I’ve recently managed to create a catalogue
of my DVD collection, and it includes some titles
that may or may not be Bureau 42 material. Rather
than guessing, I’ll just ask you: do you (eventually;
I’m not promising any timelines) want to see reviews
for The Complete Goofy (every short starring
Goofy), George Lucas In Love,
Hackers, The Messenger, some NASA
documentary footage, Pi, Real
Genius, Stan Lee’s Mutants, Monsters and
Marvels, Tomorrow Never Dies,
WarGames, or The Complete Wallace and
Gromit? (We’d need to create a non-fiction film
category if you want the NASA or Stan Lee stuff
reviewed.)
please!
These would be nice:
Wallace & Gromit
The Fifth Element
Gattaca
Pleasantville
Signs
Stargate
Total Recall
Unbreakable
Pi
You should review Pi. If for no other reason than that many people have never even heard of it, and more people should
Requests noted
The above requests from is and hossman have been noted. I
should also mention that the upcoming
review list includes the number of requesters for a
reason; the more people request a given review, the sooner
I’ll get to it. (That’s why the list is sorted first by
number of requests, and then alphabetically.) I just made
up a little spreadsheet to keep track of who made which
requests, too, so don’t worry about repeats. You can
request here or by
e-mail.
Stan Lee
The Stan Lee one would be nice, even if it wasn’t related (which I personally believe it is), but of course it’s ultimately your decision…
By the way…
Would you object if someone were to make a HUGE list of requests from that list? It’s just that there’s a lot on that list that I can’t decide whether to see or not…
Re: By the way…
One of the reasons I count them is to encourage this.
It’ll help guage the level of interest.
All of em!
You should definitely review all of the titles you listed. Some I’ve seen and always like to hear other people opinions, while others I haven’t seen and would like to hear your opinion on whether or not to see it.
Mine (priority == bold)
Love
And I want to know home come there’s a complete Goofy and I wasn’t
informed!
Re: Mine (priority == bold)
I suppose I should have mentioned all those Disney
Treasury Edition, but I missed many myself. I had to go
to eBay to get my Complete Goofy, as they were produced in
limited numbers. (About 150k for each Treasury.) There’s
already a couple of Mickey sets, a Silly Symphonies,
Disneyland USA, and a few other odds and ends. The first
Donald Duck collection is out in May, but it doesn’t
include his educational shorts (as it’s a chronological
collection) so I’ll probably pass on it. I will, however,
buy (and likely review) any collection that includes
“Donald Duck in Mathemagic Land.” As a future math and
physics teacher, that might be useful.
Re: Mine (priority == bold)
If you ever do find a DVD with Donald in Mathemagic Land on it, let us know – I would love to have a copy of that.
Re: Mine (priority == bold)
It should be in The Chronological Donald Volume
2, assuming it gets made. The Chronological
Donald Volume 1 is due out the first week of May,
having been delayed from a December release.
One to add to your collection
You don’t have it…
but definately add “Equilibrium” to your collection… think of a cross between “The Matrix” and “Farenheit 451” (the book… not that PoS movie)
A lot of people overlooked it when it came out… but it is a GREAT movie
Re: One to add to your collection
It is. I have seen it, but I was away from the computer
for a few days so I didn’t write the review. It’s a
pretty good dystopia, though, with more action than the
rest of the genre.
Re: One to add to your collection
I second that request… Equilibrium was a great movie that deserved more than it got.
Stuff I’d like to see
I notice you have a listing for Undergrads there – I wasn’t aware it was out on DVD, and as I’m a huge fan I was wondering where I could get my hands on that (I can’t find it on Amazon, which is why I ask).
Re: Stuff I’d like to see
Hidden Fortress has a damn-busting scene that was
mimed shot for shot when Lucas made the trench battle
sequence of Episode IV. It’s not sci-fi or fantasy by any
stretch, and my copy looks so bad I can’t get through the
whole thing. I bought it off eBay from a guy who had over
1400 reviews, 100.0% positive, who claimed to be selling
the legal versions out of Hong Kong. The DVDs boxed sets
have a mix of Criterion Collection editions and the worst
DVD transfers I’ve ever seen, with lousy translations, so
I doubt him. Also, I’ve since noticed that he changes his
screen name on eBay every few months. If I reviewed that
one, it wouldn’t be fair, as the viewing experience would
detract too much from the movie. It’s a WWI dam-busters
movie.
Princess Mononoke would be reviewed in the
subtitled version, as would the Macross stuff.
Undergrads used to be available on Amazon.com,
but I found it cheaper on eBay.
Re: Stuff I’d like to see
I saw “Mystery Men” last week, and I wish I hadn’t. It should have been to comic books what “Galaxy Quest” was to “Star Trek”, but it didn’t work. Sure, there were a few funny moments and some really nice quotes (“Lance Hunt wears glasses, Captain Amazing doesn’t”), but overall the jokes just fall flat.
Re: Stuff I’d like to see
You are dead insane man, seriously.
Sure the spleen couldn’t be lamer, and
the death of Captain Amazing was wrong, very
very wrong. Badly done and out of place, but the rest of the movie was
excellent. Especially the Shoveler!
“God gave me a gift: I shovel well.”
Re: Stuff I’d like to see
That really is the only thing that bugs me about the movie – I can see why it was done, but it just doesn’t fit. The rest of the movie is absolutely great though – the quotes alone make it worth watching.