Disney at the Arclight in August
 

Disney Classics come to Arclight In August

There a half-dozen or so that I'm really looking forward to.

Bwahaha, I could go for a few of those. Mostly ones I don't have on home vid (or rather, in a format I could watch in the 21st century), so I'd be up for The Rocketeer and The Black Hole.

The Rocketeer is so stupidly overdue for a decent DVD/Blu-Ray release. The only DVD out so far is an atrocity, with a crappy transfer and no extras. It was disgraceful even when it came out, compared to other DVDs of the time.

I have yet to give Newsies a second chance, though I have friends who swear to me that it's a misunderstood gem.

Actually, I have the UK version of The Rocketeer, which is a pretty decent anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen presentation. But I'd buy a BD in a heartbeat.

It's one of the ones I'd like to see at The Arclight. I'd like to see all the ones at the Hollywood Arclight (maybe not Witch Mountain). I'd also be into checking out Bedknobs... if it's the long version.

What did the Arclight Hollywood do to get stuck with the relative crap?

The "relative crap" are mostly flicks I haven't seen theatrically since their original release, as opposed to the classic animated features that, while undoubtedly "better", are less interesting to me. I've had plenty of opportunities to see them on the big screen. Pasadena is the one that I'm going to (mostly) avoid.

Yeah, I like those animated films way more than the other stuff. But I've seen them at theaters and ad infinitum at home.

The Rocketeer interests me, in particular, because the last time I saw it on the big screen was opening night of the El Capitan. Not just opening night of The Rocketeer, but actual opening night of the El Cap.



And I'd like to revisit the Black Hole because I haven't seen it since 1979, and I'm wondering if it might have some residual camp value that redeems it from my original assessment of craptacular.

You know, I've never seen Something Wicked... I should do something about that.

I don't know if I could ever sit through The Black Hole again. Gosh, it's a terrible movie. 20,000 Leagues would be a good one to see on the big screen...

Heh, been there, done that, and "craptacular" is the perfect word to describe it. :p

I've still never seen Rocketeer or Newsies.

The woman to my left on a Southwest flight from Baltimore last week was watching Newsies on her laptop. When she got the disc out of her bag I saw the title, and after that I had a hard time trying to not stare. I haven't ever seen it.