What is the most beautiful sci-fi movie you have on DVD?
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On the Star Trek side of things, The Motion Picture comes very close to blowing me away, it's just a little soft-looking. I understand that they did the best that they could with the source material they had, and it certainly is a great looking dvd,however, it still is my favourite(and best lookin') Trek.
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Originally posted by fray101:
Ooh, and speaking of shiny - was blown away by C3P0's first appearance in Star Wars!
I was wonderin' when someone would mention SW.
Yeah, they sure did clean them prints up some, didn't they?
And at the end of SW C3PO and R2D2 are so shiny I have to squint!
We're doomed Chrisisall
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Ever since I took a video editing course in college, I can never again purchase a full screen copy of anything.
Depending on the aspect ratio the movie was shot in, you lose up to like 54% of the screen image! Horrifying!!
Basically, it's wide screen or not at all for me.
--Jefé The Hat
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
What are your favourites?
well, I'm trying to avoid collecting huge numbers of DVDs,
so I only have one sci-fi movie on DVD:
Galaxy Quest
(part of my Alan Rickman collection)
but I defend it, it is funny and amazing well done.
It is both a spoof on and an homage to the sci-fi fans.
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...And an extremly good lookin' transfer.
Rickman stole that film Chrisisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
SergeantX, since Blade Runner is my favourite film, I'm a little harsh on the transfer. It was one of the first ten or so titles to be put on dvd back in the nineties, so while it's okay, the new one coming out (any year, now) will show you what you've been missing....
Can't wait to see it! I suppose part of the problem is that I watch all my DVD's on my aging 17" computer monitor anyway. Perhaps that disqualifies me from this particular thread.
SergeantX
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No, no, I'm just sayin' that young'uns in their thirties and earlier didn't get the chance to see Blade Runner in the theatre, so the dvd is the best look at the film y'all ever got!
Just wait 'till you get your hands on a proper dvd, is all.
Salivatin' Chrisisall
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I've got a fair number of lovely films on DVD, SF and otherwise, but if I had to single out just one it would be Criterion's inevitably superlative release of Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972). It looks simply phenomenal and is glorious to behold, albeit a bit slow. But, that's the appeal, really, and no matter how you feel about the rest of the film the brief zero gravity scene is astonishing.
"I do have a cause, though. It's obscenity. I'm for it." - Tom Lehrer
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The Fifth Element, very shiny 
Later Days
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How do you compare the original Solaris to the Clooney version? I never saw the original, but I own the new one, and I think it's really good. (looks great, too)
Poe Ruskie Chrisisall
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