Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior – Worst DVD Ever
Posted by John Campeaon 30. 05. 2008in News Chat
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I love my dvd copy of Mad Max 2…..
Well, it was one of the first DVDs ever produced, every product has it’s flaws in the beginning.
I wish more DVD’s went straight into the movie.
Sorry John, but this video is stupid as fuck and not funny.
Oh come on! I watch/listen to all the of this guys stuff on youtube, he’s hilarious and I usually agree with his opinions.
I gotta agree with Melbye, sometimes I just want to watch the movie and instead I have to wade through a lot of crap. But I do love the cool sh*t.
So, has this guy only seen about 5 DVD’s then? I know many DVD’s which go straight into the movie, plus the Blade Runner: the Director’s Cut DVD came out before The Road Warrior and it gets no mention, wtf.
So, has this guy only seen about 5 DVD’s then? I know many DVD’s which go straight into the movie, plus the Blade Runner: the Director’s Cut DVD came out before The Road Warrior and it gets no mention and it has the exact same menu, wtf.
This isn’t anything new….some of the first DVDs that came out are exactly like this.
I have Demolition Man, and Total Recall, and they didn’t have to many special features, and not much else.
I’ve always been surprised that this movie hasn’t gotten the special treatment yet.
Okay… this disc has been horrible since it was released, the transfer is poor, and the whole presentation is poor.
Now… IT WAS RELEASED ON HD-DVD and NOW BLURAY! Why don’ t you know this???
Both have commentary, and are exceptional transfers of THE ORIGINAL MAD MAX 2 cut that is slightly different, and more graphic than the US cut of Road Warrior.
Please, before you post something like this (where a warning to not get the DVD is WARRANTED), do your research and don’t ‘hope’ that it will improve on BluRay when it is ALREADY OUT!
Finally, even the VHS tape release of the film was a better presentation than the DVD… you also didn’t mention that this release of Road Warrior is now available on a double-disk with Mad Max 3-beyond thunderdome… Wouldn’t you think they’d remaster the poor disc? NO.
Thanks for reviewing it, but you REALLY could have done better research.
My 2 cents.
Dave
There are lots of WB discs like these…they all suck, namely because you have to go into the chapter menu to get to the “play movie” button.
However, I LOVE the fact that when you insert the disc it goes straight into the movie (Disney’s FastPlay anyone?) on a non-pirated DVD. (Burned DVDs are a different story)
Why this movie and for that matter the Mad Max trilogy has not been remastered on DVD as a box set, is beyond me! It screams for such treatment considering its place of importance in the science fiction genre. At the very least, a reissue with better quality (you can even see the hand-held camera move as it records the opening credits!!) would not take much effort at all. Not sure if there is a problem w/ distribution rights or terms that’s preventing this from being done.
I do understand that this was one of the original DVDs released and that’s how most were treated until better methods appeared, but it’s a travesty to have this great classic of visual effects languish as some B movie due to production quality.
FIX IT, WARNER BROTHERS!!!