Soylent Green, Omega Man, Demon Seed, THX 1138, Collosus,other 70s Scifi

I'll second most of these. Lucas won't do 1138 for a while, though, methinks.

Omega Man has been in postponement hell for quite some time.

My wife, Koontz fan that she is, would die ( ) if Demon Seed hit DVD.

And I would die myself if Forbin Project ever hit!

My favorites from that list: 'The Omega Man' and 'Colossus The Forbin Project'.
I'd love to have them on dvd in their OAR and with any available extras.

Still regularly listen to Ron Grainer's fantastic score for Omega Man, one of my faves.

I have a 2.35 wide copy of Colossus, taped off the SF channel, very nice, but would prefer a remastered dvd copy.

Demon Seed was fun too, don't read on if you haven't seen it... Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)

Out of the titles mentioned, I only enjoyed DEMON SEED. I would love to get it on DVD with some nice extras. Someone told me that MGM owns DEMON SEED now, but I don't know if that is true.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that Soylent Green was heading to DVD. I'm pretty sure my memory isn't false. From MGM, so it'd be at least a decent effort features wise.

Soylent Green is under Warners control like all other old MGM titles.

I definitely want Soylent Green.

Will the Soylent DVDs be Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)

Ditto on all of these titles - even the ones that I haven't seen. There are so many that I want, but at the top of my DVD wish list are the SciFi and Horror titles. An extra big thumbs up for the "go ahead" on Omega Man and Soylent Green. There about 20 people, customers and employees, at our store who would be all over these titles if we could get them. We don't need food...we just need more DVDs!

I've never seen Soylent Green, but I would be waiting at the front door for Best Buy to open if it were to come out.

In my mind, THX-1138 is Lucas's best film. I'd love to see a nice DVD of this film some day. Commentaries, deleted scenes if any exist, interviews, the original student version and even some of Lucas's other student projects would be cool.

Someone mentioned that the DVD cover was up at one of the review sites, but that cover has been around for over 2 years. The fact that Warner would release The Swarm before Omega Man or Soylent Green leaves me scratching my head. Warner does a good job on their releases, but their selection of films and release pattern leaves a lot to be desired.

I would also love to see Omega Man and Soylent Green on DVD. I have yet to see Omega Man but I love those old Heston movies.
-Andre F

Put me down for Soylent, Omega Man, and THX 1138. I'm wondering if the new "family friendly" Lucas will allow his excellent first film to be released.

I'd buy all the titles mentioned in heartbeat.

THX 1138 I'm thinking we'll get an SE version with the midgets toward the end replaced with ewoks and Donald Pleasance's character replaced with Jar-Jar. However it goes, I really don't think we'll get the film-student version, though it would be nice.

Okay, so does MGM or Warner Bros own Demon Seed?

I read the other thread on this and there seemed to be no concensus on who had it now.

I want to see this; this was about the only Koontz adaption to make it to the big screen.

And Julie Christie is hot. :b

Since my wife is a **GIANT** Koontz fan I happen to have a list in front of me that proves your statement to be in error!

Demon Seed, Watchers, Whispers, Servants of Twilight, Hideaway, Phantoms, Watchers Reborn, and the uncredited-to-Koontz Funhouse were all on the big screen, according to this list right here. I don't know how deeply researched it is, but the TV movies and miniseries seem to be only Face of Fear, Intensity, Mr. Murder, Sole Survivor, & Black River.

Which are on DVD?



So, there's room not only for Demon Seed - his best - but also for some others as well. Koontz fans are INTENSE, I've discovered!

Was The Funhouse based on a Koontz short story or novel?
It looks neat.

Also, I'd like to see INTENSITY which I don't think even made it to VHS.

I'm interested in Soylent Green, but not the other titles.

Like nearly all of the Turner library, it needs remastering...

It's not WB's fault, but why the heck did Turner feel like he had to merge with WB? If the Turner company was still an indie, we'd be seeing those titles be released like crazy. (and without the AOL mindset, which is the source of the problem)

THX is going to be a really big problem for DVD. WB, Zoetrope, and Lucasfilm all own the film. So there's no telling how tangled the rights are.

Plus, IMO, it'll need considerable remastering due to it being a Techniscope film.

Larry P, yes, THE FUNHOUSE is based on a book by Koontz that goes by the same name. The movie is quite different from the book though. The movie is an excellent and VERY underrated horror classic in my opinion, and it is directed by the same guy who directed THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, Tobe Hooper. I highly recommend this classic film, and the book on which it is based!

The rights of THX 1138 can't be too tangled, it made it's way to VHS so why not DVD? Although the VHS isn't OAR, it's a decent transfer.

Just a note here that the book "Funhouse" was originally released under one of Koontz's alternate pen names, Owen West. Later it was rereleased under his own name, though.

I seem to recall Amazon.com having Omega Man
listed for release on Jan. 1, 2010. Looks like that's
how long we'll be waiting for this one. I'd buy
it and Soylent Green and also Phase IV.
As Phase IV is a Paramount title, it stands a
better chance of DVD release sometime this decade
than those held by Warner.

Note that the 1/1/2010 date is Amazon's standard "we don't have a specific new date, it's been postponed indefinately" entry that they put in their database whenever this situation occurs. It means nothing, so disregard it.

The student short film version of THX-1138 (The Electric Maze or something) is available on Short Cinema Journal #11.
I think it is #11 that is.