GGV1015 from grashopper arrived today!

The Tenchi Muyo THX box. AC3. With OBI, and film cel.

Not recently, but a couple of years ago...I got So Sick of seeing 'My Fellow Americans' in Full-Fame, including the DVD that I bought several years ago, not even Thinking it Wouldn't be Widescreen, that I bought the Widescreen Laser Disc! And it's now in my computer!

^^X^^

The other day I received In weiter Ferne, so nah! (Faraway, So Close!) (1993) [ASLF-5038]. I've had the US version of this movie for many years. I had the VHS for a while before that. I love this movie.

You know those times when you're looking at foreign versions of movies *really* closely because you're hoping there's some extra content in there but the thing is money so you don't want to buy it if its the exact same thing you already have? This is one of those movies for me. I love Wim Wenders stuff. Wim Wenders loves to shoot scenes that never get used and shrink the movies down. Far Away, So Close (1993) [79966] is 146 minutes. The Cannes version was 160 min. Wim Wenders loves Japan. Japanese versions of many many things often contain something unique to justify the huge price so...maybe there's something cool here? There's a Making Of...but those aren't always great. Do I want to pay $60 or whatever for that?

Well, I've waited long enough for a Criterion Blurry of this thing so this looked like my best bet for some sort extra stuff. I got it for $25 still sealed.

And it paid off! There is some stuff here. One minute of footage! In fact this is plainly stated on the packaging. The JP release of the movie was late and the home video version later and it's essentially a different product rather than a near copy of a US release like you'd expect of most movies by the 90s. It's "localized" with a Japanese title, even. ("時の翼にのって"...完璧です...) It's the only 147 min version I could find. The US LD is 146, some version are 140 like uh...Italian Blu-ray I think, I can't remember. I did some looking around but didn't take notes. The cover is beautiful. The inner gatefold is stunning. This is a great release.

So here's what put in the LDDB:

"This transfer is not the same as the US LD. It is based on the German version so it has "In weiter Ferne, so nah!" as a title and all German credits. "Faraway, So Close!" is used in English on the packaging almost like how Studio Ghibli uses international English titles, "Only Yesterday", etc, on merchandise or whatever.

It's also preceded by a video generated title for the Japanese title "時の翼にのって" (On the Wings of Time?) which is also on the obi. Color timing is different, b/w scenes look blue-ish.

This 147min. running time LD contains at least one scene not in the US version or perhaps any other home version yet. Fleski and Cassiel on the motorcycle,

"Let me explain a couple of things. Time is short. That's the first thing. For the weasel, Time is a weasel. For the hero, Time is heroic. For the wh**e, Time is just another trick. If you're gentle, your Time is gentle. If you're in a hurry, Time flies. Time is a servant, if you are its master. Time is your god, if you are its dog. We are the creators of Time, the victims of Time, and the killers of Time. Time is timeless. That's the second thing. You are the clock, Cassiel."

All versions I can find on VHS, LD, DVD or Blu-ray are 140 or 146 minutes long. I haven't checked every release for this scene but serious fans of the movie will want it.

Since this movie is in German and English with also Spanish, French, Italian, and Russian nearly all humans in any region will need subtitles of some kind. This one translates every line into Japanese titles. It also puts vertical titles on the side to name businesses, bridges, and other things. Sometimes there are what look to be video generated cue marks at similar times to the ones in the print, probably this has to do with their subtitle timing system.

The Making Of section is also not on the US LD. It was made for the German market at some point before the movie was released and had the narration replaced by a Japanese speaker and subtitles added for everyone else. In this section you will see the usual interviews with the cast in their native languages. Some scene improvisation and stuff not used the final film is demonstrated.

SONY MDP-355GX arrived today

Creepshow

Was still sealed. I did open it to see this:



At least I was able to update the entry in the database und make new cover pictures.

Rest in pieces.

Oh no! An even more limited edition now then

Sorry to see this broken disc.

This is just more of a reason to never buy into the sealed format situation.
They can be broken or even packaged improperly with wrong title inside said sleeve at the factory.

Did you buy Crapshow on LD?

So far I have never had bad luck buying sealed discs.
Knock on wood.

Well then, I would try the lotto, if you have luck on your side you will be winning, its worth the risk!!!!

Well then, I would try the lotto, if you have luck on your side you will be winning, its worth the risk!!!![/quote]


Unfortunately I'm not that lucky to with the big buck on lottery.
I always say WTHell when I most of the time only win 3 bucks only to buy a new ticket

I would only buy sealed if they are very, very cheap.

Flipbayers who think they are worth $50 on the account of being sealed can go suck an exhaust pipe.

Luckily the disc was only 10€ if I remember correctly. So it’s more a kind of „emotional loss“ to see the broken LD.

I only buy sealed discs when it’s the only option and if it’s a US seller I’ll ask him to open it first. The Risk is high enough as it is. If he won’t open it then I won’t buy it.

And yes, I have had this same issue. My US copy of Babe: Pig in the City was purchased unopened because it was the only one for sale at the time and it arrived cracked clean in two. I get JP discs sealed once in a while and if they are JP sellers I honestly don’t worry about it. Neglected discs are far more common in the US where this junk has been moved in a hurry from one place to another countless times over the decades by generations of hoarder scum.

You were happy to buy Creepshow unfortunately the disc turned into Cr@pshow.
There was no visual damage to jacket?

Disc must have broke down between factory and shop?

Looked like a charm from the outside (check the uploaded covers for this release).
As Zeta stated: Who knows where the disc has been or how many hands it had passed.

The fishy thing is that jacket looks undamaged with a kaputt disc inside ?
Jacket condition should have shown some difficult handling life

Oh, you poor sweat innocent child…no. The jacket and shrink can be immaculate and the disc cracked in two. It only takes one good whack to crack a cold LD.

sent u a DM

"The Holy Virgin vs the Evil Dead"

(Yea me & 300-ish of "y'all")
...so how long before it becomes rare again???