GOR (1987) Outlaw of GOR (1988)

[jaws3dfan]

I bought this on German Blu-Ray, I wish Kino or Vinegar Syndrome would do a Domestic release:

GOR:
American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must help an oppressed country overthrow its evil king and his barbarian henchmen. Starring Urbano Barberini, Jack Palance, Oliver Reed and Playboy Playmate Rebecca Ferratti!

Outlaw of GOR:
An Earthman returns to the planet Gor, and fights against tyranny. Urbano Barberini, Jack Palance and Rebecca Ferratti return for this Fantasy Sequel!



Trailer in English:

Gor (1987) Trailer English - YouTube

[Dragon78]

Never saw these movies.

[jaws3dfan]

Originally Posted by Dragon78

Never saw these movies.

Me neither it was a blind buy off ebay.

[Member-839946]

They look interesting. Uh... have you read the books they're based on? I'm not sure how faithful the movies are to the books, but the books would be viewed as "problematic" (to say the least) to modern audiences. To me, that's a recommendation.

[drush9999]

The German BD has atrocious PQ, I only got because it was dirt cheap at one point, plus the second is a SD transfer.

[jaws3dfan]

Originally Posted by ReedSolomon

They look interesting. Uh... have you read the books they're based on? I'm not sure how faithful the movies are to the books, but the books would be viewed as "problematic" (to say the least) to modern audiences. To me, that's a recommendation.

No I haven't, I may have to search for those

[Dragon78]

Well regardless of the quality of the films inside, you gotta love that cover art.

[jaws3dfan]

Originally Posted by Dragon78

Well regardless of the quality of the films inside, you gotta love that cover art.

The art is great but probably misleading, GOR is PG and GOR II is PG-13. I hope to watch these this weekend to find out.

[Richard--W]

I'm curious to see these films but I must have
good quality transfers to enjoy them.

[jaws3dfan]

Originally Posted by Richard--W

I'm curious to see these films but I must have
good quality transfers to enjoy them.

GOR Screenshot:


GOR II Screenshot:

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by drush9999

The German BD has atrocious PQ, I only got because it was dirt cheap at one point, plus the second is a SD transfer.

I bought the German Mediabook when it first came out, since I've always loved these two... but yeah, the quality isn't the greatest.



It's definitely better than the old VHS tapes, but more like upconverted DVD's than actual HD. Hopefully they'll get some quality releases somewhere, some day.

[Doomhunter]

I haven’t seen these films but the books were good. To be fair they were pretty much inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs tales of Mars

[Hypnosifl]

Originally Posted by Dragon78

Well regardless of the quality of the films inside, you gotta love that cover art.

Apparently they got the rights to use this 1976 painting by pulp fantasy artist Boris Vallejo, rather than using the cheesier looking original poster art.

[jaws3dfan]

Originally Posted by Hypnosifl

Apparently they got the rights to use this 1976 painting by pulp fantasy artist Boris Vallejo, rather than using the cheesier looking original post art.

I don't blame them, that poster art is lame and the Boris Vallejo painting is amazing.

This poster art is good:

[Hypnosifl]

Looks like that one was a painting by fantasy artist Ken Kelly which was used as the cover for a 1984 book in the GOR series.

[jaws3dfan]

Originally Posted by Hypnosifl

Looks like that one was a painting by fantasy artist Ken Kelly which was used as the cover for a 1984 book in the GOR series.

Dear Lord there are 38 books in this series. That's Insane.

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[drush9999]

Originally Posted by jaws3dfan

Dear Lord there are 38 books in this series. That's Insane.

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Meh there's at least 60 Conan pastiches, I have most of them

[Member-839946]

Originally Posted by drush9999

Meh there's at least 60 Conan pastiches, I have most of them

Conan is popular. Broad appeal. It's not surprising there are many published works.

38 is impressive bordering on miraculous for the presumably narrow appeal of the Gor novels. Especially in today's political climate. Unless the recent books take the story in a woke direction, it's encouraging Gor finds a large enough market to make new books economically viable. They're practically subversive in today's world.

[Voltaire53]

Originally Posted by jaws3dfan

Dear Lord there are 38 books in this series. That's Insane.

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1 is really pretty good, 3 introduces some really interesting concepts behind the scenes of the world that (at least as far as I got) never got touched on again

[Show spoiler]The whole thing is run by giant telepathic insects

and IIRC 5 was terrific... I enjoyed the rest that I read but obviously they got samey!