A PEEK AT DEMON SEED (1 Viewer)

[haineshisway]

No one's been talking about this, so I may as well. I saw Demon Seed back when it came out and for its time it was pretty forward thinking. Now of course it seems a bit dated but only in its technology - its themes are still relevant, very much so. I've only seen it once since, on DVD some time ago and I'm not sure I actually watched it all the way through.

So it was fun to revisit it and I have to say it's very enjoyable still and still very provocative in many ways. Julie Christie is wonderful and Fritz Weaver is, too. The photography by Bill Butler is pure 1970s, and Donald Cammel's direction is terrific - taut and crisp and some of the special effects hold up remarkably well, while others are, of course, a bit dated. Jerry Fielding's score is also really good.

And I'm happy to say that Warners hits it out of the park again - it looks fantastic - there are a huge number of opticals and they, too, look swell. I can't imagine this looking better.

 

[Dick]

Cary Grant (paraphrased) quote: "Julie, Julie, Julie!"

Really like this film, always have. It's on its way to me now.

 

[haineshisway]

The Beaver on Demon Seed - he thinks they used the old DVD master and that it only looks a little better. I can't even.

 

[Randy Korstick]

The Beaver on Demon Seed - he thinks they used the old DVD master and that it only looks a little better. I can't even.

He's probably using bit rates to judge the quality again

 

[Lord Dalek]

He's probably using bit rates to judge the quality again

Is that better or worse than Beaver literally devoting half of his entry on "When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth"'s image quality to simply oggling Victoria Vetri's bust?

 

[dpippel]

The Beaver on Demon Seed - he thinks they used the old DVD master and that it only looks a little better. I can't even.

I'm not touchin' that comment with a ten foot pole.

 

[LouA]

I'm not touchin' that comment with a ten foot pole.

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[Jeff Robertson]

Looks like an improvement to me:

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