JadedSkywalker

I watched Terminator 2. Its better than i remember it being. Also watched the original i didn’t like it as much this time. Its kind of not enough action by modern standards. Very Pedestrian and the robot Terminator at the end looks fake. Hated the redone audio on T1 and the teal in the remaster. Hated the redone mix on T2 as well, but liked the picture. The version i watched isn’t the one with the DVNR or the cgi done for the 3D version.

Arnold is scary in the original and moves like a robot. The makeup is well done. In the sequel he acts kind of goofy like he is having too much fun. Overall i liked both of the movies. But the action in the second one is way better than the original. Both have cool future war scenes. I always wanted a whole movie like that but not like Salvation. I hated that movie. Sarah’s evolution from T1 to T2 is well done. Especially if you watched the deleted scenes. Its the same character. Unlike some sequels that rewrite the character completely and pretend its a logical continuation.

Which OT? in the George Canon the original versions of the OT aren’t canon. Yet to me the most valid version is Star Wars, not Episode IV, the original Empire and original Jedi. The prequels the elements which aren’t discordant with the original SAGA or break canon i can view as a expanded universe material. The sequels are Disney’s replacement for the EU. But somehow to me even less canon, almost infinities.

Added Kiki’s Delivery Service. Japanese Laserdisc. OBI.

Added Connery Collection Volume II US Laserdisc.

Added Forbidden Planet Criterion Collection Laserdisc CAV. Sealed but has a hole punch/remaindered.

I think James Cameron is an overrated director. I think he is a talented guy. But i think Aliens is vastly overrated as a movie. I think Terminator the original is probably his best film. This is not an i hate Aliens screed. Its a fun actioner, its nowhere the masterpiece the original Alien is not even close.

Other than wanting a good new Superman movie, or X-men movie i kind of am sick of comic book movies in general. Though i will probably see The Flash just to see Keaton as Batman. The MCU has moved beyond manageable for me too many shows and movies. DC is far too uneven in quality so many bad films. I haven’t given 2 seconds of thought to the MCU since seeing Endgame. Sure i saw Black Widow, but i forgot about it already pretty much. I have owned the digital of the second Doctor Strange for weeks and i have no real desire to watch it. I like Sam Raimi and Danny Elfman i’ve watched like the first ten minutes with the bad cgi and turned it off.

The whole point of Solo a Star Wars story was, it was before he became the Han we know. He hasn’t been betrayed and sufficiently broken yet to become cynical. It was an origin film. One of more than one, eventually they would have shown him become the Han in Star Wars. In Solo he was a goodie. As far as a criminal goes. He helped the rebellion. He stabbed Lando in the back by helping Enfys Nest. We haven’t seen him become a smooth operator yet, he isn’t cool with the ladies, he isn’t a great pilot or smuggler. He is a bs artist. He is a kid kind of not that different than Luke except he had to survive on the streets of Corellia.

Added From Russia with Love Criterion CAV. Laserdisc.
Added Dr No Criterion CAV. Laserdisc.
Added Goldfinger Criterion CAV. Laserdisc.
Added Bubblegum Crisis Region 2 Japan DVD 1-3 in CD Jewel Cases. With OBI and inserts. Late 90s/early 2000s DVD release at the very end of the laserdisc era.

Added Lupin III Miyazaki Special Laserdisc. Albatross Wings of Death and Aloha Lupin. CAV. No English options. No OBI.

Added Thunderball THX AC3 Laserdisc. Sealed. It was dirt cheap at 40 dollars. This usually goes for a bit more than that.

R.I.P. Nichelle Nichols, the incomparable Uhura of Star Trek.

R.I.P. Bill Russell the greatest Boston Celtic of all time.

I only liked John Williams scores. For Harry Potter. Never was a fan of the books. Watched like 3 of the movies on cable.

They were about average. They made tons of money though, that is all they care about not film quality.

I couldn’t be bothered to watch the newest one even for free, in the fantastic beasts franchise. I think i wasted time watching one of the others, it was just okay, i think it was the first one.

I sort of despise cash grab sequels. And remake sequels. All of the ones being made now. The Jurassic World, the Disney Star Wars Trilogy etc. Even though i think Last Jedi has some brilliant points in it, and some beautiful scenes. I don’t think i will ever be able to watch the JJ films again with any level of enjoyment.

The 4K of Phantom Menace, And Revenge of the Sith are the best that they have ever looked on home video. I haven’t watched the second one in 4K yet only the 1080P that wasn’t revelatory i didn’t notice a difference from the original blu.

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It would have been a destruction of the character. But what if we didn’t know who the new Vader was, Luke is missing. at the end of Force Awakens the New Vader removed his mask and its Luke Skywalker. Not Ben Solo.

Master of Disguise. Truly awful movie. I don’t think a single part was funny.

Star Wars story was complete in 1977. There was no A New Hope, Leia wasn’t Luke’s sister, Vader wasn’t Luke’s father and Obi-Wan didn’t lie.

Thanks to your review i bought the book. Luke is my all time favorite Star Wars character. I haven’t read anything with him in it since the novels of Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker. They don’t do post Return of the Jedi stories in print media. Like they used to with Star Wars Legends. Now just waiting until they actually start doing post Rise of Skywalker stories.

Added Goldfinger 1995 CLV with OBI, THX Laserdisc. I already have this in a mint copy but figured since this one rarely shows up for sale, and never for 13 bucks i would buy it.

Added Superman II late issue Japanese release. This was the last pressing of the movie on Laserdisc. It was released in 1997. CLV digital audio, Letterbox. Of course its the Lester version, the Donner version isn’t on Laserdisc.

Added Discotek Lum the Forever Blu-Ray.

Added Animeigo Megazone 23 Blu-Ray

Added Battlestar Galactica Definitive Blu-Ray collection.

Added Dirty Pair DVD Litebox set. Part 1.

Added Raiders of the Lost Ark pan and scan CLV first issue laserdisc US release no digital sound, Temple of Doom reissue 1989 pan and scan CAV with digital sound even if it isn’t stated on the jacket. And Last Crusade Pan and scan, the only one issued there were no re-releases, also digital audio.

Added Moroder Metropolis. Laserdisc sample with OBI Japanese edition.

Added King Kong Colorized Laserdisc.

Added Temple of Doom Japanese Laserdisc with OBI. 1987. CLV with Dolby Digital Stereo. Digital Sound. Pan and Scan. catalog # SF078-1241

Ron Moore’s Battlestar Galactica had bullets.

The only show i can think of not liking but i will still watch hoping it gets better is Star Trek Discovery, it never does though. Its the only Star Trek show that hasn’t hit its stride after 3rd or 4th season.

Its not the cast, or the comraderie or chemistry that is all good and fantastic. Its the piss poor writing like in all the Kurtzman Trek shows. I like the characters and actors though so i soldier on even though the writing is often unimaginative, derivative and ridiculous. Its the show that had the most promise since Deep Space Nine to not be another TNG clone, like Voyager or Enterprise.

The irony is they made cuts to not make huge sets except for the Sail Barge and to do mostly a US shoot for locations and it still went over budget. So reducing it to one death star instead of two, removing Had Addadon and the Wookiee Planet didn’t prevent it from going over. Though the original budget if it had been filmed as is Revenge of the Jedi would have cost like 50 million. Howard Kazanjian got it down to 32.5 million and Lucas was still unhappy.

Part of the reason of Lucas wanting to push digital cinema and cgi was to bring the costs down. He would have shot Jedi like he did Episode II and III if the technology had been available. Or rather he would have had Richard Marquand do so.

Even by the time Menace happened he didn’t have the tech ready.

I liked Incredibles 2. It wasn’t as good as the first, but it was decent. I also liked Toy Story 4 i know people say it was garbage, but i liked it.

One i expected to like but didn’t was Cars and i can’t quite explain why i disliked it. It was okay i guess, but not my favorite.

Williams Obi-Wan theme has gotten better the more i listen to it, but i always associated him with the Force theme. That was his theme like the Imperial March was Darth Vader’s theme.

I thought the duel was garbage, utter rubbish. Too dark to see what was going on. Disney Lucasfilm hasn’t been able to do a single good live action lightsaber fight yet, i guess i have to just accept they are never going to deliver.

The one draw this show had the saber duel and they botched it.

They got Vader’s voice right, and it was plenty menacing, but i don’t think i’m going to waste my time watching any more of it.

I was thinking of how they fixed only select matte problems in the Special Edition but left the rest of the garbage mattes in the movies. Lucas had a good enough attitude, he wasn’t trying to achieve perfection if it cost too much or they were on a deadline.

Some of the other changes improved nothing, and were so baffling. Especially the ones that look like a 1990s computer game those instantly take me out of the movie, they are janky and garbage.

Did someone actually get a hold of a decent print to scan or is that wishful thinking?

I wonder if someone will ever find a print with the original Mono mix.

I don’t care for Disney Star Wars like at all. But i loved the trailer for season 2 of this. I’ve never seen the first season so i guess it gives me something new to watch.