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CelticPredator posted:Woah ok imma get this How did you of all people not know that existed?
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ultraviolence123 posted:Alright, you all successfully talked me out of buying Six String Samurai. I always assumed it was a try hard Tarantino-type of movie, so I never watched it. Going to get some of the other titles they have coming though. It's trying for something more like El Mariachi but misses the mark of what makes that movie cool. (The heart.)
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Mar 27, 2021 01:30
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My favorite thing about movies that end up as cult classics is that the people making them were so convinced that they were making The Coolest poo poo Imaginable. Sometimes that enthusiasm wins you over and sometimes your reaction is “oh my god this person thought that the goofiest poo poo was cool.” It’s a thing that you can’t fake or (like Fran said) the heart of the movie isn’t there.
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Mar 27, 2021 01:48
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Streets of Fire is the ultimate “everyone thought they were making something awesome but it flopped and ended up as cult” movie and I will die on this hill.
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Speaking of cult films, I finally watched the DVD of Flexing With Monty that I bought recently after being reminded that the movie exists. What in the gently caress... is all I'll say for a start. It might take me a day or two to process what I just saw. ...okay, it's not that weird compared to the poo poo I've seen in all my movie-watching years. But if you're in the mood for an oddball 90's-era indie movie, it's worth a watch. I think it's definitely worthy of a proper 2K or UHD 4K release on Severin or VinSyn, much moreso than Six String Samurai. But I guess it's one of those movies where we're lucky to have even gotten a barebones DVD release.
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King Vidiot posted:Speaking of cult films, I finally watched the DVD of Flexing With Monty that I bought recently after being reminded that the movie exists. I looked up this movie and yeah I'd pick up a new release of it.
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Mar 27, 2021 02:07
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I'm excited for The Ten Commandments UHD next week. It was shot in VistaVision, and the review on bluray.com is very positive.
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Mar 27, 2021 02:12
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MacheteZombie posted:I looked up this movie and yeah I'd pick up a new release of it. It's funny that even among people who love really weird, obscure movies it doesn't seem like anybody talks about it. I can't even remember where I first heard of it, might've been a review in an issue of Shock Cinema years ago, but I only remembered it existed because somebody posted a link to grindhousevideo.com earlier in the thread, and it was one of the sale DVDs. I bought it on a whim to check it out. It feels like a movie designed for passing around to your friends on a bootleg VHS tape. I really want a proper blu ray release but I doubt it'll ever happen. I've seen better offbeat indie movies but it has a certain something that sticks with you.
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Mar 27, 2021 02:23
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Lumbermouth posted:My favorite thing about movies that end up as cult classics is that the people making them were so convinced that they were making The Coolest poo poo Imaginable. Sometimes that enthusiasm wins you over and sometimes your reaction is “oh my god this person thought that the goofiest poo poo was cool.” It’s a thing that you can’t fake or (like Fran said) the heart of the movie isn’t there. Miami Connection is definitely one of those movies.
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Mar 27, 2021 02:38
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Streets of Fire is the ultimate “everyone thought they were making something awesome but it flopped and ended up as cult” movie and I will die on this hill. Streets of Fire loving rules, it just could rule even more. When I found out that the movie was supposed to end with Diane Lane singing Streets of Fire by Bruce Springsteen with a whole choreographed sequence, I felt like I'd been robbed of one of the greatest moments of 80s cinema. The lead's a bit of wet blanket, and doesn't follow-through with the bad-rear end posited in the scene that introduces him, but that movie is still fun as gently caress.
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Mar 27, 2021 04:09
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Has Criterion said anything about doing UHDs in the future?
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Mar 27, 2021 05:25
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CPL593H posted:How did you of all people not know that existed? Well everything cool was 4k so I tapped out on any news on movies. Now I got a 4k player so I can look again.
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Mar 27, 2021 05:27
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Shiroc posted:Has Criterion said anything about doing UHDs in the future? I keep hearing rumors that it’s coming, but nothing official yet. I’d bet it’d be something in the second half of the year to capitalize on holiday shopping.
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Mar 27, 2021 07:44
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Just got my copy of Dawn of the Dead. 
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Mar 27, 2021 20:14
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 My buddy found a Little Shop of Horrors VHS on the sidewalk and snagged it for me not too long ago. I couldn't even find another copy of the same release listed for sale anywhere. I love my big chunky plastic rectangle and I don't care who knows it 
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Mar 27, 2021 21:31
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ruddiger posted:Just got my copy of Dawn of the Dead. Check out them HD DVDs.
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Mar 27, 2021 23:27
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Is the deluxe clamshell case worth it? Debating between it and the standard cardboard sleeve.
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Mar 27, 2021 23:29
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What? Not the two-tape Extended Cut? Hard pass!
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King Vidiot posted:What? Not the two-tape Extended Cut? Hard pass! I had that version in highschool, but you have to admit the clamshell posted above is 100x cooler.
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Mar 28, 2021 00:55
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I mean, I love that they were just audacious enough to spoil Zombie Roger right on the cover, in no less than three pictures. And that quote from Roger Ebert is just 
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Mar 28, 2021 01:08
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Dawn of the Dead UHD owners: did they color correct just-the-blood..? it looks red now and i’m not sure how to feel about that
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Mar 28, 2021 19:27
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I've been itching to watch Transformers The Movie again. Unfortunately both discs on my 25th anniversary edition DVD had succumbed to some sort of digital rot last time I watched it. Luckily my original Rhino release is still alive and kicking, but does anyone know if the Blu-Ray is worth upgrading to? Or should I press my luck and hope for a 4k release?
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Mar 29, 2021 13:35
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Iron Crowned posted:I've been itching to watch Transformers The Movie again. Unfortunately both discs on my 25th anniversary edition DVD had succumbed to some sort of digital rot last time I watched it. Luckily my original Rhino release is still alive and kicking, but does anyone know if the Blu-Ray is worth upgrading to? Or should I press my luck and hope for a 4k release? The blu-ray is good. I have the steel book, and am pretty happy with it.
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Mar 29, 2021 14:21
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egon_beeblebrox posted:The blu-ray is good. I have the steel book, and am pretty happy with it. Nice, I'll probably snag it next payday. Hell, if there is a UHD in the future, I could actually pull a pentuple dip on this one, since I had it on VHS as a kid.
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Mar 29, 2021 14:24
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egon_beeblebrox posted:The blu-ray is good. I have the steel book, and am pretty happy with it. Ditto. I remember the Shout Blu-ray being a pretty significant upgrade over the DVD.
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Mar 29, 2021 16:31
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I remember going from my childhood VHS to the DVD and being floored at the "oh poo poo" line being added back in. Love that movie, might need to track down the blu ray myself.
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https://twitter.com/WillSloanEsq/status/1376653634465857538?s=20
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Mar 30, 2021 00:06
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Mar 30, 2021 00:35
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How does that even happen? Does Criterion employee one lazy dude that hits the magic-wand “auto-adjust” button and not bother to watch the end result? That’s a pretty shocking level of incompetence.
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Fly Ricky posted:How does that even happen? Does Criterion employee one lazy dude that hits the magic-wand “auto-adjust” button and not bother to watch the end result? It's what was done under supervision by the director. So it's a George Lucas situation.
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Mar 30, 2021 02:41
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I’ve been bellyaching about this for months — as far as I’m concerned, what Wong Kar-Wai has done here is pretty unjustifiable. And I’m sure Criterion’s hands are tied, but for them to present these as “restorations” is just flat-out untrue. The aspect ratio for an entire film has been digitally altered! Not even a case of reframing an open-matte print; WKW just squished it down to look like CinemaScope. His supposed philosophical justification is even worse: they’re simultaneously his original visions AND fresh new looks because “no man steps in the same river twice.” Honestly, glad I’ve never connected with his work, because as someone who cares a lot about film archive practices I can’t imagine how much more upset I’d be if I did.
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Mar 30, 2021 02:58
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It sucks big time. Especially considering the original Criterion edition of his movies are long out of print and only going to get much more expensive as time goes on and the original versions of these films just get lost to history.
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Mar 30, 2021 03:01
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It's too bad I love wkw too much to sell the movies, opened copies of the original criterion bd are going for anywhere in the $100-$200 range already.
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Wow. By his own hand. I’m a fan of his work but haven’t upgraded from DVD yet. Guess I’ll cancel my pre-order. Those prices for the earlier releases...  edit: awful news but thanks for posting this. Fly Ricky fucked around with this message at 11:08 on Mar 30, 2021 |
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Posted this in the criterion thread but this change is just baffling:Electronico6 posted:In the new restored Chungking Express in the scene where Tony Leung gets handed his ex-gf note from Faye Wong instead of the sound of an airplane leaving over the slow motion footage now you have Faye Wong's Dreams cover blaring out. The song does not work at all, and it just sinks one the movie's most iconic scene. The original scene was so good that Stephen Chow put in a parody of it in a movie that he was filming when Chungking Express came out.
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Mar 30, 2021 12:07
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Glad I got the criterion BD of it before this. Also very cool to learn its worth a lot more now haha.
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Mar 30, 2021 14:05
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Grindhouse Videos Easter Carnage Sale. Arrow Video releases up to 60% off, including 4k UHDs like Tremors and Pitch Black. USA region.
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Mar 30, 2021 16:23
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That is a steal on the Shinya Tsukamoto box set, which has been very hard to come by since like August.
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Mar 30, 2021 17:14
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My Dawn of the Dead got here gently caress yeah.
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Almost Blue posted:That is a steal on the Shinya Tsukamoto box set, which has been very hard to come by since like August. It's the non-limited edition so if you're willing to wait it'll be five bucks cheaper in future sales.
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