The Criterion Collection

[javy]

I like Armageddon. Liv Tyler is in it.

And Buscemi.

[Jexes23]

Originally Posted by javy

I like Armageddon. Liv Tyler is in it.

And Buscemi.

I don’t hate it either. But I don’t “love” it.

It’s definitely better than some of the stuff Criterion has released like I said. I have more gripes, but everyone has their own taste. Like Salo,and the Waters films, and few others are all complete & absolute garbage IMO.

You take the good with the bad. I’ve seen people with extensive Criterion Collections that don’t own anything earlier than 1960 which is like the exact opposite of me. So as long as they keep a wide variety and continue to strike a healthy middle ground I think they can do a good job appeasing us all by playing to their varying audiences.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by javy

I like Armageddon. Liv Tyler is in it.

And Buscemi.

Armageddon is a blast. It's idiotic, but that doesn't mean it isn't fun as heck. The movie is the absolute definition of overwrought. But that's why it works so well! If you're gonna go that way then you damn well better go all the way. I have zero problem with someone who is willing to just throw any pretense of subtlety right out the window as long as that person's honest about it and doesn't pretend that what he's creating is something other than what it is. I might not always like the end product, but I certainly won't be critical of the effort.

Plus it's got an awesome soundtrack!

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by javy

I like Armageddon. Liv Tyler is in it.

And Buscemi.

I also kind of liked it too. I mean I wouldn't buy it but it was an enjoyable enough film to watch. It also was the last movie I watched at our old local drive-in theater. Also, how can you complain about Aerosmith?

[jw007]

Deep Impact any day over Armageddon!

[javy]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

I also kind of liked it too. I mean I wouldn't buy it but it was an enjoyable enough film to watch. It also was the last movie I watched at our old local drive-in theater. Also, how can you complain about Aerosmith?

I was like 11 when their Livin' on the Edge video premiered on MTV. It changed my life. That, Beavis and Butthead, and the buzz clips. Yeah, that was back when MTV meant something in the Universe.

[CyberpunkCentral]

I hope Walker comes out on Criterion Blu-ray.

[stonesfan129]

I want a Criterion Blu-ray of Terminator 2. Every Blu-ray version of this movie I have watched looked terrible to me.

[CRM 114]

Originally Posted by stonesfan129

I want a Criterion Blu-ray of Terminator 2. Every Blu-ray version of this movie I have watched looked terrible to me.

Dear God, no.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by javy

I was like 11 when their Livin' on the Edge video premiered on MTV. It changed my life. That, Beavis and Butthead, and the buzz clips. Yeah, that was back when MTV meant something in the Universe.

Yeah, I also was just 11, but that's back when MTV actually was more about the music than every garbage reality show. We used to watch a lot of Beavis and Butt-Head at our house. I sometimes listened to music on MTV but it was more about watching Beavis and Butt-Head.

[stonesfan129]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

Yeah, I also was just 11, but that's back when MTV actually was more about the music than every garbage reality show. We used to watch a lot of Beavis and Butt-Head at our house. I sometimes listened to music on MTV but it was more about watching Beavis and Butt-Head.

Same here, I grew up watching MTV in its glory days. Real World, Road Rules, Daria, Beavis & Butthead... It didn't really start to turn to crap until the early 2000s when they cancelled those shows, largely stopped playing music and went to all "reality tv" and had stuff like Jersey Shore. VH1 was the same way, used to watch "Pop-Up Video" and a couple of other things on there and they took the same route MTV did, quit playing music and it pretty much turned to crap.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

I thought by the time all that stuff starting showing up MTV had already crashed and burned. IMO pretty much once they started adding all that stuff/fluff other than Music it was already in freefall though I will admit age probably had a LOT to due with that

TBH, I really never was into the music that was on MTV as I grew up on classic rock and by the mid-late 90s there was little of it to be found on MTV, I usually just watched for Beavis and Butthead. Though there was a lot more music then there is now(I think they only show music videos from 4-6 AM?). I usually watched VH1 more in the mid-2000s when they had more music videos and the "I Love..." series though by the mid-2000s it was just syndicated by the time I started watching them.

[Rich Pure Doom]

Originally Posted by CRM 114

Dear God, no.

Why not? It's surely worthy of the Criterion banner. It's one of the greatest action films of all time.

[octagon]

Criterion should just sell those blue stickers so people can put them on whatever discs they want.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

Why not? It's surely worthy of the Criterion banner. It's one of the greatest action films of all time.

I go for Criterion doing Terminator and T2.

[mrjohnnyb]

Originally Posted by StarDestroyer52

I go for Criterion doing Terminator and T2.

Heck, let's make it a Cameron combo pack and throw in The Abyss for good measure!

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by mrjohnnyb

Heck, let's make it a Cameron combo pack and throw in The Abyss for good measure!

Sign me up since I've never seen The Abyss.

[Jlouisbarrett]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

Why not? It's surely worthy of the Criterion banner. It's one of the greatest action films of all time.

I’d be down for Criterion releasing The Terminator over the sequel, personally.

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

Why not? It's surely worthy of the Criterion banner. It's one of the greatest action films of all time.

I’ve never understood that assertion. I thought it was so dull. In fact, I think Cameron’s only great movie was the first Terminator.

[Hoke Moseley]

Originally Posted by Rich Pure Doom

Why not? It's surely worthy of the Criterion banner. It's one of the greatest action films of all time.

Yep... and like stonesfan said, it's in desperate need of a great blu-ray.

And oh yeah, it would be a massive seller.

Not sure why people are turning their nose up at the prospect of Criterion releasing certain extremely popular movies anymore....