# What would you buy the moment it came on DVD if it was ever released? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180 "2011-01-19T06:41:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/81 "2011-01-24T17:20:08Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Some of them are on DVD, but really hard to find or really expensive: > … > The PBS Jeremy Brett **Sherlock Holmes** series (I only have 2 discs, and i never see the others) > … First they were released sequentially (by series). Finally they made a boxset of all the episodes. I see it at Costco fairly often. Kind of pisses me off actually because the boxset is less than half the price of all the individual releases put together (which I dutifully bought). ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/82 "2011-01-24T17:44:49Z")
I was all set to come in here and complain that The Flight of Dragons was never released on DVD since I’ve been searching for it for years. Then, as I went to Amazon to get a link, I found out that it was released on DVD back in November. Yay, Amazon order time! ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/83 "2011-01-24T19:05:35Z")
Still waiting for _Cast a Deadly Spell_ with Fred Ward, Clancy Brown, Julianne Moore and David Warner. “Los Angeles 1948. Everybody uses magic” I’m afraid to play my old VHS copy anymore - I think it will fall to dust. Also waiting on _A New Leaf_ with Walter Matthau and Elaine May. A completely different sort of rom com and some of Matthau’s best work (imho). ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/84 "2011-01-24T19:15:48Z")
Update. There is a Region 2 PAL DVD. Several Ebay sellers from England have it. I think it’s legit. I plan to order a dvd next week. My PC has a region free drive. > [@aceplace57](#): > > Massacre at Central High a great horror film. The vhs tape was rare even 15 years ago. Never been released on dvd. > [Massacre at Central High - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_at_Central_High) > > trailer > Note the terrible quality. All the vhs rental tapes I’ve seen are totally worn out. > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKvgOpf9SWM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKvgOpf9SWM) > > I always hope it will be digitally restored someday. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/85 "2011-01-24T20:37:44Z")
Still waiting for Region 1 version of “1492: Conquest of Paradise” Would also like an anamorphic version of “The Hollywood Knights”. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/86 "2011-01-24T21:30:38Z")
**Get A Life** , the complete series. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/87 "2011-01-25T02:34:37Z")
I forgot something: _Muppet Family Christmas_. But we’ll probably never see it because the rights to the music are too expensive/impossible to get. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/88 "2011-01-25T02:54:41Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > Song of the South > > why won’t Disney let us have its embarrassing racist secrets This. Though maybe not for quite the same reasons… It was a movie. It was made in a different time. Preventing anyone from ever seeing it again doesn’t unmake it, it just makes it impossible to ever have a rational discussion about it. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/89 "2011-01-25T03:01:33Z")
AfterMASH. No, it wasn’t great, but my complete M_A_S\*H DVD set still feels a bit incomplete without it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/90 "2011-01-25T03:17:52Z")
My DVD wishlist: All God’s Children Can Dance (2007) Amanda & the Alien (1995) Arnold (1973) Bless the Beasts & Children (1971) Brewster McCloud (1970) Brighton Rock (1947) Castaway (1986) China 9, Liberty 37 (Amore, piombo e furore) (1978) Dance with the Devil (Purdita Durango) (1997) uncut version The Execution of Private Slovik (1974) First Family (1980) Full Body Massage (1995) The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980) Grindhouse (2007) the theatrical release version Homicide (1991) Hot Stuff (1979) Island Of Lost Souls (1932) Johnny Guitar (1954) Ken Park (2002) The Krays (1990) The Last House on the Left (1972) The Last Survivors (1975) Legend Of Lizzie Borden (1975) Let It Be (1970) Liquid Television (1991) Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) L’Ete Meurtrier (One Deadly Summer) (1983) L’Idole (The Idol) (2002) Lonely Are The Brave (1962) The Man In the Iron Mask (1977) Massacre at Central High (1976) Minoriteam (2005) A New Leaf (1971) 1984 (1956) Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) Odd Man Out (1947) Park Row (1952) Penn & Teller’s Invisible Thread (1987) Rapa Nui (1994) Show Boat (1936) Simon (1980) Sleuth (1972) Stingray (1986) Temptation (2003) They Might Be Giants (1971) Things to Do Before You’re 30 (2004) Thursday (1998) Truly Madly Deeply (1991) 20th Century Oz (1976) Villain (1971) ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/91 "2011-01-25T04:38:57Z")
Brandy and Mr.Whiskers ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/92 "2011-01-25T04:41:28Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **That Was the Week That Was** The proto-Laugh-In and proto-SNL, with original songs by Tom Lehrer. I have a CD of some songs and sketches, and watched a couple episodes at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City a few years ago. The show wasn’t completely forgotten. I’d get season (series) 2 of **The Games** , a mockumentary about the organizing of the Sydney Olympics. It starred John “the front fell off” Clarke; his website used to promise that season 2 was coming, now there’s not even that. LATE BREAKING NEWS: I just checked the website to confirm that last bit, and it’s there! I’ve been waiting years for this. Now, let’s see if they can deliver this one in less than seven weeks. \ ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/93 "2011-01-25T14:43:44Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > I forgot something: _Muppet Family Christmas_. But we’ll probably never see it because the rights to the music are too expensive/impossible to get. I have the DVD, but it’s got some really annoying edits. You’re probably better off just waiting. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/94 "2011-01-25T16:29:45Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > My DVD wishlist: > \ Many of those _are_ available on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/95 "2011-01-25T17:02:47Z")
I’m waiting for a NA release of _Going Postal_. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/96 "2011-01-25T17:37:11Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > This. Though maybe not for quite the same reasons… > > It was a movie. It was made in a different time. Preventing anyone from ever seeing it again doesn’t unmake it, it just makes it impossible to ever have a rational discussion about it. Similarly, the 1959 _Porgy and Bess_ film. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/97 "2011-01-25T18:00:39Z")
Leonard Maltin made a compilation/documentary of the Fleischer Brothers cartoons called “Cartoon Madness”. Great stuff! Sadly, only available on VHS. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/98 "2011-01-25T18:02:12Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Many of those _are_ available on DVD. I’m pretty sure you’re allowed to tell me. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/99 "2011-01-25T18:32:54Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > I own Young Indiana Jones on DVD. It is, without a doubt, the most bonus-filled set of DVDs ever released. Each EPISODE gets its own entire disc, chock full of behind the scenes stuff. That show was treated like a blockbuster movie every week. I’m surprised it lasted as long as it did with a budget like that… This may be, but they are different then the original showings of the show. Now they are more like a movie and they cut Old Indy out entirely. What they did was stick two shows together that somewhat belong. The extras are great though, even though I’ve never watched even half of them. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180/100 "2011-01-25T19:06:05Z")
A DVD of the theatrical release of _One From The Heart_. They released a DVD a little while back, but Coppola apparently listened to his critics and re-edited the film. It destroyed the flow of the film. In the original cut, the whole first reel was a series of scenes that connected with optical transitions - scrims, mirrors - utterly brilliant stuff! The music commented on the action on screen. The new edit broke that. It was what made the original film great, and the attempt to make it more conventional destroyed what made it special. I’ll be watching my laserdisc. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-buy-the-moment-it-came-on-dvd-if-it-was-ever-released/568180.md?page=6)