*** DVD CORNER ***

[BruceH]

By the way, is anyone else excited about the new Criterion edition of Playtime? I think it will be pretty cool and it should be the best transfer of the lot, though I would like to read some reviews once it is out. So far it is the only thing on my Xmas wish list.

I am.

Might be my all-time favorite movie. I'll definitely be getting it. Greg Erickson just reviewed the new edition favorably on DVDSavant.com.

I'd like to get this too, AND the new edition of The Seven Samurai. Both among my favorite movies of all time.

[ghost of miles]

Mr. Moto V. 2 out this past week. My copy should be showing up early next week... my wife & I blew through the V. 1 films the first couple of weeks that we had them.

And some Larry Sanders fans are unhappy about this. I'm inclined to go along with the "better-than-nothing" line of thinking, having waited years for Season 2 to emerge on DVD... LS was a show I made time for when I'd stopped doing such things for the most part regarding TV.

[BruceH]

Mr. Moto V. 2 out this past week. My copy should be showing up early next week... my wife & I blew through the V. 1 films the first couple of weeks that we had them.

And some Larry Sanders fans are unhappy about this. I'm inclined to go along with the "better-than-nothing" line of thinking, having waited years for Season 2 to emerge on DVD... LS was a show I made time for when I'd stopped doing such things for the most part regarding TV.

That is sad news indeed. I watched the entire Larry Sanders series in just a few months back when Bravo was showing an episode-per-day. One of my favorite shows of all time. 56 Emmy nominations and they can't just put the complete series on DVD? Pathetic. I'd gladly take it with NO extras, none at all, just the damn episodes, that would be fine. Oh well, at least I've got Freaks & Geeks.

You're making me more and more curious about Mr. Moto...I've always been a fan of Peter Lorre. Box #2 should include at least a dozen versions of the surf instrumental as an audio extra, just for the heck of it.

[Aggie87]

Picked up a couple of DVD box sets at FYE today:

Oliver Stone Collection (14 discs; includes Salvador, Platoon, Wall Street, Talk Radio, Born on the Fourth of July, The Doors, JFK, Heaven and Earth, Natural Born Killers, Nixon, U-Turn, Any Given Sunday, and Oliver Stone's America)

X-Men Trilogy (for my son )

Both were $9.99 apiece! Well, they will be after I receive the mail-in rebates. But I have patience, and thought both were worth it at that price.

[BruceH]

Anyone else pick up the new Criterion Third Man?

[Shawn]

Picked this up with a coupon, haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

[BruceH]

Picked this up with a coupon, haven't had a chance to watch it yet.

I saw that on the big screen when it came out. Gotta admit, it didn't do much for me.

[Kalo]

Anyone else pick up the new Criterion Third Man?

Not yet, but it'll be right there on my soon-to-be placed Deepdiscount.com order, right beside "Army of Shadows."

[skeith]

what is the best version of Blade Runner on dvd? apparently there is a DIrector's cut and also some new 25th anniversary edition?

[BruceH]

Just ordered Night/Curse of the Demon. Cummins!

[Adam]

what is the best version of Blade Runner on dvd? apparently there is a DIrector's cut and also some new 25th anniversary edition?

Some say that the best version is still the original laser disc - especially those who don't like any of Ridley's Director's cuts.

[skeith]

what is the best version of Blade Runner on dvd? apparently there is a DIrector's cut and also some new 25th anniversary edition?

Some say that the best version is still the original laser disc - especially those who don't like any of Ridley's Director's cuts.

Do you mean the original theatrical release?

[ejp626]

what is the best version of Blade Runner on dvd? apparently there is a DIrector's cut and also some new 25th anniversary edition?

Some say that the best version is still the original laser disc - especially those who don't like any of Ridley's Director's cuts.

Do you mean the original theatrical release?

The laser disc version was the original release, as far as I can tell. It definitely has the original ending, as well as the voice over narration to begin the film. I'm somewhat partial to this version, but I realize many people think the voice over is weak. I don't know too much about the 25th Anniversary edition, but I would wait a while until enough fans review it to see if it is actually that different from the last director's cut.

Speaking of director's cuts, what do people think of the Apocalpyse Now Redux? I believe most critics thought it was a better film, though I think the vote is still out among the general public. To be honest, I haven't sit through the entire thing in one sitting, which I think I should do before finally making up my mind.

[skeith]

what is the best version of Blade Runner on dvd? apparently there is a DIrector's cut and also some new 25th anniversary edition?

Some say that the best version is still the original laser disc - especially those who don't like any of Ridley's Director's cuts.

Do you mean the original theatrical release?

The laser disc version was the original release, as far as I can tell. It definitely has the original ending, as well as the voice over narration to begin the film. I'm somewhat partial to this version, but I realize many people think the voice over is weak. I don't know too much about the 25th Anniversary edition, but I would wait a while until enough fans review it to see if it is actually that different from the last director's cut.

Speaking of director's cuts, what do people think of the Apocalpyse Now Redux? I believe most critics thought it was a better film, though I think the vote is still out among the general public. To be honest, I haven't sit through the entire thing in one sitting, which I think I should do before finally making up my mind.

Did you see and like the Director's cut of BLade Runner? did anyone here on this Board see it?

I saw the Apocalypse Now Redux and I think the main change is the inclusion of a scene with a french family living in Vietnam- which the platoon that is the main subject of the film has an encounter with. I do not think this added very much to the version I saw originally and as a matter of fact, I remember it seeming a bit improbable. I am a big fan of the original film.

[sal]

what is the best version of Blade Runner on dvd? apparently there is a DIrector's cut and also some new 25th anniversary edition?

skeith, wait a few months. The "definitive cut" of Blade Runner is hitting theaters this summer, followed by a DVD package that will include the original theatrical version, the directors cut, and this new definitive version that Ridley Scott says is they way the film was supposed to be. I have seen the directors cut, but I never saw the theatrical version so I have nothing to compare it to. I like the film just fine, but I'm not fanatical about it like many people are.

Regarding Apocalypse Now Redux, its interesting to see and if you love the film its worth owning both versions. There's a DVD package out there called "The Complete Dossier" that can be obtained for about $12 that has both films. I still prefer the original myself, but Redux is definitely worth a viewing.

[Shawn]

I gotta say that I'm getting REALLY burnt out on director's cuts. In some cases it's justified (studio tampering, censoring for R rating, cut for running time in the theater) but it's just gotten ridiculous. It's the film version of "digitally remastered". So many times these new cuts end up undermining what worked about the film in the first place. Take the original Alien for instance...yes, sure it's okay to see these deleted scenes...but I think the new Scott cut just ruins the pacing of the film.

[Aggie87]

I saw the Apocalypse Now Redux and I think the main change is the inclusion of a scene with a french family living in Vietnam- which the platoon that is the main subject of the film has an encounter with. I do not think this added very much to the version I saw originally and as a matter of fact, I remember it seeming a bit improbable. I am a big fan of the original film.

The plantation scene is one of the main additions. The other is additional footage with the USO "bunnies" that come over for the show. I think those were the main tweaks to the movie for Redux, and maybe some other minor touches here and there.

I think the original film works better too.

[BruceH]

Did you see and like the Director's cut of BLade Runner? did anyone here on this Board see it?

I saw the lauded "Director's Cut" of Blade Runner and thought it wasn't much of an improvement. But I also thought the original theatrical version was weak.

[Noj]

I found Blade Runner a fairly disturbing movie. The replicants were clearly human despite a government ruling that they be exterminated. The hero of the story is hunting the replicants and murdering them, even if they're ladies in ballet skirts. Who do you root for? I ended up sympathizing more with the villains.

[Aggie87]

Picked up some popcorn movies at Best Buy this evening:

King Kong Deluxe 3 disc edition

The Mummy Collector's set (Mummy, Mummy Returns, and Scorpion King)

Riddick Trilogy

Each was marked at $9.99. I don't think I would have bought any of them at full price, but figured that wasn't a bad deal.

[Guy Berger]

Tonight I saw "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". Great movie.

Guy

[Kalo]

Just ordered Night/Curse of the Demon. Cummins!

What'djathink?

I got this myself, and I have to say that it's a flawed, yet intelligent and powerful film. Especially for what is, in essence, a mere monster movie.

Kind of difficult, unfortunately, to see the great actor Dana Andrews in latter days, clearly drunken in several scenes. Peggy Cummins, the most fatale of femmes in Gun Crazy is good in a good girl role, and villain Niall MacGinnis is magnificent, the ultimate scary clown.

Director Tourneur is still in his prime, and the flick is surprisingly chilling and affecting. Glenn Erickson, AKA "DVDSavant," suggests that the controversial scenes explicitly showing the demon were shot actually by Tourneur, barring the close-ups. I'm inclined to believe him. Erickson even defends the close-ups as well, which is where I part company with him. But imagine the movie without them, and I believe that the long-shots of the demon, perhaps cut by several frames in an ideal world, are quite effective in the context of the film.

[BERIGAN]

Tonight I saw "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". Great movie.

Guy

Which one?

[MoGrubb]

I'm a Clint Eastwood buff, just bought a DVD player and went hog wild.

Every Which Way But Loose[Ruth Gordon cracks me up in this.]

trilogy--A Fistful of Dollars, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, For A Few Dollars More

trilogy--The Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven, Pale Rider

trilogy--The Godfather series

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Pulp Fiction

Platoon

Edited August 13, 2007 by MoGrubb

[Shawn]

Tonight I saw "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". Great movie.

Guy

Which one?

Yet another version of Body Snatchers opening this month..."The Invasion" with Nicole Kidman & Daniel Craig. I've got extremely low expectations of this one. It's been sitting on the shelf since early 2006 and has been massively re-scripted, re-shot and generally tweaked to the point where most likely nothing is left.