LaserDisc Collection:

(updated March 4th 1999)

• "The Abyss" Special Edition. (NTSC) widescreen
  This 3-disk set includes "The Making of The Abyss", and a set of behind-the-scenes stills, and information on the changes made to the movie after its release at the cinema.
  
  
• "Addams Family Values" (PAL) widescreen
  Funnier than the original - well I liked it anyway! Written by Paul Rudnick, and choc-a-block with marvelous one-liners.
  
  
• "Aladdin" (NTSC) widescreen
  The Disney cartoon starring Robin Williams - wonderful!
  
  
• "Beauty and the Beast" (NTSC) widescreen
  The Disney cartoon with its wonderful music and excellent animation, and the bit near the end that makes you want to cry...
  
  
• "Kate Bush: The Whole Story" (PAL)
  This has been updated with the inclusion of some material from 1993. OK, own up all those people who used to sing along with Kate when she sang "Wuthering Heights"...
  
  
• "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (PAL)
  Black and White fullscreen edition of the classic 50's scifi movie with the flying saucer and the big robot. Whatever you do don't forget the message "Klaatu barada nikto" or there'll be trouble!
  
  
• "Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius" (PAL)
  An original LaserVision disk from the BBC. Starring Tom Baker (who I reckon was the best Doctor so there!) It's also quite a good story, and features "The Sisterhood of Karn" who worship a holy flame...
  
  
• "Doctor Who: The Day of the Daleks" (PAL)
  A story featuring Jon Pertwee. People from the future come back to the 1970's to sabotage a UN meeting in order to alter a future where the Daleks have taken over the Earth.
  
  
• "Doctor Who: The Ark in Space" (PAL)
  Tom Baker as the doctor and Elizabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith end up on a space station containing the cryogenically frozen remnants of the human race. Unfortunately, something nasty got there before they did...
  
  
• "Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons" (PAL)
  Tom Baker as the doctor in a story set in Scotland where funny things are happening at Loch Ness, and one or two people aren't quite what they seem...
  
  
• "Dreamscape" (PAL)
  The quality of this disk wasn't amazing - then again it only cost £10! It's an interesting SciFi movie about someone who invents a system for entering other people's dreams, and manipulating the results.
  
  
• "Forbidden Planet" (NTSC) widescreen
  This is a Criterion Collection disk, and includes the original screen-treatment, stills, deleted scenes, and clips from the original work-print. This is a classic movie, a SciFi adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest".
  
  
• "Groundhog Day" (PAL) widescreen
  This is an excellent comedy about a man who relives the same day over and over.
  
  
• "Independence Day" (PAL) widescreen
  This is the much hyped SciFi movie about an alien attack on the Earth. The quality of the transfer onto LaserDisc is marvelous (maybe the quality of the script isn't, but who cares - I enjoyed it anyway!) The surround-sound will knock those ornaments off the telly. The 2nd side of the 1st disk is in CAV format, so you can still-frame all those "things exploding" scenes.
  
  
• "Jeffrey" (NTSC) widescreen
  This is a wonderfully funny film starring Patrick Stewart in a gay role ("Make it Camp" rather than "Make it so") It's the story of Jeffrey, who loves sex and yet decides to give it up. Written by Paul Rudnick who wrote Addams Family Values.
  
  
• "Jurassic Park" (PAL) widescreen
  Complete with a digital surround-sound house-shaking soundtrack, this is a disk to demo a laserdisc system!
  
  
• "Kalifornia" (NTSC) widescreen
  A very enjoyable exciting thriller. See David Duchovny as Fox Mulder (well maybe not, but I kept expecting to see Gillian Anderson at any moment).
  
  
• "Madonna: Blond Ambition World Tour Live" (PAL)
  This particular concert was not released in any other format. Madonna at her best.
  
  
• "Naked Gun 33 and a third" (PAL) widescreen
  Frank Drebin is back - for the third Naked Gun movie. Mostly new jokes, and specially wackier shaped for easier swallowing
  
  
• "The Producers" (NTSC) widescreen
  Another Criterion Collection disk. The movie is in it's original widescreen ration, and includes the original theatrical trailer. This is a Mel Brooks movie, starring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostell, about a theatrical producer who comes up with a scam to make money by having a show that's a failure. Apparently this movie is responsible for the phrase "If you've got it, flaunt it!".
  
  
• "The Rocky Horror Picture Show (special Edition)" (PAL) widescreen
  A film to make you shiver with antici... ...pation. Excellent film. Make sure you've got confetti, a water pistol, a newspaper and some matches handy before you watch it. Whatever happened to Fay Wray?
  
  
• "Speed" (PAL) widescreen
  A disk with a digital surround-sound house-shaking soundtrack. After watching this you may never want to get on a bus again... (and you certainly won't want to get in a lift).
  
  
• "Star Trek:Generations" (NTSC) widescreen
  Another disk with a digital surround-sound house-shaking soundtrack. One side of this 2 disk set (the side with the most amazing of the special effects) is in active play format, so that you can single-frame through it. I wouldn't be surprised if they took Troi's driving license away after this.
  
  
• "Star Trek:The Next Generation. The Offspring/Yesterday's Enterprise." (NTSC)
  
  OK, I bought this disk of episodes from the TV series because it contains 2 of the best episodes. The quality is excellent.
  
  
• "Star Wars IV:A New Hope." (NTSC) widescreen
  I thought I'd buy the original version of the trilogy while they were still available. Marvellous stuff.
  
  
• "Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back" (NTSC) widescreen
  A lot of people say that this is the best of the three, I'm not sure. Some excellent scenes in it though!
  
  
• "Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi" (NTSC) widescreen
  Brings this trilogy to a close with a bang.
  
  
• "The Shadow" (PAL) widescreen
  Another fun film with excellent surround-sound and visuals. Not exactly classy viewing but quite enjoyable.
  
  
• "True Lies" (PAL) widescreen
  An effects-fest with amazing surround-sound digital soundtrack. It's a fun movie and is best turned up loud! Arnie doing his usual stuff.

   

Disks I've got but haven't watched or sorted out yet:

• Jamon Jamon
• Side Out
• No Escape
• Orlando
• The Princess Bride
• Hammer Boxed set - The Devil Rides Out / Quatermass and the Pit / Dracular movie
• Barbarella
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
• Starship Troopers
• Babe
• Four Weddings and a Funeral