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I don't do anything about slipcases because I don't care. My DVDs and Blu-Rays aren't even alphabetised, just put on the shelf wherever.
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So if this was mentioned maybe I glossed over it, but is there any other release of Inception on the horizon? Because I got a copy for Christmas and watched it last night and the extras are really really really terrible. I was hoping for some sort of making-of features and the like and instead I got a boring documentary about dreams and some lovely 'prequel' in animated comic book form.
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Sirotan posted:So if this was mentioned maybe I glossed over it, but is there any other release of Inception on the horizon? Because I got a copy for Christmas and watched it last night and the extras are really really really terrible. I was hoping for some sort of making-of features and the like and instead I got a boring documentary about dreams and some lovely 'prequel' in animated comic book form. As far as making the film I believe those features are part of 'Extraction Mode' on the main disc, but I think that just shows you how specific scenes were made and not the film as a whole. Just like 'The Dark Knight' the extras are very disappointing.
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Twilight Zone Season 1 dropped to $46.49 on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003JBI3GA?ie=UTF8&tag=evdaisafi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003JBI3GA - edit And Deadwood: The Complete Series dropped to $99.99 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00129AJFO?ie=UTF8&tag=evdaisafi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00129AJFO Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Dec 27, 2010 |
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sportsgenius86 posted:may you never have a spoiled 5-year-old niece. Speaking of, I spoiled my niece rotten for Christmas this year. Basically bought up all the classic Disney releases I could find and got her a bunch of newer ones as well. God bless the combo packs, I keep the blu-ray and she gets the DVD. I was almost heartbroken because she just tossed the DVD wallet aside when I handed it to her, but later caught her watching Sleeping Beauty by her lonesome. For 2010 I snagged: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Pinocchio Dumbo Sleeping Beauty Beauty and the Beast The Princess and The Frog Toy Story 1, 2 and 3 Now I bought those throughout the entire year and I simply hadn't gotten around to watching them yet, save for the Toy Story trilogy. So after Christmas was done and dusted I've taken to watching them in one big glut and they're simply gorgeous. Even Snow White which is now well over 70 years old looks absolutely breathtaking. I hadn't seen most of these films since I was a kid and they're simply a delight to watch again. Think I'll do the same thing for 2011. Looking really nice already. Fantasia (It's not out in Aus yet) Bambi Alice in Wonderland The Lion King And whatever else they decide to throw at us this year. Personally I could go for a few more of their 90's releases, but anything is good. Really looking forward to seeing The Lion King on BRD, but I'd kill to be able to get her Peter Pan for Christmas next year because she's huge on all things Tinkerbell. Infinitum fucked around with this message at 18:02 on Dec 27, 2010 |
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:I never said that, I was just giving my reasons for disliking them. I'll admit that I can be very anal about cases and how things look on shelves, I like uniformity with that stuff and slip covers gently caress that up. I personally don't hate slip covers. Some of them, especially the ones for the Disney animated releases, are very nice. But then when I want to watch a movie I end up taking it off and laying it down somewhere. It doesn't stand up or anything and I don't display it. Since I haven't decided to throw them out, or sell them yet, I just take them and put them in a cardboard box in the closet. I probably can't even sell them because there are people who get worked up over the tiniest scratch on a cover. The people obsessed with slip covers would be right at home in the early 1990s comic book speculator market. The only blu-rays that I keep separate on my shelf are the digibook/oversized releases (like Close Encounters or Bridge on the River Kwai) because they tend to look nice together. Like you said, the uniformity thing.
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I cannot. loving. Believe. HOW GOOD ALIEN AND ALIENS LOOKS! Holy poo poo! Like they were made yesterday, just so loving crisp and ... ugh, wow. I love em! The book is so goddamn nice too, what a way to package things!
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Dear makers of Back to the Future packaging, - Tony Danza Claus (yes, I'm late to the party. but holy poo poo.)
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Egbert Souse posted:I put all of my discs in binders and throw away the cases, including Criterions. I just keep everything as it comes - including the little slip Band of Brothers comes in. Most Digibook releases come with a paper on the back - and I keep those, too. I assume there's a website out there tracks what BD comes with what slipcover and so forth, if I wanted to be super spergy.
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After the excellent Criterion and MoC editions, UFA in Germany is finally putting out their edition... M: 80th Anniversary Restoration - Feb. 26 (~$35 USD) "MEDIABOOK" (Digibook) Packaging with a 60 page booklet including the original premiere program, storyboards, photos, press materials, and stuff from a comic book adaptation. Disc 1 (Region Free BD-50): - New restored transfer in 1.19:1, 1080p - 2001 Preservation Master Audio Track (DTS MA 2.0) - 2011 Restoration Master Audio Track (DTS MA 2.0) - 1960 Re-Issue Trailer (HD) - Audio Commentary (in German - doesn't seem to be as film-specific as the Criterion or MoC tracks) - Optional English and German subtitles Disc 2 (Region 0/PAL DVD) - 96 Minute documentary on the making of the film and restoration - 45 minute version comparison (original '31, British '32, '60 re-issue, and the '95, '01, and '11 restorations). Optional commentary by Martin Koerber and Torsten Kaiser - For Example: Fritz Lang (interview - same as Criterion/MoC except remastered) - Original 1931 Trailer - Photo Gallery - DVD-ROM PDF with articles, censor cards, and photos
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For everyone who waited on Moon, it's $8.99 on Amazon right now.
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Sirotan posted:So if this was mentioned maybe I glossed over it, but is there any other release of Inception on the horizon? Because I got a copy for Christmas and watched it last night and the extras are really really really terrible. I was hoping for some sort of making-of features and the like and instead I got a boring documentary about dreams and some lovely 'prequel' in animated comic book form. From what I have heard Nolan really likes his movies to stand on their own. He doesn't really like to put tons of bonus content on the disk. I guess he wants his fans to buy the films because you love his movies and not because it comes with some cool behind the scenes stuff. I think it's just similar to his distaste for heavily CG movies. As far as slipcovers go, if I'm buying a movie that comes with them I'll always pick that version up cause some of them are really nice, but if it doesn't have a slipcover it's no big deal. I do group them together though on my shelf so that it looks more uniform. Slips with Slips and nons with nons.
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I throw out some of the slipcovers because Best Buy and Walmart use crazy glue on their stickers. Are the Bluray Nazis going to throw me in Dischau for not going to a different store to get an immaculate slipcover? 
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Tony Danza Claus posted:I throw out some of the slipcovers because Best Buy and Walmart use crazy glue on their stickers. I think it depends on the slipcovers themselves. I have had ones that it takes forever to get all of the stickers off and others just come completely off in one smooth pull. I still don't understand the reasoning behind putting stickers on the slips to begin with. I don't need 4 different things telling me the Blu cost 24.99$
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Tony Danza Claus posted:I throw out some of the slipcovers because Best Buy and Walmart use crazy glue on their stickers.
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Casimir Radon posted:I think what we need to do is take pictures if our garbage cans full of slipcovers, then post them on hi-def forums. I get most of my movies from Amazon, I have no excuse. You could most likely sell your slipcovers to people on those forums for a like $1 a pop. I bet some of them would bite.
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I just threw away a slipcover for Apollo 13, who wants to touch me?
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I just trashed my slipcovers for Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 and Toy Story 3. I'M A MONSTERRRRRRRR!
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NOW YOU'VE DONE IT!! As soon as I'm done alphabetizing my movies by the last name of the cinematographer, I'm going to write a lengthy post about how your actions have decreased the monetary AND enjoyment value of your collection.
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Fat Lou posted:You could most likely sell your slipcovers to people on those forums for a like $1 a pop. I bet some of them would bite. You'd definitely get some bites. Make a little profit - sell them for at least $3 or $4 shipped a piece.
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Speaking of cases, I wish every case was the Criterion case.
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I love how heavy they are, though that's probably just the giant booklet they usually include in them
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The Fifth Element/Gattaca dropped to $12.49 on Amazon. Great deal if you dig those movies. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003DF457S?ie=UTF8&tag=evdaisafi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003DF457S Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 08:44 on Dec 29, 2010 |
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Just popped in Kick-rear end and was watching their "Kick-rear end View Mode" or whatever. What's hilarious is that in the interviews they show, the actors are allowed to say "gently caress" uncensored but they bleeped "oval office". I just heard one of the actors say "loving *bleep*" and I laughed out loud wondering what was so much worse than "gently caress" as to get bleeped.
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Has anyone gotten the Scott Pilgrim Steelbook from the UK?
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Sporadic posted:The Fifth Element/Gattaca dropped to $12.49 on Amazon. Great deal if you dig those movies. I hear that there are two versions of The Fifth Element on blu-ray, one that isn't so good. Is this the good or bad version?
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I like slipcovers on blu-rays, DVDs, and CDs because even though they're one more layer between me and my precious disc, they're also one more layer between the manufacturer's stupid sticker crap and the disc. Probably not too pertinent for movies I guess, since everything's usually on the shrink-wrap anyway, but for CDs it increases the likelihood that the big ugly Parental Advisory can be discarded.Cherokee Jack posted:I bought BATB the other week and while I haven't had a chance to watch it yet I did check out a few scenes and yeah, it's stunning. My wife got a $30 Walmart card for Christmas and I'm trying to talk her into buying the Fantasia blu-ray. Maybe they had the Sharpness on their TVs all the way up or something. I watched BATB on blu-ray this weekend on a TV where the sharpness was up to 100, and while we'd never noticed issues for anything else (even the Fantasia blu-ray), in this case it caused horrible white outlines on all the cel stuff and we had to turn it nearly all the way down. I guess it's just the sharpest thing we've ever watched. And boy does it look amazing. Fantasia's equally amazing, and it blows my mind to think that a movie from 1940 has surround-sound. (Even if they had to reconstruct it from imperfect sources.) I also wasn't aware that there would be any extra restored footage compared to the DVD version, so that was a pleasant surprise. (Some of the live-action stuff, if you're wondering. Hasn't been seen in ages.)
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I can't trash slipcovers, not matter how much I hate them, since I keep all sort of junk. Anyway, about the Battle Royale BR, I noticed some weird effect on some scenes, I dont know what to call it but like in the scene the couple throws themselves over a cliff, there seemed to be a kind of silhouette dragging, is it intended?
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Nihonniboku posted:I hear that there are two versions of The Fifth Element on blu-ray, one that isn't so good. Is this the good or bad version? I heard it is the remastered one.
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If I was in charge of designing the slip case for a high profile movie release I would have one corner crushed and another torn by design. Then see what happens.
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qbert posted:Just popped in Kick-rear end and was watching their "Kick-rear end View Mode" or whatever. What's hilarious is that in the interviews they show, the actors are allowed to say "gently caress" uncensored but they bleeped "oval office". I just heard one of the actors say "loving *bleep*" and I laughed out loud wondering what was so much worse than "gently caress" as to get bleeped.
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Egbert Souse posted:the plastic hologram bit is bound to produce some lovely fumes
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Egbert Souse posted:Well now you have to do it.
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If you guys hate slips on blus so much you should be thrilled to know that they are starting to put them on Video Games as well now. My friend bought Dante's Inferno for the PS3 and it had a slip and my Fallout: New Vegas for the 360 has a slip. Looks like they are not going away anytime soon.
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I've read/skimmed the entire thread off and on since last night, and one thing I didn't see was Ocean's 13. I had heard a while ago it was a really crummy blu-ray release, is that still the case? Also, I got a Panasonic BD-85K and am absolutely loving it.
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metallicaeg posted:Ocean's 13 It's not necessarily bad in that it looks fairly sharp but it's extremely saturated and noisy in dark scenes. It's not good or BAAAAD really, just... eh. When it's not an orange glob of over-saturation it's actually nice looking. William Pahllace fucked around with this message at 01:20 on Dec 30, 2010 |
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Just watched Scott Pilgrim, might be the best Blu ray I've seen. The audio blew me away.
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Volcasarus ReX posted:If you guys hate slips on blus so much you should be thrilled to know that they are starting to put them on Video Games as well now. My friend bought Dante's Inferno for the PS3 and it had a slip and my Fallout: New Vegas for the 360 has a slip. I noticed a few years ago almost every game I bought had a slip cover. I think it was a Microsoft thing. Now I don't see them very often. I always throw them out because they are invariably damaged in someway.
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