Recent content by Dan_Shane

A+ for that post. Miss Hunt had already creeped me out as Miss Havisham in Lean's GREAT EXPECTATIONS, so her appearance in GRIMM had me sitting erect in my loge seat at the Rialto when she showed up as the storyteller in the cabin.

Sorry my tongue-in-cheek sarcasm may have been a tad too subtle. I was sure most would pickup on my mocking tone toward Crowther's mistaken credit given to George Pal for THREE WORLDS OF GULLIVER, a film he had zero involvement with.

BC was often able to include little gems about the movies in his reviews that would escape the average film-goer. It was almost universally assumed that Charles Schneer produced "Gulliver," but Mr. Crowther was able to blow past general knowledge to reveal the real history behind the flickers...

And we all owe it to your team to say thank you ad infinitum. The Criterion set is one of my prized possessions.

I like both renderings, but I would accept the discs in a brown paper bag at this point. TWWotBG may not be anyone's favorite movie of all time, but I have loved it since seeing its original run in 3-strip at the Rialto in Louisville. Being able to project it at home in Smilebox is a...

The film wasn't too young for you; you were at exactly the wrong age to best enjoy it. I liked it fine as a preteen, and so did my parents who were in their 40s. WWWotBG is charming, clever, and eye-popping. I have seen it many times since maturing, and I only appreciate it more. Yes, it is...

That was a National Lampoon issue. Even many of the ads for stereo equipment were in anaglyph 3-D. I have my original copy.

That's not a rock. It's a letch!

Where do I send my dime?

Benny Hill was the most successful British comedian to bring vaudeville/burlesque routines to TV. He made little attempt to sanitize his comedy because he knew his audience. My wife shared your view of Mr. Hill's series, but she was not the intended audience. I, OTOH, found his show uproarious...

I can't accept (and thereby encourage) sub-par HD releases at any price. Canceled.

Understood, and I poorly worded my comparison/contrast. I know that Olive claimed that they were using the best source made available to them, but I really believe they should have passed and let the title go unreleased. What happened was that it gave the company a bad name to many, and now we...

Well, I think Olive owes everyone a free Blu-ray disc featuring this new transfer. Who would have thought that streaming a wide-format film could blow away a physical disc copy? And I still like the film, warts and all. I just hate my BD that is serving as a placeholder awaiting a watchable...

Secrets are nigh impossible to keep in the Internet age, especially when apparently so many individuals are making their own contributions to the project. I hope that Dave, while probably disappointed, still realizes that this little slip has brought some of us a ray of sunshine in a...

Looks correct on my YouTube TV recording, and not half bad.