Marvel Epic Collection is reprinting Sith War. Though i’m looking forward to the reprint of Dark Lords of the Sith in the same volume more. Wish they had a book that just reprinted the Veitch Gossett run only. In hardback. At the time of Dark Lords Anderson hadn’t taken over.
I liked the third Jurassic World film and how it brought both casts together. But it didn’t make much sense. The first was a requel of the original film. I hated that. So Disney Star Wars Force Awakens being a remake of Star Wars 77.
I have to revisit the original JP film. I have the CAV laserdisc, and i meant to get the making of and sit down and watch both but i never got around to it.
That i’ve spent like almost half of my lifetime being a member of this site and now am nearly twice the age i was when i first started posting here.
I don’t begrudge people who enjoy the Marvel movies and shows, but for me it has become so unwieldy and a chore to even follow along what the hell is going on i’d rather watch a standalone movie. I like to have 2 hours of entertainment not do a homework assignment. And to me except for a few of em maybe they are just big commercials for the next movie, far too many of them seem the same and regurgitated. I know not an unpopular opinion, an unpopular opinion would be that these schlocky mass produced assembly line corporate product are actually good films.
I’m also sick of nostalgia culture and movie and tv series which can’t do anything except try and recapture or remake the past, or imagined past in some way.
Even though it hasn’t really aged all that well i would say Star Trek The Next Generation.
Flash Gordon Filmation
and He-Man filmation
Thundercats
Transformers first two seasons and the movie only.
I watched all those shows you mentioned in the first post including Airwolf and Dukes of Hazzard i wouldn’t actually watch them all now. Including Magnum PI and Macguyver.
Lucas would have also been in charge of Star Wars Underworld and episodes, 7 8 and 9 if he hadn’t sold his company. Who has claimed that Lucas wasn’t the creative behind Star Wars. Like it isn’t obvious after the awful job Disney has done.
Now its Disney/Filoniverse but no Lucas. Its not even 10% real Star Wars.
I’m no Lucas or prequel apologist but it is plain for me to see that Lucas wrote the first 6 films. Kasdan did drafts on Empire and Jedi but he didn’t write the story. He was the one who wanted to kill Luke and Han. And how awful is Episode 7 Kasdan wrote that without Lucas.
Filoni without Lucas is straight up fanfiction.
The Editdroid was near professional quality. The bonus discs were excellent.
I was a big fan of Dark Jedi’s preservations as well
Added The Last Crusade CLV with OBI Japanese Letterbox Laserdisc.
Batman V Superman Ultimate Cut. Been a while since i watched it. it is terrible. Dark, pessimistic. Worse score and cinematography than Man of Steel. They really should just have made Man of Steel 2. And set up Supes universe as a standalone first, then had Ben Affleck direct his own new take on Batman. Then make the Wonder Woman movie, then have an Avengers style teamup after those franchises were established.
The Snyderverse is dead. I liked Affleck, and Gadot, and Cavill in their roles but other than not getting a more optimistic take on the character played by Cavill i won’t miss Snyder.
Added Empire Strikes Back 1984 with triangle OBI. Japanese Laserdisc
Added Ghostbusters Criterion CAV.Laserdisc.
Added Project A-Ko 3 Cinderella Rhapsody Blu-Ray Discotek.
Added Bulk Lot of 12 Laserdiscs from Japan. The Net with No OBI, Nick of Time with OBI. Mission Impossible with OBI. Spy Who Loved me with no OBI, License to Kill with OBI, Rental You Only Live Twice with OBI. Speed 2 Without OBI. and some other not so good movies i forget the titles. Most of them common and crap movies. The only real gems are Johnny Nnemonic Japan cut with OBI and the rental Bond.
Man Of Steel. Beginning of the movie is good and the film is overall decent for a Superman movie. What gets old is the 40 minute long explosions and fight scenes. Maybe reduce that by half and make the tone a little more brighter and hopeful and you’d have a great Superman film. Also reduce or get rid of all the Jesus allusions. Like i get it and i respect that the director is a Christian but it gets overwhelming after a while.
I know everyone acts like this movie somehow ruined Reeve Superman but to me it is overwhelmingly reverential of those films almost like an amped up remake of Superman 1 and 2. Except it is darker and Superman he has self doubt, he is almost emo and brooding. And because it is Snyder everything has to be giant scale and epic even when it doesn’t really have to be, or super serious.
We were lucky to even get Deep Space Nine on DVD. There is never going to be a 2K scan and HD version. And they aren’t exactly hurting because the DVD sets sell well for Deep Space Nine and Voyager. There is a demand for the DVD. Is there for the HD. Doubtful a market exists for 100 dollar per season HD remastering on Blu-Ray disc. Trek fans are stingy they aren’t likely to want to pay like 700 dollars per show for a remastering.
Is the making of Temple of Doom available?
Because i genuinely liked the earlier efforts and i like Steve Carell. But yeah i rented most of them. Its only about 6 bucks for an HD rental. I’ve never really regretted paying to see something recently, except maybe the last Jurassic World but that was dumb but entertaining. Something i wasted money on and never finished. Dr Strange 2.
My niece and nephew keep trying to get me to watch Disney Star Wars. But i’m not interested. 10 bucks a month for that service and you own nothing. I like to own my Star Wars on physical media. Even if it is bad.
The last one i bought tickets for was Force Awakens. I might go see Indiana Jones V but if i do i would be a fool to trust Lucasfilm again.
Added Star Trek Discovery Season 4 Blu-Ray. I have no idea why i keep giving this show a chance, it is something to watch at least while i wait to be disappointed by Season 3 of Picard.
Added Empire Strikes Back 1986 Japan with OBI. Edit: i was outright scammed on this one it was the 84 release with no OBI. Which is worth about 10 bucks and this guy charged me 40, because i mistakenly thought it was new with OBI based on pictures which were lies. He scammed me once but he won’t get repeat business from me. I hate EBay.
Raiders of the Lost Ark with OBI Evergreen
Temple of Doom Evergreen with OBI.
In a lot that also had Regarding Henry with OBI, The Fugitive with OBI. Under Siege II without OBI and a bunch of other Seagal films i’ve never heard of. A lot of junk.
I would have liked for them to have been more fun like the originals. To have more adventure and excitement and if they had to be political to focus on the slow seduction to evil of Anakin. Not on trades routes and taxation and trade federations and other absurd things. Maybe those need to exist in a great empire like Asimov, and i know Lucas was going back to them but its boring as hell.
Also maybe something on the Sith philosophy other than the desire to dominate and being pure evil. Like if Lucas made it more interesting than black and white. And the learn the darkside to save padme plot needs to be shot into a sun. It should be Anakin’s desire to master destiny, and bring order to chaos.
If we are talking rewrite of the Saga it should be Luke Lars. Like Vader isn’t going to look for Luke staying with his brother Owen.
Added Star Trek Insurrection. Japanese Laserdisc. The non bilingual version which is English only with subtitles below the letterboxing in Japanese. OBI has one dent in it, and cover is mint.
I paid way too much for it probably 40 dollars more than it is worth but i had to have it.
Clerks 3. I hated it, such a down ending and i hated how it ruined the second movie.
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I watched Black Adam. It was decent i was expecting it to be awful. Pierce Brosnan was a letdown though, miscast as Doctor Fate. He looked bored and didn’t sell his performance. The only other casting that was bad was Noah Centenio, the rest were fine. I was expecting the Rock to be bad in this and was pleasantly surprised. He isn’t an actor but he was more than okay playing his role.
Cavill was was wasted as Superman. He was strangely back in his Man of Steel outfit and the Williams theme was bizarre. Its like its in continuity with the Whedon cut and not Snyder cut of Justice League. In it for like 2 seconds Why?
When i picture Batman i hear Kevin’s voice. R.I.P.
The Japanese release is identical. It only is darker because its NTSC-J. Same DNR and same telecine. Not theatrically accurate.
I sort of liked the Rise of Kylo Ren but i didn’t like the retcon of the Knights of Ren or Hippie Snoke. The Luke Skywalker stuff was good. I also liked the Sith book whatever the heck it was called that had Lando, even if it was a late tie in to Rise of Skywalker. Was it Shadow of the Sith?
There Luke is actively trying to prevent Palpatine’s return and to thwart the darkside. He is trying to find Exegol. He isn’t Jake Skywalker. I liked that Anakin saves him. And that it made both Hayden and Shaw canon.
It actually made Rey’s parents characters.
But yeah it still has to work in the shitty story for the Rise of Skywalker, the Sith Eternal and Occhi and all that garbage.
My opinion is the 2020 Special Edition is unwatchable. Too much color was taken out, too much dvnr. The audio is at least better than on Star Wars, but i hate all the changes. The Emperor scene is so bad for that alone i find it not fun to watch. I hate the Revenge of the Sith Emperor being in a movie made in the 1980s. I hate Morrison’s Fett. While i find Disney’s version to be tolerable because he is a good actor, here its like he read lines for Lucas over a telephone.
The changes to the score and pacing especially in the alert my star destroyer to prepare for my arrival are ruinous to the movie.
Wish there was a semi specialized that had all the original effects, a new multi track mix. A cleaned up picture with good colors. And all the stuff that wasn’t supposed to be there like matte lines and garbage mattes removed. Fix misaligned rotoscope. Those kind of things. Remove all the prequelisms.
I hope he does it. The studio meddled in the movie and the producer. And laying the blame for its failure at his feet. When he wasn’t supported at all in the process. I’m sure he learned a lesson you can’t create art under those conditions only a compromise. Kind of funny since the reason he didn’t do Return of the Jedi was because he didn’t want to direct Lucas movie and thought Lucas should direct it himself.
Added He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Laserdisc volume 2.
And Hyper Police Volume 2 anime Japanese Laserdisc.
We don’t know if the order is destroyed. Since the films had nothing to say about the other surviving Jedi Rey isn’t alone or the Last Jedi. Although they sort of were saying she was going to be the one who brought it back, and hinting at Finn having force sensitivity. The possibility of him being her apprentice.
Ahsoka might not think she is a Jedi anymore but i doubt she is dead, and Ezra is probably somewhere and they can’t be the only Jedi in a very big Star Wars GFFA.