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I always thought Sony owned Adaptation outright or did they just put out the DVD? I could ave sworn it had a columbia/sony logo on it.
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The Lucas posted:I always thought Sony owned Adaptation outright or did they just put out the DVD? I could ave sworn it had a columbia/sony logo on it. You seem to have missed Egbert's little note on the last page, so to clarify: Image is the distributor for Criterion's discs. They also own several movies. Sony has made a deal with them to distribute all their non-Criterion movies and TV shows going forward (most likely the TV shows - did you know Image owns the rights to Shark Week and The Twilight Zone?) in exchange for the license for Image to produce DVDs for some Sony-owned titles like Adaptation. and ...And Justice For All, very obviously through their partnership with Criterion (because why would it be part of a deal for Image otherwise?). EDIT: Think of it as another part of Criterion getting stuff from studios they usually don't get stuff from until recently - like how they made a deal with Warner Bros. which is allowing them to get stuff like Stagecoach and the best prints available for most of Chaplin's stuff, and even access to Warner's restoration department. The Cameo fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Aug 31, 2010 |
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Aug 31, 2010 03:49
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Ohhhh, I see. Thanks.
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The Cameo posted:You seem to have missed Egbert's little note on the last page, so to clarify: Criterion has never worked with WB outside of their MPI division's work on The Red Shoes. Even in laserdisc, any titles were previously Turner-licensed. Stagecoach was a film licensed to Warner for a while before reverting to Caidin Films. WB has always been this tightfisted with licensing. The most they've done is license a few shorts to Image for the Unseen Cinema box set and possibly rights to Harry Langdon silents to Kino.
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I stand corrected on that, then V V
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I watched a couple episodes of The Simpsons season 13 last night and I gotta say, Fox did a pretty good job of exceeding expectations. Granted, they did this by setting expectations at rock bottom in the first place, but still. Glad I got it on BD rather than DVD. Today UPS is bringing me The Evil Dead, The Red Riding Trilogy and Sons of Anarchy Season 2 
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Masters of Cinema is offering a limited steelbook pre-order for Metropolis that comes with a free t-shirt. If you want one, I'd recommend ordering it 5 minutes ago.quote:Along side the standard DVD and Blu-ray editions we will be releasing a limited edition dual format Steelbook. Over the next 48 hours we are giving away a FREE Metropolis T-shirt with every pre-order for this very limited dual format release. T-Shirts will be shipped within 14 days and you will be guaranteed early delivery of the steelbook. The set comes with 3 discs, 1 x Blu-ray and 2 x DVD, special features are listed below. http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/offers/metrop.html Remember that the UK release will be region B locked.
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doctor thodt posted:Masters of Cinema is offering a limited steelbook pre-order for Metropolis that comes with a free t-shirt. If you want one, I'd recommend ordering it 5 minutes ago. Thanks for posting this - ordered. Glad I checked the forums one last time before heading to campus.
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doctor thodt posted:Masters of Cinema is offering a limited steelbook pre-order for Metropolis that comes with a free t-shirt. If you want one, I'd recommend ordering it 5 minutes ago. Thanks for the heads-up.
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ฃ25.  It better be worth it!
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Is it 100% confirmed Metropolis is locked? It doesn't look like Nick Wrigley confirmed it on CriterionForum.org yet, which is usually the first place to get such news. Then again, they may just keep it under wraps since Kino's low-effort release is going to get cut into. Not MoC's fault considering Kino had a chance to do something this cool and they blew it. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Sep 1, 2010 |
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I just watched The Evil Dead (framed in 1.33) with the new commentary and it looked amazing. Seriously. This is one of those movies I've seen dozens of times each in every format. Starz did an amazing job here. The commentary itself is a LOT less about making fun of what goes on on screen and more about how difficult the shoot was and how much they learned about the film making process. After I make dinner I'm going to rewatch it with the surround sound track reframed in 1.85.
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^ Yeah, I'm not crazy about The Evil Dead, but that's about as perfect a transfer can get. DVD Beaver on... THX 1138 Forbidden Planet Two more home runs for Warner. THX 1138 was processed by Lowry Digital from the original Techniscope negatives. Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Sep 1, 2010 |
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Egbert Souse posted:Is it 100% confirmed Metropolis is locked? It doesn't look like Nick Wrigley confirmed it on CriterionForum.org yet, which is usually the first place to get such news. There's a Eureka rep who posts on blu-ray.com and I thought I had seen him say it would be region B, but I can't find the post. In fact he posted just yesterday that he can't comment on the region coding status for the release, so no it's not 100% confirmed. My bad.
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Egbert Souse posted:^ Yeah, I'm not crazy about The Evil Dead, but that's about as perfect a transfer can get. Awesome. Feels like they were announced forever ago
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Sweet. I can't wait to see how Mars Attacks! looks.
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Screens of Evil Dead looks unreal. I think i've bought like 2-3 copies already but who cares. I bet it's worth it.
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Kilometers Davis posted:Screens of Evil Dead looks unreal. I think i've bought like 2-3 copies already but who cares. I bet it's worth it. Yeah, the sound is great as well. I'm watching the 1.85-framed version now and the zoom is not as distracting as I thought (first time I've actually watched the widescreen version) and it's still very crisp and detailed (more detailed than I thought it would be, anyway). For $17.49 on Amazon you really can't go wrong. The only thing I wish they had included was previous commentaries from older releases. Out of the 5 Starz/Anchor Bay releases I own, 2 of them are pretty incredible (Evil Dead and Hellraiser), 2 are drat good (Dawn of the Dead and Halloween), and the last is just "meh" (Evil Dead 2). That's a good track record. Topper Harley fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Sep 1, 2010 |
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I hope the free Metropolis t-shirt isn't your average circus tent (L or XL) that they use normally for giveaways. Not everyone is an overweight slob, thankyouverymuch!
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Region locking unknown, I decided to take my chance. At worst, I can switch out the BluRay for Kino's within the case. $40 isn't that bad considering it's both formats, an awesome case, and a t-shirt. The Kino Blu is $25 itself, and $15 would be normal for the t-shirt by itself.Starscream posted:I hope the free Metropolis t-shirt isn't your average circus tent (L or XL) that they use normally for giveaways. Not everyone is an overweight slob, thankyouverymuch! XL isn't bad considering they tend to shrink after the first wash and MoC is probably not using American Apparel premium tees.
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Bought Metropolis, Worse case scenario is I make a slight change to my region-free Blu-Ray player before playback or I watch it on my PC with AnyDVD on it. $40 is a bit steep but it does have a DVD copy along with the shirt and my old DVD copy was gotten for $35
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The Beauty and the Beast $10 off coupon is active. Log in to your Disney Movie Rewards account and enter 786936171631 in the code input.
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Egbert Souse posted:Two more home runs for Warner. THX 1138 was processed by Lowry Digital from the original Techniscope negatives. A George Lucas movie remastered from the original negatives... 
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I stopped by Best Buy with 10 minutes to spare tonight after reading all the reports of this "Rich Mahogany" edition of Anchorman. The movie, bonus movie, and extras are all superb, right down to the trading cards. The grain doesn't overwhelm the picture at all, and seems to date the movie (not the setting) back to the 90s in a way that's better than if everything were smooth and shiny. Finding Secretary for $10 was an instant double-dip for me, but the only improvements I'm noticing on the bluray are in people's (ok, Maggie Gyllenhaal's) hair and the brighter colors, which are totally worth an upgrade for me but I think anyone expecting a whole different movie should stick to dvd. It blows my mind to see Jeremy Davies pre-Lost, especially since his acting is still "Daniel Faraday mode." James Spader's whispering doesn't get any louder in the transition, but the subtitles are easier to read.
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Starscream posted:I hope the free Metropolis t-shirt isn't your average circus tent (L or XL) that they use normally for giveaways. Not everyone is an overweight slob, thankyouverymuch! I emailed them about this and got a response saying they were planning on doing all larges, but they've received so many inquiries about sizing that they're discussing whether they can do anything about it. I sure hope so, cuz a large would be useless to me too.
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any update on whether the MoC Metropolis is region locked or not? im THIS close to purchasing it but I wanted to make sure.. living in Canada, the DVDs would be PAL and unplayable regardless of the region, correct?
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friendo55 posted:any update on whether the MoC Metropolis is region locked or not? Every other MoC release I own is region B, and given the extreme likelihood of the new cut of Metropolis being given a release in the US soon I'd say it's almost a certainty that this one will be region locked too.
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Noxville posted:Every other MoC release I own is region B, and given the extreme likelihood of the new cut of Metropolis being given a release in the US soon I'd say it's almost a certainty that this one will be region locked too. for some reason i was under the impression most MoC releases were region-free.. i must be thinking of a different company.. Kino perhaps? nonetheless thanks for the reply.. i just really want that steelbook case & the 56 page booklet... $42 CAD is too much right? lol
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Noxville posted:Every other MoC release I own is region B About half of their ~15 releases are region free, possibly more depending on what happens with Make Way for Tomorrow and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? The fact that they're still uncertain about the region coding status over at Eureka may not actually be indicative of anything, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
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doctor thodt posted:About half of their ~15 releases are region free, possibly more depending on what happens with Make Way for Tomorrow and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? i'm thinking the pattern is whenever there's a simultaneous north american release, MoC locks their discs. In the case of the Sunrise blu I own, it was region free.
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friendo55 posted:i'm thinking the pattern is whenever there's a simultaneous north american release, MoC locks their discs. In the case of the Sunrise blu I own, it was region free. Soul Power was released in the US and the MoC disc is region free. Anyway, here is Eureka's official stance as of now: quote:We are not in a position where we can confirm 100%, as we don't yet know ourselves. doctor thodt fucked around with this message at 21:16 on Sep 1, 2010 |
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doctor thodt posted:Soul Power was released in the US and the MoC disc is region free. point taken.. lol and i just saw your edit.. ive been dancing around this for too long i might as well just order it and cross my fingers if anything there's always eBay
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Amazon is doing a buy 2, get $5 off on select Universal titles. http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.h...creative=390957 Not amazing but if you were planning to buy two of them anyways, it's better than nothing. ------- Netflix is mailing me The Evil Dead tomorrow. Are the fullscreen/widescreen versions on the same disc?
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Spartacus: Blood and Sand Season 1 pre-order is down to $34.99 which is a drat good price for a tv show, let alone one of the better tv shows to come out of the past several years. edit: The Bridge on the River Kwai Collector's Edition pre-order is only 20.99. Note that the collector's edition contains a standalone digibook, so you can toss all the extra crap and still have a normal-looking package on your shelf if you buy this. doctor thodt fucked around with this message at 00:50 on Sep 2, 2010 |
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Sporadic posted:Netflix is mailing me The Evil Dead tomorrow. Are the fullscreen/widescreen versions on the same disc? Yeah, they're both on the same disc. When you choose to watch the movie it gives you the option to choose your aspect ratio.
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Noxville posted:Every other MoC release I own is region B, and given the extreme likelihood of the new cut of Metropolis being given a release in the US soon I'd say it's almost a certainty that this one will be region locked too. I only have Sunrise, which is region free. City Girl is, too. Nosferatu, Tabu, and Der Letze Mann, which are all licensed from Transit Film, are all listed as R2 on the cover, but the discs are actually R0.
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Space Fish posted:It blows my mind to see Jeremy Davies pre-Lost, especially since his acting is still "Daniel Faraday mode." James Spader's whispering doesn't get any louder in the transition, but the subtitles are easier to read. Have you seen the remake of Solaris? I'm pretty sure "Daniel Faraday mode" is the extent of his range.
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The Player reviewed Sons of Anarchy Season 2 reviewed edit: coming this holiday season... 
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doctor thodt posted:edit: coming this holiday season... They better release the last two separately. I'm getting too old to double dip this poo poo.
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doctor thodt posted:edit: coming this holiday season... I like that the dynamite is helpfully labeled.
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