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Every time I see one of those "SEE THE POWER OF BLU-RAY" promos on a Sony disc that features a clip of The Brothers Solomon, I get really sad. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one.
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caligulamprey posted:Every time I see one of those "SEE THE POWER OF BLU-RAY" promos on a Sony disc that features a clip of The Brothers Solomon, I get really sad.
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Dec 2, 2013 04:49
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Sometimes I feel like I'm not just the only person who saw The Brothers Solomon in theaters but the only person who loved it.
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Dec 2, 2013 05:05
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Why the gently caress would they even show that movie in a montage of their studio's movies? It was terrible and also a total flop, and I can't imagine that it's Blu-Ray reference material by any means. Probably for the same reason Paramount had Blades Of Glory and Team America in theirs (they had HD masters laying around)
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Dec 2, 2013 05:17
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So why did it take so long for the Abyss to get a proper video release?
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Dec 2, 2013 06:09
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Call Me Charlie posted:Probably for the same reason Paramount had Blades Of Glory and Team America in theirs (they had HD masters laying around)  (I've only seen Blades Of Glory once...I think it was on TV. I remember it being quite disposable.)
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Dec 2, 2013 06:16
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Kevar posted:Sometimes I feel like I'm not just the only person who saw The Brothers Solomon in theaters but the only person who loved it. (I would pay dozens of dollars to have the opening credits sequence in glorious 1080P alone)
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Dec 2, 2013 06:48
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caligulamprey posted:One day we will be vindicated and on that day we will embrace awkwardly. I need this scene in the highest definition technologically possible and not just recorded off of someone's TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fCtbCfm6lg
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Dec 2, 2013 07:05
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Man, Cyber Monday is shaping up to be a complete bust. Most of the deals I posted a few days ago are still in effect but most are also temp OOS. The Mel Brooks Collection - $22.96 ($2.55 a movie - The Twelve Chairs/Blazing Saddles/Young Frankenstein/Silent Movie/High Anxiety/History of the World: Part I/To Be or Not to Be/Spaceballs/Robin Hood: Men in Tights) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007LNBS2I...K9S6Y9B0FZERFYJ $3.99 On Her Majesty's Secret Service http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AZFECS6...WHWR9ANB35E6N4Q Predator (Remake) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0040YFR1Y...CR5RMC14QQ45HN4 $5 Insidious http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004LWZW2E...4C3TEHRQZG4X07P $5.96 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia Season 7 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005S97VEQ...K1ZFJXSP6RT0FXT $6.96 Rock Of Ages http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LAIHRC...FWR3NJJ5DK4TD7W $7.99 Broken City http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BEYYEE4...DK9VHW6H5GRSDM7 Night At The Museum 1 & 2 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041NZMSM...HD9YAQQT6TRJ9FR Prometheus http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LAIHY0...ZXYY7JK1WXGPMMZ $8.96 Cloud Atlas http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A8MGLAI...R2VQN0V676D9BXM Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 15:07 on Dec 2, 2013 |
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Dec 2, 2013 14:53
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The Harry Potter Complete Collection is $14.99 right now. It has to be an error, because the DVD set is marked down to $39.99. Edit: Dead. The Collection is back up to $56.99. 
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Dec 2, 2013 15:07
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tickle monster posted:The Harry Potter Complete Collection is $14.99 right now. It has to be an error, because the DVD set is marked down to $39.99. Already gone. I still see the price but it won't let me add it to the cart - edit Spoke too soon. I was able to get it into my cart and check out. For some reason, it wouldn't let me use my Prime but $18.94 for all 8 movies is still a steal. Thanks! 
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Dec 2, 2013 15:12
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The UK version is only $45 right now on Amazon UK and region free. Plus, you get the UK version of Philosopher's Stone and the extras discs for Half-Blood Prince, Deathly Hallows Pt. 1, and Part 2. Speaking of UK deals, Masters of Cinema has a bunch of titles marked down today: (Note that most of these are Region B locked) http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/offers/MoChome.html http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/offers/new.html Only $20 for the dual-format steelbook of The Passion of Joan of Arc. Lifeboat (Steelbook), Cœur fidèle (Region Free), Une femme mariée (Region Free), Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Vengeance is Mine, The World (region free), and Make Way for Tomorrow are all $16 each.
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Dec 2, 2013 16:08
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:The difference being that Team America is actually funny Th only good thing about Blades of Glory is that it provided the opening line to Niggas in Paris, and whenever that movie is on TV and close to that scene, I'll wait around just to hear it and then listen to that song.
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Dec 2, 2013 16:45
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Call Me Charlie posted:Man, Cyber Monday is shaping up to be a complete bust. Most of the deals I posted a few days ago are still in effect but most are also temp OOS. Agreed--retailers are scratching their heads why black friday and cyber monday sales are down these year, but it's not surprising when there really aren't any good deals. I picked up a few $4 blu-rays from Best Buy and some cheap Ghibli blu-rays from Amazon, but otherwise it's been pretty meh this year.
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mod sassinator posted:Agreed--retailers are scratching their heads why black friday and cyber monday sales are down these year, but it's not surprising when there really aren't any good deals. I picked up a few $4 blu-rays from Best Buy and some cheap Ghibli blu-rays from Amazon, but otherwise it's been pretty meh this year. In the past, I always found piles of good Blu-Ray deals at Wal-Mart, but I skipped that store this year. Did they have anything?
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Dec 2, 2013 19:24
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Predators isn't a remake, it's a sequel 
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Red posted:In the past, I always found piles of good Blu-Ray deals at Wal-Mart, but I skipped that store this year. Did they have anything? They had all the Universal steelbooks (the ones with those gross looking comic book covers) for $4. ...I bought a couple.
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Dec 2, 2013 19:37
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Egbert Souse posted:Speaking of UK deals, Masters of Cinema has a bunch of titles marked down today: All the offers at MoChome appear to be DVDs.
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Dec 2, 2013 20:01
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Jay Dub posted:They had all the Universal steelbooks (the ones with those gross looking comic book covers) for $4. Is that it? They had a great selection last year. I scored Goldfinger, Alien, and a few other titles for $3 last year.
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Dec 2, 2013 20:06
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Red posted:Is that it? They had a great selection last year. I scored Goldfinger, Alien, and a few other titles for $3 last year. They had the typical solid movie deals but nothing beyond that. I got a lot o recent releases for $6 or $10.
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Dec 2, 2013 20:10
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sportsgenius86 posted:They had the typical solid movie deals but nothing beyond that. I got a lot o recent releases for $6 or $10. Huh. I did end up stopping at Target, and they had a few $4 deals, but nothing really noteworthy. Most were $6-10 as well. I ended up with 3 flicks for $3.99 from Amazon - Drive, Die Hard, and Sin City.
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Princess Mononoke is out on bluray in Japan on the 4th. Preordered (along with Pom Poko)!  
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Robocop: Remastered in 4K preorder - $13.34
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Red posted:Huh. I did end up stopping at Target, and they had a few $4 deals, but nothing really noteworthy. Most were $6-10 as well. My girlfriend and I got The Heat, Monster's University and Oblivion for $10 and Warm Bodies, Argo, Ted, Taken 2, Les Mis and The Campaign for $7. A good portion of Wal-Mart's $10 deals (Star Trek, Pacific Rim, 42, Gatsby, Hangover III, World War Z, Zero Dark Thirty, Pain & Gain) were $7.99 on Amazon so I just ordered them there on Thursday morning.
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sportsgenius86 posted:My girlfriend and I got The Heat, Monster's University and Oblivion for $10 and Warm Bodies, Argo, Ted, Taken 2, Les Mis and The Campaign for $7. Interesting. I wonder if the B&M's lower prices from previous years were to help push the hardware?
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Dec 3, 2013 16:08
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Red posted:Interesting. I wonder if the B&M's lower prices from previous years were to help push the hardware? It's probably more that they're facing lower margins and can't use the Blu-rays as loss leaders.
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Dec 3, 2013 16:16
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computer parts posted:It's probably more that they're facing lower margins and can't use the Blu-rays as loss leaders. Partially this, but the $1.96 DVD selection seemed larger this year, so I wonder if they didn't realize that was the draw for the majority of the media buyers and slightly raised blu-ray prices to subsidize that.
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Dec 3, 2013 16:19
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The 4K remasters of Casablanca, Ben-Hur, and Citizen Kane are pretty much flawless. The only nitpick would be stuff like the 1925 version of Ben-Hur and RKO 281 not being in HD. Besides the incredible restorations, the 5.1 mix on Ben-Hur is mind-blowing. Apparently, the DVDs used a 5.1 remix from scratch while the Blu adapts the original 6-track mix much more closely.
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Dec 3, 2013 16:54
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Call Me Charlie posted:I imagine this is it for the crazy daily deals. Decent run. 
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Call Me Charlie posted:I imagine this is it for the crazy daily deals. Decent run. I'm assuming this is just the R-rated cut?
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Dec 3, 2013 20:20
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SALT CURES HAM posted:I'm assuming this is just the R-rated cut? It matches the unrated runtime, so I assume it is the unrated cut.
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Dec 3, 2013 20:26
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SALT CURES HAM posted:I'm assuming this is just the R-rated cut? I don't think anybody knows at the moment but they do have the theatrical cut listed under special features so maybe it will have both cuts via branching?
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Dec 3, 2013 20:26
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VP of Marketing at Fox Home Entertainment said it's unrated.
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Dec 3, 2013 22:49
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frumpsnake posted:VP of Marketing at Fox Home Entertainment said it's unrated. I prefer to call it the X Rated version because that's technically what it is and I think that sounds way cooler.
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Dec 3, 2013 22:59
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frumpsnake posted:VP of Marketing at Fox Home Entertainment said it's unrated.  Oh and Murphy getting blasted by Boddicker and his crew is gorier in the unrated version too, isn't it?
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Dec 3, 2013 23:13
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My favorite movie of all time. It's truly Christmas for me this year.
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I don't recall the R-rated version very well... I heard the argument that it was more horrifying in a way because you don't see some of the violence and your imagination made it worse. What do you guys think?
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Dec 3, 2013 23:43
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Hell yes, the Kinney getting shot up by ED-209 scene with full, unadulterated gore Yes.
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Dec 3, 2013 23:56
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Steve Yun posted:I don't recall the R-rated version very well... I heard the argument that it was more horrifying in a way because you don't see some of the violence and your imagination made it worse. What do you guys think? The ED-209 boardroom sequence in the unrated version is amazing black comedy. The restored shots make it hilariously violent. I think Murphy's death scene is far more uncomfortable and unpleasant in the unrated cut, too.
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Steve Yun posted:I don't recall the R-rated version very well... I heard the argument that it was more horrifying in a way because you don't see some of the violence and your imagination made it worse. What do you guys think? One could make that argument, since the over-the-top violence tips the hand of the movie's comedic/satirical edge. Dial it back a bit, and it becomes more realistic and therefore more disturbing.
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