What it comes down to is that Commando is a bad movie that is immensely entertaining. I could watch this and have more fun with it, WAY more times than, say, Terminator or something "better".

The Blu-ray was cancelled. Any news on a release date? I don't think I can wait for some Commando...

Yep, Commando and Raw Deal are my favorite Arnolds from that era.

I'm not sure which has the funniest lines, but by god, the opening montage of Arnold and Alyssa playing with dear, eating ice cream and chopping wood is a classic! Then you have fat Freddie Mercury stealing her...man thats awesome..

Plus the other henchmen were funny - Sully and Bill Duke..can't ask for a better movie.

The odd thing is I don't think I have ever seen "Raw Deal". I have seen the rest of his 80's movies numerous times, but not that one movie.

"Commando" is the very pinnacle of action cheese. I have "Running Man" 2-disc from the Wal-Mart $5 bin but would probably pay a little more for this. I'd list this as an eventual but not immediate buy for me.

Then seek it out and buy it NOW! Seriously, it's one of my favorite Arnold flicks from the 80's, and I'm totally gay for Arnold. I've got almost all of his movies on disc. It's got some great one liners, a good cast and great action.

"Joseph P. Brenner, huh? What's the P. stand for?"

"Pussy"

I definitely plan to get this....sold my barebones edition to FYE as soon as I heard this was coming out. But, I hardly consider 90 seconds of material a "Director's Cut." I wonder if FOX told Mark Lester that he needed to add something back into the movie so that they could sell more copies.

They can call it whatever they want but adding more violence to an Arnold movie is all they need to do to get me to part with my money.
Now if someone will just do the same and re-release a more violent "Director's Cut" of Total Recall...

Indeed. It is also a reminder of a time when an "R" rating actually meant something.

Received my copy from Deep Discount this afternoon, and I just finished watching the director's cut. The extended tooshed scene is the most notable addition to the new cut, but I didn't mind the additional scenes between Arnold and Rae Dawn Chong. It's still gloriously trashy fun and a promise of better things to come from Schwarzenegger.

Here's a great review from a guy who gets the movie:
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/co...rectorscut.php

from the review:
...while on the plane headed for South America, Matrix sucker punches the goon sitting next to him, makes his way to the landing gear, and free-falls about 1,000 feet into a swamp. Normally, that kind of drop would kill a stegosaurus, but John Matrix's last name is Matrix so fuck you.

They have this at wal-mart for $11.xx

Man, I forgot to pick up my copy today! I'll remedy that tomorrow

Got this and watched it yesterday. Goddamn, what a fun movie! The new trasnfer is awesome and the 5.1 sound mix does a great job during action scenes (read: the entire film). The new footage doesn't really add much, except during the toolshed scene which was a welcomed addition. The extras are pretty meager, although I haven't listened to the commentary yet. Well worth the $14.99 BB was charging.

I was in my sociology class and during the break I was trying extremely hard not to start laughing at that review. Especially that line. Scratch that, "Go Fuck Yourself with Provolone on Whole Wheat" is a new rival to "Ghostbusters lunchbox dick treasure chest" in the pantheon of drawn-out, hilarious metaphorical hodgepodges.

Also check out Ruthless Reviews' (a highly underrated site) entry to their Guide to 80's Action Movies on Commando, which reads very much like a profanity-laced, extremely informal term paper on the merits of Commando and an amazingly thorough thesis about Bennett's obvious homoerotic overtones.

And while I haven't bought the DVD yet, I have come to a new conclusion about Arnold since seeing Commando again on TV recently. If you factor James Cameron out of the equation, Total Recall is Arnold's best movie. But since Paul Verhoeven is too much of an unsung genius, Commando takes the cake.

^That might be the single-greatest review I've ever read.

Is this a digipack?

No, but it does have a slipcover.

Check Neill Cumpston's review of "300." Google the name and he has a few more up at AICN. Worth a look if you like the "Commando" review above.

Rumor has it that "Neill Cumpston" is a pseudonym for Patton Oswalt.

http://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/foru...pic.php?t=3957

DVD comparison

"Dude-ity". Amazing. I remember laughing out loud at that review and basing all my knowledge around it for the next month.

However, the Grindhouse review he did tops it. He proceeds to basically splooge all over Planet Terror and then talk about "Kurt Plissken" and how Death Proof "kicks ass that isn't even in the ass area". He also references rocking out to "Panama" four months before Superbad (chomping a Payday bar at the same time as well!).

I watched one of the featurettes and I was surprised that Rae Dawn Chong had so little to say about this. She seemed really enthusiastic during her interview clips, but they never really got indepth on how she was casted in this movie and working with Arnold. She still looks really good at age 46.

Wow, I never thought I'd say it, but I think the original version is better quality. Based on those screen captures in the above link, the new version is very cropped, is too dark, and has poor contrast. Perhaps the colors in some cases in the new version are slightly better, but that is a minor compliment compared to its obvious faults (damn cropping!!) If only the original release was anamorphic. I will pass on the new version. What a disappointment!

I noticed that, too. Fairly heavy cropping in some shots, and that one of Matrix holding the axe is significantly reframed. The new transfer has slightly better color, but is also darker. Nothing particularly outstanding.

--THX