MTV Videos on DVD January 31, 2008

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MTV20 Collection (2001)

Starring: MTV, Robert Palmer

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
On August 1, 1981 at 12 midnight, music history was made! Although it didn’t seem like it at the time, the launch of MTV, the world’s first 24-hour music channel, not only revolutionalized the music business, but also transformed film, fashion and television around the world. Not bad for a cable channel that started with a mere eight hours of programming, no advertisers and very few supporters. On its 20th anniversary, MTV brings you an over-the-top compilation of more than fifty groundbreaking music videos that made MTV the cultural touchstone now watched by over 300 million viewers in 139 countries. “Rock,” “Pop” and “Jams”–you want your MTV…we’ve got your MTV!Rock: Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer), Firewoman (The Cult), Higher Ground (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Right Here Right Now (Jesus Jones), Livin’ on the Edge (Aerosmith), Round Here (Counting Crows), Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden), Run-Around (Blues Traveler), Wynonna’s Big Brown Beaver (Primus), Santa Monica (Everclear), Here in Your Bedroom (Goldfinger), The Impression That I Get (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones), Space Lord (Monster Magnet), Never There (Cake), All the Small Things (Blink-182), Voodoo (Godsmack). 76 minutes.Pop: Cars (Gary Numan), I Ran (A Flock of Seagulls), Promises Promises (Naked Eyes), One Thing Leads to Another (The Fixx), In a Big Country (Big Country), Everyday I Write the Book (Elvis Costello), All Night Long (Lionel Richie), Hold Me Now (Thompson Twins), Shout (Tears for Fears), All Around the World (Lisa Stansfield), Barbie Girl (Aqua), Walkin’ on the Sun (Smash Mouth), Tubthumping (Chumbawamba), All My Life (K-Ci and Jojo), Closing Time (Semisonic). 71 minutes.Jams: Walk This Way (Run-DMC featuring Aerosmith), Eric B. is President (Eric B. and Rakim), Me Myself and I (De La Soul), Humpty Dance (Digital Underground), Forever My Lady (Jodeci), Rebirth of the Slick (Cool Like Dat) (Digable Planets), Bump n’ Grind (R. Kelly), This is How We Do It (Montell Jordan), All I Need (Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige), Sentimental (Deborah Cox), On and On (Erykah Badu), Anytime (Brian McKnight), My Way (Usher), Angel of Mine (Monica), Back That Thing Up (Juvenile). 74 minutes.

Bonus “Beats” DVD only available in the box set! Songs: Pump Up the Jam (Technotronic), Jump Around (House of Pain), Setting Sun (Chemical Brothers), Atom Bomb (Fluke), Bodyrock (Moby), Get Down (Jungle Brothers). 221 minutes.

Video Reviews

Whether or not you should buy this is really determined by your gut reaction to the concept. If the thought of owning some of your favorite videos from years past puts a smile on your face, go buy this immediately. If you hem and haw, or are unsure, pass it up. Unless you can think of a few videos on each disc that you would love to own, you are probably better off just buying your favorite disc, as the bonus DVD is rather sparse. The videos in general are in great quality (the more recent ones look pristine), and the sound quality is fine. The little video interviews are completely forgettable however, and the ‘bonus’ disc really could have used some more fleshing out. DVD is really the ideal medium for video retrospectives like this because you can skip past the ones you don’t like in the blink of an eye. My one beef with the set is that you are left wondering why they didn’t fill these discs up a bit more. DVDs can certainly fit more than 15 or so videos per disc, and it gets you to thinking about what deserving bands got snubbed by this retrospective.

ok , well when i first got this collection i was a little bit disapointed. i thought there would be more videos that really had a impact on mtv and its audience. i mean they didnt have the bugles , the didnt have micheal jackson or guns n roses or anyone else that really had some good videos for mtv but overall the collection was good and it grows on you. the pop disk is about 4 stars, with some classic new wave hits and works it way up to modern hits for mtv. the rock disk is about 3 or 4 stars, it was missing some really good videos they couldve put in there but was still pretty good. i mean they have cake and monster magnet and the cult and soundgarden on that disk. and the 3rd disk is jams, which chronicled the old school rap videos till today. and the 4rth disk is beats , which has more electronica music on it but only 5 or 6 videos. it has stuff like moby and chemical brothers. all the disks are about 4 stars and they have the old school commercials and pop up facts from mtv on it also and band statistics and bios.i would recomend this collection to anyone cause it basically covers it all almost and is good if you are looking to collect some good videos. the picture is excellent but the sound is ok. on the dvd player it sounds good but in the computer the sound is bad. but if you really like collecting videos get this.

I think this is a fairly low price for the number of videos you get. My feelings about the selection of videos are mixed. There are plenty of songs/videos I like here; there are also plenty that have the power to make me change the station when they come on. The really nice surprise, though, was the Jungle Brothers video. My husband, my brother and I weren’t familiar with the song, but we loved the video–it was vastly entertaining.
I think most people can find things they like about this collection and things they don’t like; I also think we can all agree that getting four decent DVDs for approximately the price of one or two is a pretty good deal.

THIS IS LESS THEN 1% OF MTV’S VIDEO MUSIC COLLECTION.SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH VIDEO’S.OR THIS IS NOT A GOOD COLLECTION.IF YOU WERE TO HAVE ALL THE VIDEO’S YOU EVER LIKED ON MTV IN THE PAST 20 PLUS YEARS.YOU WOULD NEED A WAREHOUSE TO STORE THEM ALL. SO TREAT THIS VIDEO COLLECTION AS A AFTER DINNER MINT.JUST TO WATCH VIDEO’S FROM TIME TO TIME BEFORE YOU GO TO BED.AND JUST REMEMBER IF YOU LIKE ALL THESE VIDEO’S.OR JUST SOME OF THEM YOU WILL NEVER SEE THEM ON MTV EVER AGAIN MTV IS NOW MADE FOR 14 AND 15 YEAR OLD KIDS.THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE IN THEIR 30′S WHO HAVE BEEN WATCHING MTV SINCE DAY #1.SO THIS COLLECTION I GUESS IS PEOPLE IN THEIR 20′S & 30′S WHO HAVE MEMORIES TO THESE SONGS&VIDEOS.THANK YOU MTV????????? I GUESS !!!!!!! {ROME,NEW YORK:HOME OF WOODSTOCK 1999}

when i first saw this dvd, my immediate reaction was, “wow, this is awesome.” i brought it at some store (i can’t remember) and went home to see it. some songs and videos were awesome and some just plainly stunk. the only ones i liked were, the counting crows, gary numan, madonna, lionel richie, and brian mcknight. mtv should have put more thought into choosing which videos had more of an impact. but then again mtv doesn’t even play music videos anymore except for boring hillary duff and 50 cent. i guess this dvd was alright, nothing special.

really like Tears for Fear and Pink Floyd ,so for me it was worth getting.I was hopping for some of the older genesis songs so I was a little dissapointed when they were not there.

Against All Odds January 30, 2008

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Against All Odds DVD Movie (Special Edition) (1984)

Starring: Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges Director: Taylor Hackford

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Product Details

• Actors: Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer
• Directors: Taylor Hackford
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Chinese, English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats)
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: December 14, 1999
• Run Time: 122 minutes

Movie Reviews

Director Taylor Hackford doesn’t make a lot of mistakes. But he points out one in the deleted scenes area of this disc. When I saw it back in 1984, I didn’t understand what the heck Jeff Bridges was doing flying around Mexico to throw James Woods off the train while Rachel Ward went to the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza (an awesome spot I visited back in 1995, by the way). The deleted scene helps make this clear and really enhanced my enjoyment of the film. Whether you like the movie or not, the chance to see the seaside ruins of Tulum and the astronomical temple of Chichen Itza is worth it. No one apparently had been allowed to film there before. And Jane Greer is great as the quietly wicked mother of Ms. Ward.

In “Against All Odds”, Jeff Bridges plays an aging football player, Terry Brogan, who is released from the LA Outlaws after he injures his shoulder. He blew millions of dollars and is left with nothing more than a Porsche that isn’t even paid for. What’s the poor guy to do? Work for a slimeball named Jake Wise (played flawlessly by James Woods…of course) and stalk the guy’s ex-girlfriend (Rachel Ward). Terry ends up falling in love with Jake’s girlfriend and tries to protect her from her ex. If you respect free-spending, point shaving athletes who treat women like dirt then you will enjoy Bridges’ character. I find it hard to empathize with him and I really didn’t care if he got the girl in the end or not. “Against All Odds” is yet another flick with a protagonist who is difficult to care about. Terry was offered a coaching job after his football career had ended and he should’ve jumped at the chance instead of becoming involved with shady activities. Then maybe the viewer would actually care about what happens to him.

Expert opinion says that since the advent of color film, a good contemporary noir film is an L.A. noir film; that seems to be largely so, except then you’ve got “Body Heat,” set in Florida. Be that as it may, “Against All Odds” is an LA noir film: it profits from the unique atmosphere of Los Angeles, the sinister corruption behind the sunny smile; the reality of arid desert behind the wastefully-watered green lawn. And most particularly, the parched, penned-up ill-respected Los Angeles River that features in Roman Polansky’s mythic “Chinatown, and “in “The Narrows,” one of Michael Connelly’s recent books. The river also, of course, features in that well-known teenage film noir,”Grease,” in which John Travolta and his all-singing, all-dancing fool friends stage their drag race in the river’s concreted bed, graced by only the merest trickle of water. The Los Angeles River: Ignored until it rampages.“Against All Odds” is a loose 1980’s remake of Robert Mitchum’s film noir, “Out of the Past.” Jane Greer. femme fatale of the earlier film, plays mother to Rachel Ward, this film’s femme fatale. Richard Widmark, important player in many earlier films noir, is on hand here too, in a small but critically important part. The plot is set in motion when Jake Wise,(James Woods), well-connected nightclub owner and man of many parts, sets his old friend, used-up former pro football player Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges), to find and return his runaway girlfriend Jessie Wyler (Rachel Ward), hiding somewhere in Mexico.For starters, Mexico, Bridges and Ward have never looked hotter, the Ward-Bridges sex scenes are too darn hot, and the seemingly mandatory confusing LA real estate corruption subplot doesn’t stop the main story line cold too often. The film was ably directed by Taylor Hackford, and the three principals carry their roles. There’s also a flavorful supporting cast: Swoosie Kurtz, Saul Rubinek, Alex Karras, Dorian Harewood. “Against All Odds” is a bit dated, stuck in the ’80’s, and it’s not the greatest noir story ever told, but it offers a lot of visual heat. It also delivers on the emotional heat meter, at least to me: true to noir conventions, nobody gets what they want, surely not Terry Brogan, who realizes, belatedly, that Jessie Wyler is literally too hot for him to handle,and he’s going to have to leave her to her rich, powerful mother. Yes, it’s been done before, possibly better, but “Against All Odds” stands and delivers on its own, and is worth a look-see.