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Big Mean Jerk posted:The Vineyard I own this one already and I can recommend it. It’s a fun movie and I partly think James Hong made it because he wanted to be in scenes with beautiful women. EDIT: I’ll also recommend In the Cold of the Night. That movie is dumb in the best ways possible. VoodooXT fucked around with this message at 07:36 on May 2, 2020 |
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I'm trying to figure out what I want from the VS sale in a few weeks and I think I know most of the definites, but I'm on the fence about a bunch more. Anyone have strong opinions either way about any of these? If you don't already have Tammy and the T-Rex and you're not going to buy it you're making a huge mistake. The only one of the rest of these which I have seen is Death Row Gameshow and that movie is a total pile of poo poo. It promises big and gives you very little. The titular gameshow is barely seen and the main story is some bullshit where the main guy is protecting some lady from a bad guy who's out to get here for reasons I can't even remember. It's a really lovely generic premise and the movie even fails at that. Anyway buy Tammy and the T-Rex.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I'm trying to figure out what I want from the VS sale in a few weeks ... Me too. My wife and I love Hallowe'en and horror so I'm scouring the site but having trouble narrowing it down. Any recommendations for good or funny horror that's worth our time? Plan on getting Tammy in 4K.
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Putney Swope, Liquid Sky, Christmas Evil, and Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song are also essential VinSyn releases.
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All the Rudy Ray Moore movies that they have are great blu-rays, too.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I'm trying to figure out what I want from the VS sale in a few weeks and I think I know most of the definites, but I'm on the fence about a bunch more. Anyone have strong opinions either way about any of these? From that list, I'll throw in my recommendations for Deadline, The Passing, Red Mob, China Girl, The Undertaker, and The Vineyard.
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Speaking of Vinegar Syndrome, I need to keep talking myself out of getting all the VSA titles. Two are already sold out and I’m not spending $100+ on the Vice Academy trilogy. I already went through this with the 5 films 5 years sets, I ain’t doing it again.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I'm trying to figure out what I want from the VS sale in a few weeks and I think I know most of the definites, but I'm on the fence about a bunch more. Anyone have strong opinions either way about any of these? Skip Deathrow Gameshow. Disconnected is one I really enjoyed and don't see mentioned often.
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I also realized that he has 5 Years 5 Films on the list; sorry to be the bringer of bad news but all the sets are gone.
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VoodooXT posted:I also realized that he has 5 Years 5 Films on the list; sorry to be the bringer of bad news but all the sets are gone. Well poo poo, I totally missed that. The title I was most interested in for that set was The Muthers. Is that worth picking up the stand-alone DVD?
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Well poo poo, I totally missed that. The title I was most interested in for that set was The Muthers. Is that worth picking up the stand-alone DVD? I personally haven't watched it but from watching the trailer, yes it's a movie worth picking up. The transfers are pretty good even scaled down to SD then upres'd to HD.
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I mentioned it in the Cats thread, but I booted up the Australian version of the blu the other day and the directors commentary isn't anywhere on the menu. It can only be accessed by changing the audio track. That's weird, right? It's still an advertised feature on the box (although listed at the very end after all the featurettes), it's just the toughest journey I've ever had to enable a commentary.
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I, Butthole posted:I mentioned it in the Cats thread, but I booted up the Australian version of the blu the other day and the directors commentary isn't anywhere on the menu. It can only be accessed by changing the audio track. Does it have the butthole cut?
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CPL593H posted:Does it have the butthole cut? No, just the regular horny one
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I, Butthole posted:No, just the regular horny one Are the special effects fixed up, or are they janky?
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Vagabundo posted:Are the special effects fixed up, or are they janky?
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I, Butthole posted:I mentioned it in the Cats thread, but I booted up the Australian version of the blu the other day and the directors commentary isn't anywhere on the menu. It can only be accessed by changing the audio track. I also have the Australian Blu-ray and it looks like the commentary IS on the menu, but it's right at the bottom of the special features list, so you have to scroll through several pages before you see it. Possibly quicker to just change the audio track. I continue to be perplexed as to why large movie studios have such awful menu designs on their discs when little boutique companies can manage decent looking ones
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micpp posted:I also have the Australian Blu-ray and it looks like the commentary IS on the menu, but it's right at the bottom of the special features list, so you have to scroll through several pages before you see it. Possibly quicker to just change the audio track. The boutique companies actually give a poo poo.
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I was recently going through the Mad Max movies, I have the original three in a collector's tin from WB and Fury Road on its own, and I think they all have the same stock, cheap-looking menu (and the originals are really short on special features, notably Road Warrior which you'd think would have some cool extras.)
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If I remember correctly, the High Octane box set is the Mad Max collection to jump on if you're looking for extras, including a two-and-a-half-hour making-of on the first film. Also: I'm actually in the midst of going through George Miller's filmography (I just finished up Babe: Pig in the City) and, oh man, no matter what the subject of his movies are, George Miller shoots every one of them like a Mad Max movie and it's awesome. Even the tortuously sad Lorenzo's Oil has about as many dutch angles as an Evil Dead film.
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MacheteZombie posted:Skip Deathrow Gameshow. Blue Vengeance owns, and I'd also throw Star Time into the list Big Mean Jerk posted:Well poo poo, I totally missed that. The title I was most interested in for that set was The Muthers. Is that worth picking up the stand-alone DVD? I think so, I quite enjoyed The Muthers
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I've got one Lone Wolf and Cub left, I'm sad and need more samurai movies in my life, any suggestions?
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Iron Crowned posted:I've got one Lone Wolf and Cub left, I'm sad and need more samurai movies in my life, any suggestions? the Zatoichi set is great and will last you a long time, it's got 25 films in it. Lady Snowblood is really good too.
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gey muckle mowser posted:the Zatoichi set is great and will last you a long time, it's got 25 films in it. Lady Snowblood is really good too. Wow, these are all on the Criterion Channel as well. You'd think they'd advertise that as much as Lone Wolf & Cub and the Kurosawa flicks.
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I'm pretty sure Lone Work & Cub and Lady Snowblood were all produced by Shintaro Katsu's (Zatoichi) production company too.
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Zatochi set is out of print it looks like, though.
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Vince MechMahon posted:Zatochi set is out of print it looks like, though. It's probably between pressings, likely delayed due to the obvious. Criterion's website lists it as just "currently unavailable" which usually means it's just waiting for a reprint. These are also showing up as unavailable, but not OOP: The Essential Jacques Demy (originally dual-format, likely getting re-issued as Blu-only like the UK edition) The Qatsi Trilogy King of the Hill (dual format, likely getting a Blu-only reissue) Salo (digipak) Crumb House To Be or Not to Be Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (digipak) A Hard Day's Night (dual format, likely getting a Blu-only reissue as seen in the "Rock Box" Costco set) Eraserhead (digipak) Mulholland Dr. (digipak) Dr. Strangelove (digipak, also Sony's upcoming UHD has all the supplements on the Criterion edition plus their own from before) The New World None of these are likely to go out of print over rights. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 18:14 on May 4, 2020 |
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I think I've said exactly the same thing in here before, but the Zatoichi set is shockingly good. With that many movies I kept expecting them to get lovely at some point but they're all varying levels of pretty drat good. The only one I haven't watched is Darkness is His Ally because it's not in the set for some reason.
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Just in case the dude who just finished watching the Lone Wolf set didn't know about this - https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/unboxed-criterions-lone-wolf-and-cub-bluray/
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EL BROMANCE posted:Just in case the dude who just finished watching the Lone Wolf set didn't know about this - https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/unboxed-criterions-lone-wolf-and-cub-bluray/ That's the set I've been watching
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Iron Crowned posted:That's the set I've been watching I think they were pointing out the secret compartment in the packaging
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RichterIX posted:The only one I haven't watched is Darkness is His Ally because it's not in the set for some reason. Zatoichi '89 is a pretty good update with some great action, so I'd definitely seek it out. It's got a great, cheesy 80s ballad theme song too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPuiqDNxhs Media Blasters still owns the rights and released a blu ray a couple of years ago. Then there's the 100 episode tv series in between, which I haven't bothered with yet, but apparently it's very much like the movies and worth a look.
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Iron Crowned posted:I've got one Lone Wolf and Cub left, I'm sad and need more samurai movies in my life, any suggestions? If you're okay with anime, Ninja Scroll is basically the exact midpoint between those movies and Mortal Kombat
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gey muckle mowser posted:I think they were pointing out the secret compartment in the packaging Yup. It’s a neat little Easter egg.
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The only bad thing about Lone Wolf and Cub is that it didn't also produce 25 sequels.
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WeedlordGoku69 posted:If you're okay with anime, Ninja Scroll is basically the exact midpoint between those movies and Mortal Kombat Yeah, that movie is pretty much forgotten now, isn't it? It's weird to think that at one point, it was one of the big three non-shonen/shojo anime properties in the 80s/90s, alongside Akira and Ghost in the Shell. It's aged quite poorly, especially compared to the other two, it really does expose how unambitious it really was. Akira and GITS delved into ideas about life and humanity and so on. What did Ninja Scroll really have beyond gore, tits and rape?
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I had a buddy in college who was obsessed with syncing up different rap songs to Ninja Scroll.
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I think the only time I saw Ninja Scrolls was 19 or 20 years ago and I remember nothing.
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Vagabundo posted:What did Ninja Scroll really have beyond gore, tits and rape? Hell, for it to cater to a young teenage boy in the 90's who had never seen a cartoon do anything like that, what else did it need? I think it, GitS, and Sailor Moon were the only anime tapes in small town music stores back then, and watching it was like that same "holy poo poo" forbidden rush that you get from discovering gory horror movies or porn for the first time.
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Vagabundo posted:What did Ninja Scroll really have beyond gore, tits and rape? So it's anime?
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