It is currently 29 Mar 2024, 02:08




 Page 37 of 76 [ 1502 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 ... 76  Next
Author Message
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 04 Apr 2020, 01:49 
Hardcore fan
Hardcore fan
User avatar

Joined: 13 Sep 2012, 23:14
Posts: 1199
Location: United Kingdom
Has thanked: 265 times
Been thanked: 259 times
teddanson wrote:
Nooooo!!!! Karen Black was iconic in Airport 75!

77 was the painting one. The museum plane. Don't worry, I keep mixing them up too because of Linda Blair.

Concorde was super poo though. Dear God.

Maybe I'll delay it and watch Airport instead as I should have watched that last night instead of 75.

But then my viewing order will be 75, 77, 70, 79 instead of 75, 77, 79, 70. It's bad enough I didn't go 70, 75, 77, 79.

I don't think my OCD could cope. Then again, I dont think my soul could cope with 79 tomorrow night. :(

Did you know there was an Airport 78? By name only.


Thanks teddanson, that was funny.

Not long after Airport was released Burt Lancaster said that the film was "the biggest piece of junk ever made".

If memory serves me it got multiple Academy Award nominations including one for Best Picture!?!

All on the LD format though Concorde was a Japanese only release I think, haven't seen that one or 77.

Enjoy them if you can.

Cheers :thumbup:
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 04 Apr 2020, 02:22 
Hardcore fan
Hardcore fan
User avatar

Joined: 13 Sep 2012, 23:14
Posts: 1199
Location: United Kingdom
Has thanked: 265 times
Been thanked: 259 times
As mentioned above as I have not seen Airport '77 or Concorde I had a look on the IMDb site to see if I had missed anything in not viewing them (don't think I have) & in the trivia section on the '77 feature is the bit below.

The Magnavox Magnavision VLP optical videodisc player shown in this movie was Lew Wasserman's personal player, and was borrowed from his office for the day of shooting. It was a hand-built pre-production model that was given the "7000" model number. The entire top of the player opens instead of just a small "lid" portion and the disc area, and has a clear window so you can see the disc spinning. For the final player release (model 8000), the lid was shrunk to only the disc area and the transparent window was eliminated. The player used in this movie could not play CLV Extended Play discs, as the CLV format had not yet been finalized. The single-sided disc placed on the player contained the recording of James Stewart seen in this movie, MCA Disco-Vision pressed the one-off disc just for this movie. The packaging for the disc is a so-called "Nautilus Box" inside of a standard cardboard box used to transport MCA Records Nickel-plated LP stampers. Monica Lewis used the player incorrectly. She doesn't shut the lid completely, and presses one of the "audio" buttons instead of the "Play Forward" button.
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 04 Apr 2020, 04:01 
Jedi Master
Jedi Master
User avatar

Joined: 03 May 2004, 19:05
Posts: 8093
Location: Dullaware
Has thanked: 1218 times
Been thanked: 841 times
They did make a box set on DVD, the LD Japanese box set has an open matte or possibly an extended cut of Concord.

They are pretty much junk, or very soap opera style.
But fun to watch in a row.
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 04 Apr 2020, 07:30 
Honest fan
Honest fan
User avatar

Joined: 23 Aug 2019, 02:45
Posts: 76
Location: South Africa
Has thanked: 28 times
Been thanked: 17 times
Reckless (1995) [ID3308HL]

Talk about an odd film. The nearest you could pin it down to would be to say that it's a kind of dark comedy. But even then...

There's a balancing act going on between an absurd comic tone and occasional moments of drama. Quite bizarre, to say the least.
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 04 Apr 2020, 08:32 
Absolute fan
Absolute fan
User avatar

Joined: 16 Nov 2018, 14:21
Posts: 1570
Location: New Delaware
Has thanked: 448 times
Been thanked: 494 times
rein-o wrote:
They did make a box set on DVD, the LD Japanese box set has an open matte or possibly an extended cut of Concord.

They are pretty much junk, or very soap opera style.
But fun to watch in a row.


I need to look in to that extended cut of Concorde. Thanks for ruining my life in advance! :D

Yeah I spotted the LD player in Airport 77. The size of the thing, it was enormous!

I'd love to know if that one off disc is still around somewhere. Maybe with a collector?

Image
_________________
Blog: The Coterie / L'boxd: Diary
Pioneer CLD-R7G, CLD-D925 | Yamaha APD-2 | DVDO Edge, VP50 Pro
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 04 Apr 2020, 14:17 
Absolute fan
Absolute fan
User avatar

Joined: 03 Aug 2013, 17:32
Posts: 1571
Location: OREGON, U.S.
Has thanked: 3 times
Been thanked: 135 times
found all three vols. of "GUNPARADE MARCH" at a thrift years ago, and finally got around to giving them a go.

in a word; SUCKS.
_________________
* PIONEER CLD-3030 Compatible LDP (1988) (( http://forum.lddb.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3094 ))
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 04 Apr 2020, 21:51 
Absolute fan
Absolute fan
User avatar

Joined: 01 May 2016, 06:38
Posts: 2040
Location: Australia
Has thanked: 334 times
Been thanked: 222 times
Wow that is some poor handling of LD media by flight attendants! What's the title of the disc in the movie? Can you make it out?
_________________
SONY MDP-355GX, DVDO iscan VP50, SONY KVHR-M36
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 04 Apr 2020, 22:59 
Advanced fan
Advanced fan
User avatar

Joined: 03 Oct 2003, 10:06
Posts: 726
Location: at home :p
Has thanked: 57 times
Been thanked: 59 times
tasuke wrote:
found all three vols. of "GUNPARADE MARCH" at a thrift years ago, and finally got around to giving them a go.

in a word; SUCKS.


I watched Gunparade March back in 2004 and really liked it.
A year later or so "Gunparade Orchestra" popped up, and man was I disappointed.
I stopped after a few episodes, but eventually finished it - complete waste of time.
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 04 Apr 2020, 23:26 
Absolute fan
Absolute fan
User avatar

Joined: 16 Nov 2018, 14:21
Posts: 1570
Location: New Delaware
Has thanked: 448 times
Been thanked: 494 times
forper wrote:
Wow that is some poor handling of LD media by flight attendants! What's the title of the disc in the movie? Can you make it out?


Apparently it was specially recorded for the film. It's the briefing by the Mr. Stephens bloke who owns the airline.

I'd love to know if the disc is sat in a collection somewhere! Or if that LD player is still working. I'd say it took a couple of blokes with a forklift to get that up on the unit there. Size of it. :shock:

In other news, I'm a sucker for punishment. Watched Airport 79 tonight. Christ almighty that film is some collection of loose, watery stools. :crazy:

Guess all I have to do tomorrow is watch Airport to finish off the quadrilogy. :cry:
_________________
Blog: The Coterie / L'boxd: Diary
Pioneer CLD-R7G, CLD-D925 | Yamaha APD-2 | DVDO Edge, VP50 Pro
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 05 Apr 2020, 01:17 
Absolute fan
Absolute fan
User avatar

Joined: 01 May 2016, 06:38
Posts: 2040
Location: Australia
Has thanked: 334 times
Been thanked: 222 times
You're pretty harsh on movies you apparantly like? haha

Are you sure what the audience saw on screen was actually the LD playing? Would refresh rates of the monitor not sync up with the film on the camera? Or is that only an issue for video recording TV monitors? Rather than filming? I'm dumb about this stuff.
_________________
SONY MDP-355GX, DVDO iscan VP50, SONY KVHR-M36
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 05 Apr 2020, 08:26 
Absolute fan
Absolute fan
User avatar

Joined: 11 Jun 2008, 06:10
Posts: 1617
Location: Milky Way-Sol System-Terra-USA-North Carlolina.
Has thanked: 561 times
Been thanked: 238 times
Just viewed X Men......

The scene where Patrick and Ian meet at the beginning is electrifying. I still got goosebumps reviewing this pivotal moment for their screen characters.
Also, when Anna and Hugh meet in the beginning........

You get where I am going.
A wonderful distraction during some down time this weekend.......
Transfer image / sound is pristine, cutting edge at the time.

Wishing all the members good health ......

Cheers,

James
_________________
Acta Non Verba .....
Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum ....
Si Gorgiamus Allos Subjectatos Nunc ......
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 05 Apr 2020, 13:53 
Absolute fan
Absolute fan
User avatar

Joined: 03 Aug 2013, 17:32
Posts: 1571
Location: OREGON, U.S.
Has thanked: 3 times
Been thanked: 135 times
lons_vex wrote:
tasuke wrote:
found all three vols. of "GUNPARADE MARCH" at a thrift years ago, and finally got around to giving them a go.

in a word; SUCKS.


I watched Gunparade March back in 2004 and really liked it.
A year later or so "Gunparade Orchestra" popped up, and man was I disappointed.
I stopped after a few episodes, but eventually finished it - complete waste of time.


well, TBH, it wasn'tt ALL bad.

the Kenji Kawai OP theme was quite solid, and the little token loli girl in the team was cute and likable enough.
also, the dark-haired woman with glasses was rather likable, as well as highly sympathetic,
what with being a very good person that had bad things routinely happening to her,
even if most of them were played for comedy.

just about everything else, however, simply felt like a weakly-attempted mashup of Sakura Wars and FULL METAL PANIC,
and all of it seemingly highly dependent upon the audience's presumed knowledge of events
that i can only assume were fleshed out within the SONY PS2 video game that this series was based upon...
_________________
* PIONEER CLD-3030 Compatible LDP (1988) (( http://forum.lddb.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3094 ))
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 05 Apr 2020, 14:41 
Absolute fan
Absolute fan
User avatar

Joined: 16 Nov 2018, 14:21
Posts: 1570
Location: New Delaware
Has thanked: 448 times
Been thanked: 494 times
forper wrote:
You're pretty harsh on movies you apparantly like? haha

Are you sure what the audience saw on screen was actually the LD playing? Would refresh rates of the monitor not sync up with the film on the camera? Or is that only an issue for video recording TV monitors? Rather than filming? I'm dumb about this stuff.


There's a cool history of the Airport films here:

https://www.cnet.com/news/short-history-airport-films/

Regards the Laserdisc player, I think it was a Discovision player with a prototype shell or something?

The disc did have footage on it, the same speech footage that was matted over the projector screen on the aircraft.

In other news, Jennings Lang, the guy behind the films, was a dirty old bloke. He had an affair for years with Joan Bennett. When her husband found out, he shot Lang in the bollocks. :lol:

https://thelifeandtimesofhollywood.com/ ... reer-ouch/
_________________
Blog: The Coterie / L'boxd: Diary
Pioneer CLD-R7G, CLD-D925 | Yamaha APD-2 | DVDO Edge, VP50 Pro
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 05 Apr 2020, 16:26 
Jedi Master
Jedi Master
User avatar

Joined: 03 May 2004, 19:05
Posts: 8093
Location: Dullaware
Has thanked: 1218 times
Been thanked: 841 times
firehorse_44 wrote:
Just viewed X Men......

The scene where Patrick and Ian meet at the beginning is electrifying. I still got goosebumps reviewing this pivotal moment for their screen characters.
Also, when Anna and Hugh meet in the beginning........

You get where I am going.
A wonderful distraction during some down time this weekend.......
Transfer image / sound is pristine, cutting edge at the time.

Wishing all the members good health ......

Cheers,

James


While I don't own that LD anymore it was one of the latest pressing discs I ever owned.
X-men was a great pressing for LD at the time, one of the last best, at the time I needed the 200 more than the film but
overall it was a great film, I think for me due to the fact that I didn't really know more about the series even while actually
having the comics in my household as my brother had them.
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 06 Apr 2020, 05:25 
Advanced fan
Advanced fan
User avatar

Joined: 26 Jun 2019, 06:17
Posts: 570
Location: New Zealand
Has thanked: 138 times
Been thanked: 178 times
Top Gun (1986) [LV 1692]

Had never seen it!
To be honest i quite enjoyed it with a few groans!

I see there is pan/scan , widescreen and 'TV sized' version of this movie on LD which i found interesting.
Mine is the panscan apart from that it actually looked really good
_________________
CLD-R7G
CLD-D590
VSA-E07 AC3RF+DTS
iScan DUO Processor
Check out my small but loved collection here..
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 06 Apr 2020, 07:32 
Absolute fan
Absolute fan
User avatar

Joined: 01 May 2016, 06:38
Posts: 2040
Location: Australia
Has thanked: 334 times
Been thanked: 222 times
Celebrated the beginning of my 1 day weekend with Rebecca Dreams 2 LD and Eri Sakamoto/Rie Tomosaka A Rebours VHS (again) LOUD (sorry neighbors, but hey it's Saturday night and I gotta push my gear sometimes). Watched the Tomosaka VHS about 8 times now, looks and sounds great. Man Nokko from Rebecca can really move : P seeexy
_________________
SONY MDP-355GX, DVDO iscan VP50, SONY KVHR-M36
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 06 Apr 2020, 14:08 
Jedi Candidate
Jedi Candidate
User avatar

Joined: 02 Apr 2006, 21:20
Posts: 2125
Location: United States
Has thanked: 75 times
Been thanked: 132 times
I started to watch a Canterbury tale since I got it recently but I can't seem to get into it. It seems kinda hard to follow when it's in more modern times.
Anybody see it? I'll give it another shot later.
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 06 Apr 2020, 15:29 
Absolute fan
Absolute fan
User avatar

Joined: 01 Feb 2018, 02:41
Posts: 1990
Location: Finland
Has thanked: 182 times
Been thanked: 382 times
jakeheke wrote:
Top Gun (1986) [LV 1692]

Had never seen it!
To be honest i quite enjoyed it with a few groans!

I see there is pan/scan , widescreen and 'TV sized' version of this movie on LD which i found interesting.
Mine is the panscan apart from that it actually looked really good

The movie was shot in Super 35 because they couldn't mount a camera with an anamorphic onto the planes or something, so it's not really "pan & scan" at all.

I think the reason Top Gun: Special Collection (1986) [SF120-1480] went with the full frame version was specifically because it shows the entire frame for the aerial sequences, and this release seems to be all about the hardware.
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 06 Apr 2020, 16:25 
Jedi Master
Jedi Master
User avatar

Joined: 03 May 2004, 19:05
Posts: 8093
Location: Dullaware
Has thanked: 1218 times
Been thanked: 841 times
xtempo wrote:
I started to watch a Canterbury tale since I got it recently but I can't seem to get into it. It seems kinda hard to follow when it's in more modern times.
Anybody see it? I'll give it another shot later.


While I've actually never heard of this film before I saw your pic of it when you picked it up, I must say this is the one thing
I have disliked about these film companies like Criterion and the such.

They get this films by directors who possibly made one or two great unique films and then they release anything with a name on it.
While it doesn't really fit any "great movie" category in my opinion and I feel that there are not a lot of great films that we have
lost or forgot about unless they are silent and have actually been lost to time or have been destroyed.
Offline
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 06 Apr 2020, 16:47 
Jedi Knight
Jedi Knight
User avatar

Joined: 14 Jan 2010, 09:44
Posts: 5970
Location: Ann Arbor
Has thanked: 1273 times
Been thanked: 1092 times
I can’t believe you’d talk about Federico Fellini like that.
_________________
All about LD care, inner sleeves, shrink wrap, etc.

https://youtu.be/b3O-vHpHRpM
Offline
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
 Page 37 of 76 [ 1502 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1 ... 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 ... 76  Next


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 10 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to: