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by Eric Paddon
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:45 am
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: Did you all skip the Oscars telecast too?
Replies: 6
Views: 125

Re: Did you all skip the Oscars telecast too?

I haven't watched an Oscar telecast in this century.
by Eric Paddon
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:57 am
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: STAR TREK For Sale to Warner Bros.?!?!
Replies: 9
Views: 199

Re: STAR TREK For Sale to Warner Bros.?!?!

Cue Bugs Bunny. "Ehhhhh, what's up Spock?"
by Eric Paddon
Mon Mar 11, 2024 12:09 am
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: rate the last movie you saw
Replies: 4421
Views: 1414147

Re: rate the last movie you saw

I saw it in the theater last Thanksgiving night (my first post-COVID theater experience) and I was struck by how this movie's obsession over showing Josephine's inability to have an heir meant that the film never explains just WHY is Napoleon invading other countries? What's his reason? What was his...
by Eric Paddon
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:19 am
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: Commentary Tracks - The Good, The Bad & The Unlistenable
Replies: 49
Views: 17895

Re: Commentary Tracks - The Good, The Bad & The Unlistenable

And another commentary track gets the shutoff from me due to a political intrusion and this time sadly it came from someone whose work I've liked in previous efforts. Tim Lucas did a truly great commentary on "One Million Years B.C" that treated the film respectfully and without snark that...
by Eric Paddon
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:59 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: SUPERGIRL (1984) Improved German Blu-Ray
Replies: 6
Views: 178

Re: SUPERGIRL (1984) Improved German Blu-Ray

Glad you found it interesting, Chris! Part of the problem with the Bianca character is that in the earlier drafts when they were writing Selena with Parton in mind as the good girl made bad, Bianca was a major domo figure type from the coven helping her get comfortable in her powers etc. and not a c...
by Eric Paddon
Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:46 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: SUPERGIRL (1984) Improved German Blu-Ray
Replies: 6
Views: 178

Re: SUPERGIRL (1984) Improved German Blu-Ray

I'll be interested in your take. I have always been fascinated by this film's production history and how it ultimately came off as a near-miss done in chiefly by Reeve's falling out with the Salkinds which made him back out of a planned cameo that IMO was absolutely needed to get this film linked to...
by Eric Paddon
Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: Another good "Hang on to you physical media" article
Replies: 5
Views: 234

Re: Another good "Hang on to you physical media" article

I have NEVER taken part in streaming. I have always been adamant about owning a copy and having a physical version whether on disc or as a downloaded file that is permanently saved on my computer (mp3, mp4, iso etc.) To me there is no substitute for that.
by Eric Paddon
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:21 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: Tim Burton Remaking ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN
Replies: 3
Views: 514

Re: Tim Burton Remaking ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN

For all the hype the original has gotten as a cult film over the decades, it is really a BORING movie. You get sixty minutes of tedium and the ballyhooed F/X stuff only take up the last ten minutes or less basically.
by Eric Paddon
Sun Jan 28, 2024 2:59 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: rate the last movie you saw
Replies: 4421
Views: 1414147

Re: rate the last movie you saw

I have to revisit "Topaz" soon, but I tended to think it was okay even as I acknowledge that post-"The Birds" Hitchcock really declined in his output. But I can enjoy "Torn Curtain," "Topaz" and "Family Plot" pretty much. "Frenzy" though is...
by Eric Paddon
Wed Jan 24, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: New Star Wars director
Replies: 11
Views: 6618

Re: New Star Wars director

THanks for sharing that.
by Eric Paddon
Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: KING KONG (1976) on 4K UHD
Replies: 18
Views: 1949

Re: KING KONG (1976) on 4K UHD

Not just a horrible font but you'll notice they've flipped the original image and cropped it to avoid showing the World Trade Center.
by Eric Paddon
Fri Jan 05, 2024 6:36 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: New Star Wars director
Replies: 11
Views: 6618

Re: New Star Wars director

Ah yes, the equation of Christ with gay people. Pathetic.
by Eric Paddon
Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:48 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: COLUMBO Coming on Blu-Ray From Kino
Replies: 36
Views: 41751

Re: COLUMBO Coming on Blu-Ray From Kino

I've had a chance to sample more episodes from later seasons and that problem that was clear in the Season 1 episodes isn't coming up so whatever the cause it's unique to that Season only. I also got around to ripping the music/FX tracks from the four Gil Melle scored episodes of S1 (one of which wa...
by Eric Paddon
Sat Dec 30, 2023 1:30 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: COLUMBO Coming on Blu-Ray From Kino
Replies: 36
Views: 41751

Re: COLUMBO Coming on Blu-Ray From Kino

Someone on HTF suggested that maybe what happened is that the presence of the isolated music/FX tracks might be bleeding over into the regular mono channel. He said that on the Trek Blu-Ray there were instances of new sound/FX bleeding into the original audio channel so that might be the explanation...
by Eric Paddon
Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:19 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: COLUMBO Coming on Blu-Ray From Kino
Replies: 36
Views: 41751

Re: COLUMBO Coming on Blu-Ray From Kino

I hope someone can explain it, because in all the years I watched this show multiple times I never had a problem with these scenes and that's why I made sure to go back and check the DVD to make sure it wasn't my imagination. Believe me, I'm not looking for another excuse to complain about this set.