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I know I normally pimp the hell out of any and all MST releases, but this set has a collectible Tom Servo figure, meaning that if you were lucky enough to get Crow with the 20th Anniversary Set, you finally have a chance to own what will likely be the only MST3K figures that'll ever be (I'm hoping for a Gypsy and Cambot, but I'm not holding my breath). The movies in the set are likewise fantastic: the Joel-era classic Warrior of the Lost World,the season 1 ep The Corpse Vanishes (seriously, Shout Factory, enough of those), the legendary Santa Claus in which Santa Claus battles the devil, mostly in Mexico City, and Night of the Blood Beast, my personal favorite MST episode of all time. I can't recommend this set enough, although I am admittedly a hardcore MST maniac. So sue me.
• Terminator Salvation
So the theatrical cut is on DVD -- in widescreen, linked, and fullscreen, which I didn't think people did any more. But if you want to watch the director's cut with about half a second of Moon Bloodgood's nearly impossible to see breasts, you have to buy the Blu-ray -- the director's cut isn't available on DVD. Way to screw non-Blu-ray owning Terminator fans, Warner Bros.
• Ben 10 Alien Swarm
I don't care about Ben 10, but if there had been a cartoon when I was a kid that they suddenly made a live-action show of, it would have blown my mind. Just sayin'.
• Gremlins
On Blu-ray. Enh. Call me when Gremlins 2: The New Batch shows up.
• Harry Potter: Wizarding World Game
This is a DVD game, and other than that, I know nothing about it. Is it at all related to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park? Is it even mildly enjoyable? I don't have the faintest clue.
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Greymattersplat said:
You know, if they ever start releasing these MST3K sets on Blu-Ray, I may be in trouble. I don't double buy many things...but I'd have to own them.
Because I have an illness.
Monkey boy said:
Explain how I'm at target looking at a terminator salvation directors cut DVD special edition right this very second...
FurthestCityLight said:
Target actually has a director's cut of Terminator:Salvation out on DVD. I'm pretty sure that it's an exclusive there and I'm also pretty sure that it's MORE expensive than the Blu-ray....so basically Warner Bros. thinks that people who don't have Blu-ray players are assholes and need to be punished.
Dread replied to FurthestCityLight:
The director's cut of Salvation is available on DVD at Best Buy, Future Shop and HMV in Canada.
FurthestCityLight replied to Dread:
Oh cool. At least you guys have a few more options up there, I'm not the biggest Target fan...
TED-209 replied to FurthestCityLight:
All this just to see some boobies.
FurthestCityLight replied to TED-209:
Oh trust me, I've done worse. Who am I kidding, my money is going towards MST3K anyway...
jeffmcm said:
Gremlins > Gremlins 2.
Brent said:
1. I lucked into a Crow with my 20th Anniversary MST3K set last year, so I'm shitting happy all over myself at the chance to get a Servo.
2. @Greymattersplat: There was no such thing as HD when the original series was shot, so I'm thinking a Blu-Ray MST3K release would be redundant at best, worthless at worst.
chudleycannonfodder replied to Brent:
If Clerks can be released on Blu Ray, I'm sure MST3K's video quality can too.
Brent replied to chudleycannonfodder:
Apples and oranges. Clerks was shot on 16mm film, not standard def video. Anything shot on film can be converted to Blu-Ray and it'll look way better than VHS or DVD thanks to the 1040p resolution available. However, TV shows like MST3K were shot with standard def video cameras, and the films they covered were essentially embedded as part of the original video production. Therefore, any Blu-Ray release would have no choice but to appear in standard 480p resolution, meaning that it would look exactly the same as a regular old DVD.
chudleycannonfodder replied to Brent:
That's really interesting; thank you for the information.
electronsexparty said:
Another Mystery Science Theater 3000 freak here. I got my Crow and a Mike Nelson/Rifftrax bobble head so I've got to get a Tom to complete the set!
iROB said:
I'm so psyched about picking up MST3K after work today! I'm a huge fan, but I'm not very fond of the season 1 eps either, yet Shout Factory seems hellbent on releasing at least one season 1 ep per volume until they're all on DVD (vol XVII was just announced and it will contain 1x01 'The Crawling Eye", but it will also have "The Final Sacrifice" so that more than makes up for it). God bless you Shout Factory for forking over the extra dough to finally put that episode on DVD!
Greymattersplat said:
Oh I know, Brent, I truly do know...but knowing that isn't going to stop me. It's like the worst possible form of OCD. I had nearly 1000 DVDs before I got a Blu-Ray player (or, more correctly, a PS3), and have been having monumental fights with myself ever since to not replace every last one of them that is available on Blu-Ray. It's a battle I've already lost on on the "comic book" movies, Ghostbusters, Army of Darkness, etc...and I'm currently battling Galaxy Quest and now Gremlins.
On the one hand, I just can't afford to buy this stuff again, but on the other...damn, I want them!
Brent replied to Greymattersplat:
I hear you, brother. My PS3 has cursed me with the same problem. As for my comment, the HD nerd in me escapes sometimes and I can't control myself. The same thing happened when I answered the guy with the Clerks comment.
I'm going to die alone.
Wyngarde said:
MST3K needs to release these movies uncut and without them blabbing through the whole thing.
Just say'in...
Jimbotron replied to Wyngarde:
They actually did, at first. Some of the original Rhino single-disc releases were double-sided with the episode on one side and the uncut/unMSTed feature on the other. They only did this with a few episodes before they stopped, probably due to video-rights issues or some such thing.
Honestly though, there's very few MST3K movies that I would want to watch unMSTed, so I'm not mourning the loss. If you want the original movies, I've noticed that a ton of them show up on those bargain-priced 50-film sci-fi/horror box sets that you see at discount stores.
chudleycannonfodder said:
I think the Harry Potter game might be a collection of the games that were released with the dvds of the films, but I'm not certain.
Beppo said:
There are some classic Season 1 eps. Yes, Josh Weinstein can be difficult to get used to but that doesn't change the fact that Project Moonbase and Women of the Prehistoric Planet are pure awesome.
Sampo's Theorem applies, of course.
MattK said:
I'm surprised there's been no mention of the upcoming Rifftrax Live Event on Dec. 16, considering all the MST3K love on this site.
Final Sacrifice is next, huh? Awesome. Hopefully there will also be a chance for more of the out-of-print sets to make a comeback. Some of us formerly-financially-strapped MST3K fans are regretting the loss of Season 9 and 10.
MattK said:
Oh man, The Beatniks will be in the next release! I love that movie, and the jokes they got from it, most especially "I KILLED THAT FAT BAR KEEP!" and "Shut up, Iris." I use that one on my wife all the time (who is not named Iris).
MyNoNos said:
• Ben 10 Alien Swarm
I don't care about Ben 10, but if there had been a cartoon when I was a kid that they suddenly made a live-action show of, it would have blown my mind. Just sayin'.
Its funny you say that...
My boys love this show, especially my five year old. When they did the first live action movie I thought his little brain was gonna stroke out, he was so damn excited!
Zac said:
I have that Gremlins BD and it is awesome, if only for the fact that at one point Billy walks through a Montgomery Ward electronics dept. which is all vintage 1983. Atari boxes, tube TVs, beta VCRs. Warmed my heart it did.
Arcane said:
Ben 10 was obnoxious. Ben 10 Alien Force hooked me with its darker storylines (at least a handful of episodes involve humans transforming into alien monstrosities, and not all clean and flashy like Ben does, but a lot more like Mark Hamill's death scene in Guyver).
Alien Force also had a Doctor Who homage that was about as obvious as the one on Next Gen. Still though, it doesn't hold a candle to Avatar:TLA.
