Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
This Toy Story 3 is the 2-disc movie+extras version w/o the DVD or DC stuff, right? If so, good. Didn't need the other stuff.
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[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Here are today's New Lows:
Fire on the Amazon $10.99
District B13/District 13: Ultimatum 2-Pack $13.99
The City of Your Final Destination $13.99
Mesrine: Killer Instinct: Part 1 (Pre-order) $23.49
2-20-11, 2-19-11, 2-18-11, 2-17-11, 2-16-11, 2-15-11, 2-14-11, 2-13-11, 2-12-11, 2-11-11, 2-10-11, 2-9-11, 2-8-11, 2-7-11, 2-6-11, 2-5-11, 2-4-11, 2-3-11, 2-2-11, 2-1-11, 1-31-11, 1-30-11, 1-29-11, 1-28-11, 1-27-11, 1-26-11, 1-25-11, 1-24-11, 1-23-11, 1-22-11, 1-21-11, 1-20-11, 1-19-11, 1-17-11, 1-16-11, 1-15-11, 1-14-11, 1-13-11, 1-11-11, 1-10-11, 1-9-11, 1-8-11, 1-7-11, 1-6-11, 1-5-11, 1-4-11, 1-3-11, 1-2-11, 1-1-11, 12-31-10, 12-30-10, 12-29-10, 12-28-10, 12-27-10, 12-26-10, 12-25-10, 12-24-10, 12-23-10, 12-22-10, 12-21-10, 12-20-10, 12-19-10, 12-18-10, 12-17-10, 12-16-10, 12-15-10, 12-14-10
[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Here are today's New Lows:
Fire on the Amazon $10.99
District B13/District 13: Ultimatum 2-Pack $13.99
The City of Your Final Destination $13.99
Mesrine: Killer Instinct: Part 1 (Pre-order) $23.49
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
I couldn't find anyone mentioning this.
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2690941
It's Megamind + How to Train Your Dragon for $36.98 - free $10 Amazon gift card shipped to you = $26.98 net for both. You can see the promo on the Megamind BD page. That's a price I could live with. I have it in my cart, but the only thing stopping me from placing the order is the consistently bad reviews of the aliasing/shimmering on Megamind. I'm not sure if it's not as bad as people say or if I'll be unable to stand the aliasing or if Dreamworks will do a free swap for a corrected version.
It's weird too that the Amazon $10 gift cards I could find say they are sold by some other company (ACI), and it made me go through lots of screens before reaching the last page rather than take me to the final page immediately.
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2690941
It's Megamind + How to Train Your Dragon for $36.98 - free $10 Amazon gift card shipped to you = $26.98 net for both. You can see the promo on the Megamind BD page. That's a price I could live with. I have it in my cart, but the only thing stopping me from placing the order is the consistently bad reviews of the aliasing/shimmering on Megamind. I'm not sure if it's not as bad as people say or if I'll be unable to stand the aliasing or if Dreamworks will do a free swap for a corrected version.
It's weird too that the Amazon $10 gift cards I could find say they are sold by some other company (ACI), and it made me go through lots of screens before reaching the last page rather than take me to the final page immediately.
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
I couldn't find anyone mentioning this.
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2690941
It's Megamind + How to Train Your Dragon for $36.98 - free $10 Amazon gift card shipped to you = $26.98 net for both. You can see the promo on the Megamind BD page. That's a price I could live with. I have it in my cart, but the only thing stopping me from placing the order is the consistently bad reviews of the aliasing/shimmering on Megamind. I'm not sure if it's not as bad as people say or if I'll be unable to stand the aliasing or if Dreamworks will do a free swap for a corrected version.
It's weird too that the Amazon $10 gift cards I could find say they are sold by some other company (ACI), and it made me go through lots of screens before reaching the last page rather than take me to the final page immediately.
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2690941
It's Megamind + How to Train Your Dragon for $36.98 - free $10 Amazon gift card shipped to you = $26.98 net for both. You can see the promo on the Megamind BD page. That's a price I could live with. I have it in my cart, but the only thing stopping me from placing the order is the consistently bad reviews of the aliasing/shimmering on Megamind. I'm not sure if it's not as bad as people say or if I'll be unable to stand the aliasing or if Dreamworks will do a free swap for a corrected version.
It's weird too that the Amazon $10 gift cards I could find say they are sold by some other company (ACI), and it made me go through lots of screens before reaching the last page rather than take me to the final page immediately.
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[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Here are today's New Lows:
Battle of Los Angeles (Pre-order) $18.99
Lemmy: 49% Motherf**ker, 51% Son of a Bitch $19.99
A Marine Story (Pre-order) $22.49
2-21-11, 2-20-11, 2-19-11, 2-18-11, 2-17-11, 2-16-11, 2-15-11, 2-14-11, 2-13-11, 2-12-11, 2-11-11, 2-10-11, 2-9-11, 2-8-11, 2-7-11, 2-6-11, 2-5-11, 2-4-11, 2-3-11, 2-2-11, 2-1-11, 1-31-11, 1-30-11, 1-29-11, 1-28-11, 1-27-11, 1-26-11, 1-25-11, 1-24-11, 1-23-11, 1-22-11, 1-21-11, 1-20-11, 1-19-11, 1-17-11, 1-16-11, 1-15-11, 1-14-11, 1-13-11, 1-11-11, 1-10-11, 1-9-11, 1-8-11, 1-7-11, 1-6-11, 1-5-11, 1-4-11, 1-3-11, 1-2-11, 1-1-11, 12-31-10, 12-30-10, 12-29-10, 12-28-10, 12-27-10, 12-26-10, 12-25-10, 12-24-10, 12-23-10, 12-22-10, 12-21-10, 12-20-10, 12-19-10, 12-18-10, 12-17-10, 12-16-10, 12-15-10, 12-14-10
[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Here are today's New Lows:
Battle of Los Angeles (Pre-order) $18.99
Lemmy: 49% Motherf**ker, 51% Son of a Bitch $19.99
A Marine Story (Pre-order) $22.49
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
It couldn't possibly be because that is the actual name of the movie right? That is where reading and noticing correct punctuation comes into play.
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
I would go for the MEGAMIND deal but there is really nothing else I am interested in for the second DVD to purchase. Oh well...
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
Almighty Thor (coming out this year)
100 Million BC
Paranormal Entity
Haunting of Winchester House
Street Racer
Snakes on a Train
Universal Soldiers
The list goes on and on. They make these cheap ripoffs, and release them straight to DVD around the same time as the actual Hollywood movie comes out, hoping they can capitolize on the profits. Sadly, I think this tactic must actually be working, since they apparently can afford to keep doing this.
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In spite of the universal negative reviews about aliasing in Megamind's video (well, except for 1 site which didn't mention the aliasing problems), I ended up ordering both too considering I wanted HTTYD and it's basically $13.50 each. I'm hoping Megamind won't be as awful as everyone says, and if it is hopefully the DVD in the combo pack will be better than the BD (that's a weird concept). Some reviews say the aliasing is constant and distracting. Other reviews say it's mild and only on certain horizontal objects in certain scenes. Unfortunately there are no screen captures or HD video captures to look at.
I'm hoping (if it's that bad) that Dreamworks does an exchange on Megamind for free (like they did on Gladiator). The funny thing is I bought the first Gladiator release, read all of the reviews about the terrible picture quality, then watched it, and I wasn't able to notice the problems, so I never bothered with the exchange. I think aliasing will be more noticeable than EE, color palette or grain (or whatever the Gladiator issues were).
I'm hoping (if it's that bad) that Dreamworks does an exchange on Megamind for free (like they did on Gladiator). The funny thing is I bought the first Gladiator release, read all of the reviews about the terrible picture quality, then watched it, and I wasn't able to notice the problems, so I never bothered with the exchange. I think aliasing will be more noticeable than EE, color palette or grain (or whatever the Gladiator issues were).
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
Yes, but they intentionally named the movie that, in order to get people to think it's the other movie. Pretty much all of Global Asylum's movies are rip-offs of major Hollywood movies:
Almighty Thor (coming out this year)
100 Million BC
Paranormal Entity
Haunting of Winchester House
Street Racer
Snakes on a Train
Universal Soldiers
The list goes on and on. They make these cheap ripoffs, and release them straight to DVD around the same time as the actual Hollywood movie comes out, hoping they can capitolize on the profits. Sadly, I think this tactic must actually be working, since they apparently can afford to keep doing this.
Almighty Thor (coming out this year)
100 Million BC
Paranormal Entity
Haunting of Winchester House
Street Racer
Snakes on a Train
Universal Soldiers
The list goes on and on. They make these cheap ripoffs, and release them straight to DVD around the same time as the actual Hollywood movie comes out, hoping they can capitolize on the profits. Sadly, I think this tactic must actually be working, since they apparently can afford to keep doing this.
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[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Here are today's New Lows:
Legends of the Fall $14.49
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (Pre-order) $19.99 [This is a re-release likely connected to the coming fourth movie.]
The Mikado (The Criterion Collection) $24.99
How the Earth Was Made: Complete Season 2 $34.49
2-22-11, 2-21-11, 2-20-11, 2-19-11, 2-18-11, 2-17-11, 2-16-11, 2-15-11, 2-14-11, 2-13-11, 2-12-11, 2-11-11, 2-10-11, 2-9-11, 2-8-11, 2-7-11, 2-6-11, 2-5-11, 2-4-11, 2-3-11, 2-2-11, 2-1-11, 1-31-11, 1-30-11, 1-29-11, 1-28-11, 1-27-11, 1-26-11, 1-25-11, 1-24-11, 1-23-11, 1-22-11, 1-21-11, 1-20-11, 1-19-11, 1-17-11, 1-16-11, 1-15-11, 1-14-11, 1-13-11, 1-11-11, 1-10-11, 1-9-11, 1-8-11, 1-7-11, 1-6-11, 1-5-11, 1-4-11, 1-3-11, 1-2-11, 1-1-11, 12-31-10, 12-30-10, 12-29-10, 12-28-10, 12-27-10, 12-26-10, 12-25-10, 12-24-10, 12-23-10, 12-22-10, 12-21-10, 12-20-10, 12-19-10, 12-18-10, 12-17-10, 12-16-10, 12-15-10, 12-14-10
[Prices may have changed since titles were posted. Or not.]
Here are today's New Lows:
Legends of the Fall $14.49
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (Pre-order) $19.99 [This is a re-release likely connected to the coming fourth movie.]
The Mikado (The Criterion Collection) $24.99
How the Earth Was Made: Complete Season 2 $34.49
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
Wired had a profile about Asylum a year ago which discusses their schlocky business model.
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Re: Amazon Discounts and Deals Thread #7 (is it #7? I'll pretend it is)
The Town Extended Cut BD for $13.99 is a pretty good deal no?
http://www.amazon.com/Town-Extended-...8491225&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Town-Extended-...8491225&sr=8-1