# What titles would you like to see come out on DVD? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051 "2006-04-24T21:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/21 "2006-04-25T00:35:16Z")
I second Twin Peaks Season 2. I just don’t understand it. These days every horrible movie or TV show is on DVD. Why not Twin Peaks? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/22 "2006-04-25T01:06:39Z")
The Ted Danson version of _Gulliver’s Travels_, which for some unaccountable reason was (last time I looked) out only on VHS. ---
**Author:** ![Dusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@Dusty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/23 "2006-04-25T01:18:37Z")
There’s hundreds of silents I’m still waiting for, and I’m not just talking about obscure stuff that would only interest me and maybe six other people, but big, important films like _Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse_ or _Souls for Sale_. Even _Sunrise_ and _Ben Hur_ aren’t available alone–only as extras in box sets of non-silents. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/24 "2006-04-25T01:22:24Z")
Season 2 of The Larry Sanders Show. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/25 "2006-04-25T01:47:37Z")
Max Headroom ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/26 "2006-04-25T01:48:04Z")
> [@Dusty](#): > > Even _Sunrise_ and _Ben Hur_ aren’t available alone–only as extras in box sets of non-silents. Fortunately _Sunrise_ is packaged with some great DVDs in the box set, so it’s worth buying anyways – Gentlemen’s Agreement, All About Eve, How Green Was My Valley. I’m astonished that “Rebecca” isn’t out on DVD yet. They’re already doing second editions of some Hitchcock DVDs – even lesser-known ones like “Shadow of a Doubt” (which is lesser known, but definitely not of lesser quality – it is reportedly Hitch’s personal favorite of his films). Yet “Rebecca,” the only one of his movies to win the Oscar for Best Picture, isn’t out?? **Eve** – glad you mentioned the silent movie documentary. I’d never heard of it, though I’ve heard of Kevin Brownlow (he did some restoration work on Abel Gance’s “Napoleon”). Looks like an incredible documentary; I’m gonna have to figure out someway to get my hands on it! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/27 "2006-04-25T02:00:14Z")
**Robinson Crusoe on Mars** – AFAIK, it’s never been released on either VHS or DVD, or any other format. My copy is aped from TV. **Frankenstein** – the 1910 Edison Company Chales Ogle version. It as briefly available on DVD, but was withdrawn. **Mystery Science Theater 3000 the Movie**. I understand it’s been released twice on DVD, but in a very lmited capacity, and the first release wasn’t satisfying. **The Thief of Baghdad** – the 1924 Douglas Fairbanks original, restored by Rohauer, with tinting and a full orchstral score. I taped this off PBS, but a.) I don;'t think they ever released it, on any format; and b.) I now learn that even that version was not complete. \*\* Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders\*\* – One of my favorite TV movies. AFAIK, never released in any format. Again, my copy’s from TV. **The Day of the riffids** - the British TV version that runs about six hours, not he American version from circa 1963. Faithful to the book. **The Adventures of Mark Twain** – Will Vinton’s underapprecated masterpiece of Claymation. **The Last of Sheila** – as far as I know, this hasn’t been released on DVD. My all-time favorite mystery. **A Careful Man** --obscure TV production of great Frederick Forsyth mystery, perfectly faithful to his story. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/28 "2006-04-25T02:05:44Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Frankenstein** – the 1910 Edison Company Chales Ogle version. It as briefly available on DVD, but was withdrawn. There are major complications with getting that released in any format, due to the behavior of the man who owned the only known print. Now that he’s dead, it may finally be released. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/29 "2006-04-25T02:06:45Z")
**Robin Hood, Men in Tights** , if for no other reason than to have a present to give the hard-to-shop-for **Only Mostly Dead**. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/30 "2006-04-25T02:06:57Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **The Last of Sheila** – as far as I know, this hasn’t been released on DVD. My all-time favorite mystery. Ah, but it [has](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001FVEC2/ref=ase_imdb-adbox/002-5078386-8716012?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130&tagActionCode=imdb-adbox). ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/31 "2006-04-25T02:19:04Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **The Adventures of Mark Twain** – Will Vinton’s underapprecated masterpiece of Claymation. As has [this](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CCBCDA/ref=ase_imdb-adbox/002-5078386-8716012?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130&tagActionCode=imdb-adbox). You might want to check some of the others on your list – those were just the first two I happened to look up. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/32 "2006-04-25T02:20:40Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > The Tick animated series (supposedly in the works) Promises, promises… > [@](#): > > Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains I was an extra in that! Well, possibly, I never actually _saw_ it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/33 "2006-04-25T02:32:27Z")
> [@](#): > > You might want to check some of the others on your list – those were just the first two I happened to look up. Hmm. Whenever I check movies on the IMDB, it gives a shot of the DVD cover, if it’s out on DVD. The last time I checked the ones I listed they weren’t shown that way. But I didn’t check them on Amzon. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/34 "2006-04-25T02:45:28Z")
> [@El Perro Fumando](#): > > **Robin Hood, Men in Tights** , if for no other reason than to have a present to give the hard-to-shop-for **Only Mostly Dead**. It’s out on Region 1 DVD, but only as part of the [Mel Brooks box set.](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E6ESIK/qid=1145933001/) Netflix has it on VLW. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/35 "2006-04-25T03:39:04Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > Deranged / Motel Hell Motel Hell is available, IIRC, as part of MGM’s budget line of twofer horror disks. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/36 "2006-04-25T03:49:51Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Frankenstein** – the 1910 Edison Company Chales Ogle version. It as briefly available on DVD, but was withdrawn. It may not be on DVD anymore, but it is available on-line. (Search Google Video.) The film itself is in the public domain, so it should be legal, but I believe there may be complicated copyright issues that I don’t understand related to the specific edition that was made available to the public, which is why I’m not linking to it directly. It’s only about 12 minutes long and is worth watching to anyone interested in silent film. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/37 "2006-04-25T03:59:23Z")
Re-Animator 2. I hear the commentary with Jeffery Combs is great. Given how funny he was in the first one, both the movie and the commentary, I’d love to see this. ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/38 "2006-04-25T05:54:08Z")
Bruno S. - Estrangement is Death ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/39 "2006-04-25T07:07:34Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **The Day of the riffids** - the British TV version that runs about six hours, not he American version from circa 1963. Faithful to the book. This came out (along with a bunch of other BBC SF stuff) on Region 2 DVD last year; I don’t know if the Beeb has any plans to release it in Region 1, though … ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051/40 "2006-04-25T07:15:49Z")
Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Pseudo-Classic [Damnation Alley](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075909/). That really subtle and creepy 1980’s UK “Robin Hood” series that used to air on Showtime, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-titles-would-you-like-to-see-come-out-on-dvd/354051.md?page=3)