You've made me want to get hold of those Sonny Chiba movies! When I was a kid, I used to walk into downtown Jacksonville (FLA) with my youngest uncle, who was only two years older than me, to this old time theater that always showed martial arts movies. They would always let us in, even though most of the movies were rated R and we were clearly underage, and it was always a double feature for just a couple bucks. Two little white kids sitting in a theater of mostly black adult men, half of them smoking. Those were the days, lol. Anyway, Sonny Chiba was one of our favorites, I remember us talking about him and his movies all the time. That uncle passed away just a few months ago, eaten up with cancer, so I think I'll try to get hold of these to watch and remember better times.
I remember when you got The Raid Collection and now you've got both The Executioner and The Street Fighter. I started getting into collecting martial arts films recently and all those movies are on my list to buy.
Yeah the Street Fighter and Executioner blu-rays are awesome! So much fun. Sonny Chiba is a total bad ass LOL! Makes me want to collect other Sonny Chiba movies. I've got my eye on two other Sonny Chiba blu-ray collections from Shout... Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. So I may be picking up those next to add to my small but growing martial arts collection. Thanks for watching!
Brawl in cell block 99 is a fantastic film,great performances and I loved the practical effects. At the start you hate Vince’s character,but feel sorry for him at the end. Amazing.👍♥️
Great list buddy! Smoking aces and Double Jeopardy are two I really enjoy. I only saw Smoking aces because they were promoting that in the Rainbow 6 Vegas video game LOL.
I didn't realize Real Genius was on 4K. I loved it. I may have to pick that one up. Being a huge Jaws fan, I really like The Deep. If nothing else, watch it for Jacqueline Bisset. 🙂 Smokin' Aces is a lot of fun. Killer cast.
Yeah Sony put Real Genius out on 4k in the last 2 years, and it's a great-looking restoration. Easily the best the film has ever looked... I was very pleased with the 4K transfer (Sony usually does a really good job with their restorations). You may not be able to get the slipcover anymore though. As for the Deep, I agree -- Jacqueline Bisset's wet t-shirt scenes definitely caught my attention LMAO! Thanks for watching.
Man…Red Rock West set me down some excited channels for VS (Little Darlings too) - what they are seemingly doing with that “cinematographé” line really seems exciting. I had never seen Red Rock West and yes, great “Neo Noir” type film. I’ll have to check out “The Deep” “Rounders” “Real Genius” and “Smokin Aces.” All seem like they’d be interesting watches for me. Glad that “hack” is working for ya 😉👍🏼 Thanks for the great list of physical media recommendations as always my brother!
Yeah I'm loving that new Cinematographe line. Beautiful packaging. Can't wait to see what else they release under it! Red Rock West is a fantastic release. I can't believe you've never seen Real Genius! Dude, that's a classic... probably one of the better Val Kilmer roles. And William Atherton is awesome in it too. Funny movie. And yes, definitely check out those others you mentioned as well (Rounders in particular is a lot of fun). I did run into a problem getting the Panasonic hack to work for Avenging Force. So I'm wondering if it has something to do with the way 88 Films codes their discs. No matter what I tried, I wasn't able to "confuse" the machine on that title. But with the other titles I tried, the hack worked like a charm. Thanks for watching and weighing in as always my friend!
@@TheOriginalFuzz I have A LOT of films to get caught up on my good man…I was very suppressed early on in my life lol so I have A LOT to catch up on. Even when I became something and had some cash…it’s only relatively recently (past few years) that I’ve HEAVILY gotten into film. It’s what I so love watching your channel! Sucks the hack didn’t work for you on that one film. It’s got to be something in the encoding of the disc I assume. I’m still 100% on my attempts at it but knowing it definitely didn’t work for you on that one it tells me my day will come lol
@@ungraduatedmedia Yeah check to see if you have any other region B releases from 88 Films in your collection, and try those blu-rays. I'm wondering if it's specific to the label. But I hear ya on the late bloomer thing man. That's totally cool... I'm glad you've gotten into the hobby. I always liked movies, but my passion for them has gone to whole new levels in the last few years since I got back into collecting. I used to be a lot more casual about movies and didn't necessarily explore much outside of the mainstream stuff. But in the last few years, my discovery of older films I've never seen has expanded dramatically. Anyway, I'm glad you're here brother and catching up! It's very cool getting to see some of these classics for the first time with new eyes. Let me know what you think of some of these when you get around to watching them (I know how it goes when we have an endless watchlist to catch up on LOL).
I really had a good time with that one, having not seen it for almost 30 years. Good neo-noir thriller with an awesome cast too. And the Vinegar Syndrome treatment looks beautiful (both the restoration and packaging).
Yeah definitely check out Hypnotic. It was a lot of fun. About what I'd expect from Robert Rodriguez. He's a great storyteller. That's cool that they at least have 4K on streaming. I'm guessing there will be a 4K disc at some point later on.
"Conan the Barbarian" is an absolute favourite of mine and it's great to finally be able to own/watch the superior theatrical cut, previously unavailable since the VHS days...and now on 4K with enhanced audio as well no less ! Rounders is a great movie, I want that one myself ! Like you I discovered Sonny Chiba through "True Romance", I have the UK version of that Arrow Streetfighter set...it's a lot of fun (especially with the English dub LOL !)...it's so OTT though that I consider it more of a "fun time" than a favourite martial arts movie. My fav martial arts movies would include Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon", Jet Li's "Fearless" and Donnie Yen's "Iron Monkey" as well as Jet Li's "Fist of Legend" which is getting a re-release/remaster? from "88 films" in a few weeks time).
Thanks for watching and commenting here! So, I'm very curious... why is the theatrical cut of Conan superior? I watched the extended cut when I viewed my copy. What makes the theatrical cut the way to go? I just assumed we'd get more scenes with the extended cut. I totally agree about Street Fighter... the English dubs are hilarious! LMAO! It's definitely more on the "light-hearted fun" side of the spectrum. I'm thinking about picking up those Shout Factory Sonny Chiba blu-ray collections next (Vol. 1 and 2). I definitely want to get more Chiba in my collection, but it's hard to know where to start, since he had so many movies. BTW, thanks for the tip on Iron Monkey, Fist of Legend and Fearless. I will def put those on my list to check out. I've been getting into Donnie Yen a bit more lately (particularly the IP Man series), but I've not checked out a whole lot of Jet Li yet (aside from his appearance in one of the Lethal Weapon movies... can't even remember which one now. LW3?).
@@TheOriginalFuzz There are two differences between the extended cut and the theatrical cut. The first is the extended cut has an extra scene (or extension to an existing scene?) where Conan is talking to Subotai, it's unnecessary and as I recall the dialogue is a bit cringey, it just doesn't need to be there so if you're used to the theatrical (as I was when I was a kid and owned it on VHS) it's jarring when it appears on the DVD/Blu-ray and I always skipped it. The second and most important difference is the ending. If you've only seen the movie once it might not have sunk in yet that what really makes Conan the masterpiece it is...the fabulous score by the late great Basil Poledouris. Every second of music is perfectly scored to every scene. At the end of the theatrical cut, when Conan has slain Thulsa Doom and is sitting there, brooding on the steps of the palace the music is perfect...it's very "sad and thoughtful"...then as Conan stands and begins to swing the burning chalice the music perfectly changes to bring in an "exultant triumph" that leads into the crescendo and climatic ending. All of that has been ruined in the extended cut that we've had on DVD and Blu-ray for the past 20 years...the director chose to butcher the ending by adding in little cut scenes of the princess as Conan approaches Thulsa Doom and after he's slain him which kinda pushes the score out so that when we see Conan brooding on the steps the music is no longer the perfect fit that it was...and the mood of the scene is completely different. For someone like me that saw the movie as a teenager and LOVED it and the score to bits on VHS it was "blasphemy" LOL. Now, finally, we have the original theatrical cut and on 4K...it's literally made my year. I cannot tell you how happy it made me to finally get my hands on this theatrical cut and in such great quality with the Arrow treatment 🥰🤩🥰🤩😍🤩 In regards to Sonny Chiba, I have that Streetfighter set (UK version) and also the Sister Streetfighter set...the latter is not as good imo but it's still good fun and you can get hold of it very cheap normally and Sonny makes an appearance in one (or two?) of the movies in that set...one of those movies was also in the list of movies that Christian Slater's character went to see in True Romance (I believe it was a tripple feature he watched ?). Jet Li was in "Lethal Weapon 4" that was actually the first movie I ever saw him in but my favourite Jet Li movie is definitely his "Fearless" followed by "Fist of Legend". I think Donnie Yen's Ip Man films are mostly pretty good (I don't think I liked the 4th one) but I prefer "Iron Monkey" to all of them myself.
@@tigerblue42 Thank you for that detailed explanation re: Conan. I think I understand better now, and what you're saying makes total sense. It sounds like I'll be watching the theatrical cut next time I watch it.😉 Also, I'll have to check out the Sister Streetfighter series too... and I believe you're correct: one of the "sister" movies was included in the True Romance Chiba triple feature that Clarence was going to see on his BD. If you're curious, these are the two Sonny Chiba sets I will probably be buying next, from Shout Factory (or Shout Studios now): Sonny Chiba Collection Volume 1 -- www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BBLD8CTX Sonny Chiba Collection Volume 2 -- www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CH3ZF3DJ
@@TheOriginalFuzz You're very welcome 🙂Wow that's a lot of Sonny Chiba ! Each of those sets has 7 movies on it ! Should keep you entertained for quite some time ! 🙂👊💥
Wow. I think this is first positive mention of The Counselor I've seen on the internet. I have the movie myself and its not great but I'm not sure why it's hated to the extent that it is.
Well I saw it in theater when it first came out, so that may have something to do with it for me. It's admittedly probably a mid-tier film... but i still think it's entertaining enough. Plus, I'm not the biggest Brad Pitt fan, so I appreciated what happened to his character at the end LMAO!😆😉 Honestly, I'd rather see Ridley do something like The Counselor than one of his period films. Just my own personal preference of course, but I've always been more partial to sci-fi and action Ridley than period Ridley. I respect the epic stuff... but I connect more with the sci-fi and thriller side.
30:44 You got some nice pickups. I almost picked up brawl myself but passed on it. Maybe I should go pick it up and check it out. PS don't listen to these other guys that are telling you the shorten your videos or something like that. Those are obviously not creative creators. Keep doing you in love what you're doing and I support it.
Thanks so much for the kind words of support, Nick. Yeah I stay true to myself with this channel and usually take the criticism with a grain of salt (unless I think the person has a valid point). People who like longer-form content know what they're getting into with my channel. Oh and you should definitely check out Brawl on Cell Block 99. I think you'd really like it, based on what I know about your tastes. It's a pretty bad-ass film... dark, but very engaging. And Don Johnson is awesome as the warden. Thanks again, my friend!
@@TheOriginalFuzz I'll definitely check that out I appreciate your videos and I'll glad you don't let others bring you down. I also appreciate your support with my channel on the other end. Looking forward to the next video
@@TheOriginalFuzz I shit you not I just opened up the box my buddy Jerry sent me I just made a haul video I'm dropping tomorrow and guess what!! Brawl was in there so I'm going to check it out tonight
@@movie_av_impulse LMAO! That's awesome man! Talk about good timing. Very cool! Let me know what you think once you watch it. I'll be sure to check out your haul update video too.
Great video. Had fun with this. Never knew what movie was coming next. Felt like a clean out the fridge night lol. I am a fan of Robert Rodriguez. Love his Desperado trilogy starting with El Mariachi. Also enjoyed From Dusk Till Dawn. Have you seen Mark Wahlberg's movie Fear with Reese Witherspoon? I picked up the Protege in a Wal-mart bargain bin for $8 on 4k. Didn't go into it expecting much, but very much enjoyed it. This comment feels as random as your video lol. Looking forward to the Oscar's tomorrow night. Lets go Oppenheimer. Hoping it sets a new record for most Oscar's. Thanks for helping me pass the time. Till next time. 🍻
LMAO! "Clean out the fridge night" Ha ha... I like that! I might have to do another rando video at some point, sort of a sequel to this one lol. I've never seen Rodriguez' El Mariachi trilogy, but I've heard good things about it. I'll have to check it out. And yes, I have seen the movie Fear... many years ago. It was pretty good if i remember right. And I believe that was the first big role Marky Mark got when he was first getting into acting. I too am rooting for Oppenheimer at the Oscars. I'm not as big a fan of the ceremony these days as I was when I was younger. Feels like a lot has changed in the last 20-30 years. But my mom was a huge fan of the Oscars and it was always a big deal in our house when I was growing up. Glad to see Nolan on the map this year. Thanks for weighing in Dwayne!
@@TheOriginalFuzz I 100% agree with you on the Oscar's. I managed to watch 4 of the nominated movies for best picture and i still hold on to Oppenheimer winning. However, the Holdovers and American Fiction where very good. Not sure if Fear was Mark Wahlberg's first movie, but it was very good. It was considered a sleeper the year in came out. 1993 I think. Apparently it was the one and only time he played the villain. I still remember the scene when he yells. "Let me in your house". Good times.
I've seen about half of the movies you have today. Pretty good stuff, although The Deep doesn't really start for me until Jaqueline Bisset's t-shirt gets wet.
Yes! You can't go wrong with Bisset's wet t-shirt... it definitely caught my attention LMAO! It was also a trip seeing Nick Nolte in such a young role.
Love Shooter and Brawl on Cell Block 99! Got Red Rock West and the Street Fighter Trilogy but haven't seen them yet. Avenging Force is a fun one and with some fun facts: Originally written as a sequel to Invasion USA (1985) with Chuck Norris returning in the role of Matt Hunter. 🙂
Very cool trivia tidbit on Avenging Force... I don't think I knew that. That's wild to think of it as Invasion USA 2 with Chuck! Red Rock West was a fun one... very entertaining, and looks fantastic. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thumbs up for Conan the Barbarian. A true classic. Captures some of the spirit of the original pulp fiction novels from the ‘30s. John Milius was a fan of Friedrich Nietzsche and it shows here. Conan the Destroyer is much inferior.
I had a lot of fun watching it the other night. It had been so long, it was like a whole new movie for me. I appreciate it a lot more now than I did, say, 30 years ago. And the 4K is gorgeous! Thanks for watching and chiming in!
Yeah definitely check out The Deep, Stuart! I think it would be right up your alley. Plus, 101 Films is in your neck of the woods, so no region coding issues for you. Also, the 101 Films blu-ray includes an old archival making-of documentary from the late-70s/early 80s that is pretty interesting (I believe it's like 50 minutes long... it aired on network television here in the US back in the day).
Hey Fuzz. Love your channel and ive been following you ( not literally through the streets...that would be disturbing 😂 ) for about a year now. You inspired me to buy a 4k Sony blu ray player which you covered, and gave great advice on disc freezing remedies! Having a TCL 55 Mini led tv with excellent AI upscaling, i took your advice and let the tv upscale as apposed to my Sony 4k blu ray player doing it...i turned that off. Great advice sir 👍 Would you consider doing a top 10 blu ray transfer as i still buy them alongside 4k discs. Im sure theres some 1080 blu rays out there that rival some 4k transfers obviously without the hdr. I often see reviews saying certain 4k discs are not much better than their excellent blu ray transfers. Be interesting as im sure most 4k enthusiasts still buy the odd standard blu ray films like you n I. All the best fella Daz
Thanks Daz! That's a good idea for a video... the best blu-ray transfers. I'll have to put some thought into that -- might take me a little time. But I like the idea. I think most people who collect 4K also still collect blu-ray, just because there are so many movies out there that are only available on blu-ray and will never see a 4K release. I'll chew on it and see what I can come up with. And I really appreciate your ongoing support of the channel. Sounds like you've been with me since pretty much the beginning (I'm approaching my first year anniversary of the channel). Very cool!
@@TheOriginalFuzz I thought you'd been doing this for years! I don't think I've been with you from the start but certainly longer than 6 months. Either way you do a brilliant job mate. I'm subscribed to about 10 4k reviewers and you and Movie collector are by far the best. Both of you know what you like and both of you are comfortable speaking to a camera. Charismatic and thick skinned too and both of you reply to almost all comments made on your channels. You're both easy to warm to unlike some others on here... Keep up the great work man I always look forward to your videos whether I'm interested in the film or not. All the best 👍
@@geminisundone Wow thank you so much for those kind words! Means a lot to me. Yeah I think it was March 24 last year when I posted my first video. At the time, I had no idea how the channel would be received or if anyone would care, but it seems a lot of good people like yourself have taken an interest in my ramblings, and I'm totally here for it! It's encouraging words like yours that really help keep me going here.😉🤘
@@TheOriginalFuzz You're welcome mate. You're clearly a good bloke. I'm currently watching Iron Man 3 on blu ray and through my TCL mini led 4k TV it looks sensational upscaled...god knows how much better it would look with HDR! I'm happy with it as a standard blu ray though. I only buy 4k movies with remarkable transfers or just incredible films.
That sucks! Yeah I've heard that some people still haven't received their pre-orders yet (including other TH-camrs with much higher-profile channels than mine Lol!). From what I understand, it sounds like Arrow didn't produce enough in the first run to keep up with the demand for this particular set. Sounds like an Arrow screw-up. They should've known better with something as beloved as this that it would be popular. But hopefully, Amazon gets more stock in from Arrow soon. My guess is they're in the process of producing more.
@@TheOriginalFuzz That’s great to hear. I thought I was SOL but Amazon did send me an email to ask if I still wanted it and there was a problem with the supply chain. If Arrow produces more that would be amazing! Hope so
Regarding the pronunciation of "Cinématographe", I think you got it right. I imagine I'm going to a CINEMA and on the screen is a TOE with a GRAPH: "Cinema-toe-graph"! But say it fast. (The "e" at the end is silent; it's not like the "é" in café.) That's not the perfect French pronunciation but it's close enough.
Yeah I think that's how I heard Justin LaLiberty pronounce it (he's the guy running/curating this sub-label), so I was just trying to stick with that for consistency. It's a weird one. I'm sure loving this new label though! Can't wait to see what else they put out.
I can only speak for myself as a content creator here on TH-cam and sometimes I like to provide some context to “tee up” what I’m about to explain. Not all want that but then others do. As creators here we’ll likely never make all that view our vids completely happy… If another creator does something I’m not interested in…I usually just fast forward right by. But my recommendation for you is simply to realize that not everyone will create “specific content” for you, delivered in your style, for exactly how you want it. While that may make you happy - what if many others out there don’t like that? Then the creator “may change their style for a smaller populous thus hurting their visibility for the greater good. Making a smaller populous happy over what their larger potential may want - isn’t always the wisest decision. Just some perspective is all I hope to share here. I’m just happy to see “physical media collectors” here on a TH-cam creating content vs overly critiquing them. I’m all for feedback - even on myself, but I want to make sure it is in an area I need to actually improve in for the “collector” in mind… Just sharing…be well
@iloveblue7920 - We've been through this before, Paul. Once again, if you don't like the intros, you can always skip to the next chapter in the video. ALL of my videos have timestamps/chapters that allow people to skip the intros. But I'm not going to change how I do my intros, etc... meaning, I'm not going to stop being myself or staying true to who I am. If you don't like how I do certain things, you don't have to watch those aspects of the video. I appreciate you watching the channel generally, but just understand this is not a channel for quick sound bites, and it never will be.
@@Sas-wk9lj The after taste of " your " bitter core is fully in view here. Look up the word projection....I'll wait. Deeply pretentious reply clothed in the hardest trying clothes I've ever seen... Don't fear spaces too...figuratively and metaphorically. It helps to break up your defensive rant.
@@Sas-wk9lj - wow…I truly am coming at this as a place of true respect for Fuzz and the simple nature of people to “throw around their criticisms.” Believe me when I tell you it’s NOT for views or likes of my own channel. Fuzz and I are good buds here on his channel and he on mine. We have similar styles. He’s a big boy and can handle his comments himself. I was simply stating a POV. Sorry if it “triggered” you. I get similar comments from folks at times on my channel and I’ve heard Fuzz mention it at times in his vids. I’m just offering “perspective” and not in a “sugar coated way” but rather a “respect way” in which many on the internet often don’t do. Thank you for your perspective to me - but I can assure you it is misplaced. That all the same - you’re entitled to it. All are entitled to give their criticisms but my goodness - can we not offer at how “long an intro is or not?” Let’s get serious here…do you like the content or not? Fast forward past the intro if it bothers you that much…it’s all I’m saying.
@@TheOriginalFuzz didn't make sense why he risked getting arrested because of the police. he ruined his whole life for nothing. didn't make sense. ugh. made no sense why he did that
You've made me want to get hold of those Sonny Chiba movies! When I was a kid, I used to walk into downtown Jacksonville (FLA) with my youngest uncle, who was only two years older than me, to this old time theater that always showed martial arts movies. They would always let us in, even though most of the movies were rated R and we were clearly underage, and it was always a double feature for just a couple bucks. Two little white kids sitting in a theater of mostly black adult men, half of them smoking. Those were the days, lol. Anyway, Sonny Chiba was one of our favorites, I remember us talking about him and his movies all the time. That uncle passed away just a few months ago, eaten up with cancer, so I think I'll try to get hold of these to watch and remember better times.
Physical Media FOREVER 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Streaming S U C K S !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I remember when you got The Raid Collection and now you've got both The Executioner and The Street Fighter. I started getting into collecting martial arts films recently and all those movies are on my list to buy.
Yeah the Street Fighter and Executioner blu-rays are awesome! So much fun. Sonny Chiba is a total bad ass LOL! Makes me want to collect other Sonny Chiba movies. I've got my eye on two other Sonny Chiba blu-ray collections from Shout... Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. So I may be picking up those next to add to my small but growing martial arts collection. Thanks for watching!
One Sonny Chiba film I hope they release on Blu-ray is G.l. Samurai.
Brawl in cell block 99 is a fantastic film,great performances and I loved the practical effects. At the start you hate Vince’s character,but feel sorry for him at the end. Amazing.👍♥️
Yeah Vince did a good job in that one. The film definitely has a little depth to it and some range of emotion. Great stuff! Thanks for watching.
Great list buddy! Smoking aces and Double Jeopardy are two I really enjoy. I only saw Smoking aces because they were promoting that in the Rainbow 6 Vegas video game LOL.
Thanks John! Appreciate it!
I didn't realize Real Genius was on 4K. I loved it. I may have to pick that one up. Being a huge Jaws fan, I really like The Deep. If nothing else, watch it for Jacqueline Bisset. 🙂 Smokin' Aces is a lot of fun. Killer cast.
Yeah Sony put Real Genius out on 4k in the last 2 years, and it's a great-looking restoration. Easily the best the film has ever looked... I was very pleased with the 4K transfer (Sony usually does a really good job with their restorations). You may not be able to get the slipcover anymore though. As for the Deep, I agree -- Jacqueline Bisset's wet t-shirt scenes definitely caught my attention LMAO! Thanks for watching.
Man…Red Rock West set me down some excited channels for VS (Little Darlings too) - what they are seemingly doing with that “cinematographé” line really seems exciting. I had never seen Red Rock West and yes, great “Neo Noir” type film.
I’ll have to check out “The Deep” “Rounders” “Real Genius” and “Smokin Aces.” All seem like they’d be interesting watches for me.
Glad that “hack” is working for ya 😉👍🏼
Thanks for the great list of physical media recommendations as always my brother!
Yeah I'm loving that new Cinematographe line. Beautiful packaging. Can't wait to see what else they release under it! Red Rock West is a fantastic release.
I can't believe you've never seen Real Genius! Dude, that's a classic... probably one of the better Val Kilmer roles. And William Atherton is awesome in it too. Funny movie. And yes, definitely check out those others you mentioned as well (Rounders in particular is a lot of fun).
I did run into a problem getting the Panasonic hack to work for Avenging Force. So I'm wondering if it has something to do with the way 88 Films codes their discs. No matter what I tried, I wasn't able to "confuse" the machine on that title. But with the other titles I tried, the hack worked like a charm. Thanks for watching and weighing in as always my friend!
@@TheOriginalFuzz I have A LOT of films to get caught up on my good man…I was very suppressed early on in my life lol so I have A LOT to catch up on. Even when I became something and had some cash…it’s only relatively recently (past few years) that I’ve HEAVILY gotten into film.
It’s what I so love watching your channel!
Sucks the hack didn’t work for you on that one film. It’s got to be something in the encoding of the disc I assume. I’m still 100% on my attempts at it but knowing it definitely didn’t work for you on that one it tells me my day will come lol
@@ungraduatedmedia Yeah check to see if you have any other region B releases from 88 Films in your collection, and try those blu-rays. I'm wondering if it's specific to the label.
But I hear ya on the late bloomer thing man. That's totally cool... I'm glad you've gotten into the hobby. I always liked movies, but my passion for them has gone to whole new levels in the last few years since I got back into collecting. I used to be a lot more casual about movies and didn't necessarily explore much outside of the mainstream stuff. But in the last few years, my discovery of older films I've never seen has expanded dramatically. Anyway, I'm glad you're here brother and catching up! It's very cool getting to see some of these classics for the first time with new eyes. Let me know what you think of some of these when you get around to watching them (I know how it goes when we have an endless watchlist to catch up on LOL).
I believe The Deep from imprint is all regions A, B and C so will play on any Blu-ray player
You got my husband excited about Red Rocks West.
I really had a good time with that one, having not seen it for almost 30 years. Good neo-noir thriller with an awesome cast too. And the Vinegar Syndrome treatment looks beautiful (both the restoration and packaging).
The Protege is highly recommended. Thanks for the Hypnotic suggestion, not a film I'd heard of, it's available streaming in 4K.
Yeah definitely check out Hypnotic. It was a lot of fun. About what I'd expect from Robert Rodriguez. He's a great storyteller. That's cool that they at least have 4K on streaming. I'm guessing there will be a 4K disc at some point later on.
Love the random picks!
Thanks Frank! Appreciate you watching!
@@TheOriginalFuzz No problem!
"Conan the Barbarian" is an absolute favourite of mine and it's great to finally be able to own/watch the superior theatrical cut, previously unavailable since the VHS days...and now on 4K with enhanced audio as well no less ! Rounders is a great movie, I want that one myself ! Like you I discovered Sonny Chiba through "True Romance", I have the UK version of that Arrow Streetfighter set...it's a lot of fun (especially with the English dub LOL !)...it's so OTT though that I consider it more of a "fun time" than a favourite martial arts movie. My fav martial arts movies would include Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon", Jet Li's "Fearless" and Donnie Yen's "Iron Monkey" as well as Jet Li's "Fist of Legend" which is getting a re-release/remaster? from "88 films" in a few weeks time).
Thanks for watching and commenting here! So, I'm very curious... why is the theatrical cut of Conan superior? I watched the extended cut when I viewed my copy. What makes the theatrical cut the way to go? I just assumed we'd get more scenes with the extended cut.
I totally agree about Street Fighter... the English dubs are hilarious! LMAO! It's definitely more on the "light-hearted fun" side of the spectrum. I'm thinking about picking up those Shout Factory Sonny Chiba blu-ray collections next (Vol. 1 and 2). I definitely want to get more Chiba in my collection, but it's hard to know where to start, since he had so many movies.
BTW, thanks for the tip on Iron Monkey, Fist of Legend and Fearless. I will def put those on my list to check out. I've been getting into Donnie Yen a bit more lately (particularly the IP Man series), but I've not checked out a whole lot of Jet Li yet (aside from his appearance in one of the Lethal Weapon movies... can't even remember which one now. LW3?).
@@TheOriginalFuzz There are two differences between the extended cut and the theatrical cut. The first is the extended cut has an extra scene (or extension to an existing scene?) where Conan is talking to Subotai, it's unnecessary and as I recall the dialogue is a bit cringey, it just doesn't need to be there so if you're used to the theatrical (as I was when I was a kid and owned it on VHS) it's jarring when it appears on the DVD/Blu-ray and I always skipped it. The second and most important difference is the ending. If you've only seen the movie once it might not have sunk in yet that what really makes Conan the masterpiece it is...the fabulous score by the late great Basil Poledouris. Every second of music is perfectly scored to every scene. At the end of the theatrical cut, when Conan has slain Thulsa Doom and is sitting there, brooding on the steps of the palace the music is perfect...it's very "sad and thoughtful"...then as Conan stands and begins to swing the burning chalice the music perfectly changes to bring in an "exultant triumph" that leads into the crescendo and climatic ending. All of that has been ruined in the extended cut that we've had on DVD and Blu-ray for the past 20 years...the director chose to butcher the ending by adding in little cut scenes of the princess as Conan approaches Thulsa Doom and after he's slain him which kinda pushes the score out so that when we see Conan brooding on the steps the music is no longer the perfect fit that it was...and the mood of the scene is completely different. For someone like me that saw the movie as a teenager and LOVED it and the score to bits on VHS it was "blasphemy" LOL. Now, finally, we have the original theatrical cut and on 4K...it's literally made my year. I cannot tell you how happy it made me to finally get my hands on this theatrical cut and in such great quality with the Arrow treatment 🥰🤩🥰🤩😍🤩
In regards to Sonny Chiba, I have that Streetfighter set (UK version) and also the Sister Streetfighter set...the latter is not as good imo but it's still good fun and you can get hold of it very cheap normally and Sonny makes an appearance in one (or two?) of the movies in that set...one of those movies was also in the list of movies that Christian Slater's character went to see in True Romance (I believe it was a tripple feature he watched ?).
Jet Li was in "Lethal Weapon 4" that was actually the first movie I ever saw him in but my favourite Jet Li movie is definitely his "Fearless" followed by "Fist of Legend". I think Donnie Yen's Ip Man films are mostly pretty good (I don't think I liked the 4th one) but I prefer "Iron Monkey" to all of them myself.
@@tigerblue42 Thank you for that detailed explanation re: Conan. I think I understand better now, and what you're saying makes total sense. It sounds like I'll be watching the theatrical cut next time I watch it.😉 Also, I'll have to check out the Sister Streetfighter series too... and I believe you're correct: one of the "sister" movies was included in the True Romance Chiba triple feature that Clarence was going to see on his BD.
If you're curious, these are the two Sonny Chiba sets I will probably be buying next, from Shout Factory (or Shout Studios now):
Sonny Chiba Collection Volume 1 -- www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BBLD8CTX
Sonny Chiba Collection Volume 2 -- www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CH3ZF3DJ
@@TheOriginalFuzz You're very welcome 🙂Wow that's a lot of Sonny Chiba ! Each of those sets has 7 movies on it ! Should keep you entertained for quite some time ! 🙂👊💥
Wow. I think this is first positive mention of The Counselor I've seen on the internet. I have the movie myself and its not great but I'm not sure why it's hated to the extent that it is.
Well I saw it in theater when it first came out, so that may have something to do with it for me. It's admittedly probably a mid-tier film... but i still think it's entertaining enough. Plus, I'm not the biggest Brad Pitt fan, so I appreciated what happened to his character at the end LMAO!😆😉 Honestly, I'd rather see Ridley do something like The Counselor than one of his period films. Just my own personal preference of course, but I've always been more partial to sci-fi and action Ridley than period Ridley. I respect the epic stuff... but I connect more with the sci-fi and thriller side.
30:44 You got some nice pickups. I almost picked up brawl myself but passed on it. Maybe I should go pick it up and check it out. PS don't listen to these other guys that are telling you the shorten your videos or something like that. Those are obviously not creative creators. Keep doing you in love what you're doing and I support it.
Thanks so much for the kind words of support, Nick. Yeah I stay true to myself with this channel and usually take the criticism with a grain of salt (unless I think the person has a valid point). People who like longer-form content know what they're getting into with my channel.
Oh and you should definitely check out Brawl on Cell Block 99. I think you'd really like it, based on what I know about your tastes. It's a pretty bad-ass film... dark, but very engaging. And Don Johnson is awesome as the warden. Thanks again, my friend!
@@TheOriginalFuzz I'll definitely check that out I appreciate your videos and I'll glad you don't let others bring you down. I also appreciate your support with my channel on the other end. Looking forward to the next video
@@TheOriginalFuzz I shit you not I just opened up the box my buddy Jerry sent me I just made a haul video I'm dropping tomorrow and guess what!! Brawl was in there so I'm going to check it out tonight
@@movie_av_impulse LMAO! That's awesome man! Talk about good timing. Very cool! Let me know what you think once you watch it. I'll be sure to check out your haul update video too.
Great video. Had fun with this. Never knew what movie was coming next. Felt like a clean out the fridge night lol. I am a fan of Robert Rodriguez. Love his Desperado trilogy starting with El Mariachi. Also enjoyed From Dusk Till Dawn. Have you seen Mark Wahlberg's movie Fear with Reese Witherspoon? I picked up the Protege in a Wal-mart bargain bin for $8 on 4k. Didn't go into it expecting much, but very much enjoyed it. This comment feels as random as your video lol. Looking forward to the Oscar's tomorrow night. Lets go Oppenheimer. Hoping it sets a new record for most Oscar's. Thanks for helping me pass the time. Till next time. 🍻
LMAO! "Clean out the fridge night" Ha ha... I like that! I might have to do another rando video at some point, sort of a sequel to this one lol. I've never seen Rodriguez' El Mariachi trilogy, but I've heard good things about it. I'll have to check it out. And yes, I have seen the movie Fear... many years ago. It was pretty good if i remember right. And I believe that was the first big role Marky Mark got when he was first getting into acting. I too am rooting for Oppenheimer at the Oscars. I'm not as big a fan of the ceremony these days as I was when I was younger. Feels like a lot has changed in the last 20-30 years. But my mom was a huge fan of the Oscars and it was always a big deal in our house when I was growing up. Glad to see Nolan on the map this year. Thanks for weighing in Dwayne!
@@TheOriginalFuzz I 100% agree with you on the Oscar's. I managed to watch 4 of the nominated movies for best picture and i still hold on to Oppenheimer winning. However, the Holdovers and American Fiction where very good. Not sure if Fear was Mark Wahlberg's first movie, but it was very good. It was considered a sleeper the year in came out. 1993 I think. Apparently it was the one and only time he played the villain. I still remember the scene when he yells. "Let me in your house". Good times.
I've seen about half of the movies you have today. Pretty good stuff, although The Deep doesn't really start for me until Jaqueline Bisset's t-shirt gets wet.
Yes! You can't go wrong with Bisset's wet t-shirt... it definitely caught my attention LMAO! It was also a trip seeing Nick Nolte in such a young role.
Love Shooter and Brawl on Cell Block 99! Got Red Rock West and the Street Fighter Trilogy but haven't seen them yet. Avenging Force is a fun one and with some fun facts: Originally written as a sequel to Invasion USA (1985) with Chuck Norris returning in the role of Matt Hunter. 🙂
Very cool trivia tidbit on Avenging Force... I don't think I knew that. That's wild to think of it as Invasion USA 2 with Chuck! Red Rock West was a fun one... very entertaining, and looks fantastic. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thumbs up for Conan the Barbarian. A true classic. Captures some of the spirit of the original pulp fiction novels from the ‘30s. John Milius was a fan of Friedrich Nietzsche and it shows here. Conan the Destroyer is much inferior.
I had a lot of fun watching it the other night. It had been so long, it was like a whole new movie for me. I appreciate it a lot more now than I did, say, 30 years ago. And the 4K is gorgeous! Thanks for watching and chiming in!
Thank you my friend.
And thank you as always for your continued support! Always appreciate you, my friend.
@@TheOriginalFuzz 🤝
Might have to pick up The deep not seen It 👌🏻💿 great video
Yeah definitely check out The Deep, Stuart! I think it would be right up your alley. Plus, 101 Films is in your neck of the woods, so no region coding issues for you. Also, the 101 Films blu-ray includes an old archival making-of documentary from the late-70s/early 80s that is pretty interesting (I believe it's like 50 minutes long... it aired on network television here in the US back in the day).
@@TheOriginalFuzz just picked it up mate 💿👍🏻🎥
@@stuartgeorge2324 Very cool! Let me know what you think when you watch it.
@@TheOriginalFuzz I will cuz I always do my latest home movie watches vids 👍🏻💿🎥📺
Hey Fuzz.
Love your channel and ive been following you ( not literally through the streets...that would be disturbing 😂 ) for about a year now.
You inspired me to buy a 4k Sony blu ray player which you covered, and gave great advice on disc freezing remedies!
Having a TCL 55 Mini led tv with excellent AI upscaling, i took your advice and let the tv upscale as apposed to my Sony 4k blu ray player doing it...i turned that off.
Great advice sir 👍
Would you consider doing a top 10 blu ray transfer as i still buy them alongside 4k discs.
Im sure theres some 1080 blu rays out there that rival some 4k transfers obviously without the hdr.
I often see reviews saying certain 4k discs are not much better than their excellent blu ray transfers.
Be interesting as im sure most 4k enthusiasts still buy the odd standard blu ray films like you n I.
All the best fella
Daz
Thanks Daz! That's a good idea for a video... the best blu-ray transfers. I'll have to put some thought into that -- might take me a little time. But I like the idea. I think most people who collect 4K also still collect blu-ray, just because there are so many movies out there that are only available on blu-ray and will never see a 4K release. I'll chew on it and see what I can come up with. And I really appreciate your ongoing support of the channel. Sounds like you've been with me since pretty much the beginning (I'm approaching my first year anniversary of the channel). Very cool!
@@TheOriginalFuzz I thought you'd been doing this for years!
I don't think I've been with you from the start but certainly longer than 6 months.
Either way you do a brilliant job mate.
I'm subscribed to about 10 4k reviewers and you and Movie collector are by far the best.
Both of you know what you like and both of you are comfortable speaking to a camera.
Charismatic and thick skinned too and both of you reply to almost all comments made on your channels.
You're both easy to warm to unlike some others on here...
Keep up the great work man I always look forward to your videos whether I'm interested in the film or not.
All the best 👍
@@geminisundone Wow thank you so much for those kind words! Means a lot to me. Yeah I think it was March 24 last year when I posted my first video. At the time, I had no idea how the channel would be received or if anyone would care, but it seems a lot of good people like yourself have taken an interest in my ramblings, and I'm totally here for it! It's encouraging words like yours that really help keep me going here.😉🤘
@@TheOriginalFuzz You're welcome mate.
You're clearly a good bloke.
I'm currently watching Iron Man 3 on blu ray and through my TCL mini led 4k TV it looks sensational upscaled...god knows how much better it would look with HDR!
I'm happy with it as a standard blu ray though.
I only buy 4k movies with remarkable transfers or just incredible films.
Stillllll waiting on my PREORDER of Conan the Barbarian from Amazon…. guess I will never be seeing that
That sucks! Yeah I've heard that some people still haven't received their pre-orders yet (including other TH-camrs with much higher-profile channels than mine Lol!). From what I understand, it sounds like Arrow didn't produce enough in the first run to keep up with the demand for this particular set. Sounds like an Arrow screw-up. They should've known better with something as beloved as this that it would be popular. But hopefully, Amazon gets more stock in from Arrow soon. My guess is they're in the process of producing more.
@@TheOriginalFuzz That’s great to hear. I thought I was SOL but Amazon did send me an email to ask if I still wanted it and there was a problem with the supply chain. If Arrow produces more that would be amazing! Hope so
Regarding the pronunciation of "Cinématographe", I think you got it right. I imagine I'm going to a CINEMA and on the screen is a TOE with a GRAPH: "Cinema-toe-graph"! But say it fast. (The "e" at the end is silent; it's not like the "é" in café.) That's not the perfect French pronunciation but it's close enough.
Yeah I think that's how I heard Justin LaLiberty pronounce it (he's the guy running/curating this sub-label), so I was just trying to stick with that for consistency. It's a weird one. I'm sure loving this new label though! Can't wait to see what else they put out.
Why do Arrow tell us on 1 movie its Region A, but the other says nothing, guess what they are both REGION FREE, Sort it out Arrow please
Your introductions are tooooo long, just say this is a random list and start it, but you never
I can only speak for myself as a content creator here on TH-cam and sometimes I like to provide some context to “tee up” what I’m about to explain. Not all want that but then others do. As creators here we’ll likely never make all that view our vids completely happy…
If another creator does something I’m not interested in…I usually just fast forward right by.
But my recommendation for you is simply to realize that not everyone will create “specific content” for you, delivered in your style, for exactly how you want it. While that may make you happy - what if many others out there don’t like that? Then the creator “may change their style for a smaller populous thus hurting their visibility for the greater good. Making a smaller populous happy over what their larger potential may want - isn’t always the wisest decision.
Just some perspective is all I hope to share here.
I’m just happy to see “physical media collectors” here on a TH-cam creating content vs overly critiquing them.
I’m all for feedback - even on myself, but I want to make sure it is in an area I need to actually improve in for the “collector” in mind…
Just sharing…be well
@iloveblue7920 - We've been through this before, Paul. Once again, if you don't like the intros, you can always skip to the next chapter in the video. ALL of my videos have timestamps/chapters that allow people to skip the intros. But I'm not going to change how I do my intros, etc... meaning, I'm not going to stop being myself or staying true to who I am. If you don't like how I do certain things, you don't have to watch those aspects of the video. I appreciate you watching the channel generally, but just understand this is not a channel for quick sound bites, and it never will be.
@@ungraduatedmedia Very well worded aswell as being aesthetically spaced.
I've just looked at your channel and subscribed.
✌️
@@Sas-wk9lj The after taste of " your " bitter core is fully in view here.
Look up the word projection....I'll wait.
Deeply pretentious reply clothed in the hardest trying clothes I've ever seen...
Don't fear spaces too...figuratively and metaphorically.
It helps to break up your defensive rant.
@@Sas-wk9lj - wow…I truly am coming at this as a place of true respect for Fuzz and the simple nature of people to “throw around their criticisms.” Believe me when I tell you it’s NOT for views or likes of my own channel. Fuzz and I are good buds here on his channel and he on mine. We have similar styles. He’s a big boy and can handle his comments himself. I was simply stating a POV. Sorry if it “triggered” you. I get similar comments from folks at times on my channel and I’ve heard Fuzz mention it at times in his vids. I’m just offering “perspective” and not in a “sugar coated way” but rather a “respect way” in which many on the internet often don’t do.
Thank you for your perspective to me - but I can assure you it is misplaced. That all the same - you’re entitled to it.
All are entitled to give their criticisms but my goodness - can we not offer at how “long an intro is or not?” Let’s get serious here…do you like the content or not? Fast forward past the intro if it bothers you that much…it’s all I’m saying.
Hollow Man was good. The one with Kevin bacon? That was a fun movie
Smokin Aces was great. The second one wasn't so good
brawl on Cell Block 99 was a major disappointment. I watched it last night.
Sorry to hear you didn't dig it. I thought it was a decent film, but I can understand if it's not for everyone.
@@TheOriginalFuzz didn't make sense why he risked getting arrested because of the police. he ruined his whole life for nothing. didn't make sense. ugh. made no sense why he did that