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.
Fan edits of the original Star Wars trilogy should have new effects that stick to the limits of 1977-1983 technology rather than reusing Special Edition effects if the edit’s designed to be more like the theatrical cuts.
One idea I mentioned on the Radical Redux thread was having Dooku and Sidious meet on Exegol at the end of Attack of the Clones. This ties it into the ST.
I think that the prequels should have an aesthetic less technologically advanced than the OT. Thus vector graphics for the displays.
Added MGM/UA CLV Singin’ in the Rain (1952), Ivanhoe (1952) and Oliver! (1968) DADC USA pressing on Laserdisc.
Added the German Blu-Ray double feature of A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and For a Few Dollars More (1965) to my collection. Thanks Spencer ‘Captainsolo’ Draper for recommending this disc to me during your Fistful of Dollars 4K review livestream yesterday!
Added the Laserdisc release of Grass (1925), a silent documentary completely unavailable on Blu-Ray and incredibly rare on DVD. Also added the 1993 MGM Letterbox Laserdisc of Dr. No (1962) to my collection. Still keeping the 1988 VHS of Dr. No.
My DTS Laserdiscs:
Apollo 13
Jurassic Park
The oldest in my permanent collection is the JSC Laserdisc of Star Wars, issued on Christmas Day 1986.
Beta tapes on my Format War I display shelf (all are Pan & Scan)
Easy Rider (1969)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
The Sound of Music (1965) [comes on 2 tapes]
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) [Just recently added]
There are plenty of good AVGN episodes from the Screenwave era (2018 on). Town With No Name is among the best, and the Home Alone episode was awesome as well.
It has the Atmos remix, which has altered sound effects that end up making the film worse. The 4-film Batman Legacy snapcase DVD has the original 5.1 mixes for all four films.
Casablanca might very well deserve it’s acclaim. It has incredible performances, an incredible script, great cinematography by Arthur Edeson, and some of the best scenes in all of film. And on Friday, I’ll be seeing it in a real theater.
Your changelist doesn’t mention that Han shot first.
Adywan did a good job removing Yavin IV from the SE shot of the fighters approaching the Death Star. You should check it out, and possibly use it in the next version of ANH.
Added the Kino 4K Ultra HD Blu-Rays of The Apartment (1960) and Touch of Evil (1958).
Currently watching Batman: The Animated Series on DVD. Some episodes I’ve already seen, others I’m seeing for the first time. It’s an incredible show.
Draco Malfoy was never redeemable the way a lot of the Potter fandom thinks he is.
Here’s my collection of copies of Casablanca (1942)
I also have the making-of book titled Round Up the Usual Suspects. I also had an HD-DVD copy of the film but it was rotted to the point it wouldn’t load.
Added An American In Paris (1951) CAV Laserdisc & Singin’ in the Rain (1952) Ultra HD Blu-Ray. Plan on giving the DVD of the latter to a friend of mine.
I felt that 12 Angry Men isn’t a good film.
Added the TCM 16 Greatest Classic Film Collection Vol. 2 to my DVD collection. It has some great films like Casablanca (1942), Bringing Up Baby (1938) and some ones I have heard good things about like Rebel Without a Cause (1955). Also ordered a Classic Hollywood Mystery Box from LaserQueen Maxeene, which contained the analog only version of Gone With the Wind (1939), Magnetic Video release of The African Queen (1951, which I already had on LD), Pan & Scan version Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) which is letterboxed on the aforementioned DVD set, and letterboxed versions of An Affair to Remember (1957) and Designing Woman (1957).