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Bacon 05-23-06 05:50 PM

the true defenition of cheese :D

It's mine :up:

Slowpc 05-23-06 06:45 PM

OH yea... I am happy.

Disney Lover 05-23-06 07:43 PM

Oh I loved this movie! I hope that it comes out on dvd soon.

pinata242 05-23-06 08:23 PM


Originally Posted by Disney Lover
Oh I loved this movie! I hope that it comes out on dvd soon.

Is 3 months soon?

DVDFreaker 05-23-06 09:00 PM

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am suprised that it is going to be widescreen too so that is a plus! Can't wait to get it!

dadaluholla 05-23-06 09:09 PM

Definitely glad to see this is coming out finally. SO RAD! Sometimes I honestly wish it was 1989 again.

PJsig08 05-23-06 10:18 PM

Wow I remember seeing this movie as a kid in theatres and seeing Super Mario Bros. 3 for the first time. What a great movie experience for a kid. Looking back it was such a blatant cross-promotion for the upcoming videogame, but damn did it work. I wanted that game pretty bad.

Would love to watch this again and see how bad I think it is 17 years later (17 YEARS, Jesus Christ).

Big Dave 05-24-06 07:36 AM

Definate pick-up for me, don't care how bad it might be nowadays.

Bill Geiger 05-24-06 11:18 AM

Well, just need another release of Gleaming The Cube and the debut of RAD & Student Bodies!

Puzznic 05-24-06 11:32 AM

I am all over this. Now if they would just release The Maxx then i can retire my VHS movies to the closet forever.

It's refreshing to see the anamorphic widescreen. At least they realize that just because a movie was for kids 20 years ago doesn't mean that's going to be the case in the present. That seems to go over the heads of most of studio execs.

Patrick Mirza 05-24-06 01:13 PM

Hi-res artwork is here.

josepotato 05-24-06 03:13 PM

Yes! first the Star Wars unaltered trilogy now The Wizard, these were the last 2 big ones on my unreleased list.

pinata242 05-24-06 03:14 PM


Originally Posted by josepotato
Yes! first the Star Wars unaltered trilogy now The Wizard, these were the last 2 big ones on my unreleased list.

One of them utilizing the DVD format properly and the other not. Can you guess which is which?

fliggil 05-24-06 05:44 PM

Can't think of how many times I listed this on "movies you fear may never get put on DVD" lists over the years, glad to see this is finally coming, I need the glove, it's so bad.

EdTheRipper 05-24-06 08:35 PM

I'm extremely happy to hear that this is finally coming out. I'll definitely buy it.

jessecrx 05-24-06 08:58 PM

**sigh**

Oh the days when I was totally in love with the girl who was in The Wizard. Her and

Lori Loughlin
That chick who spoke nothing but Spanish in Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo
The girl who was in Dream a Little Dream
The hot mom in Valley Girl
The Teacher in Private Lessons


Gawd I am gittin old!

Sanitarium 05-24-06 09:48 PM

I can't wait to own this 90 minute Nintendo commercial.

JP5683 05-25-06 04:51 AM

It's now on my DDD wish list. It's under $10 there. I've had a boot DVD for a couple of years, will be happy to replace with the real thing. If you look back through this thread, you'll see I love this movie, and I used to be in love with Ms. Lewis as well (although now she really has changed...)

Sure it's cheesy, and a long commercial, but it's a hell of a lot of fun!

Novasonic 05-25-06 05:01 AM


Originally Posted by jessecrx
**sigh**

Oh the days when I was totally in love with the girl who was in The Wizard. Her and

Lori Loughlin
That chick who spoke nothing but Spanish in Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo
The girl who was in Dream a Little Dream
The hot mom in Valley Girl
The Teacher in Private Lessons


Gawd I am gittin old!

Lori Loughlin is still hot!!!

dx23 05-25-06 10:28 AM


Originally Posted by jessecrx
**sigh**

Oh the days when I was totally in love with the girl who was in The Wizard. Her and

Lori Loughlin
That chick who spoke nothing but Spanish in Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo
The girl who was in Dream a Little Dream
The hot mom in Valley Girl
The Teacher in Private Lessons


Gawd I am gittin old!

The girl from the Wizard is Jenny Lewis and she has become a hottie. She is the lead singer for the band Rilo Kiley. I had a huge crush on her on that movie, since she was around the same ages as me.

DeanoBKN 05-25-06 10:33 AM

I used to be so jealous of the Power Glove kid.

I mean, he had loyal friends, no parents, a shit load of Nintendo games, and a God damn Power Glove!

Doughboy 05-25-06 01:00 PM

One more laserdisc(with a crappy 4x3 transfer) I can retire. And yes, Jenny Lewis was a hottie. And no, I don't feel dirty about it since I was the same age as her when I saw the movie.:)

deadlax 05-25-06 05:04 PM

I had the power glove, but could never get it to the work. I think eventually the neighborhood colected like 10 of these things and they were modified into the Predator's wrist device for Halloween or something.

SterlingBen 05-25-06 07:08 PM

"New game!?!? They can't do that!"

Argentoholic 05-25-06 07:12 PM

"caaalifornia....caaaliforrnia"


Originally Posted by Roger Ebert's 1 star review
Who was this movie intended for? No one above the age of reason will be able to abide it. Of those below that age, the studio may have targeted kids who are Nintendo fans. But here the problem is that the movie doesn't have much Nintendo in it, and some of that is wrong (when it's announced, for example, that the third level of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been reached, the movie screen clearly shows the first level). "The Wizard" is finally just a cynical exploitation film with a lot of commercial plugs in it, and it is so insanely overwritten and ineptly directed that it will disappoint just about everybody and serve them right for going in the first place.

LOL!


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