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[Prospero]

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New:

Nicole Kidman has the hell airbrushed out of her face in that boxart.

No boxart for Jiminy Glick in La La Wood, not like it matters.

Also:

(this disc is not the MST3K version. There's a lot of Christmas stuff this week, by the way)

Horror:

(How could you not buy that?)

No boxart for The Fly--Collector's Edition.
No boxart for The Fly II.


Box sets:

Fourteen films: Saboteur (1942), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Rope (1948), Rear Window (1954), The Trouble With Harry (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963), Marnie (1964), Torn Curtain (1966), Topaz (1969), Frenzy (1972), Family Plot (1976)

Worth noting that none of these are duplicated in the out-of-print Criterion Hitchcock box. It's also worth noting that there are a number of crappy Hitchcock boxes that sell at low prices--this is not one. Lots of extras here, and all of the films have been newly remastered.

(unfortunately there's not a box with just the director's cut of 1 and 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8)

(a box set of films produced by Val Lewton. A lot of great old-school horror here)

Batman:

Another release of this. Isn't there more than one cut of this? Is this the cut I'm actually supposed to own? Someone explain this--I don't keep up with these things.
There are two other Batman animated films out this week as well. Are they any good?

Television includes:

and it's about time this came out:

For those who don't remember, it was a TV miniseries that was like the bastard child of Twin Peaks and Neuromancer. Check it out.

 

[goodcow]

I think I'll get this...

 

[Goreomedy]

DarienA in 5... 4... 3... 2...

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

I think I'll get this...

No

 

[Error Macro]

Hitchcock box
Val Lewton box
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season One
Dracula A.D. 1972

Ugh, that's a lot of bread.

Wild Palms sounds interesting... Certainly a great cast: Angie Dickinson, James Belushi, Kim Cattrall, and... Ben Savage!

 

[robochimp]

I think I'll get this...

cant you just watch frontline episodes at PBS.com for free?

 

[heavy liquid]

I think the Batman is just a re-release in a keepcase (instead of the cardboard snapper).

 

[Matlock]

cant you just watch frontline episodes at PBS.com for free?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/view/

Why yes you can!

 

[Duck of Death]

Mine

 

[.hacked]

Mine

me too

 

[sefskillz]

man, that interpreter box art is absolutely hideous.

 

[Tunesmith]

man, that interpreter box art is absolutely hideous.

Is Penn step-dancing? :lol

 

[WrathOfOtaibah]

Nothing to see here thats worth a buy. Oh well, gives me a chance to get a couple older released DVDs.

 

[FoneBone]

No boxart for The Fly--Collector's Edition.

I think that art is pretty damn great. Creepily minimalist.

This looks like a must-own for Cronenberg fans; Fox really went all-out on the extras for this thing. At least some of the deleted scenes have never been released before.

Actually, I really, really want this now, but the thriftier impulse in me says to wait for the next DeepDiscountDVD sale... sigh...

The Fly: Disc One
# 1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
# English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Track
# English DTS 5.1 Surround Track
# French Stereo and Spanish Mono Tracks
# Audio Commentary with David Cronenberg
# English and Spanish Subtitles

The Fly: Disc Two
# Fear of the Flesh 4-Part Documentary:
- The Making of The Fly
- Larva
- Pupa
- Metamorphosis
# Branching Clips:
- A Radical Departure
- The Rise of Marketing
- Who Wants to Die?
- All You Have To Do Is Be Passionate
- Cronenberg's Preparation
- On Cronenberg's Films
- Cronenberg as Gynaecologist
- Cronenberg as Director
- On the Cannes Jury
- The Mother of Invention
- It Takes Time To Spread the Goop
- Glass-Break Test
- Scotch & Razor Blades Genes in the Ether
- Winning the Oscar
- The Last Collaboration
- Haunted by the Fly
- The Brundle Museum of Natural History
# Deleted Scenes:
- Second Interview
- Monkey-Cat
- Brundlefly vs. Bag Lady
- Butterfly Baby
- Alternate ending
# Test Footage:
- Main Title Elements
- Telepod Tests
- Make-Up Tests
- The Exploding Head
- Cronenfly
# Written Works:
- George Langelaan's Original Short Story
- Charles Edward Pogue's Original Screenplay
- David Cronenberg's Rewrite
- Interactive Cinefex Article "The Fly Papers"
- Interactive American Cinematographer Article "New Buzz on an Old Theme"
- Interactive American Cinematographer article "More About THE FLY"
# Promotional Material:
- The Fly Teaser
- The Fly Trailer
- 3 TV Spots
- Featurette
- David Cronenberg Profile
- The Fly II Teaser
- The Fly II Trailer
- The Fly (1958)
- Return of the Fly (1959)
- One Sheet & Lobby Card Gallery
# Still Gallery:
- Publicity
- Behind the scenes
- Concept Artwork
- Effects
- Monkey-Cat
- Space Bug
- Arm Wrestling
- Make-up
# Easter Eggs:
- Halloweener
- Vomit Drop
- Summer of '86:
- Big Trouble In Little China
- Aliens
- The Fly

 

[Prospero]

This looks like a must-own for Cronenberg fans.

Holy shit--mine. (Though I think I'll pass on Fly II.)

 

[Dan]

The Fly and Cinderella for me. I'm pretty excited to get my hands on both of them.

Those Val Lewton flicks might be worth rentals at some point too.

 

[Shinobi]

Yeah, Mask of the Phantasm looks to be a straight re-release. The animated Batman movie that had two versions was Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, which originally had a cut to hell release, and an uncut version a year later (it since got re-released earlier this year). Phantasm and ROTJ are defintely the movies to get...they're still the top two comic-based movies ever for me, even more so then Batman Begins.

 

[J2 Cool]

I want the keep case! For whoever the hell created snap cases, I wish upon himn a painful death... Ok, maybe that was a bit harsh, but fuck you dude.

 

[Shogun]

What a great show.

Thats a buy.

Pity that they remade it though.

 

[FnordChan]

Oh, fuck yes.

FnordChan

 

[FoneBone]

Oh, fuck yes.

FnordChan

Good lord -- Warner seems to be releasing another major boxed set every other week. How do you people find time to watch this stuff?

 

[Prospero]

Yeah, Mask of the Phantasm looks to be a straight re-release. The animated Batman movie that had two versions was Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, which originally had a cut to hell release, and an uncut version a year later (it since got re-released earlier this year). Phantasm and ROTJ are defintely the movies to get...they're still the top two comic-based movies ever for me, even more so then Batman Begins.

Thanks for straightening that out for me, Shinobi.

Good lord -- Warner seems to be releasing another major boxed set every other week. How do you people find time to watch this stuff?

I don't. After I realized that I was buying the boxes and just shelving them, I stopped and just put them all on my Amazon wish list.

 

[Matrix]

I'll be getting the Fly collectors edition.

 

[VALIS]

Oh man. After a pretty dead summer the DVDs have been rocking lately. That Val Lewton box set is priceless. And the Hitchcock TV show box, and Dracula AD 1972, and Wild Palms, and The Fly SE and maybe even The Waririors and The Fog if these editions are somehow worth it.

Sheet. Video games, DVDs, comics/graphic novels... most of the best stuff comes out between October and December.

 

[ManaByte]

Buying:

This has been restored just like all the other Disney Platinum editions and looks just as good as Snow White and Sleeping Beauty did.

http://www.stardestroyer.net/Nemesis/Pictorial.html

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Warriors was already out at Border's last night when i went. It was $19.99 though so i'll wait and see how much Best Buy or walmart or something will have it for on Tuesday

 

[Goreomedy]

Getting this for sure.

 

[ChrisReid]

After a million different Star Trek movie box sets, finally here's the one I'll get!

 

[temp]

Is that Bonnie Hunt?

 

[Prince of Space]

I may very well get that Hitchcock collection.

 

[Jade Knight 08]

How much is this one selling in store? Do they have it in full screen?



Does Batman Begins dvd come out in Oct? <~~~~~Released date?

 

[ManaByte]

Do they have it in full screen?

 

[distantmantra]

Do they have it in full screen?

Why do you hate freedom?

 

[Tabris]

It's been out for a while, but I think it should be in this dvd tuesday thread!

 

[ManaByte]

The first One Piece DVD was supposed to come out last week. Has anyone found it yet?

 

[Joeholley]

Yeah, Firefly's getting a little hard to find tho. I had to go to four different stores to get mine. I'm guessing there will be a re-issue, due to the movie?

 

[distantmantra]

Yeah, Firefly's getting a little hard to find tho. I had to go to four different stores to get mine. I'm guessing there will be a re-issue, due to the movie?

DeepDiscountDVD has it for $29.99.

 

[MaverickX9]

I have this on order. Yay.

 

[Cosmic Bus]

Already picked up the Fly: SE last night, so nothing additional on Tuesday. It's a spectacular package and worth buying if only for the deleted scenes. MONKEY-CAT.

I'm really on and off with the Hitchcock collection. I have most of the movies in the set already (not interested in the last five films), and the obsessive collector in me wants to have everything in that gorgeous velvetty box, but I'm hearing mixed reviews on the actual quality of the remasters; the current discs are perfectly fine for my needs, as I don't get around to watching them that often nor do I have an widescreen TV to factor in. I'll probably hold off for now...

 

[Eric Hall]

Buy:
The Warriors: SE
The Fly: SE
Ong Bak (UMD)

Rent:
The Interpreter
Cinderella
The Amityville Horror (2005)

 

[DumbNameD]

Noticed in today's ads that The Fly and The Fly II are both part of Best Buy's 2 for $20 (on the same receipt) DVD sale this week.

All the titles listed:

The Fly
The Fly II
T2
Hero
Anacondas
Punisher
Scary Movie 3.5
Alien Vs Predator
I, Robot
Dodgeball
Top Gun
Sling Blade
Tomb Raider
Equilibrium
Gladiator (starring Cuba Gooding, Jr. not the other guy)
7 Seconds
Bad Boys
Bad Boys 2
Gangs of New York
Jackie Brown
A Man Apart
Blade 2
Don't be a Menace...
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Scarface
King of New York
The Cookout
The Color Purple
Tombstone
Catwoman

 

[Kumiko Nikaido]

The ST saga is now complete.

 

[Prospero]

Noticed in today's ads that The Fly and The Fly II are both part of Best Buy's 2 for $20 (on the same receipt) DVD sale this week.

This is worth repeating--the Cronenberg Fly Special Edition that comes out today is $9.99 if bought with another one of the films listed above.

 

[DarienA]

Bout time! I love this movie... Hopefully we'll get a decent release of Robot Wars too sometime in the near future...

 

[Leatherface]

I'll be getting this:

 

[Truelize]

I've never seen The Warriors and the recent hype has me interested. I might just pick it up.
And of course I'll have to buy Cinderella for my daughter.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

I was completely oblivious to The Warriors until my friend bought it in a 5 dvds for £10 deal at HMV, he was amazed I had never seen it. I'm glad I did, it's a classic. May as well be called Final Fight: The Movie though

 

[Prospero]

The NYTimes reviewer has serious issues with the Hitchcock box.

[...]But the real disappointments are "Rear Window" and "Vertigo" - two of Hitchcock's supreme masterpieces, both of which were subjected to dismal "restorations" for theatrical release a few years back, and both of which are now essentially unwatchable. Of all the prints I've seen of these films - and that makes for quite a few over the years - I've never seen a single one with the color values they've been given here.

"Rear Window" is yellowish and grainy, and "Vertigo" has mysteriously shifted to a reddish purple. But the biggest problem is the completely factitious surround soundtrack that has been grafted to "Vertigo," a spectacular betrayal of Hitchcock's intentions that I've come to think of as the "Rambo" soundtrack. With its ear-splitting gunshots and pounding footfalls, it sounds like a hastily dubbed Italian action film of the 1960's rather than the muffled, dreamlike soundscape that Hitchcock created for the film.

Buried under the "language" option is a choice to use a mono mix that at least is closer to Hitchcock's intentions, but sounds as if it were lifted from a 16-millimeter television print played through a transistor radio. These are not trivial alterations to a work of art as meticulously planned and executed as "Vertigo" - they alter the film's meaning and impact, as surely as if someone had touched up "Guernica" with a can of red spray paint.

I never have liked that restoration of Vertigo that played in theaters a while ago--the colors are too cranked up and flat, and on DVD it has the artificial look of remasters from the early days of the medium (when restorers thought that getting rid of film grain was a good idea, no matter when the film was made). This one sounds even worse, though. And Jesus, not every movie needs surround sound.