DVDA

Just read the DVDTalk review, and it does seem that there are only excerpts from Rockshow because the first two discs only contain music videos/"promo clips". All the live stuff is relegated to Disc 3, so the review is probably accurate in that it's only excerpts of each show.

hanshotfirst1138

What about Philip Ridley's The Reflecting Skin and The Passion of Darkly Noon?

joliom

The Passion of Darkly Noon is available on DVD, but it's in fullscreen. Was the laserdisc WS?

steelpotato

The Reflecting Skin is only available on Japanese ntsc region 2, I believe.

hanshotfirst1138

Aren't those on the Criterion DVD set ?

Josh Z

Technically, no. The Criterion set includes the "Final Director's Cut" and the "Love Conquers All" TV version. It does not contain the U.S. theatrical cut or the European theatrical cut. However, the Final Cut is nearly identical to the European cut except for a couple of small changes.

hanshotfirst1138

Oh, and THE ISLAND OF LOST SOULS too!

I thought that there was a widescreen disc somewhere?

What is the difference in these cuts of Brazil?

hanshotfirst1138

Kiss of the Spider-Woman.

Zen Peckinpah

Well, we can scratch Lost Highway off the list.

YourOlympicHero

TekWar: Season One can come off

mrwilson

Did TekWar get re-released? The Canadian dvd set has been OOP for several years.

YourOlympicHero

The complete series was just released in the US -

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Tek...te-Series/9562

So Season 1 and Season 2 can both come off the list.

jbracciante

The Compleat Al has never been released on DVD. It is is a mockumentary about "Weird Al" Yankovic released in 1985. It has been out of print since the late 80's, and is very rare and highly sought after. No DVD release is expected.

Albert71292

I have it on DVD, but I dubbed it from the old VHS I bought back then. Better than nothing I guess. At least it's somewhat "preserved" now. :-)

kevkev

i'm loving laserdisc. it's like owning vinyl. just started to burn lots of stuff onto dvd like the boogie nights extras with comm and the jason and the argonauts stuff. cause lets face it, one day my ld player will die.

matthewsemple

Paul Simon: Paul Simon's Concert In The Park

This was released on VHS and Laserdisc (and also available on CD/LP and cassette) but is the only one of Paul Simon's videos not yet to make it to DVD.

Could it be that it falls foul of the Pioneer contract that affects all the Madonna concerts that is mentioned on Wikipedia:

During the late 1980s, Pioneer signed contracts with major music artists, such as Madonna, Janet Jackson, and others, to release their concerts on Laserdisc only through Pioneer. To this date, the contracts are still standing, and the concerts have not been re-released on DVD by Pioneer or others. An exception is the Genesis LD of "The way we walk" , which was released to DVD in October 2002, under the Pioneer label

Does anyone know anything about this contract or know details of all the affected titles?

wm lopez

Also the movies sound better and in some cases look better.
Like the GODFATHER 3 transfer looks better than the dvd.

Norm de Plume

These, which I have on laserdisc, have apparently never been released on R1 DVD:

-Amsterdamned
-Caroline?
-Cold Light of Day (1995)
-The Crew (1994)
-Dead Air (1993)
-Delusion
-Encounter at Raven's Gate
-Fedora (1978)
-Homicide (1991)
-The Incident (1967)
-The Lacemaker
-Le Crabe Tambour
-Music of Chance
-Pathfinder (1987)
-The Satan Bug
-Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture
-Streetwise
-Tatie Danielle
-Where the River Runs Black

cinemaphile

The Paper (WS)
Fierce Creatures (WS)

Erik the Viking - Theatrical Cut (that "Director's Son's Cut" is complete CRAP!)

Pyrates (Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick)
The Opposite Sex (and how to live with them) - 1993 - Courtney Cox, Arye Gross

djskyler

Purchased a DVD of "Wild Man Blues" through an eBay seller - it was released in Canada, evidently (does that count?).

dvd-4-life

Have The Bangles(videos)or Bananarama(anything) had anything released on DVD ?

cinemaphile

I hadn't even thought of music video!

Faith No More - Live at Brixton Academy
Skid Row - Oh Say Can You Scream

b2net

Don't get me started about movies that are WS on LD and P&S on DVD or are correct WS on LD and monkeyed 1.78:1 or stretched 1.85:1 on DVD. That list would keep many of us here for many posts.

Here are some I know about.

Abbott & Costello in Rio Rita
Alvin & the Chipmunks go to the movies
Amazing Spiderman Cartoon double feature
Captain America (1990)
Making Star Wars / Sp FX Empire (not even on any of the DVD special features)
the Planets - hosted by Patrick Stewart
Spiderman TV Series episodes
the Squeeze (starring Michael Keaton)
Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special
Steel (starring Shaq)
Stryper - In the Beginning
Stryper - Live in Japan

joliom

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture was released on DVD by GoodTimes in 1999. It's fullscreen, and has since gone out of print, but it has appeared on Region 1 DVD.

joliom

Faith No More's Live at the Brixton Academy, London You Fat B**tards is available on region 1 DVD from Warner Strategic Marketing. It's been out for almost 3 years now.