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Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

>Beastmaster (4K disc) 1982 sword and sorcery movie written and directed 
>by Don Coscarelli.  Marc Singer stars as a man who can talk to animals. 
>Rip Torn stars as the villain who murders the king and takes over the 
>kingdom.  Singer is the young prince/hero who has to rescue the princess 
>and save the kingdom.  Mostly background noise with the commentary track.

This is not terrible, and the tv series was not terrible. If they tried
a little harder, it could have been much better entertainment.

>Ladyhawke (blu-ray) 1985 sword and sorcery (or close enough!) movie 
>directed by Richard Donner starring Rutger Hauer as a hero who must save 
>a damsel in distress (Michelle Pfeiffer) who has been cursed to turn 
>into a Hawk each sunrise.

Shrek? Is Hauer doing a ridiculous Scots accent?

>The problem however is he has also been 
>cursed to turn into a wolf each sunset.  This is a movie I watched all 
>the time when I was a kid.  Then it disappeared from TV rotation and I 
>didn't watch it again until almost 10 years ago when I bought the 
>blu-ray.  When I last watched it, I did not enjoy the movie at all.  Not 
>only did I not like the story, but the picture quality was unwatchable. 
>It looked like a bad DVD.  I was shocked when I was checking out the 
>blu-ray reviews ahead of putting the disc in and the review said it had 
>good picture quality.  And sure enough, the picture quality was fine. 
>The movie's plot still wasn't so good, but at least it was watchable and 
>I was able to squeeze a little more enjoyment out of actually being able 
>to make out what was happening on screen.  There must have been 
>something off with my equipment last viewing.

You lifted the curse? It turns into a bad movie at sunset?