My Latest Laserdisc Buys ......

Originally Posted by f.ramses

Well, I actually bought this one a few years ago but today I bought an "upgrade" to the jacket! :]
I've read, or at least I think I've read, that this LD was released and then pulled from the shelves the same day and never released again because of licensing issues. Does anyone know if this is true? Romero says it probably isn't and that they're fairly common so now I wonder... It's nice to have one way or the other though! It's funny, I just realized I paid Romero more to sign this ($25) than I paid for the LD itself ($16)!

I'm actually trying to get this LD myself as I would like to have an LD version of the theatrical cut.

[f.ramses]

Originally Posted by elahrairrah

I'm actually trying to get this LD myself as I would like to have an LD version of the theatrical cut.

I got mine from ebay years ago but the one from the US seller on lddb isn't too much more than I paid. I don't think I've seen this one on ebay in a while so I'm not sure what the going rate is on there though, the $16 I paid was likely excluding shipping.

[Dave]

Getting a little too LD happy lately, but I've found some decent prices on some of the last lasers released. This one is a guilty pleasure for me as both my kids enjoy it. I actually don't have the DVD anymore (lost in a move), so I'm actually buying something I don't own already.

Paff: Didn't you mention you use posterboard and velcro to block off japanese subtitles? I may try that, trick. When I watch Haunting, the subtitles were driving my youngest nuts. They don't bother me, but the posterboard trick seems like a no-brainer. The only downside is I would have to watch the movies only at night, as seeing the posterboard during the day would probably bother me more than the subtitles.

[Paff]

Originally Posted by Dave

Paff: Didn't you mention you use posterboard and velcro to block off japanese subtitles? I may try that, trick. When I watch Haunting, the subtitles were driving my youngest nuts. They don't bother me, but the posterboard trick seems like a no-brainer. The only downside is I would have to watch the movies only at night, as seeing the posterboard during the day would probably bother me more than the subtitles.

Yeah, I was doing that when I had an analog TV, although the purpose was more to block off the less-than-black letterbox bars, so that in the dark you only saw the 2.35:1 rectangular image, not a 4:3 image with a 2:35:1 picture inside it. It's hard to explain, but it was amazingly effective and I watched movies like that for more than 8 years.

Of course, by blocking off the bottom black bars, you would block off subtitles usually. Not acceptable if you need the subtitles, but perfect in situations like yours where you don't want the subtitles.

I don't do that on my plasma, as flat movies fill the screen, and scope movies nearly fit the screen. Plus the blacks on a plasma are much better than that of a CRT. Oh, and my mattes would also have to be twice as big!!

I finally got my paycheck from Latino Film Festival, and used it to buy this scaler: http://www.amazon.com/Atlona-Video-S...0544878&sr=8-9
I was gonna go with another Gefen (which coincentally we use a different scaler from them at that film festival), but this one has more functions, and I like the review you see on that Amazon page. I bought it from someone else though, in case I need to return it.

Expect a report from me within a week or so.

[Paff]

First impression of the scaler is rather underwhelming. I really see no difference between using the scaler, and just running the LD player straight into the plasma.

I'm gonna have to try more tweaking, like using Video Essentials. Might have to see what the S-Video input does, although my understanding of LD is that it will not improve anything.

Don't run out and buy one just yet...

[NaturesMistake]

I don't have a player, but I got a few dirt cheap to hang on my wall...

Halloween Criterion
Tremors
Scream Director's cut
Godfather
2001
Pulp Fiction
Alien
Urotsukidoji
Evil Dead Elite

I'm also thinking of picking up Taxi Driver, Robocop Criterion, and Nightmare on Elmstreet Elite.

I'll eventually pick up a player too, because the dvds of these movies lack some of these features (all though I already own all of these like three or four times over on vhs and dvd, I even have the NOES Elite vhs port and the Scream director's cut vhs port)

[NaturesMistake]

oh and is Dawn of the Dead worth picking up?

Anybody know any lists of sought after laserdiscs?

I know Return of the Living Dead is pretty pricey because of the soundtrack issue...

[Paff]

Originally Posted by NaturesMistake

oh and is Dawn of the Dead worth picking up?

Anybody know any lists of sought after laserdiscs?

I know Return of the Living Dead is pretty pricey because of the soundtrack issue...

The Dawn box set from Elite has a few features not on the DVD I think, although I could be very wrong about that. Ekent is the Dawn LD aficianado here.

I'd also recommend the Elite special edition of Night of the Living Dead, as it has several HUNDRED stills that never got ported over to the DVD.

[NaturesMistake]

Awesome! Thanks Paff. I'll definably look into Night. It seems a lot of quantity was left out of dvd extras from ld to dvd (much like the transition from dvd to blu). I never did pick up the Jaws 30th dvd (I heard that dvd finally has the full 2 hour documentary from the ld, mine only has the seventy-five minute version).

Just got this in the mail:



Don't expect it to look as good as any of the newer DVDs, but I am interested to see how it's framed.

[NaturesMistake]

Just got Night of the Creeps, Return of the Living Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street SE, Parents and Taxi Driver Criterion, although I don't think mine has the commentary.

[Paff]

Originally Posted by elahrairrah

Just got this in the mail:



Don't expect it to look as good as any of the newer DVDs, but I am interested to see how it's framed.

The picture is really bad, but it still seems to have the only "proper" framing that I've ever seen. The telling shot is the final frame of the movie, where an important part of the scene needs to be in frame. Only on the LD does that seem to be the case. It looks to be taken from a print, not original negatives or anything (you'll see the cigarette burns for reel changes in the upper right of the picture)

Too bad the movie itself looks horrible.

[Uncle Jay]

Just snagged these:

Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952, Fred C. Brannon)
Invaders from Mars [Collector's Edition] (1953, William Cameron Menzies)
House of Wax (1953, André De Toth)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad [Pioneer Special Edition] (1958, Nathan Juran)
Horror of Dracula (1958, Terence Fisher)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958, Terence Fisher)
El Cid [Criterion] (1961, Anthony Mann)
The Gorgon (1964, Terence Fisher)
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964, Roger Corman)
The Conqueror Worm (Witchfinder General) (1968, Michael Reeves)
The Vampire Lovers (1970, Roy Ward Baker)
Scream and Scream Again (1970, Gordon Hessler)
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970, Val Guest)
Moon of the Wolf (1972, Daniel Petrie)
The Creeping Flesh (1973, Freddie Francis)
Theater of Blood (1973, Douglas Hickox)
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad [Pioneer Special Edition] (1974, Gordon Hessler)
The Day Time Ended (1980, John 'Bud' Cardos)
Prom Night [Elite] (1980, Paul Lynch)
It Came from Hollywood (1982, Malcolm Leo and Andrew Solt)
The Keep (1983, Michael Mann)
Boggy Creek II (1985, Charles B. Pierce)
Cyclone (1987, Fred Olen Ray)
Heathers [Special Edition] (1989, Michael Lehmann)
Captain America (1990, Albert Pyun)
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1991, Dan Hoskins)
Doctor Mordrid (1992, Albert Band and Charles Band)
Netherworld (1992, David Schmoeller)
The Mangler (1995, Tobe Hooper)
Seven [Criterion] (1995, David Fincher)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame [Special Edition Box] (1996, Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise)

-UJ

[Sam]

Bought my first couple of LDs in a while the other day in Salvation Army of all places: WHEN TIME EXPIRES and TC-2000. Pure Sci-Fi cheese at 99 cents each. I've probably sold about 350+ LDs in the last couple of years and only bought half a handful at most. The poor LDs aren't holding up well on a 106" screen.

[X-human]

They released Boggy Creek II on LD? Why?