The Black-Hole 1979 Anchor Bay dvd Release

[kennermike]

just got this in the mail this morning have not seen it in at least 10 years or more paid 99 cents on ebay anyways I ve seen alot of talk about this one in different threads the last year what are opinions from fellow members on this one will maybe watch it this weekend

[Mikey]

Make sure you watch the letterbox side -- and watch the whole thing including the overture ... to get the full effect

[cjefferys]

Oh god yes, don't watch it in fullscreen. Only 99 cents, hmmm? I never did pick up the Anchor Bay DVD so I might have to do a bit of shopping around.

[MysteryWho]

The Black Hole is an interesting movie. I didn't end up seeing it as a kid, nor did I have any of the toys. I really only had a vague notion of what it was about. A few years ago I saw it for the first time and I have to say I really liked it. At times it's a bit juvenile, but it's also very dark as well. It has an odd quality that reminded me of Space: 1999 in some way. Just something unsettling about it, in a good way (well maybe not if you saw it when you were young). Anyhoo, the effects are great and it's absolutely worth it.

[kennermike]

man watched the widescreen version with intro last night like type1kirk said all I can say its damn good! actually its really dark.the effects look better then most of the cgi crap thats out now but im old school. but I did see a couple of wires for the robots but that was the technology back in 78 when they shot this .the acting was fine,John Barry's score was brilliant! I didnt find anything cheesy or juvinile about it ,actually maybe the script was a little flat at times and some of the technical things were oddball but usually I dont pay attention to that in classic sci fi films I like escapism you either go with it or you dont 2 hours well spent

[mego73]

The Anchor Bay DVD is fine for those that don't have anamorphic setups but for those with wide screen TV's, the anamorphic Disney release is the way to go.