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Old 04-04-09, 09:02 AM
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Out of all those titles only "Towering inferno" has any interest for me. I had an original release bare bones non-anamorphic DVD copy that I sold but the movie really rocks.

I could never understand how such a crappy transfer and sound yet was THX mastered.
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Road House is a guilty pleasure I'll add to the collection.
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Originally Posted by rexinnih
Road House is a guilty pleasure I'll add to the collection.

There's nothing guilty about this movie. It should be a REQUIREMENT that people have this. This film should be studied......I'll gladly take the BD.
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Sooooo.....how about that Navy Seals Blu-ray?
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Originally Posted by NoirFan
Sooooo.....how about that Navy Seals Blu-ray?
Navy Seals...? Anyone?
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

ROADHOUSE -
Originally Posted by trespoochies
There's nothing guilty about this movie. It should be a REQUIREMENT that people have this. This film should be studied......I'll gladly take the BD.
From the UK magazine DVD REVIEW Issue 68 - remembering the '80s - page 47 :

'Four Frat Pack movies you'd do well to avoid : MANNEQUIN, SOUL MAN, RED DAWN and ROADHOUSE = "Possibly the most unintentionally hilarious and homoerotic action movie ever made. Patrick Swayze stars in thie monstrously dated hymn to country music and big hair, unwisely trying to do and Eastwood as enigmatic nightclub bouncer Dalton


OH.... I understand why its a REQUIREMENT NOW
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

If only they could put out a three pack of Clerks, Road House and Navy Seals.
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Originally Posted by tonyjg
ROADHOUSE -

From the UK magazine DVD REVIEW Issue 68 - remembering the '80s - page 47 :

'Four Frat Pack movies you'd do well to avoid : MANNEQUIN, SOUL MAN, RED DAWN and ROADHOUSE = "Possibly the most unintentionally hilarious and homoerotic action movie ever made. Patrick Swayze stars in thie monstrously dated hymn to country music and big hair, unwisely trying to do and Eastwood as enigmatic nightclub bouncer Dalton


OH.... I understand why its a REQUIREMENT NOW
Yep, a good double bill with Roadhouse would be Commando. That's why I like Roadhouse so much. Both movie beg to be mocked for years to come.
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Not to derail the thread, but I really hope they've got Blue Velvet in the pipeline.
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Originally Posted by KillerCannibal
Not to derail the thread, but I really hope they've got Blue Velvet in the pipeline.
Not that it necessarily means anything, but I've been playing with a Vudu box recently and noticed that Blue Velvet is available in 1080p for download. So an HD master is available. On the other hand, there are a lot of other titles available through that service that the studios haven't bothered to put on Blu-ray.

I haven't downloaded the title yet and have no idea what shape the master is in.
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Originally Posted by kk725
Navy Seals...? Anyone?
I might get it, its not a bad movie at all. I don't know why its gotten made fun of in this thread.
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Originally Posted by Bluelitespecial
I might get it, its not a bad movie at all. I don't know why its gotten made fun of in this thread.
Have you never seen Clerks?
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Originally Posted by KillerCannibal
Not to derail the thread, but I really hope they've got Blue Velvet in the pipeline.
Not to derail it even further, but I'd be ecstatic if Universal decided to release Lost Highway in BD. That'd make my year.

and I'd love it Dumbland would get a BD release just to hear people complain about the PQ quality compared to Kung Fu Panda.

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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Crap, crap, crap. Went through and deleted a whole bunch of stupid arguments about MPEG-2.

sgnhcs, you are banned from this thread. If you post here even once, you will be suspended from the forum.

Everyone else, continue on with the topic. Thanks!

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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

I just rewatched my VC1 HD DVD of The Graduate...I really hope MGM remasters this baby and gives it MPEG4. While the HD DVD was a huge improvement over the previous DVD editions it still looked like it could have used a bit more TLC. Hopefully they don't pull an 07 MPEG2 encode.
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Drat, there go my hamster/rabbit, big pipe/small pipe analogies. Lost forever!
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Any word on what will be on the Road House blu-ray, I'll be buying it no matter what, but will it have all of the DE dvd extras? At least the Kevin Smith commentary?
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Originally Posted by droidguy1119
Drat, there go my hamster/rabbit, big pipe/small pipe analogies. Lost forever!
Dammit - and that was the only way to get me interested in those kinds of subjects too...hamsters!
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

I hope the extras from The Towering Inferno special edition that came out a few years ago get carried over to the Blu. I only have the crappy non-anamorphic version.

First day buy for me!
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Originally Posted by Bluelitespecial
Any word on what will be on the Road House blu-ray, I'll be buying it no matter what, but will it have all of the DE dvd extras? At least the Kevin Smith commentary?
I believe it's already been announced that all Road House features will make the jump to BD.
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Slightly OT - but Summit is releasing a Paul Simon concert (Paul Simon and Friends) on Blu-ray the same day as The Graduate. Great tie-in from a different studio!
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DVD Beaver on The Graduate
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Ugh. Can't Fox do anything right? Pass.
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Re: Fox/MGM Catalog Titles in June and July 2009

Hmmm, it doesn't look too bad, but it doesn't look too good either. I wonder if it's just how the film is. It seems to have a good grain structure, so at least if there is DNR it's not excessive. At first I thought I saw some EE, but then I thought it was just the photography. One of the telltale signs of EE is if you can see halos on the borders, and I'm not seeing those here. It's strange how the color timing is so different between the releases, in particular the most recent DVD and this disc.

I think it's a worthy purchase for $16, especially if, like me, you never got it on DVD. I passed on the old non-anamorphic DVD, and by the time the 40th anniversary edition came around, I decided to just wait for the BD.

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