Great to see JSA on that list; that's a key picture from near the beginning of the Korean cinema renaissance, and probably the first to couch the political/military aspects of the North/South situation inside glossy Hollywood action-thriller production values. That, plus the fact that Criterion recently pimped it as part of their 'New Korean Retrospective' on their channel, gives me hope that other K-films from the 1999-2001 era – SHIRI, ATTACK THE GAS STATION, TELL ME SOMETHING, MEMENTO MORI (and it's related films), RING VIRUS, NOWHERE TO HIDE, SAVE THE GREEN PLANET and countless others – might be ripe for rediscovery on nicely-appointed Blu-rays, and the world can finally set OLD BOY aside for a few years.

looks like we have another winner...The Last Starfighter

Good news!

what a fun movie. I was so in the mood for this and it didn’t disappoint. The transfer was stellar and the 5.1 was boisterous. Very clear voices and great sound effects. Bluray.com made a big deal of the inclusion of the 4.1 track. Why would that be a big deal when it had the original mono and 5.1? One less speaker doesn’t seem like it should be a big deal, but to me the 5.1 sounded best. Really impressed by transfer. Catherine Mary Stewart still looks good, but weird that her interview, while recent was in b/w. That was odd. The 30+ minute doc was rough and def not HD, but interesting and they seemed to think that the CGI was groundbreaking for the time. I dunno. Was it? I mean it looked like archaic Apple IIe graphics, perhaps better, but I’m sure not revolutionary like the makers made out to be, but nice vintage making of nonetheless.

This is just a fun movie, saw it in theaters and enjoyed just as much now. Even got chills when everyone came to see Alex break the record. Really good presentation all around.

I never see new releases immediately, but just felt like a fun romp and this certainly was.

Highly recommended for fans of fun, 80’s nostalgic, space adventures. Arrow did this up right.

The 4.1 track is the original surround track from the 70mm theatrical release. It's never been released on home video before. The 5.1 is a modern mix. I've never heard the 4.1 before, so I can't say if it's better or worse or what the difference are, but it's the original mix and that's why it's important. Without listening I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's better. But if the 5.1 is more boisterous, then it's possible I'm wrong.

The Last Starfighter was not the first movie to incorporate computer graphics (Westworld was, in 1973), but it used them more extensively than any movie before had. It was also the first to use "integrated CGI," meaning that the CGI depicted real physical objects (the spaceships) within the reality of the movie rather than graphics on a screen (like Star Trek II) or virtual objects inside a VR setting (like Tron).

So, yes, it was quite groundbreaking for its day, even if we don't consider the CGI to be photorealistic anymore.

I just watched The Last Starfighter. Pleasant film, -it's funny that traditional model-work would have held up better than the CGI they used. There's a featurette that explains TLS's place in the History of computer graphics on Film. Also, two of the extras use the style mentioned, -using black-and-white for the Talent interviewed shown on a split-screen with color clips from the film. There are several extras on the disc, -about an hour, -covering various aspects of the film and three commentary tracks. There's also retrospectives of TLS from two different releases of the film on Home Video; so you get to watch The Talent age pretty mercilessly.

Do note that the Steelbook doesn't include Gamera the Brave (a 2006 film unrelated to the 90s trilogy), but the standard edition does.

50% off Arrow sale at Barnes and Noble.

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Amazon has matched many of the prices, and even having coupons on some of them also that bring them even lower.

Yup, just grabbed the normal edition of American Werewolf in London bluray for $15.66 *thumbs up*

what the hell happened to shipping on Amazon.uk? i tried to order King of New York and shipping was like $18 USD. it's just as much as movie. wtf?

^ Has nothing to do with Arrow. Amazon is finally cracking down on international shipments by either jacking up the shipping price or blocking some titles from shipping at all. I suggest reading through the recent comments in the International Blu-ray deals thread for some tips.

didn't think it had anything to do with Arrow and i heard about shipping thing in Europe, but thought that was started and then cancelled for some reason...

I’ll probably get that Demons set. Had both on DVD. Didn’t see 2, but I know 1 was wacky and good at the same time. Vague recollection.

Looks like I really fucked myself by not getting Tremors right away. I preordered at Amazon late and now it’s sold out/back ordered everywhere. My amazon estimate is February.

My 4K edition of "Tremors" is supposed to be delivered today (via Amazon).

Holy damn that looks like some schlocky crap. Where's the preorder?

i pre-ordered months before, but because i changed payment method late on that one they used new date and i got fucked. expected between Jan and Feb too. But, got $15 credit for my trouble.

will they actually get another batch? with all the stuff, again?

Hard to say. It’s possible they really underestimated the demand for this release. I don’t know if Arrow has ever repressed their limited editions.

It's not a great answer, -and certainly not definitive, but "maybe"... it happened for me with the "Django" Limited blu-ray (which some people are saying wasn't supposed to be released at all). With Gamera, it was lucky that Amazon UK had them in stock while Amazon US was saying my pre-order might not arrive for two months. I ordered "He Came From The Swamp" (which is not limited) and Amazon kept pushing the arrival date further down the road. I found that Walmart had it in stock at the same price and placed an order. Hours later Amazon changed the arrival date to next week.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/tremors...0&mpid=1808408

Tremors is back in stock at Best Buy

not anymore.