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Man, German digibooks are way cooler than what we get over here. Each one has a 20+ page essay on the production of the film (at least that's what I think they're about - can't read German  ) Also got Blade Runner, Beowulf, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight because I am a retard who enjoys wasting money on pointless double-dips.
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Why exactly do Shoot Em Up, John Rambo, and Beowulf have digibooks?
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Captain Charisma posted:Why exactly do Shoot Em Up, John Rambo, and Beowulf have digibooks? Because suckers like doctor thodt will buy them
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Jun 15, 2010 00:48
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They're collector's items v v
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Oh man I can only imagine how awesome the Blade Runner one is. I've quadruple-dipped Blade Runner and I've never once regretted it.
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RichterIX posted:Oh man I can only imagine how awesome the Blade Runner one is. I don't know this for sure, but I have to assume that these so-called "Premium Editions" digibooks are exactly the same discs stuck into a new fancy package. If you don't already own these on Blu, that's one thing, but at some point I think you might need to take a step back and review your collector's mentality!
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2 weeks later my Life bluray has arrived from Barnes and Noble. First, it looks 10 times better than the Discovery HD broadcast, which itself was pretty. Second, I was one of very few, if not the only, person in the TVIV thread who didn't necessarily mind Oprah's narration, but Mother of Christ, I could listen to David Attenborough read tax law and I'd be on the edge of my seat with childlike wonder. What I'm saying is, this is the best $40 you'll ever spend on a bluray. And it's a 4-disc set, 10 hours long. On a related note, I also bought IMAX Blue Planet (at 40 minutes long for $25). Not very good.  However, it includes "The Dream is Alive" which was the movie I saw at the NASA museum in Huntsville, AL a million years ago when I was a kid. And it is the most 80's thing ever. I loved it.So if Blue Planet is the flagship IMAX documentary, I'm kind of wary of the quality of the rest. Especially at those prices.
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DVDBeaver on The White Ribbonquote:Without the slightest hint of hyperbole, I can honestly say that this might be the best looking blu-ray that I've ever come across. Can't loving wait.
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Criminal Minded posted:DVDBeaver on The White Ribbon Wasn't this posted like a month ago?
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Maybe, I have a terrible memory for this sort of thing. EDIT: I didn't find anything other than my own Amazon link to the blu-ray. No review though. Yes, my time is this worthless that I just combed like 10 pages looking for a mention. Criminal Minded fucked around with this message at 14:55 on Jun 15, 2010 |
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It was the last thread  http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2061855&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=332#post376232522 I imagine the Sony release will be equally beautiful, if not even superior to the UK version.
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BajaBurrito posted:I dunno - it looks like the Premium Edition is only the stand-alone Final Cut as already distributed in the EU, so it seems to me the US multi-disc, multi-cut edition is still the ultimate release. Oh, yeah, I was just saying the packaging probably looks really cool. I don't think I'll be actually buying another copy of Blade Runner for a good long while. Having multiple copies across multiple media is one thing, I don't think I'm ready to start double-dipping within blu-ray yet.
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Ah, I just received my Lady Vengeance (with bonus eBayable Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and collector's tin).
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FitFortDanga posted:Ah, I just received my Lady Vengeance (with bonus eBayable Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and collector's tin). Is it from the general-release June 15th wave, or the Best Buy exclusive from mid-March? If it's the "new" one, can you check if Oldboy now has lossless audio? If it does, I'd buy it from you.
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So the new Predator Blu-Ray sure is, uh, interesting... http://www.imagebam.com/image/606b8b84038010
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Jun 16, 2010 00:15
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Holy poo poo, that's even worse than Patton. He looks airbrushed. And smug about it.
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Neo_Reloaded posted:Is it from the general-release June 15th wave, or the Best Buy exclusive from mid-March? If it's the "new" one, can you check if Oldboy now has lossless audio? If it does, I'd buy it from you. It's the new one. Audio options listed are: Korean: Dolby Digital-EX 5.1 Surround Korean: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
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doctor thodt posted:So the new Predator Blu-Ray sure is, uh, interesting...
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FitFortDanga posted:It's the new one. Audio options listed are: Is that on the back cover, or from the actual disc when you play it? If that's from the actual disc, well I guess you didn't get a fixed copy.
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Harlock posted:That's the best metal shirt I've ever seen.
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doctor thodt posted:So the new Predator Blu-Ray sure is, uh, interesting... He looks like his own waxwork model.
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doctor thodt posted:So the new Predator Blu-Ray sure is, uh, interesting...  That is the greatest. - edit  Click here for the full 1094x724 image. Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Jun 16, 2010 |
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Jun 16, 2010 00:50
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Haha, it's like they want to punish people for complaining about the first release.
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Jun 16, 2010 01:00
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 WTF? What's the source for the comparison image? The original Blu or DVD or VHS or some fourth thing? Welp, guess I'll strike that one off my buy list.
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Looks like the original BD, which always got an unfairly bad rap. Granted it's a rather lackluster MPEG-2 transfer, but it's a hell of a lot more representative of what the movie should look like than this shiny new turd.
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Oh my god it looks like Waking Life. loving something up that bad seems like it would take a lot of work. What kind of a weirdie thought that up?
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Jun 16, 2010 01:30
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If it smears, then we can kill it.
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God help me, I caved and bought a modified Oppo BDP-83. I was browsing Amazon France and despairing that I couldn't buy movies like Bright Star and A Very Long Engagement, so my solution? Spend $500 on a new Blu-Ray player, so I can then spend hundreds of more dollars on these damned things 
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penismightier posted:Oh my god it looks like Waking Life. Knowing Fox, it was probably Tom Rothman's idea.
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Bambi posted:God help me, I caved and bought a modified Oppo BDP-83. I was browsing Amazon France and despairing that I couldn't buy movies like Bright Star and A Very Long Engagement, so my solution? Spend $500 on a new Blu-Ray player, so I can then spend hundreds of more dollars on these damned things Best $500 you have ever spent.
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Just bought The African Queen, There Will Be Blood, and Bonnie and Clyde from Amazon. The first is $16.49, the other two are $15.49. Also got Doctor Zhivago for $21.99 and Gone with the Wind (3-disc Scarlett Edition) for $26.99 from Deep Discount. I normally don't like double dipping this much, but there's not going to be deals this good for a while.
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FitFortDanga posted:Ah, I just received my Lady Vengeance (with bonus eBayable Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and collector's tin). Are you going to check out the "Fade to Black" cut? If so, post a review in the "Rate" thread. I've always been curious about it.
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doctor thodt posted:So the new Predator Blu-Ray sure is, uh, interesting...
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Egbert Souse posted:Just bought The African Queen, There Will Be Blood, and Bonnie and Clyde from Amazon. The first is $16.49, the other two are $15.49. Also got Doctor Zhivago for $21.99 and Gone with the Wind (3-disc Scarlett Edition) for $26.99 from Deep Discount. gently caress, do you know how long those prices will last? I start making money on Thursday and I've been waiting for a reasonable price on There Will Be Blood ever since I started buying.
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I just saw an ad on TV promoting the Avatar blu-ray. "Available for a limited time" Why, exactly? Are they pulling the bare-bones edition from shelves once the super-ginormo edition arrives, or is James Cameron putting it in his own private Disney-esque vault?
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Jay Dub posted:I just saw an ad on TV promoting the Avatar blu-ray. "Available for a limited time" It's a Fox release, so I would say "they're going to pull it, then rerelease it without any features at the same price and in shittier packaging." Except, there are no features.
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Tony Danza Claus posted:It's a Fox release, so I would say "they're going to pull it, then rerelease it without any features at the same price and in shittier packaging." Maybe they can give it the Predator remastering treatment!
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ClydeUmney posted:Are you going to check out the "Fade to Black" cut? If so, post a review in the "Rate" thread. I've always been curious about it.  "Fade to White"I dunno, I haven't decided yet. I'm curious about it too, but it seems like a shame to do that to such wonderful cinematography.
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FitFortDanga posted:
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