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SciFi Classics Collection 50 Movie Pack Collection
By: Mill Creek Entertainment
List Price: $29.98
Our Price: $10.99
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Product Description: Get an instant library of classic science fiction features on twelve double-sided DVDs. Youll be transported to a time where cosmic heroes battled and prevailed in the face of cheesy special effects, implausible plots and a lot of over acting. In other w
Customer Reviews:
- even those who are into "MST 3000" material should avoid paying full price for this: Not a lot here, folks. Some are okay, some are just bad. Real Film Buffs (tm) might get a kick out of seeing one-time big stars such as Claude Rains and Basil Rathbone at the nadirs of their respective careers; but really it's just a bore. At the other end of the career arc are folk such as Peter Lupus and Peter Graves, both of Mission Impossible. Only die-hard sci fans should even consider this collection, and even they ought to look for it on sale. Caution: no close captioning (apparently missing from the entire "50 Movie Pack" series).
- Just terrible: Picture Quality is worst.
Most is bad, old, and infantile Movies, created with minimal budjet. - good for a few laughs: These movies are so very bad. Turn off the volume and make up your own dialogue - it'll probably be better than what's on.
- Could have been much better...: With all the movies in their catalogue one has to wonder why Mill Creek couldn't have compiled a better sci-fi collection than this. Several titles do not make the grade as 'sci-fi', especially the Italian sword and sandal Hercules fantasies. Looking at the 'Nightmare Worlds' collection the opportunity existed to put together a pretty good set of genuine sci-fi flicks ranging from the silent era up to the 1960s when things began to change. Early "so bad it's good" B-grade sci-fi can be loads of fun. Unfortunately, a lot of what is here is just plain bad. At this price still worth having, but could have been much better.
- Poor selection and trashy production values: First, read the list of titles carefully. This compilation, with a few exceptions, really scrapes the bottom of the barrel. Even for those of us who enjoy the occasional home matinee populated by aliens with zippers down their backs and earthly heroes wearing plastic fishbowls on their heads may find that many of these films are just too cheesy to be tolerable.
Annoyingly, the compilers have done--so far as I can tell--absolutely no clean up on either the visuals or the sound. As a result, some of the films are scratched, dirty, and difficult to understand.
All in all, a disappointing collection. Dirt cheap, though. Caveat emptor.
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