Comments on: Remote (1993) http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/remote-1993/ Sci-Fi, Horror, and General Whoopass Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Felicity http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/remote-1993/comment-page-1/#comment-872 Felicity Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:23:42 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=3390#comment-872 It's too bad; with budgets and production values steadily declining (and styles changing) since the early-'90s peak of Full Moon, VideoZones would go a long way to reassuring die-hard fans that there is still a unified Full Moon theme to it all. It’s too bad; with budgets and production values steadily declining (and styles changing) since the early-’90s peak of Full Moon, VideoZones would go a long way to reassuring die-hard fans that there is still a unified Full Moon theme to it all.

]]> By: Nathan Shumate http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/remote-1993/comment-page-1/#comment-871 Nathan Shumate Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:38:48 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=3390#comment-871 Most of the late-'90s Romanian stuff didn't have a VideoZone. Most of the latest crop of flicks from the reborn Full Moon -- <i>Doll Graveyard</i>, the <i>Decadent Evil</i> movies, etc. -- include behind-the-scenes material on the movie in question, but not the company-wide news/promos that characterized VideoZones. Most of the late-’90s Romanian stuff didn’t have a VideoZone. Most of the latest crop of flicks from the reborn Full Moon — Doll Graveyard, the Decadent Evil movies, etc. — include behind-the-scenes material on the movie in question, but not the company-wide news/promos that characterized VideoZones.

]]> By: Felicity http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/remote-1993/comment-page-1/#comment-870 Felicity Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:05:38 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=3390#comment-870 [nod] I've read your reviews for both <i>Leapin' Leprechauns</i> and <i>Spellbreaker</i>, so I have a good idea of what I'm in for premise- and production-values-wise. It's too bad Silvester McCoy's role isn't larger (for example, as the king) and that he's buried under prosthetics, but...well, it's too late to take the movie back now. :-) Does Charles Band still do VideoZones on <i>non</i>-kids' titles? I haven't watched any of his more recent Romanian output. The most recent thing I saw by him was <i><a href="http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/shapeshifter-1999/" rel="nofollow">Shapeshifter</a></i> and that was on TV. A dollar store in town has <i><a href="http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/teenage-space-vampires-1998/" rel="nofollow">Teenage Space Vampires</a></i>. I'll have to swing by and see if the box mentions a VideoZone. [nod] I’ve read your reviews for both Leapin’ Leprechauns and Spellbreaker, so I have a good idea of what I’m in for premise- and production-values-wise. It’s too bad Silvester McCoy’s role isn’t larger (for example, as the king) and that he’s buried under prosthetics, but…well, it’s too late to take the movie back now. :-)

Does Charles Band still do VideoZones on non-kids’ titles? I haven’t watched any of his more recent Romanian output. The most recent thing I saw by him was Shapeshifter and that was on TV. A dollar store in town has Teenage Space Vampires. I’ll have to swing by and see if the box mentions a VideoZone.

]]> By: Nathan Shumate http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/remote-1993/comment-page-1/#comment-869 Nathan Shumate Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:55:11 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=3390#comment-869 Warning: McCoy is only a supporting role, and is almost unrecognizable in his leprechaun suit. <a href="http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/spellbreaker-secret-of-the-leprechauns-1996/" rel="nofollow"> <i>Spellbreaker</i></a> (which is a sequel to <a href="http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/leapin-leprechauns-1995/" rel="nofollow"><i>Leapin' Leprechauns!</i></a>) isn't too bad, especially if you like forced perspective. I don't remember a VideoZone, though; I think Full Moon pretty much discontinued those for the kids titles after the break-up with distributor Paramount in the mid-'90s. Warning: McCoy is only a supporting role, and is almost unrecognizable in his leprechaun suit. Spellbreaker (which is a sequel to Leapin’ Leprechauns!) isn’t too bad, especially if you like forced perspective. I don’t remember a VideoZone, though; I think Full Moon pretty much discontinued those for the kids titles after the break-up with distributor Paramount in the mid-’90s.

]]> By: Felicity http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/remote-1993/comment-page-1/#comment-868 Felicity Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:48:04 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=3390#comment-868 [chuckle] :-) Coincidentally, I found a copy of <i>Remote</i> in a thrift store about two weeks ago. It was pretty watchable, considering I wasn't its target audience. The Moonbeam Video Zone at the end was a nice addition. Encouraged by this positive experience, I then grabbed <i>Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns</i> from the same thrift store a few days ago. Its cover does not mention a Video Zone, so I'm guessing we don't get one, but it does have Sylvester McCoy, so that's going to be my fallback source of enjoyment if the movie is painful. [chuckle] :-)

Coincidentally, I found a copy of Remote in a thrift store about two weeks ago. It was pretty watchable, considering I wasn’t its target audience. The Moonbeam Video Zone at the end was a nice addition.

Encouraged by this positive experience, I then grabbed Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns from the same thrift store a few days ago. Its cover does not mention a Video Zone, so I’m guessing we don’t get one, but it does have Sylvester McCoy, so that’s going to be my fallback source of enjoyment if the movie is painful.

]]> By: Nathan Shumate http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/remote-1993/comment-page-1/#comment-826 Nathan Shumate Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:47:40 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=3390#comment-826 Yes, he does -- although I prefer to think of it as a Chaplin moustache. And now that you've put the image of a Torchlight version of <i>Remote</i> into my head, I can't even list possibilities for the "toys" being remote-controlled. Yes, he does — although I prefer to think of it as a Chaplin moustache.

And now that you’ve put the image of a Torchlight version of Remote into my head, I can’t even list possibilities for the “toys” being remote-controlled.

]]> By: Felicity http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/remote-1993/comment-page-1/#comment-825 Felicity Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:24:55 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=3390#comment-825 Sooner or later it always comes down to miniatures with Charles Band, doesn't it? In this case, miniature vehicles. He's getting into Andy Sidaris territory here. Although Band couldn't offer <i>Remote</i> as a kid-friendly <i>alternative</i> to <i>Home Alone</i>, there <i>were</i> multiple <i>Home Alone</i> and <i>3 Ninjas</i> sequels in the early-to-late nineties, which may have given Band the impression that the home-invasion slapstick genre was not yet tapped out. If he wanted to do an alternative to <i>Home Alone</i> for a different-age audience, he would have produced <i>Remote</i> through Torchlight. :-) I like that two of the thugs are the same characters--right down to the names--as in <i>Prehysteria!</i> That's the nut o' fun for this movie. Does that Alpiner have a Hitler mustache?! Sooner or later it always comes down to miniatures with Charles Band, doesn’t it? In this case, miniature vehicles. He’s getting into Andy Sidaris territory here.

Although Band couldn’t offer Remote as a kid-friendly alternative to Home Alone, there were multiple Home Alone and 3 Ninjas sequels in the early-to-late nineties, which may have given Band the impression that the home-invasion slapstick genre was not yet tapped out.

If he wanted to do an alternative to Home Alone for a different-age audience, he would have produced Remote through Torchlight. :-)

I like that two of the thugs are the same characters–right down to the names–as in Prehysteria! That’s the nut o’ fun for this movie.

Does that Alpiner have a Hitler mustache?!

]]> By: Nathan Shumate http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/remote-1993/comment-page-1/#comment-823 Nathan Shumate Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:55:14 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=3390#comment-823 If you're going to have a warped upbringing, have a <i>positively</i> warped upbringing! If you’re going to have a warped upbringing, have a positively warped upbringing!

]]> By: El Gringo http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/remote-1993/comment-page-1/#comment-822 El Gringo Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:10:08 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=3390#comment-822 YES! I can't tell you how many times my litt brother and I watched our VHS copy of Remote. Along with Prehysteria and 3 Ninjas, Remote filled more than its share of my childhood hours. Great post! El Gringo He-Shot-Cyrus.blogspot.com YES! I can’t tell you how many times my litt brother and I watched our VHS copy of Remote. Along with Prehysteria and 3 Ninjas, Remote filled more than its share of my childhood hours. Great post!

El Gringo
He-Shot-Cyrus.blogspot.com

]]> By: Nathan Shumate http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/archives/remote-1993/comment-page-1/#comment-821 Nathan Shumate Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:05:58 +0000 http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/?p=3390#comment-821 Aw, you could at least let me be the Vincent Price radio version. (Though at least I'm not -- gag -- Val Kilmer.) Aw, you could at least let me be the Vincent Price radio version. (Though at least I’m not — gag — Val Kilmer.)

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