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Magic Marmalade 20th Nov 2024		DVD The Beatles 1 - Universal (2015)	Added temporary image... may need a better one. My disc says mad in EU, so not sure if some were made in US for that market, or if they should be regarded a s separate items.
Magic Marmalade 20th Nov 2024		DVD The Beatles 1 - Universal (2015)	Picked a copy of this up from the charity shop yesterday, and it's quite a difficult one to get a beat on... ... Discogs has two entries answering to this barcode listed as "Unofficial", yet it all looks legit to me, and ebay doesn't seem to have many listings for this individual DVD (Only the box set version with the blue "1" with a "+" next to it). This seems odd to me, given the band and title that it is, as surely there should have been more about? Anyway, having done a couple of variations on a search on internet, one result was for Record Store Day site, so it seems this was a Record Store Day Release from 2015. (Didn't think they did DVDs!) Also, it is given as region: "All", so I think it was internationally available, if only in limited amounts.
Magic Marmalade 4th Jun 2024		DVD Box Set Akira - Manga Entertainment Limited (2003)	The two versions on this each feature the different endings - one wiht the tentacles of doom! the other without.
Magic Marmalade 4th Jun 2024		DVD Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (2006)	"Original theatrical version" / pre - special edition Lucas revisionist version is on the bonus disc of this - sweet :) Although there is some debate about that, this is as close as you get to the original release on a newer disc format. All three movies in the original trilogy were released as limited editions in this way, and each sporting the original theatrical versions on their respective bonus discs. ...Beware though, single disc versions were also released in this artwork at the same time, not featuring the bonus discs and the theatrical versions - to be sure you have the right one, it must say: "Limited Edition" in the gold banner along the top of the front cover. (I know this, because I found this a few months back, but only the other week found Empire in this Limited edition, between New Hope, and Return Of That There Jedi which were not limited editions, and had I not been sharp to the absence of the banner on those other two, I'd have been very disappointed (Still looking out for Jedi).
Magic Marmalade 4th Jun 2024		DVD Marnie - Universal (2005)	Just watched this on this DVD - comes in both standard DVD case and a slimline case version. 4:3 ratio. Excellent looking picture, probably the best of the Hitchcocks I've seen on DVD with regards picture quality on DVD.
Magic Marmalade 12th Jan 2024		DVD The Abyss - 20th Century Fox (2001)	Aha! Have now added images to my new entry for one disc edition. Turns out that the automatic resize and upload function is not available on this world, as it is in others, so I had to resize the image down to dimensions the world could accept.
Magic Marmalade 11th Jan 2024		DVD The Abyss - 20th Century Fox (2001)	Thanks Cygnus, Never realised that scene was cut from every UK version, I thought it was a recent thing to do with the 4K release... (Strange that I have a memory of the scene with the rat - perhaps it is one of those "Psycho shower scene" things, where the editing suggests so strongly that you saw something when you didn't - the imagination having filled in the blanks :) ...I have added the one disc edition on site, but the bloomin' thing won't let me upload images at the moment for some reason.
Magic Marmalade 9th Jan 2024		DVD The Abyss - 20th Century Fox (2001)	Seeing my copy in daylight reveals that it has both the theatrical version and the special edition cut on the same disc... (As per disc one of this issue -which is a win for me, as I wanted both versions :) Having now ripped both in handbrake, the theatrical version comes in at 2 hours 18 minutes, and the special edition version at 2 hours and 43 minutes, which squares with what you said (163 minutes -as stated on my copy also), but I couldn't say where the extra 8 minutes you have cones from... Maybe extra credits for restoration/mastering, for new version? (That's still a big gap though). I did see that someone said the scene where the navy seal demonstrates the breathing liquid with the rat was to be cut for the new 4k version, as modern sensibilities would not allow it to pass censors - animal rights issues, and that if this was to be so, Cameron would not allow the release in UK, or something of that nature... (I may be way off about that, as it was mentioned in passing on a video I saw on YouTube) ... So maybe that issue has been resolved?
Magic Marmalade 8th Jan 2024		DVD The Abyss - 20th Century Fox (2001)	Can someone confirm a couple of things about this for me... I found the "One-Disc Edition" of this in the charity shop the other day (It states that n the front, in a blue banner along the top), but doesn't seem to state it was the special edition (extended) of the movie on the cover, anywhere I can see, but the disc inside is the disc one you see on this page - should this disc be in my packaging, or has it been popped in there as a replacement? The other thing, is that I perceive online form listings and chatter, that this is, if not rare exactly, then certainly sought after, due to no Blu-ray issue, although I see a new 4K release - some say that this 4k release has been cut for the sake of UK censors for some reason, and so this dvd retains a certain "sought after" status, as it has whatever was cut from the new one... or something like that. Any idea what has been cut, and why? In fact, the whole deal with this would be good to know.
Magic Marmalade 30th Dec 2023		VHS An Enemy Of The People [1978] - Warner Home Video (1983)	According to my understanding (meagre, though it is) the certificate you point to applies to the movie itself, not the cassette... ...Only, in light of the growth in home media via video cassette, was a separate system of certification devised, to be applied to these, only in 1985, before which, it there was no legally binding obligation to apply certificates to cassettes and home media. I believe a lot of the videos released after this advent of certification may have cuts and edits made in order to comply with the new rules, and so, much as in CDs, you look for the AAD mark, to denote a recording on this disc in it's original form (even if it's only an indicator) the pre-cert thing may be why early videos may be sought after, as this indicates a closer approximation of the original. I'm probably somewhat off base, or only approximate myself, not being in any way, an expert, only a dude who's interest has been piqued, so I'd be interested in the knowledge and views of anybody who really knows this stuff, as I'd like to more about it. (Thanks for the image edit, by the way JLC! :)
Magic Marmalade 29th Dec 2023		VHS An Enemy Of The People [1978] - Warner Home Video (1983)	Yay! ...My first genuine pre-cert / big box video cassette!!! (And I was especially looking out for a Warner Home Video one, what with that classic cover framing design they have, and which I remember fondly in the locl video rental stores way back in the day - was looking for Mad Max or a Clint Eastwood one to be honest, but I'll take this! :) I've been gradually looking into these for a while now, and set myself a target of finding one in the wild, but they are very hard to come by, it seems, both in charity shops and boot-fairs. I'd almost pushed it to the back of my brain when this turned up out of the blue, in a charity shop a couple of weeks back. (A lot of charity shops don't accept VHS donations anymore, and so don't sell them - understandable I suppose, as they are very niche, and they have struggled to sell DVDs for a long while (not so much now though, it seems!!! - are people going back to DVD and Blu-ray, in order to escape subscriptions for streaming? - something in the air perhaps!?! :)) ...I've not watched it yet, and frankly I'd never even heard of this movie, so I'm as intrigued by the movie as I am excited to have found this cassette. :)
Magic Marmalade 22nd Dec 2023		DVD Goodfellas - Warner Home Video (1999)	A "Buyer beware" note on this disc: If you look on the back cover (bottom left), under the Warner logo and text, you will see: "Two sided format - At the end of side one, please turn over the disc" ...A real pain in the crevice... and probably explains why this particular issue turns up everywhere in charity shops and boot-fairs, as everyone wants rid, in order to get, perhaps a blu-ray or other, where the entire movie is continuous on one side (So no need to flip the disc). It would seem that this is the only UK dvd issue, so would be a problem... Except, as I have discovered, there is a DVD issue with the entire movie on one side: What you need to look out for, if this is something that concerns you, is the two disc special edition, where one disc has all the special features, but the main disc, has just the movie, with picture on the non playing face. This has taken me quite a while to find in the wild, and this may be the reason, as everyone who isn't willing to go to later formats, won't let go of the two disc special so readily.
Magic Marmalade 11th Feb 2022		Blu-ray Dune [2021] - Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (2022)	Yes, a bit cheeky, it was very ambiguous in the run up to release at cinemas that they would break it into pieces (makes sense, but you have to inform people!). I watched this on Microsoft streaming, as once I knew it was only part one, I didn't want to get stiffed like I did with Lord of The Rings, and go buying the disc, and either finding out it was poo, or then later, after the other part(s?) are done they release the whole thing as a box, with extras and such. But my understanding is that they hadn't even greenlit the subsequent parts when having agreed to make this... so I suspect Villeneuve slapped an explicit "Part One" on the opening credits to force their hand, and not allow Warner to back out from making the rest without there being furore from fans (sneaky! :). ((I notice the attached Cinema link in this page is for the wrong version of the film, so will submit a correction for that, for a "local DVD mod" to fix :)) [Corrected. mod]
Magic Marmalade 6th Mar 2021		Multi-Format Paul McCartney - The Space Within US (2006)	Entry created from an entry in CD albums using details and images submitted by Collsrt.
Magic Marmalade 8th Jan 2021		DVD Box Set Quartetto Cetra: Antologia Di Canzoni, Sketch E Parodie - Radio Fandango (2008)	Top work sir, I shall now await your command to delete the CD entry. (In case you need images or anything from there :)
Magic Marmalade 12th Feb 2018		Blu-ray Blade Runner 2049 - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2018)	I took the plunge, and watched this t'other day. ...I was apprehensive, as Blade Runner is my favourite film of all time, and was a little heartbroken (and a bit angry) when they announced this was coming... (I went to the cinema when it came out, and stood debating with myself before deciding I didn't want that kind of disappointment in my life - another F$%^^ing remake! / cash in / destruction of that which (I) love - and walking off) But very pleasantly surprised... if it wasn't for the enormous baggage it carries of the first film, I might say this is a modern masterpiece (if it stood alone) - doesn't quite have the soul of the original, but it does have one all it's own, very minimalist performances which speak volumes (Gosling is very good at twitch acting at this level) Nice twists on he original premise, and elements in the score which are wholly original, and quite startling - did I hear one of those Australian whirly wooden things on a string that Crocodile Dundee used to call out to the clan in the wilderness, a fair bit of throat singing, and the usual bleeps and squiggles. I very soon forgot about the original for a time, and was absorbed in it. Villeneuve can take his place as perhaps one of the best directors of our time, and certainly one of the best sci-fi directors (Arrival is brilliant!). I thin even Philip K. Dick would be happy with this! I am. (phew)
Magic Marmalade 27th Aug 2017		LaserDisc Star Wars - 20th Century Fox (1982)	Must have been a thrill to find it greg. I always hope I might stumble across one, just because they are fascinating objects... be nice to have... and Star Wars too! (Dr.D ought to put this on Facebob, I think)
Magic Marmalade 12th May 2017		DVD Doctor Who: The Trial Of A Time Lord #9-#12 - Terror Of The Vervoids (2008)	Can you be more specific with the text you want removed ppint?
Magic Marmalade 17th Mar 2017		DVD Orlando - Artificial Eye (2003)	Jimmy Sommerville's song, Coming from the film.
Magic Marmalade 16th Mar 2017		DVD Orlando - Artificial Eye (2003)	Thanks for the change Graham. (Blackadder hadn't occurred to me... until you said that!:) Quinten Crisp does the most convincing Elizabeth I you'll ever see on film here too.
Magic Marmalade 21st Dec 2016		DVD Deadpool - 20th Century Fox (2016)	Well, Christmas shopping sucks doesn't it? ....So I think you've got to get yourself a little treat to make it bearable, and this is mine. -Very very funny film, will be played t destruction! - Ah... bumhug!
Magic Marmalade 29th Nov 2016		DVD 12 Angry Men - MGM (2001)	I've thought of a very dastardly / ingenious lesson plan for teachers based around this film... (It's one and a half hours long, so might not be entirely practical, but a good idea none the less!) ...The class watches the film, and of course, they may have opinions and maybe strong feelings about it's content etc. But there's really no way for kids to understand it at a personal level unless they can feel what jury service (making legally binding judgements on others which have real world impact on real people's lives), and other aspects of justice system, are like themselves... ...So, once the film is finished, teacher waffles a bit about it, discussion, etc. then teachers "randomly" picks two of the class to come forward (pick the two most popular kids from different groups - he he he), and says: "Right, one of these two will be writing me book/film report on this film over the weekend, of not less than two thousand words..." (too little? .... make it five thousand then, or at least enough to screw up their weekend) "...But you, class, will decide among you, which one it will be..... if, at the end of the day, you haven't decided unanimously, who that will be, you all do it, and neither of these two will have to" allows them to feel they've each got something at stake, and something to lose, with no entirely "clean" way out... and ultimately they will feel what that burden of responsibility is like. Perhaps you allow them to choose a class mate each to defend them, and make their case through reasoned argument, and why the other one should do it instead. (apparently arbitrary rules, unfairness, each responsible for, and to the other/s, with consequences for all in terms of personal guilt, recrimination.... you'd certainly find out a few things about the individuals in the class!...marvellous :) -of course, having put them all through the ringer, the punch line, five minutes from the end of class, is that nobody has to do it - unless you feel they may have read this, in which case, make em' do it! - I think I should either have been a teacher... or a prison warden! *"But Sir... this is unfair!!!"...* ...."Yup...welcome to the world!" :)
Magic Marmalade 10th Oct 2016		DVD Cat-Women Of The Moon - Image Entertainment (2001)	"Love starved moon maidens on the prowl" (Where's an emoji for pissing yourself with laughter when you need one! :)
Magic Marmalade 29th Sep 2016		DVD Box Set The Wicker Man - Warner Home Video (2002)	Barcode is the same as on mine, so I've "owned" this. If so, this is a 2 disc edition, with the original theatrical version on disc 1, and the director's cut on disc 2. A three panel folding "digipak" style case in a card slipcase. The Director's cut has a 15 minutes of footage that was only relatively recently rediscovered, having been thought lost for so long... ...That said, it doesn't really add anything to the experience of the film, and despite attempts to clean up the found footage, the print quality due to deterioration (at a different rate than the theatrical footage at least) is a great deal different to the film they have restored it to, so it just feels rather clunkily "dropped in" at the appropriate scenes in a very obvious and quite jarring way. More for curiosity and interest in seeing how the original narrative progressed with these additional scenes and footage than an enhancement of the overall movie experience. You'll still go back to the original film in the end if you just want to watch the movie. Extras: Disc 1: Theatrical Version of the film (84 mins) The Wicker Man Enigma - 35 min documentary Theatrical Trailer TV & Radio Spots Talent Biographies Christopher Lee Interview (25 mins) CD ROM special feature - Original Theatrical Brochure for the film. Disc 2: The Director's Cut Feature Length Commentary With Christopher Lee, Edward Woodward, Director Robin Hardy, and moderated by Mark Kermode
Magic Marmalade 25th Aug 2016		DVD The Blair Witch Project - Artisan (2000)	"I'm scared to open my eyes.... I'm scared to close my eyes...." ...I'm scared to have eyes... I'm scared not to have eyes.... I'm scared of my eyes.... my eyes are scared of me.... ... both me.... and my eyes.... are scared
Magic Marmalade 12th Jul 2016		DVD Dracula [1979] - Image Entertainment	Think I remember having seen this one... and was very pleasantly surprised at how good it was... (Wasn't expecting much from the outset to be honest) Might have to look out for this, and see if I think it's still as good.
Magic Marmalade 23rd Jun 2016		DVD Pleasantville - Entertainment In Video (1999)	Found a copy in a local charity shop last week... watched it twice already! Every bit as good as I remember. Masterpiece:)
Magic Marmalade 22nd May 2016		DVD AVP2: Aliens Vs. Predator - Requiem (2008)	Dis-liked it so much... I sold the company! :) (AVP 1 is actually not that bad though - [dodges assorted rotten fruit thrown his direction amid the boos] -)
Magic Marmalade 20th May 2016		DVD AVP2: Aliens Vs. Predator - Requiem (2008)	Like many people, I'd like t be able to say I've seen this, but I don't think anyone has in reality... It's so dark! I think the lighting guy was on holiday when they shot it.
Magic Marmalade 27th Apr 2016		DVD Excalibur - Warner Home Video (2000)	Here's the official release of the accompanying Soundtrack, but the versions on that release are ot the versions used in the film itself. -good versions though!-

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