solace in cinema : A vast wasteland of movies

OK, buying dvds is a minefield. One false move and BLAM you’re sat there shitting yourself with bloody stumps where your arms used to be. Well maybe not quite that bad, but it’s still fucked. There’s a new ‘definitive’ edition of Twin Peaks being released on dvd this month. The problem being that in this case ‘definitive’ is clever Illuminati code for ‘half-arsed’.

So what these clever bastards have done is gather up all the dvd extras they can, restore the prints and locate the best mixes of the sound they can find (DTS 5.1 in this case), get a hold of the uncut pilot and dig out some commentaries… then scatter these jewels to the wind and see where they land. The result is a R1 season 1 boxset with some extras, a not great print, the commentaries, DTS sound but no pilot. A R2 boxset with the pilot included, but no DTS. A definitive edition that adds a bunch of new extras, restored prints, but loses DTS sound, loses the commentaries and loses some other extras that were on the individual season boxsets.

Congratulations, and welcome to the asshole club.

The only good thing to come out of it seems to be the above clip that accompanied the set on amazon.com titled ‘Good, hot, black coffee’. Awesome.

I need to check out the ‘Agent Cooper tapes‘ too… regain my David Lynch shaped erection.

Long before he was turning tricks for Tarantino as a coke dealer in 'Pulp Fiction' Eric Stoltz was one of the original bratpackers, and was heading for success with a part in 'Back to the future' I don't know the story behind why he dropped out/got fired but it's still cool to see the stills.

I say cool, but it's more just weird seeing someone different play the same character in a movie you know really well… very Bizarro world.

The only reason I even know about it was because I was reading an interview with Gil Kenan the director of new CGI fest 'Monster House' in empire, and he mentioned he had been asking Robert Zemeckis about the fabled 'Stoltz' footage, and if it would ever see the light of day as a dvd extra. It seems as if these images are the closest we'll ever get.

Check out all the stills on bttf.com here (several pages)

found through digg 

I've written before about my guilt for this movie, but quite frankly I don't care. You heard. I think Point Break is awesome and I don't care who knows it.

It's taken a while to get here, but this 'Pure Adrenaline Edition' sounds like a bit of a cheat, here's the list of extras on the disc.

Deleted Scenes: Holistic Fitness With Agent Pappas, Agent Johnny Utah Thinks He Can Surf, Tyler Saves Johnny From The Waves, Penetration Of The Social Infrastructure, Tyler & Johnny Spend Time, Alone In The Water, A Basic Hit & Run, Tyler Accuses Johnny Of Using Her, Johnny & Bodhi Talk About Robbing Banks

Featurettes: It's Make Or Break, Ride The Wave, Adrenaline Junkies, On Location: Malibu

Still Gallery

3 Theatrical Trailers

I've seen better special editions, but then anything above 'spanish subtitles' on a Point Break dvd will make me happy.

The day this drops through my letter box, my friends are coming round, double bill of Point Break and Days of Thunder. Maybe afterwards we'll watch something cultural to balance it out like 'The Seventh Seal'..BOOOO.. or maybe i'll just put 'Tears of the Sun' on instead.. YAAAAYYY

Ben Harp: You're a real blue flame special, aren't you, son? Young, dumb and full of come, I know. What I don't know is how you got assigned here. Guess we must just have ourselves an asshole shortage, huh?
Johnny Utah: [quietly] Not so far.