The original Dragon's Lair hit the upright arcade machines
on Laserdisc format back in 1983.
Sitting in front of a television, viewers select with a remote control the chapters originally stored
on a LaserDisc (now on DVD).
It has a CD player for music, a Laserdisc player for movies (the most technologically advanced format in 1993), the hardware to play all of your favorite Genesis, Sega CD and TurboGrafx - 16 games, as well as exclusives
on Laserdisc sporting some very impressive graphics.
If this game's soundtrack doesn't release
on Laserdisc with an airbrushed slipcover I'll be frankly surprised.
Extra production info initially appeared in text and graphic form
on the laserdisc, and for the second flipper DVD, Anchor Bay produced a «Halloween Unmasked 2000» documentary.
We are continuously working on acquiring rights to films we want to include in the collection, and working to renew rights for films we previously released
on laserdisc or as a DVD or Blu - ray edition that has gone out of print is part of that process.
On the DVD, Dante explains how an early screening for Avco executives revealed the stylistic and lighting differences between Allen's work and the Hora / Bottin material, and the raw footage sampled
on the laserdisc makes it clear the integration wouldn't have worked.
Unavailable for years, the longer version — with prologue, epilogue, and additional scenes — eventually appeared
on laserdisc, also restoring Alfred Newman's Entrance, Exit, and Intermission music.
Sure, his earlier films like Bad Taste, Meet the Feebles, or Dead Alive / Brain Dead will never reach a mainstream audience, but Frighteners was a fun little ghost story with a once - upon - a-star in it and it was released
on laserdisc in an incredible version so I am sure it will see the light of day.
A making - of documentary, The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys, is included
on the laserdisc release in 1997.
The last time I saw this movie was
on laserdisc.
An extended 180 - minute cut
on laserdisc added deleted bits, alternate takes, an overture, and an intermission.
On laserdisc, it fared much better, receiving the trailer, plus an audio commentary, a deleted scene, a featurette on visual effects, and several Lindsay Lohan screen tests.
Unfortunately, his commentary
on the laserdisc's second track is less than inspired.
As
on laserdisc and DVD, Last Temptation is joined by a modest collection of extras, less than you would expect for a film of its reputation and for being Criterion's only Scorsese title.
The film entered The Criterion Collection
on laserdisc in 1997 (with spine # 352) and on DVD in 2000.
The trailer and TV spots were previously included
on the laserdisc.
At last, it is getting that with its long - wished - for, rumored, and awaited readmission into The Criterion Collection, who last released
it on laserdisc in 1998.
Criterion established itself as the gold standard for classic cinema on home video first
on laserdisc, then on DVD and now for Blu - ray.
You know who you are: You have all the Warlock sequels
on Laserdisc [and] the complete Leprechaun series on DVD.
I checked it out
on laserdisc, however, and felt disappointed.
Not exact matches
I think I know Batman well; I saw it multiple times
on the big screen, and I've watched it
on VHS,
laserdisc or DVD probably 30 times over the decades.
Let me start by saying that if you own the original
laserdisc set or the VHS tape, you're going to have to hold
on to your older copies of the film.
Filmed in 2.35:1 Panavision and originally released in four - track magnetic stereo sound (a rarity in 1975, a period in which nearly all movies were mono), the movie was all but impossible to appreciate
on television and even subsequent superior home video formats like
laserdisc.
Carried over from previous Criterion releases is commentary by director Terry Gilliam, co-screenwriter and actor Michael Palin, and actors John Cleese, David Warner, and Craig Warnock, recorded in 1997 and featured
on the original
laserdisc release.
To the best of my knowledge, The Sun Shines Bright has never been released
on video in the United States, not VHS, Beta,
Laserdisc, DVD or anything else.
Supplements for these platters are divided into two categories: «Bonus Features,» which are new and also appear
on the current DVD, and «Classic DVD Bonus Features,» which is stuff that in some cases dates all the way back to the Deluxe Edition
LaserDisc of Toy Story but has become, in these latest reissues, exclusive - to - Blu - ray.
In fact, I would go as far as saying the only noticeable flaws that appear are those involved in effects shots such as when the professor's model T is seen flying around Washington, D.C. Overall, though, the video presentation is crisper than anything that is available
on VHS or
Laserdisc.
Carpenter and Russell's
LaserDisc commentary from 1995 — their first yak - track together — is recycled here and deserves its legendary status, the only peril of the yakker's reuse that the boys refer us to supplementary material that's no longer
on board.
Some of the extras
on the «Platoon» Blu - ray, such as the commentaries, date back to the amazing Pioneer Special Edition
laserdisc of 1995.
The Magnificent Ambersons radio performance comes from the super-rare Criterion CAV
Laserdisc, courtesy of The Mercury Theatre
on the Air [MP3].
George Lucas, for all his pioneering in the movie business, made three really bad movies and ruined the «Star Wars» franchise for a new generation of moviegoers who only knew Episodes IV, V and VI
on VHS and
laserdisc.
Unfortunately, this Blu - ray, which also includes the film
on DVD and a code for a digital copy, doesn't include the extensive, 1.5 - hour making - of documentary originally created by Laurent Bouzereau for the 1996
laserdisc release.
On the Pocahontas
laserdisc, there was a highly - praised audio commentary, a making - of documentary with location footage, highlights of the film's premiere in Central Park, a multi-language reel of «Colors of the Wind», and interviews from the filmmakers.
Isolated mono track of Mark Isham's score and source cues, as originally featured
on Crirtion's prior
Laserdisc.
Score is in stereo
on 1996 CBS / Fox
Laserdisc (Cat.
Isolated mono music track of John Carpenter's score as originally present
on Image
Laserdisc.
Feature carried over from original
laserdisc set, but not present
on DVD subsequent releases.
This is the same audio commentary which appeared
on The Ultimate Toy Box, where it was ported over from the film's 1996
laserdisc.
A title in Fox Video's «Family Feature» series (it was originally issued
on tape and
LaserDisc by Warner Home Video), Thumbelina is presented in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen
on one side of the DVD and in pan-and-scan
on the flipside.
Though released
on VHS and
laserdisc in the nineties, it had been MIA
on DVD, in large part because of the deplorable condition of the vault elements.
Book - length film studies by amateurs can be traced back to Salman Rushdie's 1992 The Wizard of Oz, the volume that launched the BFI Film Classics — possibly the most bountiful book series in the history of film criticism in any language, and one that sums up some of the gains criticism generally can boast over the same period, when DVD extras, building
on the precedents established with
laserdiscs, started to become institutionalized.
I saw Ghostbuster theatrically and have owned it
on VHS,
laserdisc and two DVD releases.
Originally found
on the 1995
laserdisc, this program offers the standard mix of movie clips, archival materials, and interviews.
The Parent Trap first came to DVD in March of 1999 and it concurrently debuted
on VHS and
laserdisc.
Laserdisc, VHS, Blu - ray... if a physical media format has existed, then it's a safe bet that the Star Wars movies have appeared
on it.
The DVD's other commentary track, previously available
on the original
laserdisc release and first DVD (s), has director Singer and writer McQuarrie discussing the film's typical production aspects.
It was created for the movie's 1997
laserdisc and a shortened 47 - minute version appeared
on Disc 2 of the 2002 Special Edition DVD.
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia has long been available only
on import tapes,
laserdiscs and DVDs, which has probably added to its cult appeal.
Author Ray Bradbury visited Creature Features
on October 20, 1996 to autograph the new
laserdisc release of Walt Disney's 1983...