DVD's-about 400.
Blu-ray: 2. yep, just two so far. The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Manchurian Candidate (mono in DTS-HD MA 5.1? screw that!)
VHS: about 70 or so.
LD: about 30-40
I need to get all of my collection up on dvdaficionado. Here's what I did a little while ago.
Films of the year:
1915: The Birth of a Nation
1916:
1917:
1918:
1919:
1920: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1921:
1922: Nosferatu
1923:
1924: Greed, Sherlock Jr
1925: The Gold Rush
1926: The General
1927: Sunrise, Metropolis
1928: The Fall of the House of Usher
1929: Un Chien Andalou
1930:
1931: City Lights, Dracula, Frankenstein
1932: The Mummy, The Most Dangerous Game
1933: King Kong
1934: It Happened One Night, The Man Who Knew Too Much
1935: The 39 Steps, The Bride of Frankenstein
1936: Modern Times
1937: The Awful Truth, The Prisoner of Zenda
1938: The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Lady Vanishes, Bringing Up Baby
1939: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Gunga Din, Only Angels Have Wings
1940: The Great Dictator, Pinocchio, The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, Foreign Correspondent,
1941: Citizen Kane, The Maltese Falcon
1942: Casablanca, The Magnificent Ambersons, Cat People, Saboteur
1943: Shadow of a Doubt
1944: Double Indemnity, To Have and Have Not, Laura, Arsenic and Old Lace
1945: Detour, Spellbound
1946: Notorious, A Matter of Life and Death, The Big Sleep,
1947: Out of the Past, The Lady From Shanghai
1948: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Rope, Drunken Angel, Bicycle Thieves
1949: The Third Man, Stray Dog,
1950: Sunset Blvd., In a Lonely Place, Rashoman, Gun Crazy
1951: Ace in the Hole, Strangers on a Train
1952: Ikiru
1953:
1954: The Seven Samurai, Rear Window, On the Waterfront, Dial M For Murder, Touchez Pas Au Grisbi
1955: To Catch a Thief, The Trouble With Harry, Rififi, Killer's Kiss
1956: The Killing, The Man Who Knew Too Much
1957: The Bridge on the River Kwai, Paths of Glory, The Curse of Frankenstein
1958: Vertigo
1959: The 400 Blows, North By Northwest
1960: The Apartment, Psycho, Shoot the Piano Player, Breathless, Peeping Tom, Spartacus
1961: Yojimbo
1962: Lawrence of Arabia, The Manchurian Candidate, Lolita, Dr. No, Jules and Jim, Liberty Valence
1963: From Russia With Love, 8½, Charade
1964: Dr. Strangelove, Goldfinger, A Fistful of Dollars, A Shot in the Dark, Marnie, The Pink Panther
1965: For a Few Dollars More, The Hill, The I.P.C.R.E.S.S. File, Doctor Zhivago, Thunderball
1966: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
1967: You Only Live Twice, Bonnie and Clyde, Belle De Jour, Casino Royale, Le Samourai, Point Blank
1968: 2001, Once Upon a Time in the West, Bullitt, Planet of the Apes, Witchfinder General
1969: The Wild Bunch, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
1970: Ryan's Daughter, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Conformist
1971: A Clockwork Orange, THX-1138, Once Upon a Time…the Revolution, Duel, The French Connection, Straw Dogs, Get Carter, The Last Picture Show
1972: The Godfather, Solaris, Frenzy
1973: Live and Let Die, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Mean Streets, Don’t Look Now, The Wicker Man
1974: Chinatown, The Conversation, The Godfather Part II, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, The Parallax View
1975: Barry Lyndon, Jaws, The Man Who Would Be King, The Yakuza, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1976: Taxi Driver, Network
1977: Star Wars, The Spy Who Loved Me
1978: Superman
1979: Apocalypse Now, Being There, Life of Brian, Manhattan
1980: The Empire Strikes Back, The Shining
1981: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Road Warrior
1982: Blade Runner, The Verdict
1983: Return of the Jedi, The King of Comedy
1984: Once Upon a Time in America, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
1985: To Live and Die in L.A., After Hours
1986: Hannah and Her Sisters
1987: Full Metal Jacket, The Living Daylights
1988: Grave of the Fireflies
1989: The Killer, Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1990: The Hunt For Red October
1991: The Silence of the Lambs
1992: Batman Returns, Hard Boiled
1993: Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, The Age of Innocence
1994: The Shawshank Redemption
1995: Casino, Batman Forever, GoldenEye
1996: Hamlet, Mission Impossible
1997: Jackie Brown, Hana-bi
1998: Ronin, Dark City, Croupier
1999: Eyes Wide Shut, Bringing Out the Dead, The Matrix, The World Is Not Enough
2000: Gladiator is the most well made of the bunch.
2001:
2002: The Quiet American
2003:
2004:
2005: Kingdom of Heaven, The Constant Gardener, Good Night and Good Luck
2006: Tell No One
2007: Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
2008: In Bruges
2009:
2010: The American, The Ghost Writer
2011:
Finally saw The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Good little movie, but why the heck did people blow it up to such huge proportions? 3.5 nose rings out of 5
This thread has just reminded me of how much I was stunned by X3. Stunned at just how badly the thing lumbered along not making any real sense, and not caring to do so. Just like Rush Hour 3. Hmm..what do these have in common?
And I do actually enjoy Rush Hour 2 so go figure. Maybe it's the DTS ES track because its certainly not the direction.
Why not simply make a comic book adaptation that was !Gasp!...the comic book?
The next X-Men movie should just be this:
And Super 8 is merely a bad quasi horror film by JJ Abrams that rehashes way too much of Close Encounters. Ooooh how completely not interesting.
It depends on the pacing and the type of movie you're attempting to make.
Ziggy Stardust said:
The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Incredible. Alec Guiness is one of the most amazing actors of all time and is VERY underrated.
That is all.
10,000,000/10,000,000 BALLS
I have yet to get the Blu-ray. Can't wait to see it in the actual 2.55:1!
Casino. (on LD for kicks) 3.75 balls out of 4 balls in a vice operated by Joe Pesci. I just enjoy sinking into this movie. To me it obliterates Goodfellas.
Username: should be pretty obvious...
Avatar: me in front of a steenbeck.
Title: a very unpleasant job, and the meaning of life
Sig: one day I was just walking around mumbling in my purposefully overdone Palpy voice to mess with my old roommate and started barking commands and complaints to Vader. Then I had a discussion about how they were out of soy milk...
CP3S said:
captainsolo said:
Also try the Han Solo trilogy (The Paradise Snare, The Hutt Gambit, Rebel Dawn) for more classic style Star Wars.
I've never read these, but I have heard they were good. This seems more the type of thing Anchorhead would get into.
They take place prior to the first Star Wars film, right?
They certainly do. The first one begins with young Han escaping his childhood captor, the second gets him involved with Jabba and Chewie, and the third takes place after the Daley trilogy and Han wins the Falcon. These are really good for establishing the character and aren't too farfetched.
BloodnoseThePirate said:
captainsolo said:
All led by the most handsome pilot in the universe.
Ric Olie?
None other.
OT.com convention complete with dance party, gif posting events, dolby vs. dts debate, panel discussions on the differing video releases and audio mixes, and coffee.
All led by the most handsome pilot in the universe.
Thoughts?
Anchorhead said:
Looking just at Zahn's Star Wars novel list, there seems to be several that might be good reads. Looking at a few non-spoiler write-ups, some of these sound interesting.
Heir to the Empire
Dark Force Rising
The Last Command
Specter of the Past
Vision of the Future
Survivor's Quest
Outbound Flight
AllegianceAre these Prequel\Annikin\Padme heavy? The write-ups make it sound like they're more about the OT characters later in life, which could be very interesting.
Apologies ahead of time, I'm an EU newb.
None really have anything to do with the PT except Outbound Flight which I think you can safely skip. Otherwise really good reads.
Also try the Han Solo trilogy (The Paradise Snare, The Hutt Gambit, Rebel Dawn) for more classic style Star Wars.
Damn. Now I want to read good EU again. Wish it was 1995.
greenpenguino said:
doubleKO said:
The Birds (1963)
5/10 balls.
YOU GAVE A HITCHCOCK FILM LESS THAN TEN???!!!!
HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!!!!11!!111!!!!!!!!!1111!!ONE!!!YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well it is one of Hitch's worst films. (I'd rank it as just about his worst American film. Yes-I would rather re-watch The Paradine Case or I Confess.) I've studied it countless times, and still after all these years find it highly annoying from a story standpoint. It is merely a technical exercise and nothing more. If the characters were more interesting and developed (more like The Trouble With Harry) then it might be better. I have always hated that this film is really the last Hitchcock film to be noticed by people. Despite their problems even Torn Curtain and Topaz present more challenging ideas. Marnie is a confused masterpiece. And Frenzy is brilliant.
The Green Hornet. The hornet logo reminded me that I would rather watch the TV series which was a ripoff of William Dozier's other show, Batman. The odd thing is, this movie really could have worked. Especially as a satire that deconstructs our odd fascination with these superheroes.
0 balls out of 5 green stinging balls.
They could be better, but I liked how the Thrawn trilogy revitalized the spirit of Star Wars. And without Heir there really wouldn't be an EU. Zahn's Thrawn duology was similar. (anything with Mara Jade can't be that bad..) But things like Outbound Flight put me to sleep. Allegiance was one of the only good modern EU books that I can think and that has a sequel due this year.
And now Heir to the Empire has a 20th Anniversary edition. Crap.
So where did it all go wrong? Is there an easy spot to pigeonhole as the downturn that led to where the EU is now?
FanFiltration said:
"Casino Royale" (with Director & Producer Commentary)
I love this film...
If you mean the 1967 film, I think I'm starting to agree. (and may be losing my mind in some part.)
I've always hated E.T. Maybe it's too much happy Spielberg for me. I hated it as a kid and hate it now...and ironically I also hate Reese's Pieces too. ;)
The old LD transfer was the Angrysun edition (not bad but 4:3 interlaced), but this will render that obsolete.
Ady's Theatrical cut is one of my favorite projects from this site. Occasionally I will watch this and revisit TPM. The movie itself is not horrible. It really shouldn't have been made, but what can you do?
I did a play on that machine and actually managed to beat Vader and Boba with a screwed joystick. Wow! Then I couldn't hit the final torpedo shot on the last level because of that stick. :(
General game questions:
-Does anybody know the levels of difficulty? I know there are Light Lv. 1, 2, 3
-Any secrets? The ones I know of are:
Shooting a high number of turrets on Yavin mid stages and Death Star II level. Hitting all probe droids on Hoth stage 1. Hitting Vader and the wingmen with proton torpedoes. Deactiviating lightsaber when Vader is defeated to get "So be it Jedi".
-What is the highest rank?
I haven't played the 32x version but I would like to find a machine of Star Wars Arcade sometime.
I really enjoyed the Tales books despite the fact that everything gets tied in together. (Maybe that was the strength of it.)
Seeing that POTF2 figure info card brings back memories.
13 Ghosts from the oscar winning William Castle.
Don't ask why because I couldn't tell you. Zero blue balls out of 4 ghostly red balls.
It won't work on my machine, but I just ran across one in a small arcade.
I hate the owners who jam the joysticks and buttons so that you can't hit everything properly.
Hey Bulldog-The Beatles...in mono!
Arcade games.
Big hi-fi equipment with giant volume knobs.
Film projection.
Mono.
Would it help to use a few frames from the LD in this instance?