Par for the course for this label, unfortunately. No reason to buy this.
....And I see the new slip/poster is their typical god-awful art. An easy though disappointing pass.
Par for the course for this label, unfortunately. No reason to buy this.
For Dawn's case, I wouldn't be surprised if it has to do with Shout never doing seamless branching and probably just didn't want to add another UHD disc (even though they could probably seamless branch the theatrical cut but choose not to).
M Sanderson wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 7:58 amAs someone who still likes the Nightbreed Theatrical Cut, and was thoroughly unimpressed by the Cabal Cut, even more bloated and uneven, with bizarrely misjudged outtakes, this decision doesn't trouble me.
I always wondered what happened to those Berserker monsters that were let loose. giant, rampaging beats that were released from the depths of Midian, onto the surface, to wipe out the heavily armed Neo Nazi gang.beamish14 wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 9:27 amM Sanderson wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 7:58 amAs someone who still likes the Nightbreed Theatrical Cut, and was thoroughly unimpressed by the Cabal Cut, even more bloated and uneven, with bizarrely misjudged outtakes, this decision doesn't trouble me.
At the risk of sounding like a corporate bootlicker, Shout’s discs of this film and Exorcist III both basically vindicate Morgan Creek’s editing mandates. Nightbreed’s theatrical cut still has one of the oddest endings ever for a mainstream, mid-budget horror film
Correct, the original celluloid material for Exorcist III/Legion’s cut scenes has never been recovered. Despite having directed two (very fine) films before this, I think both Barker and Blatty signed on to these projects with a kind of naïveté or misplaced optimism in being able to retain the total autonomy they could wield as novelists. Horror films in Hollywood at the time were in an odd place at the cusp of the new decade, with established franchises winding down and the teen marketplace’s demands changing, too. Still, these are both extremely satisfying films.M Sanderson wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 9:24 pmI always wondered what happened to those Berserker monsters that were let loose. giant, rampaging beats that were released from the depths of Midian, onto the surface, to wipe out the heavily armed Neo Nazi gang.beamish14 wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 9:27 amM Sanderson wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 7:58 amAs someone who still likes the Nightbreed Theatrical Cut, and was thoroughly unimpressed by the Cabal Cut, even more bloated and uneven, with bizarrely misjudged outtakes, this decision doesn't trouble me.
At the risk of sounding like a corporate bootlicker, Shout’s discs of this film and Exorcist III both basically vindicate Morgan Creek’s editing mandates. Nightbreed’s theatrical cut still has one of the oddest endings ever for a mainstream, mid-budget horror film
Surely they would wipe out all of humanity?
Was stunned that the latest cut didn't resolve this. Only thing the Cabal Cut added of worth was scenes fleshing out the central couple's troubled relationship, at least to me. A lot of additional scenes didn't look finished or professional. I'm of the belief that Barker wasn't able to shoot all the material he wanted.
Personally I like the original cut in spite of its imperfections. Interesting regarding the mess behind the film, when Barker's own novel was so compact.
I don't mind Exorcist 3 at all, as it is. Kind of liked Nicol Williamson exorcising Brad Dourif/Jason Miller in the 3rd act and feel that Blatty's idea of creating the perfect film might not have been in line with studio and audience expectations. also his preferred cut features scenes that survive only in inferior/compomised materials?
I didn't realize this had fallen out-of-print - new copies now go for at least $300. (IIRC I think I paid like $60 after shipping and taxes during one of Shout's flash sales.) The whole show should be streaming from the same masters, which makes the value even more surprising.hearthesilence wrote: ↑Wed Oct 22, 2014 8:56 pmThe new complete set of Pee-Wee's Playhouse apparently has all-new transfers.
I wish I caught this show when it aired, I've had a few people tell me in my college years that I would've loved it. FWIW, J. Hoberman reviewed the set in the NYTimes.What a lot of people don't realize is, the show was shot on film. But it's never been seen on film — we'd shoot it and immediately transfer it to tape, then we'd edit it on tape and add the effects in on tape. The whole thing is then put on a "broadcast tape," for airing. You lose information and clarity the more you dupe, so in some cases, we're talking six generations of loss. We've cleaned all that up. I've spent over a year in a lab helping the folks putting this out with color corrections, helping them find the right source material for some of the effects — many of which they recreated from scratch for the Blu-rays. The amount of work that went into this was huge.
Jim Hoberman wrote:The Playhouse was further distinguished by its racial diversity and frisky gender bending...Not surprisingly, Pee-wee’s Playhouse quickly attracted the attention of academics interested in what was not yet known as “queer theory” or “gender studies.”
I’ve never heard of these particular entries, but they’re hilariously descriptive in as succinct a way as possible. And the last one just makes me laugh, like they couldn’t even be bothered to make it sound exciting