New DVD/Blu-ray Purchases

[Dr Kain]

[jellydonut25]

The STORIES on that X-Men show are good, but the animation isn't. I mean, it's better than a lot of other shows by comparison, especially for that time period (like the old TMNT animated series that just had some AWFUL animation), but it's not really GOOD, objectively. The stories really make up for it though because, for a kids' tv show, they did a good job adapting some of the more heavy subject matter.

[Dr Kain]

On the subject of the animation, I watched the two episodes on Volume 5 that come before Volume 3 (kind of), and my god, the animation in that Longshot episode is probably the worst of the entire series. The characters were tall and lanky in some parts of the episode, Jubilee would sometimes have her coat on, sometimes off, colors would change between frames of even the same still shot, etc. Not to mention it was just a down right poorly written episode to begin with. That was by far the worst episode of the series thus far.

[O.Supreme]

Yeah that later Longshot episode had some major issues. I always thought the animation was pretty good in the first 2 X-Men seasons, then in season 3 it started to go down hill a little. But the oddest thing is perspective, when AKOM stopped doing the animation and Philippine Animation Studio was brought in to do those late season 5 episodes that look god awful, that same studio did season 2 of the F4 1990's series which looked amazing compared to whatever cut-rate production did the F4 first season. heh...

[lhb412]

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

I got Batman v Superman at work tonight. Went with the standard BD pack vs the 4K or 3D set mainly because I heard the 3D wasn't good for this movie and we didn't get the 4K version in.

[Dr Kain]

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

I don't see myself getting much stuff on 4K yet any way I was going to get Deadpool on 4K but I got a good deal on the BD I couldn't pass up. $7.50 shipped.

[O.Supreme]

I passed on 3D, and am glad as the fad seems to be dying, at least in the way of home theater (in the cinemas I know its still big), but I'm definitely not getting into 4K anytime soon. The first 4K players only came out a couple of months ago, and the TV's are incredibly expensive. I waited 3 years for Blu Ray, I can wait that much and longer for 4K, unless it is also replaced by something else in the near future.

[Dr Kain]

[jellydonut25]

I legitimately don't think 4K looks THAT much better than blu-ray. I doubt I'll ever get on that format, honestly.

[tbeasley]

Criterion sale haul -








Looking forward to this in the fall -
https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1209- ... o-del-toro

[lhb412]

^ Excellent choices!

[Dr Kain]

[lhb412]

Kain, I know you recommended going with the series instead of the compilation movies, but I'm lazy, and since the movies are held in such high esteem I felt it was okay.

Looking forward to revisiting Gundam 15 years later.

[lhb412]

Last Criterion sale purchase

[DannyBeane]

Just bought a blu ray of Rocky Horror Picture Show!

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

Last week I got The Boy Who Cried Werewolf *1973* from Shout Factory and tomorrow I'll be getting their release of Bad Moon.

TBWCW is in pretty good shape for being an obscure 70s werewolf flick. Can't wait to check out Bad Moon as it's been ages since I've seen it.

[O.Supreme]

Just happened to be in B&N the other day. Kind of odd that a "Bookstore" now has a better selection of DVD's than stores like Frys or Best Buy. They were having another sale on their Criterion stuff (I think they ar almost always on sale though), and wasn't sure if that included Eclipse. But it did. I asked about Horror from Shochiku (X for outer space, Goke etc...) and while they did not have it in stock, they ordered it for me $29.99 with free shipping. Got it in the mail the other day

[Dr Kain]

Fresh in from Rightstuf, OH YEAH!!

[klen7]

I just picked up "The Relic" on bluray. didn't realize it was OOP so it took a while to find a cheaply priced used copy

[O.Supreme]

Finishing my Filmation Collection...I know Mill Creek released the whole series as one volume, but I really like the BCI/Eclipse releases. Also I never knew there was an animated film which started this series



Now...If Warner releases the rest of Tarzan I'll have every Filmation show I grew up with...

[Dr Kain]

[jellydonut25]

[DannyBeane]

Just picked up Shout Factory's Ultra Q. It's a great show. It's like Kolchak the Night Stalker but with kaiju.