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by Eric Paddon
Wed Apr 10, 2024 3:18 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: Disney's OMEN Prequel - April 5th - SPOILERS
Replies: 15
Views: 6969

Re: Disney's OMEN Prequel - April 5th - SPOILERS

The real problem is this. This present day breed of anti-Christian bigots also hates the idea of absolute Evil embodied by the concept of Satan, the Devil and Hell. They are the kind of people whose relativism and disdain for absolute concepts of Good and Evil makes them regard the very idea of Hell...
by Eric Paddon
Wed Apr 10, 2024 2:32 am
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: Disney's OMEN Prequel - April 5th - SPOILERS
Replies: 15
Views: 6969

Re: Disney's OMEN Prequel - April 5th

*********"Retconning" THE OMEN so that it's all (SPOILER) the work of some crazy Catholics trying to up dwindling church attendance (!) by rebirthing the Anti-Christ is just asinine******* That is the kind of asinine plotline that only the anti-Christian bigots of Hollywood could conjure. ...
by Eric Paddon
Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:29 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: KING KONG (1976) on 4K UHD
Replies: 22
Views: 2143

Re: KING KONG (1976) on 4K UHD

Got my copy today. Can't deny the transfer is spectacular. I will always have a soft spot for this film because it was the first "big event" movie of my life at age seven. I remember seeing it in the Chatham Cinema when it came out, and I still have the trading card set and I can remember ...
by Eric Paddon
Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:54 am
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: rate the last movie you saw
Replies: 4434
Views: 1603921

Re: rate the last movie you saw

The Path To 9/11 (2006) 8 of 10 -I revisited this miniseries that has been suppressed since its original broadcast in 2006 and has no video release because of Disney's slobbering appeasement of Bill Clinton who objected to the fact that his administration was not depicted as perfect and free from e...
by Eric Paddon
Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:33 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: Ridley Scott's Napoleon - "Clumsy, Funny" Critics Torch Scott's Latest
Replies: 27
Views: 86061

Re: Ridley Scott's Napoleon - "Clumsy, Funny" Critics Torch Scott's Latest

I'm assuming that extra hour is where all the scenes that explained WHY Napoleon was invading other countries went to?
by Eric Paddon
Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:06 am
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: Extended editions
Replies: 23
Views: 7510

Re: Extended editions

Bumping this thread since andy b should add the TV cuts of "Beyond The Poseidon Adventure" and "When Time Ran Out" to the master list as they were included in the Irwin Allen set released by Shout!
by Eric Paddon
Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:40 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: Kino spring sale
Replies: 2
Views: 79

Re: Kino spring sale

I've been sort of boycotting Kino ever since the "Columbo" debacle of theirs, though the fact that they haven't announced a single title of interest to me the last six months has also contributed to that but I decided to finally get some new stuff this time: Escape from Alcatraz (4KUHD) (4...
by Eric Paddon
Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: STAR WARS: ICONS UNEARTHED Documentary with Rare Marcia Lucas Interview
Replies: 9
Views: 289

Re: STAR WARS: ICONS UNEARTHED Documentary with Rare Marcia Lucas Interview

Let's face it, if they put Christensen in at the end, wouldn't narrative consistency also mean Ewan MacGregor should have replaced Guinness?? (why should Ben be an old man forever after he's struck down?????) The rest of the interview also gave her a chance to let loose on how Lucas basically erased...
by Eric Paddon
Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:09 am
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: STAR WARS: ICONS UNEARTHED Documentary with Rare Marcia Lucas Interview
Replies: 9
Views: 289

Re: STAR WARS: ICONS UNEARTHED Documentary with Rare Marcia Lucas Interview

I'm listening to the unedited Marcia Lucas interview first. She *really* hammers George for putting the pointless Jabba scene back in the "Special Edition", pointing out how the scene didn't work in the original cut (even leaving aside the bad performance of the Jabba actor) and it also ru...
by Eric Paddon
Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:33 am
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: rate the last movie you saw
Replies: 4434
Views: 1603921

Re: rate the last movie you saw

The shorter cut silent "King Of Kings" and "Risen" conclude this year's Holy Season viewing for me (I compensated for skipping "Ben Hur" by listening to the score during my lengthy walk around the neighborhood). Didn't watch quite as much as I did in the past but again,...
by Eric Paddon
Mon Apr 01, 2024 12:29 am
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: STAR WARS: ICONS UNEARTHED Documentary with Rare Marcia Lucas Interview
Replies: 9
Views: 289

Re: STAR WARS: ICONS UNEARTHED Documentary with Rare Marcia Lucas Interview

Decided to order it. Should be interesting.

It is no coincidence that Lucas has not had one bona-fide cinema classic post-original SW trilogy IMO.
by Eric Paddon
Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:37 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: Disney's OMEN Prequel - April 5th - SPOILERS
Replies: 15
Views: 6969

Re: Disney's OMEN Prequel - April 5th

Oh I'm sure they do. And just how in the world do you get a "prequel" out of this unless we're going back to an ancestor of Bugenhagen killing previous would-be sons-of-Satan? The funny thing is people really don't get why "The Omen" was such a hit in its time. It struck a chord ...
by Eric Paddon
Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:57 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: rate the last movie you saw
Replies: 4434
Views: 1603921

Re: rate the last movie you saw

Got through "Jesus Of Nazareth" yesterday followed by "Passion Of The Christ." I think unfortunately "Ben Hur" will be missing the cut as tomorrow I will set aside for the shorter organ-score version of the silent "King Of Kings" and "Risen" to compl...
by Eric Paddon
Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: rate the last movie you saw
Replies: 4434
Views: 1603921

Re: rate the last movie you saw

Added "Barabbas" and "The Greatest Story Ever Told" to my viewing. The former, I am tempted to do my own commentary track for at some point to compensate for that disgraceful one on the Imprint Blu-Ray. GSET despite the poor transfer of the current Blu-Ray at least looks better o...
by Eric Paddon
Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:31 pm
Forum: Theatrical, Blu-Ray & DVD Discussion
Topic: rate the last movie you saw
Replies: 4434
Views: 1603921

Re: rate the last movie you saw

I got my despecialized editions six or seven plus years ago. Someone who is no longer here gave me grief about that. But as far as I'm concerned, if George Lucas wants to play this game of irresponsibility to historic preservation simply to cheat his ex-wife out of royalty money (I am 1000% convince...