monsters legacy set

Ludwig Von Drake · Post by **Ludwig Von Drake** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 7:51 pm

Does anyone think that it is worth it to buy the monster legacy set or any of the individual DVD's. Part of the problem is that within two weeks the four disney treasures are comming out, the Marx Brothers set and Around the World in 80 Days are also comming out and they all add up.

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 9:21 pm

I splurged and picked this one up (mine shipped off early - Friday last week I think, so I should have it soonish).

The films/supplements alone look like they are worth it, so I am picking it up for that reason. Plus I'm one of those people who HAS to have the "BEST" version available. So I got the Legacy Collection with all the mini-bust things. It looks cool.

However, if you don't need all those fiddly things then I suggest you pick up the individual legacy components at your leisure. I'm sure they will be around for a while.

That was the last DVD before the Treasures for me, and then there is a looooong gap.

So I guess it all depends on what you are want/need, and how much you can afford in the short term.

STASHONE · Post by **STASHONE** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:52 am

It's limited availability right?

If so, I'll cop this too cause I'm like Loomis when it comes to my DVD's, I've always gotta have the paramount edition especially when it comes to cool looking box-sets!

When does this street again?

Mr. Toad · Post by **Mr. Toad** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 8:49 am

Ludwig - a word of caution about the Marx Brothers set. There are two coming out. One is a collection of there movies(not there best movies but good nonetheless and highly worth the purchase). The other set is commercials and TV appearances. I have read some advanced reviews and the set(the green and yellow one) is supposed to be terrible.

STASHONE · Post by **STASHONE** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 9:28 am

... terrible how?

this set looks like it'd be worth the purchase just for the extras alone... commentary tracks by leonard maltin and glenn mitchell, numerous documentaries and features, vintage television show excerpts and theatrical shorts as well as otherwise unavailable animated shorts from MGM and WB, etc... plus 7 restored Marx Bros films...

where did you read bad reviews and what did they pertain to?

im also planning on picking this set up once i recover from damages left by the wave 3 treasures, universal monsters set, pink panther collection and all the WB H-B series next month and various other things...

what did you hear that was so negative about this set?

Ludwig Von Drake · Post by **Ludwig Von Drake** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 4:04 pm

It seems that the Marx Brothers set (green and yellow one) has one of their best movies Night at the Opera and it is loaded with extra features why is it so bad?

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 4:54 pm

STASHONE wrote:When does this street again?

Officially streets April 27, although I know for a fact some online retailers are already shipping (Amazon for example).

If it helps any more, here is a review for the Frankenstein part:

http://www.dvdangle.com/reviews/review.php?Id=3491

"Universal is also releasing the three Legacy Collection sets (Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Wolf Man) in a gift set that comes with three polystone mini-busts of the title characters created by the world renowned folks at Sideshow Collectibles. That makes it worth picking up the releases. "

'Nuff said

Mr. Toad · Post by **Mr. Toad** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:10 pm

Sorry Ludwig - its the blue and orange set to aviod. Its a little complicated with two sets of Marx Brothers stuff coming out plus the one that is already out.

The Yellow and Green Box(MGM) is fine. Not as good as their Paramount stuff but still well worth buying. I am not sure about the whole box as some of the later movies are very week. But A Night at the Opera is great. The stateroom scene and when they get rid of the original lead singer are too of the funniest scenes in the history of movies. While the movie is not completely original, in that it built on a lot of the prior movies, it is where they all perfected their routines. Especially the interplay between Groucho and Margaret Dumont.

Room Service and A Night in Casablance are both passable although formulatic. Really they are quite fine, just not as good as the Likes of Opera and Duck Soup.

The rest of the set is really quite bad when stacked up against the rest of their movies. If Room Service, A Night in Casablanca and a Night at the Opera are available individually I plan on buying them as such, if not I will probably get the whole set.

I should really start lookin this stuff up before posting it.

By the way, I believe Paramount is supposed to re-release better DVD version of their movies in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of CoConuts(sp?). But I have not seen it on any release lists.

Maerj · Post by **Maerj** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 3:56 pm

I was reading the Best Buy ad in the Sunday paper and they list the Monster Legacy Collection for $59.99. Since they will be selling the individual 2 disc sets at $20 each, you might as well go for the gold and get the big nice special edition. If Wal Mart will be carrying the set it may be even cheaper.

Ludwig Von Drake · Post by **Ludwig Von Drake** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 6:58 am

I think it's weird that they would be the same price, the three individually and the box set.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 9:41 am

At first, I was planning to get the box, but I don't have enough money at the moment for that - plus, I don't have any place to put the busts, really. So, I'm hoping to get Frankenstien and Dracula ASAP, an perhaps Wolf-Man later on.

STASHONE · Post by **STASHONE** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 3:50 pm

Shameless self promo: http://www.ultimatedisney.com/forum/vie ... php?t=3556

Thank you.

ohmahaaha · Post by **ohmahaaha** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 4:59 pm

Ludwig, I found myself in a similar predicament but to me the choice was easy - I went with the other stuff for now. As attractive as this set is - the hard core classics are true classics - Drac, Frank & Wolfman - but there are also some "clunkers" in there in my opinion - like the spanish version of Dracula - I am so used to Bela and Renfield, I might watch that once out of curiosity, but I would NEVER have purchased it individually as a DVD. So I'm going to bide my time and maybe check out eBay in a few months and maybe then if I can get a decent deal on the box - but if not I'm not going to sweat it.

Ludwig Von Drake · Post by **Ludwig Von Drake** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 5:19 pm

I agree that I will probabbly never watch the Spanish Dracula more than once but over all the price is very good and so are the movies. However, I think that they could have done better on the extras.

Maerj · Post by **Maerj** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 7:46 pm

Sure there could have been more extras but there are so many films here that they deserve points for that alone. Plus the statues are really cool.

Also, the films are uncensored which is nice. It was stupid to cut those scenes out of Frankenstien anyway, throwing the girl in the water and those lines about God weren't a big deal.

Did I mention the statues are really cool?

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 1:34 am

Ludwig Von Drake wrote:I agree that I will probabbly never watch the Spanish Dracula more than once but over all the price is very good and so are the movies. However, I think that they could have done better on the extras.

The extras are fantastic. Once you see them you won't be complaining. Not one single extra on the original sets was fluff (apart from perhaps "Boo!" on the Frankenstein disc - but at least that's Archive fluff!). All, that's right, every single one of the documentaries is amazing. Crammed full of information. Tom Weaver's Wolf Man commentary is a riot (shame his likewise fantastic Creature from the Black Lagoon commentary won't be included in this set). Of course, the new sets have some fluff in addition to the old supplements (in Stephen Sommers blabbing on about how much he likes the old Universal Monsters, that he decided to butcher them for his new film).

As for the Spanish version of Dracula, you are both joking aren't you? The Spanish version is much superior to the English language version, which is nothing more than a play on film. The Spanish languague version actually makes some effort to use the medium of film to tell the story, rather than the stilted blocking of the actors and static camera work of the English version.

See here for more of my thoughts on Dracula
www.btinternet.com/~james.reader/dracula

ohmahaaha · Post by **ohmahaaha** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 5:15 pm

2099net wrote:

As for the Spanish version of Dracula, you are both joking aren't you? The Spanish version is much superior to the English language version, which is nothing more than a play on film.

Nope, not kidding - gotta go with Dwight Frye baby!

I didn't mean to cast any aspersions on the Spanish version, I daresay I WOULD enjoy seeing it, but to me nothing can match that haunting laugh of Renfield that's been chilling my spine for over 40 years now ...

I will probably get it, but I don't feel the urgency to do so with all of the other stuff coming out that I'd rather MAKE SURE I get.

MickeyMousePal · Post by **MickeyMousePal** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:26 pm

I don't under stand why people are fans of Dracula, Frankenstin and The Werewolf man.
These movies were the first scary films but are not that scary to me.
Maybe back in those days they were more scary for people since technology was getting avance and better.
I'm a fan of Scream and Scary Movies not these movies.
To me Dracula, Frankenstin and The Werewolf man are all classic monsters.

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 1:31 pm

ohmahaaha wrote:2099net wrote:

As for the Spanish version of Dracula, you are both joking aren't you? The Spanish version is much superior to the English language version, which is nothing more than a play on film.
Nope, not kidding - gotta go with Dwight Frye baby! I didn't mean to cast any aspersions on the Spanish version, I daresay I WOULD enjoy seeing it, but to me nothing can match that haunting laugh of Renfield that's been chilling my spine for over 40 years now ...

I will probably get it, but I don't feel the urgency to do so with all of the other stuff coming out that I'd rather MAKE SURE I get.

Oh yes. Like I said on my page, Frye is the only actor in the English language Dracula who gives a film oriented performance. Shame it was so good it led to him being typecast. But give the Spanish Dracula a chance. I know you will like it.

Ludwig Von Drake · Post by **Ludwig Von Drake** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 3:27 pm

I don't under stand why people are fans of Dracula, Frankenstin and The Werewolf man.
These movies were the first scary films but are not that scary to me.

I don't think people watch them as horror movies as much as just to see a good movie. Dracula and Frankenstein are not that scary to today's viewers but the acting is very well done.

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