Recent content by stan hiller

I've owned the gloriously packaged criterion 3 disc edition for some years now and rated it as on of my favourite LD's so a year or so back when the dvd version hit the street, I picked up a copy straight away and heres what my first impressions were. DUBBING - the new dub is nowhere near as...

The Searchers - that last shot of wayne framed in the doorway - pure classic!

When my much prized copy of the Star Wars special edition laserdiscs (disc three, empire strikes back) started showing the aforementioned signs, I automatically assumed that the dreaded rot had made its appearance and as one of my favourite discs - Airforce One has been rendered near unplayable...

Declan - if memory serves, there was a PAL version of the special version but like ALL pal discs, these were dolby surround only so my choice was to either buy the pal special edition or the ntsc standard length ac3 version - given that I had just bought my first dolby digital amp, there really...

I've so far owned two versions of the 'Aliens' laserdiscs - the first being the boxset released some years back - very comprehensive but with a very poor grainy transfer - I was so disapointed that I sold it after a few weeks, and my current laserdisc, the first ac3 version which has a much...

Band of Brothers, Futurama seasons 1 & 2 and Ice age.

Having just bought (and thoroughly enjoyed) the babylon 5 first season boxset, I anxiously awaite the release of the later seasons - does anyone out there have any info on the release dates?

Confirmation that John Williams IS the most accomplished film composer ever- the 'Can You Read My Mind' sequence with margot kidder is truely beautiful and clarkes first meeting with his long dead father and his education leading to his maturity as superman are amongst the most moving moments...

1 - The Haunting (1963) - To this day , the 'Door Banging sequence' really freaks me out, but when it stops and the doorknob slowly starts turning, you just know how Claire Bloom feels when she says she now knows why people scream cos she knows she's about to - she's not alone! 2 -the alien...

OK, it may be mostly based on the pioneering spaceshots, but 'The Right Stuff' really does the bizz when it comes to the Bell X1 and later sound barrier busting planes.

At the end of the day, to REALLY enjoy the dune universe, there's only one way to go - Read the books and leave it at that! The dune series are amongst the greatest science fiction novels ever written and totally engrossing in their own right - david lynches film and the frank herbert mini...

1 - Arnie taking off in the harrier in 'True Lies' 2 - Most of the action sequences from 'Starship Troopers' 3 - rooftop swordfight from the 10th anniversary edition of 'Highlander' 4 - Hoth battle and asteroid chase sequences from 'the Empire Strikes Back (AC3) 5 - san francisco...

1- Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse Dune. 2 - Jack vance's Demon Prince series. 3 - Anything by robert sheckley - underrated genius! 4 - Anything by Douglas Adams. 5 - Arthur C Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama (but don't bother...

Todd, believe me, its worth purchasing either Star Wars boxset - the origional 9 disc boxset includes a superb hardback book, runs in CAV (plenty of side changes unfortunately) tons of extra,s and best of all, this is the ORIGIONAL release sans extra footage. Sound is THX dolby but great...

I'v just watched a superb film on dvd with excellent performances from a stellar cast, great story well told and a soundtrack to die for - that film being 'The Right Stuff'. I'd kill to see this re-released as a special edition with info on the real heroes and their endeavours as there's so...