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06-25-2006, 05:09 AM
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Kramer
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06-25-2006, 09:29 AM
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R. Ray Rogers II
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Re: John Carpenter's Vampires - how about a SE?
Why don't you mention where you got the information? It's obvious you stole it from dvdcompare.net. Please give credit where credit is due.
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06-25-2006, 11:19 AM
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Re: John Carpenter's Vampires - how about a SE?
As an SE, there isn't exactly a bounty of material made specifically for the dvd there. Is that segment of "The Directors" the same program sometimes featured on the Encore channel?
At any rate, I'm all for more lavish editions of Carpenter films on disc, and I love JC's Vampires. Was the question of whether the greenish sepia tone in some scenes (as with the coloration of the sky in the opening siege on the farm house)--apparently achieved with filters--intended and appropriate to the region one editions, or was the look supposed to be more line with some dvds from other regions (which somehow lack that effect)?
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06-25-2006, 12:18 PM
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Kramer
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Re: John Carpenter's Vampires - how about a SE?
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06-25-2006, 04:07 PM
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Re: John Carpenter's Vampires - how about a SE?
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Why don't you mention where you got the information? It's obvious you stole it from dvdcompare.net. Please give credit where credit is due.
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What's the big deal? It's not like he posted an aricle or review and didn't mention who wrote it and what site it's from. They were just DVD specs. Lighten up a bit.
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06-25-2006, 04:55 PM
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Adam Scott
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Re: John Carpenter's Vampires - how about a SE?
Agreed, about lightening up a bit on the first fellow...
Vampires is one of my favorite Carpenter films, and I am a Carpenter aficionado by all means; the standard-issue Region 1 release from Columbia offered a decent full frame/widescreen transfer and decent Dolby Digital 5.1 audio; perhaps more than decent on the audio front -- it was a pretty aggressive track. I havent watched it in awhile, but I have been dying to upgrade to the Superbit version to test that DTS track, yet I cannot seem to find it anywhere in print anymore, especially at Best Buy, who are still holding to their $9.99 pricing on most Superbits....
With keeping to the topic a bit, does anyone have any experience with the Superbit disc of Vampires? Is the DTS track worth upgrading for?
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06-25-2006, 11:15 PM
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Re: John Carpenter's Vampires - how about a SE?
The was Carpenter's last good film. Since then, there have been nothing but remakes of his better films, and SEs of his best films. Has he retired, or have projects just not been that good to come by?
I still consider him among my favorite director's and Big Trouble in Little China and The Thing are his best works, IMO.
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06-25-2006, 11:35 PM
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Adam Scott
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Re: John Carpenter's Vampires - how about a SE?
"The was Carpenter's last good film. Since then, there have been nothing but remakes of his better films, and SEs of his best films."
Ghost of Mars was the last "decent" effort and that flopped horribly. Since then, yes, they have been releasing his older works in Special Editions, although none of them have really been adorned with great audio tracks...
"Has he retired, or have projects just not been that good to come by?"
He's been involved in projects like assisting production for his own Fog remake and things like that; my guess is he still needs a paycheck but has run out of ideas, if that is possible.
"I still consider him among my favorite director's and Big Trouble in Little China and The Thing are his best works, IMO."
He is indeed one of my favorite directors, too, Josh, and The Thing was AWESOME; definitely one of his best. I put Big Trouble in Little China next to They Live in terms of Carpenter films I did not like.
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06-26-2006, 02:28 PM
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Re: John Carpenter's Vampires - how about a SE?
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He directed an episode of 'Masters of Horror' called "Cigarette Burns" (within the past year.) It's available on DVD and I dare say it's a FAR better effort than "Ghosts of Mars" or "Vampires."
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