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...apparently the subtitles are botched. And I'm not talking about typos and grammatical errors, which kinda go with the territory; I'm talking about HOH stuff like "musical interlude" and "thwacking continues". So sayeth Bob Cashill:

When silent films running at non-standard speeds are mastered in 1080p rather than 1080i, the result is annoying stop-n-go motion stutter artifacts due to repeated frames every 5 or 6 frames. Apparently Kino is now mastering all silents progressively no matter what the speed. A Kino quote that...

Looks like it's finally going to happen, a Blu-ray of Tobe Hooper's best film (sorry TCM fans). To paraphrase what I've written in other threads, it's far from being a guilty pleasure; it's one of my favorite horror films, period. Nothing guilty about it. The last great old-school British-style...

Now that I've taken the plunge and gotten a 55" Samsung 3D LCD and matching Blu-ray player, what I really wanna know is...where's the 3D software? Considering the current hype of 3D TV, I find it baffling that there is an absolute dearth of compatible software. All we've gotten is a measly...

I acquired a copy of this, just barely watchable, but boy, was it worth it, even so. Dick Van Dyke is phenomenal as Charlie Lester, a man who loses it all due to the call of the bottle. Lynn Carlin is just as good as his poor wife. And Richard Matheson's script rings absolutely true. This...

I just picked up the long-awaited R1 DVD of one of the greatest cult films of all time. It's better than nothing, but it could have (and should have) been much better. What we're getting is a recycled slightly-faulty PAL-to-NTSC IVL/Celestial transfer, stretched out to NTSC speed, making it...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14452732/?GT1=8404 Thoughts?

I was going to post this in response to a post in the MGM/Sony reissue thread, but then decided I felt passionate enough about the issue to give it its own thread. Though it's unlikely to happen within at least the next six to ten years, since it's now controlled by Sony/Columbia and was just...

Apparently, Tom Bambard of Anchor Bay Entertainment revealed the info at the recent Fangoria Weekend of Horrors convention. From a quote posted at the Roobarb forum: And I've just started to knuckle under and pick up the remaining Anchor Bay double-feature Hammers I don't have...should I...

You know, containing his two directorial efforts that are incredibly hard to find anywhere, THE ADVENTURE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES' SMARTER BROTHER and, most importantly, THE WORLD'S GREATEST LOVER, which I consider to be one of the unsung comedy masterpieces of the '70s. Where the hell are these...

Do they each come in their own individual regular keepcase? Slim keepcase? Are they doubled up two to a disc? Some of the individual releases were snappers, that's why I ask. And apparently only two of them were released as a double-feature disc, THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN and TASTE THE BLOOD OF...

I'd include the following (someone stop me if WB doesn't own one of these): MAD LOVE (1935) STRANGER ON THE THIRD FLOOR (1940) THE FACE BEHIND THE MASK (1941) THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS (1944) THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (1946) THREE STRANGERS (1946) What a high-caliber box set that would...

Sorry if this is old news, but I just found out about it: H-Rom, a holographic disc with a capacity of 300GB on a 130mm disc, based on red laser technology, just like today's CDs and DVDs. InPhase made the announcement at this year's CES. From www.physorg.com: Thoughts, anyone? InPhase CES...

Has this release been mentioned here in the recent past? Street date was supposedly October 4th. Anyone pick this up yet? I have the old All Day Ulmer box, which contains BLUEBEARD and a double-feature of STRANGE WOMAN and MOON OVER HARLEM. Are the transfers the same, or have they been improved...

So, apparently this DVD comp of Fleischer cartoons from VCI entitled "Somewhere In Dreamland" flew under my radar in December 2002. I just found it for sale at a video store, and it's got a 2005 date on the back, along with a notation of "Revision A" on the front. Anyone know what gives with...

And to start things off, I'd like to nominate... The Dick Van Dyke Show I've got all five seasons of this wonderful show, and all the episodes look great, they're all completely uncut and unaltered, in the correct order, and have tons of amazing extras packed into every box as well as...

From TV Tome, posted on April 15, 2005: YES!!! I can't tell you how excited I am about this news. I taped a few episodes off Noggin a few years back, and the show was just as great as I remembered it. It holds up extremely well, and there's lots of humor that adults will catch...

OK, how many of you out there remember the following kids programs from the '70s, broadcast on PBS? Ripples (don't remember too much about this one, except that in one episode a kid went to get a check-up at the doctor's office) Inside Out (filmed dramatic show teaching values and morals)...

Here are some of my fave television films from when I was a kid (as well as one I didn't manage to catch), that I'd love to see on DVD: DEATH RACE (1973) Allied soldiers Doug McClure and Roy Thinnes vs. Nazi soldiers Lloyd Bridges and Eric Braeden in a nifty little chase thriller...Doug & Roy...

I saw a set of 10 episodes of this apparently unbroadcast Karloff show going for $7.99 at Fred Meyer. On the Platinum label. Anyone have this? How's the A/V quality? Is this a good show? I'm a huge Karloff fan, so I'll probably end up getting it just for him, even if it isn't the greatest show...

Author Bill Warren ("Keep Watching The Skies!") left a most disconcerting post at the Mobius Home Video Forum in which he says that Starlog editor Dave McDonnell told him that he learned that the film "doesn't really exist beyond a reel or two shot to try to lure enough investors to complete the...

I was exposed to this show on the CBN cable channel when I was an impressionable teen in the '80s. No, I didn't grow up to be a skirt-chasing Hollywood photographer. Unfortunately. That aside, I just picked up a 16-episode set on a double-disc DVD from Platinum, packaged with a DVD of 16...

Will it be at least the uncut original theatrical version? Will it contain the "Hell On Earth" documentary? Dare I even hope that it will contain the fabled "Rape Of Christ" sequence, edited back into its proper place? Will WB rescind their "no NC-17 or Unrated" policy for this film? Or, will...

Just picked up a DVD three-pack containing 6 episodes each of Love That Bob!, The Jack Benny Show, and Ozzie & Harriet. All episodes have had their opening themes replaced with horrible synthesizer music, and O&H's opening has horrible new narration as well, describing each member of the family...

Since my main TV must-have has already been released in its sterling entirety about as perfect as can be (The Dick Van Dyke Show), I'm now waiting for two other that I actually grew up on (didn't get into TDVDS until within the last few years): Leave It To Beaver, which is apparently in the...

This has been one of my favorites ever since I saw it a a teenager for the first time, shortly before going on my first and only 2-week crash European tour. Excellent timing! This is a wonderful example of frothy glossy late-'60s comedy, chock full of great character actors in their prime, plus...

I picked up two volumes (six episodes altogether) of this classic, criminally neglected show from the Wal-Mart bargain bin for 88 cents each. The prints are, of course, terrible. Has this show ever been done justice on any video format? Will it ever be? I'd love to see boxed season sets of this...

Like Dawson's Creek, for example...you'd think that, by now, the people who do the paperwork would put down in writing that, not only does the studio have the broadcast rights for the music contained within the episodes, but also video release rights IN ANY EFFING FORMAT THAT WILL EVER COME DOWN...