Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-12-29 (Sunday)

Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

What did you watch?

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I watched:
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Conan the Barbarian  (4K disc) 1982 sword and sorcery movie which has
Conan (Arnold Schwarzenegger) escaping enslavement, falling in love, and
battling Darth Vader all in the same movie.  This was a new 4K set with
tons of new extras including new multiple cuts of the movie, multiple
commentary tracks, and a new Dolby Atmos sound.   Contemplate this on
the tree of woe, do you watch this new disc with a new commentary or
Dolby Atmos?  It was a tough call, but I went for the extended cut
(longest option available) and the Dolby Atmos track.
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Conan the Destroyer (4K disc) 1984 sword and sorcery sequel which finds
Conan being sent on a quest by Sarah Douglas to escort a princess
(Olivia d'Abo) to obtain a magic horn.  Growing up as a kid this was my
Conan movie.  I saw it so many times before I ever got around to seeing
the first.  I don't think I even knew this was a sequel.  The disc had
several new commentary tracks.  I decided to watch with a Sarah Douglas
commentary.  She didn't talk much about the movie, but she did talk a
lot about her life and career which was more than enough to keep me
happy. Although when she did talk about the movie she and her commentary
track companions were generally making snarky comments about it, and
that was good too.