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teddanson
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Post subject: Re: What was the last laserdisc you bought? Posted: 03 Feb 2022, 21:11 |
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These arrived today. A couple of which I've been looking out for a long while. First up is the wonderful A Night On The Town Adventures In Babysitting. I've been after this one a while. I think it's an open matte or something. I forget now but it took a long enough time to show up. Also note the cover art is the same censored/altered (delete as applicable) image as was used for the USA lobby poster. The UK version of Adventures In Babysitting A Night On The Town has Mrs. Shue in a black and white (i'm sure there is a red and white version too) dress and high heels. I haven't found out yet why the lobby poster art was altered. For the record, the same poster art was used in magazines in the UK/Ireland. I recall seeing the same poster on an A4 full page in Look-In magazine back in 1987 (for the record, I remember seeing a poster for Young Einstein in Look-In magazine too). Not sure what I'm going on about? Here's the poster comparison: And here's a German version of the same UK poster (I found a Nordic one too): And finally the USA version: Note that the Japanese cover on my Laserdisc edition differs even more in that the cast are climbing a glass roof rather than a concrete wall. I wonder how many more variations of the poster exist? Next up is Nemesis. I already have this on Blu but I didn't like the transfer that was done of the Japanese LD-only extended (not director's) cut version. So I decided to hunt down the actual Laserdisc instead and watch that. It took a long enough time for one to show up but I got it as soon as I saw it. Last up is John Wayne Bobbit's, The Alamo: A Rental Car Company Epic. This is the extremely long version that is now lost that fellow forum user sdraper was on about on his Alphabet video platform channel. This box set is basically mint condition. Very impressed. Not sure I'll enjoy Hollywood's favourite white supremacist's magnum opus, but I suppose I'll give it a go some day. Incidentally, both Nemesis and A Night On The Town are in mint condition pretty much too. Lucked out there!
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elahrairrah
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Post subject: Re: What was the last laserdisc you bought? Posted: 23 Feb 2022, 17:14 |
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Saw them live this past New Years Eve. Kick a** show even though the remaining original members are in their 70s. Decided to grab this one to see more of their live performances.
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laserking
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Post subject: Re: What was the last laserdisc you bought? Posted: 02 Mar 2022, 00:59 |
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jesuslovesgood wrote: The Pit and the Pendulum is a pretty good looking release. When I get the time I'll capture it with Hauppauge PVR and post some screenshots of it. Full Moon always has great laserdisc releases. Wait was Dolls a Full Moon movie? That is not a great laserdisc release but would be an exception to the rule. My copy of Pit and the Pendulum, Demonic Toys, and Dollman vs Demonic toys all look great Video Quality wise. Hi jesuslovesgood, Dolls was an Empire Pictures film released on laserdisc by Image Entertainment. It was not a Full Moon release like the others you mentioned. Although my copy of Dolls looks good, yours might very well not. It was an earlier Image release, pressed at 3M, so your copy might be one of the unfortunate ones which could suffer from rot, as some 3M pressings from a certain time period do. I agree with you that the Full Moon releases as a general rule look outstanding. They wisely chose to have all of their releases pressed at Pioneer, which means excellent transfer quality and virtually zero occurrence of rot! If only the other publishers had chosen as wisely! Alas, many of them did not. That's why the publishers who chose poorly (like Columbia Tristar) suffered astronomical failure rate of many of their titles. If I had been in charge of production at one of the publishers, I would have sent everything to Pioneer for pressing. However, I'm sure many of the other plants offered cheaper prices than Pioneer. Well, as they say, you get what you pay for. Good work isn't cheap, and cheap work isn't good! Best Regards, David p.s. You shouldn't have any problem with that copy of Lifeforce either. It's an MGM/UA release, and they, like Full Moon, also chose very wisely to have virtually everything they released pressed at Pioneer. I think you will find yourself to be in great shape on that disc, my friend!
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jesuslovesgood
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Post subject: Re: What was the last laserdisc you bought? Posted: 02 Mar 2022, 07:28 |
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Nope I just think the quality sucks. There's no rot on my copy of Dolls. I've only tested Dolls in my Pansonic laserdisc players LX-900 and LX-H670. Didn't think it looked that good. It might beat the VHS copy of the film but I doubt it's by a lot. I feel like Full Moon laserdiscs beat their VHS counterparts by a lot and look very close to dvd 4:3 dvds. With that said I'm happy to have Dolls in my laserdisc collection. It is an awesome movie even if I'm nitpicking on the quality. Some scenes are extremely dark and I know on the blu-ray you can see things clearer in some of the dark scenes. Mostly the beginning of the movie when they are driving I can barely see the actors in the car. I'm not just comparing it to a bluray of it either. I'm compare it to other laserdisc releases and I feel like other companies have better looking releases. Maybe I'll post some dolls screenshots on the screenshot thread in the future. I might be nitpicking too much but I am also more impressed by other releases. laserking wrote: p.s. You shouldn't have any problem with that copy of Lifeforce either. It's an MGM/UA release, and they, like Full Moon, also chose very wisely to have virtually everything they released pressed at Pioneer. I think you will find yourself to be in great shape on that disc, my friend! I own a copy of Puppet Masters that has only one side of the film printed on it. So Pioneer obviously isn't perfect. Always a risk buying new stuff.
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