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Posted by Adam Wilbert (Member # 1184) on 12-15-2004, 02:41 AM:

In the spirit of the season, I thought it would be interesting to find out what movies/shows people have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for, but which still have yet to be released, or will never be. So here is my brief wishlist, I'm sure there are more:

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. A FOX show that ran for a few years and was slotted before X-Files. Bruce Campbell's western/sci-fi masterpiece.

The Last Unicorn: An animated movie that I remember from my childhood. Turns out that it is my girlfriends favorite movie, oddly enough.

Posted by Mike Olpin (Member # 1115) on 12-15-2004, 03:45 AM:

Animaniacs Season Sets

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 12-15-2004, 04:05 AM:

Malcolm in the Middle Season II (or more)
Orgazmo (letterbox...I have an import pan and scan)
Mandingo Gonzales - The Classics
Titanic (full version, before the cuts were made)

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 12-15-2004, 07:55 AM:

Airport (in 'scope, not pan&scan)
Bambi Meets Godzilla
Bwana Devil (in 3D)
Dr. Detroit
Fate is the Hunter
Flower Drum Song (in 'scope not pan&scan)
The High and the Mighty
Himatsuri
Invasion U.S.A. (NOT the Chuck Norris title) [Smile]

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Mishima
Shall We Dance? (1997 Japanese version)
Strange Brew
Wings (first Oscar for Best Picture)

TV, IMAX, concert:

Dave Grusin & the N.Y./L.A. Dream Band
Linus the Lionhearted
Skyward
Space Ghost Original and Coast to Coast
Speed (original non-PC edit)
Star Trek: The Animated Series
The Andy Williams Show ('70s)

[Edited after finding my want list [Smile]

]

[ 01-03-2005, 12:09 PM: Message edited by: Paul Mayer ]

Posted by Greg Mueller (Member # 17) on 12-15-2004, 08:40 AM:

Mutiny On The Bounty...Brando
2nd season of Twin Peaks
The Mysterians
The H-Man
This Island Earth
The Original release version of Blade Runner

Posted by Bill Gabel (Member # 1105) on 12-15-2004, 09:19 AM:

The Loved One (MGM) Warner now
Ace in the Hole (Para) Universal now
Wake Me Up When It's Over (Fox)
Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film (HBO)

Charley Varrick (Universal) coming at the end of 2004

Paul Mayer
Paramount has picked-up the rights to "The High and the Mighty" from the Wayne estate. And plans are to restore the picture. Which was the problem between the Wayne estate and Warner Bros. over cost to restore the feature.

Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 12-15-2004, 01:33 PM:

Every TV Commercial From The 1970's [Big Grin]

Posted by Bobby Henderson (Member # 840) on 12-15-2004, 01:36 PM:

Bladerunner on DVD, with something more than a puny 2.0 mix. The original had 70mm mag prints. It would be nice to have both "The Director's Cut" sans happy ending and narration and the regular theatrical cut with narration (which I think works better). Someone poke Ridley Scott with a cattle prod to get him action on this one, please.

Regarding "Orgazmo," I could have sworn I saw something on The Digital Bits Rumor Mill column about that movie getting a new DVD release sometime early in 2005.

Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 12-16-2004, 01:59 AM:

quote: Bill Gabel
Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film (HBO)

Word is that Kevin Brownlow somehow got through all the rights issues with all the clips, & is getting this ready for DVD even now. Laserdisc versions, which had been going for $400 on eBay, are popping up again on eBay, as folks unload them before the DVD's arrival.

Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 12-16-2004, 01:14 PM:

Space Ghost is on DVD...

MY wish list:

"Howard the Duck" - Give us the damn letterbox version already! Even the laserdisc is P&S!! And take the mix off the 70mm version so we get a real mix.

"Titanic" - Ditto with Brad. Something more than just the movie and ONE trailer on the disc.

"Batman" - I KNOW they can make a better transfer of this. One of the worst DVDs I have seen. Dark at the corners, MAJOR jump/weave... Hell, I've seen bootlegs from the audience better than this!!

"Orgazmo" - I didn't know this wasn't out in WS on DVD. I only have the pan/scan VHS release and a widescreen workprint copy on VHS. (In my opinion, the workprint cut was MUCH better, before they kept trying to get the R rating)

And most important...

"The Beatles / Let It Be" - I want to see this in good quality with good sound which is why I haven't dropped $40 on a bootleg off of a VHS from ebay. How can they get away with just selling them like that on there??

=TMP=

Posted by Dan Lyons (Member # 1454) on 12-16-2004, 03:52 PM:

SHOCK TREATMENT!!! [thumbsup]

Posted by Eric Hooper (Member # 1730) on 12-16-2004, 03:57 PM:

David Lynch's LOST HIGHWAY

Posted by Roger Manning Jr (Member # 1560) on 12-16-2004, 05:02 PM:

"Home From the Hill" MGM
"East Of Eden" Warner

Posted by Michael Coate (Member # 757) on 12-16-2004, 09:47 PM:

quote: Brad Miller
Orgazmo (letterbox...I have an import pan and scan)

3/29/05

Posted by Jeremy Spracklen (Member # 18) on 12-17-2004, 02:12 AM:

KICKING AND SCREAMING (Noah Baumbach)

TRUST (Hal Hartley)

METROPOLITAN (Whit Stillman)

As well as all of the episodes of the TV show "Cupid".

Posted by Ron Keillor (Member # 1790) on 12-17-2004, 02:50 AM:

Adolfas Mekas' "Double-Barrelled Detective Story",
Ismael Merchant's "Helen, Queen of the Nautch Girls",
Zielke's "Das Stahltier"

Posted by David Woodrow (Member # 1571) on 12-18-2004, 02:52 AM:

Orgazmo is available in the uk in letterbox £9.99

Posted by R. Andrew Diercks (Member # 1725) on 12-18-2004, 08:36 AM:

"RAD" on DVD my favorite childhood movie by far.

Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 12-18-2004, 12:36 PM:

Shooting Stars (1927/Asquith)

Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarves (1943 Looney Tunes cartoon which will probably never make it to the video store shelves for very obvious reasons)

Bad Day at Black Rock letterboxed and with the four-track mag restored (I only have a panned and scanned, mono off-air VHS).

Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 12-18-2004, 04:07 PM:

Harrison Bergeron , a made for Showtime Networks movie starring sean astin.

dave

Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 12-19-2004, 06:19 PM:

2nd Season of Twin Peaks
Until the End of the World (Wim Wenders supposed 6 hour version)
Robot Carnival (Anime)
Unico (anime)
a Re-release/super delux edition of Forbbiden Planet
Adventures of Pete and Pete (every episode)
Sifl and Olie (every episode)

Posted by Michael Gonzalez (Member # 593) on 12-20-2004, 08:53 PM:

Most of the good ones are taken but a show that I remember I loved watching was the old HBO series "1st and 10". Anyone else watched that? I would love to see the old episodes again on DVD.

Posted by Dave Williams (Member # 299) on 12-20-2004, 11:15 PM:

I was a huge fan of 1st and ten, never missed an episode. It would be great to see that on HBO again.

Ciao dudes and dudettes

dave

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 12-21-2004, 02:02 PM:

More Looney Tunes with Yosemite Sam and Foghorn Leghorn

More seasons of GREEN ACRES

Concerts by Red Skelton, Buddy Hackett and George Burns (they all had HBO specials that were excellent)

The HBO "Young Comedians" specials (ground zero for many of today's best comedians)

More seasons of MARY TYLER MOORE

Pretty much anything funny, in other words.

Posted by Adam Heath (Member # 2910) on 12-21-2004, 11:17 PM:

Scrubs seasons 1 and up [Smile]

Posted by James R. Hammonds, Jr (Member # 673) on 12-23-2004, 12:35 PM:

Angus

Posted by Tony Bandiera Jr (Member # 2365) on 12-24-2004, 12:17 AM:

The TV show "Coach"....haven't seen it out yet..Craig T. Nelson was classic!

Posted by Eric Webb (Member # 2772) on 12-31-2004, 02:00 AM:

Oceans 12
Troy

Posted by Michael Gonzalez (Member # 593) on 01-02-2005, 12:42 AM:

Uh... Ok... Eric that kind of defeats the spirit of this thread.

Posted by Jesse Skeen (Member # 586) on 01-03-2005, 01:16 AM:

Troy is coming out Tuesday anyways- now that I finally have a REAL computer I'm making some of my wishlist titles a reality- I'm compiling a disc of 70's and early 80's-era TV commercials for things such as video games, TVs and stereos.
Beating a dead horse, but I still want the ORIGINAL 1977 release of Star Wars, without the added crap or the "A New Hope" title at the beginning, and the film burned-in subtitles during the Cantina scene.

Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 01-10-2005, 06:03 PM:

I'm getting my wish for GREEN ACRES...Season 2 comes out next month. (But it's season 3,4 and 5 that really hold the most great episodes, so my wish still stands.)

Also I'd like to see a good box set of Dave Letterman on NBC classic bits.

Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 01-10-2005, 06:58 PM:

Just had an idea for something I want to see...

The Price Is Right: Historic Moments!

Seems like every other day is "An Historic Moment" on the show now. Why not compile the best ones from 1972 and beyond. Especially the one where the black woman's top pops off when she's Comin' On Down! [evil]

=TMP=

Posted by Adam Wilbert (Member # 1184) on 01-11-2005, 03:53 AM:

You can add The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones to my wishlist.

Thomas, I'll take a best of Price is Right dvd if it has a montage of that mountainclimber guy falling off the cliff over and over. [thumbsup]

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 01-11-2005, 05:20 AM:

Someone needs to find that yodeling song from the mountainclimber game and send it in. Then we can use it for all sorts of fun stuff, like making it play non-stop for members who haven't send in their pictures yet. [evil]

Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 01-11-2005, 11:43 AM:

Or put it in the chat room!! [evil]

No! Wait! Don't!!

The other day, some lady bid $350 on a $25 cookie press, so the thing went over the mountain and then some. I have it on my TiVo so I will try to capture the sound. Bob usually talks thru it though, like "Heeeere he gooooes, Uuuuup the mountainnnnn.." or some crap like that.

Speaking of Price, I heard it thru the rumor mill that Bob Barker has decided this will be his last season. He didn't cite a reason, but it looks like he's been having difficulty these past few seasons. [Frown]

=TMP=

Posted by Dean Kollet (Member # 1789) on 01-12-2005, 06:09 PM:

It's on the price is right computer game if I remember correctly. I also want that "YOU LOSE" soundbit from the Price is Right...

Posted by Thomas Procyk (Member # 1170) on 01-14-2005, 03:04 PM:

I have the CD, "Music From The Original Television Game Show The Price Is Right Soundtrack" which has some pretty interesting (and catchy!) tracks on it. VERY 1970's Hollywood.

Here's a link to a site with the sounds (including the mountainclimber, which I sent to Brad [Smile]

)

http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/gssfx/usa/price.htm

=TMP=

Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 01-14-2005, 03:11 PM:

We should definitely use the mountainclimber yodeling music as background for members who haven't sent in their member pics yet. [evil]

Posted by Gunnar Johansson (Member # 1661) on 01-17-2005, 07:32 AM:

Thank you very much for that uplifting piece of music, Brad, but I have a member pic. Would you like another one?

//Gunnar

Posted by Jennifer Pan (Member # 2035) on 01-20-2005, 07:59 PM:

Brad, that is just plain awesome dude! [thumbsup]

Yodeling ROCKS!

Oh, yeah... unavailable DVDs I want... or how about DVDs that the studio productions haven't even considered:

Whose Life Is It Anyway?
and the first season of...
The Education of Max Bickford (That show rocked!)

Posted by Mike Heenan (Member # 392) on 01-28-2005, 05:47 PM:

There was a funny skit on SNL a few years ago with Chris Kattan and I think Rene Zellwegger, where he kept playing these cd's of tv and game show theme songs instead of popular music to "set the mood".