Abbott & Costello: Complete Universal Pictures Collection on DVD (Oct 28)

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Published Oct 8, 2008 15-disc Box Set (28 films) includes hours of bonus features and exclusive collectible book!

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Oct 9, 2008 - CDT 10:14 AM

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woo hoo!!!

I can hardly wait...it is about time they finally brought out a collection like this

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Oct 9, 2008 - CDT 11:50 AM

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Picture makes them look like lovers. Everybody talks about getting high def equipment and then buy the oldest crap ever from tv, lol.

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Oct 9, 2008 - CDT 12:57 PM

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Picture makes them look like lovers. Everybody talks about getting high def equipment and then buy the oldest crap ever from tv, lol.

Firstly, these were theatrical presentations, not TV programs.

Secondly, some of these features were among the top box office leaders in the years they were released.

Thirdly, I own all of the previous A&C collections on DVD, and even on flipper discs with two films a side, the image quality of these films were quite good, especially when upscaled. As a matter of fact, they could even benefit from a transfer to Blu-ray, IMO.

Lastly, I've heard that the original King Kong from 1933 is going to get a Blu-ray release. I, for one, will be first in line. Yes, first in line to buy a High Def version of a 75 year old film. I bought Speed Racer, a newly released film, only because of reports that it looks fabulous on Blu-ray, and yes, it does loo spectacular. But despite of all the eye candy, I don't see myself wanting to watch it again for any reason other than to show off my home theater, and even then, I would only show one of the race scenes, and then stick it back on the shelf. Then I would put on The Searchers, Casablanca, or How the West was Won.

John J. Puccio

Oct 10, 2008 - CDT 1:20 AM

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"Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" is a cinema classic. It was Bela Lugosi's final formal film performance as Dracula (and actually only his second or third performance as the Count ever). It's also one of my favorite comedies.

People need to remember that a film's age has nothing whatsoever to do with its quality. I say that because some of my former students seemed to believe that anything older than they were couldn't possibly be any good. And I think that applied to people, too.

John

Kilgore

Oct 10, 2008 - CDT 3:34 AM

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John, here's something you may relate to.

I was born in 1962. Until I was around 14, we could only get 2 channels on TV, VCR's were barely even available, let alone movies on tape,and there were only two theaters in town. Yet, I was extremely well versed in films pre-1960 before I was 20, and knew all the major film stars since the beginning of cinema from Chaplin to John Wayne, and even directors lie Bergman and Fellini. Meanwhile, most 14 year-olds today in this day and age of 500 cable channels, you tube, and downloadable pirate movies don't know anything that didn't happen in the last 5 years.

John J. Puccio

Oct 10, 2008 - CDT 12:14 PM

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Kilgore,

Thanks much for sharing that. Part of the concern is that people growing up in the 1950s and 60s had a wide range of old movies to watch on TV. It was pre-cable, and local stations filled in their time slots with older films (some foreign) that they got from the studios. Now that we have cable, except for the occasional channel like Turner Classic Movies, most cable movie channels only show relatively new movies. You have to hunt down old movies on disc, and most young people are unwilling to do that (or even know where to start). Too bad. Their loss.

John

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Oct 10, 2008 - CDT 12:58 PM

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Life was a carnival! We entertained ourselves! We didn't need moooovin' pitchurrrres. In my day, there was only one show in town -- it was called "Stare at the sun!" ... That's right! You'd sit in the middle of an open field and stare up at the sun till your eyeballs burst into flames! And you thought, "Oh, no! Maybe I shouldn't've stared directly into the burning sun with my eyes wide open." But it was too late! Your head was on fire and people were roastin' chickens over it. ... And that's the way it was and we liked it!

Sorry Kilgore, couldn't resist