Twilight Time Discussion Thread

[JoeBuck]

Originally Posted by ultlife2013

Damn, this is kinda embarrassing now.

I do need some more De Palma in my collection though, so I'll order Body Double and The Fury instead. Maybe some Sinbad because people been saying the special effects are classic. Thanks for the help, guys!

[ultlife2013]

Originally Posted by Ruemorgue10

All of those are sold out. Refer to the original post to find out what is still available.

I will do that!

Originally Posted by JoeBuck

:impressed with your unimpressed face:

[Keyser Soze.]

Originally Posted by erlinmeyer

lol...it has been sold out since May 10th, and on April 19th they posted:
TWILIGHT TIME LOW QUANTITY UPDATE:

These 4 new titles are moving very briskly - best not to wait.

THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT (less than 700 remain.)
WILD AT HEART
USED CARS
BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA

Well now that makes more sense. I seen the post a few ahead of mine stating they missed T&L and I couldn't for the life of me remember TT or SAE posting warnings of low stock along with other briskly moving titles.

With all these sell outs I guess that means Twilight Time are picking great titles to release. Good for them.

[Keyser Soze.]

Originally Posted by ultlife2013

Damn, this is kinda embarrassing now.

I do need some more De Palma in my collection though, so I'll order Body Double and The Fury instead. Maybe some Sinbad because people been saying the special effects are classic. Thanks for the help, guys!

Don't forget to put a copy of Mysterious Island in your cart before you checkout!

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Keyser Soze.

Don't forget to put a copy of Mysterious Island in your cart before you checkout!

If you're buying Sinbad simply because you've never heard of Ray Harryhausen () , Seventh Voyage of Sinbad is still available with no limited editions from Sony.

If you're buying it for the pseudo-Criterion ritual of buying anything TT puts out, Golden Voyage is the better of the two Sinbads, and Mysterious Island is recommended for those waiting for Disney to get on the Jules Verne stick and finally put out 20,000 Leagues.
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[Ruemorgue10]

Originally Posted by EricJ

If you're buying Sinbad simply because you've never heard of Ray Harryhausen () , Seventh Voyage of Sinbad is still available with no limited editions from Sony.

If you're buying it for the pseudo-Criterion ritual of buying anything TT puts out, Golden Voyage is the better of the two Sinbads, and Mysterious Island is recommended for those waiting for Disney to get on the Jules Verne stick and finally put out 20,000 Leagues.
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[Show spoiler]And for more reasons than one...

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So is Jason and the Argonauts, which contains some of Harryhausen's finest effects work. The battle with the skeleton army will knock your socks off!

[filmmusic]

I wanted to ask, when should we expecting new announcements?
Is it a regular date every month like with Criterion?

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by iank

Uh, in your ill-informed opinion. Most normal people acknowledge as it a classic of the genre.

Assuming that you're referring to:

Originally Posted by Elvis

Funny thing is that its not that great...we thought it was cheesy back in 85 when we saw it at the theater.....funny how people now are paying big bucks for a film that should be in the 7.99 bargain bin at Best Buy or Scuz Mart.

I'd say it was not an "ill-formed opinion". He did say he saw the movie back when it was first released, so I'd say his opinion was well-formed. Whether you agree with that opinion is another matter altogether.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Elvis

For me the only films from the era that I have lived in that I consider classics are films that were classics from the moment the theater lights came on like Raiders, Blade Runner, E.T. etc...

Actually, Blade Runner wasn't considered a classic "from the moment the theater lights came on". It was poorly received by quite a number of people. It was about five years later that the revisionist opinions about it started crawling out of the woodwork, about the time that Criterion released it on laserdisc.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

I wanted to ask, when should we expecting new announcements? Is it a regular date every month like with Criterion?

Not a specific date like Criterion has (15th of the month, or first business date following). Twilight Time seems to have fallen into the pattern of announcing two months worth of releases early in the even-numbered months. The September/October releases were announced in early June, so expect the November/December announcements in early August.

[filmmusic]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Not a specific date like Criterion has (15th of the month, or first business date following). Twilight Time seems to have fallen into the pattern of announcing two months worth of releases early in the even-numbered months. The September/October releases were announced in early June, so expect the November/December announcements in early August.

Oh i see. Thanks.

[krasnoludek]

Originally Posted by bluknight1

The fact that it didn't sell out within a few months of release baffles me. However, if you want it and don't have it already, I suggest getting it now.

I also thought Leave Her to Heaven would be a fairly quick sellout, maybe 3 months tops.

[Brent L.]

Originally Posted by bluknight1

The fact that it didn't sell out within a few months of release baffles me. However, if you want it and don't have it already, I suggest getting it now.

You can't even buy it on TCM anymore, or Amazon either. It must be REALLY close now. You can still get it on Amazon, but they only have 207 of them left on there.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Actually, Blade Runner wasn't considered a classic "from the moment the theater lights came on". It was poorly received by quite a number of people. It was about five years later that the revisionist opinions about it started crawling out of the woodwork, about the time that Criterion released it on laserdisc.

It was promoted as having a cool sci-fi action plot with amazing visuals, and audiences coming in got the clarity, pacing and tight scriptwriting of....Ridley Scott. I should know, I was one of them.
Made just slightly more money in theaters that year than Airplane II: the Sequel, but at least $8M more than Universal made on their 1982 flop, "The Thing".

[CobraVerde]

Originally Posted by EricJ

It was promoted as having a cool sci-fi action plot with amazing visuals, and audiences coming in got the clarity, pacing and tight scriptwriting of....Ridley Scott.

It was only Scott's 3rd film, so it wasn't like he was some name director. Alien was a hit, so people regarded him as a director with promise. However, the last thing Scott is known for is "tight scriptwriting." That Blade Runner script was a mess. It actually improved during shooting.

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by spawningblue

Probably because they weren't including extras on their Blu-rays then. I know that stopped me from buying a few of their barebones releases knowing one day they will get a proper release. The only Blu I bought missing extras was Night of the Living Dead just because I'm a huge fan of the film. Movies like As Good As It Gets though I can wait for a better release.

Sony's international release of As Good As It Gets has no extras at all - at least TT's has a trailer, isolated score and booklet. And TT's release of Oliver! - like most of TT's releases - carried over the DVD extras, in that case three featurettes, trailer and singalongs and added the isolated score and booklet.

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by EricJ

It was promoted as having a cool sci-fi action plot with amazing visuals, and audiences coming in got the clarity, pacing and tight scriptwriting of....Ridley Scott. I should know, I was one of them.

And I was one, too. But an awful lot of people went to it thinking that they were going to get a Harrison Ford SF/action film in the vein of Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark, and didn't know what to make of Blade Runner.

[The Great Owl]

I just finished watching The Mechanic, and I had a "blast" revisiting this movie for the first time in forever.

I'm a 1980s kid, so I'll always think of Stringfellow Hawke on the Airwolf TV series when I see Jan-Michael Vincent. This is probably his best film role, though.

I'm quickly accruing a lot of Charles Bronson movies, namely The Great Escape, The Mechanic, Death Wish, Once Upon a Time in the West, Jubal, and Crime Wave (DVD). It's not deliberate, but he just happens to have great roles in several outstanding films. He's great in The Mechanic as a classy and reflective character who can explode into fierce action.

The Mechanic looks and sounds just fine to me on this Blu-ray. I'm now enjoying the commentary track as I post.

[schlock]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Actually, Blade Runner wasn't considered a classic "from the moment the theater lights came on". It was poorly received by quite a number of people.

Well, maybe HE considered it a classic from the moment the theater lights came on? I was there, too, opening day and I loved it - saw it a few times within two weeks - and I considered it a classic right from the start, even if the majority of people didn't. Same thing happened with The Thing and Cat People. All 3 films were bombs, but they were easily my favorite 3 films of that summer - all immediate classics in my mind.

[Aussie-Byrd-Brother]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I just finished watching The Mechanic, and I had a "blast" revisiting this movie for the first time in forever.

I'm a 1980s kid, so I'll always think of Stringfellow Hawke on the Airwolf TV series when I see Jan-Michael Vincent. This is probably his best film role, though.

I'm quickly accruing a lot of Charles Bronson movies, namely The Great Escape, The Mechanic, Death Wish, Once Upon a Time in the West, Jubal, and Crime Wave (DVD). It's not deliberate, but he just happens to have great roles in several outstanding films. He's great in The Mechanic as a classy and reflective character who can explode into fierce action.

The Mechanic looks and sounds just fine to me on this Blu-ray. I'm now enjoying the commentary track as I post.

If you're enjoying Bronson, you should check out `Red Sun'! It's a western where Bronson, in fine lovable rogue form, has to team with a samuarai (yes, really!) played by Toshiro Mifune to reclaim a stolen sword. I really feel it was way ahead of its time, kind of even has a `mistmatched buddy/cop' feel to it! But it moves at a cracking pace, looks amazing and is just great fun! One of my favourite movies and a Charles Bronson highlight for me!

Now....if only Twilight Time or someone would get that baby out on bluray.....

Just ordered the Mechanic the other day as well, looking forward to it!

UPDATE - Hmm, just discovered there was a Japanese region free Bluray of it!! Will look into this!