William Shatner DVD Club
12-18-05 | 03:34 PM
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William Shatner DVD Club
12-18-05 | 08:20 PM
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Well, they do provide Ginger Snaps as a sample, and I personally liked that movie, the fact that it had that listed almost made me go for it, but I just don't like paying money for something that I'm not sure what it's gonna be.
12-19-05 | 09:27 PM
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How do you have a William Shatner DVD Club without at least one Star Trek movie?
This is great
The William Shatner DVD Club provides you with a selection of rare and compelling Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror films, personally selected by William Shatner, that you can own for less than the cost of a rental.
Discover Great Movies
You’ll receive gripping and enjoyable movies that most people haven’t heard of before, simply because they never received big marketing dollars or a broad studio release.
Join William Shatner
The iconic Captain Kirk has watched literally thousands of Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy films and has selected his personal favorites for you.
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Only watch the best genre movies available, without wasting time with bad films that obscure these diamonds in the rough.
Discover Great Movies
You’ll receive gripping and enjoyable movies that most people haven’t heard of before, simply because they never received big marketing dollars or a broad studio release.
Join William Shatner
The iconic Captain Kirk has watched literally thousands of Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy films and has selected his personal favorites for you.
Get Only the Best
Only watch the best genre movies available, without wasting time with bad films that obscure these diamonds in the rough.
12-20-05 | 02:05 PM
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Ginger Snaps and Immortal both sound interesting, and hey, the third movie on the Featured page is directed by Flounder, who is well known in sci-fi/fantasy circles.
It sounds interesting, and an average of 4 bucks a month on a random dvd isn't necessarily going to break the bank [although aren't most dvd rentals less than four bucks?]. If you got, say, 3 or 4 keepers out of that, it would be worth it. My concerns would be audio/video quality, and are they using this club as a way to shovel off a bunch of Sci-Fi Channel original movies?
And of course the fine print:
"No, all films distributed through the William Shatner DVD Club are chosen by William Shatner himself with the help of his team of expert film critics and programming professionals from organizations such as the Sci-Fi Channel."
Um, yeah. How much help are the 'programming professionals' giving him?
How's this for karma: As I'm typing this message, Winamp serenades me with
"I Can't Get Behind That" by the aforementioned Shatner.
I don't know, I don't know if I can get behind the WSDC.
It sounds interesting, and an average of 4 bucks a month on a random dvd isn't necessarily going to break the bank [although aren't most dvd rentals less than four bucks?]. If you got, say, 3 or 4 keepers out of that, it would be worth it. My concerns would be audio/video quality, and are they using this club as a way to shovel off a bunch of Sci-Fi Channel original movies?
And of course the fine print:
"No, all films distributed through the William Shatner DVD Club are chosen by William Shatner himself with the help of his team of expert film critics and programming professionals from organizations such as the Sci-Fi Channel."
Um, yeah. How much help are the 'programming professionals' giving him?
How's this for karma: As I'm typing this message, Winamp serenades me with
"I Can't Get Behind That" by the aforementioned Shatner.
I don't know, I don't know if I can get behind the WSDC.
12-20-05 | 03:05 PM
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I'd guess that these will mostly be puplic domain titles (Giant Gila Monster, Beast of Yucca Flats, etc.) with one or two reputable films thrown in so you don't feel too ripped off, and I'm sure that Shatner has as much involvement with the company as he does with the wriitng of his novels.
P.S. It is surely the U.S. edition of Gingersnaps which has been formatted to fit your screen. The Canadian version id widescreen.
P.S. It is surely the U.S. edition of Gingersnaps which has been formatted to fit your screen. The Canadian version id widescreen.
Last edited by gfoots; 12-20-05 at 03:12 PM.
