New "Plan 9 From Outer Space" DVD
 

From mst3kinfo.com:

Thoughts?

I thought the MST3k people always resisted doing Plan 9 because they said it was too easy of a target.

I love Plan 9 From Outer Space and colorizing it would lose a great amount of the "film on the cheap" charm that permeates an Ed Wood movie.

I'm also not a big fan of inserting stuff into someone's movie. I know I know... we're talking about Plan 9 From Outer Space. While it's not a classic movie in the strictest sense, it's still a classic to me.

According to legendfilms.net, the extras:

Includes All-New Color Version and Original Black and White Version

Audio Commentary by Mike Nelson of TV’s “Mystery Science Theater 3000”

Digitally Restored and Remastered Audio and Video

Deleted Scenes

Ed Wood's Home Movies

Ed Wood's Rare Comercials

The Lost Plans 1-8

Original Theatrical Trailer in COLOR

Bonus Legend Films Trailers

Wow, great stuff!

Should be a lot of fun.

colorized.....:sad:

I'm a fan of the film...but I'll pass. I liked the colorized Reefer Madness, mainly because I was a stoner at the time and desired to see purple haze and nice color ganja smoke...so I thought that it worked pretty good. but I'm really not that impressed with Mike's solo comment tracks. Rather dull if you ask me.

I'll just hold onto the current version.

The bonus features look great, but I don't like altering the film by adding the text/picture. Check the auctions: http://stores.ebay.com/Off-Color-Films

It looks like they are even letting people use it for advertising space!

Lovely... I'm sure Golden Palace Casino is just waiting to snipe.

I'm happy with the Image Entertainment disc for Plan 9 From Outer Space...plus, I would never buy a DVD with a colorized version of a film/television show on it.

Undecided whether I'll pick this up. Image has a lengthy documentary on theirs.

That eBay auction also has a look at the cover art:
http://i18.ebayimg.com/03/i/05/08/35/a2_1.JPG?set_id=7

The special features look pretty good. For $10, I'd consider adding this to my Ed Wood collection.

I'm not a fan of colorized films either, but these Legend releases are pure camp and they include the B/W version. Anyway, I'm buying this for Mike Nelson just like all the rest.

No Tor Johnson (on cover)= NO SALE!
BTW: What a waste of time, $ ,effort & "talent" Smelson is engaged in with Legend Films.
Then again, I'm in the Joel camp.

Deleted Scenes?

Desecration. I don't care what movie it is. No messing with other people's films!

i saw we pitch in and get Brian Peppers in that picture...i'll pledge ten bucks

Exactly...??!!

Well, gotta admit... they were deleted.

This is getting more and more recoculous. Mike Nelson never was that funny, and these films just twist the knife in the old MST3K wounds.

Also, doesn't it seem hypocritical that the same movie fans who demand OAR are more than happy to buy colorized versions of these films? Especially ones that have been doctored like this release? I just don't get it.

All of Legend's releases have the B&W version as well as the colorized, and the picture quality is usually about as good as you'll get on any other release for these older movies.

I thought the auctions would be going for alot more. Maybe people are waiting until the end like most ebay auctions.

This is more of a fun release. There's a already a definitive version of the film for people who really care about it, and this is for the people who wanna watch a silly movie with some silly extras. The colorization or other minor changes really don't make a difference when you're watching what was once named the worst film of all time.

but the B&W versions are non anamorphic in most cases

Considering all their releases are full frame I don't see this as an issue. The fact they release a widescreen movie like House on Haunted Hill as full frame is a bigger issue.

I have the version that came with the game, Destroy All Humans....still sealed, never bothered to open it. It was given away w/pre-orders.

I really wonder this movie.

You guys are kidding, right? There's a big difference between releasing a one-and-only studio edition of a film butchered by colorization and changes, and releasing a secondary edition of a film AS A NOVELTY ITEM. And that doesn't even address how they still end up giving the proper respect to the film by including an unedited b&w version on the same disc.

The funny part is that if Legend marketed these as new releases of the classic b&w films and listed the alternate colorized comedy version as a "special feature", everyone here would be saying what a great company this is.

Colorized = No Sale

HoHH was actually shot for both full and wide screen. The widescreen version is just cropped from the full screen. Castle did this with a couple of other releases around the same time. There is no 'definitive' OAR for HoHH, it was made in widescreen and fullscreen for various theaters and markets. Neither format had precedence over the other.

Just got done listening to his track for Carnival/Souls. A BIG improvement over Reefer's track. Sounds like he's starting to get the hang of things.
With that, I'm still looking forward to this release.

Got my incredibly overpriced Mike Nelson Signature edition DVD today and the commentary is again pretty good. They really need to start adding more people than Mike though. He did go to the Bela on heroin and Tor Johnson is a fat ass lines a bit too much but there were also some great riffs in there.

The movie is just awful. Ed Wood really had no business making movies, but I guess it worked out because this mess is so awful it is worth actually watching like most train wrecks. Looks like they did clean up the bad public domain print fairly well though, but I completely missed the picture of the eBay winner, but it was hard to actually keep my eyes on the screen at all times as the plot and cheap sets were making me ill.

Special features are so so. The first 8 plans thing is really lame, but they show some of Ed Wood's TV commercials and that is kind of interesting. Didn't check out the Wood home movie segment, but hopefully he is not in a dress.

How is the print compared to the previous release from Image? If there's no noteworthy difference then I ain't buyin'.

I don't know how it compares, but the print does look decent for a public domain release. Not sure this is a version to buy if you are serious about the film. I could care less about the awful films released by Ed Wood and got this for a laugh. For one thing they inserted a photo of some guy that won an ebay auction into the film. Not sure if its in both the B/W and color versions, but to me that would ruin the movie if it was one I liked.

Plan 9 is not in the public domain.

Question: if it wasn't, wouldn't that mean the Image release would have to go out of print if Fox aquired the rights?

not exactly...they would just have to liscence it over to them...think The Rock or armageddon from criterion.

Okay, I thought Legend only did public domain releases.

I think that Ed Wood would have loved to see his movie in color.

They tried to use "Plan 9" in an episode, but were unable to do so because, at the time, the film was copyrighted, and the copyright owner refused to give them the rights.

It is NOW. There are several different DVD and VHS releases, by many different companies. "Glen or Glenda" and "Jail Bait" are also public domain -- I hope Legend will get around to releasing those films.

I honestly think that Legend's releases are great: you get a great cult classic movie in both black and white and color (and the colorization's damn good, too), plus some great special features. Mike Nelson's commentaries are always hilarious, and, in the case of "Reefer Madness," "House on Haunted Hill," and "Plan 9 from Outer Space," Legend has released the definitive releases of these cult classics, with the best extras and best picture quality.

Yes, "Plan 9" is a good DVD release. If you haven't bought the Legend Films version, pick up a copy today.

As for the colorization: you can choose between black and white and color versions on the same menu, and Mike Nelson's hilarious commentary track is available on both versions.

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