Mutant

Starring:Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, Jody Medford, Lee Montgomery, Marc Clement, Cary Guffey, Jennifer Warren, Danny Nelson, Mary Nell Santacroce, Stuart Culpepper, Johnny Popwell Sr., Ralph Redpath, Larry Quackenbush, Ralph Pace, Wallace Wilkinson, Charles Franzen, Lit Connah, Jerry Rushing, Chester Clark, Joshua Lee Patton
Director: John 'Bud' Cardos, Mark Rosman
Studio: WESTLAKE ENT. GROUP
Product Type: DVD

Frankenstein Conquers the World / Frankenstein Vs. Baragon

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NICE TO SEE THIS ON DVD! KEEP THEM COMING!
Media Blasters does it again
You're kidding me right...?
frankenstein movie
Going to be Tokyo Shock's best release.

Frankenstein Conquers the World / Frankenstein Vs. Baragon
Starring: Tadao Takashima , Nick Adams , Kumi Mizuno , Yoshio Tsuchiya , and Koji Furuhata
Director: Ishirô Honda
Manufacturer: Tokyo Shock
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ASIN: B000JU8H7E
Release Date: 2007-06-26

Description

During WWII, a human heart taken from a certain lab in Europe (Dr. Frankenstein's) is kept in a Japanese lab. When it gets exposed to the radiation of the bombing of Hiroshima, the heart grows in size, mutates and sprouts appendages, and eventually grows into a complete body and escapes. Later, a feral boy with a certain physical deformity (a large head with a flat top) is captured by scientists who refer to the boy as Frankenstein. The creature grows to the height of 20 feet, escapes again, fights police and army, and is practically indestructible. Later, a reptilian monster goes on a rampage. Eventually the Frankenstein creature and the reptile face off in a terrible battle.

Customer Reviews:

NICE TO SEE THIS ON DVD! KEEP THEM COMING!.......2007-06-28

I must admit that I liked these ToHo films as a kid,but they are mostly for laughs now.I guess a little for nostalgia too. These Japanese Monster movies are just hysterical! I had not seen this one for many years and I was doubled over with laughter watching it! It is great that they released this film and I would have given it 5 stars,but I remember some different scenes as a kid that ended up in the deleted scenes section of this release. Still all and all a great buy with 3 versions of the film and lots of extra goodies. I would love to see "War Of The Gargantuas", "The Green Slime" and " Yog Monster from Space" released!

Media Blasters does it again.......2007-06-28

Another terrific release from this company. I'm so glad that original Japanese features are finally getting what they deserve. Subtitles too.
Great menus and extras as well.

You're kidding me right...?.......2007-06-22

Yeah I saw this movie when I was about five or seven years old. I'm sure I liked it at the time, but I do not now. "Frankenstein" looks like a John Ratzenber look alike in bad make-up, The monster design for Baragon was better (why did it have to be wasted in this movie). I have never seen the alternate ending with the giant octopus, but it sounds stupid (even for a Toho Monster Movie). In the end, Tokyo Shock may as well be called Tokyo S&^&%.

frankenstein movie.......2007-06-16

i just want to mention that this movie is one of the best that toho productions has ever made as far as science fiction and i would reccomend it to anyone

Going to be Tokyo Shock's best release........2007-06-06

I've been waiting for this movie to come out for quite some time. This movie and War of the Gargantuas. You gotta love the beautiful Ms. Kumi Mizuno. Beside her, the movie is good, one of Toho's best. Add that with the features this DVD is packing. Both Japanese and American releases along with deleted scenes and commentary. A must have for all Toho and movie monster fans. This year has been a blessing for Toho fans with the rereleases of their movies on DVD in widescreen modes and with special features. Grab your friends and a six pack of beer and watch all these rereleased DVDs.

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a spy movie with four monsters
GOOD GODZILLA CLASSIC
Godzilla meets James Bond
Classic Media does it again
Enjoyable DVD of one of the more rare of the Classic Godzilla films. Though it's not without flaws

Ghidorah: The Three-Headed Monster
Starring: Akihiko Hirata , Yuriko Hoshi , Emi Ito , Hisaya Ito , and Yumi Ito
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ASIN: B000OCY7IU
Release Date: 2007-06-05

Description

(Sci-Fi) Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster -- A prophetess from Venus foretells cataclysmic disasters! Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan reappear in Japan, wreaking havoc! A giant meteor crashes into the mountains and the three-headed, fire-spitting space dragon King Ghidorah emerges! As the Venusian's prophecies come true, assassins from a tiny Asian kingdom hunt her down, while the Earth monsters must decide whether to settle their petty differences and join forces against the extraterrestrial enemy!

Customer Reviews:

a spy movie with four monsters.......2007-07-06

This movie is really two movies cunningly intertwined. One is a slightly above average monster movie, and the other is the story of a police officer trying to protect an asian princess from a band of assasins. The key connecting the two stories is that the princess is being posessed by the spirits of ancestors from Venus or Mars. (The Japanese version says Venus. The dubbed English version says Mars.) These ancestors have the ability to foretell the future, thus she is capable of foretelling the return of Godzilla and the re-awakening of Rodan, as well as the arrival of a new monster called King Ghidorah. (Nobody says what kingdom he rules.) Ghidorah was responsible for the distruction of all life on Venus/mars over 3,000 years ago. The survivors landed in the Himalyas, intermarried with humans, and lost their powers until restored by the approach of Ghidorah.
Meanwhile the assasins have located the princess and make attempts to kill her. These attempts continue throughout the movie until the assasins are killed by a landslide during the battle of the monsters.
Meanwhile, Godzilla has come ashore on Japan and found Rodan already in occupation. It's hate at first sight between these two and they commence a fight. As the fight goes on, a huge meteorite breaks open and Ghidorah appears out of a ball of fire.
At this point, everyone turns to the twin fairies from Mothra's island to call for Mothra to come to their aid. The old Mothra has died, but her caterpiller comes to do what he can. First he tries to persuade Rodan and Godzilla to join him in the fight against Ghidorah, but they refuse. Mothra then sets out to fight Ghidorah alone. Since Mothra is still quite young, Ghidorah is beating him when Godzilla and Rodan have a change of heart and join in to drive off Ghidorah, who flies off to seek easier prey.
due to a blow to her head in the final battle against the assasins, the princess returns to her homeland.
This film marks the turning point in the Godzilla series. In the end, Godzilla is no longer a destructive monster and has become a defender of the Earth if not of humanity. Also, the movies become directed more to the juvenile audience.
On the whole, this is not, in my opinion, the best of the Godzilla series, but I would place it in second place behind the first one. Because of the complex plot and excellent special effects, it is well worth having in my collection.

GOOD GODZILLA CLASSIC.......2007-07-05

Another winner from CLASSIC MEDIA! If you are a GODZILLA fan, add this to your DVD collection. Good, quality DVD.

Godzilla meets James Bond.......2007-07-02

Great Godzilla movie and loads fun, and not only because of the monster battles. It starts out (After the credits) on top of a building with a bunch of people looking for flying saucers. (These people NEED to get a life). One of the stars in the movie, a reporter, is blamed for the saucerpeople not coming, and a proffessor says "I can't help but think that terrible things are about to happen." DUH. After that intillectual thought, a woman screams that she saw a UFO, but turns out only to be a meteorite. And then the scene switches to the star of the movie, a policeman talking to a reporter about Enciphilitis breaking out because of the heat wave that that's going on in January. The reporter looks out into the sky and sees the meteorite that will give Earth a few problems. Stay tuned for more details. The reporter leaves and the dude's boss comes in and tells the guy to guard a european princess, Salina Salno, who is being sent to Japan because of an assination plot to kill her. Then the scenes switches to the Princess being hypnotised by an alien in a flying saucer to get off the plane, and the plane blows, up and a proffessor goes to find the meteorite, that fell, and will later find out that it holds Ghidrah. Later, the policeman finds the princess ands she's a martian from Venus. While this is happening, the assasinators are sent to kill the princess, this goes on for a while so I won't go to deep into it, and while THIS is happening, Rodan and Godzilla appear and start wrecking the place. And Ghidrah hatches from the meteorite and starts doing the same as Godzilla. The fairies from Godzilla x Mothra come in and call Mothra, (one of the babies died) and she finds Godzilla and Rodan fighting each other, shoots them with her silk and tries to convince them to fight against Ghidrah. They don't want to, so Mothra goes and fights Ghidrah herself, and Godzilla appears as well as Rodan and the three start attacking Ghidrah together. Meanwhile The princess's memory has restored itself and the assasinators have been killed. Meanwhile, Ghidrah is being wrapped up in silk and Godzilla tosses him of the hill, and Ghidrah flies away, humiliated. It's a great movie and great collection to any monster series.

Classic Media does it again.......2007-06-08

Excellent packaging, well thought out menu, good commentary and extras.The price point is the major selling point for me. Not my favorite Gojira flick, but the fact that its in my collection makes me happy.

Enjoyable DVD of one of the more rare of the Classic Godzilla films. Though it's not without flaws.......2007-06-06

While just having this Godzilla film finally on region 1 DVD, is cause for celebration, there is much more to this release than just the movie itself. With the addition of a great bundle of extra features adding to the fun, and a nicely designed package this becomes a very worthy purchase. But while the film quality is mostly above average or acceptable, it is unfortunately (though not unexpected) a bit below average at times. Just don't expect crystal clarity all the way through the entire film.

Good points:

1) The movie itself is one of the best of the Godzilla films. This is from the originators of the franchise and this being the fifth in the series, Toho studios and this production crew are at the height of their game here. Ghidorah's introduction as mentioned in other reviews, is very memorable. The human characterizations are fully realized and completely believable. Very interesting and compelling interaction between all the main characters. This is actually one of the better plotlines in a Godzilla film and if you subtract the Godzilla part of the movie, it's still a fairly compelling plot. Princess escapes death by unseen alien assistance, she becomes a spokesperson for the aliens and pleads with the earthlings to be forewarned of the emminent disasters that await. Foreign assasins attempt to find her and kill her. Police are involved in her protection as well in finding out why she now has the personality of an alien. The structure of the story is very well formed and does not have the hokey kind of plots that are reminescent of the low budget 1960's era sci-fi genre.

2) The package has a very unique look and design to it. The Obi band is a nice touch. And it appears much like the "Mothra vs Godzilla" package or the "Godzilla Raids Again" package. Very distinct, utilizing poster art from the era in which it was originally released, encapsulated in what appears like a film canister "look" to it, as a fold open style book. The center spine creaks a bit too much when it opens though. But perhaps it's appropriate as it further reflects the age of the original film.

3) The extras are well done. Poster gallery, commentary by godzilla "expert" and trailers and a fine documentary on Eiji Tsuburaya. The poster gallery includes brief explanations regarding each poster, which is a helpful addition.

4) Sound quality is very good. The introductory score grabs your attention and sustains throughout the movie. Dialogue mix has been improved over previous releases and there is a very noticable difference between the 50's era toho pictures and this time period of mid to late sixties. All the groundbreaking sound effects are here in bright and full mono, with both the Japanese and U.S. dialogue tracks fully represented. Some will be disappointed by a lack of sound options, but the sound is as it was originally released in 1964 with a mono soundtrack.

5) The anamorphic widescreen picture and image for the Japanese edited version while not pristine, and considering it's 40+ year old age, is not bad. Spots and scratches appear from time to time, though not glaringly so. It's hard to believe that this movie could look perfect after all these years, and it certainly does not. But here in all it's full color glory is about as good as it can look, which isn't bad at all and actually quite clear for most of the movie. Contrast is sharp, color is balanced well, images are crisp. And while there is some expected minor fading and it is at times too dark or too light, it does not detract from the overall presentation and most viewers will be satisfied with the film quality. Of course it will not compare favorably to a film released recently, but with the age that this film is and the fact it is of the low budget variety, it is comparable to other DVD releases from movies of this time period.

Bad points:

1) The American edit otherwise known as "Ghidrah, the Three Headed Monster" suffers from a worse looking image quality than the Japanese edit version. Right from the opening titles, the picture is blurry, colors are washed out, scratches and spots exist throughout. Contrast is poor and unbalanced, and though the majority of it looks about average or above, at times it looks like a VHS quality image. Most of the other Godzilla releases are superior in image quality compared to this U.S. edited version. The American Ghidrah definitely shows it's age. In addition several edits and changes from the original Japanese edit, detract needlessly. For example, editing out nearly the entire Mothra song that the peanut twins sing in calling for Mothra's assistance. There was no valid reason for cutting the song out. The images remain but different music has been inserted at that point. Sometimes the U.S. edit works better with dramatic music at certain points. In this particular instance it was ill advised.

2) The commentary, while much appreciated for all the vast amounts of information and anecdotal memories, becomes extremely tedious after a while. David Kalat proves from the outset that his knowledge of the subject matter is robust and authoritative as he covers a lot of ground in small bursts. But with one person talking almost non stop, it becomes tiresome to listen to. Perhaps another commentator teamed with him might have broken the monotony a bit, and could have offered another viewpoint to certain details. Also, while Kalat touches upon the differences in the U.S. and Japanese releases in a very detailed manner, it would have helped to have screen shots accompany his descriptions. Sometimes his knowledge goes beyond that of most viewers and he seems to assume everyone is able to follow right along. On the other hand, the personal stories of his own children's interest in Godzilla and it being the main reason he himself has altered his attitude towards dubbing, was a very interesting and illuminating observation. He definitely hit the nail on the head with those comments, which could apply to practically every person watching, be they longtime fans or casual viewers. Also, his information regarding the toho studios production schedules and how they were producing quite a few films in short periods of time, with some productions overlapping others, whilst using the same production teams, was quite interesting. It illustrates for me, the achievements made in special effects, miniatures, and production values that many of these toho movies are unfairly denigrated for.

So all in all a very good release, and while not perfect is still a very fine, complete movie package. Classic Media have proven with previous releases that they are capable of producing great products, and they continue that trend here with this release of one of the older, more rare Godzilla films and one that has not truly had a legitimate U.S. release...until now. I rate it 4 stars and a recommended purchase, with great extra features and a generously informative, though sometimes monotonous commentary track.

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Goat Voice: bahahahahahhahahahahadddddddd movie.
epic movie
Terrible Movie, Very Few Laughs
Time for directors to change their ideas
ugh, why did I think it was gonna be good?

Epic Movie (Unrated Edition)
Starring: Kal Penn , Adam Campbell (IV) , Jennifer Coolidge , Jayma Mays , and Faune A. Chambers
Director: Jason Friedberg , and Aaron Seltzer
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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ASIN: B000O76ZOO
Release Date: 2007-05-22

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By dint of the inexplicable popularity of their send-up of movie genres in the parody movies Scary Movie and Date Movie, writer/director duo Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer probably got an epic-sized bucket of cash for this hastily stitched pastiche of drive-by entertainment. There's no particular variety of movie they were sent to send up this time, unless big box-office grossers has now become a genre in and of itself. If so, Epic Movie may well qualify as part of that league itself. Very little expense has been spared to make so-called "comic" references to a slew of mostly recent blockbusters--The Chronicles of Narnia, Borat, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the X-Men and Harry Potter series, Superman Returns, Nacho Libre, and The Da Vinci Code to name a few--and it's assumed we've seen them all. In a goofy thread of a story about four orphans plucked from some of the above, battle must be done through various bastardized plots from same so that a prophecy can be fulfilled and they can assume their rightful place as rulers of a sacred land. Lots of crotch kicks, fart, urine, and vomit jokes speed by as we pass through Willie Wonka's factory and a magical wardrobe with an unusually interesting assortment of look-alikes and name actors caught up in the gag mix (some of it legitimately funny). Darrell Hammond, Crispin Glover, David Carradine, Kevin McDonald, Carmen Electra, Kal Penn put on game (and sometimes gamy) faces, and it's definitely a hoot to watch comedy improv alums Fred Willard and Jennifer Coolidge as Aslo the Lion and the White Bitch do battle in a Narnian good vs. evil character smackdown. As lame as you already expect a movie like this to be, anything that can throw together an homage to C.S. Lewis alongside MTV's Punk'd in less than 90 minutes can't be all bad. --Ted Fry

Epic Movie Extras

Watch the writers and producer talk about how adding song and dance made Epic Movie a smash.

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Description

The hilarious hi-jinks begin when a hapless group of orphans from curious backgrounds come together to embark on an adventure that takes them to a special chocolate factory where they fall into an enchanted wardrobe and wind-up in a magical land. Here, hilarity ensues when the bungling bunch run into a colorful collection of characters including a flamboyant pirate and a gang of wizardry-apprentices who they join forces with to overthrow the wicked White Bitch of Gnarnia.

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Goat Voice: bahahahahahhahahahahadddddddd movie........2007-07-04

I love parody movies, I am able to enjoy movies most others can't stand, and there have been some great parody movies over the years. But lately they have become more a trend to make then actually trying to make what a film parody is about... mocking other films in a funny manor, which is what Epic movie fails to do in 99% of it's attempt.

This film had a budget, it had the stars, it had nice sets, nice scenery, nice stages, BUT NO JOKES!!!!!!!! This is not a parody movie, this is clip's of movies you know with BAD attempts at jokes but I would rather see "actors who did not get to be in the big time movies that have been shown in the last few years that really really wanted to be in those films" rather then "parody" titled with this thing.

I do not consider this a parody movie. Nothing was funny at all, nothing made me laugh, nothing made me think "that was a good one" or "why didn't i think of that" and the whole thing was a big waste of time that these actors should hide there faces in for being part of.

The only thing I finally got a laugh out of was the end credits when it showed some outtakes... shows how funny a movie is when they have to do something by accident to actually be funny.

there attempt at "gross humor" with puss, pimples, farts, feces and vomit... been done a 1000 times, no shock value in anything you have already seen before and I love shock value humor, but this movie fails to come up with anything unexpected, over the top, or most importantly, NEW.

I love parody movies, if you loved movies like Hotshots, Naked Gun, KFM, Spaceballs, Scary Movie and the rest of the best... then take my word for it when I tell you that Epic movie makes Scary movie 3 & 4 seem hilarious compared to this epic p.o.s.

Why did they even make this film? Who gave it the OK? Who said it was good enough to be released.... in theaters??? Dont waste your time on this epic piece of s**** and expect an even worse sequel to be made soon.

epic movie.......2007-07-03

My Oppinion: Epic Movie was funny they could've done without the nacho lebrie skit but oh well. i thought it was stupid and hilarious, that's what it was meant to be.

About the film: Epic Movie is a spoof film of The Chronicals Of Narnia, Charlie & The Chocolate Factor & a little bit of everything else. It's mainly about four orphanes who win a ticket to willy wonka's factory and discover narnia and fight the evil white [...](The bad Guy), and in all of this they run into the most odd opsticales.

if you liked this movie then check out the soundtrack

Terrible Movie, Very Few Laughs.......2007-07-02

Following in the traditions of the 'Scary Movie' series, this movie is awful. Their really is no story line. The purpose of the movie is to try to make fun of other movies but the problem is the jokes are horribly unfunny. The only amusing part of this movie to me is the Captain Jack Sparrow scenes and only because they imitate him well. There was way too much 'Lion, Witch & The Wardrobe' spoofing. Whoever wrote this should be fired.

Time for directors to change their ideas .......2007-06-28

Epic Movie, a pointless and mostly unfunny movie, is out to get a get a few cheap laughs in an attempt to keep the parody-movie carousel going. Seemingly out to cash it on some of its predecessors (Scary movies, Date Movie, etc), the directors of this film try to get some chuckles with some of the same material: over abundance of lewdness and profanity, repeated jokes and lines, continual attempts at parodying some recent movies. As one reviewer mentioned, some of the movies that are parodied aren't anything worth making fun of, so at times the humor attempts are a bit perplexing.

What makes this comedy a failure is that there are ideas within each of these films to satirize, but the directors completely miss the mark because they are so concerned with juvenile humor. For instance, the opening scenes, where they are making fun of The Da Vinci Code and then Snakes on a Plane, could have been funny if they had taken the direction of actually mocking those films. What do they do instead with the frantic scene on the plane? Have some guy come out and repeat a line about ten times with profanity in it for some juvenile humor. Ha, ha. Real funny.

There are some other points where they could have used a movie's excessive popularity against it in a satire or parody, but instead they once again just relied on stupidity and immature jokes to make fun. The biggest examples are many of The Chronicle of Narnia scenes, when they first meet the queen ....

Everything about this movie is just about cashing from former types just like it. I'm sure there will be another film type like this within a year, and we might be writing the same reviews again.

Hopefully the directors will decide to change the course of their upcoming comedies and try a different formula in their movies, because their stuff is becoming old quick.

1 1/2 stars

ugh, why did I think it was gonna be good?.......2007-06-24

I am so dumb. I can't believe I had expectations for this movie to be good. I mean, it was slightly funny at some parts, but others just drag on and continue to be a desperate-to-be-funny bore. I like the Scary Movie series, and Date Movie was alright, but this just goes way too overboard. A friend of mine saw this movie in the theaters. When she came back, she said that she liked it, but told me that I wouldn't. I should've listened to her.

Can this even be called a movie? I view it as a series of skits spoofing other movies, kinda like a crappy version of Robot Chicken. In fact, I don't even think it can be called a spoof movie. It constantly just steals other scenes and other jokes from the movies it supposedly "parodies" and uses them completely out of context. Just look at the Nacho Libre scene.

I don't think a movie this pointless should've gotten a wide theatrical release. In fact, it would've been enough for it to be just a direct-to-video movie, because this shows just how overboard the Spoof Movie series is going. It has turned into a chaotic mess ever since the Wayans Brothers were kicked out of the house. I would be pretty angry if I were them, seeing a franchise I created being pissed on so greatly.

The movie was so bad that as I walked out of the theater the ticket taker personally apologized for not warning me. He said that if he told me how bad it would be, he would've gotten fired.
I think that's funnier than a good 90% of this piece of garbage.

The toilet is overflowing; the toilet is the Spoof Movie series, and the substance that is overflowing is this pathetic excuse for a movie.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3-Pak (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III)

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Wonderful
Ninja Turtles boxset DVD
The nostalgic only need apply
Child hood memories...
I love It this movies

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3-Pak (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III)
Starring: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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ASIN: B0000VV3U0
Release Date: 2003-11-25

Description

Catch America's favorite green teens in these three blockbuster film. After wading in a puddle of radioactive waste, these radical reptiles are transformed into New York City's greatest crime-fighting quartet.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful.......2007-06-09

These three movies are the best. Talk about returning to your childhood. I loved TMNT and I was sad that I never saw much of them anymore. Now, I can watch them whenever I want. It's a great deal, well worth the money.

Ninja Turtles boxset DVD.......2007-06-08

I love the turtles and nothing is better than having all three live action films in one boxset. Highly recommended for those turtle fans out there!!

The nostalgic only need apply.......2007-06-06

TMNT 1: Nice and dark, had a slight tang of the comic books while staying kid-friendly (for the most part). Animatronics aren't so hot, but admit it -- you're not watching it for special effects anyway! The story is wonderfully goofy: basically setting up the TMNT vs. Shredder, but including such ridiculous themes as ninjas corrupting NYC's easily addled youth in a coordinated effort to steal wallets and random valuables (no doubt to add to Shredder's impressive wall of televisions). But don't let that turn you off... it's a fun flick because it's so delightfully campy, and you can't go wrong with it.

TMNT II: TMNT II is not as dark and contains about 90% more cheese than #1. This said, I enjoy TMNT 2 just as much as I enjoy TMNT 1, just for different reasons. Perhaps because it reminds me so strongly of the Saturday Morning cartoon -- it has such a good heart and is so ridiculous that you can't help but come away from it feeling pleasant. Better yet, I feel they tried to include all of the Turtles instead of focusing so much on Raphael. The humor hits the mark almost every time: who can forget lines like "Too Raph!", and how can one not erupt into laughter when a stunned Shredder is warmly embraced by his idiotic mutant cronies? The animatronics/suits look great -- they're easily the best looking in the trilogy. Can't go wrong with the simple story, either -- it hits the right key with some mutant mayhem in the forms of Tokka and Rahzar, mutants who Shredder creates to defeat the Turtles. The most important and enjoyable part: "Ninja Rap." Need I say more?

TMNT 3: I never watched this as a child. So when I got the 3-Pak in, I decided to try it out. Unfortunately, it's terrible enough to burn your eyes out: the animatronics/suits are downright awful (the Turtle suits look like they came out of one of those egg machines in the supermarket), the dialogue is goofy, the plot is cheap and idiotic - well, I guess if I were more subjective, I could say that about the other two movies, but at least those campy plots fit with who the TMNT were. This one departs from the TMNT with gusto: they are transported to feudal Japan (utterly out of their element -- part of what makes them interesting is the idea that they could be lurking unseen beneath your feet in a sewer somewhere), where they are accepted by a whole Japanese village with open arms (despite that much of their allure is that they are pariahs), and some villains who are goofy rather than threatening (come on: Shredder could rip your face off... Tokka and Rahzar could throw a 200-pound Turtle thirty feet in the air... and then in TMNT 3 you have a shrimpy daimyo with the wide-eyed gaze and shakes of a chihuahua and some pasty-faced gunrunner with finches). I would have felt cheated had I not realized that you're essentially paying only for TMNT 1&2. 3 was thrown in as a gag, I suppose.

Overall: 3 aside, this is a collection you can't do without. The nostalgic value alone is monumental. And the movies are still enjoyable for kids of all ages - ideal for passing on a little of that TMNT bug to future generations! Definitely a must-buy for any TMNT fan, young or old.

Child hood memories..........2007-06-03

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3-Pak! That includes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles part II - The Secret of the Ooze, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles part III. About three turtles who made thier wat into a puddle of radioactive waste, that turned these turtles into radical reptiles, that are transformed into New York City's greatest crime-fighting quartet.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)- Directed by Steve Barron. Starring the cast of Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, and Corey Feldman. The Movie is the live-action, feature film adaptation of the cult comic book and the popular animated television show. After prolonged exposure to radiation, four teenage turtles--Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo, and Donatello--have mutated into ninjas and have begun living in the sewers of a large city. Under the guidance of a ninja master Splinter the Rat and television reporter April, the Turtles embark on a mission to run crime out of the city and battle the warlord Shredder.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze (1991)- Directed by Michael Pressman. Starring the cast of Joseph Amodei and Kurt Bryant.
The evil Shredder believes he's found what gives the turtles their power and proceeds to create dangerous mutants. Armed with Professor Perry's anti-mutant antidote, it's up to the crime fighting turtles and a pizza delivery boy to conquer these mutants.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)- Directed by Stuart Gillard. Starring the cast of Elias Koteas and Paige Turco. Everybody's favorite giant turtles travel through time and space to feudal Japan to rescue their plucky sidekick April, when a golden sword accidentally causes her to switch places with a rebellious samurai.

DVD Special Features for the movies include:
Interactive Menus, Theatrical Trailers, stills and more.

I love It this movies.......2007-05-22

I am a big fan for these series, cool movies

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The Time Machine
Starring: Rod Taylor , Alan Young , Yvette Mimieux , Sebastian Cabot , and Tom Helmore
Director: George Pal
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ASIN: 0790747324
Release Date: 2000-10-03

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After scoring popular hits with When Worlds Collide and The War of the Worlds, special-effects pioneer George Pal returned to the visionary fiction of H.G. Wells to produce and direct this science-fiction classic from 1960. Wells's imaginative tale of time travel was published in 1895 and the movie is set in approximately the same period with Rod Taylor as a scientist whose magnificent time machine allows him to leap backward and forward in the annals of history. His adventures take him far into the future, where a meek and ineffectual race known as the Eloi have been forced to hide from the brutally monstrous Morlocks. As Taylor tests his daring invention, Oscar-winning special effects show us what the scientist sees: a cavalcade of sights and sounds as he races through time at varying speeds, from lava flows of ancient earth to the rise and fall of a towering future metropolis.

The movie's charm lies in its Victorian setting and the awe and wonder that carries over from Wells's classic story. The pioneering spirit of the movie is still enthralling, but it gets a bit silly when Taylor turns into a stock hero, rescuing a beautiful blonde Eloi (Yvette Mimieux) and battling with the chubby green Morlocks whose light-bulb eyes blink out when they die. Although it's quaint when compared to the special-effects marvels of the digital age, the movie's still highly entertaining and filled with a timeless sense of wonder. --Jeff Shannon

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Absolutely Awesome!!!.......2007-04-08

George Pal's The Time Machine is one of THE great sci fi films. Forget the dumb remake, which totally botches the story. This is about as good as it gets fellow sci fi fans. In this film, a Victorian gentleman visits a hippy commune in the distant future and teaches them how to be men. (Of course that's not the real synopsis, but it fits!)I will not here start expounding on all that's great about this film. There's too much and the review would be too long. I will however say that this is one of my favorite films, has one of my favorite soundtracks, and has one of my all-time favorite main characters/protagonists. Too many sci fi films focus on a future that is better than the present, assuming a priori that things will only get better. I therefore greatly enjoy the novelty of this film's premise: the main character, who does not entirely like the Victorian era he lives in, launches himself on a trek into the future, only to learn that the Victorian era was about as good as it gets. The further he goes into the future, the worse things are, until about 800,000th year or so when he finds that those who are left who still resemble humans have been reduced to passive, unintelligent cattle. Note that the remake entirely botches this point. The Eloi ARE supposed to be human cattle. The remake took too many liberties with the story and unsurprisingly dropped the ball.

First rate movie.......2007-03-29

Very interesting and well done. Really enjoyed the story, acting and cinematography.

Priceless.......2007-03-29

This time travelling tale is getting quite old, but is still fine
entertainment that will stir the imagination. Saw this movie around 40
years ago and even if some stuff is outdated, it still holds my attention.

special for me.......2007-03-09

Just I consider: in this movie happen like that today, at any society.

A Great look at Movie History.......2007-03-08

It was a great book and although this movie is a bit different from the original book, the movie gives us a great look at the view of the future in the 1960's. Obviously H. G. Well could not imagine a nuclear holocaust to destroy what we know of civilization, but it is a better explanation then what the book gives us and is easier to relate to. H. G. Wells was trying to show us the downfall of civilization through industrialization, and the movie shows us the modern problem of the 1960's.

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The earth covered in water
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Waterworld HD-DVD
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Starring: Rick Aviles , R.D. Call , Leonardo Cimino , Kevin Costner , and Anthony DeMasters
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ASIN: 0783219857
Release Date: 1997-12-10

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Let's be honest: this 1995 epic isn't nearly as bad as its negative publicity led us to expect. At the time it was the most expensive Hollywood production in history (it had a Titanic-sized $200 million budget), and the film arrived in theaters with so much controversy and negative gossip that it was an easy target for ridicule. The movie itself, a flawed but enjoyable post-apocalypse thriller, deserves better. Waterworld stars Kevin Costner as the Mariner, a lone maverick with gills and webbed feet who navigates the endless seas of Earth after the complete melting of the polar ice caps. The Mariner has been caged like a criminal when he's freed by Helen (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and enlisted to help her and a young girl (Tina Majorino) escape from the Smokers, a group of renegade terrorists led by Dennis Hopper in yet another memorably villainous role. It is too bad the predictable script isn't more intelligent, but as a companion piece to The Road Warrior, this seafaring stunt-fest is adequately impressive. --Jeff Shannon

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The earth covered in water.......2007-06-03

Some people say there is dry land some where, a little girl has a map on her back to show the way, but nobody can read it.

Nitpicker's delight.......2007-05-20

If you take every movie seriously this movie deserves negative stars...it is that bad. Every aspect of the movie is ill-conceived and poorly executed.
However, if you and perhaps some of your friends enjoy nitpicking terrible movies, this movie is prime for the (nit)picking. Mystery science theatre 3000 watchers rejoice (if only they had used waterworld for the feature length MST3k)!
This is especially true for anyone who has any understanding of basic science. It takes seconds to travel from one glaring flaw to another! What hack wrote this POS? Who decided to pay for it without doing ANY fact/feasability checking! I don't think this movie left any natural law unviolated!
Have you ever smoked a decades old cigarette? Have you ever tried to use a shell that has been near salt water for who know how long (corrosion is pretty well ignored in every way)? Have you ever tried to fuel your jetski with CRUDE oil? Does a diving bell with a flexable surface maintain a constant volume as the pressure increases? Can you grow anything in salt-water soaked soil? I won't even touch how completely Kostner's special 'gift' violates every premise of evolutionary biology. Ever want to see someone floating in a turd shaped derigible?
I laughed the whole way through...maybe you will as well.

There's nothing free in Waterworld!! That goes for opinons!.......2007-05-04

If you have never heard of this movie, then give it a try. If you have watched this already and like it, the HD version is good and crisp! I mean, at times I looked at Kevin and it was so detail for water drips to water lol just being on him. I'll be honest, this movie is good, "not" great, but it was worth enough for me to make the purchase. HD didn't disappoint me. The water glistering and shimmering as they are the stars lol of the film. It was great. I'm glad it was good on HD, I was kind of worried with a movie being so OLD, I thought HD wouldn't do it justice and was actually ENTERTAINED like it was the first time I was watching it. The overall view is: Storyline: good Visually: HD is a GREAT bargain!! - - - only bad thing is no Extra :( but with the price I bought it on Amazon :) still turn that frown into a smile, because HD Movie makes it all in all, a new experience to CLASSIC Films.

Waterworld HD-DVD.......2007-04-09

If you like this movie you have to watch in in HD-DVD or Blueray. Although it isnt as good as the newer transfers it is still by far the best verion of this film. I really enjoyed the clarity and crispness of the action scenes. Also at the end, the land looked all that more inviting.

cut version.......2007-03-27

When I originally saw this in the theatre there were extra scenes shown. But the video versions were edited and the movie shortened. You get scene cuts in the movie and you realize that something extra was supposed to be there. If you want to see the full version they show on the sci-fi channel every so often.

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Great Movie, favorite line from a movie.
Creepy
Unquestionably the strangest film I have ever seen.
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the best orignal movie ever...Masterpiece

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Starring: Jack Nance , Charlotte Stewart , Allen Joseph , Jeanne Bates , and Judith Anna Roberts
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ASIN: B00003CWPL
Release Date: 2006-01-10

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This is where is the Lynchian nightmare began. Though he may have redefined surrealistic cinema in the 1980s and forever altered the face of television in the 90s, for many hardcore fans it is this infamous feature film debut that is David Lynch's crowning achievement. Many words have been used to describe Eraserhead (weird, bizarre, frustrating, enlightening, significant, unwatchable, meaningless, and momentous), but there is no denying it is completely unforgettable. As a surreal work of art, Eraserhead easily holds it own next to the works as Buñuel, Cocteau, and Dali. And like many surrealistic works, there is no clear answer on what Eraserhead "means." But, if you are trying to find a simple, linear, plot in Eraserhead, you are clearly missing the point. For Eraserhead is not simply a movie to view, but a true cinematic experience, like jumping into someone's nightmare and seeing it from their perspective. Whether you see it as a meditation on the terror of being a new parent, the suffocating feeling of living in an increasingly vapid, industrial wasteland, or a nightmare about the fear of loneliness, the film easily holds up to multiple viewings. And since this film is a dark visual ride and a supreme aural achievement, this long awaited, new transfer is an absolute blessing for David Lynch fans who will finally get to see, hear and experience Eraserhead clearly on DVD. Bizarre experiment? Surrealistic nightmare? Or a meaningless cult film? You be the judge. --Rob Bracco

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Is it a nightmare or an actual view of a post-apocalyptic world? Set in an industrial town in which giant machines are constantly working, spewing smoke, and making noise that is inescapable, Henry Spencer lives in a building that, like all the others, appears to be abandoned. The lights flicker on and off, he has bowls of water in his dresser drawers, and for his only diversion he watches and listens to the Lady in the Radiator sing about finding happiness in heaven. Henry has a girlfriend, Mary X, who has frequent spastic fits. Mary gives birth to Henry's child, a frightening looking mutant, which leads to the injection of all sorts of sexual imagery into the depressive and chaotic mix.

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Great Movie, favorite line from a movie........2007-06-23

Either you will love it or you'll hate it. I love it. It has my favorite line. at the start of the movie. "they're not even sure it's a baby" the movie is best in an old rundown theatre around 3 in the morning.

Creepy.......2007-06-13

Well,this is a strange movie indeed and I have to disagree with some of the reviewers that say this isn't enjoyable to watch or very entertaining,I think it is extremely fun to watch and extremely entertaining.This is the most creepy,depressing movie that I've ever seen.The one thing that I do know is that this movie is supposed to be a dream(or a nightmare I should say). I've also had the idea of turning a dream into a film(or a film into a dream)and can see that David Lynch had that same thought almost forty years ago and pulls it off perfectly.If you have one of those dream trans-later books lying around it would probably help to dig it out for a viewing of "Eraserhead".
I believe in actuality that Henry Spencer is a normal man with a some-what
normal life and that we are just witnessing his dreams and his doubts about life,lack of communication in his relationship,doubts of being a father,loneliness,suicide and the after-life.I don't think anybody really knows what the message is behind "Eraserhead or if there is a message but thats the great thing about it.Oh yeah,and THE LADY IN THE RADIATOR REALLY CREEPS ME OUT.

Unquestionably the strangest film I have ever seen........2007-06-02

I've watched several David Lynch films before and now that I've finally watched Eraserhead, I feel that I have a deeper understanding of Lynch and his films.

I think a lot of people who have watched Eraserhead have probably said, "What the hell was that? That was boring, pointless, pretentious and made no sense whatsoever." On the other end of the spectrum, many people might try to find some meaning with the film and try to make sense of Eraserhead in terms of it's imagery and the narrative.

I think they're both missing the point.

Eraserhead is a film that you surrender yourself to and absorb. It's a work of art, a dark, surreal painting with real people that has been committed to film. It's a gateway into the psyche and unconsciousness of a young artist (at the time) named David Lynch. The film is an experience - probably as close as you'll ever get to being able to watch someone's darkest, strangest dream unfold on your home theatre.

So is it good art? I think so. Good art should provoke a reaction in the person experiencing it, and Eraserhead certainly did that for me. It left me feeling unsettled and bewildered but at the same time I had the thrill of knowing I had just watched something completely unique, haunting, funny and in it's own weird way, beautiful.

Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Eraserhead certainly isn't for everyone, but I recommende it for film buffs, David Lynch fans and anyone who thinks movies can be more than just mindless entertainment.

cult film.......2007-05-25

It was near impossible to find until it came out on DVD. Strange film you should probably watch more than once. You have to be a little twisted to even want it, so it fit in our film library just fine.

the best orignal movie ever...Masterpiece.......2007-05-23

this is Eraserhead you don't like it...don't watch it... nothing more to comment

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Original Series (Volume 1)

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Ahh, childhood
An absolute classic cartoon revived on DVD!
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Original Series (Volume 1)
Starring: Michael Gough (II) , Rob Paulsen , Bumper Robinson , Barry Gordon , and Jennifer Darling
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ASIN: B0001FVDG4
Release Date: 2004-04-20

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The 1987 debut season of the wildly popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' first animated TV series finally arrives in its entirety on this single disc. And while it's a pleasure to have these long-unavailable episodes in DVD format, the set's lackluster presentation and paltry extras also make it a disappointment for those hoping for a more expansive release. Volume One contains the five-episode "miniseries" that comprised the debut season and explained the Turtles' origins; the episodes are presented with opening and closing credits, though offered as single chapters on the disc. The "bonus" material is four episodes from the series' tenth and final season, which were largely unseen in the U.S. (though some U.K. viewers may have caught them). While interesting from a completist perspective, their inclusion clashes somewhat with the first-season episodes, as the series' look and tone had changed considerably by this point. And when combined with the disc's overall lack of quality picture and sound (video masters appear to have been used), Volume One represents something of a missed opportunity for TMNT fans; however, having the first season on a single disc may be an acceptable trade. --Paul Gaita

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Nostalgia kick.......2007-05-15

I was surprised and pleased to find this on amazon, as I haven't seen the series since I was little. I used to watch it every afternoon after school. Brought back some memories.

Ahh, childhood.......2007-05-12

I'm glad I was able to find this. I enjoyed every episode and look forward to getting more. I am happy to say that I was not disappointed.

An absolute classic cartoon revived on DVD!.......2007-04-15

I grew up watching TMNT, and was delighted when the DVD release of the original series was announced.

This release features the entire first season from 1987. This can be a little misleading, as the first season only consisted of 5 episodes: "Turtle Tracks", "Enter the Shredder", "A Thing About Rats", "Hot-Rodding Teenagers From Dimension X" and "Shredder and Splintered". Over the course of these episodes, we see many Turtles favourites introduced; Shredder, Krang, April O'Neil, Bebop and Rocksteady, even minor characters like General Tragg that were known best for their action figure counterparts!

To compensate for the short first season, a bonus four episodes from 1996's Season 10 (which never made it to British TV screens) are included: "The Beginning of the End", "The Return of Dregg", "Monster From Dimension X" and "The Day the Earth Disappeared". While these episodes are quite interesting to watch from the perspective as someone who only saw the first couple of seasons of the show as a child, they don't have the same magic that the old episodes had; the animation looks a lot cheaper, like many modern cartoons, and much of the humour from earlier episodes is absent.

Unfortunately, there are no documentaries about the cultural impact the show had or anything along those lines, which would have been very interesting. The only bonus features are the extra episodes.

I personally hadn't seen the first couple of episodes until buying this set, since the craze reached my school a few episodes in. An interesting note about the first season is that the episodes follow a linear storyline, and the episodes are sequential (some taking place directly after the events at the end of the previous episode).

The DVD picture quality is good. The quality is crisp, considering it is a cartoon from 1987. Some imperfections can be seen fairly frequently, though this is probably due to the age of the cartoons and the quality of the original broadcasts and not due to poor production values, as the 1996 episodes are much crisper quality. Sound has the slight imperfections that you'd expect from a cartoon from the 80s, and is completely listenable.

Menus are excellent, featuring great airbrushed art very typical of original Turtles merchandise and artwork from the late 80s and early 90s.

The DVD comes in a case within a foil-enhanced cardboard sleeve featuring some great artwork of the Turtles emerging from the sewer in the airbrushed glory of 1980s, cartoon New York. This is the most attractive of any of the DVD releases so far. Artwork quality on subsequent releases decreased significantly.

A fantastic trip down memory lane, and well worth the price!

TMNT Rules!.......2007-04-06

I love Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and grew up watching them every Saturday morning. I think they are the reason for my fascination with ninjas. Anyways these episdoes are classic and I somehow remember them from almost 20 years ago. If you are a big fan like me this is definitely worth adding to your DVD collection.

A Must-Have for Fans, But Remains Light on Content.......2007-03-31

The season that started the phenomenon. Going back to see the original five episodes of season one of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles brings back memories of my childhood. For the Turtles collector, this is the quintessential DVD that begins the whole series and, for that reason, makes Volume 1 a must-have. Unfortunately, while the original five episodes from season one are all included in their classic glory, they are about all this very simple DVD has to offer.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Original Series Volume 1 begins with the premiere episode "Turtle Tracks," and introduces us to April O' Neal, The Shredder, and more importantly, the Turtles themselves. The following four episodes all center around the introduction of the Turtles and Shredder's incessant plots to make them all into turtle soup, all culminating in the season finale, "Shredded and Splintered." Fans will appreciate the preservation of all five episodes, and seeing as how these are probably some of the most important episodes to the series, fans will surely want to pick this up.

Unfortunately, five episodes are all you're really getting here. There are an additional four episodes from season ten that never aired, but their inclusion is strange. I personally never saw the later seasons of the show, and the bonus episodes all focus on Lord Dregg whom I had never seen up until now. There's no real explanation for some things, and for the most part, the bonus episodes remain uninteresting compared to the main attraction of this DVD. What would have made more sense would have been to start with the first couple episodes of season two. Still, even with the lack of substance and the very plain DVD presentation, Volume 1 will find its way to the Turtle fan's shelves because of the original five episodes.

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Can You Dig It Baby?
Still a good watch after all these years
CHILDHOOD FAVORITE THAT DIDN'T AGE WELL
A true Sci-Fi classic....turn to an "eh! " type film?
70's

The Omega Man
Starring: Charlton Heston , Anthony Zerbe , Rosalind Cash , Paul Koslo , and Eric Laneuville
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Science fiction took a grim turn in the 1970s--the heyday of Agent Orange, nuclear peril, and Watergate. Suddenly, most of our possible futures took on a "last man on Earth" flavor, with The Omega Man topping the doom-struck heap.

Charlton Heston plays the government researcher behind the ultimate biological weapon, a deadly plague that has ravaged humanity. There are two groups of survivors: a dwindling band of immune humans and an infected, psychopathic mob of light-hating quasi-vampires. The infected are led by Mathias, a clever, charismatic man set on destroying the last remnants of the civilization that produced the plague. Heston has a vaccine--but he and the few remaining normals are outnumbered and outgunned. By day, he builds a makeshift version of the nuclear family (with Rosalind Cash as his afro-wearing, gun-toting little lady). They plan for the future while roaming freely through an empty urban landscape, taking what few pleasures life has left. By night, they defend themselves against the growing horde of plague victims. Both a bittersweet romance and a gothic cautionary tale, The Omega Man paints a convincing portrait of hope and despair. It ain't pretty, but it's a great movie. --Grant Balfour

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Charlton Heston plays humankind's last hope, the last survivor of a hellish, germ-warfare doomsday, fighting off fiendish subhuman mutants that stalk by night. Bonus featurette - The Last Man Alive. Starring: Charlton Heston, Rosalind Cash, Anthony Zerbe Year: 1971 Sound: ENG, FR; Subtitles: ENG, FR Screen Format: Side A: Standard; Side B: Wiedescreen

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Can You Dig It Baby?.......2007-05-27

Yes it's cheesy and has aged very badly. But as others have pointed it that's part of it's appeal. In a strange way, with the return of gloom and doom, this movies dosen't seem so fantastic anymore. Like it did in the 80's and wealthy 90's.

I like it as a window on the time period that it was made. People talked like that - well at least some did. The clothes, attitudes, politics everhting. It's almost like watching an alternative Earth in which civilization was wiped out in the early 70's. It works and it still packs a wallop in it's own way.

Personally I've always preferred the first edition of Stephen King's The Stand for that same reason. That novel was written in the mid-seventies. The revised edition that came out in 1989 din't work because he changed the dates and cultural references, but it's still obvious that it's a seventies novel. The Omega Man has not been changed. Just roll with it.

Still a good watch after all these years.......2007-05-15

I remember seeing this movie on channel 7's afternoon movie when I came home from school in the 70's and loving it. I watched it again and it is just as good as I remember it. You know how it goes...you remember a great movie you saw as a kid so you go out and buy it, BUT, it turns out to be not so good after all (for example, I remember loving "The Strongest Man In The World" with Kurt Russell but recently saw it again and thought it was a bore). Anyway...

This movie is still great with a great sci-fi story and a great performance by Heston. The only thing that isn't great are the extras. There is only a short behind-the-scenes extra that actually only whets your appetite for more info.

Highly recommended movie.

CHILDHOOD FAVORITE THAT DIDN'T AGE WELL.......2007-05-06

I saw this film at the theater when it was released and I really like it at the time(I still do). It does have a certain charm for me,but a person viewing it now for the first time may not think so. My rating is high because of my memories of it.

A true Sci-Fi classic....turn to an "eh! " type film?.......2007-03-22

Well, it was a good film and a really different version of "Last Man on Earth" and not even that close to the novel "I am Legend". This film is only "so-so", meaning, you'll either will like it or hate it, but, sadly, you'd think they try harder to make a great film. Its a rental at best.

70's.......2007-02-16

This film really shows its' age. Filmed in the 70's, it has the bad clothes and hair of the time. I did laugh when I heard the word "honkey" used. I hadn't heard that since the Jeffersons. This is very losely based on "I Am Legend". For a more pure version of the book, you will need to pick up "The Last Man on Earth" with Vincent Price. Heston is the real star of this movie. His performance is great as the last man on earth. Watching him unravel mentally was terrific. I wish they had spent more time with that aspect of the story before introducing other characters. All in all, it was a terrific story and worth purchasing.

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One of the few times a remake tops the original
We've got to do this Seth.C'mon talk to the tape the world what's to know what your thinking?..F%^# is what I'm thinking!
Never Let a Fly Accompany You Into a Teleporting Cabin.
David Cronenberg: "Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab...."
Be afraid, be very afraid...

The Fly (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Starring: Joy Boushel , Leslie Carlson , George Chuvalo , Michael Copeman , and Geena Davis
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Release Date: 2005-10-04

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David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of the science fiction classic about a scientist who accidentally swaps body parts with a fly is both smart and terrifying: an allegory for the awful processes of slow death and a monster movie with a tragic spin. Jeff Goldblum gives a masterful performance as a sweet, nerdy scientist whose romance with a writer (Geena Davis) makes him more fully alive. Next thing you know, a tiny oversight in an experiment causes him to transmogrify, gradually, into something more like an insect than a human. This is Cronenberg (Scanners, Videodrome) country, so expect The Fly to be a gross-out, but in the way that disease corrupts the body and can make a loved one unrecognizable on every level. This is one of Cronenberg's best films, and certainly one of the important movies of the 1980s. --Tom Keogh

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Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man.

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One of the few times a remake tops the original.......2007-07-05

David Cronenberg's remake of The Fly is one of the incredibly few times a remake tops the original in every way, shape, or form; and remains one of the absolute best films of Cronenberg's career. Jeff Goldblum stars as a brilliant scientist whose experiment goes awfully awry, and soon enough he is transforming into a an insect-like creature; much to the horror of an investigative journalist (Geena Davis) who he has been romancing, and who is also carrying his child. Like many of Cronenberg's other films, The Fly is a grisly allegory disguised as a horror film that's hard not to forget. Goldblum gives what very well may be the best performance of his entire career, and David is excellent as well. The makeup effects are brilliantly realized as well, with plenty of skin crawling and horiffic moments peppered throughout the film. This Two-Disc Special Edition features an excellent commentary from Cronenberg, as well as various production diaries as well that are quite insightful. All in all, The Fly remains one of the best films Cronenberg has ever crafted, and one of the most visionary films to come from the genre as well as one of the few times a remake tops the original in every way, shape, or form.

We've got to do this Seth.C'mon talk to the tape the world what's to know what your thinking?..F%^# is what I'm thinking!.......2007-06-24

I have always stated that I hate remakes of classic's.
Well that really is not the case,I should say I hate
a remake of a movie that was already perfect! John
(HALLOWEEN-THE THING)Carpenter said it best."IF YOU DID
IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME,WHY FIX SOMETHING THAT IS NOT BROKE!"
And believe me Amazon viewers when I first heard him say
that I have not let it leave me since.Now for 2000-2007
we are in a big time SLUMP for movies.Yes there are those
rare exceptions that we get gold,but again for 2000-2007
it is so far and inbetween,which leads me to this JEWEL!!
I was looking at my MASS HORROR coll.And saw THE FLY! I
said hhhmmm.Have not seen this one in awhile so slapped
it on.This is a remake that is so far supior to the ORIG.
I wont even go there for I will be lynched by every
die hard 50's sci/fi fanatic,which is a good point
is The Fly sci/fi or horror? HORRROR BABY,PURE HORROR
Jeff Goldblum gives his best performance(he was so good
and ment for the part,like Sir Perkins in the immortal
PSYCHO)in this as Seth Brundle who in ways is like a
male version of CARRIE WHITE.He wears diff.suits but
all the same style,he does not go out with friends?
he does not have any friends all he has is his keen
mind and he has a sickness to his stomach on travelling
Hence why he has build the TELEPORTER!David Cronenberg
who scared the bejesus out of me in 76 with SHIVERS
directs(in my opinion)his MASTERPIECE of the macabe!
His directing in this is awsome for we watch a man
fall in love,build a machine that will rival or even
surpass MICROSOFT