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post #31 of 211
9/23/08 at 12:44am
Ghost and Officer and a gentleman were scheduled for over a year ago, i miss the second one in that line up!!

Days and Ghost for me...
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post #32 of 211
9/23/08 at 1:00am
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Originally Posted by daninfamous View Post

event horizon scared the *beep* out of me when I was a kid watching that on vhs and 2 channel stereo sound, omg, idk if i can handle the blu even being an adult now lol

I was going to say something similar... this may be the only movie that I would prefer in SD... not sure I really want any more detail.

But then, I'm not really a horror or gore fan... like this one more for the sci-fi setting, sets, and costumes. Wish it was a bit less scary and gory.
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post #33 of 211
9/23/08 at 4:10am
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No, they don't both rock. Tony Scott is the worst kind of hack. While his brother Ridley sometimes falls off the edge of the style-vs-substance cliff, Tony wallows at the bottom at all times. Days Of Thunder is the epitome of flash-over-anything-resembling-good-movie-making "look ma, look how pretty I can make a movie by having EVERYTHING shot at a long lens, just like all my commercials!"

Tony Scott is a hack. I don't care if he did score one with Top Gun. If Einstein were alive he would provide objective proof of this with a Hackinsian formula with "Tony Scott" at the end of the equal sign.

Just...you know...my 2 cents....


I kind of agree with your comments but he did make three superb movies - True Romance, Crimson Tide and Spy Game and two movies which were almost superb but for the endings with Man On Fire and Enemy Of The State....He has done a lot of hack stuff though as well and The Hunger and Top Gun and Domino were all style over substance.

Looking forward to Event Horizon and Ghost on Blu Ray.
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post #34 of 211
9/23/08 at 4:47am
According to Amazon germany Leon is just 1 month away for import!!
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post #35 of 211
9/23/08 at 5:59am
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According to Amazon germany Leon is just 1 month away for import!!

Droool!!!

Give us the US release of this fantastic flick!

"No women, no children!"
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post #36 of 211
9/23/08 at 6:15am
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Originally Posted by Henke007 View Post

According to Amazon germany Leon is just 1 month away for import!!

Region free?
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post #37 of 211
9/23/08 at 6:15am
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Originally Posted by R Harkness View Post

Tony Scott is a hack. I don't care if he did score one with Top Gun.

He's scored more than "one". Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, The Last Boy Scout, Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State, Man on Fire....

And, while it didn't do much business, True Romance is amazing.

Just because you don't prefer his style doesn't automatically make him a "hack".

And having Days of Thunder not only be on Blu-Ray, but finally being anamorphic.... 12/30 can't come soon enough.
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post #38 of 211
9/23/08 at 6:44am
They can keep Event Horizon (I don't even like typing it). I blind bought the laserdisc, then gave it away the next day. I've never been freightned by a movie like I was that one.
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post #39 of 211
9/23/08 at 7:03am
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They can keep Event Horizon (I don't even like typing it). I blind bought the laserdisc, then gave it away the next day. I've never been freightned by a movie like I was that one.

You blind bought a laserdisc? Weren't those things insanely expensive?
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post #40 of 211
9/23/08 at 7:06am
EVENT HORIZON's old 1080i transfer, which aired on HBO long ago (in the day of 19mb/ps bit rates) was astonishing. Better than most HD today. Hopefully the newer transfer is at least as good. Newer does not = better.

My fingers are crossed on this one because despite the flaws, EH is a terrific horror/sci-fi film and Paul Anderson's only good film.
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post #41 of 211
9/23/08 at 7:19am
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You blind bought a laserdisc? Weren't those things insanely expensive?

It got good a/v reviews, what else was I supposed to do?
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post #42 of 211
9/23/08 at 7:21am
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Originally Posted by Matt_Stevens View Post

EH is a terrific horror/sci-fi film and Paul Anderson's only good film.

No arguements there. It was just a little too creepy for my tastes.
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post #43 of 211
9/23/08 at 7:27am
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Originally Posted by sharkcohen View Post

DAMMIT, I just broke down and finally picked up Event Horizon on DVD. That is the ONLY reason it is now coming out on BD

Please buy all of the Star Trek movies, even the bad ones. Thank you for your cooperation.


Truman Show is an instant buy for me, I love that movie. Not so sure about Event Horizon, that movie was just so-so.
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post #44 of 211
9/23/08 at 7:39am
Event Horizon and The Truman Show for me!
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post #45 of 211
9/23/08 at 8:50am
Dam, I had to check out Tony Scott's resume after the hack comments. I must love hacks as I really enjoyed at least six of his movies.
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post #46 of 211
9/23/08 at 9:12am
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Originally Posted by R Harkness View Post

Tony Scott is a hack. I don't care if he did score one with Top Gun. If Einstein were alive he would provide objective proof of this with a Hackinsian formula with "Tony Scott" at the end of the equal sign.

Just...you know...my 2 cents....


Wow you obviosly haven't seen Man on Fire one of the best movies in the last 10 years, True Romance another classic as is Crimson Tide. So Hack he is not!
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post #47 of 211
9/23/08 at 9:19am
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Originally Posted by Snake Plisken View Post

Wow you obviosly haven't seen Man on Fire one of the best movies in the last 10 years, True Romance another classic as is Crimson Tide. So Hack he is not!

Maybe Uwe Bolle is more his taste :0
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post #48 of 211
9/23/08 at 9:58am
You know I wanted to like EH so much but in the end I just got bored with it. It's creepy and sci-fi so that should be a winning combination. Still the movie was just a bit too sluggish. Good to see Paramount cranking out some catalog titles though. Now if they could get Collateral out I'd be a happy camper.
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post #49 of 211
9/23/08 at 6:21pm
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Originally Posted by BrandonJF View Post


And, while it didn't do much business, True Romance is amazing.

Agreed. True Romance is my favorite Tarantino film. I'll bet if Quentin had directed it wouldn't have been nearly as good.

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post #50 of 211
9/23/08 at 6:49pm
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You blind bought a laserdisc? Weren't those things insanely expensive?

Only the boxsets really were. I've paid more for most BR discs at $29 and $34 than I did for most laserdiscs.
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post #51 of 211
9/23/08 at 7:53pm
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Originally Posted by Dave Mack View Post

Please buy Titanic, Saturday Night Fever, Logan's Run, Rollerball, Hair, Romeo is Bleeding, State Of Grace and the Star Wars movies now on DVD...


Saturday Night Fever was supposed to come out last year but was canceled. I was not happy when it was pulled.

BTW, where is Team America: World Police? It was in the first promos in 2006.
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post #52 of 211
9/24/08 at 12:31am
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Originally Posted by Grifter02 View Post

You blind bought a laserdisc? Weren't those things insanely expensive?

I still remember my first blind-buy Laser Disc. It was Lethal Weapon 2 for US$30 in 1990 dollars. Very much worth the price at the time. It looked fantastic on a Sony XBR Pro monitor.

I will definitely buy Days Of Thunder on Blu-ray. It looked pretty good in HD a few years back when I made an HD data-disc copy from a satellite channel. That movie does indeed have some nice surround-sound scenes.
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post #53 of 211
9/24/08 at 4:11am
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Originally Posted by geocab View Post

Please buy all of the Star Trek movies, even the bad ones. Thank you for your cooperation.
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and the aliens movies/star wars/etc...
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post #54 of 211
9/24/08 at 5:55am
Regarding Event Horizon.... this quote pulled from IMDB:

In the meantime Anderson directed Event Horizon (1997) from a script by Philip Eisner, which featured Anderson regulars Sean Pertwee and Jason Isaacs. The science fiction/horror film, a gothic horror version of Solyaris (1972), was stylish and scary, but was critically panned and did not do well in the box office, which Anderson blamed on studio-enforced cuts to the story. (Anderson has promised a Director's Cut, though none has been announced as of yet.)

We can hope!
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post #55 of 211
9/24/08 at 6:17am
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Originally Posted by analogBalrog View Post

Regarding Event Horizon.... this quote pulled from IMDB:

In the meantime Anderson directed Event Horizon (1997) from a script by Philip Eisner, which featured Anderson regulars Sean Pertwee and Jason Isaacs. The science fiction/horror film, a gothic horror version of Solyaris (1972), was stylish and scary, but was critically panned and did not do well in the box office, which Anderson blamed on studio-enforced cuts to the story. (Anderson has promised a Director's Cut, though none has been announced as of yet.)

We can hope!

I wouldn't count on it. It's been re-released several times already and if it was something they could easily do or something Anderson still had real interest in, it would have been done already to wring out a few more triple-dip sales.
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post #56 of 211
9/24/08 at 7:06am
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Originally Posted by analogBalrog View Post

Regarding Event Horizon.... this quote pulled from IMDB:

In the meantime Anderson directed Event Horizon (1997) from a script by Philip Eisner, which featured Anderson regulars Sean Pertwee and Jason Isaacs. The science fiction/horror film, a gothic horror version of Solyaris (1972), was stylish and scary, but was critically panned and did not do well in the box office, which Anderson blamed on studio-enforced cuts to the story. (Anderson has promised a Director's Cut, though none has been announced as of yet.)

We can hope!

There will be no directors cut....The last 2 disc special edition put paid to all those rumours and Anderson talks at length on the subject matter.
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post #57 of 211
9/24/08 at 7:08am
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Originally Posted by Matt_Stevens View Post

EVENT HORIZON's old 1080i transfer, which aired on HBO long ago (in the day of 19mb/ps bit rates) was astonishing. Better than most HD today. Hopefully the newer transfer is at least as good. Newer does not = better.

My fingers are crossed on this one because despite the flaws, EH is a terrific horror/sci-fi film and Paul Anderson's only good film.

You're right. I still have a copy of this that I transferred from DVHS to a BD-R. I'll be happy if the BD simply matches it; anything better will just be fantastic.
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post #58 of 211
9/24/08 at 10:05am
Yes!!!!!

Event Horizon has been my number one most desired title to have on HD for quite a while now.

I just really, really, really hope that the transfer does it justice and isn't DNR'd to hell. Event Horizon really is a fantastic looking movie and to have anything less than a five star transfer would be a massive let-down.
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post #59 of 211
9/24/08 at 11:22am
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Originally Posted by Robonaut View Post

Yes!!!!!

Event Horizon has been my number one most desired title to have on HD for quite a while now.

I just really, really, really hope that the transfer does it justice and isn't DNR'd to hell. Event Horizon really is a fantastic looking movie and to have anything less than a five star transfer would be a massive let-down.

The special edition DVD looks great, so I suspect that even if they recycle that master, we'll be OK, provided they don't DNR it to hell during encoding.
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post #60 of 211
9/24/08 at 11:26am
Days of thunder !!! that and event for me
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