Laserdisc

[anephric]

Check out the CAV edition of Aliens - it has a picture disc section, where every frame is something new e.g. concept art. Frankly awesome.

Marvel at Ripley's green hair I remember dropping ?80 on that bastard only to be rewarded with PQ slightly better than the watching the VHS and scribbling in my left eye with a green crayon.

[noobish hat]

Haven't yet received my player, but I got my first ever disc in the post today - Cable Guy! A great film, one of the handful of Jim Carrey films that are actually genuinely good (along with the Truman Show and Dumb and Dumber). The disc... is amazing. The hole in the centre is almost as big as a regular dvd! Or a gamecube disc at least XD

I know it would be huge, but has anyone got a list of laserdisc releases? Or maybe just the last 50 or so released in America and Japan. Also, anyone know how many of the Bond movies were released? I'll have to get Goldeneye at least!

[Baseley09]

The world of the Laserdisc awaits you

http://www.lddb.com/

[SuperDanX]

I am not buying a laserdisc player, however ive been following the thread and i must say it all looks amaze!

[noobish hat]

Thanks man And Dan.... join us!

[samanosuke]

Also, has anyone ever seen laserdiscs in the wild, e.g. charity shops etc? I hadn't even heard of them until about a year ago, much less seen any in real life. Can't wait for them to turn up!

I'd always see them in HMV and Virgin. This was about fifteen years ago though! Can't believe you hadn't heard of LD until a year ago... were you hiding under a rock? Where do you think Dolby Digital originated?

[noobish hat]

I'm only 22, so I wasn't in the market for buying movies of any kind during their heyday, and even in America they were marketed mainly at video and audiophiles, of which I am neither. I just like old things from the 70s 80s and 90s. Even my girlfriend is 31!

[Lyris]

I know it would be huge, but has anyone got a list of laserdisc releases? Or maybe just the last 50 or so released in America and Japan. Also, anyone know how many of the Bond movies were released? I'll have to get Goldeneye at least!

I heard that there is a very rare Criterion laserdisc of one of the Bond movies which was quickly yanked because it features a very explicit audio commentary with the director, who lets his feelings about certain people (or certain groups of people?) known. I must hear it some day.

[anephric]

http://www.listentoamovie.com/popup.php?Active=NewMovieList&ID=3720

Enjoy!

[samanosuke]

I'm only 22, so I wasn't in the market for buying movies of any kind during their heyday, and even in America they were marketed mainly at video and audiophiles, of which I am neither. I just like old things from the 70s 80s and 90s. Even my girlfriend is 31!

Bleedin eck! You an arf like yer retro games for such a youngster!!

[noobish hat]

It's gotta be oldskool, all the way with me

Anybody got Ringu on laserdisc? I can't find it, even on yahoo auctions jp, but there must have been a release, surely?

[Baseley09]

Anybody got Ringu on laserdisc? I can't find it, even on yahoo auctions jp, but there must have been a release, surely?

Apparently only the TV movie original

http://www.lddb.com/search.php?search=ringu&sort=title

[noobish hat]

That is terrible news, considering out of all the ****ty novels, horrendous adaptations, bull**** remakes, and ****jizz games that gets pumped out of Japan's disgusting, sagging, mahjong playing ass, only Ring (1998 version) is actually any good. And they release the goddamn made for tv movie version on the best format ever? What a crime. I think we need another A bomb.

[Lyris]

the best format ever

The what!

[anephric]

The man's clearly never heard of Selectavision.

Do you like laserdiscs? How about vinyl versions of them.