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Real Genius Now Available on DVD

Posted by chrisd on from the i-think-it-was-a-design-problem dept.

While perusing the Onion today, I came across this review of Real Genius on DVD. No longer must we lower ourselves to watching crumbling VCR tapes of this movie copied off of Cinemax in the early 90s.

30 comments

  1. We hate the MPAA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So let's advertise their products!

    1. Re:We hate the MPAA! by Linus+Turdballs · · Score: 0

      *sigh*

      YESTERDAY we were at war with the MPAA, today we are not. Today we LOVE the MPAA, and we have always LOVED the MPAA. They provide us with our much-needed prolefeed. TOMORROW we will once again be at war with the MPAA, and we will have ALWAYS been at war with the MPAA. If any of this is confusing, please report to the Slashdot Ministry of Truth in CowBoiKneel's basement immediately.

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      -- Linus Torvalds

    2. Re:We hate the MPAA! by dschuetz · · Score: 2

      For pete's sake!

      Sure, we "hate" the MPAA. But do we hate the movie producers? The directors, actors, and writers? Do we stop being entertained simply because we don't like a single trade organization operating "on behalf" of those moviemakers?

      Come on. A /. mention of Real Genius on DVD isn't about advertising an MPAA product, it's about a great movie. One with more quotable lines than just about any other movie, other than the Grail.

      Don't like the MPAA? Fight *them*, not the movie industry they purport to represent.

      This "don't we hate the MPAA?" crap is getting old.

    3. Re:We hate the MPAA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      In this case, its not the MPAA we should hate, its Val Kilmer. Don't get me wrong, he was great in Real Genius and Top Secret -- but after that -- sucky sucky. We shold make a concerted effort to not watch any of his movies in order to ensure that he doesn't make any more. ;)

      -Anonymous freak

    4. Re:We hate the MPAA! by getter_85 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      blah blah blah

      hypocrisy upon hypocrisy upon hypocrisy etc...

      people never learn, do they linus?

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    5. Re:We hate the MPAA! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, this "we love movies" crap is getting old. Go away, troll.

    6. Re:We hate the MPAA! by Linus+Turdballs · · Score: 0

      Every once in a while, someone learns... to love my big, hairy penis. PENIS!

      Question: Are you stalking me? Stay back or I'll modprobe your ass!!

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      -- Linus Torvalds

  2. Mine by hackwrench · · Score: 1

    was copied off the Disney channel

  3. One of these things doesn't belong... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmmmm...

    Science: More Uses for Botox

    Science: Artificial Lung in the Works

    Science?: Real Genius Now Available on DVD

    ...wha? Yes, I know what Real Genius is about. An article about how accurate the science is in the film would maybe even qualify. I just don't think DVDs releases are terribly scientific. Unless you consider marketing a science.

    1. Re:One of these things doesn't belong... by Morgoth_Bauglir · · Score: 1

      I don't know why you netioned the DVD part-- the review you linked was little more than a plot summary.

      Here's a review of the DVD:

      http://www.dvdtown.com/reviews/review.asp?id=102 58 &reviewid=1131

  4. About damn time... by ChiPHeaD23 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Great flick. Funny as hell and a nice 80s soundtrack to boot...

    "Self realization. I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates who said....'I drank what?'"

  5. Re:999th post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    That was you.... and no, we didn't.

  6. One of the best movies ever by Noodlenose · · Score: 1

    This movie was one of the main reasons for me to go to university (apart from the novel "Doctor in the House" by Richard Gordon), and I still wait to wake up one morning having dreamt being pelted with gherkins by countless naked high-priestessess.

  7. Uhh... by Old+Uncle+Bill · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Okay, this is great! Now where the fuck is Weird Science on DVD? My original Blockbuster PVT is fading into dust.

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    Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
    1. Re:Uhh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dude, Weird Science has been out on DVD for a while...I got it a long while ago...go look again.

    2. Re:Uhh... by seinethinker · · Score: 1

      Wierd Science is out on DVD. Check Amazon, silly! ^_^

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      Truth like surgery, may hurt, but it cures. - Han Suyin, Chinese Physician and Writer
  8. No extras... no surprise... by handsomepete · · Score: 3, Informative

    What a shame. I googled around in hopes of finding some sort of extras but everywhere I looked they listed no extra features. Here's what Amazon had to say:

    Release Information:
    Studio: Columbia Tristar Hom
    Theatrical Release Date: August 7, 1985
    DVD Release Date: June 11, 2002
    Run Time: 106 minutes

    Edition Details:
    Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
    PLEASE NOTE: Some Region 1 DVDs may contain Regional Coding Enhancement (RCE). Some, but not all, of our international customers have had problems playing these enhanced discs on what are called "region-free" DVD players. For more information on RCE, click here.
    Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
    ASIN: B000065U1Q

    1. Re:No extras... no surprise... by EvilBastard · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I understand this release has two trailers and that's it (Bare-bones release, or rental)

      Doesn't even the DEI initials hidden as an easter egg.

    2. Re:No extras... no surprise... by PenguinOpus · · Score: 1

      It's worse than that. The DVD contains two trailers... for other movies. There is nothing extra on this disk except: widescreen/pan-n-scan choice noticably better audio than my LD version

    3. Re:No extras... no surprise... by seinethinker · · Score: 1

      You know what no extras means... It means they are probably are going to release another two other cuts (I am probably dreaming on this) of this movie with extras features on each.

      It almost appears that is what Movie Distributors are doing these days. They will take a popular movie release it to DVD with barely anything on it at $19.99 to $29.99. Then you will see retail stores start dropping the price. Eventually you see a special edition release then a director's cut then a criterion release etc etc...

      Its all geared to make you blow money to buy a movie 3 to 4 times over. ....

      Just look at Frank Herbert's Dune, the one released off Sci-Fi.

      They just put out the Director's Cut with 30 minutes more material... Wooohooo and new packaging... *sigh*

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      Truth like surgery, may hurt, but it cures. - Han Suyin, Chinese Physician and Writer
  9. Still... by StupidEngineer · · Score: 2, Funny

    ..trying to attain the super power of hammering a six-inch spike through a board.

    mod -1: A complete butcher of a perfectly good movie quote.

  10. At the top of my whatever happend to list. by fm6 · · Score: 2

    Michelle Meyrink, who turned in a half-dozen first-rate movie performances -- including the hyperactive Jordon in Real Genius and then disappeared from view.

  11. I got one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I picked up this movie on DVD a while back, like a year or so, at Wal-Mart. I think it was one of the $10 or $14 picks... didn't know it was special or anything... and mine looks different

  12. Re:999th post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Where the fuck have you been? It's been weeks!

    Slashdot -1 is drying up. Please help!

  13. Re:999th post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Eep!