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Moriarty's DVD Shelf! New Release Tuesday For August 15th!!

1st by count numbers	Aug 14th, 2006 08:19:19 AM
hahaha
first by Jaffa8	Aug 14th, 2006 08:19:35 AM
and on a monday too...eh...probably not....
really? by count numbers	Aug 14th, 2006 08:20:00 AM
I just want to say hi to all my family and friends
Hong Kong Phooey by Jaffa8	Aug 14th, 2006 08:20:14 AM
now that's cool!!!
Seeing "Cigarette Burns" tomorrow at a theatre in Seoul by Beageal	Aug 14th, 2006 08:28:47 AM
This is actually the 2nd Seoul festival it's been at, but I didn't get to see it at the first one (got to see One Armed-Boxer vs The Flying Guillotine instead -- fucking spectacular). Cigarette Burns is in with a pretty good group surrounding it: Blue Velvet at noon, Carrie at 3:30, then Cigarette Burns paired with The Fair-Haired Child (another Master of Horror) at 6:00, and a couple more MoH afterwards. I've got the day off (it's Korean independence day tomorrow), so I think I'll take in Carrie and the McWeenyfied MoH group. I'd consider doing more, but I'm not quite in Seoul, so there'll be some bus ridin' bookending this event.
I thought JENNIFER was wicked... by abiggerboat	Aug 14th, 2006 08:36:20 AM
It was drenched in gore, funny and has some great sex scenes! What more could you ask for?!! Even if the sex was with a disfigured wierdo! It's Argento at his 'Demons' finest!
Hong Kong Phooey by gboybama	Aug 14th, 2006 08:38:47 AM
is my ringtone. This is my must-buy from this list of releases.
Number One Super Guy by Kentucky Colonel	Aug 14th, 2006 08:44:39 AM
Scatman was the shit, yo!
Watching scary movie 4 with your mother-in-law.. by Windowlicker74	Aug 14th, 2006 09:02:56 AM
..who just moved into your house: One can only imagine the horror you felt..
which Masters Of Horror wasnt shown? by SydBarretsMyDad	Aug 14th, 2006 09:05:09 AM
I kept hearing about one that was too much for HBO to show.....is that a myth? If not, what was it and is it out on DVD yet?
SydBarretsMyDad by President Evil	Aug 14th, 2006 09:23:31 AM
Takashi Miike's "Imprint" was too much for Showtime (not HBO) to air. Apparently, there were too many dead fetuses for their taste. It's currently in release on import DVD, however...with plans for a domestic release, I believe.
Space Ghost has the coolest theme by durhay	Aug 14th, 2006 09:27:56 AM
I think only the Coast to Coast shows are on DVD.
Unaired Masters of Horror by Beageal	Aug 14th, 2006 09:29:53 AM
Google tells me it's Takashi Miike's "Imprint" and that it's out on DVD on September 16th. Man, I'd forgotten Takashi Miike had done one of these, and lucky me, it's playing this Sunday as part of the same festival as Cigarette Burns. I'll be there for sure. And hmm, it looks like Jenifer is actually one of the MoH flicks playing tomorrow. Might as well see that too. Who the fuck wants to spend their day off outside?
Weird Al by kbass	Aug 14th, 2006 09:31:03 AM
Although mildly entertaining, I'll go with "UHF" over Weird Al's TV offering any day. Now that was a funny movie.
Well... by PCH Boy	Aug 14th, 2006 09:44:13 AM
That was the biggest waste of my scroll wheel energies I've had all morning...what a collection!
F___ HBO!!! by CarmillaVonDoom	Aug 14th, 2006 09:44:35 AM
Fuck HBO for cancelling Carnivale before it was finished! What a great show! Rome I will have to take a look at for sure, but HBO is losing out right now after being on top for a LONG time. Deadwood is a shadow of what it once was, and Rome is not a worthy successor to other, better, CANCELLED shows. That is all. :^)
Jenifer by Mits777	Aug 14th, 2006 09:50:52 AM
Yes, Jenifer is an excellent movie. Check out the politically incorrect funny review here at this website. http://tinyurl.com/pv8do
Hong Kong Phooey by Pandas-R-Us	Aug 14th, 2006 09:53:43 AM
Wasn't he called Penry rather than Henry?
I want Safe Men now by George Newman	Aug 14th, 2006 10:12:43 AM
It came out in 1998? geez, this must be like a secret classic, or Cult, if you will.
We NEED Hearts of Darkness. by IAmJack'sUserID	Aug 14th, 2006 10:12:58 AM
Saw it a long time ago and even managed to snag a copy on my PC, its something that is a great companion piece to the film. Its one of the best - if not the best - BTS doc out there, and for them not to have it on this THIRD DVD release of the film is a shame.
Hey Mori! About your mother-In-Law... by DerLanghaarige	Aug 14th, 2006 10:22:14 AM
...I know what you mean. I always thought that (although I really like the first 5) Police Acdemy 6 was lame. Then I watched it together with my sister, when it was on TV and I laughed my ass off!! Sometimes all you need are the right people, to enjoy a film.
Season eight: the last gasp of Simpsons greatness by Osmosis Jones	Aug 14th, 2006 10:25:34 AM
Like Mori said above, season eight is where I'm going to stop collecting The Simpsons, as this is the last season to be consistently excellent across the board. While I continued to watch for another few years after that, it was never the same (wasn't this the last season with Brad Bird producing?).
Where in Seoul?!? by Drworm2002	Aug 14th, 2006 10:42:06 AM
I live in Seoul. Where will the festival be? I wanna go. And I liked Scary Movie 4 much more then the 3rd. I am so pissed ebcuase I bought part 3 without seeing it thinking it would be as good as the first two...fuck that...
huh by AlgertMopper	Aug 14th, 2006 10:50:31 AM
Reagan Collection? Republicans Everywhere Rejoice
What about the other missing footage in Apocalypse? by Uncapie	Aug 14th, 2006 10:53:29 AM
Like the scene where you finally find out what happens to the Dennis Hopper character? I've seen it and its interesting. They should have put that in the supplemental.
Holy shit! by DocPazuzu	Aug 14th, 2006 10:59:40 AM
That Dust Devil set looks fucking awesome. I've been a fan of Stanley's since the first time I saw Hardware. I haven't seen those documentaries, but I did read Stanley's insane report from the Dr. Moreau shoot (from which he was canned and banned but returned to in "manimal" make-up as an extra and quasi-spy) in an issue of Neon from 1997 (I think). Stanley's a righteous dude, no doubt about it, and I'm thrilled to death that Dust Devil finally gets the treatment it deserves. Don't worry, Mori -- I'll be picking this one up as soon as it comes out.
Takashi Miike's "Imprint" had too many fetuses? by SydBarretsMyDad	Aug 14th, 2006 11:03:53 AM
reminds me of the three extreme dvd i just watched, with the Dumplings segment....was that the Takashi Miike segment? Is it the same thing?
Bonus disc at CC for Apocalypse Now set by Shawn F.	Aug 14th, 2006 11:34:59 AM
According to yesterday's Circuit City sales flyer, the Apocalypse Now SE that they are selling will have a bonus disc that includes more deleted scenes and trailers. Plus, they have the cheapest retail sale price I have seen so far for the set: $13.
Kings Row = Cider House Rules by Mgmax	Aug 14th, 2006 11:49:47 AM
Seriously, watch Kings Row and see if you don't agree that John Irving stole it blind. Small town kid dreaming of the big world, disreputable doctor as father figure, father-daughter incest theme (censorship makes it hard to tell that's what's up in Kings Row, but it is), etc.
Seoul Festival by Beageal	Aug 14th, 2006 11:55:18 AM
Well, well, well. Looks like the tables have turned, drworm2002. I say this because I asked you a question about a week ago on a talkback for The Host, about where this English-subtitled theatre you had found was, and if it was playing The Host (When you never answered, I bit the bullet and saw it subtitle-free. It was pretty darn good, though there are some things I know I didn't quite get.) Anyway, to answer your question: it's the Seoul Art Cinema, 4th floor of the Nakwon Musical Instrument Arcade (by Insadong). From July 25 to Aug 24 they've got this solid mostly-English program (I saw Hannah and Her Sisters there a week ago). http://www.cinematheque.seoul. kr/ Click the "Cine Vacances" thing. Now, where's this English-subbed joint you found? (I have a sneaking suspicion it's the same place I just pointed you to...)
Where's the FOX re-release of Broken Saints?? by Johnno	Aug 14th, 2006 12:09:55 PM
Didn't that come out recently? It's fucking awesome! Heh, I remember Remington Steele on Television! That show was the shit! Also remember the Hanna Babera Gorilla one, but that was M'eh compared to the other characters they had.
So when HBO finished Rome S2... by scrivener	Aug 14th, 2006 12:13:42 PM
What else are they going to do? Sopranos is finally coming to an end, Deadwood is canned, Rome isn't getting a season 3... so how about that final season of Carnivale?
Mori lives with his mother-in-law by YackBacker	Aug 14th, 2006 12:34:43 PM
That's cool, actually. She gets to be around the baby, help raise the little Skywalker right, etc. And since I assume she is spanish-speaking based on the subtitles being on for Scary Movie 4, that means little Toshi is going to be bi-lingual. I am not sure why I'm writing all of this, but I'm in a good place today and I like to highlight postives in the world. Mazel tov, Mori.
God damn Hong Kong phooey is a piece of shit! by BendersShinyAss	Aug 14th, 2006 01:09:04 PM
And heart of darkness was the best thing about apocolypse now! Showed pretty much all the highlights from the film and is a fascinating journey into the struggle to tell a story.
Takashi Miike's "imprint" by max404	Aug 14th, 2006 01:10:32 PM
"Imprint" is great. And it seems that our favourite Japanese madman made a list of everything that he thought American TV wouldn't show, grinned widely and included it all: abortion, dead fetusses, incest, torture, whores. All that and a midget with a hole in his nose and a rooster hat. What could you possibly want more? (oh yeah, and the cinematography is gorgeous)
Uncapie, please spoil? by CarmillaVonDoom	Aug 14th, 2006 01:16:39 PM
What DOES happen to Hoppers character??? Never even considered it! About a final season of Carnivale, the story was meant to be six seasons...3 "books" of two seasons each, with many years elapsing between each book. Again, I say F___ HBO! ;)
though it arguably peaked in season eight by mrgreentheplant	Aug 14th, 2006 01:22:19 PM
in my mind, the simpsons never really declined in quality until season eleven, which i will likely not buy. seasons nine and ten didnt exactly shoot 100% but included such all-time classics as 'the cartridge family,' 'lisa the skeptic,' 'the joy of sect' (na na na na na na na na LEADER) 'homer to the max' 'mom and pop art' and the great stephen hawking episode 'they saved lisa's brain.' fortunately hank scorpio, frank grimes, poochie, and the love-matic grampa will tide me over till those seasons come out.
will we ever see the Keitel footage from APOCALYPSE NOW by beamish13	Aug 14th, 2006 01:24:28 PM
Or how about the Eric Stoltz fottage from BACK TO THE FUTURE? Both still exist, and are under the care of their respective directors...
my only question right now by Trader Groucho 2	Aug 14th, 2006 01:32:02 PM
When's Tarantino going to release Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair???
Rome truly rocks... by lynxpro	Aug 14th, 2006 01:37:35 PM
If ya'll are HBO subscribers and have Comcast as your cableco, watch the episodes streamed from OnDemand because they show them letterboxed whereas if you don't have HDTV and watch them on the regular HBO channels, they televise them pan & scan. HBO should put this baby out on Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.
Holy cow man! by quadrupletree	Aug 14th, 2006 01:39:01 PM
My only question is when do you get time to watch all this shit?? I have a hard enough time sitting down to watch three netflix a month!!
What abou the Honk Kong Phooey Doc? Phooey of Darkness? by SydBarretsMyDad	Aug 14th, 2006 01:39:19 PM
I saw it back in 89....phucking brilliant. One scene, scatman crothers, totally zonked on cleaning fluids, but STILL in character, jumps into the garbage shoot and into the phooey-coptermobile himself....NO STUNTMAN!!! He cuts himself on the copter blade and sits there in the car, thick with blood and clorox, croakin' "phuck phooey, phuck Landis for Twilight Zone, phuck that god damn cat that follows me everywhere, and PHUCK YOU!!!" It was so thick with reality, man. Thats life. Thank you Scatman. Thank you.
considering TimeWarner's merge friendliness by lynxpro	Aug 14th, 2006 01:41:38 PM
Perhaps they should explore merging HBO with the F/X Network for the most kick-assery on television today. HBO could televise their combined shows unedited and without commercials, and F/X could televise them edited with commercials. Its no more outlandish than TimeWarner rolling their WB Network into CBS's UPN to make The CW, but then again, the management of TimeWarner have no love for Rupert Murdoch & Co.
Regarding Hearts of Darkness... by Phenom	Aug 14th, 2006 01:50:53 PM
I taught the son of Coppola's producer and asked him, point blank, why HOD was not being released. He went home, asked, and came back the next day saying, "Francis does not want it released because it makes him look bad."
I fucking LOVE Rome... by Fitzcarraldo2	Aug 14th, 2006 01:56:44 PM
Caesar, Mark Anthony, Pullo and Vorenus are brilliantly played. Caesar's death scene is just heartbreaking, magnificent acting from Ciaran Hinds.
Fitzcarraldo2 by lynxpro	Aug 14th, 2006 02:08:56 PM
Dude, spoilers! Maybe Moriarty thought Caesar would survive to shag another day! And why does it seem like Ciaran Hinds was only in the theatrical Miami Vice for the sole purpose of a cameo? I'll say one thing about Rome, I was pissed at what they did to Caesar. Two thousand plus years later and just seeing the fictional re-enactment cheeses me off because the man did not deserve the fate he received. Great men do not deserve to be murdered by jealous cowards.
Regarding Stanley... by Mr Nice Gaius	Aug 14th, 2006 02:54:58 PM
Doc or Mori - why was he fired from "The Island of Dr. Moreau"? I only recognize him from "Hardware" because he cast Carl McCoy from Fields of the Nephilim (!) as the desert scavenger guy.
MNG by DocPazuzu	Aug 14th, 2006 03:06:07 PM
http://www.everythingisunderco ntrol.org/nagtloper/iviews/mas sacre.html
We need some Thundarr the Barbarian!! by Borgnine JR	Aug 14th, 2006 03:15:22 PM

a reimagined Thundarr... by lynxpro	Aug 14th, 2006 03:35:44 PM
Live action and portrayed by Ray "Titus Pullo" Stevenson, with Charisma Carpenter as Ariel and Ralph Moeller as Ookla.
by Darth_Baltar	Aug 14th, 2006 04:55:40 PM

Rome by Darth_Baltar	Aug 14th, 2006 04:56:56 PM
rules, and damn I hate that enter button vs tab button error!
Apocalypse Now by Spike Fett	Aug 14th, 2006 04:58:45 PM

Apocalypse Now by Spike Fett	Aug 14th, 2006 05:00:15 PM
"on disc one, you get the first half of each film, and on disc two, the second half of each." On what fucked-up planet does doing it this way make sense?
Spike... by TheRealMoriarty	Aug 14th, 2006 05:17:58 PM
... since REDUX is simply the original cut with material added in via seamless branching, that's the only way it really makes sense. I'm not sure how you would do it. The entire film duplicated onto each disc separately? The commentary is shared between the two films as well, so that just seems like that would be the wasteful way of putting it together. This way, there's more room for extra features.
LEMMING by roaldali	Aug 14th, 2006 05:27:41 PM
Looking forward to seeing this, it was directed by the same guy that did "With a Friend Like Harry", great movie, best suspense film to include a gibbon monkey with a propeller head
I don't get why people talk down Simpsons.. by xenaman	Aug 14th, 2006 05:57:39 PM
It's still funnier and better-scripted than 99% of all current television, period.
I can see why peeps compare Hanks to Mr. Stewart by Exeter	Aug 14th, 2006 06:08:13 PM
With the whole "new Jimmy Stewart" but let's get something straight, other than the fact that Hanks usually takes good ol' warm-hearted roles which Stewart has been known for, Hanks is, frankly, WHITE DOG SHIT compared to the late James Stewart. This is the exact equivalent of saying Brad Pitt is the new Marlon Brando, other than the fact that Pitt has done some dark roles with a 'renegade' persona is the only vague analogy of a thin facade in comparing Brando. Stewart is one of the rare actors to achieve greatness without taking the dark, moody, and gritty route. I'd say Bogart and Stewart are the two greatest actors who ever lived, with Brando a smidge underneath, but to say some fuckhair by the name of Tom Hanks who takes good ol' roles of gory war flicks, and throwing a hearty ol' "fuck you" to the Oscar host is an embarrasment to the memory of the humble man of morals Stewart. hanks is watery soup in acting chops compared to Stewart. Better to compare Hanks to someone more of his 'talent.'
Shows that are funnier/better scripted than Simpsons by JackLint	Aug 14th, 2006 06:34:35 PM
The Office, My Name is Earl, South Park, Family Guy, Monk, Entourage, Curb, Lucky Louie, Scrubs, Weeds, Rescue Me, Everybody Hates Chris, Reno 911!, Boondocks, Aqua Teen. And thats only off the top of my head. I think it would be much easier to list shows worse than the Simpsons right now. Let's see... Um.....hmm..., oh definitely American Dad. Thats much much worse. I also agree the eight was the final good season. Now, that's not to say there aren't SOME good ones after it, like the New York episode like somebody mentioned, but there's no season after 8 with enough good ones to warrant a purchase. Then there's the seasons after maude dies, I would PAY to get those off tv.
Jenifer was ahelluva lot more entertaining than by chickychow	Aug 14th, 2006 06:53:35 PM
Cigarette Burns. Sorry, but it be the truth. (although they're both pretty bad. I'm just saying Jenifer is "entertaining")
Apocalypse butchered again. by Mr Brownstone	Aug 14th, 2006 07:10:43 PM
Yes it's cool that there is a commentary etc. but does it really matter since once again Coppola and Storaro have chosen, in their infinite wisdom, to hack off the sides of the 2.35:1 Cinemascope frame. This is no better than studio pan and scanning. Being "director approved" doesn't make it any easier to swallow and makes it seem even more absurd and unforgivable. I don't like or buy Storaro's "vertical resolution" cop-out either. To me the correct aspect ratio is more important. If they pull this excuse out of their ass when it inevitably hits HD I will lose my mind. To ad insult to injury now I find out you have to swap discs at the half way mark to make "room" for the atrocious Redux. If Dawn Of The Dead can have a 4 disc set then surely Apocalypse can too. Moriarty, I'm disappointed you'd give this set a pass based on the extras when the most important part, the film, has once again been given the shit end of the stick. I'm livid because I care. This is one of my top 3 favorite films of all time.
Jeff... by TheRealMoriarty	Aug 14th, 2006 07:14:28 PM
... can you find an Amazon link on this page? Can you find ANYTHING where you click and I earn money? Oh, you can't? That's because I didn't put on here. But keep trying to find something to hang me on. It's not like I've made it a secret that I wrote for a show, and I've done nothing here that earns me one single cent. Sorry.
Thanks for the Stanley link, Doc... by Mr Nice Gaius	Aug 14th, 2006 07:16:44 PM
Here is a quote that killed me: "As soon as the budget goes over a certain level, you're in the hands of the company. When it hit $35-million, my position started to become untenable. They say: 'It has to be this way, kid - the waist-high field of marijuana plants has to go; the animal sex has to go; you can't have the female lead cooked and eaten..." -- Good stuff.
Rome by The Funketeer	Aug 14th, 2006 07:21:56 PM
Rome was like The Wire. I watched it at first because it was on HBO and that's what I watch on Sunday nights, wondering why it was so boring and why I continued to watch. Then, as the season progressed, I found myself completely absorbed by it. Awesome show.
I gotta say... by Mr Brownstone	Aug 14th, 2006 07:27:36 PM
I'm freakin' elated that Naked Spur and Spirit Of St. Louis are finally coming out.
Dust Devil - Mori... by genro	Aug 14th, 2006 08:20:19 PM
It's odd how sympatico we are on horror titles, but it makes sense considering age and influences. I've had the Euro cut of Dust Devil and the CD for several years, so that boxset sounds awesome. It's always been unfortunate that Stanley lost his mind on Moreau, but that project seemed doomed from early on...and Hardware is about a frame away from unwatchable...I'm still waiting for a decent release of Accione Mutante and other Iglesias titles.
Brad Pitt IS the new Marlon Brando. by Uncapie	Aug 14th, 2006 08:33:43 PM
In another universe maybe.
Borgnine & lynxpro: "Lords of Light! Demon Dogs!" by CreasyBear	Aug 14th, 2006 08:55:42 PM
Yes, Thundarr the Barbarian on DVD! Someone make it happen. (Oh, and the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon, too.)
5 disc? by cubik	Aug 14th, 2006 09:03:21 PM

Dust Devil by cubik	Aug 14th, 2006 09:05:34 PM
How come Dust Devil gets a 5 disc release but Richard Stanley's Hardware nothing, not even 1 disc
maybe cuz Hardware sucks by chickychow	Aug 14th, 2006 09:16:17 PM
Truly it does. Dust Devil sucks. His Dr. Moreau would've sucked too. Not that it doesn't suck in its current form. I think someday a great movie will be made from that book, but no one has cracked it yet (perhaps Frankenheimer should've tried his hand at it in the 60s...)
I saw Mori McWeeney on "Hitchcocked." by chickychow	Aug 14th, 2006 09:24:10 PM
a short doc on Encore about Hitch's influence on filmmakers. Had such geniuses of the cinema as Ernest Dickerson, Sean Cunningham, Victor Salva, Stuart Gordon and of course, our boy Drew. insights given? Um, Psycho is cool cuz it kills off the lead. Vertigo is weird and perverted. thats about it. oh, and we have Hitch to thank for movies like Friday the 13th and jeepers Creepers.
skip that "cigarette burns" by Malebolgia	Aug 14th, 2006 09:32:21 PM
Bullcrap, I'll give you my copy, either that or I'll throw it in the trash, COMPLETE GARBAGE!!!
WOW by Westonian	Aug 14th, 2006 09:41:33 PM
theres just been so many COOL and amazing updates today! COOL NEWS OVERLOAD....TIME TO KILL MYSELF!!! no wait.... its the opposite of that....
Mr. Brownstone (great name) by MCVamp	Aug 14th, 2006 10:09:00 PM
How much was lopped off the picture? I'm not being sarcastic I'm actually curious. Say the current picture was on a screen that was 40 inches wide. How much of the sides are gone? I don't have a massive super plasma TV, but I don't care HOW big the screen is, I hate pan and scan and I love seeing as wide a picture as possible. I'm going to pick this up anyway because of the price, but I'm curious. I didn't even understand "anamorphic" until a few months ago because I'm just a caveman!
Jeff... by TheRealMoriarty	Aug 14th, 2006 10:33:02 PM
... I'll be honest. I don't care if you think it's appropriate or not. If I were trying to hide my connection to the show, you might have a point, but I'm not. You are cordially invited not to read the article if it offends your delicate sensibilities so much, but considering it doesn't affect me monetarily one way or another if Argento's episode does well, I'll feel free to talk about it as often as I want. At some point, Jeff, you need to make a choice... either stop reading what I write, or stop telling me what I'm "allowed" to write. I'm enormously comfortable with where I draw my ethical line in the sand, and all of your attempts to call me out on some perceived slight only make you look stupid like today, when you were so sure you had me on the Amazon thing. Just give it a rest.
MCVamp by Mr Brownstone	Aug 14th, 2006 11:54:25 PM
Thanks. Here's a link that describes aspect ratios better than I can http://tinyurl.com/j9rhr . In essence what they are doing is "zooming in " on the Cinemascope (2.35:1) image so that it fills in a standard (1.85:1) frame, in the process a few inches on the right and left are lobbed off. I think it harms the compositions and the film overall. They have never released a 2.35:1 version of Apocalypse on video. So the dossier is "complete" minus the right and left sides of the screen of course.
Jeff - zip it by CondomWrapper	Aug 15th, 2006 12:05:06 AM
Before you make an even bigger fool out of yourself. Your nitpicking Moriarity for no reason probably because you're jealous that he writes for MoH and you're still in your parent's basement masterbating with baby oil to your crumpled, semen stained picture of Leia in the slave outfit. Get a life.
MCVamp... by Mr Brownstone	Aug 15th, 2006 12:09:25 AM
at this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I mage:WideScreenFormats.svg imagine increasing the size of the blue box until it's top and bottom fit flush with the top and bottom of the green box, that's how much is getting cropped from the sides. So quite a bit.
Jeff... by TheRealMoriarty	Aug 15th, 2006 12:12:01 AM
... again, you don't know what you're talking about. I don't have a contract with MASTERS OF HORROR beyond a single episode at a time. There's no guarantee I'll be invited back for a third season, and if I do, it certainly won't be because Argento's episode did well. There are no staff writers on the show, no long-term contracts, no ties of any kind that make this into a situation where I am rewarded for someone else's success. If I am asked back, it'll be because my second episode does well on its own. Seriously... let it go. Your assumptions are wildly off-base here.
so what if Mori puts up links? by lynxpro	Aug 15th, 2006 12:13:55 AM
Look at the various actors who have links on their own websites to sell copies of films they've been in...or musical groups with links to their albums for sale online. BFD. Maybe people should post whether they would prefer Mori's listing links of movies he actually likes versus say Herc's approach which is to list every tv show that's being released on DVD as something to buy. Personally, I don't have a problem with either style because its not like we're being charged money per TalkBack post. Granted, if jerkoff Ed Whiteacre of AT&T has his way, we probably will...
Jeff... by TheRealMoriarty	Aug 15th, 2006 01:47:09 AM
... I am sick of being told what I am or am not allowed to write. It works just like it does with TV or the radio or any other media. If you don't like it... if it bothers you so much... then change the channel, or tune to another station or go to another website. No one forced you to read this column. You've played this "Amazon links" game before, too, as far back as May of 2005, right down to accusing me of making money off of my DVD column. Which I don't. And if you take another shitty shot at me personally like accusing me of "weak character" because I publish a weekly list of the titles I consider interesting, this conversation will be over. Period.
plugging by Vern	Aug 15th, 2006 03:19:54 AM
If I wrote a movie or a TV show I know I would be plugging it on my web sight, and on here, and on Jeff MCM's web sight as well. Unfortunately I only have a book, so that's all I plug. Moriarty DOES have an episode to plug, but he's too busy plugging someone ELSE'S episode. I don't really get what the fascination is with accusing Moriarty of some kind of conflict of interest here. Every time he mentions Masters of Horror he bends over backwards to mention his conflict of interest, which is probaly not necessary at this point. What is the premise here, that he's gonna trick some person who only skims and happens to always miss the big chunks where he talks about his involvement, and then they're gonna forget that he was talking about the Argento episode and get Moriarty's episode instead, and not notice his name on the credits, but if they had they wouldn't have rented it? I guess I don't really get what it is we're trying to prevent from happening here. Moriarty is a family man, you boys need to lay off and let the man relax. So I hereby offer myself as the new conflict of interest guy. Please redirect all accusations to my talkbacks. Thank you.
At Some Point... by TheRealMoriarty	Aug 15th, 2006 03:56:27 AM
... people need to realize that there's no upside to taking shots at people's families over anything on the Internet. Especially over something like writing about movies. You must really have some sort of strange and empty existence if the discussion of films and television shows and books leads to you being a prick about the family of someone you've never met.
Is there any way by Lost Prophet	Aug 15th, 2006 05:46:37 AM
that when someone gets banned the offending posts (excepting really vile ones)could stay. I am curious as to what was said here. And the thread doesn't make sense now. BTW- does anyone British know when Rome is out in the UK, or when the BBC plans to show season 2?
SydBarretsMyDad by President Evil	Aug 15th, 2006 09:13:47 AM
Nope, Miike's contribution to "3 Extremes" was "Box" (the best of the three, in my opinion). "Imprint" is an entirely different film. Apparently there was just too much "objectional" material in "Imprint" so the candy-asses at Showtime pulled it from airing. And yet they allowed all the other shitty episodes of MOH air. What a world...
Sorry Beageal by Drworm2002	Aug 15th, 2006 09:29:06 AM
Here is a website that might help you get in the right direction. http://www.seoulselection.com/
Seoul Selection? by Beageal	Aug 15th, 2006 10:32:24 AM
You were talking about Seoul Selection, Drworm2002? I think they just show Korean movies on DVD, don't they? It's not quite the same as seeing something newly-released. And don't worry about missing the question. I don't expect you to keep tabs on every talkback you post to.
Thanks brownstone by MCVamp	Aug 15th, 2006 11:02:11 AM
Y'know, I'd rather have bigger black bars than compromise the picture on a "definitive" version. I mean, any heathen who simply can't watch widescreen should have a DVD player with a "zoom" button and let that be that. There are far too many millions of horrifying "full screen" edition DVDs out there.
Hey Mori, maybe you should remove your own posts too... by Spike Fett	Aug 15th, 2006 12:11:04 PM
Since now you look like a crazy person on the corner yelling at nobody.
Apocalypse Now by Spike Fett	Aug 15th, 2006 12:13:39 PM
On the issue of it being split across 2 dvds, I missed that it was seamless branching so I guess that explains it. Though my preference would be to not have it split. Yes I'm that lazy, we don't all have 5-disc dvd carousels so that it doesn't matter.
YO MORI by chimcham3000	Aug 15th, 2006 01:55:00 PM
Hola peeps. Someone might have all ready filled you in on this but I dont read talkbacks so i have zero clue. Fanboys, this is a must read. I went to Circuit City today and picked up my copy of the Complete Dossier of Apocalypse Now and received a bonus disk that you can only get there. It Includes: The Added Scenes and Expanded Themes of Apocalypse Now Redux, Destruction of the Kurtz Compound with Optional Commentary, and also both the 1979 and 2001 Trailers for the separate cuts there. Anyhow just a heads up buy this thing at Circuit City if you can. It's only $12.99 this week as well.
"jeff -- the complete dossier" by duanejones	Aug 15th, 2006 04:43:56 PM
it's funny reading mori's comments in response to posts that have since been de-posted. i guess the only place we'll read them is in the director's cut of aicn, to be released in the new wu-ray dvd format, with commentary by jeff, docpaz, oz jones, the famous duanejones and in his final appearance, the late, great dirt mcgirt. in other news, _apocalypse redux_ re-sux -- the original release was much tighter, no goofy slapstick amongst the fellas, no brando reading from time magazine, uh, "meaningfully"...later for that noise. and as much as i disdain angelopoulos' extremely pretentious films like _landscape in the mist_ ("you're funny, too!"), both _eternity_ and the earlier _ulysses gaze_ are absolutely two of the great films in the history of world cinema over the past ten years. really, better, even, than _corky romano_...and now all of rohmer's six moral tales in one bizzox? formid-izz-able!
Story time (response to chimcham3000) by MCVamp	Aug 15th, 2006 06:33:29 PM
I'd actually heard about the Circuit City thing beforehand, but I was sitting here at work waiting fo lunch and you clinched it: I was going to Circuit City to pick it up NOW. So I go, and I pick up the flyer, and then the DVD itself, which has no indication of an extra disc. I take it to the girl at the DVD counter and ask about it. "Oh, see, I just told those guys," she says, indicating a small unwashed group of college-aged film nerds, "the $12.99 sale version doesn't have the bonus disc. The bonus disc is in the $14.99 version." After blinking at her a few times, I tell her I'll be right back...as she starts to pull all copies that have the 'bonus disc' sticker off the shelves. I re-read the flyer to make sure I'm not a moron, and for once, I'm not...$12.99--FREE BONUS DISC. So I go up to the DVD whore again, pointing at the ad, and she gives me a helpless shrug and points me towards the customer service counter. She then tells me that she can't give me a 'bonus sticker' copy because the manager told her to pull them all. Jesus Christ. SO, I mosey up to the counter and the manager, THE MANAGER, starts to explain that there are two versions, $12 and $14. Opening my speech with "I hate being one of THOSE customers," I proceed to become one of THOSE customers, stopping just short of raising my voice. I once again blatantly point out "There are three specifics given in this ad: Apocalypse Now...$12.99...free disc. Where is everybody getting $14.99 from?" The register. "Well," says I, override it. The only reason I came to Circuit City, SPECIFICALLY, was this ad featuring this product." Realizing I was late getting back to lunch thanks to these morons, I failed to leave out the fact that I hate Circuit City for this exact reason, the reason that Best Buy slaps them around with eight inches of blue-and-gold limp dick...the service S-U-C-K-S. TEH SUCK, even. So anyway kids, if you absolutely HAVE to have this bonus disc, caveat emptor...you may even be better off going to CircuitCity.com. If you go to CC, make absolutely sure that the bonus disc sticker is on the DVD before you leave the store. But more or less what I'm saying is, if you don't need that disc, then tell Circuit City to kiss your ass! They got my $12.99 plus tax today...well they'd better enjoy it because that's the last money they'll see from me until I'm gleefully picking clearance items off of their desecrated corpse when they finally go bankrupt. Ahh, that felt good...and it killed the last 10 minuts of the workday. EXCELSIOR!
Bonus Disc - Circuit City by JohnIan	Aug 15th, 2006 08:31:08 PM
Mine got run-up for $14.99 too. But I didn't signed the credit card agreement yet. I noticed it and the cashier did the same - shurg his shoulders. But he did call the manager and he overrid it. So I did get it for $12.99. The bonus DVD was another matter altogether. I asked a drone there where's the copies of A.N. with the extra disc. They said I quote, "all the copies have it". NO. I wasn't about to buy it. So I went looking. By the way the "New" section didn't carry the bonus DVD. Anyhow, I found the special edition in "Adventure" (odd) and yes, there it was - bonus DVD. There were only five copies. I took two copies with and without sticker to the woman who had tried to help. Ok. So, at least the next guy or gal who asks can be directed correctly. Ok. Circuit City has a bonus disc. Free preview of "Snakes On A Plane". The ad reads "Minimum 96 per store". No, once again. I asked for my copy. And waited. Fianlly someone found a copy. Huh? There was only ONE copy in the store. Ninety-six per store my ass!
bruno kirby = dead by chickychow	Aug 15th, 2006 09:40:57 PM
tellin the truth
Rome... by Suki_Jonze	Aug 15th, 2006 10:00:19 PM
Is just a wonderful series. I watched in on HBO-HD -- and I'm afraid to even watch it on standard DVD. It was amazing in HD. Can't wait for the sequal. ~Suki http://www.dvdnewsroom.com
Moriarty's family by whahoppa	Aug 16th, 2006 02:01:39 PM
The weird thing was, Jeffmcm didn't say anything negative about Moriarty's family. One mention about living with his mother-in-law which apparently put Mori over the edge.
Fascinating Flame War by gadlaw6	Aug 16th, 2006 08:10:05 PM
I read the whole thread because of the one sided flame war going on. As I was reading I realized that the offending posts were removed but still and all, interesting. I always like reading Moriarty - entertaining, informative and honest. Don't let the trolls get under your skin.
coppola the king of commentary by drjones	Aug 17th, 2006 05:01:29 AM
I'm so looking forward to the Apocalypse Now box and a lengthy Coppoloa commentary. His commentarys are just great. Just listened to the CONVERSATION commentary track, which is great. Just the way he tells that the first thing he does when knowing that none else can see him is taking off his pants...weird to imagine that. but more that this useless personal stuff you don't really need to know is what you can learn from his openness about his work and his own deveopment as a writer and filmmaker.
WTF is up with Paul Giamatti getting all this work? by Capt. Murphy	Aug 17th, 2006 09:17:05 AM
If a woman looked like Paul Giamatti, she'd never get shit for acting jobs. He's one of the ugliest mofos ever, and yet he's in Lady in the Water and The Illusionist right now in theaters. WTF!!?!!?

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