Films that you remember but seem to have disappeared over time

They live

Its on Apple TV to rent, but I’ve not seen it on free to air for ages. Probably hasn’t aged well though.

Dogma has just changed hands ownership wise, Kevin Smith (he is not the new owner) has also stated he plans to tour it next year now that Weinstein no longer owns it. In theory it’ll be for sale on DVD/Blu-Ray etc again at some point too

So excited by that. Love that film.

Strange Days, although I am not sure why.

A lot of the slightly odd 80’s/90’s sci-fi has kind of gone and that saddens me.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind: came out around the same time as Star Wars which overshadowed it, but I preferred it.

Thomas Crown Affair, late 1990’s version. As a subscriber to Amazon Prime, Sky Cinema and Netflix it annoys me that certain older films are only available for an additional fee.

not seen it on free to air for ages

It was on either Film4 or itv recently

I’d forgotten Strange Days, good film that, saw it at the cinema. There’s a SF film called Wraith, which I saw several decades ago, which I remember enjoying, but it probably hasn’t aged well. I haven’t seen Diva on telly or any of the streamers either, which is a shame, wonderful film.

Digby the biggest dog in the world. On every Christmas when I was a kid …

Remo Williams: Unarmed and Dangerous

Must have been on TV as a kid and we recorded it (on Betamax!) but I don’t think anyone else has ever seen it.

 Remo Williams: Unarmed and Dangerous

I recall that, with Fred Ward. It was called “Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins” in the US and I think it’s on Youtube. I watched it at the cinema – I was the only person in the screening! – and enjoyed it som much I went on to read lot of the books on which it wqas based. The idea was if it was a success they’d turn all the books into films, but it never happened. I recently rewatched (maybe on Prim, maybe on youtube, can;t recall offhand) and I think I know WHY that didn;t happen 😉

Operation Condor with Chuck Norris(?). Probably best left in the Blockbuster video vault of the damned.

Its on Apple TV to rent, but I’ve not seen it on free to air for ages. Probably hasn’t aged well though

It’s still great.

Existenz, Pump Up the Volume, Dead Calm are all films that I enjoyed & you don’t see much love for them – also Condorman

Films I can remember enjoying that I haven’t seen for decades.

from the 90s – Juice, Grifters, Sneakers, Blue Juice and Hudson Hawk (I know it got panned at the time, but I’ve got bad taste WCYD).

from the 80’s – Bad Manners, Ruthless People, Trancers, Bullshot and P’Tang Yang Kipperbang.

bad taste and braindead, when Peter Jackson was in front of the camera as well as directing.

Near Dark is a classic and my face Bill Paxton role and I would also add nightbreed  as a fab film rarely seen these days

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Strange Days, although I am not sure why

Another Kathryn Bigelow… makes you think. (Also, when I went on IMDB to check I was correct in thinking it was a Bigelow, the face on the home page was .. Ralph Fiennes! Makes you.. etc )

Trivia note – Angela Bassett in Strange Days is the  “Right Here! Right Now!” sample in that Fatboy Slim track

 P’Tang Yang Kipperbang

That was on TV about a year ago, I think it was. Watched it again with much nostaglia.

Dogma is a sad state of affairs.

Thought of a few more – Rounders (did see this a few years ago and still enjoyed it), and some Tarantino inspired 90s films . 2 days in the valley, Things to do in Denver (when you’re dead), and Hard Eight.

from the 90s – Juice, Grifters, Sneakers, Blue Juice and Hudson Hawk

What’s difficult for certain types of film is music licensing – period dramas and future-set films will have all purpose written scores but dramas set in the here and now will often feature licensed pop/rock music and those licences need to be re-negotiated and re-paid for each platform release. Unless the movie is one thats going to reach sizeable audiences those licensing deals aren’t worth while paying.

They Live still stands up pretty well to be fair, I watched it a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it.

Dogma is a great film – I’ve got it on DVD and watched it last year and its not a ‘sad state’ at all, its a typical JASB effort with a bit more money thrown at it – plus Salma Hayek!!

But the real question is where for love of god is Condorman?

https://youtu.be/Z18LpIEA5ys

What’s difficult for certain types of film is music licensing

Interesting, not really considered a film may not be able to be shown because music licenses have expired.

Logan’s Run has appeared on Prime. I loved that way back, bet it’s crap now ?

Downfall (although certainly not from my youth!)

I spent ages trying to find it as my son was interested and ended up finding it on dvd/Blu-ray on music magpie 2nd hand.  I seem to recall their might have been a dispute over rights / royalties so maybe that was why?

Cannonball Run (more from my youth).

Being There. Peter Sellers in his last film. Beautiful!

Robot Jox

Sneakers was in prime recently. The computer sequences certainly haven’t aged well…

not really considered a film may not be able to be shown because music licenses have expired.

For a long time, Wayne’s World had to replace the few seconds when Wayne plays Stairway to Heaven in the guitar shop with another song, which of course ruins the joke. It’s only just been fixed.

Another reason why obscure films got yanked from streaming platforms is that initially they were licensed from the IP owners on the basis of a flat fee for unlimited streams during an [x] year period. It wasn’t like Spotify and music where if a song only got played twice, the artist only got paid for two streams.

Good bye Pork Pie, Damnation Alley, Hysterical.