Film Wishlist for 2008 (1 Viewer)

[Robin9]

The 4% PAL speed-up is imperceptible to almost everyone. I have several films on both Region 1 and Region 2 DVDs and I don't notice any difference between even them!

Bearing in mind that the people most likely to notice the speed-up are musicians whose trained ears might - just might - perceive a minute difference in pitch caused by the speed-up, the fact that musicians in Europe do not complain about the PAL effect suggests that those who make such a fuss about it are deluding themselves. A tiny minority of people with freakishly acute sensitivity might notice the speed-up, but the average movie-lover can purchase Region 2 DVDs without misgivings.

 

[george kaplan]

Geez, OK, let's not worry about Pal speedup cause it's only 4% and many won't even notice. Let's not worry about colorizing old black & white films, cause most people won't even realize it wasn't originally in black & white. Let's not worry about pan & scan, cause hell, you still see most of the picture, and most people would never know the difference. Let's not worry about music replacement, cause how the hell would most people know what the original music was anyway? They won't notice and they won't care, so it's no problem. Let's not worry about syndicated versions of tv shows on dvd, cause most people will never know or notice that any scenes have been cut out, and it's just as good anyway.

Sorry, you guys can do what you want, but I'll wait for non-sped up region 1 versions of any and all films or tv shows I want to ever see. No pan & scan, no edited/syndicated versions, no music replacement and no pal speedup ever. Not with my hard-earned cash.

I've got well over 1900 films and tv shows on dvd that are uncut, OAR and without Pal speedup, and I'll happily watch those while waiting for correct versions of things that are only available currently in butchered versions.

 

[Peter M Fitzgerald]

A decent batch from my list has materialized in R1 (including a few that haven't streeted yet):

ROAD HOUSE (1948) --coming 9/2
DAY OF THE OUTLAW (1959)
THE GUNFIGHTER (1950)
THE SMALL BACK ROOM (1949) --coming 8/19
MAN OF THE WEST (1958)
ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO (1953) --coming 8/26
HOLIDAY AFFAIR, A (1949) --coming 11/11
LAW AND JAKE WADE, THE (1958) --coming 8/26
MAN WHO COULD CHEAT DEATH, THE (1959)
MOONTIDE (1942) --coming 9/2
NAVAJO JOE (1966)
PETE KELLY'S BLUES (1955)
PHASE IV (1974)
RAWHIDE (1951)
WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH (1970)
WORLD WITHOUT END (1956)

--plus the strong possibility of A MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH and the Budd Boetticher/Randolph Scott westerns (THE TALL T, RIDE LONESOME, etc) getting R1 releases before the year is out, though no official announcements yet.

 

[Alan Tully]

Five films I'd quite like:

THE EGYPTIAN '54
ONE-EYED JACKS '61
THE NAKED & THE DEAD '58
THE JOKERS '67
ONE MILLION BC '40

 

[Jim_K]

I've seen better years for DVD catalog titles but some made (are making) it out.

20,000 Years in Sing Sing
99 River Street
The African Queen
The Beast with Five Fingers
The Big Gundown
The Blue Dahlia
Burn Witch Burn
Comanche Station (rumored 2008/09)
Cry of the City
The Dark Mirror
Dark of the Sun
Death Rides a Horse
Desperate
Devil's Doorway
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
The Face Behind the Mask
Face to Face
Fall of the Roman Empire - Released!
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
The Furies - Released!
Garden of Evil - Released!
The Glass Key
Gorath
The Gorgon - Coming Soon!
The Gunfighter - Released!
The H-Man
The Hanging Tree
Hitokiri
Human Desire
The Human Vapor
Invisible Stripes - Coming Soon!
Island of Lost Souls
Kongo
The Kremlin Letter
Larceny Inc - Coming Soon!
The Little Giant - Coming Soon!
Man Hunt
Man of the West - Released!
A Matter of Life and Death (rumored 2008/09)
The Mercenary
Ministry of Fear
Mothra (rumored 2008/09)
Phantom Lady
The Phenix City Story
Ride Lonesome (rumored 2008/09)
Road House - Coming Soon!
Rodan - Coming Soon!
Samson and Delilah
The Sea Wolf
Secret Beyond the Door
The Skull - Released!
The Tall T (rumored 2008/09)
Three Outlaw Samurai
Twins of Evil
The Unholy Three (1930)
The Uninvited
Vampire Circus
War of the Gargantuas - Coming Soon!
West of Zanzibar
The Window

 

[Bradley-E]

Universal titles....

The Big Fix (which has played on Cinemax in Hi Def)

W.C. Fields and Me (Never had a home video release, playing on Cinemax in Hi Def on Oct 28)

September 30, 1955

The Seduction of Joe Tynan (M.I.A. from any video format or television or cable)

 

[CineKarine]

Several titles from my 2008 wish list (limiting it to my top 204 actually) made it on DVD this year, not as many as last year, but still incredibly impressive considering all were made before 1970 - the majority before 1960 in fact:

Affair in Trinidad (52)
All This and Heaven Too (40)
Blossoms in the Dust (41)
Born to Dance (36)
Broadway Melody of 1938 (37)
Captain Newman, MD (63)
Easy Living (37)
Great American Broadcast, The (41)
Hello, Frisco, Hello (43)
Hit the Deck (55)
Holiday Affair (49)
Houdini (53)
It Happened in Brooklyn (47)
Lady Be Good (41)
Major and the Minor, The (42)
Marriage on the Rocks (65)
Old Maid, The (39)
One Hour with You (32)
Singing Nun, The (66)
Stowaway (36)
Tammy and the Bachelor (57)
Tender Trap, The (55)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (43)
Two Weeks with Love (50)
Virginia City (40)

And already 3 more coming in 2009:
MGM: When the Lion Roars
Waterloo Bridge (40)
Sex and the Single Girl (64)

 

[cineMANIAC]

I'm still waiting for The World, the Flesh & the Devil from Warner Bros. I was hopeful they would release it if only to tie it into the success of I Am Legend. Also, still waiting for the special edition of The Road Warrior they promised us 2 years ago. I need a widescreen version of Frantic. I'd like to see that mythical extended version of The NeverEnding Story I keep hearing about. From Paramount I'd like to pick up A Crack In the World. For some reason MGM is still sitting on The Stepfather and Death Ship. They seem to be hit or miss. Last year they released a boatload of cult flicks, all good stuff. This year we only got 2 titles and they were both re-issues. Universal, please give us widescreen (at the very least) copies of Death Becomes Her and IceMan.
Seriously, what could possibly be preventing this studio from doing right by these. I don't understand.

 

[Robert13]

I second this one. I love this movie!

Also add these to the list:

The Legend Of Billie Jean (Helen Slater)
Cookie (Emily Lloyd)
I Dream Of Jeannie: 15 Years Later (Barbara Eden)
The Stepford Children (Barbara Eden)