Laserdiscs that haven't made it to DVD or Blu-Ray yet (or LDs that are way better)
08-09-10, 05:51 AM
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Laserdiscs that haven't made it to DVD or Blu-Ray yet (or LDs that are way better)
There used to be a list like this but it hasn't been updated in years. I like to keep a list for when I'm out thrifting.
What laserdiscs haven't made it to DVD or Blu-Ray yet (please note if it's available on DVD in another region) Or which ones have amazing extra material that didn't get transferred to Blu-Ray? They can be Japanese LDs too, since those are NTSC.
Let's make a list! Lists are fun.
What laserdiscs haven't made it to DVD or Blu-Ray yet (please note if it's available on DVD in another region) Or which ones have amazing extra material that didn't get transferred to Blu-Ray? They can be Japanese LDs too, since those are NTSC.
Let's make a list! Lists are fun.
08-09-10, 09:37 AM
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Re: Laserdiscs that haven't made it to DVD or Blu-Ray yet (or LDs that are way better
Song of the South! They released that on laserdisk in the 1980s, but is hasn't been seen since. (Except on "Bootlegs")
08-09-10, 09:40 AM
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I ain't holding my breath for MGM to ever release this, but I really really want Ken Russell's The Boyfriend. Also the Disney/Miramax release of Sarafina! is the longer R-rated cut of the film, which I think wasn't released on DVD as such. I don't know who owns the rights to Prospero's Books but the laserdisc was released by Fox - come on Criterion give us US Peter Greenaway fans some of his films on DVD and bluray - pretty please??
08-09-10, 06:01 PM
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Re: Laserdiscs that haven't made it to DVD or Blu-Ray yet (or LDs that are way better
Betty Boop: The Definitive Collection
Dr. X
Island of Lost Souls
Let It Be
MGM Cartoon Classics: Happy Harmonies
Up the Creek
Wheeler & Woolsey comedies:
Diplomaniacs
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Mummy's Boys
Peach O'Reno
The Rainmakers
Sillie Billies
Dr. X
Island of Lost Souls
Let It Be
MGM Cartoon Classics: Happy Harmonies
Up the Creek
Wheeler & Woolsey comedies:
Diplomaniacs
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Mummy's Boys
Peach O'Reno
The Rainmakers
Sillie Billies
08-09-10, 06:25 PM
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08-09-10, 08:21 PM
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08-10-10, 03:09 PM
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Re: Laserdiscs that haven't made it to DVD or Blu-Ray yet (or LDs that are way better
TimeCop dts LD
Mimic dts LD
both superior sound to their dvd counterparts
Mimic dts LD
both superior sound to their dvd counterparts
08-10-10, 03:11 PM
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APEX
The Borrower
don't think they've made it to dvd
The Borrower
don't think they've made it to dvd
08-10-10, 06:46 PM
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Unaltered Disney classics like Roger Rabbit, The Rescuers and The Lion King that still have the hidden stuff in them.
Also: I Come in Peace
The Family Dog pilot that was on Amazing Stories
Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
Also: I Come in Peace
The Family Dog pilot that was on Amazing Stories
Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis
08-11-10, 11:57 AM
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08-11-10, 12:13 PM
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Re: Laserdiscs that haven't made it to DVD or Blu-Ray yet (or LDs that are way better
I'm still holding on to my dts LD of Strange Days.
Funny, I figured after Bigelow won the Oscar this would've got a release date for Blu.
Funny, I figured after Bigelow won the Oscar this would've got a release date for Blu.
08-11-10, 12:45 PM
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I only saw LDs at a thrift store one time and they were mixed in with the Vinyl LPs by mistake marked 45 cents each. I got "Revolution" with Al Pacino and a Fred Astaire movie even though I have never owned a Laser Disc player. Revolution is still not on DVD in it's original form, only in a "Revisited" version. I saw the original on VHS back in the 80's only because it had Nastassja Kinski in it. It seems like there should be more LDs around but I guess the people that bought them were/are cinephiles and probably hung onto them.
08-11-10, 06:23 PM
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Most(if not all) of the Pioneer Music LDs were exclusive to laserdisc(watching Tina Turner right now).
08-11-10, 10:32 PM
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V and V: The Final Battle are on laser in their original 4:3 television ratios, while the DVD versions are cropped/MARred to 16x9 (even if the first mini's cropping was sanctioned by Ken Johnson). The LDs are the best-quality version released in their OAR (the VHS releases were also OAR).
08-12-10, 04:49 PM
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