mood For Love Criterion Blu-Ray & Halloween Shout! 4K.

Online friendships can be just as valid and rewarding as real-life in person friendships.

You should watch Smudger9’s TCW Episodes I-V tv-to-movie edits to get a basic idea of what he did, and then decide whether to either continue your current plans or rework the idea to be a continuation of his films. His plan envisioned a 9-movie saga, and started his edits before Canon Season 7 was announced. Maybe this edit works best as 12 movies rather than 14.

With the addition of the Uncut UK Open Matte DVD of Eyes Wide Shut, here’s my complete Kubrick Collection.

Here’s my birthday haul:

Any updates on this project?

My current Powell and Pressburger collection:

*The Thief of Bagdad (1940) {2008 Criterion DVD}
*49th Parallel (1941) {1990 Criterion Laserdisc}
*The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) {2002 Criterion DVD}
*A Matter of Life and Death (1946) {2018 Criterion Blu-Ray}
*Black Narcissus (1947) {1988 VHS}
*The Red Shoes (1948) {1995 Criterion Laserdisc}
*The Red Shoes (1948) {2021 Criterion 4K Ultra HD}
*The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) {1992 Criterion Laserdisc}

Plus a CD compilation of various pieces from the films of Powell and Pressburger.

Added the VHS of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Batman (1989) back to my collection.

Current copies of The Wizard of Oz (1939):

*1988 VHS (unrestored)
*1993 Ultimate Oz Laserdisc
*2019 Steelbook 4K Ultra HD

Pre-ordered the Criterion 4K release of Wall-E. Yes, this actually is happening. Gave the Blu-Ray of Wall-E to my sister.

My current Terminator video collection:

*The Terminator {1995 THX Laserdisc}
*Terminator 2: Judgment Day {1991 Super35 Reframed Laserdisc}
*Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Special Edition {1993 Bronze PSE Laserdisc}
*Terminator 2: Judgment Day {1997 DVD}
*Terminator 2: Judgment Day {2009 Skynet Blu-Ray}

JEDIT: Added a photo

Added the Skynet Edition Blu-Ray of Terminator 2. Also pre-ordered the 4K version of Casablanca.

The Future Coda ending of Terminator 2 is a better ending than the theatrical ending. It prevents lots of terrible sequels, and it ties in to the film’s themes of “no fate but what we make for ourselves” by preventing the nuclear war from happening.

With studios in the news for deleting films they don’t consider profitable from streaming services, having a collection of over 700 physical films is a worthwhile investment not only for your own library but for film preservation.

For the first Jurassic Park: John Williams, Steven Spielberg, James Rolfe and two of my closest IRL friends.

Added Get Carter (1971) BFI 4K Ultra HD and 6 Alfred Hitchcock films on Laserdisc.

–Plan on keeping–
Rope (1948)
Blackmail (1929) Criterion
Sabotage (1936) Criterion
Young and Innocent (1937) Criterion

–Plan on selling–
The Lady Vanishes (1938) Criterion [Already have the Criterion DVD with the same master]
Notorious (1946) Criterion CLV [Already have the CAV Criterion LD]

One idea I had was going all-out with changes in Episode I, which is a prequel 3-in-1. Then the Cassian Andor show is Episode II, followed by Rogue One as Episode III.