godzilla rules

I was wondering what DVD have been announced and then canceled. Or a DVD that was announced to have bonus features, but then when the movie was released it didn't have all the bonus features or some of them were missing.

I remember when they announced "3000 miles to Graceland" it was supposed to have a bunch of special features. Then when it was released it had nothing.

TheySentYou

seems to me like African Queen may be having this kind of missing release treatment.

Chet Desmond

"Rituals"
"Halloween II" (1981) - was announced as SE but released barebones.

islandclaws

Escape from LA, 48 Hours, Taxi Driver - all BD releases that never came out.

highclassrob

Rituals!

Heck they made that the cover of the last rue morgue magazine then poof!

NoirFan

Night of the Hunter SE

jgido759

Scrooged: Yule Love It Edition
Hudson Hawk: 15th Anniversary Edition

JackBurton

Canceled Releases per DVDAF

rw2516

It did come out, sort of. It's burn on demand from Amazon.

Sony announced, then cancelled A Study in Terror. 60s spy movie The Kremlin Letter didn't show up as announced.

JackBurton

"Due to our licensing agreements this video is currently not available for purchase or rental"

http://www.amazon.com/The-Creeper/dp...469470&sr=8-16

JohnnyDaBull

pete and pete season 3

rw2516

Well, it was available. I believe the release date was 11/24. One week prior Amazon had it for pre-order. On the 24th I looked and there was a regular dvd listing under the title RITUALS but when I saw it was a burn on demand I blew it off because I have a dvd-r from the vhs release. There was even a customer review about the poor video quality.

Gobear

Warner announced a slew of titles in a 2008 HTF chat that never materialized:
SPENCER TRACY COLLECTION - Includes NORTHWEST PASSAGE. Coming in 2009.

JEAN HARLOW COLLECTION - Coming in 2009.

ELEANOR POWELL COLLECTION - Coming in 2009.

FRED ASTAIRE COLLECTION - Coming in 2009.

GLENN FORD COLLECTION - Includes FOUR HORSEMEN. Coming in 2009.

GOLD (1974) - Coming in 2009.

GREED - Includes 1923 theatrical release and reconstruction. Coming in 2009.

HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS/NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS - Coming in 2009.

TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING - Coming in 2009.

ANDY HARDY COLLECTIONS - Multiple sets beginning in 2009.

MOONFLEET - Coming in 2009.

ABBOTT AND COSTELLO COLLECTION - Includes JACK AND THE BEANSTALK, ...MEET CAPTAIN KIDD, RIO RITA. Coming in 2009.

MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS - Coming in 2009.

JOURNEY INTO FEAR - Coming in 2009.

JAMES STEWART COLLECTION: VOL. 2 - Includes CARBINE WILLIAMS. Coming in 2009.

B-MOVIE DETECTIVE SERIALS PHILO VANCE, PERRY MASON, THE SAINT, and THE FALCON. Sets beginning in 2009.

THE PRIZE - Coming in 2009.

JOHN GARFIELD COLLECTION - Includes six films. Coming in 2009.

RAINTREE COUNTY - Restored roadshow version. Coming in 2009.

LANA TURNER COLLECTION - Coming in 2009.

LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA - Coming in 2009.

THE COMPLETE SHOW BOAT - Boxed set including the '29, '36, and '51 (Ultra-Resolution restoration)versions. Coming in 2009.

I was especially looking forward to the Show Boat and John Garfield box sets.

NoirFan

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I wouldn't hold your breath on any Warner catalog titles, though a few of those you listed will probably be dumped in the Archive ghetto at some point.

Gobear

I find Warner's smug attitude about their grossly inferior Archive titles infuriating. They claim that "the fans are happy", that so many of the films we want are now available, but we want decent releases, not insanely overpriced, barebones, barely-up-to-VHS-standards DVD-Rs.

islandclaws

Ironically enough, that cover is what caused all the rights mumbo-jumbo to begin with. Without it, we'd have probably gotten the DVD!

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

The video isn't that bad compared with what was previously available. I have 3 of them, Bad Ronald, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, and From Hell It Came. Bad Ronald looks the worst out of the three but honestly, it's never looked good, even on TV. From Hell It Came looks really good.

The reason they're doing it this way is because it's cheaper than mass producing something that isn't going to sell well and would go out of print quickly with high prices after that. Something like Bad Ronald only appeases a small number of people and there's no real money in it.

Yes it would be nice to have something they spent a lot of time on but realistically, it would be this or nothing. I'd rather have the product than not. It wouldn't surprise me for them to release one of these normally if a certain movie ended up selling really well.

dkedvd

- Adventures Of Pete & Pete: Season 3
- Boy Meets World: Season 4
- Codename: Kids Next Door - Sooper Hugest Missions: File Two <---Got myself a copy!

tylergfoster

I think you're exaggerating the weaknesses of the video quality of Warner Archive, and I can live with no bonus features (I'm sure DVDs with little to no bonus features -- the trailer doesn't count -- make up the majority of most people's collections). My only complaint is the price, which should be $5-7 cheaper (I could live with $12.99 Burn-on-Demand titles), with better bundle deals.

NoirFan

But WB in particular were known for including commentaries and/or featurettes on a majority of their catalog titles, which is why their move to the Archive hurts more than if, say, MGM went that route. They were the one major studio that always seemed to respect and cater to the serious, knowledgeable collector in the past.

manicsounds

I like having bonus features on purchase. If there is none, I'll just make it a rental. But with WB Archive, they are not available for rental, and they are not available for purchase overseas, and mentioned before, overpriced.

Don't own any WB archive discs, and don't intend to.

NoirFan

Not from Netflix, but Classic Flix seems to carry many of them. But who rents from them? My final word on the Archive is this (since it's my fault we've gotten off-topic here): the three criteria I use to help me decide which discs to buy are price, image quality, and extras. The Archive is unsatisfactory in all three areas of importance.

The Monkees

Looking through that list:

Britney Spears The Singles Collection DID come out, not sure if it was like a real release that you can buy in the store, but I know it was released through digital download on iTunes because I downloaded one of the songs.

I had NO idea that Cool as Ice actually had been announced and then cancelled. I just watched that on iTunes!

Didn't the El Cid 3 Disc come out? I'm not really familiar with that title, but I remember seeing a release of El Cid in the stores, not sure if it was 3 discs or not.

Willo007

Hudson Hawk: 15th Anniversary Edition was released as a special edition on 11/20/07.

godzilla rules

I also remembered the following were announced:
-the killer
-hard boiled

Both of these were supposed to come out in 2002 but never did.

As for the Dragon Dynasty titles on dvdaf: these were never announced, just talked about.

What's the story behind Rituals? I just read the Rue Morgue where they talk about the movie, but did not know it was canceled