Warner DVD Decision 2004 - Voting Results are in! (1 Viewer)

[Mike Wadkins]

tcm in the uk tonight showed "batman and robin" i wanted to cry and have now lost all faith

 

[Paul_Scott]

i was hoping Greed would get out of the gate in Jan, so that it would free up the opportunity for another (batch) of silents to get released in a TCM collection (the silent i'm pining for the most is The Wind, and that doesn't look like its coming anytime soon, but at least i still have my LD).

we'll probably see a couple Von Stroheims as the TCM collection next yr- a long version of Greed and something else as a 'bonus' (Wedding March?)

 

[AndrewWickliffe]

Wait, wait:

Was it P/S or LBX?

 

[george kaplan]

Well I'm ecstatic about Ice Station Zebra and Random Harvest!

 

[Mike Wadkins]

it was lbx somethings are just not done

 

[GeorgePaul]

YES! God Bless Turner Classic Movies! My impossible dream of getting a special edition of Ice Station Zebra has miraculously come true!

Oh, yes. It WILL be mine.

"Quote: For God's sake hurry. Endquote. The rest of the transmission is garbled."

 

[Mike Wadkins]

i love Ice Station Zebra am so buying it

 

[Jeff_HR]

I like Silents more than the average film fan & you can check it out in my DVD Library Link. It was just a matter with my vote of wanting other films more than "Greed".

 

[John Kilduff]

I was hoping for "Kansas City Bomber" myself, but I can be content with "Ice Station Zebra".

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

Now, any more news as to Warner and MGM?

 

[Andrew Budgell]

I'm glad we'll see Ivanhoe with Elizabeth Taylor sooner, rather than later!

Andy

 

[Joe Caps]

I am bummed - was praying for Shoes of the Fisherman.
I am amazed that Ice Station Zebra is so liked today. It was considered a real turkey when it opened back in 68?

 

[Douglas R]

Excellent! The list includes 4 of my 5 votes. Particularly pleased that we'll have The Letter, Random Harvest (two really great classics) and Ivanhoe. My only one that didn't make it was Lust for Life which I would have preferred over King Solomon's Mines.

 

[Eric Peterson]

I'm really disappointed in these results. I was 1/5 in my votes and the 1 that got in was the one that I was least excited about. I thought that "Greed" & "Chain Gang" were would make it hands down.

I'll admit that I haven't seen any of the 5 winners, so hopefully I'll be impressed by the specs enough to pick several of them up. In the meantime, I'll keep hoping for SEs of the other titles.

 

[John Hodson]

Isn't it a shame how little Paul Muni is known these days? Maybe that's one of the reasons 'Chain Gang' failed to make it. Of course the other is that the whole exercise was just a little bit of PR fluff and the results were a fait accompli anyway...

 

[Jeff_HR]

Elections can provide surprises.

Perhaps a breakdown on the age of the voters would lend a clue.

I can't speak for the other voters, but I enjoy Muni's films & will buy them when released. But "Chain Gang" is not at the top of my list of favorite Muni films, & I did not vote for it.

 

[TonyD]

paging Joe_Pinney, could you edit your first post to include the final results?

 

[AlanP]

I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THESE RESULTS, except,
"ICE STATION" ???????
Don't get that one !!!!!!!!!!
I wanted "ALL FALL DOWN"

 

[Larry Sutliff]

I'm looking forward to IVANHOE, but I'm also disappointed that GREED and I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG didn't make the cut. :frowning:

 

[george kaplan]

I doubt it. What is the age of the voters who would prefer Random Harvest (1942) over Greed (1924)? Nobody under 62 was even alive when they were made. I doubt very much if the TCM fans who like old black & white films differ much in age from the TCM fans who like silent films.

 

[Roger Rollins]

I was really sad that LUST FOR LIFE and CHAIN GANG didn't make it, and I thought GREED would for sure, just based on its historical importance.

That being said, I feel certain that Warner will get these to us (and in beautiful editions, thankfully sans-snappers!) before long.