Finally....Howard the Duck

[HGervais]

Oh the joy. From DVD Times:

Universal Studios Home Entertainment have announced the Region 1 DVD release of Howard the Duck (Special Edition) on 10th March 2009 priced at $14.98 SRP. From executive producer George Lucas and the pages of Marvel Comics comes this comedy about a fast-talking, cigar-chomping, beer-loving duck from a parallel universe who crashes to Earth.

Offering a digitally remastered picture and new 5.1 surround sound, features on this Special Edition include:
Anamorphic Widescreen
English DD5.1 Surround
French and Spanish DD2.0 Stereo
English SDH subtitles
A Look Back at Howard the Duck – The cast and crew reflect on the film and public’s response over the years
Releasing the Duck
News Featurette
The Stunts of Howard the Duck
The Special Effects of Howard the Duck
The Music of Howard the Duck
Teaser Trailers

[Steve T Power]

oh. my. GOD!

[molly1216]

is this supposed to make it watchable?
i still want those 2 hours of my life back

[J.M. Vargas]

^^^ Agree. Between this and "Willow" Lucas came close to depleting his "Star Wars" fortune by at least 1 or 2 percent!

[Jon Mercer]

I'd probably pick it up just to own a slice of ill-advised 1980s stupidity. Now if I could that idea approved for a 3-Disc Criterion Release for Leonard Part 6.

[Steve T Power]

^^^ Agree. Between this and "Willow" Lucas came close to depleting his "Star Wars" fortune by at least 1 or 2 percent!

Screw you man. Willow is light years beyond Howard the Duck.

[barnaclelapse]

I'd probably pick it up just to own a slice of ill-advised 1980s stupidity. Now if I could that idea approved for a 3-Disc Criterion Release for Leonard Part 6.

We can only dream...

[Dark Knight]

Where's the feature:
"Howard The Duck". The Comic Comes To Life On Film, And The Film Brings On The Death Of The Comic".
There was a time when many of the back issues were worth a lot of cash. Then the movie came along and the price of those comics dropped big time.

[HGervais]

Where's the feature:
"Howard The Duck". The Comic Comes To Life On Film, And The Film Brings On The Death Of The Comic".
There was a time when many of the back issues were worth a lot of cash. Then the movie came along and the price of those comics dropped big time.

Which is a shame because as far as comics were concerned there had never been anything like Howard the Duck....subversive, post-modern, funny, bizarre and just plain weird. Writer Steve Gerber was operating on a whole different reality than anyone else in comics.

[ThatGuy]

Two words:

Already pre-ordered

[BrettCullum]

Oh good grace... I'm going to pre-order it too. I loved the comic, and found the movie a pale comparison like everyone else. But dang it, for pure '80s cheese... it rules.

[Jim_Thomas]

Where's the feature:
"Howard The Duck". The Comic Comes To Life On Film, And The Film Brings On The Death Of The Comic".
There was a time when many of the back issues were worth a lot of cash. Then the movie came along and the price of those comics dropped big time.

Tell me about it. I've got a complete set.

But yeah, I'll probably by the damn thing, if for no other reason than as a caution against space rabies.

[Tinderbox]

I'll wait for Blu-ray.

[MSProductions]

Where's the feature:
"Howard The Duck". The Comic Comes To Life On Film, And The Film Brings On The Death Of The Comic".
There was a time when many of the back issues were worth a lot of cash. Then the movie came along and the price of those comics dropped big time.

Which is a shame because as far as comics were concerned there had never been anything like Howard the Duck....subversive, post-modern, funny, bizarre and just plain weird. Writer Steve Gerber was operating on a whole different reality than anyone else in comics.

I agree with that.

By the way, there is an iRiff available from RiffTrax.

[Dunnyman]

Where's the feature:
"Howard The Duck". The Comic Comes To Life On Film, And The Film Brings On The Death Of The Comic".
There was a time when many of the back issues were worth a lot of cash. Then the movie came along and the price of those comics dropped big time.

Which is a shame because as far as comics were concerned there had never been anything like Howard the Duck....subversive, post-modern, funny, bizarre and just plain weird. Writer Steve Gerber was operating on a whole different reality than anyone else in comics.
His Headmen run on the Defenders is still one of the best storylines ever for me...the guy was kinda nuts, but it was some mighty interesting comics.

[tucco]

I think the issue where KISS makes their first comic book appearance is worth something....
It was the bands initial comic book appearance before getting there own KISS comic.
But that was the seventies........maybe that one is unique for KISS being in it.......
That issue was always a big deal when I played the rock conventions in the '90s.

[ckulik]

I've just completed and sent in my review. Hope you all like it...it will be posted on release day...which is 2 days away! Chris

[Gabriel Girard]

Great review Chris!

I remember loving this as a kid, can't wait to see it again.

[J.M. Vargas]

Nice try Judge (you really sold it as well as you could from the only angle/POV that carries weight) but I ain't buying. The movie's crap and it will take a thousand lashes by a thousand Singapore law enforcers to get me to look at that piece of s@*% in this lifetime (or any other). Yes, I only saw it once over 22 years ago but I haven't forgotten how angry (not pretend angry or boredom, but raging poe'd anger) I was that I had wasted two hours of my life watching "Howard the Duck."

[HGervais]

Yeah the movie really is a lifeless mess devoid of almost anything that I would define "good." You want a remake? I would take a 2009 Howard the Duck movie in a heartbeat. Start from scratch and make it as subversive as the source material and maybe without a midget in a rubber suit. I'm thinking it would be right up someone like David O. Russell's alley.

[J.M. Vargas]

^^^ If David O. is inside the duck suit and the movie is rated 'R' to allow Howard to go on all-our profanity tirade I'm sold!

[jcankerhuxley]

On my lists of "Thank you for screwing up some of the great stories from my youth"

Howard the Duck by Lucas is slightly above Altman's OC & Stiggs. There are two sets of people regarding these films. There are those who love these films because they have never read the original texts. And the rest of us who have read the original texts and hated the films because they did not catch one iota of what made these originally wild and crass stories wonderful.


Sometimes, late I night I have nightmares of "Baboon Dooley, the Movie" starring Owen Wilson as Dooley. Directed by Michael Bay and written by Diabla Cody (music by April Lavaigne).

SHUTTER.