TIMERIDER: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982) - Shout! Factory release (3-19-2013)

[Monroville]

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

Originally Posted by bluray.com

Shout Factory has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of director William Dear's Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982), starring Fred Ward, Belinda Bauer, and Peter Coyote. The release will be available for purchase online and in stores across the nation on March 19th.

Lyle Swann (Fred Ward) is a champion off-road racer who accidentally gets zapped into a time-travel experiment and sent 100 years into the past! When a gang of brutal bandits steals his motorcycle, Swann must outsmart the local cowboys and submit to the desires of a beautiful outlaw woman (Belinda Bauer). Armed with only his wits and a map from an Exxon station, will Lyle Swann survive the Wild West and get back to his future?

Special Features:

Audio Commentary with Director William Dear
Interviews with Producer Michael Nesmith and William Dear
Storyboard Gallery

Can anyone verify if this has the "bloody feet" ending?

[MechaFresh82]

Day one for me, I really enjoyed this when I was a kid, thanks to my mom Its been ages since I've seen this. When I was a kid, I never got tired of watching this flick. Still have my worn out VHS copy and as a matter of fact I don't think this title got a proper DVD release

[Monroville]

I concur. I can't say it's up there with THE BLOB (1988) or some others, but for what it is it's a good little time waster (the childhood memories don't hurt, either). I'd say it's on the same level as WAVELENGTH (1983), which came out about the same time:

[UniSol GR77]

One of the classics of my childhood when I was a HUGE FRED WARD fan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CobraComander]

Been on order since day one! Fred Ward! Great movie, been looking forward to see how it looks on blu.

[MechaFresh82]

Well, looks like both Best-buy and Walmart are no-go's, so I decided to place an order on Amazon for $14.99 with free 2 - Day shipping.


For anyone interested, here's the site's review on the Timerider BD:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Timer.../61582/#Review

UPDATE: Received my copy in the mail earlier today, will post a mini review hopefully before tomorrow's end

[MechaFresh82]

Well, I'm glad to say that I'm happy with the blu-ray release of this film, so many fond memories, never thought I'd see the film in such glorious HD. The soundtrack is great too.

The film appears clean with little to no scratches, there appears to be some DNR on some scenes but not too much (noticeable in the day-time scenes), their is also lots of grain, naturally for a film of this nature. The overall sharpen effect for this this blu-ray disc, gives the film that modern feel. The film looks really good for 1982, hands down.

The night scenes look really good, you can actually make out some of the trees in the background, the daytime scenes appear very natural-like thanks to its lighting and DP, (no thanks to my washed-out VHS ) I was also very impressed with Lyle Swan's POV shots on the dirt bike, especially in High-Definition....trust me, it just looks darn cool. You will not be disappointed with this blu-ray.

I was surprised to see there was a making-of and an audio commentary (both features weren't listed previously in the press release) - as for the commentary, it's very informative thanks to the director, he comes off as very energetic as if he drank an energy drink before recording this commentary, lol. I agree with his opinion on wishing he had done the "Time-travel" bit differently and more effective. It's an interesting topic because the director mentioned there were various test shots for the "Time-travel" scene but somehow they didn't make it on to the blu-ray

There's also a bunch of TV spots with the trailer, the main menu looks pretty far-out, as well.

All in all, for $14.99, this gem is worth it. Overall, I give this blu-ray a solid "10"

[Monroville]

Originally Posted by MechaFresh82

Well, I'm glad to say that I'm happy with the blu-ray release of this film, so many fond memories, never thought I'd see the film in such glorious HD. The soundtrack is great too.

The film appears clean with little to no scratches, there appears to be some DNR on some scenes but not too much (noticeable in the day-time scenes), their is also lots of grain, naturally for a film of this nature. The overall sharpen effect for this this blu-ray disc, gives the film that modern feel. The film looks really good for 1982, hands down.

The night scenes look really good, you can actually make out some of the trees in the background, the daytime scenes appear very natural-like thanks to its lighting and DP, (no thanks to my washed-out VHS ) I was also very impressed with Lyle Swan's POV shots on the dirt bike, especially in High-Definition....trust me, it just looks darn cool. You will not be disappointed with this blu-ray.

I was surprised to see there was a making-of and an audio commentary (both features weren't listed previously in the press release) - as for the commentary, it's very informative thanks to the director, he comes off as very energetic as if he drank an energy drink before recording this commentary, lol. I agree with his opinion on wishing he had done the "Time-travel" bit differently and more effective. It's an interesting topic because the director mentioned there were various test shots for the "Time-travel" scene but somehow they didn't make it on to the blu-ray

There's also a bunch of TV spots with the trailer, the main menu looks pretty far-out, as well.

All in all, for $14.99, this gem is worth it. Overall, I give this blu-ray a solid "10"

Yes, but does it have the bloody "bloody feet" shot?!?:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8fdiG5B5Vs

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by MechaFresh82

Well, I'm glad to say that I'm happy with the blu-ray release of this film, so many fond memories, never thought I'd see the film in such glorious HD. The soundtrack is great too.

The film appears clean with little to no scratches, there appears to be some DNR on some scenes but not too much (noticeable in the day-time scenes), their is also lots of grain, naturally for a film of this nature. The overall sharpen effect for this this blu-ray disc, gives the film that modern feel. The film looks really good for 1982, hands down.

The night scenes look really good, you can actually make out some of the trees in the background, the daytime scenes appear very natural-like thanks to its lighting and DP, (no thanks to my washed-out VHS ) I was also very impressed with Lyle Swan's POV shots on the dirt bike, especially in High-Definition....trust me, it just looks darn cool. You will not be disappointed with this blu-ray.

I was surprised to see there was a making-of and an audio commentary (both features weren't listed previously in the press release) - as for the commentary, it's very informative thanks to the director, he comes off as very energetic as if he drank an energy drink before recording this commentary, lol. I agree with his opinion on wishing he had done the "Time-travel" bit differently and more effective. It's an interesting topic because the director mentioned there were various test shots for the "Time-travel" scene but somehow they didn't make it on to the blu-ray

There's also a bunch of TV spots with the trailer, the main menu looks pretty far-out, as well.

All in all, for $14.99, this gem is worth it. Overall, I give this blu-ray a solid "10"

Stop, man, stop. I'm salivating now. This movie predates BTTF and truly introduced a new and fresh way to make a time travel movie. It was the proto-modern time travel movie in my book. It is a huge classic of my childhood, when Fred Ward was "da man" because he was Remo Williams (the movie was very successful here in Italy). I'm glad justice is done through this great blu-ray release. I love SHOUT!

[Inspector Toschi]

Got my disc in the mail and just had a quick look. The bloody stumps are there. The blu-ray is UNCUT!

Picture quality seems pretty fantastic too. Nothing demo worthy, but it appears pretty much untouched. The little I flipped through showed some nice fine detail. Nothing digital looking about the image at all.

Great release.

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by Inspector Toschi

Got my disc in the mail and just had a quick look. The bloody stumps are there. The blu-ray is UNCUT!

Picture quality seems pretty fantastic too. Nothing demo worthy, but it appears pretty much untouched. The little I flipped through showed some nice fine detail. Nothing digital looking about the image at all.

Great release.

Will buy this in a second.

[Monroville]

Originally Posted by Inspector Toschi

Got my disc in the mail and just had a quick look. The bloody stumps are there. The blu-ray is UNCUT!

Thank you for the confirmation.

[MTRodaba2468]

This is the title that got my good friend, a massive video and DVD collector, to finally take the plunge and go Blu-Ray...

Kudos, Shout! Factory, kudos...

[smp]

Originally Posted by MechaFresh82

an audio commentary

Is it the same commentary as on Anchor Bay DVD?

[slimdude]

I just had to tell everybody the great news! Look what I've found today, for only $6.00:


timerider_NEW.jpg

[MechaFresh82]

Originally Posted by slimdude

I just had to tell everybody the great news! Look what I've found today, for only $6.00:


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I'm jealous, LOL

What a Great deal!

[grrrarg]

Originally Posted by slimdude

I just had to tell everybody the great news! Look what I've found today, for only $6.00:


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Nice score!

I guess someone didn't want to keep their screener

Haven't received mine yet -- importcds is STILL backorded 6 days after release (and I pre-orded the day they added it mid Feb). Hope they get stock soon!

[Sodslaw]

Ive imported this as it looks like a cheesy 80s movie and Mike Nesmith wrote the script.
I remember seeing the vhs cover for this but it was never shown on tv over here so im hoping this is ok.
Just hope they release Remo and Jake Speed soon

[MTRodaba2468]

According to Shout's website, this has gone out of print.

https://www.shoutfactory.com/film/ac...-of-lyle-swann

Amazon still has some copies, for those whom haven't gotten around to grabbing it yet...

[Rampage09]

I ended up getting one from Amazon.ca this week. Looks like I got their last one.