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Vinegar Syndrome have two limited 5th anniversary sets where they're putting five movies onto Bluray that'd previously only been on DVD. https://vinegarsyndrome.com/shop/5-films-5-years-volume-1-and-2/ I skipped the porno one, but the Vol. 2 exploitation set looks pretty fun.  Just wish they'd lose that cheesy lady sillouette logo.
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it's like the glass beer lady leg from saddest music in the world, but it's piss
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Jan 3, 2018 23:38
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maybe she's like the bionic woman and uses her golden leg to fight crime
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Jan 3, 2018 23:40
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Given that 90% of Vinegar Syndrome's output are either pornos or slasher movies, it just seems right to have a slightly tacky logo. Christmas Evil was also a lovely remaster. I can't imagine how bad previous DVDs must have looked between having a lot of red, grain, and diffusion filters. Also, it's on their Etiquette Pictures sublabel, but Catch My Soul was a lot of fun. It doesn't entirely work, but it's still worth seeing as a folk rock version of Othello starring Richie Havens and shot by Conrad Hall. There's also a lot of joy in owning a movie that was listed as a lost film up until a few years ago. EL BROMANCE posted:My Suspiria came yesterday, and loving that slip over the steel case. Also super happy they kind of settle the 'which language?' conundrum of Italian horror where nothing is really considered the 'right' audio track, in that they talk about the loving restoration of the English 4 channel audio over 3 pages, and then say 'Oh yeah there's the Italian dub too but we don't know much about that' at the end. If I read it correctly, the actual 4-track master was in terrible shape, but they had the separate DME (dialogue, music, and effects) stems, in beautiful condition, which allowed them to completely reconstruct the mix from scratch. They really should have included something on the visual restoration, but maybe they didn't want to toot their own horn too much considering the TLE Films one has a full hour-long despite looking absolutely drab and dim in comparison.
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Egbert Souse posted:If I read it correctly, the actual 4-track master was in terrible shape, but they had the separate DME (dialogue, music, and effects) stems, in beautiful condition, which allowed them to completely reconstruct the mix from scratch. Yep! I’m really excited to hear it as it’s a great film to play loud, and it’ll be a great disc to show off my new system. I’m lacking rear surrounds at the moment which is a shame.
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Jan 4, 2018 00:56
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Egbert Souse posted:Given that 90% of Vinegar Syndrome's output are either pornos or slasher movies, it just seems right to have a slightly tacky logo. Pee leg girl looks completely out of place on the Liquid Sky box. I really think it undermines their efforts. Give it the heave-ho. Just use this:  The word 'Syndrome' is enough to point to the exploitation side.
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Jan 4, 2018 01:58
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Shout Factory for April so far Full Moon High Crucible of Horror Superbeast Daughters of Satan Doctor Detroit
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Liar Lyre posted:Shout Factory for April so far Oh, hell yeah Oh, hell yeah
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Teenage Fansub posted:Vinegar Syndrome have two limited 5th anniversary sets where they're putting five movies onto Bluray that'd previously only been on DVD. I ordered them both, because I felt like double dipping on Hot and Saucy Pizza Girls.
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Jan 4, 2018 19:08
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Hey yeah, it's the one that I wanted. Hey yeah, it's myLiar Lyre posted:Superbeast
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Jan 4, 2018 20:37
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The whole "Everyone speaks their native language because it will be dubbed anyway" thing Italian films did makes a lot of sense. For one it gives you an opportunity to have a very international cast without having to worry about who speaks what languages or having to hire dialect coaches or any of that. Additionally it means everyone is speaking the language they feel most comfortable using and can focus more on the acting itself instead of having to spend a lot of effort on just speaking correctly.
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Egbert Souse posted:Christmas Evil was also a lovely remaster. I can't imagine how bad previous DVDs must have looked between having a lot of red, grain, and diffusion filters. I was introduced to the film via the old Troma DVD release. It was a bad transfer. Seeing the film many years later on the VS blu was a revelation.
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Jan 4, 2018 23:24
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For the most part, the non-English speakers aren't speaking their native language or English. Instead, they're told to phonetically pronounce the English words in the script to the best of their ability, to match the eventual dubbing. A lot of the time they had no idea what they were saying. If there were recordings of them speaking on set, it would sound like random mouth sounds.
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Origami Dali posted:For the most part, the non-English speakers aren't speaking their native language or English. Instead, they're told to phonetically pronounce the English words in the script to the best of their ability, to match the eventual dubbing. A lot of the time they had no idea what they were saying. If there were recordings of them speaking on set, it would sound like random mouth sounds. I would love to watch one of these movies with this soundtrack.
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Jan 5, 2018 01:07
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I wonder if there's any raw clips of the shoot on the bonus disc to see some of this dialog in action. It must be hard to act opposite someone when you're not really in conversation but just reciting lines, but I know jack all about acting so maybe it's not a big deal.
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EL BROMANCE posted:I wonder if there's any raw clips of the shoot on the bonus disc to see some of this dialog in action. It must be hard to act opposite someone when you're not really in conversation but just reciting lines, but I know jack all about acting so maybe it's not a big deal. Jessica Harper has said stuff about when they were making Suspiria it was sometimes hard to get into a scene because they weren't recording any audio and guys would be building sets and making all kinds of noise during the shoot.
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I´m pretty sure I read somewhere that Leone at least had everyone speaking their native language. But that may have been Leone being Leone and not something common.
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melvinthemopboy3 posted:I was introduced to the film via the old Troma DVD release. It was a bad transfer. Seeing the film many years later on the VS blu was a revelation. On less than optimal transfers, VS pits a card in front of the film explaining exactly why. Usually it's lost elements or terrible storage conditions.
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CPL593H posted:I would love to watch one of these movies with this soundtrack. Kung Pow's DVD had an audio track that was this (although, obviously that movie's intentionally a gag)
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Jan 5, 2018 03:16
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Hat Thoughts posted:Kung Pow's DVD had an audio track that was this (although, obviously that movie's intentionally a gag) Duuuuuude. I need a rerelease of that stat. That was a fantastically bizarre movie and a really good dvd set. Lots of features and a good commentary track.
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Jan 5, 2018 05:11
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CPL593H posted:I would love to watch one of these movies with this soundtrack. Sukiyaki Western Django. Takeshi Miike directed spaghetti western. All Japanese cast, but spoken in phonetic English. Then you have Quentin Tarantino cameoing as an elderly man talking about how !uch he loves the movie Akira. It's a trip.
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Liar Lyre posted:Duuuuuude. I need a rerelease of that stat. That was a fantastically bizarre movie and a really good dvd set. Lots of features and a good commentary track. The man behind Kung Pow is responsible for one of my favorite Commentary gags w/ "The Blair Thumb" DVD letting u choose between sane (cast & crew discussing the movie) & insane (cast & crew making nonsensical noises for the entire running time)
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Some UV codes from the Blockbuster haul, not sure if these work or not but feel free to give them a go: Life: 3D61 GLP2 4V94 2BJ8 Sausage Party: 3R9B ZGH9 HGSM 2TS5 Split: UYXF8C3VMZXR6XR5 Trainspotting 2: 37B5 FKH6 UHDT D5U1
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Jan 5, 2018 09:47
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Split apparently only works for Australia and New Zealand.
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Jan 7, 2018 09:48
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Heads up I just found the OOP Jaws media book for $5 at Big Lots. Sells for an average of $40 on ebay and it's $58 on Amazon.
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Oh poo poo, gotta hit up the lots sometime soon then. I went to this store in Denver that’s closing, and everything was half off. I scored the new Chucky set and Twin Peaks 2017 for 30 each. I’m beyond stoked. I really wanted TP, but couldn’t allow myself to throw down 60 bucks on it.
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Just double checking but there isn't going to be a US release of the Last Jedi in 3d right?
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Criterion for April: Virgin Suicides Dead Man The Color of Pomegranates The Awful Truth
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I love Tony Rayns' commentaries but I'm sticking with my Second Sight preorder of Pomegranates, if only for the fact that the Criterion one only seems to have one version of the movie on it. Dead Man is great though, very possibly my favorite Jarmusch. Hope they put out Ghost Dog too!
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Kino Lorber finally has The Lion in Winter coming out on March 13. New 4K restoration with an archival commentary by director Anthony Harvey, interview with the sound recordist, and a trailer.
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Liar Lyre posted:Criterion for April: Covers: https://www.criterion.com/library/expanded_view?f=1&s=release_date     
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The Color of Pomegranates is a pretty terrible cover for Criterion. I'm not usually picky about covers, but the last thing it needs is something literal on the front. The UK Second Sight one is perfect:  I'm probably importing the UK edition between having way more extras and both cuts. It's almost like Criterion is scared it won't be a good enough seller to warrant a comprehensive edition like Welles' Othello or Barry Lyndon.
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I'd been away from buying a lot of discs for a few years, moving to renting on iTunes, but recently getting on 4k I now have a few UHD discs and special features (for big studio films at least) seem like an almost dead concept. I got Blade Runner 2 and Mother! and it's just the simplest EPK type stuff with zero audio commentary. It's pathetic. I understand it. Why bother when the market is shrinking? But, bummer.
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Jan 18, 2018 23:00
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Usually if you buy a movie on iTunes the special features will be the same as they are on the Blu Ray.
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I'm way less interested in special features than I used to be. Every once in a while you get a Dangerous Days for Blade Runner, but most of the time the story of how a movie was made just wasn't interesting. "Yea, here's some footage of Chris Pratt running around a set with a bunch of green screen poo poo. We added spaceships in the computer."
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CelticPredator posted:Usually if you buy a movie on iTunes the special features will be the same as they are on the Blu Ray. And they're usually miniscule. Five years ago the new Blade Runner would definitely have had hours of behind the scenes content and at least two commentaries instead of a 20-30 minute doc and none. e: Of course there are exceptions. The new Twin Peaks has a ton. Still just talking current release studio pics. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Jan 18, 2018 |
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Alien Covenant was pretty okay features wise. But yeah. No one cares about that all that much. The last good making of I remember is probably that 3D version of Prometheus with the 4 hour making of.
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Jan 18, 2018 23:25
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The special features on Mother! were cool at least for seeing how they controlled the robo-baby and carried it around it a giant industrial case.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:The special features on Mother! were cool at least for seeing how they controlled the robo-baby and carried it around it a giant industrial case. I wish they could have put together an extra version of the movie made out of the Dogville type rehearsal you see for a bit in the doc.
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