The Zone

by **DennisMM** on Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:29 pm

minstrel wrote:Just received from Amazon the classic double-feature of "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" and "Dr. Phibes Rises Again". The first one is on right now and it's as utterly bizarre as I remember. I can hear my roomie watching it and sometimes laughing and sometimes muttering "What the ..." and so on. Strange movies, these are!

I love those, especially "Over the Rainbow" at the end of the second film. Even if it is anachronistic.

by **caruso_stalker217** on Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:55 pm

On Blu-Ray:

UNFORGIVEN
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE OMEGA MAN

On DVD:

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (re-make)
DUNE

by **travis-dane** on Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:15 am

Night of the living Dead is very good remake.

by **caruso_stalker217** on Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:21 am

travis-dane wrote:Night of the living Dead is very good remake.

I shall soon find out.

by **Bloo** on Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:37 pm

is it the 90's remake with Tony Todd? It's a great reamke, very faithful and with Romero's blessing I believe. First NotLD I saw was that one on the old Monster Vision on TNT with Joe Bob Briggs

by **travis-dane** on Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:42 pm

Bloo wrote:is it the 90's remake with Tony Todd? It's a great reamke, very faithful and with Romero's blessing I believe. First NotLD I saw was that one on the old Monster Vision on TNT with Joe Bob Briggs

Yes, thats the one. Directed by Tom Savini. He did a good job.

by **Bloo** on Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:51 pm

travis-dane wrote:
Bloo wrote:is it the 90's remake with Tony Todd? It's a great reamke, very faithful and with Romero's blessing I believe. First NotLD I saw was that one on the old Monster Vision on TNT with Joe Bob Briggs

Yes, thats the one. Directed by Tom Savini. He did a good job.

yeah it's a good one

by **caruso_stalker217** on Mon Feb 15, 2010 4:49 pm

I watched the first half last night, but I'd just watched Mel dole out the harshness in HAMLET and I was tired so I went to bed. I'll have to finish it tonight after work.

by **Spandau Belly** on Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:18 pm

caruso_stalker217 wrote:On Blu-Ray:

UNFORGIVEN
PAN'S LABYRINTH
THE OMEGA MAN

On DVD:

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (re-make)
DUNE

That's a really fucking good haul there.

I've been watching Omega Man regularly since childhood.

by **caruso_stalker217** on Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:45 pm

THE OMEGA MAN was entertaining, but I'm not sure I'm on board with the music. It was just downright inappropriate at times. Nude Rosalind Cash I can get behind.

by **Tyrone_Shoelaces** on Tue Feb 16, 2010 7:37 pm

caruso_stalker217 wrote:Nude Rosalind Cash I can get behind.

Be sure to ask nicely.

by **caruso_stalker217** on Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:19 pm

Picked up BLACK DYNAMITE at work and it kicked my ass proper.

by **travis-dane** on Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:47 am

TEAM AMERICA! World Police

by **Spandau Belly** on Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:08 pm

travis-dane wrote:TEAM AMERICA! World Police

Man, this is one of my favorite comedies ever. I thought it would get old, but it just doesn't.

by **DennisMM** on Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:15 am

travis-dane wrote:
Bloo wrote:is it the 90's remake with Tony Todd? It's a great reamke, very faithful and with Romero's blessing I believe. First NotLD I saw was that one on the old Monster Vision on TNT with Joe Bob Briggs

Yes, thats the one. Directed by Tom Savini. He did a good job.

I would argue that it is, in fact, better than the original. Certainly better acted and possibly better directed.

by **Bloo** on Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:10 am

DennisMM wrote:
travis-dane wrote:
Bloo wrote:is it the 90's remake with Tony Todd? It's a great reamke, very faithful and with Romero's blessing I believe. First NotLD I saw was that one on the old Monster Vision on TNT with Joe Bob Briggs

Yes, thats the one. Directed by Tom Savini. He did a good job.

I would argue that it is, in fact, better than the original. Certainly better acted and possibly better directed.

I wouldn't argue it, I think Tony Todd really does some amazing stuff in it

by **minstrel** on Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:01 am

Spandau Belly wrote:
travis-dane wrote:TEAM AMERICA! World Police

Man, this is one of my favorite comedies ever. I thought it would get old, but it just doesn't.

Comedy? I thought it was a documentary. Americans, made of wood, saving the world from, uh, an insect.

:wink:

by **Hermanator X** on Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:49 am

Picked up district 9 on blu ray, which came with an additional DVD copy. A lot more useful than the digital copies that many are including.

I think I enjoy that movie more with each viewing. Now im just waiting for MOON. The damn thing hasnt even had a cinema release over here yet. grrrrrrr.

by **DennisMM** on Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:32 pm

IMO, those digital copies are a bit of a joke. I don't know why anyone would watch a movie on a cell phone or especially an iPod. I suppose having a copy for your laptop might be nice, since laptops don't have bluray drives yet.

by **thefraze** on Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:05 pm

I recently picked up "The Fly" on Blu Ray and was blown away by how beautiful it looked. love that movie!

by **Tyrone_Shoelaces** on Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:30 pm

Got a great deal on Up and Toy Story on Blu-ray.

by **travis-dane** on Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:06 pm

An American Werewolf in London

The Marine 2

by **Spandau Belly** on Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:41 pm

I bought WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE. It was my favorite movie of last year and my second favorite Paul Dano film of all time.

by **thefraze** on Wed Mar 03, 2010 11:38 am

Predator 2 on Blu Ray
My Neighbor Totoro

by **bastard_robo** on Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:57 am

Picked up last week:

WATCHMEN ULTIMATE CUT (which I havent finished yet)
PONYO
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE

It was an expensive week for me

by **Al Shut** on Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:00 am

I'm a bit disappointed by myself. Finally I had some money to spend again and instead of going for something I didn't know I wnet with 'Komm süßer Tod' which I know to be awesome.

But on the positive side the movie is awesome

by **thefraze** on Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:40 pm

"Up in the Air" on Blu Ray

Also:

Monster-Mania
Bride of Monster-Mania
Attack of the 50 ft. Monster-Mania

by **Leckomaniac** on Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:02 pm

Went to Best Buy to pick up WERE THE WILDS THINGS ARE on Blu-ray. It was sold out. I was pissed.

To make up for it, I bought:

Crisis on Two Earths (Blu-ray)
New Frontier (Blu-ray)
Iron Man (Blu-ray)

It will be a comic book Friday at my apartment tonight!

by **bastard_robo** on Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:50 pm

I love dropping into Big Lots once in a while. For as shitty as that store is, I never leave disappointed.

In rummaging through their DVD's today I got the following:

Next ($5)

Casshern ($3)

SciFi Boys ($3)

Casshern, though I own a region 0, normally runs at least $22 bucks..

They also had all 3 M:I movies for under $10

by **thefraze** on Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:46 pm

Starship Troopers Blu Ray
Bram Stoker's Dracula Blu Ray
Troy: Director's Cut Blu Ray

I have NO idea why I bought Troy... sucked then, still sucks now... but the battles are pretty cool.

by **minstrel** on Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:46 pm

thefraze wrote:I have NO idea why I bought Troy... sucked then, still sucks now... but the battles are pretty cool.

Troy doesn't suck. It's mildly disappointing at worst. It kind of just goes through the motions, but I appreciate the skill with which it was put together and the cast does a good job. It's a medium-level sword-and-sandal movie that beats hell out of most of Ray Harryhausen's stuff, but doesn't come up to the level of Gladiator. Take it as it is, and it's pretty enjoyable.

by **thefraze** on Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:00 pm

Being as I think Gladiator is extremely overrated... I think I like TROY better, ha.

by **Maui** on Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:26 pm

Been wanting these DVDs for a while, finally broke down and bought em:

The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 1 Collection
The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 2 Collection
The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 3 Collection

by **thefraze** on Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:54 pm

Maui wrote:Been wanting these DVDs for a while, finally broke down and bought em:

The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 1 Collection
The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 2 Collection
The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 3 Collection

I really want to check these out!

by **Bloo** on Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:27 pm

THE DEER HUNTER (for $6) and 21 JUMP STREET THE FIRST SEASON (for $5)

I'm so Wal-Mart's bitch considering I only went in to get headphones

by **caruso_stalker217** on Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:41 am

Right. You're Wal-Mart's bitch.

In related news, though, I bought WOLFHOUND and it blew my fucking balls off. I'm trying to get workman's comp.

by **Bloo** on Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:30 am

I was looking for Wolfhound, I may have to get that from Amazon

by **bastard_robo** on Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:34 pm

Picked up:

Tommy Boy: Holy Shnikes edition

Tremors the Series
at Walmart the other day

by **Hermanator X** on Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:35 pm

Picked up "Kingdom of Heaven" directors cut. I havent really fancied it, but it seems to have been mentioned a lot round here lately, so I thought why the hell not?

I really know very little about it (apart from it being set in the crusades), and looking forward to popping the blu ray in. So I will blame you lot if its rubbish. :wink:

I have borrowed untouchables on blu ray from a mate too, and it has been donkeys years since I watched that. Looking forward to watching it with adult eyes, rather than being around 12 or something when I last seen it. Can you believe its 23 years old? Jebus.

by **DennisMM** on Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:38 pm

While picking up DVD-Rs at Kmart I saw a bare-bones edition of Se7en (pronounced "Se-seven-en) for five bucks. J has the super deluxe edition bound up in a facsimile of John Doe's notebooks, but I'm okay with just the amazingly depressing movie.

by **thefraze** on Tue Mar 23, 2010 10:37 am

So, as I'm sure you guys know - Blockbusters all across the country are closing, and as a result they're selling everything (even the gumball machines...)

With that being said, I went crazy on some Pre-Viewed Blu Rays this weekend:

Zodiac: Director's Cut
The Reader
The Strangers
Crank
Crank 2
Ninja Assassin
Monster House
Donnie Darko
Hell Ride

I'd highly suggest you guys check it out - Blu Rays are anywhere from 6.99 to 16.99

by **Tyrone_Shoelaces** on Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:54 am

Picked up Zero Effect and Casshern on DVD for cheap at Big Lots!

by **Bloo** on Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:36 am

I love Zero Effect

by **Seppuku** on Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:02 pm

The Mighty Boosh, series 1-3

Firefly (believe it or not, I've never seen it)

Carl Sagan's Cosmos, because my ex-girlfriend took my old copy as "break-up tax"

And a bunch of music docs.

by **bastard_robo** on Fri Mar 26, 2010 1:42 am

Picked up:

Worlds Greatest Dad
Brothers Bloom

Fantastic Mr Fox
Up in the Air At Target.. Cashier thought I had a hard on for Clooney

by **Maui** on Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:56 pm

I was DVD dumpster diving in the Walmart $5 bin this afternoon and picked up Deliverance, Smokey and the Bandit, and Wild Things.

by **Maui** on Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:26 pm

The Hollywood Video in my neck of the woods is going under so needless to say, DVDs are dirt cheap. So I picked up all of these for $3 ea.:

A Fish Called Wanda
Hot Fuzz
Ghost World

by **The Vicar** on Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:33 pm

Three bucks for Hot Fuzz? Woah.

by **thefraze** on Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:03 am

bastard_robo wrote:Picked up:

Worlds Greatest Dad
Brothers Bloom

Fantastic Mr Fox
Up in the Air At Target.. Cashier thought I had a hard on for Clooney

Have you seen World's Greatest Dad? I picked it up as well but haven't seen it - heard good things. How is it?

by **bastard_robo** on Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:26 am

Today, I picked up:

My Neighbor Totoro
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice complete series
Sleeping Dogs Lie
Patton Oswalt: My weakness is strong