Camp David Accords. Jimmy Carter is President. An era of worldwide political instability and terrorism. Era in aftermath of Nixon and Watergate.
Superman and Grease are the top movies.
I found the first episode to be quite enjoyable. Despite finding the music lacking and the fact most of the characters had no warmth or levity. Were too stoic. I wonder if it just gets worse as time goes on , or is my opinion going to be out of the mainstream. I mean it felt Star Wars to me, unlike a lot of Disney Star Wars. I could picture this actually happening in the GFFA Lucas created. Was it perfect no. Visually interesting if some of the cgi was fake looking and in very obvious cgi sets and greenscreen.
Just bought Flash Gordon in the Ice World of Mongo. With a introduction by Al Williamson. Black and White reprint of Alex Raymond. 1967 Nostalgia Press. I also just got in the black and white printing of Into the Water World of Mongo from 1971. Which is supposed to be proofs supplied by Williamson, though the reproduction is quite lacking.
Edit: was finally able to get volume 1 of the ridiculously priced and out of print Rip Kirby Volume one from IDW for under a hundred dollars. Now i just have to find the Definitive Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim for a non insane price from the library of comics from IDW, or Titan Books UK version of Flash. Going for over a hundred each now since both Titan and IDW lost the license to Mad Cave.
It isn’t just Alex Raymond either they let the Al Williamson Star Wars books and Secret Agent Corrigan go out of print as well. I don’t like paying collectors prices. I’d rather pay the 40 dollar cover price.
Addendum:The reproduction on Rip Kirby volume 1 is rather poor. Now i know why it got so many negative/mixed reviews. Volume 2 and on have very good reproduction and the art is better.
Added Discotek Urusei Yatsura collection 3. It cost me 25 more thanks to the death of Rightstuf. Had to get it from Anime Corner store.
Added Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1 Steelbook 4k.
Added Star Trek IV: The Voyage home sealed with OBI evergreen Japanese Laserdisc. Gatefold.
Edit: my copy of Star Trek IV arrived and its a beauty looks brand new. Just opened it can’t wait to watch it.
Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1. Incredible action movie. Only the train scene looked fake. One of the best Mission Impossible films. Why this film bombed at the boxoffice i have no idea. It was better than No Time to Die. And also better than the newest John Wick.
Disney wanted all one canon. Just so you had to buy every comic, book, video game and watch every show. Its cross merchandising. Its like when Lucas didn’t show the clone wars on the movies and expected you to buy into all the other ancillary material to know about them. Its cynical and driven by profit. Not so good for story, but great for corporate driven interests.
A consistent canon is only possible through editing and retcons. Like in Tolkien for instance.
There is another kind of internal consistency though like the rules of the universe can’t be broken like you can’t Hyperspace skip, can’t lightpeed a ship into another, and can’t lightspeed through shields or go to lightspeed in a planets gravity well. You can’t teleport objects, force heal like a videogame. You can be a Jedi if you have the aptitude and apply yourself and you don’t need midichlorians.
It isn’t really lost 70mm Empire, Lucas considered it a rough cut, ironic he views the entire theatrical OT as rough drafts.
Have 3 different directors but have a general outline for all 3 that each director agrees on. Or at least have them be all of a piece and not stand alones, or a duology and one standalone. I’m not gonna single out Rian, the trilogy would have been better if Duel of the Fates was made. Because you would have had 3 distinct visions. They course corrected too hard on 9 and if that Rey movie is made they have to deal with the consequences of that.
The Mini Death Star canon was a neat idea like a mini nuke and totally believable. Starkiller base was just another death star, and Star Destroyer death stars was ridiculous maybe one Super Destroyer or two might have one but a whole fleet, not believable.
I’d love to see the cut with them escaping with the plans on the beach and the Imperial Walkers. The scene where Vader was supposed to show up in the battle.
Or you could just watch the Blu-ray from the new master. If your region includes it with the 4K.
OT is fundamental, prequel is supplemental and sequel is live action Expanded Universe.
The only one in my mind that is essential is the OT. I don’t love the sequel but force awakens if goofy fun in places, and i like aspects and not the whole of the last jedi. Rise of Skywalker is an acquired taste and i’ve seen it a few times on cable tv, i mean its watchable. Its a better experience with the novelization and Shadow of the Sith, but supplemental material shouldn’t be necessary.
I’m rating them as whole trilogies as stand alone films Empire would always come out on top. And Last Jedi is easily the best of the sequel movies. The prequel is tough i have real nostalgia and love for the good parts on Phantom Menace and its being the closest to Return of the Jedi in quality. I’d have to pick that as my favorite but Sith is always going to be the top rated just for the last third of the film. Attack of the Clones was the worst in the Saga until Rise of Skywalker. I’d personally probably still rate it dead last.
I prefer the animated shows.
Not gonna rate the others until i rewatch or see them all which probably will be never with how Disney keeps refusing physical releases of their content, i mean i’m only getting to see Mando finally in good quality because they had the sense to release the first 2 seasons in time for Christmas.
People holding out for the originals are gonna be disappointed they haven’t been touched since the laserdisc master in 1992. The restoration was the 1997 edit. No restored OT exists.
The best you can hope for is team blu. I can’t fathom the mind of George Lucas on this nor will i try to psychoanalyze it, its just so bizarre.
Added Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning part 1 digital.
Added Neon Genesis Evangelion rebuild 3.0+1.11 Thrice Upon A Time Gkids Blu-ray
I also added the last of the SAO sets because Righstuf is dead and closed.
Added Maoyu Archenemy and Hero Sentai blu ray. English Subs only no Dub. Its enjoyable but it never really develops, the mild fanservice and harem element is standard and overdone. Its like a not as good Spice and Wolf. With politics and economics. The backgrounds and animation are quite good for a show that came out a decade ago.
I saw live action Aladdin on tv, which i had been avoiding seeing for years because of all the negative reviews, and i was surprised how much i enjoyed it. So while i didn’t like Beauty and the Beast, i did enjoy Cinderella and Aladdin. And i haven’t seen any of the others.
Added Japanese Definitive Collection with making of trilogy laserdisc set. This is the most expensive Star Wars set i’ve ever purchased. At a whopping 200 dollars US. Real value is closer to 160 or so and i had to pay for shipping and tax so it came to 225. It is a set i’ve wanted for close to twenty years. Had a milestone Birthday and so that was the gift i bought myself with the money my father sent me, which was a surprise since the last 3 years before that he gave me nothing.
I doubt they ever do a 4K remaster. They are going to continue to repress the same blu-ray. Deep Space Nine and Voyager are never gonna happen. DVD only.
The only 4K show is going to be Strange New Worlds.
I mean they are doing a second edition of Picard to fix a visual effects shot that made it to print that wasn’t the correct one but that is for Picard season 3 Blu-Ray.
Rightstuf is closing and being absorbed by Crunchyroll. This is the death of cheap anime and manga. R.I.P.
I wonder if someone ever preserved the DTS tracks for the Star Trek films.
Added Lowry Indiana Jones Full Screen DVD. It is only the trilogy and a bonus disc.
I know i have the widescreen somewhere but i haven’t been able to find it. I just don’t feel like digging out 3 different closets of boxes to find it.
I also have added Forbidden Planet. A somewhat weird less common earlier release in Letterbox from Japan on Laserdisc. In CAV format. I don’t even know if it has digital audio or not.
He seems to be very human. He gets afraid and angry. He even loves Artoo, in his own way.
Lucas wrote him that way. Though i don’t know if Tony feels the same way about Artoo. He seems to have been genuinely annoyed. Actor Vs character, the actor and the character aren’t the same.
I still like Star Wars … from a certain point of view.
Same. My response is another galaxy, another time. To paraphrase the opening of the Star Wars novelization.
I have no idea either there are a lot of works up there that aren’t supposed to be there. I’m not talking about long out of print or dead media that may still be in copyright, but things like the new Indiana Jones movie.
I’d be excited if they announced a director and it had a chance of getting made. Which is zero until the strike is over. Which is also true of the Rey movie, and Dawn of the Jedi all effectively dead and shelved or put off long down the line projects.
I wonder if Alden returns as Han Solo, i would pretty much guess no. But who knows.
I refuse to subscribe. But i will support physical releases. I will despite my limited income support the Blu-Ray release of Mando season 1 and 2. Will get them for Christmas. Even if the price is too high, the 4k is separate and not bundled in and there is no digital copy. But by their own decisions they are driving piracy. 50 dollars a season is insane. Even discounted to 40 its too much. Steelbook or not.
Knowing Star Wars fans though it will probably sell out. The pre sales are encouraging for Disney.