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Harlock: Jan 15, 2006; Tap "A" to drink!!!

I said come in! posted:

Why are they doing this? How could that possibly benefit the viewing experience?

Not about the viewing experience as much as it is playing into the extraordinary popularity of social media because some people can't go a minute without updating their life to the world.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2010 00:15

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 07:24

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ultraviolence123 posted:

Has Disney released any coupons for Beauty and the Beast yet? I've been spoiled by the coupons in the past for titles like Snow White and don't want to pay $25 for it Tuesday.

Ask and ye shall receive:
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3352068

# ¿ Sep 30, 2010 05:50

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Just got a chance to watch Beauty and the Beast tonight. It looks fantastic, but that really wasn't any doubt.

# ¿ Oct 1, 2010 04:06

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Sporadic posted:

It's also a misguided attempt to boost DVD/Blu-Ray sales. If the extras are only in the retail copies, that means people will be forced to buy new, right?

It's usually only Warner Bros. titles. Most other releases are the actual retail disc from what I remember.

# ¿ Oct 2, 2010 05:09

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FitFortDanga posted:

Apocalypse Now reviewed

edit: and Hausu

What's going on in the screenshot with the veil? Why does the Criterion version have a purple filter happening?

# ¿ Oct 13, 2010 00:53

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I watched How to Train Your Dragon last night, it does look pretty spectacular. It's a good movie to boot too. A animated Dreamworks movie that's good? I'm shocked.

# ¿ Oct 14, 2010 08:04

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FirstCongoWar posted:

They're making a sequel AND a weekly Cartoon Network TV show, soooooo

This is pretty much the fate of any Dreamworks cartoon.

# ¿ Oct 14, 2010 16:52

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I said come in! posted:

I don't understand how the blu-ray doesn't look better then the Canal+ H.264 screen shot. At least to me, I see a lot more detail in the blu-ray. Remember, mousing over is the blu-ray.

There is a ton of edge enhancement/smoothing going on.

# ¿ Oct 15, 2010 23:49

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doctor thodt posted:

I'm guessing Nemo will be this time next year in conjunction with the Cars 2 BD.

The A-Team (12/14) cover art is a photoshop nightmare.

I refuse to believe that's Liam Neeson.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2010 04:44

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FitFortDanga posted:

Alien

Looks fantastic as expected, but it's hard for a Ridley Scott film not to on blu ray. Every one has pretty much been a home run.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2010 23:19

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Red posted:

- The cost of a mailer for the DVD
- The cost to mail out that DVD

I'm pretty sure they give you a prepaid label to ship the items to them.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2010 11:41

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El Jackalope posted:

Oh hey B&N is having a 50% off Criterion Blu Ray sale.

http://bit.ly/bn1UeJ

I picked up Paths of Glory and Darjeeling last night when I walked in the store because I didn't know the sale was going on. This sale couldn't have come at a worse time. Just need more money to buy that Seven Samurai set and Yojimbo.. :smith:

# ¿ Nov 7, 2010 18:05

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doctor thodt posted:

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story reviewed. Have only skimmed through it so far because it's a massive review, but I'm pretty sure I know what I want for Christmas.

As an aside, how is Gary not functionally blind by now?

Kind of curious why they put A Safe Place and Drive He Said on the same disc.

Unless I'm missing out on some kind of connection looking the two up.

# ¿ Nov 14, 2010 05:09

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I'm getting around to my massive backlog of BDs to watch, and goddamn if The Punisher doesn't have the worst menu I've seen yet of a Blu-Ray.

# ¿ Nov 16, 2010 21:48

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Amazon's schedule of 'Black Friday' DVD/BD deals:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=s9_al_gw_feat?ie=UTF8&docId=1000452571

I find it interesting that Back to the Future is going to be featured the Monday after Thanksgiving.

# ¿ Nov 19, 2010 08:40

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Red posted:

$40 seems like a lot for one flick, even if it is a Studio Ghibli.

I'm afraid of how much they're going to ask for Mononoke, even though I'm going to pay whatever it is.

That's just the SRP. You'll probably be able to pick it up for about $25

The Japanese screencaps I've seen of Nausicaa are really good. I just hope that we don't get the UK version. It seems like they got rid of almost all the grain.

# ¿ Nov 20, 2010 07:32

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Red posted:

Best Buy and most other brick and mortar shops will never carry a Ghibli release (none of them carry Criterions), so they'll be at full price at Barnes & Noble. If I reserve them, MovieStop will have them at a reasonable price.

Although, I guess Amazon is an option.

I don't know what Best Buy you are shopping at, but my local store carries Criterions. Maybe it's a specialized market thing.

Also, Ghibli titles are being released through Disney - so there's a pretty good chance it ends up at retailers. When the DVDs of Porco Rosso, The Cat Returns, and Nausicaa came out in 2005, they were definitely in stores.

Although you should almost always buy online for the cheapest price.

Harlock fucked around with this message at 10:31 on Nov 20, 2010

# ¿ Nov 20, 2010 10:26

Harlock: Jan 15, 2006; Tap "A" to drink!!!

As sort of an end to the Nausicaa discussion: you can pre-order it on Amazon right now for $27.99.

# ¿ Nov 21, 2010 12:24

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Ur Getting Fatter posted:

Amazon UK has Harry Potter movies (1-6) out for just 25 GBP (40 dollars vs. 70 dollars in Amazon US) and they're region free. Any thoughts on whether Amazon US will slash prices this low on the collection during Thanksgivings?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harry-Potter-Collection-Years-Blu-ray/dp/B002MPP9JI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1290460741&sr=8-1

The Harry Potter collection was just $49.99 US last week. They might lower it again, but who knows.

# ¿ Nov 22, 2010 22:25

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Sporadic posted:

- edit Back To The Future boxset is $34.49

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00198X0UO?ie=UTF8&tag=evdaisafi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00198X0UO

There's a deal to buy BTTF and another BD to get $8 off.

If you combine the deal with Apollo 13, you only spend $2 more for both of them.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.ht..._rd_i=193640011

# ¿ Nov 23, 2010 20:10

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If you guys held off on LOTR for a couple of days..

http://www.target.com/Lord-Rings-Picture-Trilogy-Blu-ray/dp/B003HPAYZG

$8 on Target for the complete set :smug:

# ¿ Nov 25, 2010 08:12

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The Thin Red Line is going to be a Lightning Deal today in about 3 1/2 hours.

# ¿ Nov 30, 2010 23:28

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FitFortDanga posted:

SCORSESE
TARANTINO
JENA MALONE

If I had a collection this big, I think it would be a neat idea to have genre dividers like that, but his level of classification is ridiculous.

# ¿ Dec 2, 2010 23:38

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doctor thodt posted:

Lost in Translation reviewed

Kind of disappointing that it's virtually a copy/paste from the HDDVD.

But hey, Universal.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2010 00:13

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For everyone who waited on Moon, it's $8.99 on Amazon right now.

# ¿ Dec 28, 2010 06:27

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Speaking of cases, I wish every case was the Criterion case.

# ¿ Dec 29, 2010 07:12

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Best business decision ever to break up the boxes into two sets. I hope that the OT box will have Empire of Dreams, or some other SW documentary.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2011 23:20

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doctor thodt posted:

According to an exec at Universal France, this year will see the release of the Jurassic Park Trilogy, Scarface, a few westerns such as Winchester 73, and more Hitchcock.

Hoping Universal doesn't gently caress up Jurassic Park.

# ¿ Jan 12, 2011 22:54

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I'm more disappointed that it's not a ten disc set.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2011 20:18

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sportsgenius86 posted:

Just an FYI

Disney sent me an e-mail yesterday saying the blu-rays for Pinocchio, Snow White and Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 are going in the vault on April 30th, so buy them before it's too late.

The first two have been out for a while, but that's really fast for Fantasia.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2011 05:17

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So I guess that's all but confirmation the only way to get the original is to buy the 5-disc set?

# ¿ Feb 3, 2011 02:02

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Kaboobi posted:

Now is there anywhere that'll actually sell Nausicaa for $25 or less?

Amazon has Nausicaa for $24.99 now. Sometimes people have had success emailing them about the $10 Disney coupons.

So YMMV type of situation.

# ¿ Feb 9, 2011 06:45

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hitze posted:

This is pretty weird. The Tron Legacy blu-ray has aspect ratio changes for no apparent reason since it wasn't shot in IMAX.

There were 5 IMAX sequences with a different aspect ratio but they were shot with a different 3D camera.

# ¿ Mar 9, 2011 08:22

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The Ten Commandments FMV coming to Sega CD in 2011.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2011 23:53

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Volcasarus ReX posted:

I did my first blind buy on a blu tonight and it may have been a mistake. It was the Dead Space 2 Aftermath blu and I figured I would like it since I'm a huge fan of that series. When I got home I looked up the review on Bluray.com and it wasn't very good at all. Apparently some fairly jagged edges and such. IGN was a little more accepting of the blu.

I haven't watched it yet, but I think I may have kinda wasted 25$

As long as you saw how much it sucked before you opened it. Return that poo poo so fast.

# ¿ Apr 2, 2011 07:55

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idoliside posted:

I'm amazed there isn't a box set of this yet. Do different studios own the different films or are they after a cash grab?

Am I going to get wooshed on this or what?

http://www.amazon.com/Die-Hard-Collection-Vengeance-Blu-ray/dp/B000W4HIY0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1304324427&sr=8-1

# ¿ May 2, 2011 09:21

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RichterIX posted:

If you have a Target near you they have individual releases of all three of these for like $15.

Saw them on sale for $10 recently, don't know if they still are though.

# ¿ May 20, 2011 22:56

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This is something I'm genuinely interested in, but will probably wait for the reviews on. ESPN's 30-for-30 documentary series is being put on BD. It's a Best Buy exclusive starting today (of all things).

I know there's probably some sports fellows here who will enjoy this, if not people who like documentaries in general. The MSRP is $99.99, so hopefully that gets slashed a bit. But knowing Best Buy, probably not all that great.

# ¿ May 27, 2011 08:00

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Sporadic posted:

I'd suggest getting the three disc version if possible. It has the Hearts Of Darkness documentary in HD.

It sadly hasn't even dropped below $42 on Amazon yet

# ¿ Jun 4, 2011 02:46

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 07:24

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morestuff posted:

Are they really including a certificate of authenticity for a $0.50 plastic T-rex?

It's a real dinosaur. From Jurassic Park. It has Hammond's signature on that COA.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2011 01:40

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