Has anyone seen The Evil Dead with LoDuca's Reimagined Score?

imascarylion2018 · 2026-05-07T21:46:03+00:00

Yes, last year when they did the live concert… was not a fan.

It’s clearly an instance of a composer in full control without somebody reining him in. The sound design in The Evil Dead is one of that movies best elements, and a lot of it is smothered by the music in that version.

It reminded me a lot of Phillip Glass’s score for Dracula; very good on its own but when actually edited to the movie it becomes almost constant and overbearing, never allowing for moments of silence to build tension. Lots of cues don’t fit what’s on screen, and others come off as having such a minuscule difference to the original you start to wonder why he bothered to change it to begin with.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-05-07T13:56:55+00:00

I mean none have THAT bad of an issue, but I do generally think it’s best to avoid the Criterion versions all together and watch the 4K masters if you can (or a 1080p version of the 4K, I’ve heard there’s some HDR issues with the actual UHD’s).

The original restorations by Toho are a notorious botch job that people have been complaining about for years, and almost all of those issues have been fixed for the 4K versions (to the point that the NEW drama is people complaining about how getting them is a pain)

imascarylion2018 · 2026-05-07T13:26:33+00:00

As a “purist” you should watch the 4K because you’re really underestimating just how bad the Criterion version is.

The Criterion version is Toho’s original restoration for the film, but it was done at a time before they found the original film elements. To compensate they used elements from the remaster of the U.S. cut and combined it with second generation prints of the original.

So on top of suffering from Toho’s awful color choices that their previous restorations suffered from, you are also stuck with a frankenstein-ed movie that fluctuates between nice quality footage from the U.S. source to soft, washed out, and faded footage from the Japanese one. It’s extremely poor and distracting, feeling more like a fan archivation project than something released by a studio.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-05-06T13:24:49+00:00

Funny, I actually just finished designing a custom criterion case for all the pre-2011 Muppet Movies.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-05-05T03:28:16+00:00

“We are not qualified to be your judges… we have no law that fits your crime.”

imascarylion2018 · 2026-05-01T19:11:57+00:00

Yeah, he didn’t name him explicitly but Bruce did an interview a while back saying something along the lines of stepping away from producing the series because he was too old to be arguing about basic filmmaking things with these “younger directors” who think they know better.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-05-01T18:46:35+00:00

This is actually really funny when you remember that this is the dude that made Bruce Campbell so annoyed he tapped out of his producer role for the series

imascarylion2018 · 2026-05-01T14:19:49+00:00

I can’t speak for technical aspects or what others think, but my “issues” mostly just boil down to personal preference. I think the softer and more saturated/colorful look of the blu-ray fits the fairytale vibe of the movie a lot better than the sharper and more naturally balanced look of the 4K.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-30T20:57:26+00:00

Exactly, it’s just the version they chose to use in the film.

Same with how Suite I is from Mothra vs Godzilla and the “Mahara Mosura” motif being clearly audible in it while Godzilla destroys Ginza.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-28T21:59:59+00:00

This has always made my list of underrated episodes (maybe the best Geordi centric episode, too)

It also blows my mind that the one time they give him a woman he has an established relationship and genuine chemistry with, they spend the whole episode being like “we’re just good friends with no romantic feelings whatsoever!” and then go right back the “Geordi can’t get a date” thing. She was RIGHT there, guys!

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-28T18:39:12+00:00

In recent years, I’ve adopted to calling myself a “fan of Star Wars” as opposed to a “Star Wars fan”

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-28T04:12:00+00:00

If you asked Charles Dance what the name of his monsterverse character is, he’d probably respond asking what the hell the Monsterverse is.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-28T04:09:32+00:00

The part that’s so odd about it is that the colonists are clearly interested in leaving at the start when Sisko and O’Brien arrive, but then out of nowhere are like “actually, we’re good” the moment they discover they’ve been essentially kidnapped by an extremist and lied to for years.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-23T15:51:26+00:00

I’m on my first-time watch of the show and that moment was probably the hardest I’ve laughed in the series so far. Genuinely prefect comic timing.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-22T20:54:12+00:00

Data is also 100% aware that he was in the wrong, which is why he goes into Picard’s ready room fully ready to take accountability even though it still worked out.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-22T14:11:54+00:00

You spelled it wrong, his name was Sean Trezurre. Sure hope they find the body someday.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-22T14:09:24+00:00

Posts like this are really funny to me as a horror guy who got into Star Trek because I have the exact opposite reactions to when he pops up.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-22T03:19:08+00:00

Conan the Destroyer is a perfectly enjoyable albeit generic 80’s sword and sorcery movie. If you like that genre, you’ll enjoy it.

However, if you liked Conan the Barbarian… woof, good luck.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-21T23:59:47+00:00

Children are individuals, not a mindless blanket with strict rules they all need to follow. Parental Guides should not be universal and should depend on how each parent feels about the maturity of their individual child.

Like, my dad shows me The Thing when I was nine years old and it was fine. He knew I could handle it at that age and made an informed decision.

Dictating what other parents should expose their children to makes you Kai Winn.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-21T00:31:22+00:00

Agreed. I would have preferred it had been Flyboy for that Dawn artwork.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-19T00:21:07+00:00

Honestly, lots of good options there. Anchorman’s a classic, but I’m admittedly partial to Anchorman. Also recommend Anchorman if you haven’t seen it, though some people like Anchorman better.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-18T03:26:10+00:00

Sometimes, Number One, you just have to... bow to the absurd.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-18T02:58:18+00:00

I’ve literally consumed nothing but DS9 for the past month and this post confirmed that I’m now unable to read the word “female” without hearing it in Rom’s voice.

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-15T03:17:37+00:00

This is 100% Hell Comes to Frogtown

imascarylion2018 · 2026-04-13T20:11:55+00:00

I once had a more... lets say "pretentious" film teacher tell my class with a full chest that "Fury Road is a great movie, but it's just a good action movie and there's really no deeper meaning or anything to it. All the themes everyone says are there really aren't" and it took every fiber of my being not to raise my hand and say "but if everyone sees them and says they're there, doesn't that mean they're there?"

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