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 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 22 Aug 2020, 16:45 
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The last film I watched was Three Days of the Condor on Prime Video last night. Pretty good little '70s spy thriller and I'm a sucker for Redford.

The last LD I watched was Independence Day while testing my recently acquired AC3 demod/decoder. While the image quality is what it is, the AC3 track holds up against more modern mixes/formats. I made it through Side 2 and retired to bed... finished the movie on the AMC streaming app in the bedroom.


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 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 22 Aug 2020, 23:42 
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Recently viewed "Breaker Morant" ..... [AGAIN] ! ! !
A well done period film circa Boer War early 1900's....

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AEON FLUX movie. I dislike the show as it made no sense but at the time I was really watching it. Seeing the movie again I am not sure if I really like either.
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Angela's Ashes (1999) shame it was meant to be released on LD but was cancelled.
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PostPosted: 23 Aug 2020, 13:17 
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just saw STREETS OF FIRE (1984) once again after several years now, and it is still a stupidly-Awesome, roundly satisfying film.

it's also singularly and uniquely striking to a veteran Anime fan, as the movie so plainly demonstrates
precisely where BUBBLEGUM CRISIS and many other OVA Anime classics of the 1980's drew the bulk of their their inspiration from...
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PostPosted: 23 Aug 2020, 13:42 
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Just streamed Year of the Gun, interesting film, sex scenes were a little too much for some reason, had a feel like Sorcerer the entire time.
Keeping you on the edge of your seat at times.

Bad part is that there were no subs during the Italian speaking scenes at all, don't understand why this was even a good idea.
What reasoning was there to not put subtitles on these DVDs or streaming????????

Thanks for laserdiscoking that it was intriguing to make me watch it.
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Year of the Gun (1991) [91456] LD has all the Italian language parts (a significant chunk of the film) subtitled in English. None of the DVD releases subtitle the Italian scenes, which makes the film almost unwatchable. On a side note, the LD is also OAR 1.85:1 and the DVD versions are 1.66:1
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PostPosted: 23 Aug 2020, 14:17 
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Just streamed Year of the Gun, interesting film, sex scenes were a little too much for some reason, had a feel like Sorcerer the entire time.
Keeping you on the edge of your seat at times.

Bad part is that there were no subs during the Italian speaking scenes at all, don't understand why this was even a good idea.
What reasoning was there to not put subtitles on these DVDs or streaming????????

Thanks for laserdiscoking that it was intriguing to make me watch it.
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Year of the Gun (1991) [91456] LD has all the Italian language parts (a significant chunk of the film) subtitled in English. None of the DVD releases subtitle the Italian scenes, which makes the film almost unwatchable. On a side note, the LD is also OAR 1.85:1 and the DVD versions are 1.66:1

Lazy or money issues? Weird. I will look out for this
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 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 23 Aug 2020, 15:12 
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Yeah, I was doing some searching and couldn't find anything about it other than from above.

the LD is cheap and while I could watch it again I doubt I would have this in the collection.
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tasuke wrote:
just saw STREETS OF FIRE (1984) once again after several years now, and it is still a stupidly-Awesome, roundly satisfying film.

it's also singularly and uniquely striking to a veteran Anime fan, as the movie so plainly demonstrates
precisely where BUBBLEGUM CRISIS and many other OVA Anime classics of the 1980's drew the bulk of their their inspiration from...

Didn't Megazone 23 straight-up feature the poster in the background?
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It was a wonder Saturday night,
Everything is sorted for the week.
We decide to spin a laserdisc.
All is well in life, R7G is lit up with its power converter glowing softly and the VSA-E07
ready for the sound.
Decide on Dante's Peak https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/07833/43311/Dantes-Peak

Constant horizontal white small lines and audio drop outs.
I guess my first laserrotted disc?

So got on bluray and after some popcorn and beer its not a bad watch.
Great sound
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 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 25 Aug 2020, 10:35 
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takeshi666 wrote:
tasuke wrote:
just saw STREETS OF FIRE (1984) once again after several years now, and it is still a stupidly-Awesome, roundly satisfying film.

it's also singularly and uniquely striking to a veteran Anime fan, as the movie so plainly demonstrates
precisely where BUBBLEGUM CRISIS and many other OVA Anime classics of the 1980's drew the bulk of their their inspiration from...

Didn't Megazone 23 straight-up feature the poster in the background?



Indeed it Did... https://classicanimemuseum.com/2020/02/ ... s-of-fire/
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 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 25 Aug 2020, 16:00 
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It was a wonder Saturday night,
Everything is sorted for the week.
We decide to spin a laserdisc.
All is well in life, R7G is lit up with its power converter glowing softly and the VSA-E07
ready for the sound.
Decide on Dante's Peak https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/07833/43311/Dantes-Peak

Constant horizontal white small lines and audio drop outs.
I guess my first laserrotted disc?

So got on bluray and after some popcorn and beer its not a bad watch.
Great sound


This is a known rotter, people here have complained about it before calling it “Dante’s Rot”.
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 Post subject: Re: What have you been watching?
PostPosted: 25 Aug 2020, 16:49 
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I guess my first laserrotted disc?

Yep. Try get the Signature Collection or better yet, the DTS version!

I needed to watch something light hearted so I threw on The Wedding Singer DTS. I havent seen it in a long time so I wasnt sure what to expect. Its not my favourite Adam Sandler film on Laserdisc. I think Happy Gilmore is a funnier comedy with more memorable lines and characters. This was more of a romantic comedy than just a comedy with romantic elements. Still, it was funny and it made me laugh. Drew Barrymore is absolutely gorgeous and Sandler gives a convincing performance.

The picture on this late release is as good as it gets. The pastel colours of the backgrounds and the interior furniture are beautifully rendered. You would have to look very hard to see noise and running through the CII absolutely rock solid with no aliasing. Very pleasing.

The Wedding Singer is not a musical but its a musical film, so the soundtrack played a big part in my enjoyment. The DTS soundtrack maintained its presence throught the film. From the opening scene you just hear the bass pumping with the surrounds engaged creating a very warm soundfield. Vocals came through crisp and clear. It was just overall very lively.
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The Producers - the 1967 Mel Brooks film with Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars & Dick Shawn - not the 2005 feature.

Watched it again last night, a few years since I last watched it.

Still has laugh out loud moments & it never disappoints even after repeated viewings, thoroughly enjoyed it again.

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I love ol LSD. He’s in Mad Mad Mad Mad World and equally hilarious.
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Savage Planet or otherwise known for some reason Fantastic Planet. Want to read the book but in English its rare and expensive.
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...the BOOK? Of Planète Sauvage?

I love the movie but I don’t need friggn nightmares.
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...the BOOK? Of Planète Sauvage?

I love the movie but I don’t need friggn nightmares.


is it different from the movie? cause there isn't really anything to give one nightmares.
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The original book is named "oms in s'erie" by Stephan Wul circa 1957 ?
This title is referenced in the intrance credits of Fantastic Planet.

Check out "Light Years" [ID6704VK]
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Glen Close, Jennifer Grey, Christopher Plummer, and John Shea do voiceovers......
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