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04-15-2003, 01:06 PM
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This Island Earth/Forbidden Planet
Having recently picked up a slew of Sci-fi dvds, and mucho hyped about Soylent Green and Omega Man coming out, (praying for special features) was wondering if new versions of This Island Earth and Forbidden Planet are coming in the not to distant future?
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04-15-2003, 02:42 PM
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I swear I've heard rumor of a Forbidden Planet:SE in the works. Can someone back me up?
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04-15-2003, 03:09 PM
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The current flipper version is actually pretty good. Light on the extras but the widescreen transfer is fine.
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04-15-2003, 03:10 PM
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Haden, I've have several times responded in threads about this title that I assumed Warner would get around to restoring this for some sort of special edition, so that may be what you saw. This is such a beloved classic (like KING KONG, THE THING, THE HAUNTING) that I've no doubt WB will eventually do it up right.
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04-15-2003, 03:29 PM
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The current flipper version...
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The current Forbidden Planet DVD is NOT a flipper.
The OAR version is on one side and the P&S is on the other.
"Imagine all the people, living life in peace..." - Imagine by John Lennon
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04-15-2003, 03:33 PM
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I'm ok with the current FP dvd...but badly want This Island Earth on dvd. my tape copy of this and THX-1138 are just about dead.
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04-15-2003, 03:57 PM
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Is the current Forbidden Planet dvd Anamporphic?
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04-16-2003, 01:00 AM
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The current Forbidden Planet DVD is NOT a flipper.
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Sorry. I tend to use the term to describe any two-sided DVD.
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Is the current Forbidden Planet dvd Anamporphic?
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Yes, it is.
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04-16-2003, 01:30 AM
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Well, the Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie DVD features Mike and the 'Bots riffing This Island Earth. :p)
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04-16-2003, 04:27 AM
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Thanks for the info guys...
Having just picked up the brillaint Day the The Earth Stood Still, I can't help wanting these two gems to get the same SE treatment. I haven't seen either of them in years.
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04-16-2003, 07:54 AM
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I would love a special edition of Forbidden Planet my fave 50's SF, and a dvd release of the spectacular This Island Earth would be great too.
I recommend getting the George Pal classic 'War of the Worlds' on region 2 dvd, excellent copy and in full blown stereo sound, the region 1 is only available in mono, it has good low frequency rumble when the Martian war machines start moving and blasting everything in their path, good stereo sound, great film.
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04-16-2003, 10:22 AM
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Well, the Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie DVD features Mike and the 'Bots riffing This Island Earth.
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Yes, it has the un-mstf'd version on the disc too. Problem is both the MSTF and regular DVD were both put out by Image and are both OOP.
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