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Since recording this video I have added a few more titles to my collection. I did manage to get the Widescreen Japanese releases of RoboCop 1 & 2 and Ghostbusters. Titles below. Ghostbusters www.lddb.com/laserdisc/12193/PILF-7208/Ghostbusters RoboCop www.lddb.com/laserdisc/42320/PILF-7303/Robocop RoboCop 2 www.lddb.com/laserdisc/45043/PILF-7304/Robocop-2
Hi Oliver pretty new to your channel I'm going through your stuff but I'm watching all ya videos everyday... I'm just curious what TV do you have i.e brand?
Forgive me if you have covered this before, but do you happen to have the Laserdisc release of Michael Mann's The Keep? If so, is there anything different about the Laserdisc version of the movie compared to the current DVD version in terms of length and picture quality? I'm just curious because the movie has always fascinated me due to the fact that it was severely cut down from 210 min. to 96 min. before it's theatrical release in 1983. The DVD version has the butchered theatrical cut as well as crappy VHS-level picture quality.
How the hell does this channel only have 175k subs? I've been subbed to this for a few years now, and I don't understand how its not a 500k plus channel. The retrospective series alone is such high quality free content.
@David Mander Dave, I'm speaking more on all of his content, not just this. His retrospective series is more than mainstream enough. The laser disc stuff is niche, but more popular than you'd think.
A retrospective of The Mask would be great. Especially with the history of it being originally a horror film franchise New Line Cinema was going to replace Nightmare on Elm Street with after Freddy's Dead. Hence why Chuck Russell (who directed Dream Warriors) got hired. It was Chuck who told New Line to change it into a comedy and begged them to let him cast Carrey who was only known for In Living Colour. So they would use the rest of the budget on ILM. During filming, Ace Ventura came out and Jim became an overnight sensation, with New Line's gamble casting him winning. VERY interesting behind the scenes info.
Very cool. Pioneer alllllll day. I've still got about 700 LDs. Love the E.t. box, star wars definitive, all that anime as well. Still a lot of good reasons to rock laserdisc
Great video, you made me flash back to 1997 when I searched everywhere for an RF demodulator! Finally found one at crutchfield(called the store, pre internet as it is today). Thanks!!!
Awesome to see you’ve continued collecting and I always get a thrill out of seeing other people’s LD collections. Here’s a few notes I would add about the first third or so: Phantom Menace on LD is the best way to see the theatrical cut. It was only released on vhs and LD. I’m glad you mentioned the picture quality as most expect it to be awesome. The soundmix is the theatrical Dolby EX track and a powerhouse. Every successive release is a remix and not as good. Goldeneye is the go-to LD overall. The ac3 issue is very common and has heavy lfe and bass in both 2.0 and 5.1 mixes. I call it the Goldeneye club mix. The dts pressing fixes this and is an even more aggressive track that betters even the Blu-ray audio I would argue. If you haven’t gotten Tomorrow Never Dies yet I’d strongly advise it. The sound is even better and I think it’s the best LD transfer I’ve ever seen. Superman letterboxed has a noisy transfer but is my favorite release because the audio was derived from the 70mm mix which finally got officially released on the UHD release. II is harder to find in widescreen and I like the mix best on LD though no one has ever mentioned the Megasound premiere mix which was WB’s attempt to have Sensurround type bass. III in widescreen is incredibly rare on LD. Speed was reissued with ac3 but it’s very difficult to find since the original is one of the most common LDs of all time. DADC USA was the Sony plant with issues. You have to look for the DADC Austria pressings which are rot free.
Love laserdiscs I wish I had kept all the discs and players that I had collected very inexpensively from 15 years ago. I had 500 discs and 7 players. Still have an Onkyo player and a bunch of discs. I kept the 1997 Star Wars reissue box set and the Terminator 2 box set. It's such an experience between the art work and respecting the physical size of the medium. So much of a visceral experience over clicking your mouse to open VLC player and watch something you have downloaded
I still have my laserdisc player and my laserdisc collections. New Kids On the Block was my first laserdisc that I got for Christmas because a family member thought that it was a record. Took me a month to get me a laserdisc player!
Been collecting Lasers for about a year and a half now and i’ve managed to accumulate over 70 titles. Like you Oliver, I’ve managed to pretty much find all the titles I was after but I’m always curious to find any more interesting gems 📀
Thanks for the tour, you're a great host! I had a player and some movies about 5 years back, but nobody in my circle "got" the attraction. I still look for a nice player locally for not too much money. The Robocop one of yours is my favorite.
Loved this! Amazing collection, Oliver. For people such as myself who are giving thought to collecting the format it's good that you give out information on which titles are prone to disc rot. Those boxsets are things of beauty, especially the definitive Star Wars one at the end.
Hi Oliver, the unrated director's cut version of True Romance is considerably more violent than the theratrical cut, particularly the scene where Alabama is confronted by James Gandolfini's mobster character.
6:30 Love the cover for Masters of The Universe, beautiful poster. I don't care whatever anyone says about this movie, i love it. Got it on Blu-ray, sits on the shelf next to Super Mario Bros The Movie 🤣 (love that movie too)
Great content, so awesome :) I'm from germany and was one of the few people back then who ordered the Laserdisc-System for the Amiga 500...together with 1 game ;) didn't know there were movies available this way before. We had an US-Video Center nearby where i got very cool editions of some my favourite movies. Dawn of the Dead (Elite, ntsc, 142min, DC) The Killer (Criterion sp.ed.) Hellbound (Anchor Bay/Lumivision) Evil Dead (Hk) Evil Dead 2 (Elite Sp.Ed.) Fist of the Northstar (same as yours, not a favourite but for the archives) From dusk till dawn (Dimension Sp.Ed.) ... I own a few german editions, Lethal Weapon, Ghostbusters 2, not recommended because not complete sometimes. Awesome collection you have there :)
Great collection you have there. I have around 80 Laserdiscs. Do you collect soundtracks at all as you mention soundtracks a lot in this Vlog. Just wandering as l collect soundtracks on CD and was looking for people who are also interested for chatting to.
I never heard of that Karate Cop before. I have a VHS movie called Karate Cop, but it stars Jeff Wincott and Cynthia Rothrock, and is actually Martial Law 2, the sequel to Martial Law, which starred David Carradine in quite a meaty bad guy role. :P Both Martial Laws are available on Prime in widescreen HD. :)
Still need "Flight of the Navigator" on Laserdisc as well. One of my most favorite childhood movies. Yeah the soundtrack is basically what made this film stuck into my mind. Thanks the hammering NED Synclavier sounds that Alan Silvestri used. Damn fine score. Which cut is the Kevin Costner Robin Hood movie? I think warner only releases the directors Cut on DVD and only on Blu-ray you finally had the theatrical cut available again. Yes, 4:3 material looks amazing on Laserdisc. Which makes it hold up a lot better with DVD rather than the letterboxed movies. That Japanese LD of "SUperman IV" basically looks like the german TV master which too included the extra scenes with the tornado and the nuclear missle parade at the red square... and i hated to find out years later that these scened are not part of the normal film but only on video. It was the way i saw this film as a kid back then on TV and without these scenes... the film is really missing a lot :(
Flight of the Navigator is in widescreen on DVD. I discovered the limited edition Blu Ray of the film too late. By the time I had money for it, it was gone...sort of. People are charging an arm and a leg for it on ebay.
wow… maybe import the german Blu-ray release from Splendid films. It has a great HD master. They even had a 30th anniversary Mediabook release. You can get the regular Blu-ray for a few bucks as Splendid is actually a budget label.
This is awesome. Just up to Rain Man so far, very cool collection. Awesome you got the only widescreen of Masters of the Universe. Cop Land with Andy Garcia? Think you meant Ray Liotta, mate.
@@OliverHarper All good, mate. Was cool to see the collection. Enjoy your retrospective/reviews, always a pleasure to hear a fellow person who appreciates the art of film.
Interesting… Street Fighter was Super35? Did Columbia Pictures ever release that 4:3 version on DVD as well? Like 20th Century Fox did with "The Abyss" even thou only in the USA. Not in Europe.... That would be awesome because you did see a lot more at the top and bottom. I'm almost certain Columbia Pictures did release it since Terminator 3 exists as 4:3 open matte DVD version as well.
Good Ol Laserdisc .... only have a few left now since my player died a death ... sold most , only a handful left on ebay for sale and get silly offers for them
My LaserDisc player just died recently putting a small halt to my channel. Bought another one off Ebay but it was junk. Have you taken to converting your LD's to a more digital format (Dvd)?
Yeah man, people overvalue Laserdisc a LOT over here in Germany… People demand insane prices even for simple PAL releases… and you should see the prices for NTSC discs or even worse... Music Laserdiscs. So far i had been lucky and didn't pay all toooo much for my collection... with the exception of the Disney Archive CAV Box of "TRON" or the Criterion Collection release of "2001 - a space odyssey" which i wanted because THAT version was supervised and authorized by Kubrick himself. Unlike MGM's 30th Anniversary CLV release, which was also sourced from a 70mm print (and actually looks a lot better too). I think the Tron box did cost me 50 € and the Criterion of 2001 ca. 40 €. That was probably the most i ever paid for certain Laserdisc releases but you hardly get them for a few bucks like in the US of A.... where they seem to go away for pennies. Plus some don't pop up that often either. Sometimes you're lucky and you get a set of various films together a lot cheaper than you would if you'd buy them separately. This is how i got my Alien CAV collectors box from 1992. Which is such a nice release. Or the restored CLV version of "Aliens" (Theatrical cut) which was sourced from the original 35mm OCN for that release. It still holds up really well, compared to the Alien Quadrology DVD set, which suffers from nasty DRM and bad macroblocking & compression artifacts.
@@OliverHarper Yup… and sometimes they don't come with remote. My LD player came without one so i cannot even switch between digital and analog audio because the player itself has no button for that…
Are you sure the US version of "Masters of the universe" is pan scan and not open matte? LDDB sometimes lists open matte versions as 4:3 pan scan. I think i may take a look at that LD release of "muppets a christmas Carol". I saw that film at the cinema back in 93 together with my mom and my best buddy from school so that film really was quite an experience :) My first theatrical experience of a Muppets movie. YASS that Golden Eye laserdisc is a must have for every LD collection :) Yes it is a great release and it's feature packed. It's nice to have it because that way you can watch the Tina Turner musicvideo with lossless audio, compared to the DVD which has of course only lossy Dolby Stereo. That Austin Powers Laserdisc was still closer to the theatrical aspect ratio than the first DVD release here in Germany done by Kinowelt. Which was 2,20:1. I think the later Blu.ray was 2,35:1.
Fun video as always Oliver. Randomly, a nice shout out for Psycho 2 arrow video had this title in a sale recently and I dipped into the film again so been on my mind a lot, agreed good/great sequel
I can’t believe they would’ve released Barton Fink (or any Coen Bros film) in pan and scan, that’s just criminal! Great mention though. Still waiting for a good transfer of Miller’s Crossing.
Cop Land!! I have it on dvd but nobody knows about it. Underrated film. Certainly not perfect but a nuanced performance from Stallone and a great cast.
If Richard Stanley says that Death Machine rips off his film, he may well be right, but he should be honest and also point out that HE was successfully sued because Hardware rips off a 2000 AD Comic.
What actually is Laser Rot? Curious to know is this only found on Laser disc or can DVD and Blu Ray suffer from this as well, never heard of it before.
Yes it can affect other types of disc but it generally depends on how well they were manufactured (hence why some titles are more prone to it) and to an extent how well you take care of them. As for the explanation, I googled it for you: Laser rot is the appearance of video and audio artifacts during the playback of LaserDiscs, and their progressive worsening over time. It is most commonly attributed to oxidation in the aluminum layers by poor quality adhesives used to bond the disc halves together.
Laser rot is basically the deterioration of the reflective surface that gets eaten by the corrosive additions of the glue that was used to merge the two sides together. Because every Laserdisc is a bond of two discs (like you would glue together two CDs with the readable side facing outwards). Some pressing facilities used pretty aggressive glues and basically all of the very earlier LaserVision / DiscoVision Laserdiscs of the late 70s and early 80s are all ruined now because of that glue issue. However that problem was detected and fixed at one point. Especially DADC austria and Pioneer Japan were known for outstanding pressings that were completely free from laser rot since they used glues that did NOT attack the reflective coating of the discs. Pioneer USA however....... Funny thing is even early DVDs suffer from this issue. Like some Warner titles. Heck, even HD-DVD was affected by Laserrot.
I bought that Star Wars Definity Collection for a good price of ebay. And a cheap Laserdisc player. The player was deliverd broken and the seller didnt respond so now i have the laserdiscs but no player.
D'you have Marlon Brando's One Eyed Jacks?Any Jim Thompson?Coup De Torchon?Laser Rot-The Movie?:)Laser Rot-the Videogame?LaserRot-thekid's animation series from the 90's?That was Gold Ollie,Gold:)
Spent £95 and a £5 whsmith voucher to get the criterion LD of Robocop back in 1997. Only way to see the directors cut back then. I earned £3 an hour. Money well spent.
so your old video of your collection popped up after this one and you explain laser rot pretty well there right in the first few min. so nevermind. love your vids especially your retros. carry on.
because the film negatives appear to have been destroyed... there's only a workprint that exists as VHS copy. And i think Paramount included that one on the Blu-ray release. We still might never get to see the film Paul Anderson REALLY wanted to make.
What sort of upscaler do you use to make the picture look better on modern TVs? Scream/Shout Factory in the US is working on a Special Edition release of Event Horizon, they put out notices that they're looking for any usable footage.
I use a DVDO scaler to upscale my LaserDisc player. It does an okay job but using LaserDisc on modern TVs never gets fully satisfying results compared to the old CRTs.
The NTSC (US/Japan) market for LaserDisc was far bigger than the European LD market. More titles, better transfers, more special editions and box sets. Simple as that really.
To the younger views: Laser discs are for the top end of elite civilization. Most of people will never ever afford...but to collectors as well are indispensable.
i only have Star wars Original trilogy Special edition, i have no laserdisc player, but i got for dirt cheap, empire and jedi not even opened. Could you do retrospective from Mel Gibsons Payback? thats i think one of best Gibson movies
I love the packaging of laser discs with that giant artwork. But with so many references to laser rot, it seems to be common enough of a defect that I’d be scared to collect. Does rot cause the disc to stop playing or does the picture just suffer temporarily?
It is rare and normally only a very few releases are susceptible to it as its more of a manufacturing issue. It does not stop playing but it does cause some video/audio distortions.
Since recording this video I have added a few more titles to my collection. I did manage to get the Widescreen Japanese releases of RoboCop 1 & 2 and Ghostbusters. Titles below.
Ghostbusters www.lddb.com/laserdisc/12193/PILF-7208/Ghostbusters
RoboCop www.lddb.com/laserdisc/42320/PILF-7303/Robocop
RoboCop 2 www.lddb.com/laserdisc/45043/PILF-7304/Robocop-2
How about a retrospective on the Dark Knight Rises??
I find the vast majority of life on this planet to absolutely abhorrent, with the exception of Oliver Harper's channel.
Hi Oliver pretty new to your channel I'm going through your stuff but I'm watching all ya videos everyday... I'm just curious what TV do you have i.e brand?
Was that the Cannon Films jingle at the start of this video?
Forgive me if you have covered this before, but do you happen to have the Laserdisc release of Michael Mann's The Keep?
If so, is there anything different about the Laserdisc version of the movie compared to the current DVD version in terms of length and picture quality?
I'm just curious because the movie has always fascinated me due to the fact that it was severely cut down from 210 min. to 96 min. before it's theatrical release in 1983. The DVD version has the butchered theatrical cut as well as crappy VHS-level picture quality.
To the younger viewers lasersdisks are DVD of the 80's
only they didn't come with user prohibited features or non-skippable forced trailers but just played the film right away
Laserdiscs and players came out in the 90's just saying.....😉
@The Old Bad Gamer And to the Zoomers.... Blu-rays are the UHDs of the mid/late 00s.
omg thank you so much i was so confused. im not being sarcastic.
I always thought they look like records, when they were displaying them at every Blockbuster stores; those were the good days.😉
How the hell does this channel only have 175k subs? I've been subbed to this for a few years now, and I don't understand how its not a 500k plus channel. The retrospective series alone is such high quality free content.
@David Mander Dave, I'm speaking more on all of his content, not just this. His retrospective series is more than mainstream enough.
The laser disc stuff is niche, but more popular than you'd think.
Love these! A house without films or books has no soul.
A house with no shingles has no shingles.
A retrospective of The Mask would be great. Especially with the history of it being originally a horror film franchise New Line Cinema was going to replace Nightmare on Elm Street with after Freddy's Dead. Hence why Chuck Russell (who directed Dream Warriors) got hired. It was Chuck who told New Line to change it into a comedy and begged them to let him cast Carrey who was only known for In Living Colour. So they would use the rest of the budget on ILM. During filming, Ace Ventura came out and Jim became an overnight sensation, with New Line's gamble casting him winning. VERY interesting behind the scenes info.
Very cool. Pioneer alllllll day. I've still got about 700 LDs. Love the E.t. box, star wars definitive, all that anime as well. Still a lot of good reasons to rock laserdisc
Uncompressed audio even with dated technology like optical cable sounds awesome and superior to audio on modern formats.
Great video, you made me flash back to 1997 when I searched everywhere for an RF demodulator! Finally found one at crutchfield(called the store, pre internet as it is today). Thanks!!!
Interesting to see a bit of growth in LaserDisc collecting. Nice treat of a video this will be Oliver!
Awesome to see you’ve continued collecting and I always get a thrill out of seeing other people’s LD collections. Here’s a few notes I would add about the first third or so:
Phantom Menace on LD is the best way to see the theatrical cut. It was only released on vhs and LD. I’m glad you mentioned the picture quality as most expect it to be awesome. The soundmix is the theatrical Dolby EX track and a powerhouse. Every successive release is a remix and not as good.
Goldeneye is the go-to LD overall. The ac3 issue is very common and has heavy lfe and bass in both 2.0 and 5.1 mixes. I call it the Goldeneye club mix. The dts pressing fixes this and is an even more aggressive track that betters even the Blu-ray audio I would argue. If you haven’t gotten Tomorrow Never Dies yet I’d strongly advise it. The sound is even better and I think it’s the best LD transfer I’ve ever seen.
Superman letterboxed has a noisy transfer but is my favorite release because the audio was derived from the 70mm mix which finally got officially released on the UHD release. II is harder to find in widescreen and I like the mix best on LD though no one has ever mentioned the Megasound premiere mix which was WB’s attempt to have Sensurround type bass. III in widescreen is incredibly rare on LD.
Speed was reissued with ac3 but it’s very difficult to find since the original is one of the most common LDs of all time.
DADC USA was the Sony plant with issues. You have to look for the DADC Austria pressings which are rot free.
Love laserdiscs I wish I had kept all the discs and players that I had collected very inexpensively from 15 years ago. I had 500 discs and 7 players. Still have an Onkyo player and a bunch of discs. I kept the 1997 Star Wars reissue box set and the Terminator 2 box set. It's such an experience between the art work and respecting the physical size of the medium. So much of a visceral experience over clicking your mouse to open VLC player and watch something you have downloaded
I still have my laserdisc player and my laserdisc collections. New Kids On the Block was my first laserdisc that I got for Christmas because a family member thought that it was a record. Took me a month to get me a laserdisc player!
8:50 Wow, now that is one beautiful LaserDisc. I would frame that, awesome cover art, awesome Bond movie.
Been collecting Lasers for about a year and a half now and i’ve managed to accumulate over 70 titles. Like you Oliver, I’ve managed to pretty much find all the titles I was after but I’m always curious to find any more interesting gems 📀
Thanks for the tour, you're a great host! I had a player and some movies about 5 years back, but nobody in my circle "got" the attraction. I still look for a nice player locally for not too much money. The Robocop one of yours is my favorite.
I still have a couple of laser disks, those being the original star wars trilogy and others
So glad I bought a Laserdisc player that plays the other side automatically on Craigslist. I'm lazy.
That's pretty cool
Really entertaining laserdisc review, keep it up.
Loved this! Amazing collection, Oliver. For people such as myself who are giving thought to collecting the format it's good that you give out information on which titles are prone to disc rot. Those boxsets are things of beauty, especially the definitive Star Wars one at the end.
Had a couple of those myself... ages ago and only the PAL versions... ;)
It was nice to see the big sleeves again.
Great Laser Disc collection Oliver.
Fine Collection
I just watched Black Rain the other day for the first time. Neat to see that as an opener.
Hi Oliver, the unrated director's cut version of True Romance is considerably more violent than the theratrical cut, particularly the scene where Alabama is confronted by James Gandolfini's mobster character.
I want to believe that "Death Machine" is on your list, Oliver...
You should do a Review Retrospective on some of the titles here... Disney's Beauty and the Beast being one of them
Yeah, I’d love for Ollie to make more retrospectives of animated films.
6:30 Love the cover for Masters of The Universe, beautiful poster. I don't care whatever anyone says about this movie, i love it. Got it on Blu-ray, sits on the shelf next to Super Mario Bros The Movie 🤣 (love that movie too)
Never owned a LaserDisc. Have a Betamax tape of Clint Eastwood's TIGHTROPE, though. Those LaserDisc cases are like record cases.
Love these videos.
Watching this at 2 am😂have to get up at 7 am
been watching your retrospectives for years no idea you were so cute
The lack of the movie Ninja Cop is staggering...
Oliver is the only guy I know who uses laser disc!
Really enjoyed learning about your collection and summary of each LaserDisc - thank you!
WONDERFUL COLLECTION!!!
Great content, so awesome :)
I'm from germany and was one of the few people back then who ordered the Laserdisc-System for the Amiga 500...together with 1 game ;) didn't know there were movies available this way before.
We had an US-Video Center nearby where i got very cool editions of some my favourite movies.
Dawn of the Dead (Elite, ntsc, 142min, DC)
The Killer (Criterion sp.ed.)
Hellbound (Anchor Bay/Lumivision)
Evil Dead (Hk)
Evil Dead 2 (Elite Sp.Ed.)
Fist of the Northstar (same as yours, not a favourite but for the archives)
From dusk till dawn (Dimension Sp.Ed.) ...
I own a few german editions, Lethal Weapon, Ghostbusters 2, not recommended because not complete sometimes.
Awesome collection you have there :)
Great collection you have there. I have around 80 Laserdiscs. Do you collect soundtracks at all as you mention soundtracks a lot in this Vlog. Just wandering as l collect soundtracks on CD and was looking for people who are also interested for chatting to.
I never heard of that Karate Cop before. I have a VHS movie called Karate Cop, but it stars Jeff Wincott and Cynthia Rothrock, and is actually Martial Law 2, the sequel to Martial Law, which starred David Carradine in quite a meaty bad guy role. :P Both Martial Laws are available on Prime in widescreen HD. :)
I love the large format. I wish movies came in that size packaging now (with modern specs) The sleeves are true pieces of artwork.
Search in Google for big sleeve blu ray edition.
Still need "Flight of the Navigator" on Laserdisc as well. One of my most favorite childhood movies. Yeah the soundtrack is basically what made this film stuck into my mind. Thanks the hammering NED Synclavier sounds that Alan Silvestri used. Damn fine score. Which cut is the Kevin Costner Robin Hood movie? I think warner only releases the directors Cut on DVD and only on Blu-ray you finally had the theatrical cut available again. Yes, 4:3 material looks amazing on Laserdisc. Which makes it hold up a lot better with DVD rather than the letterboxed movies. That Japanese LD of "SUperman IV" basically looks like the german TV master which too included the extra scenes with the tornado and the nuclear missle parade at the red square... and i hated to find out years later that these scened are not part of the normal film but only on video. It was the way i saw this film as a kid back then on TV and without these scenes... the film is really missing a lot :(
Flight of the Navigator is in widescreen on DVD. I discovered the limited edition Blu Ray of the film too late. By the time I had money for it, it was gone...sort of. People are charging an arm and a leg for it on ebay.
wow… maybe import the german Blu-ray release from Splendid films. It has a great HD master. They even had a 30th anniversary Mediabook release. You can get the regular Blu-ray for a few bucks as Splendid is actually a budget label.
21:25 Street Fighter - I'll always remember near the end where Zangief says "You got paid?".
damn good film. So 90s it hurts but it still captured the vibe of the game. One of the BETTER videogame movies.
"Bison's a bad guy"!! 😆
"Quick !!! Change the channel" 😂
Never knew they were that big 😂
This is awesome. Just up to Rain Man so far, very cool collection. Awesome you got the only widescreen of Masters of the Universe. Cop Land with Andy Garcia? Think you meant Ray Liotta, mate.
haha Yeah silly me, got confused with Garcia and Liotta!
@@OliverHarper All good, mate. Was cool to see the collection. Enjoy your retrospective/reviews, always a pleasure to hear a fellow person who appreciates the art of film.
Interesting… Street Fighter was Super35? Did Columbia Pictures ever release that 4:3 version on DVD as well? Like 20th Century Fox did with "The Abyss" even thou only in the USA. Not in Europe.... That would be awesome because you did see a lot more at the top and bottom. I'm almost certain Columbia Pictures did release it since Terminator 3 exists as 4:3 open matte DVD version as well.
Still got mine. Found The Empire Strikes Back in my dad’s loft recently!
Slipstream was released on Blu Ray as part of a 4 movies on one blu ray collection in Germany, available from Amazon Germany
Good Ol Laserdisc .... only have a few left now since my player died a death ... sold most , only a handful left on ebay for sale and get silly offers for them
Well at least people still appreciate them. The magic of physical media.
Forrest Gump sound is deliberately mundane until the vietnam sequence when it transforms to demo quality
you the goat need more retrospective reviews!
My LaserDisc player just died recently putting a small halt to my channel. Bought another one off Ebay but it was junk.
Have you taken to converting your LD's to a more digital format (Dvd)?
I’d love to collect some of these just for the artwork!
great films
very good video, thanks
First film I watched on LaserDisc was a 80s porno :D
I’m surprised you don’t have Raiders of the Lost Ark
Yeah man, people overvalue Laserdisc a LOT over here in Germany… People demand insane prices even for simple PAL releases… and you should see the prices for NTSC discs or even worse... Music Laserdiscs. So far i had been lucky and didn't pay all toooo much for my collection... with the exception of the Disney Archive CAV Box of "TRON" or the Criterion Collection release of "2001 - a space odyssey" which i wanted because THAT version was supervised and authorized by Kubrick himself. Unlike MGM's 30th Anniversary CLV release, which was also sourced from a 70mm print (and actually looks a lot better too). I think the Tron box did cost me 50 € and the Criterion of 2001 ca. 40 €. That was probably the most i ever paid for certain Laserdisc releases but you hardly get them for a few bucks like in the US of A.... where they seem to go away for pennies. Plus some don't pop up that often either. Sometimes you're lucky and you get a set of various films together a lot cheaper than you would if you'd buy them separately. This is how i got my Alien CAV collectors box from 1992. Which is such a nice release. Or the restored CLV version of "Aliens" (Theatrical cut) which was sourced from the original 35mm OCN for that release. It still holds up really well, compared to the Alien Quadrology DVD set, which suffers from nasty DRM and bad macroblocking & compression artifacts.
Yeah, I've noticed a lot of German sellers selling those DVL players for over £700! Way overvalued.
@@OliverHarper Yup… and sometimes they don't come with remote. My LD player came without one so i cannot even switch between digital and analog audio because the player itself has no button for that…
Are you sure the US version of "Masters of the universe" is pan scan and not open matte? LDDB sometimes lists open matte versions as 4:3 pan scan. I think i may take a look at that LD release of "muppets a christmas Carol". I saw that film at the cinema back in 93 together with my mom and my best buddy from school so that film really was quite an experience :) My first theatrical experience of a Muppets movie. YASS that Golden Eye laserdisc is a must have for every LD collection :) Yes it is a great release and it's feature packed. It's nice to have it because that way you can watch the Tina Turner musicvideo with lossless audio, compared to the DVD which has of course only lossy Dolby Stereo. That Austin Powers Laserdisc was still closer to the theatrical aspect ratio than the first DVD release here in Germany done by Kinowelt. Which was 2,20:1. I think the later Blu.ray was 2,35:1.
You are probably right about it being open matte on LD.
Remember when criterion collection released Akira
Is the master any good? Anime on Laserdisc can be quite hit & miss.... *looks at his Ghost in the Shell Laserdisc.......*
Really want to see an updated 4K collection
Fun video as always Oliver. Randomly, a nice shout out for Psycho 2 arrow video had this title in a sale recently and I dipped into the film again so been on my mind a lot, agreed good/great sequel
I believed the Work in Progress cut of B&TB was originally shown at the New York Film Festival.
please do that retro on tombstone.
best western ever.
I can’t believe they would’ve released Barton Fink (or any Coen Bros film) in pan and scan, that’s just criminal! Great mention though. Still waiting for a good transfer of Miller’s Crossing.
Cop Land!! I have it on dvd but nobody knows about it. Underrated film. Certainly not perfect but a nuanced performance from Stallone and a great cast.
would love a retrospective on the addams family movies. most underrated movies from the 90s.
Dude you need to watch "Lord Of Illusions" !!! Great movie.... :)
If Richard Stanley says that Death Machine rips off his film, he may well be right, but he should be honest and also point out that HE was successfully sued because Hardware rips off a 2000 AD Comic.
What actually is Laser Rot? Curious to know is this only found on Laser disc or can DVD and Blu Ray suffer from this as well, never heard of it before.
Yes it can affect other types of disc but it generally depends on how well they were manufactured (hence why some titles are more prone to it) and to an extent how well you take care of them. As for the explanation, I googled it for you: Laser rot is the appearance of video and audio artifacts during the playback of LaserDiscs, and their progressive worsening over time. It is most commonly attributed to oxidation in the aluminum layers by poor quality adhesives used to bond the disc halves together.
It's a contagious Jock Itch that became a popular videogamrein the 90's.:)
Laser rot is basically the deterioration of the reflective surface that gets eaten by the corrosive additions of the glue that was used to merge the two sides together. Because every Laserdisc is a bond of two discs (like you would glue together two CDs with the readable side facing outwards). Some pressing facilities used pretty aggressive glues and basically all of the very earlier LaserVision / DiscoVision Laserdiscs of the late 70s and early 80s are all ruined now because of that glue issue. However that problem was detected and fixed at one point. Especially DADC austria and Pioneer Japan were known for outstanding pressings that were completely free from laser rot since they used glues that did NOT attack the reflective coating of the discs. Pioneer USA however....... Funny thing is even early DVDs suffer from this issue. Like some Warner titles. Heck, even HD-DVD was affected by Laserrot.
I think I'm up to almost 100, I feel the same I still collect but Ebay is over priced, so I wait for select titles.
Yeah prices on eBay are all over the place at the moment, common titles hitting silly prices.
I bought that Star Wars Definity Collection for a good price of ebay. And a cheap Laserdisc player. The player was deliverd broken and the seller didnt respond so now i have the laserdiscs but no player.
Austin Powers was 2.39 :1 not 2.35:1.
VHS virgins have nothing on us Laserdisc chads.
D'you have Marlon Brando's One Eyed Jacks?Any Jim Thompson?Coup De Torchon?Laser Rot-The Movie?:)Laser Rot-the Videogame?LaserRot-thekid's animation series from the 90's?That was Gold Ollie,Gold:)
Is their a place In Chicago where I can take later disc but they are all movies
Slipstream!
I have that disc, still the best version all the other releases are the US LD master.
I have the UK quad poster.
When are you going to do a the dark knight review/retrospective and Spiderman 3 review/retrospective?
Spent £95 and a £5 whsmith voucher to get the criterion LD of Robocop back in 1997. Only way to see the directors cut back then. I earned £3 an hour. Money well spent.
as an uneducated in the laserdisk world i kept wondering about laser rot and what it is exactly. i prob could google it but was hoping youd tell me.
so your old video of your collection popped up after this one and you explain laser rot pretty well there right in the first few min. so nevermind. love your vids especially your retros. carry on.
Fist of the North Star was a live action? My friend worshipped the anime in high school.
Why cant we see the extended cut of event horizon?
because the film negatives appear to have been destroyed... there's only a workprint that exists as VHS copy. And i think Paramount included that one on the Blu-ray release. We still might never get to see the film Paul Anderson REALLY wanted to make.
I hope you do a big Ol' review of Lost In Space.
Are some of those pan and scan titles open matte fullscreen?
Nice laserdisc collection Oliver but what happened to the godfather movies
I used to have the first Godfather film on LD but gave it to a friend who had just started out collecting.
What sort of upscaler do you use to make the picture look better on modern TVs? Scream/Shout Factory in the US is working on a Special Edition release of Event Horizon, they put out notices that they're looking for any usable footage.
I use a DVDO scaler to upscale my LaserDisc player. It does an okay job but using LaserDisc on modern TVs never gets fully satisfying results compared to the old CRTs.
These not being in order....
Wait aren't you british ? Why do you only have ntsc title, I find that really weird.
I think he found only ntsc
The NTSC (US/Japan) market for LaserDisc was far bigger than the European LD market. More titles, better transfers, more special editions and box sets. Simple as that really.
highlander 3 was called "highlander:the magician" in scandinavia
Here in Germany it was "Highlander III - the Legend" :)
started collecting LD´s before they got really expensive.
28:00.... Yes!! But where's Alien and Aliens? The great 3.. Also where's Indy?.. Raiders is a must own
To the younger views: Laser discs are for the top end of elite civilization. Most of people will never ever afford...but to collectors as well are indispensable.
i only have Star wars Original trilogy Special edition, i have no laserdisc player, but i got for dirt cheap, empire and jedi not even opened.
Could you do retrospective from Mel Gibsons Payback? thats i think one of best Gibson movies
I love the packaging of laser discs with that giant artwork. But with so many references to laser rot, it seems to be common enough of a defect that I’d be scared to collect. Does rot cause the disc to stop playing or does the picture just suffer temporarily?
It is rare and normally only a very few releases are susceptible to it as its more of a manufacturing issue. It does not stop playing but it does cause some video/audio distortions.
Laser-Rotic-the moviemovie&viseogame
Do you have Terminator Ninja?
Will you be making a Ironman 1 Retrospective 🥺
When are you going to do a review of Annihilation??
And not one copy of Nukie..
I see you don't own T2 on LD anymore. Pity, as I think that's what one the titles you absolutely have to own on the format, in any of its versions.
I have a DVD copy of Slipstream. I bought it in HMV circa 2004, so I assume legit. But a poor edition.
The prices are totally absurd on ebay. The greed is real.
yeah its got a bit silly recently, people selling mid range LD players for silly money.