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Slipcovers make a better presentation for your product, they make spines more vibrant and easier to read on a shelf, and they provide limited protection for the case itself. I can’t believe there are people with strong opinions about them either way. Tossing all of your cases and cramming the discs into plastic sleeves that you then hide in a larger box is absolutely bonkers, though. Why even bother with physical media at that point? Save yourself the time and effort and just buy digital. 
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Wandle Cax posted:Is that seriously the reason for cardboard slip covers? can't say I've ever had so much unavoidable glare that I couldn't see a dvd cover Nah, the reasoning for slipcovers is that it looks better on a store shelf and makes you feel like you’re buying a nicer product. Everything else is just a bonus. It’s the same as dust jackets on hardcover books.
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Apr 5, 2018 08:33
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Boinks posted:Check out these sweet physical medias I got dirt cheap today. Demon Knight is amazing 
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Apr 7, 2018 00:33
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My first DVD was a copy of Fargo that came in a bizarre jewel case contraption that had a black tray you slid out from the bottom to access the disc. I cant find any pictures of it online, but I swear it existed.
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Apr 11, 2018 19:32
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Gareth Edwards confirmed that a 4K scan of A New Hope exists, but I can’t remember if he said what version it was.
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Apr 15, 2018 06:55
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GrandpaPants posted:I always assumed someone on that show had something on the head of standards and practices because wow did Hannibal get away with a lot. Katz’s death and the totem full of bodies are two of the most gruesome things I’ve ever seen on network tv.
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May 2, 2018 16:31
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Speaking of Kino Lorber, they’ve got another sale going on. Not as expansive as the last one, but some decent westerns in there alongside the new The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, and Fistful of Dynamite.
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May 19, 2018 02:21
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I tried the Justice League code on the WB site but it gave me an error. Either someone grabbed it or the code is wrong.
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May 20, 2018 20:35
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Dolomite, Petey Wheatstraw, and Disco Godfather are all solid. I was kind of mixed on Candy Tangerine Man, but it has its moments and the blu comes with a second blaxploitation flick called Lady Cocoa. Haven’t watched that one yet, though. Everyone should buy Christmas Evil.
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May 24, 2018 21:51
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I like JP3 more than Lost World, but I fully admit that it’s a trash movie
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Jun 12, 2018 04:28
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I, Butthole posted:To the many people who have said good things about VinSyn's Christmas Evil, thank you. This movie owns bones. I’m convinced that whoever wrote it ran out of paper before they finished the last scene, shrugged, and turned it in. It’s amazing.
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Jun 21, 2018 10:10
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There’s great stuff all the way though season 15. The later Al Jean seasons are definitely inferior, but they aren’t the dire hellscape they’re made out to be until you get past season 18 or 19.
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Jul 16, 2018 14:09
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Egbert Souse posted:Also, they put out the packaging art for Batman: The Animated Series: Is there a version without the Pops? I don’t like how the packaging has actual cutouts for them. 
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Jul 22, 2018 06:40
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Is this only on their site or is it in conjunction with Fopp like their usual sales?
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Jul 23, 2018 16:49
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Ferrell is good in Step Brothers, but John C Reilly is the true star. Every single one of his line deliveries is amazing.
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Jul 26, 2018 15:04
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There’s so much questionable stuff in Forbidden Zone, but it’s a really fun film with an amazing soundtrack and I rewatch it 4 or 5 times a year. A friend who’s a huge Oingo Boingo fan convinced me to buy a German import blu for $40 years ago and I’ve never regretted it.
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Jul 27, 2018 05:47
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I really dig The Brood 
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Jul 30, 2018 19:42
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Samuel Clemens posted:You can tell Cronenberg went through a nasty divorce when he made The Brood, because it reads like an MRA fantasy at times; the story of a nice guy that has to fight both liberal courts discriminating against men and his psychotic ex-wife who's being empowered by bleeding-heart modern psychiatry. Oh I’m not defending any subtext at all, I just dig late 70’s horror in general and the kids in The Brood are absolutely brutal. I really like the bizarre new agey doctor as well.
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Jul 30, 2018 20:15
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Basebf555 posted:The best part about Christmas Evil is how different it is that what you'd expect if you go in blind. It's not at all just another killer Santa movie, not even close. I went in about as blind as can be. My weekly horror group was supposed to be showing Silent Night, Deadly Night but the print was hosed up and unplayable so the guy running things brought Christmas Evil. I knew literally nothing about it, didn’t even know it existed. And then that ending hit 
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I've been digging the 90's Outer Limits lately, so I decided to just buy the series on DVD in case Hulu removed it before I finished my series watch. It arrived today and oh god have I made a poor choice. Of the seven season sets, five use two of the absolute worst case designs I have ever seen. This monstrosity is used in all but one of those sets. If you can't tell, each disc is supposed to slot down onto those plastic spring arms (half of which are already broken, naturally) and then clip behind little overhangs on each side. In every case that used this design, the middle disc had slipped out of the overhangs and caused the front disc to actually bow outwards. I have no idea if being bent outwards all through shipping actually hosed up those discs or not. Can't wait to find out!  The other case design has that old early-00's standard - thin plastic hinges and useless push tabs! Both hinges are already broken.  What the hell, Canada 
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Aug 7, 2018 00:32
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business hammocks posted:Also most of those season sets are the syndication edits, so they’re missing a few minutes each (plus all that 90s cable mild nudity). That’s what I was afraid of. Aren’t the US releases edited as well?
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Aug 7, 2018 00:41
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Empress Brosephine posted:Is there answered to watch the unedited episodes The versions on Hulu are all unedited, although they do have poorly placed cuts for commercials that often come in the middle of scene transitions.
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Aug 7, 2018 01:43
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If you’re into spaghetti westerns at all, the Sabata films (Sabata, Adios Sabata, Return of Sabata) range from solid to great. You should also pick up A Fistful of Dynamite/Duck, You Sucker regardless of whether you’re into westerns, because that movie is fantastic.
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Aug 8, 2018 23:24
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Trick r Treat is great. I love horror anthology movies, but are there any other notables besides Creepshow 1 & 2, Tales from The Hood, the V/H/S series, and Tales from the Darkside?
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Aug 9, 2018 22:10
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EL BROMANCE posted:A bunch of us watched Trick r Treat after hearing all the great feedback a bunch of years ago, and all came away scratching our heads as to why it is so loved. I mean to try it again sometime, at least I don't remember a ton of it. Basebf555 posted:The best horror anthologies were made in the 60s and 70s imo. Tales of Terror, Twice Told Tales, Black Sabbath, Kwaidan, Vault of Horror, Tales From the Crypt, Torture Garden, and Asylum are all worth watching. CPL593H posted:The 1972 Tales From the Crypt movie. There's also a kinda sequel called Vault of Horror which is also based on stories from EC Comics but I haven't seen it so I can't officially recommend it. Shout Factory has released them both on blu-ray as a two pack.
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Aug 9, 2018 23:49
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I know it's better to buy directly from all these boutique labels, but I really miss being able to just walk around a huge movie section and chance upon something that looks interesting.
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Aug 15, 2018 19:40
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Origami Dali posted:I give it another year, tops. I really hope not. I still miss Borders, and I don’t have a Books-a-Million anywhere near me. Not to mention that it’ll make Amazon basically the only place to offer books that aren’t airport trash or movie tie-ins.
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Aug 17, 2018 02:30
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You’d think the continual splintering of streaming services and the shrinking Netflix catalog would have already driven a physical media resurgence, but I guess laziness and apathy win this round.
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Aug 17, 2018 20:32
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For me, it’s definitely a streaming vs owning thing. I don’t want my choice of movies to be beholden to a given app’s catalog selection or whether or not my internet connection is cooperating that day. And since the cost of buying a film from iTunes or some other app is only marginally less than just buying a physical disc, there’s little point to building a digital library (and most big studio releases include a digital code now anyway). The only real downside is finding enough shelf space for 1000+ titles 
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Aug 17, 2018 20:50
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I like steelbooks in theory, but I always find them dented, or you buy them and the plastic hinges instantly break, and they take up just enough extra width to make shelving a pain.
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Aug 30, 2018 19:32
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The Zodiac Killer and The Sword and The Claw are also pretty great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3GjjnWrQt4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmhAw833KY4
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Sep 9, 2018 21:54
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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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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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Sep 13, 2018 00:51
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Isn’t there a commentary for Spinal Tap with all the cast in character?
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Sep 13, 2018 05:00
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Spatulater bro! posted:From Arrow Video: Is anything after II worth watching? I love the original, but I was extremely apathetic about II.
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Oct 5, 2018 04:11
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What’s the difference between the two cuts? I saw it recently at a triple-feature and thought it was fairly mediocre, but I’m open to a rewatch.
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Oct 9, 2018 08:00
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Well, the R-rated cut has almost no gore whatsoever. RotLD3 is a zombie movie directed by Brian Yuzna. You can probably draw conclusions from there about how the movie is affected by this. I must have seen the uncut version then, because there was definitely a ton of gore. Just off the top of my head: - Lowrider dude having his head and spine pulled out - Riverman getting shot to pieces in the finale - Julie self-harming throughout the whole movie - Scientist having his fingers bitten off in the opening scene
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Oct 9, 2018 08:06
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Three out of four of those are definitely unrated-exclusive (I remember going through There were definitely parts I liked and it may have suffered from playing third in an already long triple-feature night. Maybe I’ll give it another watch. At the very least it’s better than RotLD 2.
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Oct 9, 2018 08:26
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versions and trashing them if they didn't have the finger bit in the opening- before I get reported for admitting that, note that even the R-rated version wasn't easy to find before the Vestron release and the unrated version straight up didn't exist outside VHS). The remaining one is still in the R, because you can't really cut it outright, but it's far less graphic.
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CelticPredator posted:I’ll never watch it again but I will defend it because it fits my narrative that the child’s play franchise is the best. 3 is mediocre but it never hits the low low lows as Friday part 8-9, ANOES 5-6, Halloween 5-the rest of the series(maybe barring H20, need a rewatch), or the most trash garbage worthless franchise, Hellrasier after Hellbound. Whoa now, ANOES 4-6 are solid (if dumb) horror sequels. I’d even say they’re more entertaining than the consistently-praised but secretly boring New Nightmare.
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CelticPredator posted:I loathe 5-6 of the nightmare movies. 5 is so slow and dull, 6 is just annoying. I hate the way Freddy looks in both too. Super cheap. This is partly my bad, I mixed up the numbering. What I meant to say was that 3-5 are dumb, fun, solid sequels. I’ve never even seen 6 
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