DVD update & VHS shenanigans

A bit of a mixed bag of nuts here. From a G-rated BMX film on DVD to an X-rated preview tape on VHS, and everything in betwixt.

The box set of the films of Jodorowsky has a standard retail price of AUD$80 and is out of print, but still available in a few stores.

Don't Look Now was never X rated. It was initially R in the 1970s, and has been M since 1984.

The old MEDA tape shown here was released in 1978.

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[Rbatty2]

That Grindhouse package is a monster! That Wake in Fright one looks sweet and Ted did commentary too? Whatta guy! Glad to hear I'm a huge Donald Pleasance fan, he only played an Aussie again in Ground Zero I think. Oh Holy Mountain, saw a new print awhile back at the Bloor, odd but I liked it. There was a good documentary uhh "Midnight Madness" I think looked at El Topo among others. Your DVD collection is getting as cool as your VHS one. Great stuff, thanks for posting!

[AussieRoadshow]

Yeah I love picking up multi-packs and box sets. They are not mass produced here so I think they are quite collectible.

I watched Wake In Fright with the commentary and they shot part of it in a place called Broken Hill in mid-summer. Man they were brave to do that because that place is like Death Valley in summer! That is where they are doing the next Mad Max flick, but in August (winter) instead. I'm getting a bit nervous about this new Mad Max and how good it's going to be

:S

[coffycup75]

I've been watching BMX Bandits on a loop lately. I think I can now quote it word for word. All of it done in the worst Australian accent you never heard, thank goth.

[AussieRoadshow]

I think your Aussie accent will improve after a few more BMX Bandit loops!

I really want to take a BMX down a water slide. It looked like fun!!

[Borat426]

"Meda" was "Media" in the US & UK , as in Media Home Entertainment. Same style of box and artwork too. Why the re-naming for the Australian market? A clash of names with another company perhaps?

Merry Christmas and thanks for saving us from those titties!

[AussieRoadshow]

I was pretty sure that MEDA was the same name everywhere in the late 70s, but renamed 'Media' in the early 80s. The slip case shown here is the US cover, but just with the PAL and Video Classics stickers stuck on them.

[Rbatty2]

Oh boy I think I'll leave Broken Hill off my places to visit list if I make it down under.

Yeah, I hope it doesn't end up a disappointment like the similar belated sequel Indiana Jones/Crystal Skull. But I have faith in George Miller he can once again bring the car carnage so I'm hopeful. :)

[coffycup75]

Hey, there's your next video idea! Yeah?!! Yeah?!!

[shane80s]

awesome update mat stars

[Borat426]

In that case, I stand corrected. Never saw that name on the UK releases though. I have a Halloween carton from the late '70s which says "Media" on the box and tape, with exactly the same style artwork I've seen elsewhere. "Meda" sounds more like a spelling mistake!

[AussieRoadshow]

Ah thanks for clearing that up. I've seen some sites indicate 5 discs, but this is obviously wrong.

I thought Miramax was untangling itself from Disney, but that appears to not be the case. Damn it I wanted to see Kill Bill as it was meant to be seen.