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Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2020 8:14 pm
by domino harvey
Two very lame movies, zzzzzzz

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:37 am
by rockysds
Also, Under the Yum-Yum Tree and Operation Mad Ball.

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 4:55 pm
by therewillbeblus
Of course, the other bad Lemmon/Quine collab! Oof

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:37 pm
by domino harvey
Why did they update the entirety of the lamest set they ever released on DVD

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:48 pm
by therewillbeblus
I was just gonna say, why not pick Robson’s worst film Phffft! next and just keep that negative energy comin

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:52 pm
by domino harvey
Oh right, I forgot about that one! You can read my thoughts on all of the films here

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 6:03 pm
by swo17
I seem to remember liking Phffft--it's got a George Axelrod script after all

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 6:31 pm
by therewillbeblus
swo17 wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 6:03 pm I seem to remember liking Phffft--it's got a George Axelrod script after all
I tried to be charitable to it in my writeup on Robson in the 50s project, but it really failed for me at being funny or exploring interpersonal systems with the insight he usually brings to his work

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:27 pm
by knives
I’ll stand with Swo and say it’s pretty funny, but I think I like that set on average more then most.

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 1:42 am
by captveg
therewillbeblus wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:48 pm I was just gonna say, why not pick Robson’s worst film Phffft! next and just keep that negative energy comin
You're in luck - Phffft! is the 5th Lemmon film coming out 12/8/20.

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 2:27 am
by HinkyDinkyTruesmith
Just gonna pop my head in to be a lone voice of support for The Notorious Landlady.

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2020 3:03 am
by therewillbeblus
captveg wrote: Tue Nov 10, 2020 1:42 am
therewillbeblus wrote: Sat Nov 07, 2020 5:48 pm I was just gonna say, why not pick Robson’s worst film Phffft! next and just keep that negative energy comin
You're in luck - Phffft! is the 5th Lemmon film coming out 12/8/20.
Gotta get it in before 2020 ends to stay on brand I suppose

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 12:33 am
by swo17
dwk wrote: Tue Jul 21, 2020 12:02 am Blu-rays coming on September 22:
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (Pressed Blu-ray, so hopefully Sony will replace their other burned discs with pressed discs.)
Not sure if it's like this everywhere, but I ordered from Deep Discount and got a pressed disc

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:16 pm
by therewillbeblus
Came across this at the end of Svet's review for DIck and laughed pretty hard at the first line
If Dick starred a couple of guys rather than gals in the lead roles, no doubt someone like Pauly Shore would be right there in the lead, or maybe a Rowan Atkinson if one wanted to add a little more weight and class to the movie. Dick cannot match the brain-dead wit and endlessly humorous shenanigans of movies like Clueless and Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, two greatly superior films next to this (and pretty great on their own). Dick often feels forced, with the girls gravitating to empty stereotypes rather than carefully developed personalities that could be believably ditzy and at the same time a major part of history.
Can anybody comment on the quality of the commentary?

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:18 pm
by swo17
Dick often feels forced
An understandable complaint

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:16 pm
by domino harvey
therewillbeblus wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:16 pm
Can anybody comment on the quality of the commentary?
I listened to it a million years ago, I recall it being good if you're a fan because the director talks about scenes that were cut (that weren't even in the deleted scenes, like a subplot about Checkers being a series of replacement dogs) and apologizes for being forced to include a fart joke. And that is two items of interest more than I can remember from most director commentaries!

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:18 pm
by CSM126
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Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:28 pm
by Gregory
One of the strangest ideas I've seen this year is now Dick having been cast with Rowan Atkinson, in his midforties at the time, as a bubbleheaded high school student accidentally breaking open the Watergate story.

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:52 pm
by therewillbeblus
Gregory wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:28 pm One of the strangest ideas I've seen this year is now Dick having been cast with Rowan Atkinson, in his midforties at the time, as a bubbleheaded high school student accidentally breaking open the Watergate story.
I had to reread that sentence when he chose Rowan Atkinson as the person who would best "add a little more weight and class to the movie"
domino harvey wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 8:16 pm
therewillbeblus wrote: Thu Dec 31, 2020 7:16 pm
Can anybody comment on the quality of the commentary?
I listened to it a million years ago, I recall it being good if you're a fan because the director talks about scenes that were cut (that weren't even in the deleted scenes, like a subplot about Checkers being a series of replacement dogs) and apologizes for being forced to include a fart joke. And that is two items of interest more than I can remember from most director commentaries!
While I won't pretend that I love the movie nearly as much as you (does anybody?) I've always liked it since I saw it as a kid in theatres, and it's only grown in my esteem in adulthood with enhanced comprehension of the satirical elements and appreciation for the humor, which seems to work better each revisit. I rarely make time for commentaries these days, but was particularly intrigued by this one so thanks for the info!

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:02 pm
by therewillbeblus
Also, it's tough to keep track of which Sony MOD blus are BD-R only, BD-R-dependent on what site you buy from, and BDs-always.. is Dick the latter (short question: If I buy from Amazon, am I safe)?

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2021 4:56 am
by PfR73
I believe that Sony is consistent across retailers. Their releases that are BD-R are BD-R everywhere and their releases that are pressed are pressed everywhere.

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2021 4:59 am
by therewillbeblus
I don't know about that, my copy of Welcome to the Dollhouse is a BD-R while other members here I believe reported receiving pressed discs

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2021 5:06 pm
by PfR73
Weird, you're the first person I've ever heard report they got a BD-R of Welcome to the Dollhouse. Do the case and the actual disc have the Blu-ray logo?

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2021 10:38 pm
by therewillbeblus
PfR73 wrote: Fri Jan 01, 2021 5:06 pm Do the case and the actual disc have the Blu-ray logo?
Yep

Re: Sony MOD Blu-rays

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 8:18 pm
by captveg
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988) on 2/23/21

For some reason.