Miscellaneous Movie Musings

mousepod · 07-31-2006, 08:47 AM

Not to nit-pick (too much), but Lucas is using the laserdisc masters to create the DVDs - so unless your LD player is in bad shape or the LDs themselves are rotting, it's going to be the same. As far as the crawl goes, it appears that they've just faked the opening crawl of the original by digitally removing the name and number from the first movie. This is not the version that you saw in the theater...

Cadaverous Pallor · 07-31-2006, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

As far as the crawl goes, it appears that they've just faked the opening crawl of the original by digitally removing the name and number from the first movie. This is not the version that you saw in the theater...

Lordy! You're throwing barrels of gasoline on iSm's fire! Everyone run!!

mousepod · 07-31-2006, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Lordy! You're throwing barrels of gasoline on iSm's fire! Everyone run!!

You're right - I'm crazy to be wasting precious gasoline like that!

Gemini Cricket · 07-31-2006, 05:40 PM

Couple of things:

1. Roy has a lot of stuff on his dashboard.
2. Barry's mom is a heavy sleeper.
3. A kid stands in the middle of the street near a blind curve and no one tries to get him off the road?
4. Roy reminds me of Steve. So does Dreyfuss' other character in 'Jaws'.
5. There are a lot of great actors in this flick.
6. The tanker that shows up in the Gobi Desert. Matte painting? Surely they didn't build that thing.
7. "Hurry, Brad, there are thousands of lives at stake."

8. If my kids hit me with a paddle, I'd ground them. Roy's kids are messed up. But hysterical. Remember when Spielberg movies had funny kids in them?

Okay, back to the movie...

Snowflake · 07-31-2006, 06:07 PM

Looks like Scoop will be on my list this coming weekend. Still need to see Pirates.

I'm totally confuzzled about the Star Wars releases. Am I correct in reading the meaning that none of the first 3 are available on DVD as originally seen in the theatres? Only in the later Lucas futzed with masterings?

Gemini Cricket · 07-31-2006, 06:55 PM

9. Teri Garr. Fantastic choice for this film.
10. Mashed potato scene. It's such a well done moment. The kid's reaction is priceless. Love it, love it.
11. I want to go to Devil's Tower in Wyoming.
12. Larry... this guy is this movie's red shirt Star Trek dude. Ha ha.
13. I never caught this before, but when Melinda Dillon hugs Roy at the train station, it's the hug he didn't get from his wife. What a great moment.
14. Lots of product placements in this film, but I won't get into it.
15. I haven't seen this one in a long time. I feel like I'm seeing it for the first time...

07-31-2006, 08:47 AM	#1
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Not to nit-pick (too much), but Lucas is using the laserdisc masters to create the DVDs - so unless your LD player is in bad shape or the LDs themselves are rotting, it's going to be the same. As far as the crawl goes, it appears that they've just faked the opening crawl of the original by digitally removing the name and number from the first movie. This is not the version that you saw in the theater... __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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07-31-2006, 05:40 PM	#4
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	CE3K Couple of things: 1. Roy has a lot of stuff on his dashboard. 2. Barry's mom is a heavy sleeper. 3. A kid stands in the middle of the street near a blind curve and no one tries to get him off the road? 4. Roy reminds me of Steve. So does Dreyfuss' other character in 'Jaws'. 5. There are a lot of great actors in this flick. 6. The tanker that shows up in the Gobi Desert. Matte painting? Surely they didn't build that thing. 7. "Hurry, Brad, there are thousands of lives at stake." 8. If my kids hit me with a paddle, I'd ground them. Roy's kids are messed up. But hysterical. Remember when Spielberg movies had funny kids in them? Okay, back to the movie...
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07-31-2006, 06:07 PM	#5
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	Looks like Scoop will be on my list this coming weekend. Still need to see Pirates. I'm totally confuzzled about the Star Wars releases. Am I correct in reading the meaning that none of the first 3 are available on DVD as originally seen in the theatres? Only in the later Lucas futzed with masterings? __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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07-31-2006, 06:55 PM	#6
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	CE3K (cont'd) 9. Teri Garr. Fantastic choice for this film. 10. Mashed potato scene. It's such a well done moment. The kid's reaction is priceless. Love it, love it. 11. I want to go to Devil's Tower in Wyoming. 12. Larry... this guy is this movie's red shirt Star Trek dude. Ha ha. 13. I never caught this before, but when Melinda Dillon hugs Roy at the train station, it's the hug he didn't get from his wife. What a great moment. 14. Lots of product placements in this film, but I won't get into it. 15. I haven't seen this one in a long time. I feel like I'm seeing it for the first time...
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