Howard The Duck?
03-02-06, 10:00 AM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: MO
Posts: 469
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Howard The Duck?
I remember watching this as a kid and was curious if this was every released on DVD or if anyone has heard anything about it ever being released on DVD?
03-02-06, 10:45 AM
#3
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 996
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
my recommendation is just remember it as a kid. i LOVED this movie when i was little. went back recently and watched it and, well, lets just say i was disappointed by how AWFUL it is.
pixy is right though, most people that had anything to do with it don't want to remember it. infact, searching on DDD for "howard the duck" only brings up the worst movies ever dvd. funny....
pixy is right though, most people that had anything to do with it don't want to remember it. infact, searching on DDD for "howard the duck" only brings up the worst movies ever dvd. funny....
03-02-06, 10:51 AM
#4
DVD Talk Special Edition
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Home of the Maize & Blue (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Posts: 1,119
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by cisman
I remember watching this as a kid and was curious if this was every released on DVD or if anyone has heard anything about it ever being released on DVD?
03-02-06, 11:04 AM
#6
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 996
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
ah yes harry and the hendersons - another good one.
i see copies of HtD floating around on ebay. i'm sure the quality is crap as there was never an official dvd release, but it might be all you ever get. i really do hope they release it though. i think it would sell well just because people remember it from their childhood.
and johnbook - how do i put this gently... ann arbor is a whore?
just kidding (kind of)
ILL! INI!!
just wish we had a football team so we could play you...
i see copies of HtD floating around on ebay. i'm sure the quality is crap as there was never an official dvd release, but it might be all you ever get. i really do hope they release it though. i think it would sell well just because people remember it from their childhood.
and johnbook - how do i put this gently... ann arbor is a whore?
just kidding (kind of) ILL! INI!!
just wish we had a football team so we could play you...
03-02-06, 11:54 AM
#7
DVD Talk Special Edition
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 1,482
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Universal should have released this years ago on dvd, like back in 1998 or so. It would be in the dump bin at Walmart now or as rare as Fletch is. This may not be a fine piece of cinema, but it's an ok little silly fluffy film that deserves a spot on dvd. Wether people want to remember it or not.
03-02-06, 02:22 PM
#8
Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 119
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Howard the Duck is absolutely my oldest, darkest, and guiltiest of guilty pleasures!! I watched it every time it came on tv as a kid, and my parents outright hated me for it! But it, along with the aformentioned Harry and the Hendersons, were probably more of a part of my childhood than even Star Wars (they frequented cable far more often)! I'd love for just a barebones release of either of these films with a decent transfer. I mean, come on, the over the top performance from Jeffrey Jones should be enough earn its release, yet Howard must rank as the only film in history containing a topless anthropomorphic duck!! That's kudos enough for a release, I think, no matter what George Lucas thinks! Too bad he pulls the strings...
03-02-06, 04:32 PM
#9
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Florida
Posts: 3,533
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I watched Howard the Duck for a week straight when I was little. I blame it for the way I turned out. Just kidding. I'd be in for a copy if they every release it.
03-03-06, 12:41 AM
#15
Member
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 149
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
ILL INI indeed. I can't believe this thread exists. I was just talking with someone in the office 2 minutes ago about how Lucas changed a shot at the beginning of American Graffiti and my coworker said yeah, wonder what he'll do with Howard the Duck. It's still a catalog title, so there has to be room for it to be released sometime.
03-03-06, 01:14 AM
#16
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
I vaguely remember seeing this as a kid. Didn't the duck have a romantic relationship with the human woman in this film or something? I remember being really disturbed by it as a kid.
03-03-06, 06:52 AM
#19
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 1999
Posts: 293
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I have it on very good authority that Howard the Duck will be a Blu-ray exclusive. Lucas just doesn't think that SD-DVD provides enough resolution to properly render Howard's unique feather structure.
03-03-06, 10:36 AM
#20
DVD Talk Gold Edition
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Kingston, TN
Posts: 2,309
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I still have my VHS, and I have considered the LD but it sells for so damn much and is so damn hard to find I have yet to pull the trigger. Maybe someday.
03-03-06, 11:21 AM
#21
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 996
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
i still think it will be something like the goonies. i was still in college when that came out on DVD, and i couldn't find it ANYWHERE for like 2 months afterwords (in that town). i think it would sell well simply because its a movie that brings back warm feelings from childhood. who knows though....
maybe we'd get some updated graphics thanks to lucas. someone else would probably shoot first though (i just remember him driving a golf cart with a big laser thing - have no idea who shot first though)
maybe we'd get some updated graphics thanks to lucas. someone else would probably shoot first though (i just remember him driving a golf cart with a big laser thing - have no idea who shot first though)
03-03-06, 03:19 PM
#22
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: MO
Posts: 469
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Glad to see the Duck has some backing Maybe someone will read this and release it
I forgot all about Harry and the Hendersons! THat's another classic, I would love to see.
Maybe someone will read this and release itI forgot all about Harry and the Hendersons! THat's another classic, I would love to see.
03-04-06, 09:32 AM
#23
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: In my secret underground lair, plotting to TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!! Bwuaaahahahaha!!
Posts: 4,590
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like
on
1 Post
I just bought the VHS, so maybe that will mean a DVD is coming... Doesn't it always work that way??? 
03-04-06, 10:12 AM
#24
DVD Talk Hero
Originally Posted by cisman
Maybe someone will read this and release it
Dear DVDTalkers,
How's it going? George here. I love reading DVDTalk. I especially love it when you guys kid around about me ruining "Star Wars". Too funny... lol!
Anywho, I completely forgot I was involved with this movie. Apparently a few people care enough to want this movie. If not for my buddies at DVDTalk, then who? I'll look into this for you guys. Maybe a couple internet petitions might seal the deal.
Well, I gotta run. Harrison wants to look at the Indy script and I "misplaced" it again. It's so fun to keep him waiting. lol!