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caiman posted:Why the hell hasn't Berbarian Sound Studio been released on blu-ray in the US? Obama?
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Xenomrph posted:I completely forgot TVs like that exist. I'm blown away that TVs can even do that - just take... whatever, and make it 3D. How does it know how to get the depth-of-field right, or what to make "the background" and what's "the foreground" on the fly? That's some seriously science-fiction poo poo right there. My cousin has a 60" version of one of these TVs. He thinks its the bees knees but whenever he shows it off to me it makes me nauseous and want to fall over. its loving awful.
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Jan 30, 2014 01:11
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I wish I hadn't pre-ordered and got my copy a week ago Yeah, that's some bullshit. If I contact Amazon do you think they'll refund us or give us a ticket or whatever?
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Jan 30, 2014 02:07
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Xenomrph posted:Yeah, that's some bullshit. If I contact Amazon do you think they'll refund us or give us a ticket or whatever? I have come to find that Amazon will do almost anything to make a customer happy. It is just easier for them to agree with you then to waste time and money trying to argue. I would give it a try if I were you.
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Jan 30, 2014 02:19
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Xenomrph posted:Yeah, that's some bullshit. If I contact Amazon do you think they'll refund us or give us a ticket or whatever? I'm not sure if they're going to email me a PDF of the coupon that I can print out or what the deal with that is, but it's cool they're going to send me something. I was gonna post about that in this thread earlier but I haven't actually received that promotional email yet so I was gonna wait until I had all the details to do so.
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Jan 30, 2014 02:29
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caiman posted:Why the hell hasn't Berbarian Sound Studio been released on blu-ray in the US? No idea but it is on netflix streaming.
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Jan 30, 2014 04:04
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:I emailed Amazon's customer service about it because Harlock said that worked. They ended up getting back to me within the hour and said they'd send me a promotional email by the 2nd, and if I didn't receive one by then, to email them again about it. I also emailed Amazon customer service after reading about Harlock's experience, and they told me they could not honor the promotion for me, but said I could reorder/return my current bluray in order to qualify, and then also gave me a $5 credit. I'm kind of annoyed by this but also don't think it's really worth the effort of returning just to get another $2.50. I guess if I want to see the new Robocop I'll just have to setting for the $5 matinee.
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Jan 30, 2014 14:55
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That's weird that you both had wildly different experiences. When I first emailed about it, they weren't even aware of the promotion. All I did was email them the T&C of it and asked if I qualified, and they just refunded me no question.
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Jan 30, 2014 17:17
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caiman posted:Why the hell hasn't Berbarian Sound Studio been released on blu-ray in the US? It worries me when that happens, as it sometimes points to studios buying the remake rights and holding back the original so as few people see it as possible.
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Jan 30, 2014 18:49
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Lawrence Of Arabia - $7 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008Y1YK0I?tag=evdaisafi-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B008Y1YK0I&adid=131EJJDFXF4WJDS27ZCZ
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Jan 31, 2014 01:18
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Call Me Charlie posted:Lawrence Of Arabia - $7 No regrets about buying it for a lot more. This is one of those movies where I'll sit 4 feet from the TV.
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Jan 31, 2014 01:22
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Call Me Charlie posted:Lawrence Of Arabia - $7 If you don't own this loving buy it. It's one of the most gorgeous transfers I've ever seen on blu-ray, for an absolutely incredible movie. I bought this at full price and could not even begin to regret it. $7 is a steal.
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Son of a bitch, looks like I missed out on Lawrence of Arabia. It's up to $18 on Amazon now.  Harlock posted:That's weird that you both had wildly different experiences. When I first emailed about it, they weren't even aware of the promotion. All I did was email them the T&C of it and asked if I qualified, and they just refunded me no question. Xenomrph fucked around with this message at 08:43 on Jan 31, 2014 |
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Jan 31, 2014 08:33
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Buy it anyways
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Jan 31, 2014 11:49
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It's sold out on Amazon and it's now available for that price through another seller. I imagine the price will be the same when they get more stock in. Amazon UK is selling it for £7 too so it must be a global change. I bought the US one as it's £1 more for nicer looking packaging and I'm in no rush to get it, cheers for the heads up.
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Jan 31, 2014 12:34
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Xenomrph posted:Son of a bitch, looks like I missed out on Lawrence of Arabia. It's up to $18 on Amazon now. Special Offers and Product Promotions The RoboCop $7.50 Movie Ticket Offer Here's how (restrictions apply) Click on 'here's how'
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Jan 31, 2014 15:22
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Amazon still has the collector's set for $59, which is a great price: http://www.amazon.com/Lawrence-Anni...0th+anniversary While it's as big as a laserdisc box, the discs come in a regular plastic case. And you get an actual 70mm film frame.
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Jan 31, 2014 16:22
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Godfather collection is $17 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=pe_341930_112237380_pe_stripe_1/ It's the Coppola Restoration and I don't know what that is. Is there anything I should know about it?
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Jan 31, 2014 16:44
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Godfather collection is $17 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=pe_341930_112237380_pe_stripe_1/ Back in 2006, the first two films were restored and the third remastered in 4K. All with Coppola and Gordon Willis involved. They're pretty much flawless. Even the sound was restored - original mono and new 5.1 tracks from the stems.
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Jan 31, 2014 17:05
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Egbert Souse posted:Back in 2006, the first two films were restored and the third remastered in 4K. All with Coppola and Gordon Willis involved. They're pretty much flawless. Even the sound was restored - original mono and new 5.1 tracks from the stems. Yeah, they look amazing considering the source (nearly destroyed negative for Godfather 1) and going from the old DVDs to the new Blu-Rays is a big jump.
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Jan 31, 2014 17:39
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Masters of Cinema upcoming releases for Q2: Nashville (1975, Robert Altman) Too Late Blues (1961, John Cassevetes) If.... (1968, Lindsay Anderson) Harold and Maude (1971, Hal Ashby) Ace in the Hole (1951, Billy Wilder) Boomerang! (1947, Elia Kazan) Criterion already has most of these out in Region A except for Boomerang! (Fox had a DVD) and Too Late Blues (Olive Films released it last year).
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Jan 31, 2014 21:38
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Godfather collection is $17 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=pe_341930_112237380_pe_stripe_1/ One major change: the first movie was sort of neutral before but now everything's very warm Can't remember if they did the same to 2 or 3 Kinda bothers me, but my TV can change color temp so whatever. Otherwise, it's awesome edit: VVV I'll fully admit that I'm in the wrong I'm just so used to the neutral tone that warm feels wrong to me now Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Jan 31, 2014 |
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Jan 31, 2014 21:40
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Steve Yun posted:One major change: the first movie was sort of neutral before but now everything's very warm That's how they originally looked. A lot of the previous editions had all sorts of color tweaking. This is a good article on the restorations: http://www.theasc.com/ac_magazine/May2008/PostFocus/page1.php
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Call Me Charlie posted:Yeah, they look amazing considering the source (nearly destroyed negative for Godfather 1) and going from the old DVDs to the new Blu-Rays is a big jump. There's a great mini-documentary in the set on the restoration process, too.
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Jan 31, 2014 22:30
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Casablanca/African Queen - $11.49 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AMSM9BI?tag=evdaisafi-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B00AMSM9BI&adid=0SN821XNV9MK33PR927K African Queen blew me away the first time I saw the Blu-Ray. Fantastic transfer. Egbert Souse posted:Amazon still has the collector's set for $59, which is a great price: Price on this one dropped to $44.99 Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Feb 1, 2014 |
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Feb 1, 2014 21:50
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drat, those are both great deals. Old movies with good transfers on blu-ray are just fantastic to watch. Ben Hur is probably one of my favorite looking blu-rays.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Godfather collection is $17 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=pe_341930_112237380_pe_stripe_1/ That's the most recent restoration and it looks amazing so buy it.
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More Twilight Time announcements... Thunderbirds Are Go/Thunderbird 6 Double Feature (1966/68, David Lane) - May 13 [from MGM] Rollerball (1975, Norman Jewison) - May 13 [from MGM] Fate is the Hunter (1964, Ralph Nelson) - May 13 [from Fox] Two Rode Together (1961, John Ford) - May 13 [from Sony] The Mechanic (1972, Michael Winner) - June 10 [from MGM] The Train (1964, John Frankenheimer) - June 10 [from MGM] Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957, John Huston) - June 10 [from Fox] Ressurected (1989, Paul Greengrass) - June 10 [from Film Four] The Man from Laramie (1955, Anthony Mann) - June 10 [from Sony] Egbert Souse fucked around with this message at 23:01 on Feb 2, 2014 |
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All of Image's Handmade Films titles are OOP including Time Bandits, The Long Good Friday, and Mona Lisa. All of which, as well as a few others were formerly licensed to Criterion on DVD and laserdisc. Time Bandits already has a 2K restoration and was utilized for the recent UK Blu by Arrow. The US disc is terrible quality - extreme DVNR and 1080i.
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Feb 3, 2014 16:12
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Egbert Souse posted:Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957, John Huston) - June 10 [from Fox] I love this film, but... should I be worried that Twilight Time is doing it?
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Feb 3, 2014 16:30
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Red posted:I love this film, but... should I be worried that Twilight Time is doing it? Yes and no. Twilight Time only puts out print runs of 3000 copies, so some titles you really need to grab it on the pre-order date. However, they get the transfers from the studios, so they're pretty consistently great. Pretty much anything licensed from Sony is top notch 4K origin.
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Red posted:I love this film, but... should I be worried that Twilight Time is doing it? It just means that you will be paying a premium price for a pretty barebones product if you decide to purchase it. I know some of their releases have been substandard but that's not the norm. I think they are mostly just boring and the limited edition thing is aggravating. I missed out on the Golden Voyage of Sinbad because I couldn't fit it into my budget for a bit and then it sold out.
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Egbert Souse posted:Yes and no. Twilight Time only puts out print runs of 3000 copies, so some titles you really need to grab it on the pre-order date. However, they get the transfers from the studios, so they're pretty consistently great. Pretty much anything licensed from Sony is top notch 4K origin. leokitty posted:It just means that you will be paying a premium price for a pretty barebones product if you decide to purchase it. I know some of their releases have been substandard but that's not the norm. I think they are mostly just boring and the limited edition thing is aggravating. How often are they available on Amazon?
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Blazing Saddles: 40th Anniversary Edition - May 6 Early word is that it's basically the same except with a new Mel Brooks featurette and DTS HDMA 5.1 instead of DD 5.1. No new transfer.
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Feb 3, 2014 22:42
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Out of curiosity, what would be the cheapest region free bluray player I could get?
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Feb 3, 2014 22:58
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Cool, Amazon finally sent me the $7.50 promotional credit from the Robocop Blu-Ray  It's not a coupon I can use to see the new one in theaters, but it's $7.50 off any item I order from Amazon. Just as good!
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:Cool, Amazon finally sent me the $7.50 promotional credit from the Robocop Blu-Ray I'd say that's better because now you can actually get something that isn't terrible.
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CPL593H posted:I'd say that's better because now you can actually get something that isn't terrible.
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Ineffiable posted:Out of curiosity, what would be the cheapest region free bluray player I could get? I tried looking for one a bit ago and it seems like they have to be hard modded and typical price seems around $200.
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If you're handy with a soldering iron (or know someone who is) modchips for LG/Panasonic/Sony/etc. are a little under US$50 including shipping. http://rattlebyte.com/Shop.php?lang=en&cat_id=1 You could pick up a Sony BDP-S5100 for $80 at Amazon and with a modchip you're under $130. You could even keep it under $100 if you picked up one of the used or refurbed Panasonic BD77s on Amazon, and that modchip only requires a single wire (and the solder point actually has an unused pin next to it, so you can be a little sloppy and bridge the two.) I have a fairly old Panasonic BD60 I modded many moons ago, still works like a champ and it wasn't too difficult for an amateur like me. frumpsnake fucked around with this message at 00:05 on Feb 4, 2014 |
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