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Mike Blakesley
Film God

Posts: 12767
From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 07-01-2000 02:31 PM

This may be old news but I just noticed it.

Saw an advertisement for a new video release of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" but now, instead of being packaged as RAIDERS of the Lost Ark, it's now INDIANA JONES and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.

How stupid do they think people are??

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

Posts: 12859
From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 07-01-2000 02:37 PM

I noticed this long ago. It's not people who are stupid, it's the studios (although people can be pretty stupid).

Speaking of Raiders, they are going to put on a free showing of it at Fiddler's Green here in Colorado soon. It's an ampitheater, and they are advertising that and Top Gun in DOLBY DIGITAL! Yeah right.

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Greg Anderson
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 766
From: Ogden Valley, Utah
Registered: Nov 1999

posted 07-01-2000 10:51 PM

Yeah... I never saw Passenger 57 because I just couldn't rent Passenger 56 or any of the other 55 Passenger movies... and I just knew that the new movie would confuse me if I hadn't seen the others first.

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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 07-02-2000 02:11 PM

Concerning TOP GUN in Dolby Digital: that could actually be true. It was remixed in Dolby Digital for DVD a couple of years ago (I bought it when it came out), so a new print could very well have a Dolby Digital soundtrack. I'd love to see that movie on the big screen.

Evans http://home.hiwaay.net/~criswell/theatre/

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Ari Nordström
Master Film Handler

Posts: 283
From: Göteborg, Sweden
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 07-03-2000 01:13 AM

Hey, wasn't the "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" title (and ad) a fake? I seem to remember that there was talk about a Raiders DVD release with that name, but it turned out that there wouldn't be a DVD release after all.

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John Wilson
Film God

Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 07-03-2000 01:25 AM

The dvd story indeed turned out to be fake.

...the title though has definately been changed for the new videos. I guess they think younger people may not know of 'Raiders' but will surely have heard of Indiana Jones.

Go figure.

Another thing about the video, the cover says it has newly digitalised effects. The only thing I could think of would be when they open the ark and the spirits fly around. For 1981, these were pretty good, but today...well...I don't think it needs updating, however. It was made in 1981 and it should remain that way. Please, Steven, don't butcher Raiders like George butchered the Star Wars trilogy.

Bring on the re-release for the 20th anniversary, Mr. Spielberg...

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Dave Cutler
Master Film Handler

Posts: 277
From: Centennial, CO
Registered: Jun 2000

posted 07-03-2000 03:39 PM

FYI,

Anyone in the Kansas City area who would like to see 'Raiders' on the big screen, has only to wait until late July.

Science City @ Union Station will be showing 'Raiders' on its 5.5 story screen (Used for the 3D-15/70 system). Don't be fooled though, the image will only be about 60 feet wide, but still not bad. That puts it somewhere between 25 and 30 feet tall. Don't know about the sound yet though.

If you are in town, come check it out.

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Dave Cutler

"Do or do not, there is no try."

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John Wilson
Film God

Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 07-07-2000 02:11 AM

...in 70mm, Dave?

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Dave Cutler
Master Film Handler

Posts: 277
From: Centennial, CO
Registered: Jun 2000

posted 07-07-2000 04:59 PM

I wish, but I don't have a 70mm soundsystem yet. I am trying to get the "money people" to buy me a DTS system with 35mm and 70mm readers. But no luck so far. Right now all I have is a CP-500, and and empty Mag Penthouse. Anyone know where to find good reasonibly priced 6 and 4 track mag heads for a simplex penthouse?

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Dave Cutler

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