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Filmmaker · 06-13-2021, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dallywhitty

You've never finished Scanners!? Bruh.

I’ve tried SO HARD. I like Cronenberg, I love Michael Ironside, the concept is wicked, but (outside of B-grade crap on the level of FROM JUSTIN TO KELLY or SHARKNADO) Stephen Lack’s lead performance has simply got to be the most excruciating, utterly amateur one I’ve ever beheld in an A-grade film and, due to it, I always tap out about halfway through. I just can’t find a way to endure it. The fact that Cronenberg went from something with this level of ‘middle school play’ thespianism to the level of exceptional, nuanced, brimming-with-pathos acting found in THE DEAD ZONE a mere two years later astounds me. SCANNERS, to me, is maybe the pinnacle example of a superb concept in need of a a superior remake. I know a statement like that rubs Cronenberg acolytes the wrong way (I relate to that feeling when people say Spielberg hasn’t made a truly great film since the ‘90s), but it’s the truth of it for me. Hell, let Cronenberg himself remake it. Just hire a much, much better casting director this time, please.

El Sleezo · 06-13-2021, 11:23 PM

I can’t be the only one who always thought Stephen Lack’s performance was intentional. They state that most scanners have antisocial, perhaps autistic personalities. I think he bounces off Revok and the sculptor well.

It’s not like he’s just incapable of inflection, if you ever happened to have seen Larry Cohen’s Perfect Strangers.

Filmmaker · 06-14-2021, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by El Sleezo

I can’t be the only one who always thought Stephen Lack’s performance was intentional. They state that most scanners have antisocial, perhaps autistic personalities. I think he bounces off Revok and the sculptor well.

It’s not like he’s just incapable of inflection, if you ever happened to have seen Larry Cohen’s Perfect Strangers.

I don’t know if he’s a bad actor or if he just gave a bad performance, but he utterly kills SCANNERS for me. Others’ mileage may vary.

Geoff D · 06-14-2021, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by nick4Knight

But I'm still curious what he believes about HDR on his older films, on older films in general? As his library is curiously absent from UHD. I floated this theory years ago he might be one of those directors against it. No evidence for this but years on (still) absent from catalog movies and quiet as a mouse on 4K discs and HDR; is old QT...

It doesn't help that the rights to his most famous/popular films are all over the place though, literally. Miramax or TWC have several of them but not all are with the same video distributor and that's just in the US, those same films have yet different distributors overseas. Basically it means that the US editions are almost like indie releases, i.e. that they're meant for just this one territory.

Sony have Django & OUATIH and Universal the Basterds which tidies those distribution situations up a bit, but Arrow have been touting their edition of IB for like a couple of years now and that may have influenced what Universal do with it.

But yeah, he kinda hates modern video so I'm guessing that him wanting to remaster these (which would in turn light a fire under the distributors' asses) is way down on his list of priorities.

Spiderwalk · 06-14-2021, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by El Sleezo

I can’t be the only one who always thought Stephen Lack’s performance was intentional. They state that most scanners have antisocial, perhaps autistic personalities. I think he bounces off Revok and the sculptor well.

It’s not like he’s just incapable of inflection, if you ever happened to have seen Larry Cohen’s Perfect Strangers.

He gives a perfectly naturalistic performance in Dead Ringers as well. I personally believe it was a stylistic choice by Cronenberg to make his character seem really off-kilter.

Martoto · 06-14-2021, 11:14 AM

Lack is perfect in Scanners. Shut up.

Filmmaker · 06-14-2021, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Spiderwalk

He gives a perfectly naturalistic performance in Dead Ringers as well. I personally believe it was a stylistic choice by Cronenberg to make his character seem really off-kilter.

That’s very possible and totally fair. If so, Cronenberg made the wrong choice, IMO. Even the greatest director in history can be accused of that (I’m looking at Spielberg and his eleventh hour change to the ending of THE TERMINAL which completely torpedoed it).

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Originally Posted by Martoto

Lack is perfect in Scanners. Shut up.

“Lack”. If ever there was a more appropriate last name, I’ve never encountered it.

Mister_Kidd · 06-14-2021, 02:51 PM

Big fan of Scanners. Cronenberg is one of my favorite directors. Not seeing the connection to Inglorious Basterds.

geomon · 06-14-2021, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Mister_Kidd

Big fan of Scanners. Cronenberg is one of my favorite directors. Not seeing the connection to Inglorious Basterds.

Well they're both films and uh.....yeah that's all I got.

Filmmaker · 06-14-2021, 05:53 PM

All y'all gotta do to see how the thread got derailed by SCANNERS is read.

NeilZ · 06-14-2021, 06:27 PM

I keep showing up here hoping to get some news on the Inglorious Basterds UHD, but keep seeing stuff about Scanners instead lol.

Agent Kay · 06-14-2021, 06:29 PM

Well when it's a disc that doesn't exist and may as well be wish list.
May as well go for Scanners.

Geoff D · 06-14-2021, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Filmmaker

All y'all gotta do to see how the thread got derailed by SCANNERS is read.

No need to get pissy about it

CelestialAgent · 06-14-2021, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Gacivory

Scanners.

A guy’s head exploded from a psychic attack.

Sometimes when I have a headache my head too explodes

Django Unchained is only Sony internationally, but that hasn't stopped Almost Famous 4K.

I've loved a lot of 00s/10s Spielberg so I think he still has it.

Filmmaker · 06-14-2021, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Geoff D

No need to get pissy about it

Old Bones · 06-14-2021, 11:15 PM

Meanwhile back at the Inglorious Basterds thread.....

nick4Knight · 06-15-2021, 01:11 AM

Some of you guys are kind of weirdos, though. With peace and love.

happydood · 06-15-2021, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by nick4Knight

Some of you guys are kind of weirdos, though. With peace and love.

I can say with absolute authority that noone gets to post something like that at blu-ray.com without a profound sense of irony.

Pieter V · 06-29-2021, 09:16 AM

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kristoffer · 07-16-2021, 07:43 AM

Well, Lionsgate has attained most of the old Weinstein Company Titles:
Lionsgate Gets Most Weinstein Company Titles

https://www.darkhorizons.com/lionsga...ompany-titles/ https://twitter.com/darkhorizons/sta...570689/photo/1

Maybe we will soon see more Tarantino UHDs then...

06-13-2021, 11:23 PM	#342
El Sleezo Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Oct 2015 Location:Burgerland 4K collection:710 Blu-ray collection:6733 DVD collection:130	I can’t be the only one who always thought Stephen Lack’s performance was intentional. They state that most scanners have antisocial, perhaps autistic personalities. I think he bounces off Revok and the sculptor well. It’s not like he’s just incapable of inflection, if you ever happened to have seen Larry Cohen’s Perfect Strangers. Last edited by El Sleezo; 06-13-2021 at 11:33 PM.

06-14-2021, 11:14 AM	#346
Martoto Blu-ray Duke Member since:Mar 2014 Location:Glasgow Blu-ray reviews: 7	Lack is perfect in Scanners. Shut up.

06-14-2021, 02:51 PM	#348
Mister_Kidd Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2019 Location:Chicago Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:210 Blu-ray collection:769 DVD collection:299	Big fan of Scanners. Cronenberg is one of my favorite directors. Not seeing the connection to Inglorious Basterds.

06-14-2021, 05:53 PM	#350
Filmmaker Blu-ray Count Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Location:Tulsa, OK (but don't hold it against me!) Home Theater Gallery:90 4K collection:1172 Blu-ray collection:3155 DVD collection:593 Trading Score:24	All y'all gotta do to see how the thread got derailed by SCANNERS is read.

06-14-2021, 06:27 PM	#351
NeilZ Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2021	I keep showing up here hoping to get some news on the Inglorious Basterds UHD, but keep seeing stuff about Scanners instead lol.

06-14-2021, 06:29 PM	#352
Agent Kay Banned Member since:May 2018 4K collection:57 Blu-ray collection:57	Well when it's a disc that doesn't exist and may as well be wish list. May as well go for Scanners.

06-14-2021, 11:15 PM	#356
Old Bones Power Member Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Port Coquitlam B.C. Canada Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:1	Meanwhile back at the Inglorious Basterds thread.....

06-15-2021, 01:11 AM	#357
nick4Knight Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2013 Location:Perth, Australia Home Theater Gallery:6 4K collection:386 Blu-ray collection:716	Some of you guys are kind of weirdos, though. With peace and love.

06-29-2021, 09:16 AM	#359
Pieter V Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Oct 2010 Location:The Netherlands Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:14	4K Steelbook https://file-attente.cultura.com/?c=...oudflare-1.2.0

07-16-2021, 07:43 AM	#360
kristoffer Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2010 Location:Denmark	Well, Lionsgate has attained most of the old Weinstein Company Titles: Lionsgate Gets Most Weinstein Company Titles https://www.darkhorizons.com/lionsga...ompany-titles/ https://twitter.com/darkhorizons/sta...570689/photo/1 Maybe we will soon see more Tarantino UHDs then...

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