I had to wait 25 years!!!
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Made in FRA in 2009, Serial# 251104, Playing Time 51:24

I have no doubt in my mind that this album will end up in the "delete bin" quickly... It's a shame, really, as this effort is stellar!!!

Hailing from Sweden, this is TORCH's third album; their previous album, "Electrikiss", was released way back in 1984!!! The only returning member is vocalist Dan Dark, who's lost none of his power.

There are 15 tracks on this offering, and the first 13 are actually re-recordings of old compositions (I have to say old since the originals date back to 1983 and 1984).

If you like bands like ACCEPT from the "Restless and Wild" and "Breaker" era, than this will be your cup of tea: it will knock your socks off!  It's not original, but it has plenty of energy and anthems; I must say it could use more double-guitar attacks (for those familiar with ACCEPT, you'll understand), but the performances here are great. Most tracks have a fast tempo: it's metal without the thrashing elements.

Do yourself a favor: listen to the samples, and grab this before it's too late: if you're reading this review but the item's availability shows "this item has been discontinued by the manufacturer", try to find a used copy: you won't regret it!
3169444
Wow, I wanted to buy this back in 04, but hey, I was waiting for seasons two through three to be released, and since its been going on for over seven years, I figured I'd pick up the only two seasons available right now while I am still alive and kicking, used.  Season one is interesting with the pilot episodes, but on season one there are only three discs, and the intro music wasn't as I remembered them, seems it changed in season two and on, from what I remember on the re-runs from back years ago.
So, they are seemingly putting out every season every four years?, there is a season three, I suppose it will come out in 2012.
2972874
It seems like I've been waiting forever for the other seasons. If it is true that they're being held up because Warner's doesn't want to pay royalties for the background music; we may never see them. I'm seventy years old & will probably be dead & buried before they come out. It's all above greed. Thanks for nothing Warners.
1384251
Long wait coming from half way across the world which I almost gave up, but worth it at the end.
4003079
I ordered this thinking it would be great considering my kids are 1, 3 & 4...getting them to hold still is a challenge & they really dislike holding still long enough to use the under the arm typical thermometer. It arrived yesterday & became very apparent that most of the great 5 star reviews on this product were bought :-( I put the batteries in it & let it sit while I read the instructions. It said to let it be at room temperature before trying to take a temp. So I did. I let it sit for a good 15 min before trying to use it. I then had my 1yo (that is currently sick) lay still, I changed the mode to body, I changed the setting to F & held about 1.5" away from her forehead (where indicated on the instructions) & pressed the button. It tried to tell me she was at 95.6.....ya, I could tell with my hand that was not true. I let it sit a few seconds in between scans & got readings from 95.6 - 105.2. I pulled out the under the arm thermometer & waited. It said 102.2. I scanned her head until I got that temp (about 12x). Then I waited a min & scanned the same place & got a completely different temp, sigh! How on earth am I supposed to know when to give my child medicine or take them to the hospital if I can't even get the same reading twice?!?! I then went through the same process on my 4yo.....same problem. My husband came home later & we went through the same process on him....same problem. Then my 15yo, same process, same problem. To say that I was frustrated & disappointed would be an understatement! But, stuff happens...I told my husband, I'll return it & get one that you have to swipe across the forehead. So I got on this am to get the return paperwork....it's not eligible for return! Shame on me I guess for not looking before we bought, but I've honestly never had anything that I've needed to return not be returnable. In fact I think in the entire time we've ordered from Amazon, I've only returned like 3 things. So now, I am out $40+ and still have to buy a thermometer :-(
4036465
I usually Start with '5-Stars' - then Detract from there. - As I did in this case. I feel like starting with my complaints - so here we go. - -
I am a True Diehard doors fan - with a Massive collection! This is now 2014 - Why does it take 46 YEARS to get around to releasing these things!! I knew a fan - who years ago said - he hoped "we'd see such things Before We Die!" - And now he's dead.
The menu on this Stinks - I can barely read it. This Bluray case couldn't be cheaper.
And although Robbie & John are still alive - there is NO audio commentary option. : (
This Does include 'The doors are open' - and even Better - 'Feast of Friends Encore' - and I have NEVER seen this before.
There are more goodies they Could release - but - the best I can guess - is they're building up suspense - for their target clientele - when we're all in Heaven - and they (the doors) are going after the 'Eternity Market'.
(Tim Conway - as 'the Little Old Shopkeeper' - would be proud of the snails pace of doors releases).
4367220
I've been waiting for two years for this. yes, two years (sadly, I believe in instant gratification: 4+ weeks is a very big thing for me, and I am not well off :( ). I'd slink into (whichever) store to buy the extended versions of 'fellowship' & 'two towers' on vhs, resisting the horrible horrible urge to just get it all on dvd now already, come on, starve for a couple of weeks & keep wearing rags, and I'd look at friends' & family members' copies of the dvd extended editions, all pretty in their shiny boxes with ALL THOSE DISCS OMG, & I would look back at my humble vhs tapes & I would feel very sad.

sigh.

so I have waited.

these extended versions are vastly superior to their theatrical counterparts. with 'rotk' that's just a guess, of course, but based on the previous two, I'm not worried about it. it was after seeing the extended movies that I forgave jackson's plot changes, and considering the breadth of those changes in rotk, another 50 minutes will make an enormous difference. I trust him that much.

it's almost sad that this is it for the lord of the rings movies. they were obviously a labour of love, and instead of having one creative genuis getting stuck in the sort of rut that ends in self-mockery (read: the star wars movies), there's a pool of talent (the art, the acting, the clothing, the fx, the scenery, on and on and on. alas, I wish the music didn't almost irritate me -- they should have hired mychael danna) to bring the dream to life. and it does.

sometimes I wonder about that eerie sort of synchronicity with the timing of these movies -- vis-a-vis global events -- and if everyone went wild over them partly to escape the time, but then, no, these would have been HUGE regardless (the timing is still spooky, though).

I could go on for hours (I almost have). point is: these are SO worth the $$, more than most I can think of. don't listen to nay-sayers who are far too hung up on whether or not tolkien himself would have approved (after seeing that abortion of a cartoon, of COURSE he would freak over the idea of a real movie. wouldn't you?). it's like revisiting the best part of your childhood, where you could see these things spring to life all around you.

anyway, the only negative thing about it all is the wait. damn.
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As I write this review, it was 5 years ago this very day that the Walt Disney Co. released the classic "Fantasia" for the first time on DVD as a 60th Anniversary Special Edition.  But exactly 5 years later, you can no longer purchase a legitimate, new copy of it without paying at least double the original sale price, via such avenues as ebay.

As a Disney shareholder, I am one unhappy camper!!

This is the only reason I'm rating this classic 5-star film with only 2 stars.  The DVD is no longer legitimately available without forking over at least $40 or $50 for a new copy when the original list price was well under $30 (and that current price is only going to go up as times passes by).  I'm sure I'm not the only consumer that's really sick and tired of Disney's inane policy of releasing and then quickly yanking some of their DVD releases.

So what am I supposed to do now?  Wait another 5 to 10 years just to buy a legitimate copy of this DVD when Disney finally decides that the time is right to release it again?  I think not!  I can't wait that long, and my nieces and nephews will probably be too old to care at that point.  Or, should I instead pay an insane price now for an original copy (the profits of which WILL NOT go to Disney)?  Again, I don't think so!  I do not believe in getting ripped off, and refuse to support those that profit from it, regardless of supply/demand fundamentals.

If Disney insists on continuing their ridiculous and outdated practice of discontinuing some of their classic films on DVD after only 2 to 3 years of availability, it shouldn't surprise them at all that they're actually LOSING POTENTIAL SALES to counterfeit/pirated versions of the films that are being sold around the world (and from auction sites like ebay, too).  The way I see it, THEY ASKED FOR IT!!  By not making these classics legitimately available at all times, they are encouraging piracy.  It's that simple, and they deserve it!!  In this day and age, people are not going to wait a few years to get something they want NOW!!

I guess Disney is forcing me to think about buying a phony yet much cheaper DVD version of the original "Fantasia" just so I can show this classic to my nieces and nephews.  I'd much rather buy a legitimate copy that's reasonably priced, but I can't because Disney won't allow me to do so.  Oh well, it's their loss.  A classic film like "Fantasia", which came in at No. 58 on the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 100 greatest American movies of all time, deserves a far better fate than this.

Great job Disney!!  Way to go!!
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I purchased a DVDR985 in June of 2002. I had immediate problems with the timer recording. I was shipped a new version of software twice. Each time it worked for a while. Then in September this year (2003) I am getting the famous errors and non-operative drawer etc.  Of course the warranty is up and I am stuck with the prospect of paying over half of the cost of a new unit to repair this barely year old piece of what should be part of a class action lawsuit, based on what I have seen and heard. Philips will never see the inside of my wallet again and that includes light bulbs and anything else they have their hand in. There is no way they are not aware of this problem. It is a shame too, because when it worked, I loved the resulting DVD's. My search continues for a reliable DVD+RW......
504544
Was supposed to get by 15th, and now it could come anytime between 19th qnd 21st. Not exactly thrilled, especially when i paid that much money....
2388018
After waiting ~3 weeks, I was aware of the wait before purchasing, for the computer to arrive from Amazon, it arrived on a Friday, July 23. I have been using PCs for ~20 years and this was my 10th PC, including those I ordered for my children.

I unpacked the box, connected the mouse, monitor, and keyboard, and turned the machine on. It booted up launched windows, opened a DOS window labeled Auto.bat, ran something in the window, then restarted. Then continued this over and over again (boot up to windows, open DOS window (Auto.bat) restart). I thought this odd, but being my first time with a windows 7 system let it run for about 10 minutes. Then I decided this wasn't right.

Called HP support, spent 4 hours on the phone with them, they got it to stop cycling this way but I never enter any information and I noticed that it was running 32 bit Windows 7, it was supposed to be 64 bit?

The HP support person kept asking me what I had done prior to calling HP. I said nothing but connect the keyboard, mouse and monitor. She told me that this did not look like a "NEW" computer, somebody set up windows. She could not get the system to reinstall windows properly. She said there was a DOS partition on the disk that should be there.  She gave me the case number and told me a H/W engineer would call me and try to get the windows running.

When the H/W engineer called I said never mind I just spent over $1,000 for the system and after spending 4 hours trying to get it to work, I had enough!

I'm going to call Amazon.com and have them send me a new one.

There was no problem when I called, I was told that thre were none in stock but they would sent one ~August 3-10th.  Now I've got another 2-3 week wait!

I should call Amazon again and see if they will ship this one faster, it took a week in shipping before I got it.

I hope the next systems works!
3620668
I wanted this dvd bad!!  I had not seen this movie since i was 7..maybe 8...and i guess at that age, ANY monster movie was good to me!!! Unfortunately now at the age of 50....this movie was not good...i liked the stopped animation..but the storyline was horrible!!! It sure took me back to a more innocent time in my life, and for that reason alone, i found it charming...but now that it is in my dvd collection, and i have watched it once..it will probably be another 40+ years before i watch it again!!!!
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I had a 8 track tape of this album when I was a kid and when X-Mas rolled around I played that tape till my family couldn't take it anymore!  LOL!  I'm 44 now and still don't know what happened to that tape, truly tragic!  ^_^
Happy holidays to all!
3801660
I waited years for this to be released, as it has some great tunes. Why did it take so long?
3019969
I saw ( and bought)the VHS of this totally fabulous concert when my son was in high school 1990-1992 and he is now 30!!! What is it that the "Studio" or "Producers" don't get about releasing this on DVD!! HELLOOOOOOOOO...there is a demand for it..blah, blah, blah...I am listening to it on CD on my computer as I am writing this and find it hard to

believe that now ..that only ALL of the Universie has swiched to DVD that is has not been released in this format!!!! OK here it is..."If You Release It...It Will SELL" !!! Geeeeeeezzzzzzzzz. WHATWE ARE WAITING ON!!!!! WHAT, IS, THE PROBLEM!!!! JUST DO IT!!!! Cha Ching $$$$$$$$

Patty Creamer (Christopher Frame's Mom) Port Charlotte , FL
276026
Have waited so long for this to be released and what a disappointment!
How ironic that the Smothers Brothers who faught with censors are now censoring what they release to us!  I'm glad they came out with this set. But most of the episodes were about 40 minutes. These are NOT the full episodes as aired.  The booklet insert talks about the first David Steinberg sermonette - the controversial one. Then it's mentioned on one of the shows when Tommy apologizes for it....but it's not included here!!  We are given the second, calmer sermonette entitled "Jonah"(which of course is good).  On one of these episodes, the band comes out in the beginning of the show with the signs naming that night's guests.  They list Leigh French and she only appears for about 2 minutes in a very quick comedy sketch. She's not listed in the menu of the disc as a guest for that show at all. Surely she was in more of that episode than that!  They did leave her in one as the weather girl, so it can't be a rights issue.  She was on 18 of their shows.  6 in 1969 and 6 in 1968.  Why was she cut from this one!?  The menu on each disc lists only a select few guests that they warrant important enough to have included. i.e. big names like Tina Turner, Jim Morrison, Harry Belafonte.  There are other guests (as is shown in each week's introductory band sequence) but some have been cut out! I'd like to be the one to decide what the "Best Of" is.  Give me the entire series - whole episodes and if there's someone I don't want to see I am perfectly capable of skipping over it on the DVD.  The folks wanting these are mostly the baby boomers and I remember Biff Rose and Leigh French!  What an outrage that they've been cut out of this set.  There are four discs here and the entire 4th one is devoted to Pat Paulson!  What a waste!  Would much rather have had Pat as he appeared throughout the season in the full episodes and then they could've added in the one hour special as an extra.  The fourth disc should've been used for more episodes.  What they've given us is good, but I'm very disappointed in the way these were released.
4000640
This F********  thing sucks!!!!  I want to return this piece of s***** product, but I missed the cutoff date, so now I can't! !!  

The parts don't fit together, and should not have taken more than 15 minutes of my precious time has now taken an hour of my precious time! !!  

Unforgivable! !!