'West' blu ray May 31

[Walton]

A friend sent me this - might have been posted somewhere here already, but it's pretty funny:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hozPPVLpRQE&feature=share

[stanton]

Ha ha, amazing ...

It even works pretty well if one understands German.

[dave jenkins]

A friend sent me this - might have been posted somewhere here already, but it's pretty funny:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hozPPVLpRQE&feature=share

I enjoyed that a lot. Also I liked getting confirmation that many on this board are Nazis (Commu-nazis, nicht wahr?).

[drinkanddestroy]

A friend sent me this - might have been posted somewhere here already, but it's pretty funny:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hozPPVLpRQE&feature=share

good stuff.

two little changes I'd suggest:

firstly, the opening moments, with the guy pointing to the map, just doesn't fit well with the subtitles announcing the BRD. They could easily make it fit by changing the subtitles to discuss which territories the new BRD is being released in. if it says, eg. "The new Region 1 BRD, released in Country X ..." that would fit perfectly with the pointing to the map.

And secondly, HOW COULD HITLER FORGET TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE COMMENTARY? Alex Friggin Cox inventing a continuity problem that doesn't exist (IDIOT!); John Carpenter using all his time to say either, "That must be a screen" or "Caludia is beautiful" or "I haven't watched the movie lately"; and some idiot taking a piece of an interview of John Milius that had nothing to do with OUATITW ( it's him describing how Leone asked him to work on the script for OUATIA but ... I DIDN'T HAVE TIME SO I COULDN'T DO IT NOT fit it i his schedule to work with Leone) and slapping that on there as a supposed bit of "commentary."

Oh well, I guess that down in that bunker, Hitler didn't have time for commentaries.

anyway ....

yeah, good stuff 

[stanton]

It is common knowledge that Hitler never listened to any audio commentary. Maybe he knew that most are a slight waste of our time, and that it is better to spare the time to watch another film.

Hmm, his justified anger reminds me a bit on Rumpelstiltskin ...

[drinkanddestroy]

well he was right not to listen to the commentary-by-committee on OUATITW.

Commentaries may often be a waste of time, but there are a few exceptions. Anything with Frayling is great. Eddie Muller has some great noir commentaries. I recently listened to Roger Ebert's commentary on Casablanca, it is great.

[stanton]

Yes, some are good. Maybe even the majority. But I mostly don't have the time to listen to them.
I also don't care much for all that bonus material on the discs. But then the bonus material is too often really a waste of time.

Frayling's commentary for OUTW was disappointing. He often describes only what I see on the screen instead of contributing something original. That was a not expected negative surprise. But I like his books very much.

[drinkanddestroy]

Frayling's commentary for OUTW was disappointing. He often describes only what I see on the screen instead of contributing something original. That was a not expected negative surprise. But I like his books very much.

yes I've heard some people complain about that RE: his OUATITW commentary.

I don't really remember, I only watched the commentary on OUATITW once, that commentary-by-committee was awful – even when the individual speakers are good, the commentaries that are pieced together from individuals speaking separately are crap. Having multiple people sitting together in the same room, so they are interacting with each other, that is fine. I have listened to all his other commentaries many times – actually, CoR only once; but FOD, FAFDM, GBU, and DYS I've listened to each of them many times, and they are all great.

[uncknown]

The Paramount DVD is at least wrong in parts.

1

2. The closing music is wrong. Cheyenne's theme shouldn't return (stupid idea), instead the America theme runs until the end.

Has this egregious sin ever been rectified in any English language version, on dvd or BR

[dave jenkins]

Well, now there's this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07V5PZ5Q7/ref=as_li_ss_tl?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=dvdbeaver-21&linkId=aee075820df5ad3f9d2ae559e06c2309&language=en_GB

I don't know anything about it other than what amazon.co.uk is saying about it. I assume it's largely a repackaging of previous releases. Interestingly, however, it appears to have both the French and German dubs.

[dave jenkins]

Well, now there's this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07V5PZ5Q7/ref=as_li_ss_tl?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=dvdbeaver-21&linkId=aee075820df5ad3f9d2ae559e06c2309&language=en_GB

I don't know anything about it other than what amazon.co.uk is saying about it. I assume it's largely a repackaging of previous releases. Interestingly, however, it appears to have both the French and German dubs.

I just realized that this release is REGION FREE. Somebody tell Drink!

[drinkanddestroy]

I just realized that this release is REGION FREE. Somebody tell Drink!

you're obviously not paying attention http://www.fistful-of-leone.com/forums/index.php?topic=11173.msg190573#msg190573

[dave jenkins]

You obviously haven't been paying attention to Jenkins' quirky sense of humor.

[drinkanddestroy]

You obviously haven't been paying attention to Jenkins' quirky sense of humor.

we haven't hung out in a while ... I must have forgotten 

How about opening night of the new Scorsese film?

[noodles_leone]

we haven't hung out in a while ... I must have forgotten 

How about opening night of the new Scorsese film?

Do it!

And DJ: don’t forget to tell us how many times Drink will find a reason to walk out for a few minutes during the screening.