The reissues of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the 1980s. I went to both of them. My aunt brought us to see it because it was not on home video and continued to be withheld from home video markets until 1994.
I don’t agree but that is fine. Only certain titles would benefit from 5.1 obviously. And it is meaningful to own the original mixes for films reissued with altered versions. Far too many blu rays don’t have original mixes. I’m glad for the titles i have. Though honestly its just stuff like Star Trek 1-6, Goldeneye 007, Original untouched Disney Dub for Kiki’s Delivery Service, Star Wars Special Edition 1997, and Phantom Menace. I’m sure there are others but those were the ones that come to mind.
I’m still trying to find a good HD version of Empire. I assume i won’t have one until 4K80 is released.
Puggo Strikes Back is the best i have at the moment but its SD.
I also have the absolutely terrible 2006 Bonus DVD which is not anamorphic.
I haven’t seen the latest version of Despecialized of Empire in HD, I had the old DVD 5 version from 2011?
I like Rogue One but telling the story of how the rebels came into possession of the stolen plans is completely unnecessary, the crawl for Star Wars 77 does it well enough. Also all the characters die, its almost impossible to genuinely care about their fate, its a one and done film. I like the characters but they are surface level archetypes at best.
I wasn’t expecting much and it is Star Warsy enough, probably the closest looking thing to real Star Wars since Empire Strikes back in the design esthetic of a real and gritty used universe. Vader going all prequely at the end kind of ruins the start of the original film though.
I want to hear about casting. Which actress are they choosing to play Rogue Leader.
Maybe because its a Han Solo movie and he is the most bland and uninteresting character in the whole picture, the least dynamic.
I almost feel bad for Alden he was never going to be able to replace Harrison.
My biggest problems with the sequels are the lack of explanations for things, the lack of lore. Why we had a not empire who basically were the empire, not sith who were sith, and a not rebellion who were the rebellion.
The total lack of connective tissue between Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker. Who and why were the first order, what happened to the republic, the jedi. Nothing was explained. They dropped us into the sequels without any explanation as to what had happened in 30 years. Luke had a redemptive arc but we never saw his fall. We also never got to see Han and Leia happy as a family, the republic restored or Luke teaching anyone.
For Coppola the Conversation, Godfather II and Apocalypse Now.
Spielberg Jaws, Close Encounters, ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Catch me if you can, Minority Report.
Ridley Scott, Alien, Blade Runner.
Scorsese Taxi Driver
Kurosawa Hidden Fortress, Yojimbo and Seven Samuari, Ikiru.
George Lucas Thx 1138, American Graffiti, Star Wars.
Miyazaki Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke.
Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Fellowship of the Ring theatrical is the best version.
My favorite Star Trek by far is Star trek the motion picture. Though i also like the Wrath of Khan and The Search for Spock, and the undiscovered country.
Favorite James Bond is From Russia with Love.
I also only really like the first film in a bunch of series like back to the future, Robocop, Terminator, Ghostbusters and Alien, the Predator, Die hard.
Favorite Superman is Reeve and favorite Donner film is Superman 1978. Favorite Marvel films most likely Thor, Captain America, Winter Soldier, Civil War, Iron Man. Favorite Spider-man is the second one by Raimi. Favorite X-men is Logan or, Days of Future Past or First Class. I used to like X2 but it hasn’t aged all that well imho. Favorite Batman films are 1989 and Returns, though i also like the dark knight. Favorite Disney Star Wars is Rise of Skywalker. Favorite JJ Star Trek is the one he didn’t direct Star Trek Beyond. Favorite Star Wars prequel is tough but i would say Phantom Menace. Favorite MI films are Rogue Nation and fallout.
Whenever i’m in the mood to watch Timothy Dalton i will also watch Living Daylights, Rocketeer and Flash Gordon.
Do you mean what are your favorite movies right now, or in past tense. Because i grew up with a ton of films i absolutely adored, but i haven’t seen them in a long time. Favorite doesn’t equal best made, or technologically the most impressive. In fact most are probably based on a memory or nostalgia. Like Return of the Jedi for instance it was the first Star Wars i watched it theaters and i fell in love with the film. Early filmgoing experiences like that, Gremlins, Ghostbusters left indelible impressions on me. Going to see A View to a Kill, License to Kill, Star Trek VI, Indiana Jones Last Crusade, Ghostbusters II, Back to the Future II etc. So mostly stuff tied to a memory of going to the films with my dad, or when i started taking my younger brother to the movies or what i watched in high school. Were i to list everything the list would be long.
I like escapist cinema, cinema of the fantastic and science fiction.I like action movies. I like Westerns swashbucklers, Comedies, Japanese cinema. I like film noir and the classics. The only genre i like very little of is horror but i like a few. I used to study film and the way films were made and i was absolutely obsessed with movies.
I wonder what my list would be now ten or fifteen years ago i would have said Lord of the Rings by Peter Jackson was my favorite, before that it was the Star Wars trilogy, before that it was Steven Spielberg films. Before that it was Sean Connery 007 films, or the Star Trek movies.
A few years back it was Kurosawa films and Studio Ghibli movies. Or Sergio Leone Westerns. Long long ago, it was Errol Flynn Swashbucklers, Flash Gordon serials, Douglas Fairbanks movies. Bruce Lee movies, Godzilla movies, King Kong. The films of John Carpenter, Robert Zemeckis, James Cameron, Francis Coppola. Ridley Scott.
He had decades to make further adventures of Luke Skywalker the reason it did not happen was because Lucas wasn’t interested. You read any interview after 1983 and all he talks about is wanting to do a prequel with young Obi Wan and Luke’s father. Then he spent 1994 to 2012 working on the prequel Era. In all that time he didn’t bother to write a screenplay for episode 7. And the sequel spoken of here is just a continuation of the prequels not of the OT. I’m also not convinced he did not whip this sequel treatment up very quickly to sell Lucasfilm to Disney as a sweetener, he spent years saying it was the 1-6 Saga of Darth Vader. Return of the Jedi was the end and there was no story.
I’m going to get that one as well. Only i’m going to get the 20th Century Fox release from 1983 in Japan of Making of Star Wars. Because it matches my 1983 Star Wars and 1984 Empire and completes the set of red label discs.
I don’t know how accurate this info is but if found this on wikipedia.
Walt Disney Studios owns the distribution and marketing rights to future Indiana Jones films since 2013, with Paramount retaining the distribution rights to the first four films and receiving “financial participation” from any additional films.
I’ve been waiting for Mandalorian season 1 and Clone Wars season 7 on blu ray and digital.
I guess Disney sees the subscription as a renewable revenue stream, when you buy the Blu Ray you buy it once.
There is nothing inherently wrong with 4K though, other than overzealous morons and their DVNR button. In fact its just like the bad early days of blu ray.
I don’t see any reason to pay a premium for a 4K UHD disc that looks worse than its earlier Blu Ray release for instance. Even if some will say well its graded for HDR and you get a spiffy new Atmos mix.
I don’t accept the prequels as we have them as canon. The timeline for when the Clone Wars happened for instance doesn’t make sense. We are supposed to accept Anakin was in his forties when he died and Obi Wan in his fifties.
Leia’s mom dying even though she was supposed to have survived to see her daughter on Alderaan. Never mind Yoda not actually being Obi Wan’s master.
I’m not saying i hate the movies i like aspects of them but they don’t fit pre established canon even down to Palpatine and Yoda having lightsabers.
Sidious looked like the Emperor in hologram. Of course he would be the same as Palpatine.
It was so obvious he was manipulating the trade federation and Naboo into a conflict, and he was behind the creation of the clone army and both sides of the war in the Clone Wars.
He fooled everybody including the entire senate and Jedi council. Even Yoda did not notice the duplicity of the supreme chancellor. He tricked Padme into putting him into the office in the first place. He tricked Jar Jar into giving him the powers of a dictator.
The story only works in the prequels because good is dumb.
As for predictions go. I kind of figured Rey would be a Skywalker, just not adopted. I also figured Finn was force sensitive since early in force awakens. I never guessed Rey was a Palpatine since they just made it up near the end of filming the movie, how could i have seen it the writers did not plan it.
added more dirt cheap discounted laserdiscs.
Die Hard II with OBI first issue Letterbox Japanese release.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s Evergreen no OBI Japanese release.
Superman II first issue and with OBI Japanese release.
Star Wars 1997 Special Edition in pocket sleeve with Drew Struzan cover art and OBI.
Empire Strikes Back 1997 Special Edition in pocket sleeve with OBI, The Japanese CLV pressing.
Dirty Pair the Movie: Project Eden. Digital audio reissue with OBI sealed.
I’m almost afraid to ask but how much DVNR was used if at all in the 4K releases, i passed on the blu rays because of the digital video noise reduction.
For 29 bucks i was able to get a sealed copy of Empire Strikes back from 1984 with the Original Triangle OBI. It is hard to stop collecting Laserdiscs when they can be had for cheap as singles, just not box sets.
Does anybody know what format of tape the Holiday Special was shot on?
Added Star Trek Picard season 1.
Added the Empire Strikes Back Japanese Pan and Scan Laserdisc from 1984 with original triangle OBI.
I would say the end is quite bittersweet. Anakin was redeemed but Luke lost his father, Leia the woman who Luke had deep feelings for ended up being his sister. And he all alone is supposed to revive the Jedi Order, despite losing both of his teachers Obi Wan and Yoda. And having no idea what he is supposed to do other than to train Leia as instructed by Yoda. Pass on What you have learned.
Since we know Luke fell to hubris just like Obi Wan and continued the cycle. I don’t see a happy teddy bear picnic ending to the Saga. I’ve seen the Disney trilogy. I know what happens next.
I just bought the entire trilogy from 1986 on Japanese laserdisc. Those were the only ones i did not have. With the exception of not owning the second Definitive box, or any of the special edition releases Boxed set or singles. I just need to get Making of Star Wars to complete my red label set which includes Star Wars 1983 and empire strikes back 1984. I would like to have copies with the OBI strip of Star Wars 1983 and Empire Strikes Back 1984 but my copies are so perfect and without any rot, perfect dustjacket without any foxing or mold i am very happy with them as is.
I now have 3 copies of Return of the Jedi just to have a non rotted copy with perfect unblemished dustjacket and OBI.
The 1986 trilogy pan and scan all have blue labels. It is strange that there never was a red label return of the jedi to match the first 2 films from 1983 or 1984.
Crossing my fingers that when Empire and Star Wars arrive in the mail they have no laser rot.
Edit: I don’t recommend the 1986 pressing of Return of the Jedi from Japan. After buying 3 copies 2 out of 3 are rotters. catalog number SF098-1100 avoid at all costs.
So what did you think of Batman Beyond Return of the Joker, if you hated the show.
I think Last Crusade is the worst Indiana Jones film. Henry Jones Sr is portrayed as a buffoon in between being this great professor and a man of intellect. The film is so mixed up in if it wants to be a parody of Indiana Jones, the shock and suspense scenes are laughable there is no tension. Unlike Temple of Doom there is no real peril or feeling that something bad could happen to Indiana. Rather than elevating the material everything was made juvenile. Honestly i doubt i will ever watch the movie again.