CourtlyHades296

Ended up getting the JSC releases of Star Wars and Jedi over the course of the year.

No film is as overrated as Avengers: Endgame. Great lesser-known films like Intolerance, Citizen Kane, Ikiru, Close Encounters, Gun Crazy, Parasite and 1917 are often overlooked because of cash grab CG blockbusters like this one taking up the market. So many major plot holes are often overlooked, especially the paradox of Steve staying in the past. Not to mention that all life in an alternate timeline dies to Ego’s expansion plot because the Avengers take Gamora from that timeline.

As for rescoring ideas, using the Across the Stars violin arrangement from the Anne Sophie-Mutter album of the same name could make a nice change of pace.

I forgot to mention that I gave the restored and remixed 4:3 DVD of The Shining to my sister.

Also added Return of the Jedi JSC Laserdisc (with OBI), which came in a lot with 5 other Japanese Laserdiscs.

Update: Rebought the 1997 Live DVD of Terminator 2, this time in a snapcase.

Gave the DVD of X-Men: Days of Future Past to my sister (I have the 2015 Multi-Cut Blu-Ray for myself)

Of the 4K titles announced, I’m definitely getting the Red Shoes, and considering the others.

SpacemanDoug said:

CourtlyHades296 said:

Taxi Driver’s 4K release that’s part of Columbia Classics Collection: Volume 2 includes the mono mix.

for real?

According to Sony’s press release and provided specs, the 4K set does include Taxi Driver’s mono mix.

Taxi Driver’s 4K release that’s part of Columbia Classics Collection: Volume 2 includes the mono mix.

An idea I mentioned in the Prequel Radical Redux thread is using Hammer films Peter Cushing was in as a reference for an AI Deepfake Tarkin in the Prequel Trilogy.

I think that using classic Hammer films as reference to deepfake a younger Tarkin in could be worth experimenting with.

Resurgence by krausfadr was the first major Rey Nobody edit released, which I recommend watching.

DTS Laserdiscs are way too overpriced for the minimal audio upgrade over their AC3 counterparts.

My last Barnes & Noble Sale purchase got me The Night of the Hunter (1955, DVD) and Merrily We Go To Hell (1932, Blu-Ray).

This recently announced 4K Shawshank Redemption has awful cover art

Another idea I had was making Anakin confess the Tusken slaughter to Palpatine, and keep it a secret from Obi-Wan and Padme.

I prefer films in their original aspect ratio, and would like help finding an edit that preserves the 1.33:1 ratio.

Is V1 of this edit going out of print, and being replaced with V2 like the SEs (officially) replaced the OT?

Upgraded 3 Days of the Condor to Blu-Ray. I also got The Tree of Life (Criterion Blu-Ray). Weeded the DiscoVision LD of 3 Days of the Condor.

Added the 1999 British PAL DVD of The Shining. This release contains the international cut, while including the original mono mix.

Anakin/Vader should do more “hunting and destroying the Jedi Knights”, which Order 66 prevents from happening by making the Jedi die like wimps.

Here’s a list of the Criterion LDs in my collection:

The 39 Steps (#3)
Black Orpheus (#13A)
Singin’ in the Rain (#52)
The Wizard of Oz (#59)
2001: A Space Odyssey (#60)
West Side Story (#72A)
Casablanca (#73)
Ghostbusters (#75)
Rebecca (#98A)
Notorious (#100)
Taxi Driver (#109A)
Ikiru (#114)
Wages of Fear (#127)
Citizen Kane (#142)
Spartacus (#155)
The Tales of Hoffmann (#157)
Jason and the Argonauts (#160)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail {#168)
The Man Who Fell To Earth (#169)
The 400 Blows (#173)
Great Expectations (#262)
The Blood of a Poet (#289)

De-Aged Alec Guinness deepfake AIs can learn from the David Lean epics he was in to have a more OT-Consistent Obi-Wan.

I went back to the same Barnes & Noble, and picked up the Criterion edition of Leave Her to Heaven (1945). I also weeded Attack of the Clones & Revenge of the Sith DVDs.

Does it have HAL’s Labyrinth of Evil ending, which adds consistency with the OT?

My first trip to the Criterion sale at Barnes & Noble netted me The Killers (1946/1964), Nightmare Alley (1947) and Irma Vep (1996)

Roger Ebert’s essay on Jedi from 1983 would be a nice addition. “Everybody loves somebody.”