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Basebf555 posted:With people who have that collecting gene or whatever you want to call it, the satisfaction mostly ends once the item is obtained. The fun and satisfying part is hunting down the item and being able to check it off your list. So for people like that the hours of entertainment we get from movies is replaced with hours of sifting through the internet and driving from store to store to hunt down all of the variants or whatever they're collecting. This is me.
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What do you call it if you don't collect a bunch of a specific thing, you just have a really long eBay watchlist with weird poo poo you want to put on your shelves? None of it with any real rhyme or reason or relation to other stuff. Maybe it's a dumb record you want because "irony" or you like the movie it's from, or a bunch of Japanese laserdiscs or movie posters, various horror memorabilia, video store standees... I don't really understand the need for all of a certain thing, or hunting "rare" items, I just like neat poo poo. But I do relate to the part where my satisfaction ends once I get the item. I don't even look at that poo poo once it's on my shelf or wall.
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Apr 9, 2021 15:10
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I'm collecting the Vestron Video releases and only one out of the 15 I have so far is missing the slipcover, it drives me nuts because it stands out like a sore thumb when lined up with all the other titles. So I just broke down and bought the slip even though I've always thought that was a dumb waste of money.  you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a blu-ray.com forums poster
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Apr 9, 2021 15:39
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It’s okay. I’m about to return a copy of Mean Girls so I can get a copy with the pink case.
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Apr 9, 2021 16:03
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The jokers trick: we were always posting on the blu-ray.com forums all along.
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gey muckle mowser posted:I'm collecting the Vestron Video releases and only one out of the 15 I have so far is missing the slipcover, it drives me nuts because it stands out like a sore thumb when lined up with all the other titles. So I just broke down and bought the slip even though I've always thought that was a dumb waste of money. I have Warlock and ROTLD 3 and they're both awesome.
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Apr 9, 2021 16:52
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Liar Lyre posted:It’s okay. I’m about to return a copy of Mean Girls so I can get a copy with the pink case. No judgement. Already owned Cluesless BD. Still bought the Steelbook for Clueless. My justification was I got it on major sale and it had digital.
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Apr 9, 2021 17:10
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Boinks posted:I have Warlock and ROTLD 3 and they're both awesome. yeah it's an extremely solid collection of titles. I had about half of them already just from buying stuff I like, so I figure I might as well complete the rest of the series. All I'm missing at this point are Gothic, Maximum Overdrive, Class of 1999, and The Unholy.
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Apr 9, 2021 17:15
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Vestron is a great label. It's a shame that it seems to be an essentially dead label, as I'm still waiting for discs for The Wraith, The Dentist, Paper House, Sundown and a bunch of other titles that they own.
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Apr 9, 2021 17:20
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I really need a copy of Vestron's release of Parents. Top-shelf Randy Quaid.
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caligulamprey posted:I really need a copy of Vestron's release of Parents. My wife got this for me around the time our kid was born lol solid choice
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Apr 9, 2021 17:21
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is the parasite 4K worth not getting the criterion can criterion just loving get into 4K if the dudes in a warehouse in Bridgeport can do it they can afford it
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Apr 9, 2021 18:32
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it's tough because some of the special extras on the criterion sound interesting and the blu-ray looks good, but the detail in the UHD is wild and perfect.
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Apr 9, 2021 18:36
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Yea the reviews of the Parasite UHD are very positive. It's not an upscale so that obviously helps.
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Apr 9, 2021 18:38
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John Romero posted:is the parasite 4K worth not getting the criterion
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Apr 9, 2021 18:39
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Buy both editions and combine them into one case!
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Cacator posted:Seriously, who the gently caress in 2021 is willing to shell out the big bucks for Criterion but only has a standard def TV and DVD player? I've mentioned this before, but it's amazing to me how many Criterion collectors/purchasers don't care much about picture quality. The DVDs still sell like crazy. Not every cinephile is a videophile.
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Spatulater bro! posted:I've mentioned this before, but it's amazing to me how many Criterion collectors/purchasers don't care much about picture quality. The DVDs still sell like crazy. Not every cinephile is a videophile. I think it’s a price issue as well. But you’re def right about the last part- the only other people I know IRL into criterion are watching them on a 32 inch in a bushwick 1br
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Cacator posted:Seriously, who the gently caress in 2021 is willing to shell out the big bucks for Criterion but only has a standard def TV and DVD player? libraries and academic institutions
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Apr 9, 2021 19:30
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Cloks posted:libraries and academic institutions "Works everywhere" is something DVD still very much has going for it.
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Apr 9, 2021 19:48
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TheScott2K posted:"Works everywhere" is something DVD still very much has going for it. Fair enough, no excuse for dragging their feet on UHD though  Where's my 4K restoration of Fishing with John?
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dorium posted:because i dont recognize a lot of these Eureka should be higher, Arrow (and by extension their affiliated labels like Third Window) and Second Sight not being there is a significant omission, Criterion should be S-Tier, and any company that doesn't branch out beyond one region coding (or at least offer region coding free discs) does not deserve to be considered S-Tier. Yeah, that's right, Shout and Kino Lorber, I'm calling you out.
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Vagabundo posted:...any company that doesn't branch out beyond one region coding (or at least offer region coding free discs) does not deserve to be considered S-Tier. Yeah, that's right, Shout and Kino Lorber, I'm calling you out. This but Eureka (I know they have region free releases but none are the ones I want), I need to just get off my rear end and get a region free player for all those kung fu movies but I don't really want to add another device to my setup.
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Apr 9, 2021 22:04
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Why isn't Mill Creek lower? Have they improved since the days of their 100-movie American-International Pictures dvd sets with transfers straight from VHS? I mean, maybe that's a reason to make them S-tier, given how much awesome schlock I got to see that way 2005-2012 from those releases.
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Apr 9, 2021 22:09
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Antifa Turkeesian posted:Why isn't Mill Creek lower? Have they improved since the days of their 100-movie American-International Pictures dvd sets with transfers straight from VHS? Mill Creek has had a lot of fuckups but I tend to give them a pass just because their business seems to be "get a transfer and dump it onto a disc without loving with it" which can either go really badly or really well depending on the movie, and they are the only ones who will bother putting certain things out at all.
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Apr 9, 2021 22:13
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I got a complete 30 Rock series blu-ray out of them. Unless your name was The Office then NBC wasn’t trying to release you in anything than maybe DVD and one or two seasons in Blu-Ray and quiet after that. So they get praise from me on that one. Also the prevalence of The Office Season 1-3 DVDs in college for me really should’ve been an early warning sign of the popularity of the show. Everyone had them. Multiple people with the same dorm/rented apartment had them. I remember someone saying they had to initial their copes of the office so that their roommates wouldn’t take theirs in case they moved out. dorium fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Apr 9, 2021 |
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Apr 9, 2021 22:23
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There's a bunch of old CN shows I wish would get a blu-ray release.
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Mill Creek isn't bottom tier purely due to the price. Yeah, it may be crap, but it was only $8. Here's my terrible list. A lot of the non American labels I'm not that familiar with. Here's the link again if you think you're opinion is better.
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Apr 9, 2021 22:42
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I need Invader Zim on blu ray thanks
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Apr 9, 2021 22:49
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Yeah, well, you Severin haters can suck it! (This post will not age badly once I actually watch one of these movies)
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Apr 9, 2021 23:33
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Also this set looks badass: Probably gonna order this.
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Apr 9, 2021 23:47
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Severin’s low tier placement has nothing to do with their releases and everything to do with the company itself and their absolute dogshit shop and customer service.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Severin’s low tier placement has nothing to do with their releases and everything to do with the company itself and their absolute dogshit shop and customer service. I mean, I guess I can't argue that, fair enough. I once emailed them to ask why my order said "shipped" but hadn't appeared to move in a month or so and they gave me an eyeroll-y response that read like "look, we sent the items out, we got to everybody's, they're all in the mail just be patient, GAW!". And I've seen their website poo poo the bed day one, every big sale. Every one. And every time they seem more annoyed with their customers than their own tech failings.
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So, uh, Grindhouse Video is legit right? There was a sale posted almost two weeks ago and I ordered two UHDs but they haven’t shipped yet.
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david_a posted:So, uh, Grindhouse Video is legit right? There was a sale posted almost two weeks ago and I ordered two UHDs but they haven’t shipped yet. Yeah they’re great. They said orders from the sale will take 2-3 weeks to ship at the minimum though, the store is run by two people and they got something like 1500 orders on the first day of the sale alone, so it’ll be a bit.
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MVD Entertainment Group is currently having a sale for 50% off Blue Underground titles. The UHDs are $24.95 each. Tempting. https://mvdshop.com/collections/blue-underground-spring-cleaning-sale
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ultraviolence123 posted:Vestron is a great label. It's a shame that it seems to be an essentially dead label, as I'm still waiting for discs for The Wraith, The Dentist, Paper House, Sundown and a bunch of other titles that they own. The Wraith has a blu-ray. It's a region free Euro release. Antifa Turkeesian posted:Why isn't Mill Creek lower? Have they improved since the days of their 100-movie American-International Pictures dvd sets with transfers straight from VHS? I'm told that their Ultraman blu-rays are pretty good.
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gey muckle mowser posted:Yeah they’re great. They said orders from the sale will take 2-3 weeks to ship at the minimum though, the store is run by two people and they got something like 1500 orders on the first day of the sale alone, so it’ll be a bit. For full context, that’s the equivalent of the entirety of the orders they did for March in just one day.
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CPL593H posted:I'm told that their Ultraman blu-rays are pretty good. They’re totally barebones but they look great.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:They’re totally barebones but they look great. This is a deal breaker for a lot of people but I don't really care because 99% of the time I never look at the special features anyway.
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