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arrogantbastich [TotalFark]
2022-12-01 6:12:17 PM  
List fails without The Black Cauldron. But not too far behind is the Song of the South.

I have several of the movies in this list. On Laserdisc no less.
 
aleister_greynight [TotalFark]
2022-12-01 6:18:36 PM  
Trying to watch "The Wall" always involved copious amounts of alcohol consumption.  I don't think I ever made it to the end.
 
OldRod [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-01 6:21:54 PM  
The Abyss is on cable about every other month
 
Kornchex [TotalFark]
2022-12-01 6:22:29 PM  
Dogma is the best movie on that list subby.
 
Metastatic Capricorn [TotalFark]
2022-12-01 6:59:03 PM  

OldRod: The Abyss is on cable about every other month


The whole, "You're going to have to drown me, but I trust you" thing is pretty intense.
 
arrogantbastich [TotalFark]
2022-12-01 7:54:47 PM  

Metastatic Capricorn: OldRod: The Abyss is on cable about every other month

The whole, "You're going to have to drown me, but I trust you" thing is pretty intense.


Don't you quit!
 
leeksfromchichis [TotalFark]
2022-12-01 8:12:50 PM  

arrogantbastich: Metastatic Capricorn: OldRod: The Abyss is on cable about every other month

The whole, "You're going to have to drown me, but I trust you" thing is pretty intense.

Don't you quit!


Diabetes!
 
Hoban Washburne [TotalFark]
2022-12-01 8:17:58 PM  

aleister_greynight: Trying to watch "The Wall" always involved copious amounts of alcohol consumption.  I don't think I ever made it to the end.


Wrong approach.
 
mofa [TotalFark]
2022-12-01 9:01:06 PM  
Weird. I have The Abyss, Dogma and Mannequin on DVD.
 
Redh8t [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-01 9:12:18 PM  

arrogantbastich: List fails without The Black Cauldron. But not too far behind is the Song of the South.

I have several of the movies in this list. On Laserdisc no less.


The Black Cauldron is streaming on D+, or were you just referring to Blu-ray?
 
Gubbo [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-01 9:14:32 PM  

mofa: Weird. I have The Abyss, Dogma and Mannequin on DVD.


Ugh 480p
 
cretinbob [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-01 10:00:41 PM  
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Ragin' Asian [TotalFark]
2022-12-01 11:01:34 PM  
Meet the Feebles.

Peter Jackson made over a billion dollars with homoerotic hobbits and can't get a distributor for his debut film?

Also, Heavenly Creatures.
 
Scorpitron is reduced to a thin red paste
2022-12-01 11:02:12 PM  

Kornchex: Dogma is the best movie on that list subby.


Absolutely not. Also, either you're into Smith's lazy-boi pseudo-philosophizing or you can't stand him. I actually like Clerks.

But the best, by far, is Strange Days.
 
realmolo
2022-12-01 11:04:21 PM  

aleister_greynight: Trying to watch "The Wall" always involved copious amounts of alcohol consumption.  I don't think I ever made it to the end.


It's a shiatty movie. I'm a Pink Floyd fan, but that movie sucks. It has some interesting *scenes*, but it's unbelievably dull.

That said, if you weren't alive in 1982, "The Wall" is a pretty good example of the weird kind of apocalyptic melancholy mood that was in the air in the first half of the 80s. It was a weird time to grow up in.

/80s kid
 
chitownmike
2022-12-01 11:05:02 PM  

aleister_greynight: Trying to watch "The Wall" always involved copious amounts of alcohol consumption.  I don't think I ever made it to the end.


I've had the same experience, mostly because it's really farking boring
 
phlegmjay
2022-12-01 11:06:37 PM  

arrogantbastich: List fails without The Black Cauldron. But not too far behind is the Song of the South.

I have several of the movies in this list. On Laserdisc no less.


The Black Cauldron is on Disney+
 
phlegmjay
2022-12-01 11:07:26 PM  

Redh8t: arrogantbastich: List fails without The Black Cauldron. But not too far behind is the Song of the South.

I have several of the movies in this list. On Laserdisc no less.

The Black Cauldron is streaming on D+, or were you just referring to Blu-ray?


And once again, I should read the whole thread before posting.
 
stamped human bacon
2022-12-01 11:08:36 PM  
Still waiting on the sequel to The Abyss... Son of Abyss.
/Strange Brew?
 
JerseyTim [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-01 11:09:02 PM  
Strange Days and The Brave Little Toaster are both so good. That would be a heck of a double feature.

A great, great movie that is available on Blu-ray, but never on cable and not on streaming is To Live And Die In L.A..
 
Summoner101
2022-12-01 11:10:36 PM  

phlegmjay: Redh8t: arrogantbastich: List fails without The Black Cauldron. But not too far behind is the Song of the South.

I have several of the movies in this list. On Laserdisc no less.

The Black Cauldron is streaming on D+, or were you just referring to Blu-ray?

And once again, I should read the whole thread before posting.


Next you'll tell us we have to RTFA!
 
JerseyTim [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-01 11:11:16 PM  

Ragin' Asian: Also, Heavenly Creatures.


That movie is so damn good. I'd watch it right now if it were on.
 
drewogatory
2022-12-01 11:15:41 PM  

chitownmike: aleister_greynight: Trying to watch "The Wall" always involved copious amounts of alcohol consumption.  I don't think I ever made it to the end.

I've had the same experience, mostly because it's really farking boring


And half the actual album is farking filler. I've felt that way since it was released. And weirdly, The Final Cut, which was supposedly the filler has stronger material than the weaker shiat on The Wall. In any case, that shiat should have been Waters solo. Gilmour had 2 (3?) solo records by then and when was Fictitious Sports?
 
Magnus Eisengrim
2022-12-01 11:15:56 PM  

JerseyTim: Strange Days and The Brave Little Toaster are both so good. That would be a heck of a double feature.

A great, great movie that is available on Blu-ray, but never on cable and not on streaming is To Live And Die In L.A..


Amen to this. Paid through the nose for a used copy of To Live and Die in LA; it was worth every penny.

Strange Days is a bizarrely underrated movie (although, to be honest, it would probably be much better if they cut about 20 minutes or so out of it).
 
Akuinnen
2022-12-01 11:19:47 PM  
Very easy.. Piracy.
 
r0rw
2022-12-01 11:25:19 PM  

Ragin' Asian: Meet the Feebles.

Peter Jackson made over a billion dollars with homoerotic hobbits and can't get a distributor for his debut film?

Also, Heavenly Creatures.


Heavenly Creatures is great, but it may just be that it never got a wild release in the states, but it's the perfect story for a netflix documentary.
 
Gilligann
2022-12-01 11:28:59 PM  
Regarding Dogma

Its legacy has not been helped by the fact that it is still unavailable on streaming or for rent, nor has it even been released on Blu-ray

They must mean it's not currently available on Blul-ray, as I have the blu-ray.

Looking this up it is indeed not currently available on blu-ray, at a reasonable price at least.
 
Dibikad
2022-12-01 11:32:17 PM  

Ragin' Asian: Meet the Feebles.

Peter Jackson made over a billion dollars with homoerotic hobbits and can't get a distributor for his debut film?

Also, Heavenly Creatures.


Have Meet the Feebles on dvd. The lady and I each have a copy of the collector ed. Of Dogma and she someone picked up a regular version on dvd somewhere along the way, and Stranger Days. To the person with the They Live pic, they've released a 4k version which is on my pick up list.
 
Billy Liar
2022-12-01 11:39:23 PM  

r0rw: Ragin' Asian: Meet the Feebles.

Peter Jackson made over a billion dollars with homoerotic hobbits and can't get a distributor for his debut film?

Also, Heavenly Creatures.

Heavenly Creatures is great, but it may just be that it never got a wild release in the states, but it's the perfect story for a netflix documentary.


It played in 57 theaters in the US.  It's an excellent film, and adapted from a true story.  IIRC, one of the girls grew up to be a very successful Gothic historical fiction writer (under a different name, of course)
 
stoli n coke
2022-12-01 11:48:13 PM  

Akuinnen: Very easy.. Piracy.


Wowwwwww. That's so edgy. Way to be edgy, Mr. Edgypants.
 
stoli n coke
2022-12-01 11:54:58 PM  

arrogantbastich: List fails without The Black Cauldron. But not too far behind is the Song of the South.

I have several of the movies in this list. On Laserdisc no less.


Disney will never put Song of the South on Disney Plus, and they will never license it out on any other streaming service.

Farking let it go.
 
Mole Man
2022-12-01 11:55:05 PM  
Not on blu-ray

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thisispete
2022-12-01 11:59:35 PM  
I've got Dogma and The Wall on DVD.

As of December last year Jackson was still working on 4K releases of his early splatter films, so hopefully that's still coming down the pipeline.
 
frestcrallen [TotalFark]
2022-12-02 12:32:36 AM  

Mole Man: Not on blu-ray

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Nice one.  I remember renting that knowing nothing about it and being blown away.
 
knbwhite
2022-12-02 12:35:53 AM  

Magnus Eisengrim: JerseyTim: Strange Days and The Brave Little Toaster are both so good. That would be a heck of a double feature.

A great, great movie that is available on Blu-ray, but never on cable and not on streaming is To Live And Die In L.A..

Amen to this. Paid through the nose for a used copy of To Live and Die in LA; it was worth every penny.

Strange Days is a bizarrely underrated movie (although, to be honest, it would probably be much better if they cut about 20 minutes or so out of it).


To live and die in LA was on TCM several months ago. I enjoyed seeing again, and it reminded me I should have slept with the girl I saw it with.
 
Therion [TotalFark]
2022-12-02 12:36:13 AM  
Strange Days is one of the best cyberpunk movies ever made.
 
knbwhite
2022-12-02 12:38:06 AM  

aleister_greynight: Trying to watch "The Wall" always involved copious amounts of alcohol consumption.  I don't think I ever made it to the end.


It was worth seeing once for When the Tigers Broke Free. That wasn't on my Final Cut CD.
 
ImpendingCynic
2022-12-02 12:38:19 AM  
I'm annoyed as all hell that I lost my DVD of Dogma and can't replace it.
 
TheJadedJester
2022-12-02 12:53:15 AM  
No love for The Fall?  It was an interesting movie that used a ton of real locations for its, "fantasy" elements.  The story itself is surprisingly dark in its premise and yet it emotionally pays off in the end.
 
Gordon Bennett [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-02 1:08:32 AM  

Ragin' Asian: Meet the Feebles.

Peter Jackson made over a billion dollars with homoerotic hobbits and can't get a distributor for his debut film?

Also, Heavenly Creatures.


Second film. His first was Bad Taste. If you haven't seen it, do so. It stars Peter Jackson as a Motherwell fan who fights to save humanity from being harvested for food by an alien fast food franchise. It's great. It has some spectacular set pieces, particularly one near the end involving a chainsaw.
 
Tyrone Slothrop
2022-12-02 1:11:54 AM  
Luckily I've still got my DVD copy of The Wall. Also have the soundtrack on vinyl.
 
Tyrone Slothrop
2022-12-02 1:17:04 AM  

JerseyTim: Ragin' Asian: Also, Heavenly Creatures.

That movie is so damn good. I'd watch it right now if it were on.


What the movie doesn't mention, because it wasn't publicized until after its release, is that one of the girls became a famous mystery writer. Anne Perry is actually Juliet Hulme.
 
sevenbucks
2022-12-02 1:17:15 AM  
That Chris Penn / Eric Stoltz one, "The Wild Life", is long gone. I think it has to do with getting some soundtrack rights from Eddie Van Halen. I've always wanted to see it again.

/ he's dead now
 
Tyrone Slothrop
2022-12-02 1:18:43 AM  

Billy Liar: r0rw: Ragin' Asian: Meet the Feebles.

Peter Jackson made over a billion dollars with homoerotic hobbits and can't get a distributor for his debut film?

Also, Heavenly Creatures.

Heavenly Creatures is great, but it may just be that it never got a wild release in the states, but it's the perfect story for a netflix documentary.

It played in 57 theaters in the US.  It's an excellent film, and adapted from a true story.  IIRC, one of the girls grew up to be a very successful Gothic historical fiction writer (under a different name, of course)


Mystery writer; Anne Perry.
 
Tyrone Slothrop
2022-12-02 1:20:07 AM  

stoli n coke: Akuinnen: Very easy.. Piracy.

Wowwwwww. That's so edgy. Way to be edgy, Mr. Edgypants.


Ah, you support the destruction of art due to negligence, good to know.
 
Tyrone Slothrop
2022-12-02 1:22:59 AM  

knbwhite: aleister_greynight: Trying to watch "The Wall" always involved copious amounts of alcohol consumption.  I don't think I ever made it to the end.

It was worth seeing once for Jenny Wright's boobies. That wasn't on my Final Cut CD.


Fixed
 
BrianGriffin [TotalFark]
2022-12-02 1:25:48 AM  

arrogantbastich: List fails without The Black Cauldron. But not too far behind is the Song of the South.

I have several of the movies in this list. On Laserdisc no less.


Disney's version of Lloyd Alexander's The Black Cauldron is a complete and utter fail. First, it is a combination of the first two "Chronicles of Prydain" that Alexander wrote. Second, it loses, like, 90% of the emotional impact of the actual book The Black Cauldron. Other than LeGuinn's Earthsea series, Alexander's Chronicles of Prydain is the among the most misrepresented fantasy books on film...well, other than the Disney version of A Wrinkle in Time which is a apocalyptic travesty.

Would love to see all 5 of Alexander's works on film, esp. Taran Wanderer and The High King. If I win the Powerball, that's my first order of business.
 
puffy999 [TotalFark]
2022-12-02 1:35:09 AM  
Which is weird, (Dogma and) The Brave Little Toaster used to be on TV all the farking time. You'd think some people could connect the cash flow dots.

/okay the Dogma thing isn't so weird given circumstances
 
Another Government Employee
2022-12-02 3:33:58 AM  

JerseyTim: Strange Days and The Brave Little Toaster are both so good. That would be a heck of a double feature.

A great, great movie that is available on Blu-ray, but never on cable and not on streaming is To Live And Die In L.A..


I think that is also caught up in the Weinstein Estate. It will be a long time before it resurfaces.
 
SquonkBot
2022-12-02 4:05:35 AM  
The Good Thief
Please, on Blu-Ray! Or, you can put a zock in it, as far as I'm concerned.
 
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