The Beastmaster 4K UHD (1982)

[Fangmacher]

How would y’all feel if this came out and it turned out Coscarelli demanded CGI retouching like on Phantasm

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by Fangmacher

How would y’all feel if this came out and it turned out Coscarelli demanded CGI retouching like on Phantasm

It depends.
I don't think it needs any of it, even.

[RodChester]

Originally Posted by Fangmacher

How would y’all feel if this came out and it turned out Coscarelli demanded CGI retouching like on Phantasm

Depends on what is done. What he did with Phantasm isn’t an issue for me.

[Fangmacher]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

It depends.
I don't think it needs any of it, even.

Nothing that gets CG retouching decades later really needs it per se, I’d prefer no movies got it, but don’t tell that to Sam Raimi or you know who

[Enzo954]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Weird you're passing on Beastmaster because you call it "kind of cheesy" but have no problem owning Flash Gordon, which is downright cheesy and completely awful.

Some of you guys take peoples personal opinion of a movie wayyyyyy too seriously. I mean you're actually looking through my movie collection because I'm going to pass on The Beastmaster and I thought it was a little cheesy?

[deadwalker]

FLash Gordon is a cult classic. You are wrong kind Sir.

[Jenn5309]

Just made my first Vinegar purchase...

[DrrnHarr]

Originally Posted by deadwalker

FLash Gordon is a cult classic. You are wrong kind Sir.

Flash Gordon is one of my favorite movies. Cheesy dialogue, cheap sets, over-acting, yoghurt carton spaceships special effects all to a rocking Queen soundtrack - what's not to love. It's a total blast and I love it.

That said I am also picking up Beastmaster, but Flash Gordon is the better of the two movies.

[F34R]

Originally Posted by Jenn5309

Just made my first Vinegar purchase...

Same lol.

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by Fangmacher

but don’t tell that to Sam Raimi or you know who

I don't know if they already did that for the 4K release, but I would have erased all the wire work in "Evil Dead II". That's not supposed to be part of the cinematic experience.

[UniSol GR77]

Originally Posted by DrrnHarr

That said I am also picking up Beastmaster, but Flash Gordon is the better of the two movies.

Flash Gordon has a bigger production, but they cannot be truly compared in terms of quality. Apples and oranges.

"The Beastmaster" is a serious sword and sorcery movie.

[gpn]

Got my order in.

Now, how about The Sword and the Sorcerer?

[Alister_M]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

I don't know if they already did that for the 4K release, but I would have erased all the wire work in "Evil Dead II". That's not supposed to be part of the cinematic experience.

Thing is, the wires were generally invisible in theaters, since prints were always lossy and the fine detail got softened. So remastering in 4K from the OCN tends to make such things far more visible than on any previous home format.

[DrrnHarr]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

Flash Gordon has a bigger production, but they cannot be truly compared in terms of quality. Apples and oranges.

"The Beastmaster" is a serious sword and sorcery movie.

True, but the debate was first started by Bates Motel in an earlier post who called out another user (Enzo954) with the post:

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

Weird you're passing on Beastmaster because you call it "kind of cheesy" but have no problem owning Flash Gordon, which is downright cheesy and completely awful.

To which Deadwalker responded:

Originally Posted by deadwalker

FLash Gordon is a cult classic. You are wrong kind Sir.

[DasRetroKid]

Placed my pre-order over the weekend.

[The Spectre]

Originally Posted by DrrnHarr

Funny....there was discussion of this movie in the Buck Rogers thread just last week with users commenting that they wished it was on Blu.

I'm all ready to see Tanya Roberts in all her 1982 4K hotness

Pre-ordered

Check again.
I said we need The Beastmaster Trilogy on 4K.

You're welcome.


Also pre-ordered.

[gates70]

This will be mine!

[bergman864]

So it was a $2 difference. I'm still glad I got a preorder in. I'd rather have the peace of mind.

[The Spectre]

Originally Posted by UniSol GR77

Hopefully, Coscarelli had some minor revenue with the Beastmaster TV series (1999), or even the sequels.

That said, I'm sure he will film a kick-ass remake/reboot in the years to come, that would be a dream come true. In the while, I would love to get the sequels on BD as well.

Great book, even.

For me, Marc Singer is the one and only Beastmaster.

I really couldn't accept Daniel Goddard as Dar, just like when you think of Conan, you think of Arnold Schwarzenegger and not Jason Momoa.

But Ralf Moeller came close on the Conan TV show.

It was also hard to see Kevin Sorbo as anyone other than Hercules when he played Kull The Conqueror.

Brigitte Neilssen was the movie Red Sonja but Angelica Bridges as Red Sonja on the Conan TV show was way hotter.

[Kedrix]

I pre-ordered this on Saturday after taking a look at my THX DVD and my Umbrella Blu-ray on Friday night. Both were watchable I guess but lacking good picture quality on the DVD and lacking extras on the Blu-Ray and lacking subtitles on both copies. So as long as nearly all the extras from the DVD make the 4k, I can't imagine not being able to get rid of the DVD and Blu-Ray copy which makes me happy.

Originally Posted by The Spectre

It was also hard to see Kevin Sorbo as anyone other than Hercules when he played Kull The Conqueror.

For the record, I absolutely adore Kull the Conqueror. I do agree that it was more or less Hercules in a full length movie. However, Kull had many wonderful quotable lines, an awesome soundtrack and Tia Carrere (and a cheap blu-ray release). Very underrated, but that's my opinion.