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Troll 2 10/5 pre-order edit: look at the October 5 releases so far Bad Lieutenant Baseball: The Tenth Inning (Ken Burns) Beauty and the Beast The Blair Witch Project The Exorcist Grindhouse Hard Candy High Tension The Human Centipede The Karate Kid The Last of the Mohicans Mad Max The Maltese Falcon The Mission A Nightmare on Elm Street Oceans 11 The Robocop Trilogy Secretary The Secret of Kells Splice The Treasure of Sierra Madre Troll 2 Wonderland 
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Aug 12, 2010 20:18
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doctor thodt posted:
That's what I want, but my wallet wont like me  Plus on top of that , I want the 5 titles Criterion is releasing that month, I dont need to pay for school that month.
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Aug 12, 2010 20:35
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That's a lot of releases but I don't see a single one I'd buy. Rent, yeah.
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Aug 12, 2010 21:00
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Crystal Skull is better than Temple of Doom.
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Aug 12, 2010 21:42
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Honestly I never really got all the overwhelming  for the fridge thing. The monkey scene? Sure. But come on, the fridge thing wasn't that outlandish for a franchise that involves all sorts of crazy poo poo.
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Aug 12, 2010 21:47
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2001: A Space Odyssey is down to $8.50 on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Q66J1M?ie=UTF8&tag=evdaisafi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000Q66J1M It's a must own for anybody's collection.
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Aug 12, 2010 21:50
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doctor thodt posted:Troll 2 10/5 I sincerely hope to god they did not do a piss poor job with Last of the Mohicans. I have been waiting for it since I bought a drat BD player.
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Aug 12, 2010 22:15
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bmmello posted:Crystal Skull is better than Temple of Doom. This phrase simply isn't used often enough.
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Troll 2 will probably be reference quality. The DVD has a better transfer than a lot of A-grade movies.
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FitFortDanga posted:Beaver on Psycho. Wow holy poo poo. I must have this.
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FitFortDanga posted:Beaver on Psycho. Isn't it one of the main selling points for Blu Ray.
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Red posted:I decided to stick with Kick-rear end and pick up ASM in the future. But holy hell, Best Buy puts their price stickers on the cardboard sleeves - sleeves that I don't throw away. The gummy crap left on the sleeve is loving IRRITATING. Thankfully, a careful touch, a damp paper towel and some scotch tape clean it off in a few minutes. Why would you even consider getting rid of Kick rear end? That movie is great/the bluray is great/ and the bonus features are great. Also the only thing I hate about best buy is the fact that the put the stickers on the slipcovers. It really doesn't make sense to me. Normally I can get them off completely clean with no issues but every now and again there is that one that gets all jacked up.
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The Region A Time Bandits is not very good.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:The Region A Time Bandits is not very good. Boooo. That review made me aware of the fact that there's a pretty good import Blu-Ray for the UK though, so cheers! Good thing I have a region free player now  Surprise surprise, the Toy Story 3 cover art is just a hodgepodge of the actors' faces   It's up for pre-order now but you should probably wait since there will be the inevitable slew of great deals that comes with new Pixar titles.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:The Region A Time Bandits is not very good. Gary also just posted his review for Mona Lisa, which is barely a step up. Like, imagine a baby that just learned how to walk attempting to mimic an adult climbing a flight of stairs. Its stubby little stupid legs are obviously far too stunted for the ascent, so it trips on the first step, topples forward and splits its head open on the second step. Sure it's bleeding all over your beautiful hardwood stairs, wailing like a stuck pig and choking on its own snot, but its head has technically made it a step up. That's the Mona Lisa Blu-Ray. e: a slightly more favorable review for Hamlet... quote:Another site has noted the transfer's heavy use of noise reduction, but frankly I'm having trouble seeing it. Yes, Claudius's face looks a little pink and waxy in the coronation scene, but standing right beside him is Gertrude, whose face doesn't have the same problem. Consequently I can't help but chalk it up to the production's make up. Likewise close-ups have a satisfying level of detail, with pores and fine facial hairs visible and uncompromised. If noise reduction has indeed been applied, it's very, very subtle. More obvious is the edge enhancement, which I believe will be more of an issue for viewers than the apparent detail in the picture. doctor thodt fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Aug 13, 2010 |
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Bambi posted:Boooo. That review made me aware of the fact that there's a pretty good import Blu-Ray for the UK though, so cheers! Good thing I have a region free player now I don't know if this is because it's the dvd/digital copy too, but, Amazon has a different cover up: 
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GonSmithe posted:I don't know if this is because it's the dvd/digital copy too, but, Amazon has a different cover up: Yes, that's a different product.
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bmmello posted:Crystal Skull is better than Temple of Doom. I don't get this. Crystal Skull was a nap in movie form.
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Rocco posted:I don't get this. Crystal Skull was a nap in movie form. Okay, that's it. I'm going on record as saying I ENJOYED THE FRIDGE NUKE SCENE. Shia LeDouche's involvement was the only real crime, along with the CGI monkeys, and the retarded alien mind-gently caress swirl-y evil hurricane ending thing.
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And it would appear we aren't getting Finding Nemo this year either... Toy Story 3 was announced alongside the Mattor shorts - no Finding Nemo mention whatsoever. I'm really starting to get pissed about this one - it's been rumored every 6 months since 2008.
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Red posted:Okay, that's it. I'm going on record as saying I ENJOYED THE FRIDGE NUKE SCENE. I did too, I didn't even mind aliens. I just felt like it was phoned-in old people walking from point to point with CG ants chasing them. I know Temple of Doom is not the world's favorite movie, but jesus, it's THAT bad? Neo_Reloaded posted:And it would appear we aren't getting Finding Nemo this year either... Toy Story 3 was announced alongside the Mattor shorts - no Finding Nemo mention whatsoever. I'm really starting to get pissed about this one - it's been rumored every 6 months since 2008. Are you kidding? What the hell is going on with Nemo?
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bmmello posted:Crystal Skull is better than Temple of Doom. 
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Rocco posted:I did too, I didn't even mind aliens. I just felt like it was phoned-in old people walking from point to point with CG ants chasing them. I know Temple of Doom is not the world's favorite movie, but jesus, it's THAT bad? gently caress Nemo. Where the hell is my Blu Ray of The Incredibles?????
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Paul Allen posted:gently caress Nemo. Where the hell is my Blu Ray of The Incredibles????? Well I'm sure plenty agree on principle, but there has never been ANY rumor about The Incredibles coming out on BD anytime soon. Whereas there have been near constant rumors about Nemo (Amazon listings and dates, "inside sources," even "Coming Fall 2008" adverts at Disney events in 2008).
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Neo_Reloaded posted:Well I'm sure plenty agree on principle, but there has never been ANY rumor about The Incredibles coming out on BD anytime soon. Whereas there have been near constant rumors about Nemo (Amazon listings and dates, "inside sources," even "Coming Fall 2008" adverts at Disney events in 2008). Agreed, but I stand by my previous post 
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The new Amelie disc from Alliance Canada is a wonderful 1080p transfer. Order with confidence. Haven't watched City of God yet but everything I'm reading about it says it's also a very strong HD presentation.
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doctor thodt posted:The new Amelie disc from Alliance Canada is a wonderful 1080p transfer. Order with confidence. Haven't watched City of God yet but everything I'm reading about it says it's also a very strong HD presentation. Is it region-free? Or playable in US players? I have no idea how that works.
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Canada is in region A, which is the same as the United States. Any disc from our brothers up north should play in any US player.
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According to George Lucas himself, Star Wars will indeed be coming to Blu-Ray in 2011:quote:The big Blu-ray news today is George Lucas and Lucasfilm confirming that all six Star Wars films are coming to Blu-ray Disc next year and will include plentiful bonus features such as never-before-seen deleted scenes. The UK Blu-Ray of Picnic at Hanging Rock is jaw-dropping. Dr. Svet at Blu-Ray.com said it's "a prime contender for a Blu-ray release of the year." Review here. Withnail and I reviewed The Long Good Friday reviewed Machine Gun McCain reviewed Shogun Assassin reviewed x2
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Goddamnit I would pay $30 extra for non-special edition blurays
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FateoMcSkippy posted:Goddamnit I would pay $30 extra for non-special edition blurays quote:will revisit the "original" trilogy a few years down the road - say 2015 or so - to re-energize the franchise/brand after making loads of cash off the first Blu-ray set.
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So these will have all the CG poo poo they piled onto the mos eisley/cloud city sequences? Bummer.
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Why not just offer the original cuts with unrestored, but fresh 1080p scans from the best available elements? They could be marketed as "archival editions" as if the viewer were watching an original 35mm print.
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Egbert Souse posted:Why not just offer the original cuts with unrestored, but fresh 1080p scans from the best available elements? They could be marketed as "archival editions" as if the viewer were watching an original 35mm print. That is a logical course of action. But unfortunately I don't think there are, shall we say, practical reasons behind George's resistance.
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Neo_Reloaded posted:That is a logical course of action. But unfortunately I don't think there are, shall we say, practical reasons behind George's resistance. Really. The only reason he re-released the laserdisc of the original on DVD was to undercut the bootleg sales of it.
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Really all the originals ever needed was a few minor touches here and there, where a scene looked really bad, and a few minor subtle CGI touches to make the world look more real and believable. The special editions really went overboard. And I don't understand why they are including episodes 1 - 3 in the package. No one wants that poo poo.
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I said come in! posted:And I don't understand why they are including episodes 1 - 3 in the package. No one wants that poo poo. You don't understand it? Really?
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George Lucas posted:when we did the transfer to digital, we only transferred really the upgraded version.... [it's] kind of an oxymoron because the quality of the original is not very good. Maybe it's because of the pause in the middle, but that quote makes George Lucas sound like he doesn't know the meaning of oxymoron. The upgraded version is the upgrade + the old original is in worse shape = oxymoron? Ah well, makes me grateful to have the original trilogy in those 2-disc sets that included the original films from the laserdisc source. Nothing a good ol' "Zoom" setting can't put right! Especially in the face of all that added special edition crap. Some more X-wings and TIE Fighters are the only additions those movies should've taken, and only to make the large-scale space battles busier.
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