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Author:  signofzeta [ 04 Mar 2021, 04:04 ]
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therussian wrote:
Arrivals this week.

The before the Dark Disney times Star Wars series, VCD's and Newest Marilyn Manson album.


It’s not paranoia if there’re really trolling me...right?

Sorry to be so narcissistic, but this post seems tailor made to exploit a response from me in particular. At least one of us should block the other for our own collective good.
Author:  therussian [ 04 Mar 2021, 08:15 ]
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I don't know you or your interests so why would I troll you ?
Author:  signofzeta [ 04 Mar 2021, 08:28 ]
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therussian wrote:
I don't know you or your interests so why would I troll you ?


Don’t be coy, you psychological mastermind, you!
Author:  teddanson [ 04 Mar 2021, 09:05 ]
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shopkins82 wrote:
Nvidia Shield 2019 (tube model)... got tired of waiting for apps like Disney+ and Vudu to get Atmos sorted out. Will be replacing a Shield Pro 2017. $90 used from FBM, should be able to recoup more than that from selling the Shield Pro.


Keen to know how you get on. I have a 2015 Shield that sees daily use. Never play games on it, solely a streaming device.

Thought about an upgrade to the tube over the pro though the 2015/2019 differences are supposedly minimal?
Author:  xtempo [ 04 Mar 2021, 19:37 ]
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last for awhile
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Author:  nissling [ 04 Mar 2021, 22:43 ]
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Yume is such a nice film. Love the slow tempo in combination with Kurosawa's artistic style.

Picked this up today. Had a Sega Mega CD (1) as a kid and finding a complete one in good condition is very difficult, so the sentimental value is very high for me. Kind of interesting when you think about it that it was only released in the UK and Sweden. Other European countries only got the Mega CD 2 and Multi-Mega.
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Author:  shopkins82 [ 05 Mar 2021, 04:20 ]
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teddanson wrote:
Keen to know how you get on. I have a 2015 Shield that sees daily use. Never play games on it, solely a streaming device.

Thought about an upgrade to the tube over the pro though the 2015/2019 differences are supposedly minimal?


I only upgraded for Netflix and Disney+ Atmos... if you don't need those, there's no major reason to upgrade at all. I will say the AI Upscaling for sub-4K content is pretty impressive, but I wouldn't have upgraded just for that.
Author:  teddanson [ 05 Mar 2021, 11:10 ]
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Ah cool I have both those services which do 4K HDR really well, though don't have an Atmos setup so probably not worth the upgrade for me at the moment then. Maybe wait for a 2022 model or a price drop or something. The 2015 model is a workhorse so no signs of it dying yet. Thanks for the heads up.
Author:  shopkins82 [ 05 Mar 2021, 18:11 ]
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teddanson wrote:
Ah cool I have both those services which do 4K HDR really well, though don't have an Atmos setup so probably not worth the upgrade for me at the moment then. Maybe wait for a 2022 model or a price drop or something. The 2015 model is a workhorse so no signs of it dying yet. Thanks for the heads up.


Yeah, my 2017 was kicking along just fine... Atmos worked on D+ a year or so ago, but stopped when they started throttling early on in the pandemic and never returned. I can do Netflix HDR+Atmos on my Panasonic UB420, but only in 1080p (because my projector doesn't support 4K60 HDR). I had high hopes the Chromecast 2020 since it should be capable of HDR+Atmos for everything, but Atmos support hasn't caught up on key apps (D+, MA, Vudu) that support it on the Shield. So I broke down and bought the 2019 Shield used when I came across a deal. The only real issue I have with the Shield '19 (same on my '17 Pro) is it won't output HDR10 correctly from HBO Max... it's a known app bug that will hopefully be fixed but in the meantime casting from a phone/tablet works just fine as a workaround, and only their Day/Date Theater releases are getting 4K/HDR/Atmos at the moment anyway.
Author:  teddanson [ 22 Mar 2021, 22:01 ]
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I got some films today...

TWO HUNDRED OF THEM.

IN ONE BOX.

YES.

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Mill. Mofeckin'. Creek REP.RE.ZENT! :ugeek:

Oh and it doesn't show in the photo but the cover is a 3D diorama type thing of a drive in theatre. It's about as close to 42nd Street heaven as I can likely get without time travelling.
Author:  je280 [ 23 Mar 2021, 01:59 ]
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teddanson wrote:
I got some films today...


Drive-In Cult Cinema Collection

Titles Included....

Absolution - 1978 28
African Safari - 1968 14
Alien Contamination - 1981 36
Alien Species - 1996 36
Alien Zone - 1978 49
All the Kind Strangers - 1974 28
Almost Hollywood - 1994 15
Alpha Incident, The - 1977 36
Atomic Rulers of the World - 1964 36
Babysitter, The - 1969 18
Beach Girls, The - 1982 5
Beast from Haunted Cave - 1959 35
Best Friends - 1975 9
Big Fight, The - 1972 45
Black Cobra - 1987 37
Black Cobra 2 - 1988 47
Black Cobra 3 - 1990 37
Black Fist - 1975 40
Black Godfather - 1974 40
Black Hooker - 1974 27
Blood Mania - 1970 1
Blood of Dracula's Castle - 1969 1
Bloodlust 1959 17
Blue Money - 1972 24
Brain Twisters - 1991 3
Brave Lion - 1978 39
Breakout from Oppression - 1978 28
Burnout - 1979 9
Carnival of Crime - 1962 18
Cave Girl - 1985 4
Chain Gang Women - 1972 10
Chase Step by Step - 1974 38
Cindy & Donna - 1971 10
City Ninja - 1986 39
Click: The Calendar Girl Killer - 1990 24
Coach - 1978 4
Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride - 1974 26
Counterblast - 1948 25
Country Blue - 1973 26
Crater Lake Monster - 1977 16
Craze - 1974 30
Creeping Terror, The - 1964 17
Dangerous Charter - 1962 7
Day of the Panther - 1988 42
Day the Sky Exploded, The - 1958 28
Deadly Duo - 1971 38
Death Machines - 1976 8
Death Rage - 1976 33
Death Riders - 1976 9
Death Warmed Up - 1984 22
Deathrow Gameshow - 1987 15
Devil's Hand, The - 1962 2
Disappearance of Flight 412, The - 1974 50
Don't Look in the Basement - 1973 34
Doomsday Machine, The - 1972 22
Embryo - 1976 29
End of the World - 1977 29
Escape from Hell Island - 1963 16
Eternal Evil - 1985 41
Evil Brain from Outer Space - 1956 41
Fighting Mad - 1978 41
Firing Line, The - 1991 35
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe - 1940 48
Fleshburn - 1984 16
Four Robbers - 1987 44
Four Shaolin Challengers - 1977 39
French Quarter - 1978 23
Fury of the Wolf Man, The - 1972 49
Galaxina - 1980 11
Going Steady - 1979 26
Good Against Evil - 1977 49
Guy from Harlem, The - 1977 42
Guy with the Secret Kung Fu, The - 1981 46
Hands of Death - 1974 44
Head Hunter, The - 1982 40
Hearse, The - 1980 17
Hell On Wheels - 1967 7
Hellcats - 1967 8
Horror High - 1974 17
Horror of the Zombies - 1974 29
Hostage - 1967 21
Hot Target - 1985 23
House of the Living Dead - 1973 49
Hunk - 1987 5
Hustler Squad - 1976 12
I Eat Your Skin - 1964 25
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now? - 1976 27
Idaho Transfer - 1973 50
Image of Bruce Lee - 1978 42
Impossible Kid, The - 1982 47
In Hot Pursuit - 1977 31
Indian Paint - 1965 14
Infernal Street - 1973 44
Invasion of the Bee Girls - 1973 31
Iron Angel - 1964 21
Island Monster, The - 1954 35
Jive Turkey - 1974 27
Jocks - 1986 4
Karate Kids USA - 1980 42
Katie's Passion - 1975 31
Kidnapping of the President - 1980 13
Killpoint - 1984 19
Kung Fu Arts - 1978 37
Kung Fu Kids Break Away - 1980 46
Land of the Minotaur - 1976 16
Las Vegas Lady - 1975 11
Lena's Holiday - 1991 11
Liar's Moon - 1982 13
Little Laura and Big John - 1973 8
Low Blow - 1986 19
Lurkers - 1988 18
Mad Dog - 1977 26
Madmen of Mandoras - 1963 2
Malibu Beach - 1978 6
Manhunt In Space - 1954 48
Manipulator, The - 1971 33
Medusa - 1973 25
Mistress of Atlantis, The - 1932 32
Moon of the Wolf - 1972 32
Murder Mansion, The - 1972 33
My Chauffeur - 1986 6
My Mom's a Werewolf - 1989 15
My Tutor - 1983 4
Nabonga - 1944 30
Night Club - 1989 23
Night Fright - 1968 32
Nightmare in Wax - 1969 1
Nightmare Never Ends, The - 1980 25
Nine Deaths of the Ninja - 1985 19
Ninja Champion - 1985 38
Ninja Death I - 1987 46
Ninja Death II - 1987 45
Ninja Death III - 1987 45
Ninja Empire - 1990 43
Ninja Heat - 1988 47
Patriot - 1986 19
Pick-up - 1975 12
Pink Angels, The - 1971 8
Policewomen - 1974 10
Pom Pom Girls, The - 1976 5
Prehistoric Women - 1950 43
Prime Evil - 1988 3
Prisoners of the Lost Universe - 1984 34
Radio Ranch - 1940 48
Rattlers - 1976 34
Real Bruce Lee - 1973 43
Return of the Kung Fu Dragon - 1976 41
Road to Nashville - 1967 13
Santee - 1973 14
Satan's Slave - 1976 3
Savage Journey - 1983 34
Savage Weekend - 1976 27
Scorpion - 1986 20
Secret File: Hollywood - 1962 15
Separate Ways - 1981 23
Severed Arm, The - 1973 48
Sextette - 1978 24
Shadow Ninja - 1983 44
Shadow of Chinatown - 1936 50
Shaolin Deadly Kicks - 1977 37
Shaolin Temple - 1976 47
Shock - 1946 31
Sidehackers, The - 1969 7
Silencer - 1992 20
Single Room Furnished - 1968 10
Sister-in-Law, The - 1974 12
Skydivers - 1963 21
Snake, The Tiger, The Crane – 1975 39
Snowbeast - 1977 29
Spare Parts - 1979 32
Specialist - 1975 14
Spirits of Bruce Lee - 1973 38
Stanley - 1972 2
Star Odyssey - 1979 50
Stepmother, The - 1972 12
Superchick - 1973 11
Teacher, The - 1974 18
Terrified - 1963 1
Terror - 1978 2
Terror at the Red Wolf Inn - 1972 50
Terror in the Jungle - 1968 21
Throw Out the Anchor! - 1974 33
Tiger Love - 1977 46
TNT Jackson - 1974 40
Tomboy - 1985 6
Top Cop - 1990 20
Trauma - 1978 30
Treasure of Tayopa - 1974 35
Trip With the Teacher - 1975 4
Van, The - 1977 5
Van Nuys Blvd. - 1979 20
Virgin Queen of St. Francis High - 1987 24
Voodoo Black Exorcist - 1973 30
Weapons of Death - 1981 45
Weekend Pass - 1984 6
Weekend with the Babysitter - 1971 22
Wild Rebels, The - 1967 7
Wild Riders - 1971 9
Wild Women of Wongo - 1958 43
Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold - 1984 22
Young Graduates - 1971 13

That is one hell of a lot cheese for you to get through, indigestion coming soon?!

If you get round to ABSOLUTION is it the 95 minute version or the 85 minute so-called directors cut included in the set?

Enjoy :thumbup: .
Author:  rcarlson [ 23 Mar 2021, 05:33 ]
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It's fun to scroll past that list cause you'll think you see a bunch that you recognize, but on closer inspection they just have somewhat similar titles.

I'd start with TNT Jackson. That's a quality name for a movie.
Author:  takeshi666 [ 23 Mar 2021, 10:44 ]
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Just got these things.

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I've never even played Dragon Quest :oops:
Author:  teddanson [ 23 Mar 2021, 11:30 ]
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je280 wrote:
That is one hell of a lot cheese for you to get through, indigestion coming soon?!

If you get round to ABSOLUTION is it the 95 minute version or the 85 minute so-called directors cut included in the set?

Enjoy :thumbup: .


Have no fear, my stomach is made of cast iron! I will do a check on Absolution and let you know.

This is very much a no expense spared box set. As in, they spent nothing on it (apart from the lovely 3D diorama lid). The discs are all 'silvers'. No labels apart from the disc number and title on the inner rings on each side. Discs come in black paper sleeves too. The silver discs themselves are thinner than the waferiest (sic?) ham.

You get the most basic of menus. Select a film. Select chapters for each. That's it. No audio selections, commentaries etc. Mill Creek literally hoovered up a bunch of titles, ran them through a DVD authoring process designed in Microsoft Paint, churned out the discs in spindle packs of 50 discs and called it a day.

But this isn't the point of such a box set. You already know going in that this is how things will be. For less than 50 lids, and amazingly with zero heartbreak tax coming from the USA, I just got 200 (TWO. HUNDRED) awesome films of varying quality. From absolute crap to mediocre sub par crap. And that's exactly what I wanted and got. :thumbup:

From some of the reports I've read, there is a couple of nuggets of gold to be uncovered here in that a couple of discs do get original AR presentations and some nice soundtrack options. Most of it is just mass-duplicated garbage you find for 99c in the bins on petrol station forecourts along with reconditioned CD's by Sinnita, The Best of Pan Pipes, Boy George and Percy Faith. On a side note I think it was Percy Faith who wrote Theme From A Summer Place, one of the best songs ever written, so I'd actually buy it if I see it next time in the local ESSO station.

A few of the films on this list I've already seen on Blu Ray. Death Row Gameshow, for example. That's an excellent film, I watched it in February last year. Thought I'd seen The Disappearance Of Flight 212, but I haven't. Got it confused with a similar film starring Farrah Fawcett but now the name deserts me, if anyone can help jog my memory? Don't Look In The Basement! is another mega film.

Death Machines is in there too, that got a Blu Ray release on Vinegar Syndrome recently. I was watching some old Super 8mm footage of New York in the 1970's last night and saw Death Machines listed on one of the cinema marquees on 42nd Street. The tourist's footage was from the Summer of 1976 so the film would have literally been brand new then and just released! If you haven't seen Death Machines, just watch the trailer. James Cameron? Who?! Hell, just skip the trailer and go directly to 1m28s in to it. :thumbup:



There's a few here I am excited to see. Hustler Squad is on that list. It's a pretty obscure action film from the Phillipines, also known as The Dirty Half Dozen. Also you get Shadow Ninja, aka Killer Wears White. I watched a bit of it last night, terrible quality. One of those 4:3 transfers with the AR all messed up and from a 67th generation VHS transfer. It has an appalling dub as well, however I read somewhere that this version may be the very rare uncut edition (still need to authenticate it). There's copies out there on home made discs from a private collector but it has burned in Dutch subtitles (on the actual film negatives I think).

TNT Jackson is definitely on my list, I almost watched it last night. Saving it for another day along with Ninja Death I, II and III! You also get an absolute mountain of stuff from the legend Fred Williamson. Some superb and rather rare martial arts films as well. Wild Women of Wongo is on the list too, another one I heard things about and am curious to see. There's so much to see here and regardless of the dubious quality, there just isn't any other outlet other than perhaps private collectors film reels and boutique media companies that you can get this stuff. Nobody seems to care any more, it's all Marvel and DC and 257,000 Star Wars films and all the rest of it. It's boring. The real fun is digging through piles of absolute junk and stumbling upon a real gem. That's why I love this stuff. :thumbup:


EDIT 2: Forgot to mention, yer man that stars in Killer Wears White (aka Shadow Ninja) is the student Bruce Lee says "Kick Me" to in Enter The Dragon. Of course, Enter The Dragon was released in 1973 and Killer Wears White would not come along until 1980 so it's very early in Wei Tung's (credited as Steve Tung Wei in Shadow Ninja) career. Also, he was in Chinese Hercules starring Bolo Yeung which was also released in 1973! :thumbup:





Note the quality of Killer Wears White in this video is about 8000 times better than the version on the DVD I have in this set.


EDIT: Yes it was Percy Faith who wrote Theme From A Summer Place. Absolutely whopper music. :clap:
Author:  rein-o [ 23 Mar 2021, 14:46 ]
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takeshi666 wrote:
Just got these things.
I've never even played Dragon Quest :oops:


:clap: :clap: :clap: Haven't seen those in years since my last toy show days back around 1999-2002
Ebay just decimated all toy shows and nobody ever went or brought stuff.
Author:  takeshi666 [ 23 Mar 2021, 15:28 ]
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rein-o wrote:
takeshi666 wrote:
Just got these things.
I've never even played Dragon Quest :oops:


:clap: :clap: :clap: Haven't seen those in years since my last toy show days back around 1999-2002
Ebay just decimated all toy shows and nobody ever went or brought stuff.

I also got a bunch of these cards with the character, I plan to get some of those little TCG stands and display them next to the figure. I think the cards are for some Japanese arcade game that uses trading cards somehow? I obviously can't use them but they look cool enough.
Author:  rein-o [ 23 Mar 2021, 16:18 ]
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Yeah I don't remember all the details, I was too old at the time to play with them, didn't know enough Japanese and still don't, and was focusing on other toy lines
at the time but I do remember them, I want to say they were a spin off of the Pokemon craze or an addition?? I know I can search and see but that's what I knew
and still know :lol:
Author:  takeshi666 [ 23 Mar 2021, 16:35 ]
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rein-o wrote:
Yeah I don't remember all the details, I was too old at the time to play with them, didn't know enough Japanese and still don't, and was focusing on other toy lines
at the time but I do remember them, I want to say they were a spin off of the Pokemon craze or an addition?? I know I can search and see but that's what I knew
and still know :lol:

I think the arcade game is a contemporary thing. I found a few articles covering them and they all date within the past five years.
Author:  forper [ 26 Mar 2021, 11:27 ]
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Nice Ted (loved u on Cheers man).

The thing that would worry me about a set like this is over compression and macroblocking. Is there a lot present?

I'm a fan of Mill Creek. Finally pulled the trigger on their Larry Sanders box set a month back. The paper sleeves don't bother me, they give the solid content without too much DVD menu fancy b******t. Larry Sanders show itself is too good btw if you haven't seen. It's the nexus of all North American comedy from that era. Don Rickles showed up in the ep I watched last night. Dave Letterman cameos a few times. Chris Elliot had an episode. Along with EVERYBODY ELSE that I f***en love from the best time in human history. What have we got now? Youtube and some hacks unvetted by the studio process, that's what.
Author:  teddanson [ 26 Mar 2021, 11:50 ]
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It's a mixed bag to be honest. It's basically 200 films hoovered up by Mill Creek and dumped on to the cheapest discs they could find as quickly and as cheaply as possible. I'd say quality control doesn't even appear in their company polices, standards or procedures. Buy IP in bulk and toss it out as cheaply as possible.

Again though it's not really the point when it comes to a set like this. Nobody else is going to do it in such vast quantities. More power to Mill Creek for keeping obscure work in print I say. Plus, some stuff is out there on the boutiques, so it's a nice little try before you buy step. You support Mill Creek putting out more box sets, more stuff gets kept in print. You upgrade to Blu or 4K and support the boutiques. It's a great value set I think.

Never took to Larry Sanders, but I'll maybe try it again some day. Similar to Seinfeld, I never bothered with it first time round. Somehow fell in to watching it about 10 years ago or so and ended up watching all 9 seasons of it. Love it now. Maybe Larry will get the same love some day?
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