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Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Wed May 01, 2024 7:08 am
by Aunt Peg
cdnchris wrote: Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:30 pm
One of the features is listed as "Alternate Censored Scene From The Theatrical Cut Of The Film" so I would guess the international cut, no?
That certainly sounds to be the case.
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 5:58 pm
by therewillbeblus
Shout! Factory is having a 4K UHD sale on their site right now, with some great deals. Too bad I just picked up most of these for almost twice the price!
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 8:15 pm
by dwk
A batch of titles have been added to Shout's Going OOP list:
The Boxer (1997)
Brighton Beach Memoirs
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
Ned Kelly (2003)
Law and Order (1953)
Sarah T. - Portrait Of A Teenage Alcoholic
Snow Falling On Cedars
Talk to Me (2007)
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 10:54 pm
by Peacock
EDIT: Wrong info!
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Sun May 19, 2024 11:18 pm
by swo17
Where are you seeing that? They sent out an email that shows it with a banner that reads "fewer than 100 copies remaining" beneath it, but that banner is introducing the next section of the email. The page simply lists the title as "in stock." I believe if there were fewer than 100 copies remaining, the exact count would show up there
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 12:32 am
by Peacock
Oops Swo you’re absolutely correct! I misread the email, the “less than 100” was instead referring to the titles underneath the Tokusatsu set - Blood of the Vampire, School Spirit, The Evil That Men Do, Big Bad Mama/Big Bad Mama 2.
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 4:33 pm
by dwk
New site exclusive limited editions
Fear City (new 2k master for both cuts. 1620 copies only. sigh)
Darkness (2 cuts of the film. 1800 copies.)
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 5:10 pm
by therewillbeblus
101 Films just put out Fear City for those who are region free and want to get the sub-par Ferrara without going through Shout!'s site direct
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 5:21 pm
by swo17
But have they fixed the aspect ratio on the second cut?
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 5:42 pm
by tenia
1620 copies ? That's specific.
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 6:24 pm
by dwk
tenia wrote: Mon May 20, 2024 5:42 pm
1620 copies ? That's specific.
They've been doing weird print runs for these for a while, I assume they are actually pressing 1750 or 1800 discs and holding the remaining for exchanges.
Given how much the previous site exclusive is going for, I dont know why this isn't getting a wide release (other than Shout being Shout and doing everything possible to piss off people.)
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 7:42 pm
by beamish14
dwk wrote: Mon May 20, 2024 4:33 pm
New site exclusive limited editions
Fear City (new 2k master for both cuts. 1620 copies only. sigh)
Darkness (2 cuts of the film. 1800 copies.)
God, can someone PLEASE put
China Girl out?
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Thu May 23, 2024 3:34 pm
by dwk
An early impression of the new
Fear City disc from a
Blu-ray.com post
Some huge changes with the new release. Does appear to be a new transfer. Does not appear stretched. Looks very organic. Original shout disc was 1.57:1 aspect ratio, this one is 1:85:1. Checked the first Unrated scene and the quality is just as good as the rest of the film, no VHS quality.
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 2:27 pm
by therewillbeblus
hearthesilence wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 5:02 am
hearthesilence wrote: Thu Oct 23, 2014 12:56 am
The new complete set of Pee-Wee's Playhouse apparently has all-new transfers.
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.
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.
I didn't realize this had fallen out-of-print - new copies now go for at least $300.
It's now apparently coming back in-print? There's a pre-order up on Orbit for cheap with an 8/27 street date listed, though I can't find any announcement elsewhere
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 3:20 pm
by dwk
Augusts Scream/Shout releases:
Poltergeist II 4K UHD Collector's Edition
The Delta Force 4K UHD
The Last Unicorn 4K UHD
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey 4K UHD
Bill & Ted Face the Music 4K UHD
Bill & Ted's Most Triumphant Trilogy 4K Collection
Evil Dead (2013) 4K Steelbook
Dragonheart 4K Steelbook (previously a WM Exclusive
Hackers 4K Steelbook (previously a BB exclusive)
Death to Smoochy Blu-ray
Observe and Report Blu-ray
Pee-Wee's Playhouse Complete Series (reissue)
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 6:36 pm
by hearthesilence
dwk wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2024 3:20 pm
Pee-Wee's Playhouse Complete Series (reissue)
I was hoping and expecting this - copies were going for a couple hundred dollars, even approaching $400 for unopened copies.
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 8:07 pm
by flyonthewall2983
The Delta Force is semi-sleazy right wing propaganda but it has some nice moments to it, and a theme by Alan Silvestri that reminds me much more of the Indianapolis 500 than this, but it works as giving Chuck Norris some shine even if it is all a keyboard-afire rock explosion like most movie music was around this time. Uncharacteristic of the bombast in his other Hollywood hits but effective, even with the dramatic theme at the end.
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 8:50 pm
by The Elegant Dandy Fop
flyonthewall2983 wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2024 8:07 pm
The Delta Force is semi-sleazy right wing propaganda but it has some nice moments to it
Semi-sleazy? The film literally has Robert Forster in brown face separating Jewish hostages from non-Jewish and then George Kennedy as a priest defending some sort of messy definition of "Judeo-Christian" values. It's a very ridiculous piece of right-wing propaganda that looses its effectiveness due to Chuck Norris's black hole of charisma and the ridiculousness of the whole thing. I'm a little surprised that a studio would re-release a film like this now.
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 8:55 pm
by flyonthewall2983
The other half of sleazy by my definition would be unnecessary female nudity of which this has none (I think), otherwise you’d be right to see it as an abomination of a genre picture. It’s just something I remember not that different from cartoons or other schlock I'd watch as a kid on basic cable. This was on TBS a lot.
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2024 9:38 pm
by Mr Sausage
The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2024 8:50 pm
flyonthewall2983 wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2024 8:07 pm
The Delta Force is semi-sleazy right wing propaganda but it has some nice moments to it
Semi-sleazy? The film literally has Robert Forster in brown face separating Jewish hostages from non-Jewish and then George Kennedy as a priest defending some sort of messy definition of "Judeo-Christian" values. It's a very ridiculous piece of right-wing propaganda that looses its effectiveness due to Chuck Norris's black hole of charisma and the ridiculousness of the whole thing. I'm a little surprised that a studio would re-release a film like this now.
It's such a weird movie, too. On the one hand, it seems to want to be a serious thriller based on the hijacking of TWA flight 847, starring actors like Hannah Schygulla, Shelley Winters, Robert Forster, etc. On the other hand, the last 30 minutes is Chuck Norris riding around on a futuristic motorbike with mounted rocket launchers shooting Arabs.
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 10:31 pm
by dwk
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2024 2:46 pm
by dwk
September titles (so far) from MifuneFan at Blu-ray.com
The Amityville Horror (2005) UHD
The Boy UHD
Doomsday (2008) UHD
The Strangers UHD
The Stepfather UHD
Village of the Damned (1995) UHD
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2024 2:54 pm
by therewillbeblus
dwk wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2024 2:46 pm
The Stepfather UHD
Nice to see this get some parental attention in time for the holidays!
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2024 12:50 am
by tolbs1010
therewillbeblus wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2024 2:54 pm
dwk wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2024 2:46 pm
The Stepfather UHD
Nice to see this get some parental attention in time for the holidays!
Finally, "a little order around here!" Will buy for the 3rd time. Would love to have a bonus feature with O'Quinn talking about the film, but it seems like he has tried to distance himself from this role. A shame because he's brilliant in it.
Re: Shout! Factory / Scream Factory
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2024 8:05 pm
by colinr0380
dwk wrote: Mon Jul 01, 2024 2:46 pmDoomsday (2008) UHD
Glad to see Doomsday in that list. I'm a
fan of that film which is perhaps best described as Escape From New York-meets-28 Days Later-meets-Mad Max, with a really nice late performance by Bob Hoskins and a to be expected scenery chewing one from Malcolm McDowell!