The Criterion Collection

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

Polaroid it sounds like you may be suffering from a bad case of TDS.

...you might want to get that checked out.

Im over worked, tired and ill.

I am confused by this post.

Help.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

Im over worked, tired and ill.

I am confused by this post.

Help.

TDS...Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome.

My advice would be to watch Top Gun five times in a row, then download the movie soundtrack and listen to it on repeat while falling asleep tonight.

With any luck the raw testosterone will seep into your subconscious and counteract your dangerously high estrogen levels.

You can still be a man.

...you'll just never be an Murican.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OSMqSPmfVA

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by pedromvu

And It's not even a fair fight, I mean production values aside, David Lynch vs J. J. Abrams

[Wooden Lens]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Yes, it is. I don't have a copy (yet), nor have I seen it, so I can't comment on it.

Hopefully you enjoy it! Watched in on a plane about a year ago and found it to be a somber and thoughtful film! really good stuff!

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

And I still argue that the "Lost" pilot is the best thing I've ever seen on television, in the 40-some years of watching that demonic little box.

I certainly think it's one of the best TV series pilots I've ever seen -- it has everything one could ask of a TV pilot -- and it put Abrams on my radar as someone to pay attention to, but I can think of several things I've seen on TV that beat it by a wide margin.

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

The Twin Peaks pilot is the best two hours in the history of television.

...and I'll fight any man who says otherwise.

Put up your dukes. It's up there, but not quite at the top. Not even if you only count American TV. But keep in mind that "the history of television" also includes Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage and Fanny and Alexander, Kieslowski's Dekalog, Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz, Trier's The Kingdom, and Peterson's mini-series version of Das Boot.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Yes, it is. I don't have a copy (yet), nor have I seen it, so I can't comment on it.

I really like it a lot and have been meaning to watch it again. I was fan of Jem Cohen's already from work I knew of his in the music industry and was presently surprised at how much I enjoyed his film. I believe three blu-ray has some of his short films on it as well.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by Ray Jackson

TDS...Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome.

My advice would be to watch Top Gun five times in a row, then download the movie soundtrack and listen to it on repeat while falling asleep tonight.

With any luck the raw testosterone will seep into your subconscious and counteract your dangerously high estrogen levels.

You can still be a man.

...you'll just never be an Murican.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OSMqSPmfVA

Ah wasn't sure if you meant any of these http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TDS

lol.. gah need to turn this back into a Criterion discussion lol.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Put up your dukes. It's up there, but not quite at the top. Not even if you only count American TV. But keep in mind that "the history of television" also includes Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage and Fanny and Alexander, Kieslowski's Dekalog, Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz, Trier's The Kingdom, and Peterson's mini-series version of Das Boot.

To be fair, I never saw the TV versions of those until after I had seen the film versions.

And yeah, I don't know what I was thinking. Twin Peaks, of course. But Lost is right up there. I remember thinking to myself, "There's no way I'll make it a week to see the next episode. No. Way."

"Twin Peaks" and "Lost" are such different experiences that it's somewhat difficult to even compare them.

[belcherman]

Can we put all the Top Gun joking to rest? It was funny for a while, but now ... less so. I will withdraw this request if there is ever a Criterion release, or even a credible rumor. Thank you.

[Ray Jackson]

Originally Posted by belcherman

Can we put all the Top Gun joking to rest? It was funny for a while, but now ... less so. I will withdraw this request if there is ever a Criterion release, or even a credible rumor. Thank you.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by jw007

Greetings people...

Question. Does anyone else besides me go through Criterion phases?

For instance, I'm currently not watching any films at all (for the past few weeks), and instead have been totally absorbed with LOST, the legendary TV series that I've finally gotten around to watching. During which time, I stopped watching all films on my blu-ray player completely and spend a few hours every night watching 2 or 3 episodes of LOST. For years, I put off watching this popular show, but I finally caved in and now I go into withdrawal if I can't get at least a few episodes in every night. I'm currently just in the first half of season 3, so there is still a lot left to go.

After I get through this show, I plan on resuming on opening up some sealed Criterions I need to get around to watching. Apologies to anyone who have missed me in this forum.

This past weekend, I watched some Season 1 episodes of The X-Files for the first time in two decades.

During the early-to-late 1990s, I was a massive fan of The X-Files. I never missed the episodes, because I would videotape them in the event that I went out with friends on Friday nights, I loved theorizing about the mythology episodes, and I even collected the VHS tape releases.

Around the time that the seventh season kicked in, though, I became hugely burned out with the show, and my enthusiasm waned. I did catch the series finale at the end of Season 9, but I was extremely disappointed.
One of the reasons why I do not bother watching any newer television shows is because of my dismay at how The X-Files played out toward the end, because I do not want to invest that sort of time and attention to another show that might fizzle out.

I had a blast revisiting the show at long last this weekend, though, and those Season 1 episodes brought back a flood of memories. My plan is to watch all nine of the seasons this year, and, by that time, the brand new episodes will be out on Blu-ray for me to devour all at once.

I'm balancing out my revival of The X-Files, however, with movies. This weekend, I also made time to watch The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (fun and underrated movie), The Wild Eye (insightful and bleak movie), and Figures in a Landscape (great great great movie that would have been a cool Criterion title).

I'll be revisiting Gilda in between the episodes of The X-Files in the coming days.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

More importantly why people insist on telling people that they know haven't seen it about how they were bitterly disappointed in the direction the show went/was wriitten/horrible plot development after X- episode/season -- and most especially in a non-<Insert Series thread of choice> (Lost, BSG, Soparanos, Dexter, etc. etc). Why can't people just wait until the person watching teh series finishes it and then discuss in in the appropriate thread.

Also a very good point.

[ShellOilJunior]

The better the show the more (some) people are disappointed in the series finale. There's tons of whining over the final episodes of The Sopranos, Seinfeld and Breaking Bad - all of which represent the pinnacle of the television format.

Sometimes i think people would be more pleased if a show was canceled prematurely. It almost makes fans romanticize the show even more.

[pro-bassoonist]

I Knew Her Well Blu-ray REVIEW



There are so many things that I want to say about this magnificent film

First, I must say finally, because a film from Antonio Pietrangeli is finally in the Criterion Collection. It was such a shame that he -- and until recently the late Ettore Scola -- was ignored. Hopefully, very soon we will also see a film from Mauro Bolognini in the collection.

The film is an absolute masterpiece -- phenomenal atmosphere; great, great performance from Stefania Sandrelli, arguably her best; tremendous supporting cast, a giant list of European stars, really; a master cinematographer working with Pietrangeli; and a soundtrack from one of the biggest Italian composers from the era, plus a long list of hits.

The restoration: It is a stunner. I don't know how many people have seen the old Italian DVD, which was also from a remaster/restoration, but this release is on an entirely different level. And what a treat to finally hear the music pitched properly.

Please add this film to your collections. I guarantee you will see it many, many times in the years to come.

Io la conoscevo bene - Toi (Gilbert Becaud) - YouTube

Pro-B

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by ShellOilJunior

The better the show the more (some) people are disappointed in the series finale. There's tons of whining over the final episodes of The Sopranos, Seinfeld and Breaking Bad - all of which represent the pinnacle of the television format.

Sometimes i think people would be more pleased if a show was canceled prematurely. It almost makes fans romanticize the show even more.

I'm looking forward to giving a second chance to the last two seasons of The X-Files, actually. I think that my disenchantment with these seasons back in the day was mostly due to my own burnout after obsessing over the show for years.

I still think that St. Elsewhere set the bar pretty high as far as series finales go. I also got a real kick out the Cheers series finale.

Of course, I also love the final dialogue scene between Crockett and Tubbs in the series finale for Miami Vice. Tubbs tells Crockett that he is going to return to New York City, and then he asks where Crockett is going to go. Crockett replies, "Somewhere further south. Somewhere where the water's warm and the drinks are cold and I don't know the names of the players."

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

I Knew Her Well Blu-ray REVIEW

[Show spoiler]



There are so many things that I want to say about this magnificent film

First, I must say finally, because a film from Antonio Pietrangeli is finally in the Criterion Collection. It was such a shame that he -- and until recently the late Ettore Scola -- was ignored. Hopefully, very soon we will also see a film from Mauro Bolognini in the collection.

The film is an absolute masterpiece -- phenomenal atmosphere; great, great performance from Stefania Sandrelli, arguably her best; tremendous supporting cast, a giant list of European stars, really; a master cinematographer working with Pietrangeli; and a soundtrack from one of the biggest Italian composers from the era, plus a long list of hits.

The restoration: It is a stunner. I don't know how many people have seen the old Italian DVD, which was also from a remaster/restoration, but this release is on an entirely different level. And what a treat to finally hear the music pitched properly.

Please add this film to your collections. I guarantee you will see it many, many times in the years to come.

Io la conoscevo bene - Toi (Gilbert Becaud) - YouTube

Pro-B

Yeah. OK. Fine.

You know, my poor, beaten down bank account would like a few words with you, mister! How in the heck am I supposed to do basic things like buy food and wine and go to Starbucks when I'm constantly faced with reviews like this?!

[diskspinner]

Originally Posted by AaronJ

Yeah. OK. Fine.

You know, my poor, beaten down bank account would like a few words with you, mister! How in the heck am I supposed to do basic things like buy food and wine and go to Starbucks when I'm constantly faced with reviews like this?!

Agreed...Pro-B is merciless...
But you are doing a good job ignoring reviews like this...look at me...end of 2014, I had 49...added 53 in 2015...close to what criterion released in 2015...only I am playing the catch up game...

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by diskspinner

Agreed...Pro-B is merciless...
But you are doing a good job ignoring reviews like this...look at me...end of 2014, I had 49...added 53 in 2015...close to what criterion released in 2015...only I am playing the catch up game...

Heh.

Yeah, I think Pro-B has some streak running through him that is pure evil. I mean, I was already thinking about getting this -- I was right on the line -- and then he comes out with a review like this. I can't possibly fight against that sort of thing. I just can't. *gives up*

[ThatOneGuy]

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

[Show spoiler]I Knew Her Well Blu-ray REVIEW



There are so many things that I want to say about this magnificent film

First, I must say finally, because a film from Antonio Pietrangeli is finally in the Criterion Collection. It was such a shame that he -- and until recently the late Ettore Scola -- was ignored. Hopefully, very soon we will also see a film from Mauro Bolognini in the collection.

The film is an absolute masterpiece -- phenomenal atmosphere; great, great performance from Stefania Sandrelli, arguably her best; tremendous supporting cast, a giant list of European stars, really; a master cinematographer working with Pietrangeli; and a soundtrack from one of the biggest Italian composers from the era, plus a long list of hits.

The restoration: It is a stunner. I don't know how many people have seen the old Italian DVD, which was also from a remaster/restoration, but this release is on an entirely different level. And what a treat to finally hear the music pitched properly.

Please add this film to your collections. I guarantee you will see it many, many times in the years to come.

Io la conoscevo bene - Toi (Gilbert Becaud) - YouTube

Pro-B

I'm curious, has there been a Criterion that isn't recommended? (excluding that new Jellyfish one.)

[Snicket]

I'm curious what people who felt burned by Lost think of The Leftovers. I have up on Lost after season 3, it felt really aimless and oozed contempt for its audience. And while The Leftovers has Lindelof as th show runner, it really feels like an anti-lost.

I myself am also working through the X-Files, but it's so much TV to catch up on.