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I'm not sure about whole movies, but as far as something that can only be found on laserdisc and surely will never be reproduced (officially) on any other medium: in 1991 Criterion released laserdiscs of the first three James Bond films with now banned commentaries.
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Beta/VHS/Laser Discs/DVD...I've done them all. $$$$$$$$$$$$$ You can have my player (I think it still works) if you come get it.
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To be perfectly humble, I was a LaserDisc god. The Godfather: The Complete Epic was a top-ten all-timer. Se7en and Close Encounters of the Third Kind from The Criterion Collection were also highlights. Oliver Stone's major movies, Born on the Fourth of July, The Doors, and JFK were all prime titles for sound and picture. Platoon, in its Pioneer Special Edition release, with cloth-bound, hinged, screenplay-with-photos sleeve, might have been the format's zenith.
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Sep 9, 2021 - 5:21 AM
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andy b
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I had well over 2000 films on disc, but to be fair, working in the industry at the time, I got an awful lot at no charge. I thought they were terrific & certainly an upgrade from the tape days, the box sets where incredibly expensive, but majority were well worth the costs. The best one for me was Close Encounters of the Third Kind, where the option to play the entire film a combination of the cinema cut & Special Edition was very interesting. As mentioned above a large number of extras have never made it to DVD or Blu Ray, commentaries, trailers & features. Along with actual cinema unaltered versions, example Where Eagles Dare had the intermission card & music play out & back into the film. The flipping over for the film & then the deadly “rot” did not help their sales or public acceptance & I do like Blu Ray & DVD so much more. Progress? Regards Andy b
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Sep 11, 2021 - 7:30 AM
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joec
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I had well over 2000 films on disc, but to be fair, working in the industry at the time, I got an awful lot at no charge. I thought they were terrific & certainly an upgrade from the tape days, the box sets where incredibly expensive, but majority were well worth the costs. The best one for me was Close Encounters of the Third Kind, where the option to play the entire film a combination of the cinema cut & Special Edition was very interesting. As mentioned above a large number of extras have never made it to DVD or Blu Ray, commentaries, trailers & features. Along with actual cinema unaltered versions, example Where Eagles Dare had the intermission card & music play out & back into the film. The flipping over for the film & then the deadly “rot” did not help their sales or public acceptance & I do like Blu Ray & DVD so much more. Progress? Regards Andy b The GUYS AND DOLLS laser had playout exit music which has never appeared on any DVD or Blu-ray. Also SWEET CHARITY roadshow has only been presented intact on laser. 2 of many examples where the laser was superior.
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