The Avengers (1998)

[captveg]

Originally Posted by Seymour

If that's the case, hopefully they'll put out some (or any) of the following titles: Money Talks (1997), Turbulence (1997), The Corruptor (1999), The Art of War (2000, uncut), The Cell (2000), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), Bait (2000), The Pledge (2001), Valentine (2001), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), 15 Minutes (2001), Welcome to Collinwood (2002), About Schmidt (2002), Eight Legged Freaks (2002), Femme Fatale (2002), Dreamcatcher (2003), Starsky & Hutch (2004), After the Sunset (2004).

That's just the tip of the iceberg.

I'm hoping for Matchstick Men (2003) myself.

[Astro Zombie]

Originally Posted by captveg

I'm hoping for Matchstick Men (2003) myself.

+1 Also Eight Legged Freaks and Starsky & Hutch

[philip74]

Originally Posted by Seymour

If that's the case, hopefully they'll put out some (or any) of the following titles: Money Talks (1997), Turbulence (1997), The Corruptor (1999), The Art of War (2000, uncut), The Cell (2000), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), Bait (2000), The Pledge (2001), Valentine (2001), 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), 15 Minutes (2001), Welcome to Collinwood (2002), About Schmidt (2002), Eight Legged Freaks (2002), Femme Fatale (2002), Dreamcatcher (2003), Starsky & Hutch (2004), After the Sunset (2004).

That's just the tip of the iceberg.

We seem to have the same taste. Great listing! Yes please, lets have those titles out!!
Its actually sort of scary to see how many titles haven`t yet been released.

[mrr1]

Originally Posted by Tardis20

It wasn't supposed to be taken seriously.

That's not what stinks about it.

[Dunemoon]

Good. Day 1 purchase.

[Ray_Rogers]

WB is choosing to release this dreck instead of more Errol Flynn or Humphrey Bogart films on Blu-ray disc?

[adamclark83]

This had BETTER include the proper, full-length cut of the movie instead of the butchered to death theatrical cut. This release would be the perfect time to do that.

[cricepng]

Originally Posted by Tardis20

I'm one of the handful who actually thought it was very good in a campy funny way. I admit I have not seen ALL of the old UK show but to me this movie had a lot of the same spirit. It wasn't supposed to be taken seriously. How can you not like Connory running around in a bear costume!! Not a classic mind you but not sure why it's so reviled (though I'm sure some will enlighten me, haha).

But saying all of that I wouldn't buy unless it's $5.

If the forums are good for anything, it's people taking advantage of opportunities to be negative about anything and everything.

I personally enjoyed it for what it is. Not as good as the TV series, but a good campy flick.

About as much chance of getting the TV series on blu-ray as we have of getting classic Doctor Who. It was shot on video tape (not film) and earlier tapes were wiped clean to be reused.

[biglou114]

Originally Posted by cricepng

If the forums are good for anything, it's people taking advantage of opportunities to be negative about anything and everything.

I personally enjoyed it for what it is. Not as good as the TV series, but a good campy flick.

About as much chance of getting the TV series on blu-ray as we have of getting classic Doctor Who. It was shot on video tape (not film) and earlier tapes were wiped clean to be reused.

Starting with the final B&W Season (first Emma Peel Season) the show started to be made on 35mm film. The recent StudioCanal restoration is some of the best looking DVDs that I own.

[Bucky]

Originally Posted by adamclark83

This had BETTER include the proper, full-length cut of the movie instead of the butchered to death theatrical cut. This release would be the perfect time to do that.

I think the chances of that happening are next to none. I doubt WB believes there would be enough demand to warrant them putting the money into preparing a longer cut of the film.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by Bucky

I think the chances of that happening are next to none. I doubt WB believes there would be enough demand to warrant them putting the money into preparing a longer cut of the film.

Sad but true. I really would be curious to see what that cut looked like though...

[Yojimbo68]

I loved the series on which this is based but I remember this movie being shocking bad when I first saw it back in 1998. It's come to light that this movie had some trouble in post production. It would be great if this was a director's cut. I'd love to see the original vision. But just the theatrical cut. No thanks. And saying no to Sean Connery plus Uma Thurman in a catsuit is a big deal!

[John_Drake]

Originally Posted by captveg

One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

This.

And yet we still don't have a BD release of Greed (1925)

[toddly6666]

Did anyone notice that the title of this movie sounds the same as that superhero movie starring the Irin man, Throw, Hulk and The captain? Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

[JimDiGriz]

I can imagine lots of superhero fans clicking this thread and getting ...confused

[indisposed]

I remember seeing this on opening weekend back in 98 and being super excited for it, despite knowing that there where no screenings held for critics. I was 15 at the time and a lot less cynical and more susceptible to hype... I remember watching it with my mother (who used to watch the show when she was a kid) and when the credits hit the screen at the end, we both looked at each other in a bewildered sate and left the cinema... we didn't even say anything to each other on the way out! This film more than any other has made me a lot less excited by trailers ever since ; at least 50% of what you see in the trailer isn't in the finished film! I used to think the 2 1/2 hour cut would improve things, but in retrospect this was badly thought out from the beginning ; Finnes just doesn't have that lightness of touch for the role and Uma (as gorgeous as she is) doesn't seem flirty enough to make it work... And Sean should have known better!

[Tardis20]

Originally Posted by cricepng

If the forums are good for anything, it's people taking advantage of opportunities to be negative about anything and everything.

I personally enjoyed it for what it is. Not as good as the TV series, but a good campy flick.

About as much chance of getting the TV series on blu-ray as we have of getting classic Doctor Who. It was shot on video tape (not film) and earlier tapes were wiped clean to be reused.

My thoughts overall too...I'd put with the 66' Batman, etc... of course I haven't watched in about a decade or so, haha.

[Kryptonic]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Which has......nothing to do with Warner

Really? I was posting a general thought about how awful failures like The Avengers that will barely sell make it to Blu-ray before very successful films that have a following and will sell quite well by catalog standards.

[WilsonBros]

Originally Posted by Kryptonic

And films like The Abyss and True Lies remain...not on Blu-ray.

Cameron is bringing them out for release this year, on their repective 25th and 20th anniversaries. Work on other stuff has held him up - he has theatrical money-trees to shake at the moment!

With regard to The Avengers, yep it's certainly a mess. With the excellent books covering the making-of upon its release and clips from the trailer, it gives a look at what should have been. Dunno if it is still there, but there was a terrific recreation of the original opening scene on Youtube, taken from exisiting materials.

There have been many films ruined by production interference, and some have been restored to great acclaim, and a few others have been found to be just as big a mess once restored. The Avengers is a movie which, if put back to how it should be, wouldn't be a landmark in popular entertainment, but ending up a thoroughly enjoyable experience in its own right, possessed of its own twisted logic and no just shot through with more holes than whale-netting.

Sure, it's still a film where Thurman struggles with a British accent and Fiennes is too stuffed-shirt (nothing like the easy-going charm of Patrick MacNee) but it deserved much better than what happened to it.

[John Ross Ewing]

If this was the director's cut that was talked about or if those scenes were included as special features I would buy this, but if it's just going to be the same theatrical cut I'll stick with the DVD.