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Post by frankincleveland on Dec 11, 2010 14:26:05 GMT -5
Are there any movies that, to you, just feel right when watching it on your old VHS copy? I felt that way when National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was on TV last weekend. It looked a little too crisp than what I was used to watching. Lo-res and fuzzy as it may be, Christmas Vacation just feels more legit to me on VHS.
Anyone else feel this way about certain movies? I'm sure Star Wars is likely to come up.
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Post by CMWaters on Dec 11, 2010 14:27:54 GMT -5
"HIGHLANDER II: THE QUICKENING!"
Now that that joke's out of the way, let's continue.
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 11, 2010 14:35:28 GMT -5
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Dec 11, 2010 14:42:41 GMT -5
Not better but I like the parking lot chase scene in Back to the Future on VHS than I do in regular cut I see on TV. It's not a big change but on VHS is it just one turn and he's in the past. I never knew how long it was till I saw it a few years ago on a movie channel. Marty just keeps going in circles over and over.
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Post by Shameful_Lobsterhead on Dec 11, 2010 14:44:35 GMT -5
Some of the original Friday the 13th's; like Part 4 for example. Besides that; they had better art work for the VHS tapes then the DVDs, example -> VHS Cover for Friday the 13th Part 4  Both DVD covers for Friday the 13th Part 4 -(I put these in tags because the pics are a little big) {Spoiler}(The one I have which has the Older cover, considered rare)  (The re-release with newish cover; they ended up doing this for 1-8)  |
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Post by The Tank on Dec 11, 2010 14:48:42 GMT -5
I've got a VHS boxset of the Star Wars Original Trilogy from back before Lucas went back and tampered with it.
Thanks to those, I never want to see Episode 4-6 on DVD/BluRay/TV.
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Post by Hypnotix on Dec 11, 2010 14:56:24 GMT -5
UHF. The audio on the DVDs fluctuates from really low to high.
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Dec 11, 2010 14:58:34 GMT -5
Robocop
Just feels more vintage and awesome watching it through VHS.
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Post by FinalGwen on Dec 11, 2010 15:00:24 GMT -5
Not a movie, but the Doctor Who story "The Mind Robber". Some of it was done on a white set intended to be a void, but on DVD, it's somewhat easier to see the edges and corners of the set. Being filmed in the 60s, they probably didn't plan for the clarity we have today.
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Post by sabbath on Dec 11, 2010 15:26:41 GMT -5
The Muppets Christmas Carol. Mainly because it puts the "when love is gone" scene back into the picture; it just looks silly without it in the dvd version.
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Post by Glitch on Dec 11, 2010 15:46:03 GMT -5
Akira. For the longest time all the images you saw of Akira had this bright glow.(I'm guessing from blurriness but it looked cool) When they cleaned it up for the dvd it looked less lively.
And for the dvd they also changed dubbing.(the original had the voice actor for leonardo in the original ninja turtles series) So the dvd version sounded pretty much sounds like every other anime released currently out there.
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Post by kidglov3s on Dec 11, 2010 15:55:57 GMT -5
These are examples of LD, rather than VHS, as they're kinda similar (major pre-DVD analog formats) but LD's advantages call for more consideration.
1776 is arguably best seen on the Pioneer Special Edition laserdisc, due to the extra scenes not included on the DVD (though it does miss out on one brief transitional scene that was found for the DVD, as well as general visual quality as the added scenes on the LD are all very rough whereas everything on the DVD is pristine, having been taken from negative sources).
I'd say that the Star Wars trilogy is best experienced on laserdisc, with the PCM audio very much outperforming the more compressed audio on the DVD ports, as well as having the same video transfer without compression issues (though on that count it might as well be a draw due to extra resolution on DVD and chroma noise on LD). Similarly, I prefer Cabaret and the Terminator on LD for the audio.
Disney: Laserdisc is the best way to see the original theatrical cut of The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast, as the DVD/Blu Rays all have modified animation in the "original" versions. The LD is the best way to see the true Work in Progress cut of Beauty and the Beast as the DVD version is different from what was actually screened at the 1991 New York Film Festival. For most of the CAPS films LD features the original 1.66:1 ratio and the DVDs usually have a cropped 1.78:1 ratio. The Little Mermaid is preferred by many in the LD version because the audio is richer/fuller with a supposedly better mix than what is on the DVD. Many feel that due to weird colors/digital manipulations Cinderella is more faithfully represented on LD than DVD. LD is the best way to see Fantasia with the original Deems Tayler narration, as he is dubbed over on DVD/Blu Ray.
I prefer Brainstorm on LD because it presents a better representation of the theatrical experience, with most of the movie being in windowboxed 1.85:1 and then opening up on the sides to a full 2.35:1 in the Brainstorm scenes, whereas the DVD is in full 1.85:1 and mattes down to 2:35:1, getting smaller when it should get bigger. I like the original theatrical cut of Highlander 2 best, for being the most ridiculous, and it is only available on VHS/LD (but being pan/scan kind of makes these worthless).
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Post by Jiren on Dec 11, 2010 16:16:10 GMT -5
Return Of The Jedi Special Edition
The ONLY thing i don't like about the Spec Ed version is the whole "Jedi Rocks" thing *Ugh*, But everything is OK.
I Can't watch the DVD
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Dec 11, 2010 16:38:46 GMT -5
I prefer to watch cheesy horror flicks on VHS, as the graininess fits the tone of the film(s). That's not to say all VHS' are grainy (they do have good quality), but after years of being played, the film starts to wear out. That's why I love finding old horror flicks on VHS at thrift stores and yard sales.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Dec 11, 2010 16:55:21 GMT -5
Second the comments about the original (read: good) Paramount Friday the 13th films. There's only one way to watch those movies - on dirty, ancient, watched-a-thousand-times rental copies. Somehow, it's just not the same in pristine Blu-Ray quality picture.
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Dec 11, 2010 16:56:31 GMT -5
Second the comments about the original (read: good) Paramount Friday the 13th films. There's only one way to watch those movies - on dirty, ancient, watched-a-thousand-times rental copies. Somehow, it's just not the same in pristine Blu-Ray quality picture. That's why most of my Friday the 13th flicks are on VHS, not DVD or Blu-Ray. |
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Post by kidglov3s on Dec 11, 2010 17:12:39 GMT -5
Second the comments about the original (read: good) Paramount Friday the 13th films. There's only one way to watch those movies - on dirty, ancient, watched-a-thousand-times rental copies. Somehow, it's just not the same in pristine Blu-Ray quality picture. That's why most of my Friday the 13th flicks are on VHS, not DVD or Blu-Ray. I guess I'm going to be the voice of dissent and say that while I definitely see the appeal of 80s slashers on VHS, and that I do have my share of them that I haven't replaced with DVD (namely Madman), these were movies intended to be seen and shot on film, of which VHS is a dreadfully poor, blurry, interlaced, low resolution facsimile of. With all of LD's drawbacks it makes a much better argument for this as it presents the same old video masters on an analog optical medium (that might have some killer digital sound), with a bit higher resolution that maintains its quality regardless of how many times you spin it, though still suffers from low resolution, interlacing, dropouts, laser rot and chroma noise. Hopefully when they do put all of the Friday the 13th films on Blu Ray they'll work to maintain the integrity of the grain structure (as screencaps such as this demonstrate in the transfer of the first film), and not smear it all away with DNR to make it look "modern". |
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Post by "Twisted and Tormented" Ash on Dec 11, 2010 17:30:54 GMT -5
The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
DVD version seem a little off and not the same.
VHS it's awesome cause of some stuff before the movie and after it.
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Terminator 2.
VHS is awesome cause before the movie started talks about that Arnold um........whatever it was he had back in the days where elementary kids would try out.
DVD ehhhh just not the same.
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Post by wildojinx on Dec 11, 2010 18:00:31 GMT -5
Terminator 2. VHS is awesome cause before the movie started talks about that Arnold um........whatever it was he had back in the days where elementary kids would try out. DVD ehhhh just not the same. Plus you have that freaky anti-drug PSA with that stoned surgeon (at least on the copy i saw). |
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Post by texaswhopper on Dec 11, 2010 18:30:03 GMT -5
Until I got the Blu-ray for a long time I was a big fan of the Robin Hood Prince of Thieves VHS. It had the Bryan Adams music video for the credits and not just the credits.
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