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Date Posted: 01:53:36 10/13/06 Fri
Author: Rick
Subject: Re: Ray and Flash Gordon DVDs ( Barin, I need your input )
In reply to: Prince Barin 's message, "Re: Ray and Flash Gordon DVDs ( Barin, I need your input )" on 17:44:35 10/12/06 Thu

I've read about some of those soundtracks in the video versions of the films. Very annoying. I had a VHS release of the 1940 film that was a 16mm print with the alternate titles and Jack Narz narrating the chapter forewards. I believe I still have one someplace in storage.

Some years back, I bought the feature versions issued by Questar. Rocketship, The Deadly Ray from Mars, The Peril from the Planet Mongo. When I put them on I was very upset at the missing footage that was cut out. About a year later, KFS re-issued the original serials in 1995 on VHS ( later on laserdisc and DVD ).

I have all 3 from Image Entertainment, with a second copy of Flash Gordon ( 1936 ) and Conquers the Universe ( 1940 ). I only have one of Trip to Mars on a flipper disc that Image produced and one of Buck Rogers by VCI.

The nitrate release prints are gorgeous on the DVDs. You can see that luminous glow on the whites and lights, in contrast to the blacks in the film. That's a trademark of nitrate-based film stock.

Knowing me, I'll probably buy another FG box set in the future.




Rick

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