The one thing that these two movies have in common is that they were both horribly overdue on DVD.
Memoirs of an Invisible Man is sort of understandable, being a sleeper film that was poorly marketed when it came out. It was sold as a slapstick comedy like other earlier Chevy Chase movies, but it is more of a suspense/sci-fi/adventure kind of movie that was a hidden favorite of mine. The DVD looks very good, and has some fun featurettes showing how they managed some of the special effects.
The only reason that I can think why Casper (which was a blockbuster hit) was not released on DVD about 3 years ago is that it had Spielberg as an executive producer, and he has been dragging his feet on DVD since it started.
Or it could be that like Superman and the early Star Trek movies, that there was deterioration of the film print that required years of remastering.
Either way, I always enjoyed Casper from a creative and technical point of view.
Sure, it is mostly written for kids and young teens, but it's a fun little story that is more than just a hollow CGI fest. And is one of the better TV-to-feature film adaptations done so far, with so many real dogs out there like Lost in Space and My Favorite Martian.
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I think that the movie and effects hold up fairly well after 8+ years.
And there are some very interesting featurettes included as well.
-Dean.
Memoirs of an Invisible Man is sort of understandable, being a sleeper film that was poorly marketed when it came out. It was sold as a slapstick comedy like other earlier Chevy Chase movies, but it is more of a suspense/sci-fi/adventure kind of movie that was a hidden favorite of mine. The DVD looks very good, and has some fun featurettes showing how they managed some of the special effects.
The only reason that I can think why Casper (which was a blockbuster hit) was not released on DVD about 3 years ago is that it had Spielberg as an executive producer, and he has been dragging his feet on DVD since it started.
Or it could be that like Superman and the early Star Trek movies, that there was deterioration of the film print that required years of remastering.
Either way, I always enjoyed Casper from a creative and technical point of view.
Sure, it is mostly written for kids and young teens, but it's a fun little story that is more than just a hollow CGI fest. And is one of the better TV-to-feature film adaptations done so far, with so many real dogs out there like Lost in Space and My Favorite Martian.
ops: :x I think that the movie and effects hold up fairly well after 8+ years.
And there are some very interesting featurettes included as well.
-Dean.
the movie Lassiter with her and Tom Selleck would be fun to own on DVD as well.
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