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Jameson281	Re: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1978	#21	[-]
Mar 1 07 12:48 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* I sure as hell can't find the "Pod Culture" feature on my disc. It's just an essay in the booklet. (Did the later re-issue drop the booklet?)
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SAM33	Re: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1978	#22	[-]
Mar 1 07 9:52 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Must have - mine has no booklet. SAM33
Professor X	Re: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1978	#23	[-]
Mar 1 07 9:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* On DVD the film looks kinda like it always has, but at least in the right aspect ratio....I'll start clamoring for the anamorphic version when I upgrade to a 16 x 9 TV (i.e. not soon! ;) ) Not only is it non-anamorphic, it's also 115 minutes of film crammed onto one side of a single-layer disc! Even with a short, hour and a half B&W film, single-layer generally means a softer (=poorer) image, so it's no surprise the current IOTBS disc looks like crap. Actually, I've noticed that most classic horror and sci-fi titles are released on single-layer discs (e.g., Anchor Bay's Hammer Collection), and this is why I think the HD format is unnecessary; i.e., all you really need to do to gain a superior, film-like image quality (and this is especially true for older B&W films) is to remaster using higher density dual-layer discs. HD-DVD or Blu-Ray is simply overkill, and will accomplish little except to make DVDs more unaffordable for the average consumer.
emoore7	Re: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1978	#24	[-]
Mar 2 07 8:11 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love the '78 remake too. One of the 70s best imo. The last scene is very creepy. This movie doesn't get mentioned much. The Thing remake (which I don't think is as good) gets a lot more talk. It's weird, but it seems I usually end up liking movies that are set in San Fransisco for some reason...? Same thing for NYC.
DonM435	Re: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1978	#25	[-]
Mar 7 07 9:04 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	One point in the remake's favor is that it really could be a sequel. Kevin McCarthy's character really has been running around for two decades, and nobody will listen to him. (We have to discount the '56 epilogue, as Don Siegel prefers we do.) I do think it was a strange idea to have a character whose revelaion as an alien is supposed to be a big surprise . . . and then cast Mister Alien himself, Leonard Nimoy.
Bill Warren	Re: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1978	#26	[-]
Mar 8 07 3:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* I do think it was a strange idea to have a character whose revelaion as an alien is supposed to be a big surprise . . . and then cast Mister Alien himself, Leonard Nimoy. Well, aside from the fact that the pod Nimoy is not really an alien (he's a plant or the outgrowth of a plant that grew on Earth), I think that was a Kaufman wink at the audience.
blackbiped	Re: INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS 1978	#27	[-]
Mar 8 07 7:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I like it, but I don't like it better. All that running around at the end gets tiresome to me, as does the way the characters have to keep coming up with more dramatic ways to say "Oh...my...GOD..." But it is a good, solid horror flick. Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.
Rapfred	Uncle Ira rules	#28	[-]
Mar 8 07 8:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	>>I like it, but I don't like it better.>> My sentiments exactly. Jimmy Grimaldi. Uncle Ira. Carmen Dragon's score. Becky wakes up. Brrrrrrr.
Jimmer		#29	[-]
Nov 11 10 5:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Along with The Howling, this is one of those films that haunted me when I saw it on TV as a child. Until last week, I hadn't seen it in more than twenty years, and as I watched it I remembered - and re-experienced - how some scenes scared the bejesus out of me. I took a chance and bought the Collector's Edition, and I'm glad I did.
Jonatwork		#30	[-]
Nov 11 10 5:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I like this one, and didn't argue when people said it was scarier than the original. Not that I agreed necessarily, but it had been awhile since I saw the original, and I thought the remake was eerie and created this sense of growing doom. I think I went along with the general attitude as my stand-by position. I was also kind of bored of debating original vs. remake where THE THING was concerned. Earlier this year I put on my DVD of the original, and while the remake is good and moody, the original is truly scary. The scenes where McCarthy and company start to sense things going on really work well. I bring this up only to note that the 'which is better' debate really confuses the issue of quality. They're both very good scary flicks, and coming up with a genuinely scary movie is damned hard.
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Spoiler II		#31	[-]
Nov 11 10 7:20 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Jonatwork wrote: I like this one, and didn't argue when people said it was scarier than the original. Not that I agreed necessarily, but it had been awhile since I saw the original, and I thought the remake was eerie and created this sense of growing doom. I think I went along with the general attitude as my stand-by position. I was also kind of bored of debating original vs. remake where THE THING was concerned. Earlier this year I put on my DVD of the original, and while the remake is good and moody, the original is truly scary. The scenes where McCarthy and company start to sense things going on really work well. I bring this up only to note that the 'which is better' debate really confuses the issue of quality. They're both very good scary flicks, and coming up with a genuinely scary movie is damned hard. Too true. I would rather have two quality films cut from similar cloths and count my blessings, than two more mediocre,boring failures...of which we have 100s to choose from.
delgadosaur		#32	[-]
Nov 12 10 8:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This is a super worthy remake that conveniently works as a sequel as well. Love this film. Weird. I don't mean this as an insult, but there's an interesting quirkiness to San Fran that kinda lent itself to the story as well.
Bill Warren		#33	[-]
Nov 12 10 11:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Which is why it was set there.
Jonatwork		#34	[-]
Nov 12 10 11:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I actually liked the third one, too. Stop throwing things at your screen, it'll only make you angrier.
Koukol 5		#35	[-]
Nov 13 10 3:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I bought the 2-disc special edition but couldn't get through this one.
Bill Warren		#36	[-]
Nov 13 10 5:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Jonatwork wrote: I actually liked the third one, too. Not I. But it wasn't terrible.
Servant of Legendre		#37	[-]
Nov 15 10 6:56 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The third version I can live without, but I've always liked the Donald Sutherland version, partly because when I saw it as a kid I was so shocked by Nimoy being scary logical instead of nice Vulcan logical. Actually, I can't remember which version I saw first as a kid.
delgadosaur		#38	[-]
Nov 15 10 12:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Koukol, are there any 'making of' docs on the disc? If there are, I'd buy it. This is a cool, creepy film. I wish they would treat the original to an updated version, with commentary and some extras.
Bill Warren		#39	[-]
Nov 15 10 1:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	delgadosaur wrote: Koukol, are there any 'making of' docs on the disc? If there are, I'd buy it. This is a cool, creepy film. I wish they would treat the original to an updated version, with commentary and some extras. Some years ago, one of the most prominent companies that provided extras for DVDs launched a campaign to do a whole lot of stuff for the original film. For instance, they filmed Joe Dante, Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter visiting various L.A.-area sites used for locations in the movie--as well as recording a commentary track. I was interviewed--at surprising length--for the making-of. Then it was discovered that the company (I think it was Paramount) that thought they owned the rights to the original film didn't so own them, and the project was scrapped. I got one big benefit out of it, though--the guy in charge had visited the library holding Walter Wanger's papers and Xeroxed (tm) everything relevant to the movie--then gave me a copy of everything he had Xeroxed (tm).
Koukol 5		#40	[-]
Nov 15 10 2:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	delgadosaur wrote: Koukol, are there any 'making of' docs on the disc? If there are, I'd buy it. This is a cool, creepy film. I wish they would treat the original to an updated version, with commentary and some extras. Commentary by Philip Kaufman Re-Visitors from Outer-Space or How I Learned to Stop worrying and Love the Pod Featurette Practical Magic: Special Effects Pod Featurette The Man Behind the Scream: The Sound Effects Pod Featurette The Invasion Will Be Televised:The Cinematography Pod Featurette Original Theatrical Trailer
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