Wes Ray
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- May 11, 2001
- Messages
- 507
Hey, I know this film was released on DVD some time ago but the only special feature of note was the commentary by John Carpenter and the Cinematographer. While I enjoy most Carpenter commentaries, I felt this one was particularly dull and didn't keep my interest throughout. I also noticed that this wasn't part of the New Line Platinum Series.
Why not re-issue this great film in the new line of Infinifilm special editions? You could cram this disc with a behind the scenes documentary at how KNB did the monster effects, maybe record a commentary with the KNB guys, John Carpenter and Sam Neill. Carpenter and Neill seem to be good friends, so I'm sure their commentary would be very entertaining. Though he's no longer part of New Line's creative team, a commentary with writer Mike DeLuca would be very interesting as well. You could also include various storyboards and deleted scenes.
Since the Infinifilm series is supposed to be one that will cram discs with all sorts of features, why not also include some of the H.P. Lovecraft short stories that inspired the film. Maybe include documentaries on the history of literary horror and a couple profiling the filmographies of director John Carpenter, and visual effects team KNB.
Of course, also give this film the usual audio and visual improvements.
While I own the current disc, I can't help but think that this great, under-rated film should've been given an equally impressive DVD treatment. Since it wasn't given the Platinum Series treatment, it is only too perfect that it could be a candidate for the upcoming Infinifilm series.
Who's with me on this one? Let's show New Line how badly we want it, and maybe they'll listen to us, as Fox did with the numerous requests for an Office Space Special Edition on DVD. To anyone from New Line out there, thanks for listening, and I'll hope you'll take this re-issue into consideration.
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Why not re-issue this great film in the new line of Infinifilm special editions? You could cram this disc with a behind the scenes documentary at how KNB did the monster effects, maybe record a commentary with the KNB guys, John Carpenter and Sam Neill. Carpenter and Neill seem to be good friends, so I'm sure their commentary would be very entertaining. Though he's no longer part of New Line's creative team, a commentary with writer Mike DeLuca would be very interesting as well. You could also include various storyboards and deleted scenes.
Since the Infinifilm series is supposed to be one that will cram discs with all sorts of features, why not also include some of the H.P. Lovecraft short stories that inspired the film. Maybe include documentaries on the history of literary horror and a couple profiling the filmographies of director John Carpenter, and visual effects team KNB.
Of course, also give this film the usual audio and visual improvements.
While I own the current disc, I can't help but think that this great, under-rated film should've been given an equally impressive DVD treatment. Since it wasn't given the Platinum Series treatment, it is only too perfect that it could be a candidate for the upcoming Infinifilm series.
Who's with me on this one? Let's show New Line how badly we want it, and maybe they'll listen to us, as Fox did with the numerous requests for an Office Space Special Edition on DVD. To anyone from New Line out there, thanks for listening, and I'll hope you'll take this re-issue into consideration.
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