The Lost Boys On LaserDisc - Which Version Is Best?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ต.ค. 2024
- Culturedog Sam Hatch is back with a quick video that bites into the key differences between the domestic U.S. LaserDisc releases of the seminal 1987 Joel Schumacher "MTV vampires" film The Lost Boys.
Some variants are fetching high prices on the open market, leaving many LD collectors confused, and in some cases, outraged. Why exactly are some versions more sought after than others, and how can you easily tell them apart?
Grab some noodles and rice and chug some ominous red liquid while Sam digs into this undead format mystery!
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The dog has risen from the laser dead and entered via the open hatch to drop a video that also is a good run through of Warner LD issue practices for non boxsets that saw several reissues.
This really hits all the Warner iterations: pan and scan and then first widescreen both with and without silver bars and then a late release remaster with ac3.
I know the ac3 is limited due to low quantities made but people pay stupid money for it at times.
It's the Warner Way! You must have as many confusing jacket variants as possible! :-D
Yeah, I wish I'd snapped up more Stealth AC-3 reissues before the feeding frenzy started.
@@Culturedogif only anyone knew…buy up all the cheap sealed copies then…hold for 20+ years and SICK ROI BRAH!
I think all of the Warner Weirdness in LD is burned into our brains…
We need the culture! Keep coming back! Your zesty commentary and enthusiastic energy is appreciated!
Appreciate it, thanks! I've got a few more videos in the editing bay already and am planning to shoot some fresh ones this week!
Can you do a video on LD Squeeze - What it looks like compared to other LD - Nice to see (or any of your team)
That's a solid idea! I have a few discs I can use for reference materials.
I did one video on Squeeze: th-cam.com/video/l23J1wlAgxs/w-d-xo.html
Good to see you back up and running bro!
Thanks, mang! It's been a minute! How's things?
@@Culturedog things are a little crazy with two kids and the house, but I still manage to make some videos now and then. I miss playing music though, I really haven’t played since that St Pattys Day show! How’s life for you guys?
Great to see you doing a new laserdisc video! Would love to see you do a video on laserdisc player repairs and the experiences you have had. Thanks
Thanks, glad to be back! Got a few more videos in the hopper and I'm working on a few new ones to film as well. I did record a repair video a while back, but scrapped it once I reviewed the footage. I was clearly paying too much attention to the work and blocked most of the shots haha. I'll have to give it another go!
Thanks that would be great, the number of broken players for sale on eBay is growing!
This was a cool surprise. You rule CultureDog
Thanks! Hope you enjoyed the shenanigans!
Never had a lost boys in my collection
I should probably grab a copy of the Japanese release at some point for fun. Those seem to be fairly common as well.
@@Culturedog
I definitely need to give this movie a watch ( never seen it before ) to see if it’s my thing and if it is I will for sure add it to the collection
Aw yeah, more culturedog content.
I should've kept my AC-3 widescreen copy but I sold it for silly money lol
I get it! Sometimes it's hard to turn down that silly money! :-D
WHOA, a new Culturedog solo video! haha been a minute. LOVE The Lost Boys! It was one of the 1st 4K UHDs I bought after I got my player...Don't own the laserdisc, but I DO have the so bad, it's good Solarbabies LD coming in the mail soon, also starring Jamie Gertz 😜
Yeah, The Lost Boys was a way of life back in the day. It seemed like my friends and I would watch it on VHS after school every single day, but it probably wasn't that extreme.
Nice score on Solarbabies! I definitely had a thing for Miss Gertz. Less Than Zero was another one that got a lot of replay in my house!
@@Culturedog There's just something about the vibe & atmosphere of it that can't be put into words.
Tim Cappello performed here recently, but i unfortunately had to miss it. I saw video clips from friends tho of him doing "I Still Believe" live. Was surreal
@@arcadeapocalypsemusic 100%! That intangible Lost Boys vibe was such an inspiration to me!
Very interesting. Warners rarely seemed to do many re-issues for AC-3 Dolby Digital, unlike some of other studios, at least according to LDDb. Big Warner Bros movies like Lethal Weapon, Superman, & The Fugitive have no documented AC-3 reissues. I'm always thinking in the back of my head that there's a possibility that LDDb likely doesn't have every major release documented. Always a sliver of a chance something exists that's not on there.
Yeah, they seemed to put out AC-3 reissues of random catalog titles in small pressing quantities. Japan did get an AC-3 box set with uncut versions of the first 3 Lethal Weapons, but it's another fairly pricy later release.
It's definitely interesting to find out how many discs are still missing from LDDb. Not so much for U.S. discs, but there's a ton of Southeast Asia releases that keep getting discovered.
Great video! I started collecting laserdiscs and VHS back in January for a retro movie room I made with a projector and 100" screen. I have almost 500 laserdisc titles now. I've really been enjoying the experience learning about this format that I couldn't afford back in the 90's being in my late teens. There's so many unique titles like The Best of the Grammy's Vol 1 and 2 that I love just for the archived video of special events. Keep up the great work bringing us these videos and your insight!
Thanks for watching! Glad to hear you're enjoying the laserdisc journey so far! Yeah, there's an amazing amount of interesting titles out there flying under the radar. I keep discovering new concert discs etc. that I never knew I needed. Of course I'm running out of storage space, but I'll worry about that another day! Haha!
Enjoy the content. It encouraged me to purchase a player and hunt for the movies I enjoyed.
Thanks! Keep on spinning those giant discs!
Nice informative stuff - Cheers
Thanks for checking it out!
I have the first widescreen with a more open ratio and love the film. Was planning on getting the 4K but it sold out so fast I couldn’t get a copy.
I’m very happy with my LD and I’m pretty sure I’ll find the ac3 LD before the 4K for a reasonable price. People really want gold for their junk 😅 at least I know I’m not the fool feeding the cause
Yeah, I've upgraded this title a few times (DVD, Blu...) but still appreciate having it on LD. Lots of great memories spinning my OG copy!
Hope you trip across a reasonably priced copy of the 4K!
Gawd , this video makes me want to start collecting laserdics -- But I already collect too much
I've always drooled over star wars Trilogy (Japanese uncut NON-special edition), blade runner & pulp fiction plus many other multidisc special edition lazerdics I've spotted in retail stores back in the 1990s
Haha, yeah, the urge to collect is tough to resist sometimes!
I'm going to do a video showing my Star Wars LD box sets soon. The Japanese ones were definitely super nice releases!
@Culturedog with a beautiful book included too, right?
@@Barrythetick yeah, the book is impressive! Such a great release!
My first LD pickup was Lost Boys Silver Strip P&S and I'm still on the lookout for the LBX/AC3 re-issue :) Awesome video!
Thanks! Yeah, I bought a P&S full cover copy pretty early on in collecting, but decided to donate it in the 2000s, so I was glad to get this replacement copy. I had both of the silver stripes as well at one point, but I mailed them to a friend in Sweden after he talked about never seeing the film. Gotta spread the Lost Boys cheer! Haha
@@Culturedog Everybody needs to watch Lost Boys! I had it dubbed on VHS with Monster Squad on the same tape when I was a kid lol. Watched so many times in our house.
I was a teen when this came out. Had a crush on Jamie Gertz. Always wondered if I was the only one..?
I definitely got bit by that Gertz obsession bug hard! Haha
Sam lives!
Yup! The rumors were wrong, I'm still kicking! :-D
Just got the 4k blu ray to watch soon. I haven't seen it on laserdisc yet but I'll certainly be using your recommendations before picking it up.
Grabbing all of the LD variants is always an option as well! Though maybe not the most practical one... :-D
Enjoy that 4K! I've been meaning to check that out myself.
Top stuff, didn't know about this one!
Thanks for checking it out!
There more variants of lost boys on LD then wedding crashers on dvd good grief.
The Unstaked Edition! Veinier! Vampier! Saxier!
My AC3 Lost Boys is a disc I'd keep even if I got rid of my collection.
Vinnie's still sad that he gave you a good deal on it! :-D
@@CulturedogI know. I have the feeling he's going to carve his regret into my tombstone.
Hah, I recognize a lot of the anime LD box sets on the top of the shelf in back. (Like that Space Cobra movie box on the far left - I have the matching TV series set.) They went all-out with those releases in Japan.
Yeah, I love those anime boxes! I just went through the Cobra TV series box recently, and am currently on a rewatch of the original Macross. Still have too many on the wishlist though - gonna need more shelf space! :-D
@@Culturedog Make sure they're sturdy; those things weigh a ton, particularly double sets for longer series like Heavy Metal L-Gaim or the Patlabor Complete Works movie set. At least the Lensman TV box set is light, since it only includes six TV episodes and the movie... I bought my L-Gaim boxes on clearance at a convention, and they were so heavy that they put my checked-in luggage over the free weight limit when I flew home.
(I have Macross Plus on LD, but not the original series. I just have the domestic DVD release by AnimEigo, which I got because I translated 3/4 of it.)
Wtching this as I go check which one I have...
At least the worst-case result would still be owning a copy of The Lost Boys on LD, which is always a good problem to have! 🙂
@@Culturedog 100% agreed :D
Can you explain other releases that go for a lot, such as The Wizard?
Is open matte that important for that particular film?
I should make a video about the random quirks of the market. Years ago, a film like RAD or The Wizard would've fallen in value on LaserDisc once a Blu-Ray release came out. But now, it doesn't really matter as long as the film still has a following and/or a cool factor.
@Culturedog Tank Girl is another interesting case. The newest bluray seems out of print and goes for a lot but the LD (with great cover art) is still pretty cheap.
I bought this about 15 years ago for 5 UK pounds and 3 pounds delivery... And it's perfect.
That was a quality purchase for sure!
GTN
1998? Welp... The lack of that terrible sounding midi Warner Home Video logo already makes it a worse pressing in my book.
Can confirm it has the tinkly piano opening instead of the old synth blast. Though you do get a bonus Dolby Digital Egypt trailer.
Is the AC-3 track unique to this LD? I
Don't think so, it's just a curiosity within the format itself. Combined with low print runs and late release clout, supplies slowly outgrew the demand. It is wild that many hot sought after discs are essentially the LD counterparts to old snapper case DVD releaes.
@@Culturedog there were some ac-3 and DTS fanatics, but special equipment was needed to access the tracks. Some DTS tracks haven't resurfaced on DVD/Blu/UHD, that I get, but just collecting because it's a smaller print run? In the '90s laserdisc was about the highest picture and sound quality. So this is faux nostalgia collecting? 🤷🏻
@@Jay828__ this one's a perfect storm of an updated/upgraded video transfer, a unique (within the format) audio feature, scarcity, and the popularity of the film.
There are some late releases with low pressing numbers that still only fetch $10, so the appeal of the film itself is definitely a factor.
That late Lost Boys LD looks pretty slick, probably looks better than the snapper case DVD transfer wise. I only have the blu ray of this movie, I am thinking about getting the 4K but not sure yet. Have you seen the two sequels to this film?
I've avoided the sequels so far, but I guess I have to relent and check them out at some point. I did buy a copy of the unproduced Lost Boys 2 script from a bootleg screenplay store in the early 90s though, back before the internet made it easy to find that sort of stuff. I read that thing a bunch of times! Haha
the Laser Disc movies are very old. And hard to find specific titles. Dvds and blu rays have a disc rot problem. Retro is the new hotness. Look at VHS, the film will crumble. But it really boils down to Rarity and condition.
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Respect!
WTF ! $1399 for dolby 4.2.4 what are those blu ray forum kiddies smoking ! ? movie load of overrated rubbish , got it on that rubbish blu disc not watched it for 4 years now
Who still owns a laser disc player? The eighties called, they ordered you an Uber so you can get a ride to 2024.
Surprisingly quite a few. I didn't even have a player in the 80s. Got into it in the 90s during the format's golden age.
@@Culturedog I am 49. The golden age of laser disc was the 80s. By the 90s the format was nonexistent. You couldn’t find a player anywhere not even a thrift store.
@@QuinnShrimplin maybe it was a regional thing. 1992-1994 was the apex of the format for player sales in the US. Players were easy to find in the northeast, even outside of A/V specialty shops. I got my first player at a department store that wasn't well known for carrying electronics. The discs were all over the place too, from rental shops to record stores etc.
@@Culturedog according to the statistics, laser discs ceased to be popular in North America by 1990 but they were really really popular in Hong Kong & Japan from @1990 on. Those are the facts. If your all about them more power to you.!I was just amused to hear somebody talking about something that went out of vogue decades ago.