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joe_b 07-25-11 01:02 PM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 

Originally Posted by lizard (Post 10866298)

Seriously? Wow. Brian Henson was quoted as saying such a release was years away -- that it would require updating all the effects and cost several thousand per episode. I'll be anxiously await some review on this thing.

lizard 07-25-11 01:15 PM


Originally Posted by joe_b (Post 10866607)
Seriously? Wow. Brian Henson was quoted as saying such a release was years away -- that it would require updating all the effects and cost several thousand per episode. I'll be anxiously await some review on this thing.

Speculation in this thread is that it will have to be a plain upconvert for most of the footage because the visual effects were done in SD and it wouldn't make financial sense to re-do them all. Nevertheless, a BD release would be more compact that the current DVD releases. My ADV DVDs take more than a foot of shelf space.

mifuneral 07-25-11 10:47 PM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 
Yeah, I would love Farscape on bluray but I simply can not believe they kept it quiet this long and yet somehow have the entire series on bluray. and for a fraction of the cost of the dvds. Hell I paid that much for one season of the dvds.

kenbenobi 07-26-11 03:25 AM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 
Damn, now to decide whether or not to keep my Farscape DVD's, or unload them now while they may sell better... I don't want to lose out on any special features. Not sure how complete this BD set will be...

junglalien 07-26-11 04:23 AM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 

Originally Posted by mifuneral (Post 10867262)
Yeah, I would love Farscape on bluray but I simply can not believe they kept it quiet this long and yet somehow have the entire series on bluray. and for a fraction of the cost of the dvds. Hell I paid that much for one season of the dvds.

:jawdrop: You paid $125 for one season of Farscape on DVD? I bought the complete series for $50.

lizard 07-26-11 10:06 AM

Previous lists:
7-25-11, 7-24-11, 7-14-11, 7-13-11, 7-12-11, 7-11-11, 7-10-11, 7-9-11, 7-8-11, 7-7-11, 7-6-11, 7-5-11, 7-4-11, 7-3-11, 7-1-11, 6-30-11, 6-29-11, 6-28-11, 6-27-11, 6-26-11, 6-25-11, 6-24-11, 6-23-11, 6-22-11, 6-21-11, 6-20-11, 6-19-11, 6-18-11, 6-17-11, 6-16-11, 6-15-11, 6-14-11,
[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]


Here are today's New Lows:

Hero $9.49
No Country For Old Men $9.49

Chicago Cubs: The Heart & Soul of Chicago [Blu-ray Combo Pack: BD, DVD and Digital Copy] $15.49

All-Star Superman (Amazon Exclusive Limited Edition with Litho Cel) $15.99

Born to Raise Hell $16.49

The King of Fighters (Bluray + DVD combo) $16.99
Zombie Diaries 2 (Pre-order) $16.99
Batman: Year One (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) (Pre-order) $16.99

West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Edition (Pre-order) $18.99

Miracles of Nature-Unique Island Destinations - Filmed in HD! $20.99

Fast Five (Two-Disc DVD/Blu-ray Combo + Digital Copy in DVD Packaging) (Pre-order) $24.99
X-Men: First Class (Pre-order) $24.99

Bridesmaids (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy in DVD Packaging) $25.00

Sympathy for Delicious (Pre-order) $25.99
Battlestar Galactica (2004): Season One $25.99

Battlestar Galactica: Season Three $28.49

How to Make It in America (Pre-order) $28.99
Bored to Death: The Complete Second Season (Pre-order) $28.99
Hung: The Complete Second Season (Pre-order) $28.99

Kung Fu Panda 2 (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) (Pre-order) $29.99

Supernatural: The Anime Series $34.99

West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Edition Box Set (Pre-order) $44.99

davidh777 07-26-11 10:31 AM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 

Originally Posted by junglalien (Post 10867381)
:jawdrop: You paid $125 for one season of Farscape on DVD? I bought the complete series for $50.

Anyone who bought Farscape before the last couple years would have paid a pretty penny for the ADV releases, especially in that limbo period when they were all out of print. I have the A&E set but also a number of the Starburst sets that I'm reluctant to give up just yet because I've heard they have additional bonus features.

Cabeza2 07-26-11 07:11 PM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 
A warning on the Hero deal. It looks like that disc is English/French/Spanish only, no Mandarin. For me that would ruin the movie.

izatright 07-26-11 07:24 PM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 

Originally Posted by davidh777 (Post 10867593)
Anyone who bought Farscape before the last couple years would have paid a pretty penny for the ADV releases, especially in that limbo period when they were all out of print. I have the A&E set but also a number of the Starburst sets that I'm reluctant to give up just yet because I've heard they have additional bonus features.

I remember the Starburst season sets going for well over a hundred (maybe as much as $200), and some of the individual Starburst volumes going for around $50. I parted with mine at that point, certain in the knowledge that I could buy it again at some future point.


Originally Posted by Cabeza2 (Post 10868318)
A warning on the Hero deal. It looks like that disc is English/French/Spanish only, no Mandarin. For me that would ruin the movie.

I looked on blu-ray.com and they show it having the Mandarin as well. At least all of the Hero blus released to date by the same company had it. I'd be surprised if they dropped it for this release.

Cabeza2 07-27-11 12:36 AM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 

Originally Posted by izatright (Post 10868331)
I looked on blu-ray.com and they show it having the Mandarin as well. At least all of the Hero blus released to date by the same company had it. I'd be surprised if they dropped it for this release.

If you look at the comments on the the reviews you'll see that someone confirms that this particular release does not have Mandarin. And this agrees with the technical details amazon provides for that version. So I think that's why it's about half the price of the other version amazon is selling.

RapidTransit 07-27-11 02:06 AM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OPPBEQ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dvdbr-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=B000OPPBEQ">The Ultimate Matrix Collection</a>- $26.99 (yesterday's price $44.99) Amazon Deal of the Day

This is the lowest this set has ever been on Amazon.

lizard 07-27-11 08:39 AM

Previous lists:
7-26-11, 7-25-11, 7-24-11, 7-14-11, 7-13-11, 7-12-11, 7-11-11, 7-10-11, 7-9-11, 7-8-11, 7-7-11, 7-6-11, 7-5-11, 7-4-11, 7-3-11, 7-1-11, 6-30-11, 6-29-11, 6-28-11, 6-27-11, 6-26-11,
[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]


Here are today's New Lows and an Old Low:

Priest of Love $17.99

Mao's Last Dancer $19.49

Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music Director's Cut (40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition and BD-Live) $25.99

The Ultimate Matrix Collection $26.99
Last Chance to See $26.99

blu_newbie 07-27-11 11:04 AM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 

Originally Posted by Cabeza2 (Post 10868318)
A warning on the Hero deal. It looks like that disc is English/French/Spanish only, no Mandarin. For me that would ruin the movie.

Can anyone confirm this?

I have ordered this but if there is no Mandarin there is really no point...

izatright 07-27-11 03:38 PM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 

Originally Posted by Cabeza2 (Post 10868641)
If you look at the comments on the the reviews you'll see that someone confirms that this particular release does not have Mandarin. And this agrees with the technical details amazon provides for that version. So I think that's why it's about half the price of the other version amazon is selling.

Interesting. I wonder which of the blu versions is available at Best Buy for $7.99?

alfonsosoriano 07-27-11 03:50 PM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 
That looks like a nice deal on the Woodstock set. Any thoughts?

MovieFanatic81 07-27-11 03:59 PM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 

Originally Posted by RapidTransit (Post 10868694)
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OPPBEQ/?ie=UTF8&&&&&creativeASIN=B000OPPBEQ">The Ultimate Matrix Collection</a>- $26.99 (yesterday's price $44.99) Amazon Deal of the Day

This is the lowest this set has ever been on Amazon.

Seems tempting. But I just bought the first Matrix Digibook version. Plus I think I've only seen bits and pieces of the second and never even saw the third one.

kenbenobi 07-27-11 05:48 PM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 

Originally Posted by junglalien (Post 10867381)
:jawdrop: You paid $125 for one season of Farscape on DVD? I bought the complete series for $50.

They used to retail for $150 when they first came out. I bought one or two seasons at that price, but I used credit at Suncoast so it wasn't really money out of pocket... To me, it was worth it. I absolutely love Farscape. One of the best sci-fi shows ever, IMO.

seamusmclean 07-27-11 06:20 PM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 

Originally Posted by izatright (Post 10869373)
Interesting. I wonder which of the blu versions is available at Best Buy for $7.99?

The version of Hero I got at Best Buy for $7.99 (in-store) has the original Mandarin audio track.

Kory 07-27-11 08:24 PM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 

Originally Posted by alfonsosoriano (Post 10869388)
That looks like a nice deal on the Woodstock set. Any thoughts?

If you're not opposed to importing, I would go for the UK version of that set. I have hardly imported anything, but I made sure to do so with this set. The reason why is that in the U.S., it had two different bonus discs: one from Amazon, which may or may not be available still (and probably isn't the version that's on sale), and I think the other one was from Target. The UK set includes all of the features from both of the two bonus discs. It's also cheaper I think.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Woodstock-Bl...1816233&sr=8-4

clckworang 07-28-11 10:26 AM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 

Originally Posted by Kory (Post 10869675)
If you're not opposed to importing, I would go for the UK version of that set. I have hardly imported anything, but I made sure to do so with this set. The reason why is that in the U.S., it had two different bonus discs: one from Amazon, which may or may not be available still (and probably isn't the version that's on sale), and I think the other one was from Target. The UK set includes all of the features from both of the two bonus discs. It's also cheaper I think.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Woodstock-Bl...1816233&sr=8-4

Wow. I didn't realize that. I think I was given the version with the Amazon bonus disc for Christmas. I might have to look into importing the UK version. I guess it's not region coded ...

lizard 07-28-11 10:52 AM

Previous lists:
7-27-11, 7-26-11, 7-25-11, 7-24-11, 7-14-11, 7-13-11, 7-12-11, 7-11-11, 7-10-11, 7-9-11, 7-8-11, 7-7-11, 7-6-11, 7-5-11, 7-4-11, 7-3-11, 7-1-11, 6-30-11, 6-29-11, 6-28-11, 6-27-11, 6-26-11,
[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]


Here are today's New Lows:

Dead Man (Pre-order) $7.99

Highlander (Director's Cut) $9.49

Scary Movie $9.99
Extract $9.99

IMAX: Ring of Fire $13.99

All-Star Superman (Amazon Exclusive Limited Edition with Litho Cel) $14.99

The House By the Cemetery (Pre-order) $15.99

Toy Story 2 (Two-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo w/ Blu-ray Packaging) $17.99

Eastbound & Down: The Complete Second Season (Pre-order) $21.49

Winter in Wartime $26.99

Sanctuary: The Complete Third Season (Pre-order) $37.99

Star Wars: The Original Trilogy (Episodes IV - VI) (Pre-order) $39.99

Cabeza2 07-28-11 06:45 PM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 

Originally Posted by seamusmclean (Post 10869550)
The version of Hero I got at Best Buy for $7.99 (in-store) has the original Mandarin audio track.

It would be nice if amazon price-matched that!

Brent L 07-28-11 08:24 PM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 
I sure wish we would get some deals on some 3D Blus every now and then.

lizard 07-29-11 10:38 AM

Previous lists:
7-28-11, 7-27-11, 7-26-11, 7-25-11, 7-24-11, 7-14-11, 7-13-11, 7-12-11, 7-11-11, 7-10-11, 7-9-11, 7-8-11, 7-7-11, 7-6-11, 7-5-11, 7-4-11, 7-3-11, 7-1-11, 6-30-11, 6-29-11, 6-28-11, 6-27-11, 6-26-11,
[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]


Here are today's New Lows and an Old Low:

Shutter Island $13.99

All-Star Superman (Amazon Exclusive Limited Edition with Litho Cel) $14.49

Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe $15.99

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets $16.49

Battle: Los Angeles (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) $22.99

Meek's Cutoff (Pre-order) $24.49

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 6 (Pre-order) $33.99

<s>The Office: Season Seven (Pre-order) $34.99</s>

Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy (Episodes I - III) (Pre-order) $39.99
Modern Family: Season 2 (Pre-order) $39.99

PGHFlyer 07-29-11 12:09 PM

Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
 
FYI, the link to Office Season 7 pre-order above is for DVD...the Blu-Ray is actually $53.99


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