Big Lots Update Part 3 - Page 50

Torchur317 · 04-07-09, 04:17 PM

Damn....

That'sAllFolks · 04-07-09, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trevor

The Sterling VA location has started to get a better selection.

Went their last night and found about 60 titles. Stood in line for a minute, and thought, "what the heck am I doing", put half of them back.

And tomorrow you are gonna say Damn, WHY DIDN'T I GET [some title you put back].

Keith123 · 04-07-09, 05:32 PM

Been to 4 different Big Lots over the last week and all the new stock is being placed on the wire racks(Dayton,Oh area). A worker at one store told me they got in a HUGE shipment of DVD's but confirmed they are only putting out enough quantity to keep the wire racks full. So that's why one day no King Kong two-pack but then on the shelf the next day/week at the same store.
Here is what I got for $3.00 each today-

Decoys (Sci-Fi Horror, anamorphic widesceen. Rated "R" for sexuality and
nudity.)
Decoys the Second Seduction (anamorphic widesceen, ...more nudity)
Truffaut's "Day For Night" (academy award winner best foreign language film)
I'll Be There (Comedy, got it because it has singer Charlotte Church)

conehead433 · 04-07-09, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by That'sAllFolks

And tomorrow you are gonna say Damn, WHY DIDN'T I GET [some title you put back].

Yep, I've been there and done that. Pass on a few titles and decide in the next day or two to go ahead and buy them, only to find a few of the ones you wanted left. Now I just buy everything I think I might want including totally blind buys and take back what I decide I don't want or (in my case and probaly others here as well) that I actually already own. I'm working hard to add more shrink wrapped titles to my collection.

darkhawk · 04-07-09, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by RustyOrgan

Hey guys - My Big Lots got pretty much everything I wanted with the exception of 'To Sir With Love.' I'd be willing to trade whichever titles you are unable to find in exchange. Let me know! Thanks. Glen / GlenSColen@gmail.com

The 8th store was the charm. Finally, all the second newer titles were there. But still no To Sir With Love.

g · 04-07-09, 07:02 PM

I was able to get most everything I wanted.
I got
Prince of the City
Day For Night
Ryan's daughter
Viva Knievel
Wind and the lion
Brainstorm
ten Little Indians
Memories
There was a crooked man
Saawariya
Eating Raoul

g · 04-07-09, 07:11 PM

Everyone should run and go buy Eating Raoul. This is a movie that has been discontinued and is absolutely hilarious. An all time favorite movie.

Sondheim · 04-07-09, 07:36 PM

Went back today and bought:

Blume in Love
Eyes of a Stranger
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
The Ice Pirates
Memories
Stranger Than Fiction
To Sir, With Love

Several of these are guilty pleasures.

darkhawk · 04-07-09, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sondheim

Went back today and bought:

Blume in Love
Eyes of a Stranger
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
The Ice Pirates
Memories
Stranger Than Fiction
To Sir, With Love

Several of these are guilty pleasures.

Did they have extras of To Sir With Love?

g · 04-07-09, 08:44 PM

To Sir With Love is rare and out of print according to amazon. Everyone should get a good trade for it if you make a trade..
To Sir With Love goes currently for 30 dollars a copy on amazon marketplace.

zombeaner · 04-07-09, 09:10 PM

I sold one about a year ago for over $50. I wish Dallas got this stuff!!!!

darkhawk · 04-07-09, 09:41 PM

Bought about 30. Some of them to trade for others.

Still couldn't find these:

Oh, God! Book 2
To Sir With Love
Tess
Lillith

Found and bought:
4 Roughnecks: Zephyr, Klendathu, Homefront, Tophet Campaigns

Torchur317 · 04-07-09, 10:04 PM

I didn't know To Sir With Love was so rare....
I might have to pick one up & sell it....

fishman2020 · 04-08-09, 12:27 AM

I'm honestly having a really hard time keeping track of all of these movies... someone should compile a checklist of everything...

Also this shipment really does seem to be YMMV... There's a few titles I can't find right now... Although I was able to get The Dark Backward and The City of Lost Children AND To Sir, With Love.

strangetramp · 04-08-09, 01:16 AM

damn i wanted to go before work today but i had to drive someone 40 minutes somewhere right before work. i'll try and get there tomorrow i guess. i know they did have to sir with love and raoul. i didn't know those were out of print. i hope i can still pick em up.

i also think i saw that starship troopers one you folks were trying to find.

Sondheim · 04-08-09, 01:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkhawk

Did they have extras of To Sir With Love?

Actually, my store only had two copies of it - and one was a floater. Otherwise I'd be more than willing to trade with anyone who wanted it. I will be going to another local store in a few days, and I'll let you know if they have more copies there.

junglalien · 04-08-09, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g

Everyone should run and go buy Eating Raoul. This is a movie that has been discontinued and is absolutely hilarious. An all time favorite movie.

The amazon reviews say it has been stretched horizontaly to fit widescreen...

obscurelabel · 04-08-09, 06:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by junglalien

The amazon reviews say it has been stretched horizontaly to fit widescreen...

Yes, the transfer was done by someone who didn't know what they were doing. If you watch this in 16x9, this is what you'll see:

I don't know a whole lot about DVD authoring, but after reading a couple of things, I think this is what happened. The image on DVD is stored in a 720x480 pixel image. If the playback is at 4x3 (640x480), then the image is stretched to fit 720x480. If playback is at 16x9 (853x480), the image is squeezed to fit 720x480. The 720x480 image for Eating Raoul is neither squeezed nor stretched:

... so incongruously it looks perfect when seen that way, although with a 1.5:1 aspect ratio. I cropped this to about 1.75:1, which should be close to the way it was projected:

I don't know if some DVD players will play at a 1.5:1 AR, but if so, this would be the way to watch it.

darkhawk · 04-08-09, 09:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sondheim

Actually, my store only had two copies of it - and one was a floater. Otherwise I'd be more than willing to trade with anyone who wanted it. I will be going to another local store in a few days, and I'll let you know if they have more copies there.

Thanks.

Luther Heggs · 04-08-09, 12:47 PM

Finally found a store with the new WB titles. Just part of my haul:

WB titles w/ gouged UPCs:

Anna Christie (1930)
Any Which Way You Can (1980)
Best Foot Forward (1943)
Brainstorm (1983) - Remastered Edition (Just released in February!)
The Butcher Boy (1997)
Cabaret (1972)
The Champ (1931)
Clash by Night (1952)
Critic's Choice (1963)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Day for Night (1973)
Dillinger (1945)
Fingers (1978)
Going in Style (1979)
Kings Row (1942)
Ninotchka (1939)
Police Academy (1984) - 20th Anniversary Special Edition
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
Prince of the City (1981) - Two-Disc Special Edition
Roberta (1935)
Rollover (1981)
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
San Quentin (1937)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
Viva Knievel! (1977)
The Wind and the Lion (1975)
Year of the Dragon (1985)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)

Sony/Columbia titles w/stickered UPCs:

Eating Raoul (1982)
Gen-X Cops (1999)
Godzilla: The Series - The Monster Wars Trilogy (1998)
Lilith (1964)
Living in Oblivion (1995)
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

Ventura Distribution titles:

Everything Put Together (2000) - could never find this when it was in print
Harvie Krumpet (2003)
Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty (2002)

SethDLH · 04-08-09, 01:21 PM

Just checked the nearest store, and there were a bunch of the previous viewed titles. Nothing new really, I really wanted to find To Sir, With Love.

I did find one thing that I haven't seen mentioned- Prom Night 3/4 Double Feature. I picked it up for $2 hoping it was out of print and could be re-sold but no dice. Not bad for $2 though.

docdoowop · 04-08-09, 01:40 PM

Knollwood (St. Louis Park, MN.) just put out the new display this morning. Tons of everything.

Torchur317 · 04-08-09, 01:58 PM

Went to my other Big Lots & they didn't have The City of Lost Children/The Dark Backward.
I guess could live without City of Lost Children but I really want Dark Backward....
If anyone finds an extra & needs something I'll see if it's here....

Unicorn07 · 04-08-09, 02:16 PM

I was at my local Big Lots. Didn't see any of the titles mentioned by others, but I found:

House on Haunted Hill (new version)
The name of the rose (with Sean Connery)
Hormigas en la Boca (ants in the mouth)

I was hoping to find the City of the Lost Children, but I had no luck. I will check my other Big Lots and see what they have

chris_sc77 · 04-08-09, 04:31 PM

Went in today and sadly no SOny or Wb restock. They did have the first look and Ventura titles though.
Managed to get
King of California (w/ slipcover)
The Amateurs (w/ slipcover)
The Contract
Everything Put together

Also saw (and not sure if mentioned yet)

The Proposition (Fantastic DVD with amazing special features and some of the best picture quality I have ever seen on a dvd.)
10 items of less (very enjoyable film with great features)
Dave Chappelle: Killin them Softly
The Dead Girl

Please oh please put the new restock of WB and Sony titles out. I am jonesin' so bad for some of those titles.

04-07-09, 04:17 PM	#1226
Torchur317 DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 2,085	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 Damn....

04-07-09, 05:32 PM	#1228
Keith123 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: near Dayton, OH Posts: 524	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 Been to 4 different Big Lots over the last week and all the new stock is being placed on the wire racks(Dayton,Oh area). A worker at one store told me they got in a HUGE shipment of DVD's but confirmed they are only putting out enough quantity to keep the wire racks full. So that's why one day no King Kong two-pack but then on the shelf the next day/week at the same store. Here is what I got for $3.00 each today- Decoys (Sci-Fi Horror, anamorphic widesceen. Rated "R" for sexuality and nudity.) Decoys the Second Seduction (anamorphic widesceen, ...more nudity) Truffaut's "Day For Night" (academy award winner best foreign language film) I'll Be There (Comedy, got it because it has singer Charlotte Church)

04-07-09, 07:02 PM	#1231
g DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,997	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 I was able to get most everything I wanted. I got Prince of the City Day For Night Ryan's daughter Viva Knievel Wind and the lion Brainstorm ten Little Indians Memories There was a crooked man Saawariya Eating Raoul Last edited by g; 04-07-09 at 07:11 PM.

04-07-09, 07:11 PM	#1232
g DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,997	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 Everyone should run and go buy Eating Raoul. This is a movie that has been discontinued and is absolutely hilarious. An all time favorite movie.

04-07-09, 07:36 PM	#1233
Sondheim Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 695	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 Went back today and bought: Blume in Love Eyes of a Stranger A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints The Ice Pirates Memories Stranger Than Fiction To Sir, With Love Several of these are guilty pleasures. Last edited by Sondheim; 04-07-09 at 07:39 PM.

04-07-09, 08:44 PM	#1235
g DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,997	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 To Sir With Love is rare and out of print according to amazon. Everyone should get a good trade for it if you make a trade.. To Sir With Love goes currently for 30 dollars a copy on amazon marketplace. Last edited by g; 04-07-09 at 09:01 PM.

04-07-09, 09:10 PM	#1236
zombeaner DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 2,363	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 I sold one about a year ago for over $50. I wish Dallas got this stuff!!!! __________________ My Movies So Far...

04-07-09, 09:41 PM	#1237
darkhawk DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 1,759	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 Bought about 30. Some of them to trade for others. Still couldn't find these: Oh, God! Book 2 To Sir With Love Tess Lillith Found and bought: 4 Roughnecks: Zephyr, Klendathu, Homefront, Tophet Campaigns

04-07-09, 10:04 PM	#1238
Torchur317 DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 2,085	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 I didn't know To Sir With Love was so rare.... I might have to pick one up & sell it....

04-08-09, 12:27 AM	#1239
fishman2020 Cool New Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 40	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 I'm honestly having a really hard time keeping track of all of these movies... someone should compile a checklist of everything... Also this shipment really does seem to be YMMV... There's a few titles I can't find right now... Although I was able to get The Dark Backward and The City of Lost Children AND To Sir, With Love.

04-08-09, 01:16 AM	#1240
strangetramp Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 75	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 damn i wanted to go before work today but i had to drive someone 40 minutes somewhere right before work. i'll try and get there tomorrow i guess. i know they did have to sir with love and raoul. i didn't know those were out of print. i hope i can still pick em up. i also think i saw that starship troopers one you folks were trying to find.

04-08-09, 12:47 PM	#1245
Luther Heggs DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Republic of Texas Posts: 1,668	Plus Dickeys work gloves for $4! Finally found a store with the new WB titles. Just part of my haul: WB titles w/ gouged UPCs: Anna Christie (1930) Any Which Way You Can (1980) Best Foot Forward (1943) Brainstorm (1983) - Remastered Edition (Just released in February!) The Butcher Boy (1997) Cabaret (1972) The Champ (1931) Clash by Night (1952) Critic's Choice (1963) The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Day for Night (1973) Dillinger (1945) Fingers (1978) Going in Style (1979) Kings Row (1942) Ninotchka (1939) Police Academy (1984) - 20th Anniversary Special Edition Presenting Lily Mars (1943) Prince of the City (1981) - Two-Disc Special Edition Roberta (1935) Rollover (1981) The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) San Quentin (1937) Ten Little Indians (1965) There Was a Crooked Man... (1970) Viva Knievel! (1977) The Wind and the Lion (1975) Year of the Dragon (1985) Ziegfeld Girl (1941) Sony/Columbia titles w/stickered UPCs: Eating Raoul (1982) Gen-X Cops (1999) Godzilla: The Series - The Monster Wars Trilogy (1998) Lilith (1964) Living in Oblivion (1995) Stranger Than Fiction (2006) Ventura Distribution titles: Everything Put Together (2000) - could never find this when it was in print Harvie Krumpet (2003) Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty (2002) __________________ "Luther Heggs is a movie jedi." - NoirFan "(Y)ou're like a walking IMDB." - The Bus The better the system, the less you will hear the crackle. 8Tracks Mix: De La Soul, Blood Axis, Serge Gainsbourg, Cloudboy, more

04-08-09, 01:21 PM	#1246
SethDLH DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,086	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 Just checked the nearest store, and there were a bunch of the previous viewed titles. Nothing new really, I really wanted to find To Sir, With Love. I did find one thing that I haven't seen mentioned- Prom Night 3/4 Double Feature. I picked it up for $2 hoping it was out of print and could be re-sold but no dice. Not bad for $2 though. __________________ 2009 Holiday Challenge 2009 Horror Challenge Horror & Exploitation Reviews @ Celluloid Terror

04-08-09, 01:40 PM	#1247
docdoowop DVD Talk Special Edition Join Date: May 2006 Location: Twin Cities, MN. Posts: 1,099	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 Knollwood (St. Louis Park, MN.) just put out the new display this morning. Tons of everything. __________________ All those who believe in telekinesis.....raise my hand.

04-08-09, 01:58 PM	#1248
Torchur317 DVD Talk Gold Edition Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 2,085	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 Went to my other Big Lots & they didn't have The City of Lost Children/The Dark Backward. I guess could live without City of Lost Children but I really want Dark Backward.... If anyone finds an extra & needs something I'll see if it's here....

04-08-09, 02:16 PM	#1249
Unicorn07 Cool New Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Macungie, PA Posts: 44	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 I was at my local Big Lots. Didn't see any of the titles mentioned by others, but I found: House on Haunted Hill (new version) The name of the rose (with Sean Connery) Hormigas en la Boca (ants in the mouth) I was hoping to find the City of the Lost Children, but I had no luck. I will check my other Big Lots and see what they have Last edited by Unicorn07; 04-08-09 at 02:19 PM.

04-08-09, 04:31 PM	#1250
chris_sc77 Suspended Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Bellefontaine, Ohio Posts: 5,628	Re: Big Lots Update Part 3 Went in today and sadly no SOny or Wb restock. They did have the first look and Ventura titles though. Managed to get King of California (w/ slipcover) The Amateurs (w/ slipcover) The Contract Everything Put together Also saw (and not sure if mentioned yet) The Proposition (Fantastic DVD with amazing special features and some of the best picture quality I have ever seen on a dvd.) 10 items of less (very enjoyable film with great features) Dave Chappelle: Killin them Softly The Dead Girl Please oh please put the new restock of WB and Sony titles out. I am jonesin' so bad for some of those titles.