EDIT: It still hasn’t come, and my local video shop doesn’t have it. I’ll have to wait some more.

Hi again tysto sorry to message you again i was just wondering about the Scooby Doo On Zombie Island podcast is it going OK i know you have a very busy list but is it still OK i am very looking forward to it hate to say i know i am 26 but i absolutely adore Scooby Doo so very much sorry to message you again i was just wondering about the podcast speak to you soon.

Thank you so much for accepting to do Scooby Doo On Zombie Island hate to ask but when will you do the Scooby Doo On Zombie Island podcast and thank you again tysto and keep up the great work on the the podcasts and commentaries.

Hi tysto i love all your commentaries of different films is it OK if you do a commentary on Scooby Doo On Zombie Island please as i like all the Scooby Doo movies is it OK if you do it please and keep up the great work.

Lol, yes Gavan O’Herlihy & William Atherton do look alike. (without looking on IMDB) Gavan O’Herlihy looks like the chap from Superman 3. All I remember is him drinking and trying to turn a key?!

Ah, Porridge was a 70′s TV series in a prison, which a TV movies was made. It seems to have been called something else in the US:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porridge_%28film%29

I also could not believe this film was 1999, I thought it much more recent. It has held up well.

Agreed – Sigourney Weaver looks super hot! A good remedy if you have just watched Alien 3 and can’t get over the shaven head look!

http://public.fotki.com/Tysto/travel/pennsylvania/pittsburgh-2007/

seriously, man, loved it; you came at it in the right frame of mind and delivered an honest, amusing, splendiferous commentary. many thanks!

I played the “sheriff” in this one and I just listened to your commentary. Brilliant. I had planned to scan through it but you had me laughing so hard I listened to the whole damn thing. I hate grandpa pants, too! And dirty feet! And she was really young and hot for the likes of me! It’s like you were a mind reader. But seriously, the dirty feet thing always gets me and we really do try to keep our feet clean at first but invariably the later takes with the filthy feet always get used. I think your just criticism has finally persuaded me to start insisting on a pair of slippers in between bare feet takes.

Thanks man. I wish you could do the commentary tracks on all my flicks. They’d be a lot more entertaining. Maybe I could I hire you to just come to the LA premieres and do it over the speaker system. It would be innovative. And refreshing.

I’m a fan.

Bill Oberst Jr. (the one with the sensitive hands)

I am sure we also could not understand why everything exploded all the time.

An article in ‘Empire’ film magazine seemed to say the shoot was a nightmare. Nevermind, I am sure it will be ripe for a ‘reboot’ in 20 yrs time!

I agree with it being a flawed but excellent film. The first time I watched it I was amazed by the sets & special effects. You can really get into the world. Although for me there are some nagging issues. I don’t really like J.F. Sabastian and his ‘toys’, creepy.

When the Final Edit came out the picture quality (and extras) were amazing. They did a really good job.

This is a film where the world they created runs very deep in modern culture. The computer game ‘Syndicate’ in the ’90s was the one for me, which I loved and made me feel part of the Bladerunner world.

Here is a film link:- 1492: Conquest of Paradise. Vangelis did the soundtrack and Mr Scott also directed!

Thanks again,

Sean.

Thanks.
Ali

the bishop error where he grabs newt at the end get fixed on the blu ray version

Model villages – I guess along with the filmmakers, I did not realise that this is more of a British thing and American’s did not really know what the hell this was about. Funnily enough while visiting a castle recently, there was a model village, which reminded me of this commentary.

NWA – This did make me laugh, and yes anyone outside the UK would not really get this I suppose. No it is nothing to do with the music band. We really do have Neighborhood Watch Associations. Basically old ladies who look out their windows (curtain twitchers!) to see what is going on in the street.

The ending was filmed in Wells, Somerset, England, which was near to where I grew up, so that added some extra cool points to the film

BADASS!

If you can, please send the link to ‘Mind Meld’ as well. I think the Dr. would enjoy it.

Where’s Lynch? He should be on these.

It would be really easy to create a commentary that slams this movie, but I think you guys put it in perspective and gave it a fair review.

Be sure to check out “Mind Meld”. This is a recorded conversation between Shatner and Nimoy. They talk about what was happening ‘behind the scenes’ during production. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cGKc4bG2Jg

Over at the Committed blog, Inmate 977 (his name is H. Perry Horton, as it turns out) works at a big video store and so gets access to all the DVDs in advance of their release, which makes me slightly jealous of him (but only until I remember that I am an overpaid business consultant).

Could you get some kind of deal going with Asylum? Your commentary is the only thing that makes these things worth “watching” (in that I just listen to your commentary and then go to YouTube for the parts that make you yell out, “Oh my God!”).

What logic are we following here??

I disagree. I prefer to look at it that both the machines and Reese ASSUME that time can be changed. However, the film shows that it cannot, and follows a single time-line logic that contradicts the characters’ assumptions, but is perfectly compatible with other science fiction models that use the same logic.

There’s only a problem when, within the same fictional universe, Terminator 2 shows time can actually be changed. Until then it’s all just characters assuming things, but being wrong.

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Also, I think it’s a mistake to think that the creation of a “new timeline” in the past means the previous future timeline still exists. When Marty goes back to 1955, the one and only 1985 changes based on what he did there.

Likewise, if you’re the SkyNet computer in the 2029, the moment you send the T-800 into the past, your reality changes to match whatever he did in the past.

I understand. However there are different fictional models for time travel, and all are perfectly valid as long as any work manages to stick to whatever rules it presents. Some fiction chooses to go by the “alternate time-line” method, so that anything characters do in the past don’t actually alter the time they came from; they don’t erase themselves by killing their grandfather, but they create a reality in which there won’t be a version of themselves born. Others go with a single time-line: Bill and Ted always did steal the keys Bill’s Dad was looking for. Both of these models, in my mind, exist precisely to prevent paradoxes like the Grandfather paradox. If there’s only one time-line and time can be rewritten, we have a problem when Marty prevents his parents from getting together. Not only would he fade from existence, but he wouldn’t be there to PREVENT his parents from getting together, ergo a massive paradox. The Back to the Future films are happy to use this time-travel logic, until the end of the first one when Marty himself hasn’t altered to fit the “new improved parents” timeline he has created. Hence Back to the Future is confused about what it’s doing with time.

But this is all irrelevant when we’re talking about the Terminator. What we get with the Terminator is a single time-line logic for film one, then James Cameron changed his mind and gave us something else for film two. Thanks to Terminator 3 saying that Judgement Day still happened, there isn’t a paradox created by the terminators going into the molten metal. If the machines had lost and Judgement Day had never happened, we’d be asking what the characters had been battling with in the first two films.

Also, I think it’s a mistake to think that the creation of a “new timeline” in the past means the previous future timeline still exists. When Marty goes back to 1955, the one and only 1985 changes based on what he did there.

Likewise, if you’re the SkyNet computer in the 2029, the moment you send the T-800 into the past, your reality changes to match whatever he did in the past.

If that’s what you said. Sorry – it went by quite quickly and I can’t remember at which point in the commentary you said it, or I’d go back and check.

The problem I have is that it’s not clear whether the Terminator sequels insist time can be rewritten (à la Marty McFly fading because his parents didn’t get together), or whether new time lines are being created (à la Marty McFly being confused by his family being improved at the end of the first film). If time is being rewritten, then there are paradoxes created by the end of the second film (resolved slightly by the line in the third film that Judgement Day was inevitable). If new time lines are being created, then the Terminators wouldn’t alter anything of the situation they’re sending terminators back from, so what would be the point?

I am trying to get in touch with Derek about one of his photos. I know it is listed as public domain but I also need a release form for the National Park Service stating that we have the right to use it.

I sent an e-mail to webmaster@tysto.com with my contact information and more about the project but haven’t heard any response. Is this the right e-mail to use?

Thanks!

I don’t know how I missed this entry until now, but I am certainly glad I did find it at just the right time. I just finished the Down in Front commentary which was hilarious as Trey Stokes was the director, and basically disavowed responsibility for the last reel. I’m looking forward to a thorough compare and contrast between the two commentaries.

And nothing is better than Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus.

You are correct in noting that this is low on the sharks eating planes quotient… but they can’t all be winners.

Please let me know if that is alright.

They are very nice images.

Thanks,

JimH

Can I use it for a video submission in a contest I am entering?

thanks in advance
Burnley Bertolo

Nova Scotia, Canada

All the best!

Beautiful image.

Your suggestions are terrific. I certainly plan to do more classic horror and westerns. In the meantime, you might check out the Universal monsters and Hammer horror commentaries on my other site, Zarban’s House of Commentaries, which lists commentaries done by anyone.

Keep up the good work.

PS have you seen “Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter”? It is a 1974 Hammer horror film with a really interesting story focusing on a samurai sword wielding vampire hunter and his Q-like hunchback assistant. There is a special edition with the writer-Director (Brian Clemens, who wrote and produced The Avengers series) and co-star, Caroline Munro, commentary. I found it in a five dolor bin at walmart. It might make for an interesting commentary as it’s focus is on the good guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYaczoJMRhs