I think you might be very surprised. Dont get me wrong I love BU product but this title as gutwrencher has said is much more mainstream then their offerings to date and for that reason alone I have no doubt will be their largest seller. You will have the large chains snapping this title up to carry whereas most of the other BU catalogue would not even be considered. Would be interesting to know either way and if does sell as well as I expect I would not be surprised to hear BU say so in Press Release or similar.

Based on IMDB.com interest and ratings:

Dead & Buried - 375 votes 5.6 out of 10 (point system)

Q, The Winged Serpent - 400 votes 5.9 out of 10

The Final Countdown - 1,802 votes 6.5 out of 10

another fun result is even though some will not find the special cover edition worth the extra $....many who are unfamiliar with the film will pick it up off the shelf and play with it for a few seconds...then toss it in the basket. it's cool when other people discover a gem they never knew existed. you know it will happen. soon, they too will learn of BU and maybe seek out other titles. this will be a huge exposure title for BU.

here I'm drooling over this and I'm about to burst just thinking about the 2 Franco titles coming later this month. 2 titles that will for sure slip through the cracks.

There will definitely be more demand for The Final Countdown and apparently, BU thinks so as well. As was stated earlier, Final Countdown has a larger mainstream audience then any other of BU's titles. I know I've seen it played numerous times as a weekend afternoon movie on TV which can't be said for the majority of the other titles released by BU. I hope all goes well for BU with this release, so we can continue to get great dvds from them.

And I think you're way, way off the mark. The Final Countdown is a much more well-known film than anything else BU has released so far (except perhaps Mondo Cane). Big evidence of this is that whenever the BU release of TFC comes up on HTF, a large number of people post asking who BU is, as they've never even heard of the company before. This release will, without question, attract a whole new slew of customers who have never bought a single BU release before.

If Pacific Family Home Entertainment had released crappy DVDs of Dead & Buried or Q, do you really think we'd have endless threads discussing the legality of the discs, their quality, etc.? There's no way. Barely-known horror films have similar DVD releases all the time, and no one bats on eyelash on this forum. Brentwood even released a crappy LD-sourced bootleg of God Told Me To, and how many threads did we get here complaining about the release? None. I count at least 8 threads since 9/02 discussing PFE's release of TFC and seeking alternatives. Brentwood's God Told Me To, on the other hand, garnered a single post in the same time period, and it wasn't even a complaint.

The bottom line is that TFC's recognition among DVD purchasers blows films like Dead & Bured and Q out of the water. If you don't think so, you've got an awfully skewed view of the film's popularlity.

DJ

I liken this release to Criterion's release of Armageddon and The Rock. It doesn't really fit in with the catalog but will probably be the first BU purchase for many people. As others have said, the exposure for the company will be a big boost

...hopefully

from the Chiller convention:

BU has announced Argento's Four Flies On Grey Velvet and the remastered Zombie.

Final Countdown? whooaaa...

Great stuff

Have been eager to hear of what plans BU have in way of their Argento releases this year and hopefully FFOGV is the first of many more.

Sweeeeet!!!

About freakin' time for Four Flies!

Thanks, gut, for making my day!

Well, we shall see. I think that Final Countdown is actually a fairly obscure film. It is a genre film and not mainstream at all. Still, I will buy it and am glad Blue Underground is releasing it.

Source?

Not knowing about the actual convention mentioned, but i would guess that if it wasn't Bill Lustig giving some kind of presentation then it would have been a Blue Underground representative.??..i could of course be totally wrong!

Well, until this is sourced in a verifiable manner, this is an unsubstantiated rumor and unworthy of further discussion.

It was said in front of a big crowd by Bill Lustig at the Fangoria/Chiller Theatre Convention this past weekend. It is now being discussed by just about every horror board on the net. Pick any one at random to read multiple reports on it from people who attended. Is that "worthy" enough for you?

DJ

understood...Mr. Gloomy.

actually, this was stated over at Mobius...a very well repected forum with members such as Video Watchdog's Tim Lucas. it appears that Lustig made the announcement himself. I dont doubt this news one bit.

edit: ahhh, thanks DJ!!! you beat me to it.

First, gutwrencher did supply any of that information. Second, I am reading this forum, not another. Third, no, it is not enough. Is there a link to this information?
You are just repeating what you read somewhere else. That is called an unsubstantiated rumor. It may be true, but until a verifiable source is provided, it will remain unworthy of discussion.

Do you have a link?

I didnt mention the source because I had only heard that through a friend who had read it at Mobious. I didnt want to mention the source until I read it myself. I did however trust his info 100%...which is why I brought it to you. everyone hear knows I'm one of the biggest BU supporters around(own it all) and would never just shoot my mouth off about something I'm such a fan of...unless I was damn sure.

since I just wrapped up a 12 hour day....I just got home. sorry for the delay.

Try here at Mobius Home Video Forum or here at DVDManiacs.net.

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You are just repeating what you read somewhere else. That is called an unsubstantiated rumor.

You have no clue what I am doing, so don't make any assumptions, please.

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It may be true, but until a verifiable source is provided, it will remain unworthy of discussion.

Please cut the wannabe moderator crap. While you whine about what's is and isn't "worthy of discussion," the rest of us would like the actually discuss what's going on out there in the real world. Even if this information wasn't verified, there's no rule at this forum that rumors can't be discussed, so please stop trying to invent new rules of your own.

DJ

When you can, provide a link. I don't want to steal your thunder. I read the thread, and I certainly find it credible. This is fantastic news. Congratulations on a great scoop for this forum.

Pretty much put into words what i was thinking!

Since prior to this post you provided no sources, no one knew what you were talking about. That was the problem. Now you have provided a source. You should have done so to begin with. Finally, I never said that you could not discuss the matter. I said that it was unworthy of discussion. This has nothing to do with attempting to moderate anything. It was a statement of fact. Unsubstantiated rumors are a waste of time. You should observe gutwrencher. He understood my problem and attempted to satisfy my questions in a civil manner. I responded in kind.

The following is quoted from Vincent in that Mobius thread:

Obviously the people in that thread share my desire to have verifiable sources. Was Vincent attempting to be a moderator? No, he was requesting sourcing as was I.