The Lost Boys (1987) - Page 3 - Blu-ray Forum

BouCoupDinkyDau · 05-08-2011, 05:31 PM

This movie has a huge cult following, lots of famous 80's talent, horror, and comedy. Seems like the prefect mix for me...yet I could never really get into it.

Ite · 05-08-2011, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by BouCoupDinkyDau

This movie has a huge cult following, lots of famous 80's talent, horror, and comedy. Seems like the prefect mix for me...yet I could never really get into it.

How old were you when you first watched it?

BouCoupDinkyDau · 05-08-2011, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Ite

How old were you when you first watched it?

15 or 16.

Nice BD collection, BTW. You and I have some similar tastes.

Ite · 05-08-2011, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by BouCoupDinkyDau

15 or 16.

Hmm I was like 13 and loved it.

BouCoupDinkyDau · 05-08-2011, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ite

Hmm I was like 13 and loved it.

I know! I was the target audience for this movie, and like I said, it's got everything I like in it, yet it just never did anything for me. I watched it again about a year ago, and had the same "meh" feeling about it I've always had.

Oh well. I guess I'll just go on being one of the freaks.

Oblivion138 · 11-22-2011, 12:09 AM

Currently selling for the insanely low price of $3.99 at Best Buy!

thor · 03-05-2012, 02:18 AM

This was one of my favorite movies growing up.know it's on bluray. I thought it looks good for the age of the film. The soundtrack is good as well.

jtu128 · 03-05-2012, 02:35 AM

It looks good if you like a lot of DNR I suppose

slimdude · 03-05-2012, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jtu128

It looks good if you like a lot of DNR I suppose

Since this is the only blu-ray release of The Lost Boys in the U.S (with or without DNR) we'll just have to accept it, or don't buy it at all and settle for the DVD.

horizonline · 03-05-2012, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by slimdude

Since this is the only blu-ray release of The Lost Boys in the U.S (with or without DNR) we'll just have to accept it, or don't buy it at all and settle for the DVD.

Is there evidence they added DNR, and not that they just didn't bother spending the money for a proper transfer? Just curious, thanks.

YodasFootPowder · 03-05-2012, 11:05 PM

I think the video quality is above average. The reviewer and pretty much all the user reviews seem to agree too. It's always so funny to me when a movie gets decent to favorable reviews for video quality and then someone jumps into a thread exclaiming that the movie is the most horrid thing they've seen.

critterdvd · 03-05-2012, 11:10 PM

Personally I thought the video quality exceeded my original expectations for this release. Granted I was taken into account the fact that this is a nearly 25 year old movie that was an earlyish generation blu from Warner Brothers.

But I picked up the title last month and was actually impressed - a huge improvement over the DVD with the black levels alone.

On a personal level I love this film. Grew up watching it (probably 6 or 7 the first time I watched it) and randomly ended up going to Santa Cruz for college where it was filmed. Nothing like being 18 years old, in a strange city for the first time only to realize that you have childhood memories of the same places with vampires (especially the boardwalk which has more or less remained untouched).

slimdude · 03-06-2012, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by horizonline

Is there evidence they added DNR, and not that they just didn't bother spending the money for a proper transfer? Just curious, thanks.

It doesn't look like any DNR have been applied. I thought the blu-ray looked very good.

horizonline · 03-06-2012, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by slimdude

It doesn't look like any DNR have been applied. I thought the blu-ray looked very good.

I think I misunderstood your last post as being negative . I am rushed during lunch. Thanks again.

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s2mikey · 03-06-2012, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by BouCoupDinkyDau

I know! I was the target audience for this movie, and like I said, it's got everything I like in it, yet it just never did anything for me. I watched it again about a year ago, and had the same "meh" feeling about it I've always had.

Oh well. I guess I'll just go on being one of the freaks.

That happens a lot when you enjoyed a film as a teen and then revisit it as an adult. Many 80's films do this to me - I wonder what I liked about them in the first place. Poltegeist comes to mind.... it was acary and interesting when I was 12 years old. But, watching it in my late 30's, I just thought it was cheesey and stoopid.

For the record - I still dig lost boys and can watch it with my daughters since its a very mild R rating. I wont rebuy it or anything though.

w3aponsfr33 · 05-13-2015, 04:44 AM

Cult classic, Im 30 now, loved this when I was young and still do to be honest. Iv now introduced this to my younger brother whos 11, he loved it and has watched it multiple times so far, another fan

Luke B. · 03-28-2016, 08:24 PM

Watched it for the first time last night and loved it.
I miss this 80's atmosphere in today's films, the 80's were great years for cinema. I love when these films make me have this sensation of ''wow, I would loved to have lived it that time''. I like my time, but if I had the chance to choose, probably I would choose be a teenager in the 80's.

BagheeraMcGee · 03-28-2016, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Luke B.

Watched it for the first time last night and loved it.
I miss this 80's atmosphere in today's films, the 80's were great years for cinema. I love when these films make me have this sensation of ''wow, I would loved to have lived it that time''. I like my time, but if I had the chance to choose, probably I would choose be a teenager in the 80's.

Take it from someone who was 18 in the summer of 1987 and who took his 14-year-old brother to a sneak preview screening the weekend before "The Lost Boys" opened...let me put it this way, we couldn't stop telling our friends to go see it the following weekend when it opened, and we did see it again ourselves, not to mention bought the soundtrack on cassette.

I'm very grateful to be a kid in the '70s and '80s. I have lots of great movie memories from that time.

recS-12 · 03-28-2016, 08:39 PM

I snuck into this movie when I was 13 years old and was blown away. I was actually scared, LoL. More so cuz I had to ride my bike home by myself at night afterward but I was instantly hooked. I turned this BD into a custom BD+DVD+CD. The soundtrack is 80's bliss.

timcat4843 · 03-28-2016, 10:08 PM

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05-08-2011, 05:31 PM	#41
BouCoupDinkyDau Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2010 Location:Zeta II Reticuli 4K collection:37 Blu-ray collection:313 DVD collection:3 Blu-ray reviews: 11 Trading Score:7	This movie has a huge cult following, lots of famous 80's talent, horror, and comedy. Seems like the prefect mix for me...yet I could never really get into it.

11-22-2011, 12:09 AM	#46
Oblivion138 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Nov 2010 4K collection:85 Blu-ray collection:2219 Digital collection:11 Blu-ray reviews: 3 Trading Score:40	Currently selling for the insanely low price of *$3.99* at Best Buy!

03-05-2012, 02:18 AM	#47
thor Active Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2008 Location:Nova Scotia, Canada Home Theater Gallery:39 4K collection:6 Blu-ray collection:511 DVD collection:25 Blu-ray reviews: 29	This was one of my favorite movies growing up.know it's on bluray. I thought it looks good for the age of the film. The soundtrack is good as well.

03-05-2012, 02:35 AM	#48
jtu128 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2010 4K collection:123 Blu-ray collection:685 DVD collection:105 Digital collection:11 iTunes collection:305 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:2	It looks good if you like a lot of DNR I suppose

03-05-2012, 11:05 PM	#51
YodasFootPowder Blu-ray Guru Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jan 2009 Location:Twin Cities, MN Home Theater Gallery:40 4K collection:154 Blu-ray collection:565 Blu-ray reviews: 4 Trading Score:3	I think the video quality is above average. The reviewer and pretty much all the user reviews seem to agree too. It's always so funny to me when a movie gets decent to favorable reviews for video quality and then someone jumps into a thread exclaiming that the movie is the most horrid thing they've seen.

03-05-2012, 11:10 PM	#52
critterdvd Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Southern California 4K collection:430 Blu-ray collection:4051 DVD collection:2208 MA collection:983 Digital collection:192 iTunes collection:534 Prime collection:21 Trading Score:5	Personally I thought the video quality exceeded my original expectations for this release. Granted I was taken into account the fact that this is a nearly 25 year old movie that was an earlyish generation blu from Warner Brothers. But I picked up the title last month and was actually impressed - a huge improvement over the DVD with the black levels alone. On a personal level I love this film. Grew up watching it (probably 6 or 7 the first time I watched it) and randomly ended up going to Santa Cruz for college where it was filmed. Nothing like being 18 years old, in a strange city for the first time only to realize that you have childhood memories of the same places with vampires (especially the boardwalk which has more or less remained untouched).

05-13-2015, 04:44 AM	#56
w3aponsfr33 Member Member since:May 2015 4K collection:5 Blu-ray collection:59 DVD collection:9	Cult classic, Im 30 now, loved this when I was young and still do to be honest. Iv now introduced this to my younger brother whos 11, he loved it and has watched it multiple times so far, another fan

03-28-2016, 08:24 PM	#57
Luke B. Special Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2014 Location:Brazil 4K collection:12 Blu-ray collection:216 DVD collection:13 Blu-ray reviews:2	Watched it for the first time last night and loved it. I miss this 80's atmosphere in today's films, the 80's were great years for cinema. I love when these films make me have this sensation of ''wow, I would loved to have lived it that time''. I like my time, but if I had the chance to choose, probably I would choose be a teenager in the 80's.

03-28-2016, 08:39 PM	#59
recS-12 Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Tucson, Az USA 4K collection:385 Blu-ray collection:1373 DVD collection:257 MA collection:286 Digital collection:175 iTunes collection:269 Trading Score:75	I snuck into this movie when I was 13 years old and was blown away. I was actually scared, LoL. More so cuz I had to ride my bike home by myself at night afterward but I was instantly hooked. I turned this BD into a custom BD+DVD+CD. The soundtrack is 80's bliss.

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