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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.

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  1. 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.

  2. 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?'"

  3. 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.

    --
    Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.
  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.