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i'll definitely get TLS. i have the old and on digital, no reason not to. i love this movie. in a cheesy Star Wars kinda way...

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Just pre-ordered that first edition of Last Starfighter. I've always had a soft spot for that flick.

DEATH BLOSSOM!!!


Arrow does nice jobs with their releases.

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Arrow just announced that because of a printing error that no 4K version of "Pitch Black" will have a slipcase.

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Bumped the old thread because I was posting Blue Underground (review) information in response to a Blue Underground question.

I'm well aware that the thread used to house Arrow as well. Good to see everyone getting what they wanted, to have a dedicated Arrow Thread again.

Blu-Ray.com Forum just exploded.

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^Haha!

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The comments by the mouth breathers on social media are priceless.

Who gives a fuck.

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This is gonna be good...
Flash Gordon Blu-ray
Flash Gordon 4K

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Anyone see the Life After Flash docu with Sam Jones? How is it?

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It's awesome and is included with PRIME, so no need to pay an overinflated priced for the set that has it.

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yeah, but the set has a lot more than that. plus, new glorious transfer, whatever to audio, so so many extras. this is the only set to have, really. just another to add to what i am thinking is an ever expanding company and growing collection with a company that rivals Criterion in everything except film itself. i know Criterion has much better film content, but Arrow puts out the popular, the cult and do it in grand style. i love my Arrows and watch more than my Criterions ttt. i mean i love my Criterions, don't get me wrong, but Arrow brings more of the fun imo...

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Anyone know why there wasn’t a nice tribute extra on the Weird Science release for Bill Paxton, which I believe was the latest of his movies to be released as a packed SE? This one by Arrow seemed ripe for an extra like that. Hopefully, if True Lies ever gets released there would be something on it (since him and James Cameron had such a long career and he had parts, even bit, in many of his movies dating back to The Terminator), but just struck me as a missed opportunity to honor such a fun, always around character actor. I know other movies paid tribute with just a “In Loving Memory...” at end, but a nice extra on something would be so cool.

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Anyone get the new Pitch Black blu from Arrow? wondering if it really is worth the upgrade since i have the te and dc on the previous release. i know this has more extras and the animated Dark Fury or whatever, so just thinking...

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I guess someone will know once it's released next week. I preordered it, but knowing Amazon, it'll get here sometime that week.

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the Blu was already released, 4K is next week...

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Arrow UK will release King of New of New York and Crash on 4K UHD.


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...57fb8b7fa1.jpgULTRA HD 4K BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

• Brand new 4K restoration of the uncut NC-17 version from the original 35mm camera negative, supervised by writer-director David Cronenberg and director of photography Peter Suschitzky
• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in High Dynamic Range
• 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo DTS-HD Master Audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Brand new audio commentary with film scholar Adrian Martin
• Cronenberg Challenge – new interview with director of photography Peter Suschitzky
• Mechanical Animals – new interview with executive producer Jeremy Thomas
• The Shore Thing – new interview with composer Howard Shore
• License to Drive – new interview with casting director Deirdre Bowen
• Archival "Behind the Scenes" featurette
• Archival interviews with David Cronenberg, J.G. Ballard and actors James Spader, Holly Hunter, Deborah Kara Unger and Elias Koteas
• Cronenberg: Concrete Cowboy – brand new video essay by Caelum Vatnsdal on Cronenberg’s use of Toronto as a filming location
• Original Trailers
• Fully illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Vanessa Morgan and Araceli Molina, alongside a reprinted excerpt from Cronenberg on Cronenberg
• Fold-out double-sided poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork
• Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Gilles Vranckx

https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...eb699ab358.jpg4K ULTRA HD SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

• New 4K restoration from the original negative by Arrow Films, approved by director Abel Ferrara and cinematographer Bojan Bazelli
• 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• LPCM original stereo and remixed DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio options
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary by director Abel Ferrara
• Audio commentary with composer Joe Delia, producer Mary Kane, casting director Randy Sabusawa and editor Anthony Redman
• Interview with director Abel Ferrara
• Interview with producer Augusto Caminito
• Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty, a documentary on the director from the French TV show Cinéastes de notre temps
• A Short Film About the Long Career of Abel Ferrara, a documentary looking back at the director’s career, including interviews with his key collaborators
• Original theatrical trailers and TV spots
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Tracie Ching

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors’ booklet containing essays on the film by Iain Sinclair and Abel Ferrara biographer Brad Stevens

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too bad about postage though...

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It's back down in price again from Amazon UK. It's 3.08 pounds for first item and .99 pence per item thereafter. That's the regular rate and not the Amazon Global Priority rate. I'm just waiting for them to go live on preorder from Amazon UK to order.

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Haven’t seen either of these, but I’ll rent both UHDs first and buy if I like them. I definitely want to support Arrow on their transition to UHD. I did buy Pitch Black and am looking forward to it arriving soon.

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So Crash only has the NC-17 cut, not both? Did the German release have both, even if one was only on Blu-ray?

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looks like a big Arrow blu-ray sale over at Amazon:

Hellraiser

Hellraiser

...$18.99

Edge of the Axe

Edge of the Axe

...$18.99

Creepshow 2

Creepshow 2

...$16.99

Alice, Sweet Alice

Alice, Sweet Alice

...$18.99

One Missed Call Trilogy

One Missed Call Trilogy

...$23.99

Elvira

Elvira

...$18.99

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

...$18.99

Audition

Audition

...$18.99

Weird Science

Weird Science

...$18.99

RoboCop

RoboCop

...$18.87

I'm sure others too. looks like 32% marked down on most.

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It’s a Best Buy sale that Amazon is mimicking.

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or is it the other way around?

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Well, Pitch Black is a great upgrade. I just finished it, and the PQ is really good, although it’s been so long since I’ve seen it that I forgot the way the colors are blown the way they are. But for the few normal palette scenes, those looked great. No Atmos, but the 5.1 DTS-HD is pretty damn robust. I’ll check out the extras this weekend, cause there’s a lot of them.

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8 or 9 times out of 10, if you see a good price for a movie on Amazon, they’re matching Target, Best Buy, or Walmart. Amazon doesn’t care about earning your sale; they just want to make sure they don’t lose it to someone else.

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or do they? ;)

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And it is for this exact reason that I always try to buy it from the place that put it on sale first. I am not anti-Amazon but they rarely do sales as good as other stores...and it has been that way for years.

Though I do recommend following stuff on www.camelcamelcamel.com since so many random price drops happen and last for about two seconds. You can get some good deals if you can catch them from time to time.

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did a little reconfiguring, little reorg, but i finally have them all together...

Front:
https://i.imgur.com/ofGinop.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/f87rHIu.jpg

Behind:
https://i.imgur.com/BRJ82ec.jpg

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i almost forgot i had that Battle Royale set because i kept it hidden in my storage room. had no idea it was Arrow. glad i found it. love that movie and with all the cuts and extras will take me weeks to get through...

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https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...5cf2f2c112.jpgSPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS

• Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements by Arrow Films, approved by director Ryûhei Kitamura
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray™ presentations of both versions of the film: the original 2000 cut and 2004’s Ultimate Versus, featuring over 10 minutes of new and revised footage
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon

DISC 1: VERSUS

• Original lossless Japanese 5.1 and 2.0 stereo audio and English 2.0 stereo audio
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio commentary by Audio commentary by Kitamura, cast and crew
• Audio commentary by Kitamura and the cast and crew
• New visual essay on the career of Kitamura by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp
• Behind Versus, a two-part behind-the-scenes documentary exploring the film’s production
• First Contact: Versus Evolution, a featurette exploring the film’s origins
• Tak Sakaguchi’s One-Man Journey, an archival featurette on the actor’s visit to the 2001 Japan Film Festival in Hamburg
• Film festival screening footage
• Team Versus, a brief look inside the Napalm Films office
• Deep in the Woods, an archival featurette featuring interviews with Kitamura, cast and crew
• The Encounter, an archival interview with editor Shûichi Kakesu
• Deleted scenes with audio commentary by Kitamura, cast and crew
• Nervous and Nervous 2, two “side story” mini-movies featuring characters from the main feature
• Featurette on the making of Nervous 2
• Versus FF Version, a condensed, 20-minute recut of the film
• Multiple trailers
• Image gallery

DISC 2: ULTIMATE VERSUS

• Original lossless Japanese 6.1 and 2.0 stereo audio and English 6.1 and 2.0 stereo audio
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio commentary by Kitamura, cast and crew
• Sakigake! Otoko versus Juku, a featurette on the newly shot material for Ultimate Versus

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film and a reprinted interview with Kitamura by Tom Mes, and notes on the making of the film by Kitamura


https://arrowfilms.com/product-detai...lu-ray/FCD2000

This will be available in US/UK/CA

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I remember being excited for Versus when it first came out. The hype around it played it up as the ultimate Japanese cult movie of all time. Then I watched it and was bitterly disappointed at how lame it is. The whole thing feels like a group of high-schoolers doing cosplay in the woods.

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I disagree. It was a total homage to Sam Raimi and the Evil Dead movies, but on acid. I'm glad we're finally getting a decent release after 20 years.

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i'd be down for US release certainly. think i had it on DVD once. never got around to it unfortunately...

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I haven't seen it in 20 years, but I remember I didn't care for it for pretty much these reasons. And I believe Battle Royale came out around the same time which I loved. So I think it was the whole "it wants to be the next Battle Royale" kind of mindset. I may check it out again, but I'll skip on this release.

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BR is so freaking good! so happy to have that massive UK set from Arrow.

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I'm excited about Versus!

I still have the Tokyo Shock DVD that I bought after a close friend of mine showed me the film many years ago.

I never picked up the Ultimate Versus DVD Steelbook that was released, so I'm glad that cut of the film is being included.

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thank you. i knew i had gotten this on DVD. when you said Ultimate, i looked under U (previously only looking under V) and sure enough, i had the SteelBook™. thankfully i didn't get rid of those in my great DVD purge of '20...

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I want this
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...f702145f54.jpg

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The news that Arrow Video launched its own streaming service in the US this month seems to have flown under the radar. I hadn't even heard about it until yesterday, and I regularly listen to the Arrow podcast!

https://www.slashfilm.com/arrow-streaming-service/

The app appears to be available on Roku, but it has only a very perfunctory description ("Home of Cult Movies") and the tile doesn't use the familiar Arrow logo.

Has anyone tried it out? What I'm most curious to find out is whether content on the service is stable or if it rotates in and out regularly. Is 4K video too much to hope for? What about 5.1 audio?

It sounds like the content is mostly horror focused. That Slashfilm article I linked says that the entire Gamera series that recently sold out on Blu-ray is available to stream.

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Thread here: https://forum.dvdtalk.com/streaming-...10-1-20-a.html

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Based on the normal-sized Herschel Gordon Lewis Feast box that's now available with just the 7 blu-rays from those massive boxes (at a fairly reasonable price from some of the 'Shocktober' partners) it seems pretty likely they'll do the same thing with a streamlined Gamera box down the road, as I believe they've already hinted they'd do on social media somewhere. I got the big Lewis box, but I'm considering selling it and grabbing the regular version instead. Might end up doing the same with the Gamera box once I've gone through it all. That big comic book compilation is such a waste of space.