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gey muckle mowser posted:The only extras I make a point of watching are Criterion ones, usually. If I have time after watching a film I sometimes go through some extras, especially if they are short, but usually after watching a 2 hour movie I don't want to sit and watch another couple hours of extra features. I just watched Return of the Living Dead III the other day and there are several 30 minute extras, who has time for that? This is a problem for me too. I have a wife, toddler, newborn and a full time job. When I finally get to sit down in the evening and watch something, it's rare that I'll opt to watch features over an actual film.
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I tend to watch a lot of Vinegar Syndrome's extras. What's left from some of their restorations can be sparse, sometimes they're just shots of promotional materials, Christmas Evil had the comment cards from a test screening, and when they have interviews with cast and crew that can be pretty interesting.
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Sep 12, 2018 15:58
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I'm sure I'm in the minority being in the UK here, but does anyone import from the US and what do they use? I've been using WowHD but I wondered if there were others.
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Sep 12, 2018 16:00
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Iron Crowned posted:I tend to watch a lot of Vinegar Syndrome's extras. What's left from some of their restorations can be sparse, sometimes they're just shots of promotional materials, Christmas Evil had the comment cards from a test screening, and when they have interviews with cast and crew that can be pretty interesting. Christmas Evil also has an audio commentary with John Waters, which makes it one of the coolest Blu-rays I own.
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Sep 12, 2018 16:01
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My problem with commentaries is if I haven't seen the movie in a while, I just want to watch the movie without commentary. And if I've seen it recently, I don't want to watch it again. So I really only watch commentaries on my favorite movies that I'm already very familiar with.
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Sep 12, 2018 16:01
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As I've branched out into all different eras and genres of film, my time watching commentaries has gone way down because yea it always seems like my time would be better spent just watching another film. Back in college it was much easier to justify spending a few hours watching a commentary track because I was still basically watching the same handful of movies over and over.
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Sep 12, 2018 16:06
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Basebf555 posted:As I've branched out into all different eras and genres of film, my time watching commentaries has gone way down because yea it always seems like my time would be better spent just watching another film. Back in college it was much easier to justify spending a few hours watching a commentary track because I was still basically watching the same handful of movies over and over. Back in 2003 when I had a DVD player, and started buying movies, a movie was an investment. If I was out shopping and saw a movie I wanted, I would have to stop and think about if I could really justify dropping $20+. If that fucker had 3 commentaries on it, I would watch one a week because I had nothing new to watch. These days if I'm out shopping and I see a movie I like and want to watch I can just buy it. Hell, a month ago I was at Walmart and saw the Terminator on Blu for $6, and it was the most expensive item I bought that day.
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Sep 12, 2018 16:14
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wa27 posted:My problem with commentaries is if I haven't seen the movie in a while, I just want to watch the movie without commentary. And if I've seen it recently, I don't want to watch it again. So I really only watch commentaries on my favorite movies that I'm already very familiar with. yeah same, I love the idea of commentary tracks but I own a shitload of movies and have probably listened to the commentaries on a handful of them. Also sometimes I'll start the commentary but if I get 15 minutes in and it's boring I'll stop and turn it off.
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Sep 12, 2018 17:07
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Buying a DVD, especially a well-done one for a catalogue film, felt definitive at the time. Like "okay, I now have a perfect digital widescreen copy of this movie, along with a pile of additional material about it." My T2 Ultimate Edition truly seemed ultimate at the time.
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Sep 12, 2018 17:09
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The things I liked about commentaries, podcasts do now.
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Sep 12, 2018 17:09
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I, Butthole posted:Ban this sick filth This bothers you but not the fact that he likes the Breakfast Club?
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Sep 12, 2018 17:20
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Is anyone using some software to catalog their stuff? I really should have an insurance list of my movies, books, and games. I had one built in Collectorz years ago but that was only for books, and they want you to have to buy separate packages for other media. All the free options for this sort of thing seem to be discontinued right now.
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Sep 12, 2018 17:59
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Casimir Radon posted:Is anyone using some software to catalog their stuff? I really should have an insurance list of my movies, books, and games. I had one built in Collectorz years ago but that was only for books, and they want you to have to buy separate packages for other media. All the free options for this sort of thing seem to be discontinued right now. I think my OG Doom House release is the only thing I have that's completely irreplaceable
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Sep 12, 2018 18:07
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I still use Collectorz. It’s not great, but it’s gotten better over the last couple years.
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Casimir Radon posted:Is anyone using some software to catalog their stuff? I really should have an insurance list of my movies, books, and games. I had one built in Collectorz years ago but that was only for books, and they want you to have to buy separate packages for other media. All the free options for this sort of thing seem to be discontinued right now. I just have a Google Sheet broken up by DVD / Blu-rays, music and books.
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Casimir Radon posted:Is anyone using some software to catalog their stuff? I really should have an insurance list of my movies, books, and games. I had one built in Collectorz years ago but that was only for books, and they want you to have to buy separate packages for other media. All the free options for this sort of thing seem to be discontinued right now. I use Blu-ray.com: http://www.blu-ray.com/community/collection.php?u=201798&categoryid=7
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Sep 12, 2018 18:26
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Spatulater bro! posted:I use Blu-ray.com: http://www.blu-ray.com/community/collection.php?u=201798&categoryid=7 Same here. They have a good app too so you can sort your collection and wishlist. My favorite feature is being able to scan barcodes to catalog and to see if you already own something.
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Sep 12, 2018 18:40
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What I really wish they'd do is make commentaries available like podcasts. There's hundreds of commentaries I'd love to listen to, but it's just drat inconvenient. I know there's ways to convert into MKV and stuff, but still... I'll usually binge on extras if it's an interesting movie. I tend to watch everything on a Criterion. Hell, the last commentary I listened to all the way through was King of Jazz because I was fascinated by the movie. Really, the stuff I jump to immediately are things like old TV interviews, especially complete episodes. Criterion has been mining a lot of great stuff from Dick Cavett, Tom Snyder, and BBC lately. Stagecoach has a 90 min interview with John Ford, The Philadelphia Story has two of Cavett interviewing Katherine Hepburn, and Foreign Correspondent has Hitchcock on Cavett's show. The last one is amazing because Hitchcock doesn't even talk much about film, but rather philosophies on storytelling and random stuff like pulling pranks. (Also, that episode has a great commercial break gag going from Hitch and Cavett standing side-by-side, then returning to only Hitchcock holding a knife).
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Sep 12, 2018 20:31
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This just popped up on my Twitter. Basically, Apple removed movies this guy bought on iTunes and won’t refund him, instead offering a few free rentals. Just another reason to stick with buying movies. https://twitter.com/drandersgs/status/1039270646243414016?s=21
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Sep 12, 2018 22:27
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LOL, and the very thing I warned people about is happening. Digital copies and streaming are bullshit, stick to physical media.
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Sep 12, 2018 22:34
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CPL593H posted:This bothers you but not the fact that he likes the Breakfast Club? I, Butthole posted:Ban this sick filth
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Sep 12, 2018 22:49
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Liar Lyre posted:This just popped up on my Twitter. Basically, Apple removed movies this guy bought on iTunes and won’t refund him, instead offering a few free rentals. Just another reason to stick with buying movies. I might still be wrong, but I see stuff like this and I just nod.
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Sep 12, 2018 22:54
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VoodooXT posted:LOL, and the very thing I warned people about is happening. Digital copies and streaming are bullshit, stick to physical media. Paying for a subscription to a streaming service with rotating titles is okay, but buying a single item without actually owning it IS bullshit.
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caligulamprey posted:Sometimes I wonder if I'm just getting to be an old curmudgeony gently caress when I go on rants about my distrust of The Cloud as a concept and how I don't "pay for air."  I had some kid tell me I was dumb for buying physical media in TYOOL 2018, young millennials are weird
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Spatulater bro! posted:Paying for a subscription to a streaming service with rotating titles is okay, but buying a single item without actually owning it IS bullshit. My issue with streaming services is how largely it's becoming Balkanized. I'm not paying for multiple streaming services.
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Usually the trick is that things are delisted but still able to be downloaded/appear in your queue. Just nuking them is busted as all gently caress.VoodooXT posted:My issue with streaming services is how largely it's becoming Balkanized. I'm not paying for multiple streaming services. Now they're on Netflix like 3 weeks after the season ends.
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Sep 12, 2018 23:51
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StudioCanal are doing 4K releases for Escape From New York, They Live, The Fog & Prince of Darkness. The Blus will probably be Region B locked, but the 4K restorations should be amazing. Plus the packaging looks BEAUTIFUL.
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Liar Lyre posted:This just popped up on my Twitter. Basically, Apple removed movies this guy bought on iTunes and won’t refund him, instead offering a few free rentals. Just another reason to stick with buying movies. I've been trying to explain this exact thing to people for years. This is a crazy concept to some people now, but when I buy something I like to actually own a thing instead of hypothetical idea of the thing which can be revoked and not refunded at any time.
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CPL593H posted:This is a crazy concept to some people now, but when I buy something I like to actually own a thing instead of hypothetical idea of the thing which can be revoked and not refunded at any time. , plus I’m a huge sucker for great covers/packagingLiar Lyre posted:StudioCanal are doing 4K releases for Escape From New York, They Live, The Fog & Prince of Darkness. The Blus will probably be Region B locked, but the 4K restorations should be amazing. Plus the packaging looks BEAUTIFUL. Like this 
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I know a guy who likes to give people grief about anything he perceives to be clutter. So book and movie collections would qualify for him. He's got two kids and won't quit fantasizing about tiny houses, which I have to imagine would be a really lovely thing to inflict on a kid. Liar Lyre posted:StudioCanal are doing 4K releases for Escape From New York, They Live, The Fog & Prince of Darkness. The Blus will probably be Region B locked, but the 4K restorations should be amazing. Plus the packaging looks BEAUTIFUL.
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Sep 13, 2018 00:58
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CPL593H posted:I've been trying to explain this exact thing to people for years. Amazon seems to be better about it. Back in 2011 I purchased Season 1 of RuPaul's Drag Race. At some point Viacom pulled it from every platform, making it impossible to purchase anywhere. They only recently made it available to purchase again. And yet, during that entire time, I was still able to watch it.
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Sep 13, 2018 01:25
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I've purchased a few things through Amazon that I'm fairly certain will never get Blu-ray releases, and feel pretty safe.
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Sep 13, 2018 01:33
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I own plenty of digital goods that have been delisted for sale but I've never had something become unavailable despite my buying it short of a storefront shuttering entirely. That's strange.
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Casimir Radon posted:I know a guy who likes to give people grief about anything he perceives to be clutter. So book and movie collections would qualify for him. He's got two kids and won't quit fantasizing about tiny houses, which I have to imagine would be a really lovely thing to inflict on a kid. This guy would probably have a heart attack and die if he saw all the poo poo I have. I'm way into books, comic books, records, and movies and have never purchased digital versions of any of these things. TheScott2K posted:I own plenty of digital goods that have been delisted for sale but I've never had something become unavailable despite my buying it short of a storefront shuttering entirely. That's strange. It may not be common but it is something the merchants and/or rights holders can do at any time. I also just like having a thing.
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Sep 13, 2018 02:48
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I've been buying digital and physical copies lately, and that's been kinda cool. Digital right when it comes out, weeks ahead of the full release, and physical a few years later when it's cheap.
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Sep 13, 2018 03:00
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The point of physical media is really obvious when you see nearly anything from boutique labels.
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Between stuff like this and the internet providers trying to limit download speeds is what will keep this from completely replacing physical media. It easier with music when they are not that large of size compare to a 2 hour movie in 4K.
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Egbert Souse posted:The point of physical media is really obvious when you see nearly anything from boutique labels. This too. There's really no single reason why I stick to physical media for anything.
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On the subject of extras, the Alien Quadrilogy is still my favorite. I never really got into any DVDs or collections like I did that one. Every night of winter break was a different disc of extras. What are some of your favorite extras from a movie(s)?
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If they (consistently) did it the same way as music it would be fine. When you download a digital album, from most vendors, you simply get to have the files forever unless you lose all your backups. It took a little while to get to that point, but they did, and now it's great.
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