Rocket Surgeon said:
No. While it's not the greatest the film ever made, it certainly doesn't suck and has actually grown better with age. Both Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong fill their roles well and there are plenty of exotic locations to feast your eyes upon. Not to mention those 2 beautiful biplanes that are major stars of the movie.
PLUS, Abner Ravenwood is in it!
In April, you can watch the film thinking it will suck eggs and then might end up being pleasantly suprised that it doesn't.
Raiders112390 said:
There's tons of films (for example, SECRET OF THE INCAS) which are regarded as good films which have yet to make it to DVD or Blu-Ray.
"Secret of the Incas" has never been commerically availabe for home viewing in ANY format.
(Legitamately, that is.)
phantom train said:
Looking forward to seeing HRTC when it finally hits DVD this April. I've heard about the film for years, but have never seen it. It seems to be "inspired" by the IJ films, similar to some TV shows that came out after ROTLA, i.e. Tales of the Gold Monkey & Bring 'Em Back Alive.
Well, sort of. The idea for "Tales of the Gold Monkey" was conceived pre-"Raiders" but didn't premiere until a year after. "High Road to China" was originally supposed to star Roger Moore so it might have been floating around before 1981, as well.
Other than being a period, adventure movie, it's not really Indy-ish in any way. Of all the flicks/TV shows that seemed to cash-in on the success of "Raiders", this one is the least similar.
Anyway, knowing your tastes, Phantom Train, I think you'll enjoy it.
P.S. As Montana pointed out, there is a DVD of "Droids" but it's only a few episodes edited into "films" and ALL the Stewart Copeland music has been replaced.