New DVD/Blu-ray Purchases

[klen7]

Reptilicus!

[lhb412]

^I know, right?

[jellydonut25]

Is that Reptilicus thing the new release?

my newest buys

^bought this on a whim because it was only $4. You guys (mfw I think is the one who talks about this being good) better be right.


^broke down, even though there will probably be an uncut release some day...I really wanted it, what with Halloween coming up.

Speaking of Halloween coming up, my wish list right now is: The Fog, Halloween II, Halloween III, Halloween H20, Prince of Darkness and In the Mouth of Madness.

I told the wife to expect one more big Blu-ray bill in the next month or so. (damn this new lol emoticon...he's not laughing enough.)

[klen7]

Yeah what's the story behind the Reptilicus release?

[lhb412]

Shout is sublicensing tons of stuff from studios, and along with putting select cult films on Blu-Ray they're bundling up a bunch of titles into cheap-o releases like "Movies 4 You: More Sci-Fi Classics," which features Reptilicus.

[lhb412]

Okay, I just spent over a hundred bucks on this.



Why? Well, Sony/Columbia released five Harryhausen films on Blu a few years ago and, according to them, sales weren't good enough - so zero interest in them putting put more Harryhausen on Blu. Sadly, they own most of his films (btw, time to buy those initial Blu-Rays from a few years ago if you haven't already. They're goin' out of print).

Enter Twilight Time, a specialty company that licenses classic movies that the studios offer them (i.e. ones those studios have no intention of putting on Blu). Their business model: make exactly 3,000 Blu-Rays, charge around $35, and when they're out of print - they are out of print! I can't fault 'em: they've put out some classic films, major Oscar winners, that have been released for going on two years and there are still hundreds left in their warehouse.

Trouble is, we genre fans are a needier, greedier breed: hence this movie goin' out of print fairly quickly and me paying an exorbitant price from a scalper. But this isn't just me spending a crazy amount of money: it's a sort of mission statement to stay on top of TT's released of the further Sony/Columbia Harryhausen releases. I can't sleep on those, I'm invested now, get it?

The two '70s Sinbad movies are gonna be released by them this Dec. Don't forget.

[StevenScrivello]

Three Blu-rays for £20 in HMV. Couldn't resist.

[klen7]

[Silver Kamen]

I just got the Blu-ray Box Set for Daimajin Kanon! Which is really exciting for me.

[lhb412]

[Silver Kamen]

[Dr Kain]

I know I showed this in another topic, but I'll post it here as this is probably my biggest movie haul in a single purchase in over a year. I've been pretty conscientious of movies I have been buying due to finances and becoming a Figuarts junkie, but my g/f got a nice commissions bonus with her normal paycheck, so she picked all of these up on Friday:

[lhb412]

[MouthForWar]

[Baltan II]

[MouthForWar]

[jellydonut25]

[Silver Kamen]

[MouthForWar]

Its the new brown armor, not the Patriot suit.

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

I'll be picking up This is the End and JP 3D this week. Best Buy has JP3D on sale for $19.99 and I really want to see This is the End.

[JordanGLC]

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

If you don't want to go to Best Buy Amazon has it as well for that price or you could go to Target and have them Price Match it.

[jellydonut25]

I know full-well it's probably bare-bones and barely worth it...but they're the only two Hellraiser movies I care about and it was cheap.


Now I need those new Scream! Factory releases of Halloween II and Halloween III.



Because I'll buy any movie for $2.

[lhb412]

[jellydonut25]

I'm trying to decide if the Halloween II collector's edition blu-ray is REALLY worth it...I definitely want that version for Halloween III, but I can get the Halloween II 30th Anniversary blu ray for like $5...and Halloween II isn't like a favorite or anything, it's acceptable.