Planet Terror, that one with the machine gun leg. 8/10
Great fun. This is how you make a B movie. While shot with digital cameras the movie was artificially aged to be made to look like an over used 35mm print. They did a pretty convincing job, looks great on blu-ray. Nicely used to enhance certain scenes, and toned down in others. In the extras Rodriguez explains they raided Tarantino's own aged film collection to sample actual damage. The whole idea came from having double feature movie nights at Tarantino's place, where Quentin would splice together 2 movies with some old previews for a night of fun. I would love to visit :)
You can also get Planet terror on Death proof together with fake commercials as Grindhouse, but I decided to get them separate for the unrated extended editions and extras. Planet terror is more action packed, Death proof has more suspense. I like them about equally.
The blu-ray also includes a scratch free version, not as good, the 'enhancements' really work for this movie, commentary track, and audience reaction track. The last one sounds like it was recorded in a small cinema, different sound stage than the main track. The main Dolby True HD track sounds great, great soundtrack, very good surround sound activity. Some pops and cracks were added when the 'film' derails, all sounds convincing.
During the end credits, while they're going all out with old film effects, I was thinking of the old 8mm projector we used to have when I was young. Home video before vcrs, cartoons and holiday movies on 8mm reels. We had big box full of them and 10x more slides as well. No wonder I'm obsessed with home theater, I grew up with it.
Ah I found it, the exact model I used to play with growing up.
Ofcourse didn't get to see anything like Planet terror back then.
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