are there any sites around with good laserdisc discussions? the lddb doesnt seem to have a forum.

yep... first, go here.

If you can stand something unmoderated, you could try the newsgroup alt.video.laserdisc . If you don't have or want a newsreader you can use google groups to access it:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.v...topics?lnk=srg