Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Post 4. The repair shop.

My Pioneer CLD-D502 has been out of commission for sometime now. The mighty warrior struck a mortal blow (some might call it a flesh wound) this past year during its quest against the evil forces that occupied the upper quarters of the Laser Lair. Unfortunately Kaiser doesn't provide coverage for celestial beings, so let us all wish it a swift and inexpensive recovery.

Post 3. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

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Strange forces have been at work these past few years, and a movie that is all too prevalent in the VHS and DVD world has eluded my searches for it on my favorite format, VLD (which is not a sexually transmitted disease). Last night the glorious Laser Lord finally heard my pleas for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.   The imitable GLONG stopped by the Laser Fortress to hang out. In his possession he carried 3 VLD's. One of which was said movie. My trilogy is now complete.

Post 2. The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak





A sexy romp through dingy city streets, jungles, desert wastes, and a mysterious kingdom. This is the story of one womans quest (Starring Tawny Kitaen as Gwendoline) to find her father who set off on his own mission to find a mythical butterfly. Apparently based off a 1940's adventure/bondage comic strip called "The Adventures of Sweet Gwendoline", this movie manages to capture the camp usually found in these types of books. The movie was directed by Just Jaeckin (Emmanuelle, Lady Chatterly's Lover), and stars Brent Huff as the mercenary convinced/charmed into joining Gwendoline on her journey into the unknown.

I had never heard of this movie until taking a trip to a rather popular but slightly overpriced reuse center in West Berkeley, CA. Upon entering the dusty warehouse, I immediately gravitated towards the displays to the left of the entrance that were overflowing with laser discs. These shelves contained many rare movies ranging from action to sci-fi to drama-to horror. With the help of a certain bearded friend who happens to possess a great taste in schlock, we commenced choosing only the finest movies. The prominent urban reuse center just so happened to be having a bit of a sale. 5 laser discs for 20 dollars. A steel in my opinion when dealing with an unpopular form of media where one has not heard of half the movies up for grabs. After much discussion we settled on our 5 discs. I was on the fence about most of the movies, but we both knew the TPOGITLOTYY was going to be gold. And gold it was.

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Hello comrades. Welcome to Supreme Laser Vision. Here you will learn about the Laser Disc. Laser Discs were/are a 12 inch video disc, and were in production from 1978 till 2000. Pioneer finally ceased to manufacture the wonderful machines that provided us with the capability to view LD's in the year of our glorious Laser Lord, AD 2009. The following postings will focus on the obscure, and all to common of movies that were released on this beautiful format. Please enjoy.