# Movies that should be on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075 "2007-06-07T02:14:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/41 "2007-06-09T06:15:33Z")
Just discovered tonight, when trying to fill a gap on the shelves, that David Lynch’s _Lost Highway_ is not available on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/42 "2007-06-09T11:07:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Americathon. It was out on VHS, but apparently hasn’t made it to DVD yet. Don’t lose faith. _Hero at Large_ finally came out on DVD, and I was almost ready to believe i had dreamed the whole thing, so anything could happen. I’m waiting for a few movies I’ve been hearing about for years but never have seen: _Chunnel_, _Prognosis Negative_, and _Rochelle! Rochelle!_ ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/43 "2007-06-09T11:20:32Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] I have to ask: have you seen these recently? \*Shogun \*did not age well. At all. AT ALL. It was brilliant in its day but it works best as camp now. [/QUOTE] Gotta disagree with you here, **lissener**. Not only has **Shogun** aged _very_ well IMHO, it’s one of my yearly must-see movies. And anyway, how exactly is a miniseries set in seventeenth century Japan supposed to _age_? It’s not like Blackthorne was a high school math nerd trying to get a date with the cute valley girl. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/44 "2007-06-09T11:23:18Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] What movies should be on DVD? All of them. Duping a film to DVD can’t possibly cost all that much. The rights holders for every film or TV show should by now be offering their product on an on-demand basis. [/QUOTE] IMHO, if you’re not offering it for sale by _some_ method, you should _lose_ your rights. Can you imagine the outcry if France locked the Mona Lisa away and no one could see even a _copy_ of it, or if Egypt refused to allow anyone to see the pyramids? People wouldn’t stand for it at all. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/45 "2007-06-09T11:39:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Can you imagine the outcry if France locked the Mona Lisa away and no one could see even a copy of it, or if Egypt refused to allow anyone to see the pyramids? Yes, but Leonardo and the Pharoahs aren’t still getting a cut off the back end of those. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/46 "2007-06-09T14:13:32Z")
[QUOTE=Intravenus De Milo] Oh, and while we’re on the subject of animated movies…it’s time to tell Disney to grow a pair (of balls…or breasts…whichever is appropriate) and release **Song of the South** already. They’re so worried about their image. Did you know that you can buy **Birth of a Nation** on DVD? **Triumph of the Will** , too. I hardly think **Song of the South** comes anywhere close to those, in terms of offendibility. Disney can even preface the movie with a nice discussion of Black storytelling and folk traditions, which is what all those B’rer Rabbit stories are really about. They’re about the former slaves rising up against oppression, or so I’ve read. I’ve never seen the whole movie. I’d like to, so I can make up my own mind about it. People in Europe already can, why not me? [/QUOTE] Rumor has it that Disney plans to release _Song of the South_ this year, prefaced with a scene from the upcoming black-themed _The Princess and the Frog_ to show how far the company has come in portraying blacks in their films. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/47 "2007-06-09T14:22:51Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Yes, but Leonardo and the Pharoahs aren’t still getting a cut off the back end of those. [/QUOTE] Well, A.) Lucas _isn’t_ getting a dime when someone illegally downloads the _Star Wars Holiday Special_, since they can’t buy it and the just have to see if it’s as bad as everyone says it is (it’s worse, _trust me_) and B.) If you know anything about the entertainment industry, you know that quite often the people who are supposed to be getting royalties off the sales of things don’t get them. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/48 "2007-06-09T14:31:24Z")
> [@](#): > > black-themed _The Princess and the Frog_ Which just makes me wonder how far along in development _The Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea_ got before they realized they just couldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/49 "2007-06-09T17:44:08Z")
I think when people eventually get to see _Song of the South_ again, they will be awfully disappointed if they were looking for some horribly racist movie. It’s not that. The black characters in the movie seem quite content to make the white folks happy, but that’s about the extent of it. And, BTW, they’re not slaves — it’s set in the post-Civil War era. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/50 "2007-06-09T18:38:17Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Which just makes me wonder how far along in development _The Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea_ got before they realized they just couldn’t. [/QUOTE] When they watched the dailies of the Princess’s mattress singing, “My Humps” ala Al Jolson in _The Jazz Singer_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/51 "2007-06-09T21:31:16Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] Which just makes me wonder how far along in development _The Princess and the Black-Eyed Pea_ got before they realized they just couldn’t. [/QUOTE] Well, they were planning on calling it _The Frog Princess_ until they realized that could be interpreted as an anti-French slur. This is true. (As for inadvertent black stereotypes, they had to change the main character’s name from “Maddie” since they thought this sounded too much like “Mammy.” Bet they’re glad Ashley Tisdale is white.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/52 "2007-06-09T22:01:32Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] Rumor has it that Disney plans to release _Song of the South_ this year, prefaced with a scene from the upcoming black-themed _The Princess and the Frog_ to show how far the company has come in portraying blacks in their films. [/QUOTE] I’m a Disney stockholder, and the Disney grand poobah (Eisner’s successor, Iger) was asked at the most recent stockholder meeting about releasing _Song of the South_. He said it’s a perennial issue and has been extensively discussed at the top levels of the studio, including the options of releasing it with a preface or even a panel discussion. Look at the March 27, 2007 entry here: [http://anythingbut.com/archive/cat\_dvd.html](http://anythingbut.com/archive/cat_dvd.html) ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/53 "2007-06-10T04:36:08Z")
[QUOTE=Linty Fresh] Gotta disagree with you here, **lissener**. Not only has **Shogun** aged _very_ well IMHO, it’s one of my yearly must-see movies. And anyway, how exactly is a miniseries set in seventeenth century Japan supposed to _age_? It’s not like Blackthorne was a high school math nerd trying to get a date with the cute valley girl. [/QUOTE] Sorry, hadn’t seen that you’d responded to this. What I meant was, like _Roots, Shogun_ looks like it was shot on the Hollywood backlot in the 70s. You can immediately date when it was made by looking at it;\* that’s\* dated. A historical costume drama can just as easily become dated as a movie set in the present. Look at Richardson’s _Tom Jones_ for an example of a badly dated costume epic: you can tell by the women’s hair and makeup alone that it was made in 1963. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/54 "2007-06-10T12:40:08Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] Well, they were planning on calling it _The Frog Princess_ until they realized that could be interpreted as an anti-French slur. [/QUOTE] Well, aside from the French problem, _The Frog Princess_ is also just begging to get reviewed as _The Dog Princess_. Come to think of it, they’ve still left themselves open to that problem with the new title. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075/55 "2007-06-19T23:12:48Z")
All of the “Decline of Western Civilization” documentaries. Although the first (about early '80s punk) and second (late '80s hair metal) can be found easily on burned DVD, they’re both begging for “where are they now?” and behind the scenes extra features. I’ve never seen the third (about modern hardcore punk) anywhere. I know the second isn’t being released due to recording rights; is that the case with the others? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-should-be-on-dvd/407075.md?page=2)